Thoughts
Something has been bugging me for a couple of days and I really want to get it off my chestI am still very angry about the Seinfeld and Friends crap that happened over the past couple of days. Seeing...
View ArticleSome thoughts on my time here
I have been thinking about my time here at dailykos and about how much this website really means to me. I joined dkos at the age of 22. So much has changed since then, so much has happened, and I have...
View ArticleWhat I have been wondering about holding TFG to account
We all want Donald Trump to go to prison, preferably for the rest of his life, for various crimes he, his family and various organizations of his have perpetrated against the United States. Fact is, we...
View ArticleWishing the Queen pain in death makes us look like a bunch of hypocritical...
Just gonna say it, the diary on the rec list currently makes us look like a bunch of fucking assholes. I understand that it was a professor who originally tweeted the sentiment, a professor who was...
View ArticleDear political media: Don’t be fooled by DeSantis’ “hero of the hurricane”...
This will probably be short, I am on my phone. I am sitting here watching DeSantis sounding actually quite normal as a politician talking about Hurricane Ian. I have also heard speculation in the...
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Whiteness is the reason why I never learned about my ancestors
I recently did a DNA test with ancestry.com. I have always wondered what my ancestry was, what my ancestors were like. Who my great-great-great-great-great grandpappy was and what he did for a living....
View ArticleDailykos user and groups appreciation thread!
Its been a while since we had one of these, and I am getting that dkos is feeling a bit down today, so its time for a dailykos users and groups appreciation thread. THIS IS A CALLOUT DIARY! Calling...
View ArticleStruggling a bit emotionally
I am just going to preface this by saying this diary is going to be personal. Intimately personal. I tried journaling, at my counselors suggestion, but I felt myself writing and not really connecting...
View ArticleThe transphobia not only here but everywhere in progressive spaces really...
Acceptance. It’s an easy word to spell, even easier to say. Its a simple concept to understand, at least simple enough. Finding belonging. Finding understanding. Finding your people. Its so simple, yet...
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🌟 Sushi took his place among the stars today 🌟
He had a heart murmur. We knew his time was limited. He started losing weight a few weeks ago. Started refusing food. Hanging out in random spots in the house where he usually didn’t explore. Started...
View ArticleMy counselor put me on a cable news diet
I had an appointment today with my counselor and I was talking about my fears for the country slowly sinking into fascism, and how out of control and anxious about it all I feel. She definitely...
View ArticleWhat the actual F*CK Katy Tur, Steve Kornacki and MSNBC?
So I haven’t been watching a lot of cable news lately on the advice from my counselor. She said to go slow and not completely cut myself off, but I did anyway. The exhaustion from watching nothing but...
View ArticleTonight's biggest loser -- The f*cking Load More button
I love dkos on election night. Seriously, I watch this website like a hawk every election, but I have to say, the newest update to the mobile site is making it nigh on impossible to enjoy tonight as...
View ArticleOregon elects first openly gay governor
Well, that’s all folks! KGW has called the race for Kotek, the Oregonian has followed suit. For some reason MSNBC has yet to call the race, but for people who live here, its over. Our flirtation with...
View ArticleHey Donald, if they don't like you, form a new party
The knives are out. They are coming for blood. They know you’ve lost, even if you don’t acknowledge responsibility, Don. They blame you for disrupting their beautiful red wave, and now they are...
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Once again, I come to dailykos for help
As many of you know, I have been struggling with Post-Covid syndrome and a number of other ailments that have put me out of work. I have diaried about it numerous times over the past couple of...
View ArticleDear political media: Don’t be fooled by DeSantis’ “hero of the hurricane”...
This will probably be short, I am on my phone. I am sitting here watching DeSantis sounding actually quite normal as a politician talking about Hurricane Ian. I have also heard speculation in the...
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Whiteness is the reason why I never learned about my ancestors
I recently did a DNA test with ancestry.com. I have always wondered what my ancestry was, what my ancestors were like. Who my great-great-great-great-great grandpappy was and what he did for a living....
View ArticleDailykos user and groups appreciation thread!
Its been a while since we had one of these, and I am getting that dkos is feeling a bit down today, so its time for a dailykos users and groups appreciation thread. THIS IS A CALLOUT DIARY! Calling...
View ArticleStruggling a bit emotionally
I am just going to preface this by saying this diary is going to be personal. Intimately personal. I tried journaling, at my counselors suggestion, but I felt myself writing and not really connecting...
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