My natural optimism was shattered, and attempts to put the pieces back together have been thwarted with every Trump nominee antithetical to the mission of the agency or department they will head. Real damage will be done to the environment and to vulnerable human beings, some of it irreversible.
It is a national shame and embarrassment that Donald Effing Trump won the electoral votes of a single state, let alone enough to propel this unfit narcissistic demagogue to the most powerful political office on the planet. With all the media coverage he received throughout the campaign it should have been obvious to anyone with a functioning frontal lobe that the sum total as well as the details of his spoken and tweeted words reveal Donald Trump to be a pathological liar and a con man who doesn't giving a flying rats ass about the poor dupes who voted for him.
Thanksgiving at my house was a small and pleasant affair with my wife, her daughter & husband with four grandkids. The Christmas Eve party at my sister's house will be a much larger affair, including cousins with whom I've had longstanding good relationships -- and they voted for Trump. My sister had to shut down her facebook account for fear that expressing herself politically would destroy relationships with relatives and friends. I am not on facebook, but I'm really struggling with how I will handle the political discussions that will inevitably arise at the upcoming gathering. If I speak my mind, I will say very hurtful things to people I care about.
I'm trying not to feed the wolf of my simmering rage, but he calls me to his den every time I read the newspaper.
H2O Man, I value your wisdom. Have you any guidance?
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