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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToday, I'm feeling just a smidgeon of hope.
I'm very aware of the times before where Trump is concerned when I felt some hope, and those hopes were dashed the next day. So, I'm going to try to just enjoy the rest of today before that happens tomorrow. If it doesn't happen, then I'll be grateful.
Two things today: The judge ruling that the Trump name has to be taken off of the Kennedy Center, and the other judge reopening the IRS investigation.
Allow me this hope for the rest of today. Even if you disagree with me. Because I need some hope. We all do. If I'm being foolish, you can call me that tomorrow.
But TWO judges today! Happy Birthday, John F. Kennedy!
Polly Hennessey
(8,992 posts)malaise
(298,338 posts)Great OP!
Rec
hamsterjill
(17,806 posts)That means a lot to me.
Blue Full Moon
(3,672 posts)llmart
(17,750 posts)I only hope these hits keep on coming. We can't take much more of this. I still believe we're going to have some level of PTSD once we sweep the GOP out of government and start repairing everything they've broken.
hamsterjill
(17,806 posts)I don't see how we can keep from having that. But I know that once Trump is history, I want to see efforts to make sure that no one like him can ever gain power in this country again and not have the checks and balances that the founding fathers intended. I will work for that when that time comes.
BeneteauBum
(828 posts)A lot of signs that the MAGA kleptocracy is deteriorating
so Ill join you with a ray of hope.
Peace ☮️
FakeNoose
(42,585 posts)At this point they're our last hope.
We can't let them down ... we must win the midterms.
2MuchNoise
(886 posts)hamsterjill
(17,806 posts)I was just reading about the maggots in the food in the facility in New Jersey. No doubt that is happening in all of those horrible detention places. Little children forced to eat that. It's sick and disgusting.
So any one of THEM that pays a price, I'll take it. Like you, that makes me happy.
H2O Man
(79,308 posts)Thank you for this! Including noting President Kennedy.
I am confident that most of the federal courts will hold. Obviously the USSC has made some horrible decisions in the cowardly felon's presidency, but there are indications that a majority are recognizing the threat the administration poses to democracy and the rule of law.
hamsterjill
(17,806 posts)I was a child when he was killed, but I have memories of the event and the aftermath. I remember the mood of the country before Dallas, and after Dallas.
I don't like the infatuation that Trump seems to have with him - and the crap that all of the QAnon crazies spout about him AND JFK, Jr. I've posted before about a former classmate who is full blown QAnon and I follow her for shits and giggles. Just last week, she posted something about "that man standing behind President Trump is John F. Kennedy, Jr., and he's been working behind the scenes" blah blah blah.
JFK, Jr. died in a plane crash as we all know. IF he HAD faked his death, he wouldn't be supporting what Donald Trump does.
The mention of the Kennedy name by Trump and/or QAnon is sacrilegious to me. It felt personal when Trump defaced the Kennedy Center by putting his name with Kennedy's - as if he were somehow an equal.
Hah! Trump wishes he commanded an ounce of the respect that JFK had.
So, needless to say, I was very happy about today's events.
gademocrat7
(12,040 posts)Good news
Joinfortmill
(21,751 posts)Torg
(3 posts)You have friends everywhere!
Martin68
(28,111 posts)efhmc
(17,047 posts)JoseBalow
(9,788 posts)I've been dealing with a lot, too much, and this daily political shit-show doesn't help at all.
I couldn't do it without some hope. We all need that, even if a little. Grab that hope, and use it for momentum.
That little push can make all the difference sometimes. We got this.
Put one foot in front of the other, and soon you'll be walking 'cross the floor...
hamsterjill
(17,806 posts)Whatever was stressful before is now amplified by all that is happening with Trump.
I'm gonna keep walking 'cross that floor, and if you need to take my hand to keep walking (yourself) at any time, you just let me know.
JoseBalow
(9,788 posts)It means a lot to know that someone cares, it makes all the difference sometimes.
fierywoman
(8,644 posts)BaronChocula
(4,815 posts)Earlier today a cousin interrupted a small family reunion to announce the Kennedy Center news. And a cheer went up.
hamsterjill
(17,806 posts)Everyone's mood seemed to lighten a little. Thanks for sharing.
Blue_Roses
(13,917 posts)Some days are better than others, so on days like today, where I'm feeling anxiety about so many things going on,seeing your post makes me smile. We all need one another to get through this nightmare and I think putting "hope" out there will get us through.
hamsterjill
(17,806 posts)Some days, I am about to give up. The stress is almost unbearable wondering what in the hell the asshole is going to do next. I get mad at myself for not being able to tune it out, but we can't. And you know why we can't? Because we care about our country and our people, and our future generations.
So you are completely right in that we all need one another to get through this!!!
Ilsa
(64,623 posts)vapor2
(4,991 posts)So what does he know that we don't?
hamsterjill
(17,806 posts)That he might be moving there because of Trump's financial ventures. You know, so he can be first on hand and make a few more billions.
Wish we knew for sure...or maybe we don't want to know!
yellow dahlia
(6,597 posts)some_of_us_are_sane
(3,716 posts)Hope is the thing with feathers
That perchs in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops___at all.
(We're with you, sweetie!)