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manicraven

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8. I was just saying that very thing to my husband. Can't keep up and keep it all straight.

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Sat Mar 4, 2017, 12:21 AM

Mar 2017

I think Twitter, Facebook online sites, etc., are all playing into it - It's information overload. Mostly, I'm trying to keep up on the Russia-Trump ties and think it's the most serious situation.

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Am I the only one having a hard time keeping up with all the news? [View all] AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 OP

Understood... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #1

It is overwhelming for all of us. Yet we know how to spell "hereby." Imagine how it is rzemanfl Mar 2017 #2

Bravo Saboburns Mar 2017 #41

Thank you. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #43

It is so overwhelming it numbs. pandr32 Mar 2017 #3

Yes. Everything is so over the top, it makes me want to poke my eyes out. AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #12

Too exhausting to be normalized BadgerMom Mar 2017 #25

I don't think you have to worry. one good thing I have noticed (at least in my little world) AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #26

We're busy here in Ventura County, California, too! BadgerMom Mar 2017 #35

I agree. Numb. I think it helps to step away regularly. ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #23

I'm thinking I need a big wall to post articles and pictures and tie string to show csziggy Mar 2017 #4

You already have too many people from this administration involved with russia, AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #13

It is a strategy to destabilize our republic via Putineers elfin Mar 2017 #5

check out what they've accomplished in Sweden and France, and Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #11

Europeans are not as stupid as Americans. I have read that AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #15

check it: Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #16

That doesnt surprise me at all. I hope Sweden is taking the necessary safeguard AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #17

your last sentence sums up what somebody said on tv the other Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #18

and if you need a break from reality....try a look into the near future Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #19

I love the suggestions! Thank you! I will see if I can find that book, pattern recognition AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #28

my favorite was virtual light.....san francisco dystopia... Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #29

No. I did not know that they hired 5000 hackers. Good god. AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #21

I don't know if that was just conjecture, but they do have a huge number Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #24

I think it is clear that they have a big head start on us. AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #30

pretty sure it was N Korea that did sony, because of that sadly Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #31

You're right. My bad. It was the N. Koreans that hacked into Sony. I can't remember what the Chinese AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #34

The Republicans have found a cure for that. They stopped listening. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #6

even to their constituents bdamomma Mar 2017 #9

They're daily variations of a theme dalton99a Mar 2017 #7

Yes. Exactly! LOL AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #36

I was just saying that very thing to my husband. Can't keep up and keep it all straight. manicraven Mar 2017 #8

Rachel Maddow is very good at explaining the intricacies. ariadne0614 Mar 2017 #45

here you go....this could turn out to be the single most important Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #10

Werent there 5 from his cabinet tied to mother russia? flynn, sessions, tillerson, AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #14

dunno about cabinet, but there's carter page, j.d. gordon, and one Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #20

michael cohen.....god, he's at least as loathsome as stephen miller Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #22

I know, right? lillypaddle Mar 2017 #27

I should be asleep. I Don't get enough. But who can sleep with stuff cracking open every Grammy23 Mar 2017 #32

I feel like lillypaddle Mar 2017 #33

Yes! It seems like all our conversations start with, "omg, did you hear?" AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #37

Yes! I need cliff notes! Where can we find daily (live blog style) bullet points? ecstatic Mar 2017 #38

Got out of the shower the other day canetoad Mar 2017 #39

God, no, and I'm not keeping up. Hortensis Mar 2017 #40

I gave up on trying to make sense of all of it. butdiduvote Mar 2017 #42

Looking back at this time, the GDP charts will show a collective productivity dip Pluvious Mar 2017 #44

Sage advice from Robert Reich ariadne0614 Mar 2017 #46

!!!! AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #47