I think part of the reason I'm so hopelessly addicted to the internet right now is that I am constantly searching for some good news, for some relief from the horrible, morally-draining, depressing situation this country finds itself in.
Every time I log in, I hope to be greeted with some screaming headline like:
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Or any number of other things that only fear for my own karma prevent me from publicly stating. But sadly, it seems every login only brings more news of the America we know and love being systematically destroyed by the Russian Puppet, one of his cloven-hoofed minions, or the Republican Congress (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Russian Federation) all while the media is spewing BULLSHIT with absolutely no push-back happening whatsoever.
And what's worse is it feels like we are powerless to stop it.
John Ossoff's loss last night to Karen Handel didn't help matters. So many of us had viewed that as a bellwether of the 2018 mid-terms and in fact, despite the initially demoralizing loss, it may still be. GA06 was a deep red district that went overwhelmingly to Trump and whose last Republican handedly won over his Democratic challenger by 21%. Handel won by only 4%. If that can happen in a red district, imagine what could happen in a purple one…
Surprisingly perhaps, I still save faith in our system and that the country will eventually wake from this nightmare; we've endured worse and have come through a better people because of it—but I am impatient and I want it to be over with now. I want to be able to go back to sleeping soundly at night. I don't want to be walking around in a continual cloud of depression. I don't want to have to think about what the President is doing, because I know he's an adult, and has this country's best interest at heart.
In short, I want to see that illegitimate bastard currently occupying the White House and every one of his associates dragged away in chains. But thanks to the likes of The Palmer Report (whose every lede and bit of reporting has been borne out as factual) and others, I know the wheels of justice are turning; just not as quickly as I'd like. But impeachment is not something to be rushed. It takes time; all the i's must be dotted and the t's crossed if we are to rid ourselves of the criminal cabal currently dismantling our country and destroying our place in the world.
When I finally shuffle off this mortal coil I want the ferret-wearing, cheeto-faced shitgibbon and his willfully ignorant, red-capped lunatic followers to be but a distant memory, a cancer was successfully eradicated from the body politic, and if that takes a longer than I'd like, it will be worth it.