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The Blue Flower

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7. The best summation to date
Fri Apr 12, 2019, 08:14 PM
Apr 2019

This is so frightening. I feel that a very dark time has begun. The foundations of our system are being dismantled. What happens when it's done? I've always been optimistic about America's DNA being unbreachable, but that doesn't mean it can't be seriously harmed.

exactly msdogi Apr 2019 #1
Not even the media seemed to blink! What is going on. is there no turning back from this abyss? n sarabelle Apr 2019 #57
Not even the media seemed to blink! LenaBaby61 Apr 2019 #74
K&R Kurt V. Apr 2019 #2
You could just feel it all week, it is more terrifying each and every day. dewsgirl Apr 2019 #3
GULP. nt UniteFightBack Apr 2019 #4
I know. ananda Apr 2019 #22
This is how I feel... BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #5
So sorry, Bigman! cilla4progress Apr 2019 #8
Thanks. BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #11
I hear you. cilla4progress Apr 2019 #16
I did too. xxqqqzme Apr 2019 #54
The death of a parent is never easy. triron Apr 2019 #13
Condolences rebe303 Apr 2019 #14
Thank you. This sucks! BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #26
Awww... so sorry to hear about your dad, BigmanPigman. calimary Apr 2019 #44
Everyone on DU has been very kind, BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #46
Condolences uponit7771 Apr 2019 #51
So sorry for your loss! denvine Apr 2019 #63
The sudden death of my healthy dad doesn't help my overall mood much. LenaBaby61 Apr 2019 #75
My condolences on your loss.. CentralMass Apr 2019 #76
Like Caesar, Trump has crossed the Rubicon. nt The_jackalope Apr 2019 #6
Interesting comparison Ponietz Apr 2019 #38
The best summation to date The Blue Flower Apr 2019 #7
Not only did no one do anything about it Ferrets are Cool Apr 2019 #9
it's up to us we need offense directed at the only advantage trump/republicons have certainot Apr 2019 #28
Liberal (progressive) talk radio has been around for many years Ferrets are Cool Apr 2019 #41
it's not about competing with a 20-1 monopoly or market demand for hate and lies certainot Apr 2019 #47
I agree with cilla4progress Apr 2019 #10
I fear they are not up to the task. I hope so much I am wrong. triron Apr 2019 #15
+1 n/t area51 Apr 2019 #39
I fear you are correct. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2019 #42
I have the same fear.. ananda Apr 2019 #53
I guess I'm in good company cilla4progress Apr 2019 #23
That view is blatantly obvious to me. PufPuf23 Apr 2019 #27
Yep, cilla4progress Apr 2019 #31
This is it, in a nutshell, no doubt in my mind. JudyM Apr 2019 #61
Well said and agreed. Truly frightening. This is a long way from normal, and "not time for c-rational Apr 2019 #12
But Impeachment is off the table montanacowboy Apr 2019 #17
The "Pence would be worse" apologists Ponietz Apr 2019 #30
You forgot it must be overwhelmingly bipartisan Bettie Apr 2019 #35
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2019 #52
Yet most of the media, the public and much of congress pretend or ignorantly believe everything triron Apr 2019 #18
Yes, stunning how every day life continues cilla4progress Apr 2019 #19
I wish I could. nancy1942 Apr 2019 #77
K&R TeamPooka Apr 2019 #20
Disagree with this: Because we allowed ourselves to become inured to the unthinkable. Amaryllis Apr 2019 #21
Start impeachment in the House Ligyron Apr 2019 #24
THIS KPN Apr 2019 #55
To bad "THE MATH" is preventing Congress from growing a spine Fiendish Thingy Apr 2019 #25
In January it was "patience grasshopper" Ponietz Apr 2019 #33
this is exactly how I've been feeling all week anarch Apr 2019 #29
This community here cilla4progress Apr 2019 #32
This decree deserves national attention. defacto7 Apr 2019 #34
This is exactly what our teachers warned us about back in the 50s/60s DirtEdonE Apr 2019 #36
Our party will be irrelevant unless it acts now to protect the rule of law. Ponietz Apr 2019 #37
So then, what do we do? Wednesdays Apr 2019 #40
"the unthinkable becomes commonplace". nt oasis Apr 2019 #43
I guess he's right marlakay Apr 2019 #45
Yup... IamFortunesFool Apr 2019 #48
I've never had this feeling... TexasBlueDog Apr 2019 #49
K&R DLevine Apr 2019 #50
K & R. Thanks for posting. Arkansas Granny Apr 2019 #56
Something did break and I'm not sure it's able to be fixed Buckeyeblue Apr 2019 #58
It is time for a strong leader to emerge. We have a mass of folks running for President. JudyM Apr 2019 #62
Well that was depressing GusBob Apr 2019 #59
THIS: "Their violations will in fact become the system itself." JudyM Apr 2019 #60
Colbert Went There This Week colsohlibgal Apr 2019 #64
I'm gettin bout ready to take to the streets and some prolonged civil unrest. I need to go UniteFightBack Apr 2019 #65
See you there. (nt) Paladin Apr 2019 #68
Where is the mechanism in government to back up court rulings? That's why courts are under siege. ancianita Apr 2019 #66
K&R orangecrush Apr 2019 #67
At least Mike Pence lost his office space in the House building! We're kicking ass! BamaRefugee Apr 2019 #69
We need to pull out all the stops. Now! BarbD Apr 2019 #70
I'm urging my representative to go for impeachment. srobertss Apr 2019 #71
To the streets...harass and surround all Senate offices opposed. I am sick of these traitors. Pauldg47 Apr 2019 #72
Not harras... Just March. Pauldg47 Apr 2019 #73
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