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Janus said it well! I too am consciously avoiding news about the new American regime. I’m well aware that Trump and his Project 2025 cohorts are presently engaged in "shock and awe", following the advice of Steve Bannon: "Flood the zone with shit." Theirs is a toxic mix of vindictiveness, performative politics, and deeply undemocratic and unconstitutional power grabs. I feel no need to be a glued-to-my seat spectator in real time.

Instead, for my own mental health, I’ve been visiting the international news sites that I frequent, avoiding US news even there.

Importantly, I also follow the refreshingly-calm coverage and discussion here at The Downballot.

Gina, you’re welcome to seek out the excitement and high-energy panic of DailyKos. Meanwhile, it’s nowhere near as quiet here as you portray it. Yesterday there were 31 comments, in this weekend’s Open Thread there were 49 comments. That’s not unsubstantial. But feel free to go back to DK.

I, however, am immensely grateful for the deeply-professional and always-informative journalism of David Nir & Jeff Singer and the level-headed contributions of commenters, so I am going to stay right here.

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