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mwmisses4289

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27. I suspect it is because most of us realize there is nothing we can really do.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 04:32 PM
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We can be aware of the news, we can go to protests if our health permits, we can vote, we can volunteer, we can take it one day at a time, we can only do what is in within our ability to do. And we feel guilty, because we feel like there is something, anything, that we should be doing to correct this awful mess, when the reality is that the little many of us can do, we are doing, even if is just being kind to someone.

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Yes, it's weird. DemMedic Yesterday #1
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What about all those overdue library books, troll? NewHendoLib Yesterday #4
Damn it, I had a new hat for Library Girl. Emile Yesterday #5
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Yes, area51 Yesterday #6
We could try Farmer-Rick Yesterday #18
The reason Trump was never going to help the Iranian protesters MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #38
Relatable. Every day I think about calling my congress critters to complain about what is going and always have to LymphocyteLover Yesterday #7
Call anyway Seinan Sensei Yesterday #17
I call my 3 congress critters about once a week. I ask for a response every time and never get one. LymphocyteLover Yesterday #22
They need to hear it. Don't make it easy for them MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #39
Congress critters MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #40
The top stories on all the news feeds are about the Oscars now. Arthur_Frain Yesterday #9
I wonder why that is? BannonsLiver Yesterday #11
Is it to their credit or to their detriment as a news organization Arthur_Frain Yesterday #14
It's not earth shattering that US media would be talking about the Oscars 12 hours after the ceremony ended. BannonsLiver Yesterday #15
No it's not. Arthur_Frain Yesterday #19
And many hundreds of moonscape Yesterday #21
Somehow we have to do both MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #41
yes, same here markie Yesterday #10
that time is coming MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #42
I refuse to allow Trump that kind of power over me. BannonsLiver Yesterday #12
It bothers me but also scares me ecstatic Yesterday #13
I also beyondtimes Yesterday #16
What I overheard this weekend... llmart Yesterday #24
I really like your response to that woman.. whathehell 15 hrs ago #37
Bothers me immensely. hamsterjill Yesterday #20
Same here, in a Deep South state too. raccoon Yesterday #23
It is surreal. Snackshack Yesterday #25
I feel the same way, Ferrets are Cool. HeartsCanHope Yesterday #26
I suspect it is because most of us realize there is nothing we can really do. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #27
Be grateful you don't have Lindsey Graham. stage left Yesterday #28
His defeat would be a good reason to celebrate, and he's babylonsister 21 hrs ago #32
No, I have tubberville Ferrets are Cool 21 hrs ago #33
Same. Talk about a useless waste of oxygen. eppur_se_muova 13 hrs ago #44
I may owe taxes this year and I'm considering not paying. I'll send the IRS a letter saying I will invoke the LT Barclay 22 hrs ago #29
i didn't know that story MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #43
Tens of millions just don't care. About anything. At all. Sux Evolve Dammit 22 hrs ago #30
You know what pisses me off the most? GoodRaisin 22 hrs ago #31
Yes, especially during tax season RT Atlanta 21 hrs ago #34
I just freeze in my tracks about 3 times a day in anguish for the people being murdered. 58Sunliner 19 hrs ago #35
Situational Awareness <-------------------+-----> Mental Health eggplant 18 hrs ago #36
"There isn't much else I can do..." OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #45
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