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barbtries

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16. me too.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:40 AM

Feb 20

every day i fantasize the headline i want to see as i dread the headlines i will see.

i've barely started my day and already
- kegsbreath gave a malevolent white "christian" speech hating on the "tolerant" left
- a 9 year old girl with a valid travel visa coming for a visit to Disney was put in a gulag
- krasnov is turning the nation's capital into a 3rd world monument to himself
- he's going to use my tax money, $10 billion of it, to promote the krasnov endless war board
- war with Iran?
- i mean what the fuck.

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I hate waking up to this fire hose of bs from Trump and his goons, every single day. [View all] Swede Feb 20 OP

Flooding the zone mikeysnot Feb 20 #1

I drive around listening to the radio and shudder every time the 5 minute news comes on or I switch to mucifer Feb 20 #2

A Citizens' Debunking Channel is needed bucolic_frolic Feb 20 #3

That used to be the constitutionally-protected role of the Free Press: to act as the people's watchdogs, investigate sop Feb 20 #6

That's a rather worthwhile observation. bucolic_frolic Feb 20 #7

We don't have a free press whopis01 Feb 20 #17

It's exhausting Luciferous Feb 20 #4

before i even get up i check my phone to see if hes dead yet... samnsara Feb 20 #5

I've had to limit my news consumption. The news now is nit good for the blood pressure. Lonestarblue Feb 20 #8

Trump's daily....(sometimes hourly) dose of corruption is like quicksand democrank Feb 20 #9

I am in agreement with everything said here. Diamond_Dog Feb 20 #10

I get the news from shows like The View Wednesdays Feb 20 #24

I usually just skim the headlines until an overflow of tragedy, madness, and "gotchya" requires a break. Ping Tung Feb 20 #11

I wish there were a news show without THAT FACE LSparkle Feb 20 #12

Dump is worse than BIF in Back to the Future 2 mdbl Feb 20 #13

Agreed Swede! They are the gaslighters of all gaslighters. Clouds Passing Feb 20 #14

Just throw more lies on the fire... kentuck Feb 20 #15

me too. barbtries Feb 20 #16

Boy, do I feel that, too! hamsterjill Feb 20 #18

In Seattle we have a user supported station RainCaster Feb 20 #19

Who doesn't love a daily tankload of Donny's Dementia-riddled Diarrhea? Blue Owl Feb 20 #20

I agree, I face each and every day with dread and apprehension Grim Chieftain Feb 20 #21

It can be depressing. CaptainTruth Feb 20 #22

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