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1. Political addict here.

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 10:42 PM

Dec 2017

Want to take a break. Can't take a break. I sound like a robot.

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Sometimes I wonder if I could just stop following political news for a while. [View all] milestogo Dec 2017 OP

Political addict here. CrispyQ Dec 2017 #1

I do have some good books on current affairs I should be reading. milestogo Dec 2017 #4

Ron Chernows new biography? irisblue Dec 2017 #10

Blissfully ignorant. BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #5

I take a break about 4 times a year. GulfCoast66 Dec 2017 #9

I follow news online, but I generally don't watch it on TV LeftInTX Dec 2017 #12

Are you kidding? Egnever Dec 2017 #13

I do it all the time Awsi Dooger Dec 2017 #14

I just came back after a total news blackout Cha Dec 2017 #15

Welcome back! LeftInTX Dec 2017 #23

Mahalo, LeftinTX! Cha Dec 2017 #25

Im addicted WiffenPoof Dec 2017 #16

Me too... Dorian Gray Dec 2017 #17

They are the ones who will be at fault treestar Dec 2017 #18

I'm going to have to do the same. CentralMass Dec 2017 #19

We went 2 weeks last summer without hearing about DFT GreenEyedLefty Dec 2017 #20

I usually have MSNBC on from the time I get home from work milestogo Dec 2017 #22

want to understand sweetapogee Dec 2017 #24

The oddest thing - I stop following the news and yet... elfin Dec 2017 #26

Me too! This is getting too depressing. HopeAgain Dec 2017 #27

Has anyone here tried a medically induced coma? That might help. Cicada Dec 2017 #28

I gave up DU & MSNBC from fall 2014 TheDebbieDee Dec 2017 #29

Just take a few days and you'll start to feel better lunatica Dec 2017 #30

I do weekend news black-outs consistently. LanternWaste Dec 2017 #31