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You stay on vacation until January. We'll pick up the slack for you til then. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I thought about this earlier. He and Corker should go on vacation.

He's saying the right things but not doing anything. And he's sort of irrelevant anyway since he's retiring

and is simply trying to position himself to be able to run for office later either as President or Governor most likely if not another term in the Senate later on once the heat as cooled down.
After all his voting record reveals the real Flake.

Why don’t you DO SOMETHING???? You’re not running for re-election. You have nothing at risk. You’re as free as can be to make a stink here or a grand in-yet-face gesture like - how ‘bout I deny you my vote on Kavanaugh if you don’t (fill in the blank here)? He could really have an impact.

And Trump can't fire him.

Rethugs are EVER going to agree or cooperate with Democrats/Progressives on ANYTHING EVER AGAIN?

I'm pushing 70, would like to think I'm reasonably well informed and always have been, I have to say I have never seen or imagined the country could be so fractionalized as it currently is.

The current state of the country and the possibility of removing King tRumpy from office by voting or impeachment is going to be a nightmare and not without bloodshed in my opinion.

Perhaps someday there will be a new conservative party that acts like the R party of 50+ years ago run by people like Kasich, Schmidt, Frum, Dent and Jolly, etc. who will be willing to work with Dems to get some things done for the good of country.

Personally, I very strongly doubt I will agree with the core positions of such a party, but I will be able to respect their integrity.

And I've been thinking along those lines for quite some time.

There may be bloodshed if we win what we want in November. They will not accept it.

.... in any direction they so choose. Or we stand our ground and fight for Democracy to live another day, continue to evolve, and hopefully flourish. We either accomplish this at the ballot box or in the streets.

Ultimately the citizenry will determine whether this never ending conflict or contest with one side supporting Fascism and authoritarianism while the other side supports a thriving Democracy is worthy of a potential Civil War and if these opposing ideologies are worth that sort of a stepped up conflict to defend their separate and divergent political concepts that seem unable to ever find common ground once again.

One hopes for a civilized resolution to these political dilemmas but some spilled blood looks to inevitably be a component in the equation that brings closure and finality to this problem that has for decades been spinning out of control.

Neighbor against neighbor and family against family constantly grows more contentious - sometime soon we will arrive at the breaking point - rather than spinning beyond our control we will reach the point where things ultimately explode.

That is not going to be a proud moment or pretty for anyone - in any shape or form. A Civil War under any circumstances is not a beautiful thing - it is unfortunate we never really finished fighting the first one. If we had put various issues to rest back then -those same issues would not be back haunting us today and dragging us back to the brink of a Second Civil War to basically address these very same issues again.

Let's look forward rather than look back is sometimes a failed concept - if the wounds and injuries of yesterday are allowed to fester and infect and bring dis-ease to our tomorrows - that tells us our healing process is also failed and flawed - in need of modification to achieve a more sustainable and desired result so the healing process is more long term and complete.

Only then society can move beyond those issues and build better futures with brighter tomorrows. Rather than stuck in the no man's land of old, stale, self-consuming, and self-defeating - mindless hate.

It is a sin but we might have to revisit and finish the first Civil War so that or society can grow and mature beyond our deeply ingrained racism and hatred.

We owe so much thanks for Fox News and Rush Limbaugh for having brought us to this flash point and having given us decades upon decades of their propaganda of hate - day in and day out for fucking decades. What did they think would be the result ? A dysfunctional America - society divided down the middle - a decimated Democracy - a damaged population with each one at the other's throats.

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I LOVE your meme there. Did you draw this yourself ?

It perfectly captures how I feel every day upon reading the news.

puke:

"Trump wants to suspend NFL players that kneel."

Does the rabbit hole ever come to an end?

He is not President of the USA.
He Is The sole Owner of the Trump Inc.
Will Take out America for increasing his stock.
Traitor.