The Guardian is an excellent source of news.

totally tune out altogether. I just get my news from Independent sources, there ae too many to list. Mary Trump, is one person of many people I listen too.

In a way, I think this regime is hoping that people tune out so they can keep on causing havoc and chaos on us all. The world in the meantime just watches in horror to see what's happening in the US under this regime.

Of course, the anxiety level can subside for many, but speaking for myself I need to be AWARE or that stupid word WOKE, to know what's happening to us and others in the world.

a daily basis. I check DU often but avoid the obviously depressing. I do check in with Orrex each day and his, “Is he dead yet?”. I know one day I will read it and pass out with happiness.

Promoting this sort of helpless anxiety is deliberate, a means of controlling the masses that consume mass media.

If I'm at home watching television or doom scrolling social media on my phone I'm not getting into more effective sorts of trouble, even very minor sorts of good trouble as described by John Lewis. DU itself is ineffective if its not inspiring people to get into good trouble.

Here in the U.S.A. we're free to say damned near anything we like so long as it is ineffective.

As soon as a political movement becomes effective, especially one directed against the oligarchy and the inherently racist and misogynistic white patriarchy, all hell breaks loose.

No cable or Tv here, I refuse to pay for drivel...

I occasionally flip to the News app on my phone when bored, but I'd rather play a damn game than read about stuff I have no control over that only raises my BP.

Besides, here I can chime in with my own snark

I still glance at the headlines but that axiom pops into my head to remind that good news is rare and looking for more evil isn't a wise thing to do if one is sane.

I've made these comments many times over the years. Even my local news (every outlet) has drastically run with the "if it bleeds, it leads" mentality. The first ten minutes is every terrible thing that's happened in the US. The higher the body count, the earlier it is. It's all about fear. Shark attack off California, random shooting at a 7-11 in Chicago, house fire in Boston, will all take priority over something important that's local. Hurricane season may as well start in February when the weather people start "reminding" us that death and destruction is only 6 months away. Oh, speaking of hurricanes, that one 800 miles away that will never come near us? 24-7 reporting on it to "remind" us that at any point that it could be us.

And don't think you're being informed. Discussion about the fear of rising prices of electricity and insurance, but no reporting on the causes of these problems. Our streets flood after random afternoon showers. No reporting on our shit local politicians that won't do anything about it. We have a special election coming up for part of my area. Do they mention that? Do you think they have the candidates on to talk about why we should vote for them? Fuck no. Maybe if one of them started whacking the others with a steel folding chair at a high school baseball game we might. Idiocracy meets the WWE in real time, every day.

I stopped paying attention when the word "safe" was every 6th word those idiots uttered. It's all about fear, keeping everyone afraid. Why put yourself through this?

Trump's whole plan is the daily reality show. 90% of his actions are show plot points that have no purpose other than to push the news cycle another round until he fake plays the role of president toward 2028 or whenever he leaves office.

So long as people get the important news, radioactive shrimp! or violet weather etc . . . Ignoring the desperately attention-seeking loser and chief is fine with me. He should be ignored.

agree with them. The only time I watch live news is if there was a breaking national disaster and I wanted access to a live video feed.

The constant noise, the chatter, it just does my head in.

I get plenty of news from my trusted journalists and news outlets and aggregated from DU. I subscribe to some high quality substack newsletters that come in my email: Joyce Vance, Heather Cox Richardson, etc.

in two minutes”. No opinions or editorialized bylines and just a quick listen. I have a few other sources from environmental news sites to substack etc.
Network news is all owned by the billionaires that have hurt my Country. A pox on them.

That is to say, what is most accessible is clickbait, attention-grabbing pablum. That is because informing the public with the truth is no longer an objective. The new mantra is "Hey, what is 'truth' anyway? Nobody really can say, so we're just going for clicks and ratings."

There is some room for optimism from the fact that the truth has never been more available. It is harder and harder for powerful people to hide their corruption and crimes. BUT ... one must be an ACTIVE consumer of the truth. None of the networks hand that out as a matter of routine.

We have to be the "network". We have to find ways to help our friends, families, and associates get the truth when it really matters. It probably won't be effective to just be a fire hose, spraying our every video or Bluesky post we see. But people are starting to see what we are up against. It is reflected in Trump's cratering approval. It shows in South Park getting their highest ratings in years. It shows in many ways.

We can do this.

Unless it's hijacked by someone who never shuts up!

Me, Me, Me!

I want stories about shared human experiences.

Any dictator can inflict pain and suffering.

Please die!

EPSTEIN!!

Looking the problem square on and figuring out how to solve it is the only way through.

People's anxiety comes from the feeling of helplessness in the face of world events. But they aren't actually helpless and what they need are leaders that show them the way through it.

since the election results became obvious. I knew I couldn’t emotionally handle it and, like you, hearing Trumps voice destroys me. Also, I believe Trump wants us to be fearful and dominated by the news headline of the day instead of the actual full destruction of the country.

I read the news and do not constantly stay on alert for the next TV news update. I was/am too much of a news junkie and it was harming my life. I also try to focus on what I can do like protests, calling my ridiculous Republican member of Congress, and will start campaigning once again to defeat my Congress member and support re-districting in California.

For the younguns, "Tweety" is Chris MATTHEWS. Was a fiend for *all* of the Sunday yak fests, sent emails. Would fume at LIMBOsevic and O'LOOFAH. Saw JoeSCABS start with Tweety then on to his own circuses, ranting at the weatherman, hating on PELOSI and HRC, emotionally and verbally abusive to Mika Mouse, then sensed something fishy and shocked when those two made it official.

Anyway, tapered off and then dropped MSNBC entirely in 2012 when he said something I don't remember about OBAMA. Then, separately, went through my cable-cutting phase, and after KRASNOV in 2016, cut out almost all of the yak shows. Now the almost only one left is CBS, Margaret BRENNAN, but not glued to it.

Now almost all YouTube and podcasts. And DU all and all through the above.

*** But here's the kicker. The only talk radio in my area was wingnut, and I started with it in the '80s, with letters, then emails, had a back and forth with the head wingnut, for the 30 years. But 2024 was too much, dropped it, wrote "REFUSED" on the emails the wingnut sent asking me not to "leave." And haven't heard it since then, only have a music station in the car. And, no, don't have my head in the sand (see the YouTubes, podcasts, DU), but a certain amount of stress has noticeably lessened.