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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm almost worn out on posting "Trump lied, Trump played golf, Trump insulted someone" content here.
I'm feeling a little like Alec Baldwin, when he said that he was sitting on the fence about continuing his impression because Trump is just an asshole, not a decent guy with flaws, and it takes away the satisfaction of impersonating him.
I woke up this morning and the Raw Story home page is a shitstorm of new ridiculousness:
Hes a bigot and hes governing like a bigot: Princeton professor spells out the truth behind Trumps Pocahontas slur
Laura Ingraham plays racist war whoops to defend Trumps Pocahontas slur and insult Navajo Code Talkers
Heres how Trump will ultimately betray his own voters and hes already begun
CNN rolls stunning clip pointing out similarities between The Apprentice and Trumps Democrat meeting stunt
And I figure why post if the conclusion is that Trump is a corrupt, bigoted asshole who is unfit for office? We already know that, how is MORE information going to bring any NEW information to the discussion?
Anyone else feeling that way?
handmade34
(22,756 posts)and angry beyond words... angry that we collectively allow this vile man to play president and do nothing about it
Jarqui
(10,123 posts)New Reports Suggest Trump Might Not Be a Liar at All, But Truly Delusional
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/11/new-reports-trump-not-a-liar-is-truly-delusional.html
Now denying the Access Hollywood tape after acknowledging it and apologizing for it?
NYT: Trump Once Said the Access Hollywood Tape Was Real. Now Hes Not Sure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/us/politics/trump-access-hollywood-tape.html
Back to questioning Obama's birth certificate after eventually admitting Obama was born in Hawaii
CNN Report: Trump continues to question Obama's birth certificate
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/28/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-birth-certificate-nyt/index.html
Politico Trumps Lies vs. Your Brain
Unfortunately, its no contest. Heres what psychology tells us about life under a leader totally indifferent to the truth.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/donald-trump-lies-liar-effect-brain-214658
more overwhelming links on his lying
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/statements/byruling/false/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.b176cbe6f92b
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/02/politics-media-gaffes-lies
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2017/11/28/daniel-dales-donald-trump-fact-check-updates.html
This is the mental condition of someone deliberating a nuclear response to North Korea ....
no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)My reaction to most of his headlines is "What...AGAIN???"
Arkansas Granny
(31,514 posts)Now and then I just have to take a break, but it's like a bad wreck that you just can't take your eyes away from.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)not the ringmaster, much less on the circus's board of directors.
gademocrat7
(10,654 posts)The treasonous bastard and his cabal need to be removed. This has been a nightmare.
TBA
(825 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)It's beyond our limits and boundaries. The focus needs to be on doing what we can to prevent any action that will have long-term negative results for the country - such as the current tax legislation.
Lithos
(26,403 posts)Maybe the can setup a golf visit counter to the front page.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)I think that's what makes this so much harder to deal with too.
Too much constant stress is bad for everyone, for some of us battling serious health issues it's even worse, so for now...
I check DU/Tweet for an hour or two while I drink my two mugs of coffee, have cut essay back on reading other politics oriented emails/pages & watching the news and am concentrating heavily on our home remuddle/holiday decorating, lovin on hubby/my furkids, working on my art and hanging out with nice quiet dead people on Ancestry's family trees and doing more genealogy research of my now found bio-family.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)I always felt the same under Bush, but just when I'd calm down, he'd always find some new way to hit my buttons.
I feel your pain and understand completely why you would welcome feeling numb.