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5. And I'm afraid the only way to replace them is to either figure out

all the ways they're going to be cheating come 26 and '28, or out-cheat them. Neither of which we should even be discussing as possible in the US.

Star Trek: Picard had several good lines in it, IMO. One of the ones that hits me hardest was "The dreams are nice; it's waking I'm regretting" (or words to that effect... I can't quite remember it exactly.) But that's the way I'm feeling... I'm so diminished, despondent, and discouraged that any of the branches of government are not doing what they can FOR the American people... they're basically only acting when the rubber hits the road as far as they're concerned -- not us. I don't know what's going to happen to the maga people; they actually seem to dumb to understand what's happening and why. I was raised in the 50-70's... graduated in 1974. I thought my education was really good... not great, as there were subjects even then I didn't think we touched on far enough or in-depth enough. But it seems I came away with a good deal of understanding and practice at critical thinking; something that evidently was lacking thereafter. I dunno... maybe I'm just griping because I'm so despondent at what the future holds. My grandson just turned 31 and got married two days prior to that. I absolutely fear for what his world is going to be like when he gets to be my age, if its even still here.

All I know is I look around at the US today, and I see pictures and stories of what the USSR was like back in the 60's. And all I can do, besides drag my aching body to marches, is SMDH. It's just not enough. Will there ever be justice? Not for the girls/women of the Epstein files; not for the girls and women that trump raped... probably had murdered... and now is desperately trying to strip not only our bodily autonomy from us, but also the rights we fought so hard to win... including the right to vote. Yeah... unconscious dreaming is better than waking reality, these days... except for those nights I wake up in a cold sweat thanks to night terrors of trump.