<![CDATA[This is easily the saddest time in American history.]]>This is easily the saddest time in American history. The absolute worst people are systematically destroying the country, and our system is completely failing to stop them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/2928d268-a11f-4ae6-b9f9-6afe4d00cf3c/this-is-easily-the-saddest-time-in-american-history.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 08:28:32 GMTMon, 18 May 2026 21:11:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 10:45:03 GMT]]>@xs4me2 @Strandjunker That's probably where it's headed. Unless a civil war breaks out, that is.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/grumpydad/statuses/116600832224433526https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/grumpydad/statuses/116600832224433526Tue, 19 May 2026 10:45:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:33:39 GMT]]>@Hteph Sorry, I had no idea. Just trying to reduce character count.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.science/users/ChemicalEyeGuy/statuses/116600551476041763https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.science/users/ChemicalEyeGuy/statuses/116600551476041763Tue, 19 May 2026 09:33:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 08:47:06 GMT]]>@Strandjunker The system is what it results in. So, the system is working - that's precisely what it was set up to do. We are in late-stage capitalism, and, even more than most countries, the US has been setup this way. Wonder why so many Americans are now thinking that socialism might not be a bad thing after all...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/UkeleleEric/statuses/116600368422029673https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/UkeleleEric/statuses/116600368422029673Tue, 19 May 2026 08:47:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 07:12:01 GMT]]>@Strandjunker As are the people. That's the actually sad part.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/116599994532386151https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/116599994532386151Tue, 19 May 2026 07:12:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 06:43:28 GMT]]>@letoams @Strandjunker @briankrebs Knock it off.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TagYourToe/statuses/116599882304713919https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TagYourToe/statuses/116599882304713919Tue, 19 May 2026 06:43:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 05:25:32 GMT]]>@Strandjunker

If the midterms fail to turn the tide, I’m afraid only an insurrection by the people and those of good will, can…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116599575824999499https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116599575824999499Tue, 19 May 2026 05:25:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 05:10:37 GMT]]>@Strandjunker

There is no "The System". It is people. But for all Americans' bluster about fighting for freedom, and an entire amendment about it, they're pretty complacent.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/Mannanan/statuses/116599517161671457https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/Mannanan/statuses/116599517161671457Tue, 19 May 2026 05:10:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 04:43:45 GMT]]>@Strandjunker
It's never the system that does the stopping, it's always the people.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dyrathror/statuses/116599411539143602https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dyrathror/statuses/116599411539143602Tue, 19 May 2026 04:43:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 04:22:32 GMT]]>@Strandjunker It's not the system that's flawed; the problem lies with the greedy and utterly incompetent people within it.
The system does have checks and balances, but the people are either too corrupt or too stupid to use them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swiss.social/users/bsm/statuses/116599328122309138https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swiss.social/users/bsm/statuses/116599328122309138Tue, 19 May 2026 04:22:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 03:56:15 GMT]]>@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science While I completely agree with you, I just wanted to point out that putting hashtags into the text makes it hellish for those of use screen reeders.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/amfo0f52vxk200rlhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/amfo0f52vxk200rlTue, 19 May 2026 03:56:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 03:53:16 GMT]]>@David_Esposito@universeodon.com @Strandjunker@mstdn.social I think it is the opposite, the elite think it is Untouchable and Infallible, and that the rest just bends knee and serve them (which they currently do).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/amfnwkv4vxk200r9https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/amfnwkv4vxk200r9Tue, 19 May 2026 03:53:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 03:05:37 GMT]]>@Strandjunker The opposition are absolute idiots stuffed with facts that they have no idea what to do with, and the corruption that MAGA is now super-sizing.

And the people who thought opposing a Hitler-loving monster by portraying him as either a bumbling fool or a balloon in the shape of a cute baby, while donning "pussy hats", are pretty stupid too. TrumpCo just seized control of >1/3 of the world's oil supply and almost of fertilizer production... they are going to starve the world's liberal democracies until they turn fascist.

And our response to this situation is supposed to be "Look at the incompetence"! Hon, I've got news for you....

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Yep, the very "system" that was designed to protect the interests of rich white men... still works for them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://surf.social/ap/users/116410237635122084/statuses/116598997887891656https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://surf.social/ap/users/116410237635122084/statuses/116598997887891656Tue, 19 May 2026 02:58:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 01:28:04 GMT]]>@yuhasz01
No, they are the nazis. Those among the rest of us who don't try to stop them are the collaborators.
@Strandjunker

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116445370832752574/statuses/116598642057899389https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116445370832752574/statuses/116598642057899389Tue, 19 May 2026 01:28:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 01:07:23 GMT]]>@Strandjunker Your system has been failing to stop them for decades. Stop waiting for it to work. It is not going to happen.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wirejunkie.net/users/Ooze/statuses/116598560720148217https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wirejunkie.net/users/Ooze/statuses/116598560720148217Tue, 19 May 2026 01:07:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 01:06:23 GMT]]>@Strandjunker

When an evil empire lives, it is the worst of times.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/unruly/statuses/116598556828970640https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/unruly/statuses/116598556828970640Tue, 19 May 2026 01:06:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 00:42:57 GMT]]>@Strandjunker This is the system in action. This was inevitable.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/qirenni/statuses/116598464688463616https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/qirenni/statuses/116598464688463616Tue, 19 May 2026 00:42:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 00:29:47 GMT]]>@Quasit @Strandjunker

Along this line of reasoning:

3-Letter News: "RFK halts another (vital pillar of the American) health monitoring system."

No dumb bitch, no: "Oligarchy continues building out their plans to decimate the American population."

It's all Big Tobacco's corporate strategy for maximizing revenue. Stochastic violence and plausible deniability. Two hands washing each other.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/OvertonDoors/statuses/116598412922534921https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/OvertonDoors/statuses/116598412922534921Tue, 19 May 2026 00:29:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 00:23:00 GMT]]>@Strandjunker yeah living thru the fall of an empire like this is not fun. In our case, so much delusion and denial from both classes. It is bizarre. Hang in here

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/tsyum/statuses/116598386246404123https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/tsyum/statuses/116598386246404123Tue, 19 May 2026 00:23:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Tue, 19 May 2026 00:05:59 GMT]]>@dave @Strandjunker

I'm just sitting here, shaking my head "no" because evil never dies, it just changes form.

I'm predicting that Emperor Cheeto's successor will be just as bad, in his own way. And it won't be JD Vance, because Vance has (smartly) started to put a little distance between. It will be some other dreadful curse, like Stephen Miller, or Kegsbreath, or maybe even John Thune. <*shudder*>

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/116128508139924900/statuses/116598319297229235https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/116128508139924900/statuses/116598319297229235Tue, 19 May 2026 00:05:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Mon, 18 May 2026 23:35:31 GMT]]>@Strandjunker Commiserations.

That being said, all empires fall!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/Unknowable/statuses/116598199507869835https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/Unknowable/statuses/116598199507869835Mon, 18 May 2026 23:35:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Mon, 18 May 2026 23:32:58 GMT]]>@Strandjunker There are many who would argue that there was a time in American history when things were significantly sadder for a huge category of people. And I would agree with them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/ahltorp/statuses/116598189467133618https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/ahltorp/statuses/116598189467133618Mon, 18 May 2026 23:32:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is easily the saddest time in American history. on Mon, 18 May 2026 23:21:13 GMT]]>@Strandjunker I have been asking for months "How is this possible?".

Obviously being the case, "why would we want it back?"

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Article II, Section 4 – Annenberg Classroom

The impeachment process begins in the House of Representatives with a vote to impeach. Then the president stands trial for the accusations in the Senate.

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Annenberg Classroom (www.annenbergclassroom.org)

if enough US citizens wrote/emailed/phoned/screamed
outside their office to our congressional reps to IMPEACH
or face voter outrage ending their career, and kept it up, we could regain our

People together as a force to be reckoned with
Spread the word

Just a moment...

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(www.congress.gov)

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