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Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social |
Things are bad but all the more reason for optimism of the will and rejection of doomerism and nihilism. Only way out is through.
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marcosantana
@marcosantana.bsky.social
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A day for which doomscrolling was designed for.
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Ted Louis
@tedlouis.bsky.social
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Calamity Caitlin
@squeevening.bsky.social
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*clings*
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Jimmy L 📚
@jimmylabe.bsky.social
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actually, there's a side door to the alley. (I'm thinking positive.)
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Kyn'Elwynn
@kynelwynn.bsky.social
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"through" being execution of those responsible
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Fair Warning
@fairwarning.bsky.social
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And not giving platforms to leaders of insurrections
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Sarah Chassé
@sarahkchasse.bsky.social
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I "liked," this but I don't know what we can actually do. (Except vote, which of course, I'm gonna.)
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NetKnave
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It might have behooved at least a few people in power to prepare an adequate response and show a sense of fucking urgency over the last few years as Hydra openly solidified its grip, instead of pretending "bipartisanship" was important and norms need to be maintained. Its a coup, act like it
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At the Edge of Columbia Plateau
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@worl.bsky.social
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Toxic optimism right here
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@bluerabbit777.bsky.social
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Biden needs to arrest the oligarchs and justices that work for them for sedition. I mean that’s official duty right?
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riwoche རི་བོ་ཆེ་
@riwoche.bsky.social
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This seems like sound advice:
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@jerry1.bsky.social
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Defunding the supreme court, doesn't sound so bad right now.
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sumpnsmelz
@boznova.bsky.social
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Yeah, but through a Christian Nationalist populist era that will set us back decades.
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@mattdonahue.bsky.social
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Could the Senate hold John Roberts in inherent contempt?
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Nerdahedron
@nerdahedron.bsky.social
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Indeed. What choice do we have? We have to be our own hope too.
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catladie
@catladie.bsky.social
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Oh please Chris
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Sean
@betalogan.bsky.social
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decorum means nothing will happen on the left as the right continues to just do whatever they want. i really really really want to be wrong, and that desire keeps me going.
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Kevin
@kevinr.bsky.social
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Ok. See you in Portugal.
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HBSteveB
@hbsteveb.bsky.social
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More than ever we need a charismatic leader to save our country from the imminent demise of our democracy. Unfortunately Joe Biden ain’t that person. Right now my pick would be Newsome.
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Zaldarie
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Yes, it's understandable to despair in the face of what will be a decades long fight, but it must be fought nevertheless.
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@BohunkHusker
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Josh Dobbin
@joshdobbin.bsky.social
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The assembled weight of all human history says there's bloodshed at these moments. Pretending, Fukuyama style, that History was over & fascism gone, led to us ignoring its nascent rise, but now leads to us pretending that there's a viable path that doesn't involve awful things ahead. Gessen told us
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Emotional Support Locomotive
@trainboy.bsky.social
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discourseblog.com/p/you-should...
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Matt Patton
@pattonmatt2.bsky.social
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This is ridiculous. We need a candid debate about having a constitutional convention. Another EC presidency and an authoritarian court aren't what Americans signed up for.
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OT7 🫖
@ot71995.bsky.social
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Drink responsibly, eat well, be centered and ready.
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donut
@funkndonuts.bsky.social
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cooler heads amirite
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Dan
@qedan.bsky.social
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Run a better candidate Chris
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Mitch Solomon
@mitchsolomon.bsky.social
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It's not like a decade of doomerism and nihilism has done anything more than gotten us here in the first place. Any doctor will tell you that contrary action is the first step towards health
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turn the page
@braceletwitch.bsky.social
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heard. but. this would be easier if even one single person with a substantial amount of power were offering a vision for "through" that doesn't include magic or winning every election for the next 50 years.
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Anna Kyle
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@rdm5269.bsky.social
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So can’t Biden now, as an official act, render Trump ineligible to run? Strip him of citizenship? Do anything that will force Republicans, for a change, to waste time in court fighting the very powers they just ‘won’?
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DodgerFanLA
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I think a lot about how it felt we were gifted a "progressive future" in 2008 and no we weren't. we have to fight for it. These are the reactions of deeply fearful people grasping on every lever of power. it sucks but progress is never won without a fight.
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Large Language Platypus
@primordialplatypus.bsky.social
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Times like these I'm reminded of Cory Doctorow's position on hope: "Hope is a method: If I do something about this situation, I might change it enough so that I can do something else about this situation." Only way out is through, indeed, and only way through is to push.
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Excalibur Discount Legal Services
@kevychristian.bsky.social
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I needed to hear this today. Thank you. You're totally right. It's just an easy thing to forget when you get emotional.
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Benjamin Nason
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lol
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Whim Gruent
@whimgruent.bsky.social
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Sometimes you have to go through doom.
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@cloudyvapor.bsky.social
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Too soon
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Big Dumb Asshole
@superstud69.bsky.social
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Thanks, Chris, I needed to hear this today. 🙏
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Aaron Fown
@aaronofypsi.bsky.social
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Hope is a coward, and hope is a demon. It always has been, since it was shoved in that box with all the other demons. It will feed you pretty words and unlikely scenarios to pacify you, until it gets you killed. Hope is what has gotten us to this place.
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Harris 2024
@mackray.bsky.social
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Optimism is probably a bridge too far for me. I can meet you at determination.
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WAP
@wetasspword.bsky.social
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Or instead of reposting this same thing everytime something like this happens, learn from it and change course?
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John F. Ketamine (Leisurely)
@papihustle.bsky.social
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Bro, with all due respect, please cut the horse shit. If you got something else on offer besides posting let's hear it. Otherwise I think despair is a pretty reasonable reaction here
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Political Snarke
@politicalsnarke.bsky.social
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I love you dude, but maybe don't. Please remember you're a cis het white male and about the only demographic unlikely to be targeted if the bad guys win. Telling the rest of us to keep our chins up feels more insulting than inspiring. Let us freak out for a day? I'll pick my fight back up tomorrow.
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Stephen Webb
@stephenwebb.bsky.social
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*continuing to tap my sign*
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#1 CIA POISONING VICTIM
@puzzlemathstar.bsky.social
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Yes! Maybe if we're optimistic enough it will make the supreme court justices kill themselves!
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johannbratwurst
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Through what exactly
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Kilo Watson
@kilowatson.bsky.social
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All we Dems ever do is talk. Our way out of it is armed conflict, not whatever this bougie asshole says.
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Kilo Watson
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We need to arm ourselves.
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Morticia91
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That's what people were saying in 2016. We've been through e-damn-nough.
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Rob of Denver
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Going to need stronger leadership and stronger cultural voices… sry Chris but CNN ain’t it…
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@pablonium.bsky.social
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Or collapse. That’s another route.
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Tully Quinn
@tullyquinn.bsky.social
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The only way out is fighting back and making these people scared to go outside, you spineless twit
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🔞🕷️𝕶𝖆𝖞𝖓𝖊🕷️🔞
@coffinpaws.bsky.social
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This made me feel a bit better
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Walter Katz
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Three suggestions: 1) stop the infighting now, 2) support the Democratic nominee 100%, 3) put all activist energy into GOTV and election protection. Everything else needs to wait and the campaign itself has to be relentlessly existentialist.
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Muffin Top Momma
@muffintopmomma.bsky.social
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Followed Keep pushing!
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Bogdo Oggdo
@oggdobogdo.bsky.social
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Ok but what can we actually do (you're not allowed to say vote)
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Aaron Huertas
@aaronhuertas.bsky.social
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time to post harder (organize your workplace)
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✨𝓔ᦓꪻｒｏᵈᒍ❕𝖓𝖓🫀
@o-0.bsky.social
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Sounds like heteronormative privilege from where I'm standing, but um.. yeah sure we certainly need... optimism🤷♀️
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Parker Molloy
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Quasar Funk
@quasarfunk.bsky.social
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Can people feel their feelings for one fucking day?
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FeistyEnglishTeacher
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How about that! It’s just like grief.
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IllCaesar
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While not wrong a hell of a lot of us are going to suffer and die before we, collectively, get through this. A lot of us, individually, won't get through this. I think those of us with bad odds should be allowed to mourn in peace before we snap back to the march forward.
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Jeff Thompson
@jeffthompson48.bsky.social
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Could your media friends stop praising American institutions because this little American experiment has been an abysmal failure.
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Jake Who Walks The Land
@jakefattie.bsky.social
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yes if only there were a way to wrestle power from our corporate overlords.... maybe in the streets?
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AnthropomorphiKurt
@infosprinkles.bsky.social
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We are all doomer-adjacent or doomer-curious at some point in our lives, Chris. ;)
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robot_sheed
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you’ll probably be fine
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Annette & Vizsla Tucker
@vizslaspgh.bsky.social
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They say “when you’re going through hell, keep going”
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Pvnk'd
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How many will die as optimists "VOTE HARDER!" Cynicism told us years ago "yeah, this will happen. Let's prepare." But instead we got pussy hats and Vote Blue No Matter Who.
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Frank Lynch
@fplynch.bsky.social
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I'm trying to remember the name of the action movie where the lead stayed in a fetal position and everything turned out AOK
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Jason
@jasondtx.bsky.social
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VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE
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John Perschino
@johnperschino.bsky.social
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Too bad you never read more than the first or second reply. And it really bugs me you're either too "busy" or too high and mighty to hit the like button.
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John Perschino
@johnperschino.bsky.social
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Chris, ever think the main reason behind all these corrupt rulings is to cause widespread despair and hopelessness equal to that in dictatorships?
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Father John Chungus
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Big dawg I can’t even finish my thought. You have a good one. Stay hydrated it’s hot out there
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KINOPTIKA🐍 Mx 🍉
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Genocide does no convey optimism, but you and the rest of the MSNBC lot wouldn't be allowed to accept that fact.
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The Dragon of East Rock
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This is true, but also I need a day or two to mourn and regroup before turning to pushing on through.
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@gpthacker.bsky.social
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Bullshit man! You happy dipshits (collectively) in the national politico media got us into this mess in the first place. Try recognizing how fucked we are, we’re losing, and likely to lose more. Since we are might as well fight like hell on the way down. I will. Decorum +Norms ain’t doing it
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QuetzalcoatlusWellnessInstitute
@8t3v3n.bsky.social
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Excuse me? Optimism of the will sounds suspiciously like something we've heard before. wtf?
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Doctor* Bluman
@drbluman.bsky.social
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we're going on a bear hunt
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Maebh 🇵🇸✊
@ivebeenbetter.bsky.social
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Optimism will not save us. We need emergency action right now and I don't see those who can take action doing so.
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Sandy Parker
@sandyparker.bsky.social
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sigh....i guess
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Mr Dr Bae
@dallas-taylor.bsky.social
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Hope, faith, and optimism create the possibility of a good outcome, while cynicism and despair close that off. You can't guarantee success, but you *can* guarantee failure.
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Baltimore is fine
@nafer.bsky.social
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Could someone tell that to the democrats allegedly in power
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Al G Rhythm
@algrhythm.bsky.social
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I, for one, am happy Richard Nixon isn't alive today to see this. He would be irate.
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Maggie Westrum
@maggiewestrum.bsky.social
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dude, there’s no way out of this
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Spartan 0562 The Man Who Never Dies -Jake Laurell
@thejaklife.bsky.social
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Yeah, this is the way I look at it. Biden needs to drop out, or we lose Democracy in the US. Plain and simple.
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Benjamin Newsom
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Having pleasant thoughts while rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic isn't going to make that water any warmer. It is going to take some massive change. I'd be focused on how to achieve that and how to prepare for the hardship it is going to take to get there.
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EAll
@ealluia.bsky.social
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You can be pessimistic as all get out and recognize that you have no choice but to move forward with whatever means are at your disposal for positive change because it's the only path to improvement.
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Greg Bester
@gregbester.bsky.social
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Will this finally wake Dick Durban from his coma?
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Jay Schiavone
@jaytingle.bsky.social
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What would you have said if you had been stuck in Europe in the late 1930s? That situation was corrected after mass conflagration. There are no allied forces to oppose the US military this time.
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Willow
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@aburtonmatt.bsky.social
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We gotta get serious about court reform. If they act like politicians they need to be regulated like politicians and the body needs to reflect that they are politicians
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Arcane Mundane
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Suzzee
@suzzee.bsky.social
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Thanks Chris I needed a little optimism today. I had to turn off the news because everything is just plain negative today. I tend to try to be optimistic but find myself going the other way once in awhile. Thank you!
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Evil Clown
@0xkefka.bsky.social
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Agree It will take a long time (unfortunately) but somehow I want to believe we will come out of this as a better nation Somehow
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Elizabeth Picciuto
@epicciuto.bsky.social
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I totally agree with this! Still working out how to get there though.
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Rebecca Shapiro
@rebeccashapiro.bsky.social
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⏬⏬⏬⏬⏬ We got long memories, spite, curses, ill will, and longevity. We will all get through this by going through it.
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