people's physical and mental health will be part of us for a long time. Everyone is affected differently, but certain trends are apparent, and not discussed at length. I refer to those of us forgoing medical and dental care, physical exercise, reduced or zero socialization, depression, shock (yes, I believe many are in a state of shock), PTSD, etc. The toll on all of us is not currently measurable and it will be up to medical and mental health experts to better qualify and perhaps at some point, quantify these impacts. Thanks to this administration, we will have to dig ourselves out of it, dragging behind all of Cult 45, and that is IF Biden prevails and he actually leaves. The safety nets are being dismantled and health care costs are killing household budgets. I do not think he will stop the gaslighting and undermining until he is dead, nor will his family and followers. I am looking at the challenges ahead and recognizing, that it will be very difficult. It didn't have to be this way, with a politicized pandemic, tearing families apart and half of America choosing to ignore reality perpetuating the virus.

What a lying sack of dog doo doo. I'm done. Let's vote.

I addition to his autocratic, sociopathic tendencies, I suspect it is linked to his insatiable need for CONSTANT self-validation and praise, as evidenced by the "joy ride" outside Walter Reed. What could go wrong? (sarcasm). He is a very needy sociopath.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/photos-show-sorting-machines-in-tatters-as-reports-emerge-that-usps-is-still-dismantling-processing-equipment/

The "giant sucking sound" (thank you Ross Perrot for that) of jobs leaving the U.S. (high paid Union jobs) have caused middle class union families to fall from 30% membership to less than 10%. Reagan, greed (think Romney and Bain Holding liquidating U.S. companies), Norquist, Gingrich, Koch Bros., DeVoss family, and entire GOP from Santorum to Ryan and all in between. They are all the same. As Carlin said: "We know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for you. And now they're coming for your Social Security. And they'll get it too, and give it to their rich, criminal friends on Wall Street." Google Carlin's American Dream." Laser sharp and prophetic (sadly). I truly hate these MF'ers.

This is HIS albatross. Wear it proudly MF.

A very insightful look into the Tulsa rally by veterans.

Drumpf himself, with all the GOP enablers have created a version of "America" which has been dramatically changed in less than 4 years. Our institutions have been eroded, our right to vote is under attack, public education has been under attack, immigration policy is inhumane, Affordable Care Act (health care for 20 plus million) is under attack, we have dissed all our allies, we support brutal dictatorial regimes, we opted out of nuclear arms treaties, climate accords, human rights agreements, civil rights are threatened, peaceful protest is threatened, systematic racism has been exposed and the armed fascists are surrounding 45 to protect the Fuehrer.

My daughter cried today realizing that what the Statue of Liberty and America is supposed to represent and be, is gone (and it may well be). While Putin and others relish in this, and appreciate Drumpf's unwavering support, the majority of Americans are sick, literally and figuratively. I never used to hate people, but damn them to hell for what they have done.

Those of us that have been plugged in saw it coming 4 years ago and I always thought our institutions would hold. Barr and DOJ, Pruitt and Wheeler EPA, DeVoss, Educ., etc., etc. It has been systematic and relentless in it's destruction, and with 200 and counting lifetime appointments at federal benches, we may be destined to decades of fascism and serfdom for all but the wealthy. That will take about 4 more years, and they are licking their chops, because they know how close they are to total control.

Sorry for the rant, but I am beyond disgusted. It is OUR country, OUR flag, OUR heritage and OUR belief that America stands for more than greed and control by the "elite." The shared sacrifice of our parents and grandparents is being deficated on by those who think of the Constitution as a "goddamn piece of paper." And that was George W. Bush speaking almost 20 years ago. The "Neo Cons" and Project for a New American Century charted this course. How far they have come in their mission to unravel America, revise history and pit us against each other. They must be absolutely giddy and their desperation to hold onto that power will become more and more apparent and lawless over the next six months. Tell me I'm wrong. Please.