What changes will you make post inauguration?

I no longer check Twitter as soon as I get up! I used to check to see what trump tweeted & who he pissed off that day.

We are news junkies and will still find out and stay in touch with what is happening.

One thing that DT did--my DH became more focused on political news.

I am going to remain more politically aware than I have been in the past.

I am also going to stop checking the news multiple times a day. I haven't watched news since yesterday morning, and it feels great to not be worried about what shit our president is up to every minute of the day.

I cut down on news consumption dramatically after the election, but since the 6th have been watching a little more again. I need to just stick to the basics, though. I get a lot of info here and can watch the major news but don’t want to watch cnn all night anymore unless there is something major going on. I also think I am going to try greatly reducing my time on Facebook. I have unfollowed most of the Trumpers on there but I still get some frustrating posts daily. I was staying on fb for some groups but I recently joined WW and they have their own app with posts and things like that, so I don’t really need to be checking the groups regularly. And frankly, many of those were frustrating to me as well because people were always posting political type opinions on things like masks.

I want to be informed, but spending my life with constant stress from seeing frustrating things online doesn’t help anyone.

This exactly.  My DH loves to watch David Muir on ABC News every.single.night. while we eat dinner. I got to the point months ago where I’d just could not watch the evening news and see trumps face.  Those pursed lips. Tiny little hands.  Thumbs up. Not to mention the idiotic things he’d say. Gah. I’d go eat by myself. It was either that or get indigestion. We watched the evening news together on Inauguration Day.  The whole show! I could not tell when we last did that. 

This past four years has transformed me from someone totally ignorant of and oblivious to politics to a political junkie. I’ve mentioned before that because my extended family are brainwashed by Fox, the MSNBC anchors have become like my family, and their guest commentators are some of my favorite consultants and journalists. I would genuinely miss them all if I stopped watching. Lots of stuff is happening now, so I won’t reduce my viewing time any time soon, but I don’t have the same desperate feeling I had with The Thing, feeling like I had to know every solitary dastardly deed that administration was doing. I truly have become fascinated by politics beyond just keeping informed. Those involved are interesting to me psychologically.

I wanted this to happen in the past as well, but I would like channels like cnn to focus on other news, not just the headlines and not just the US. I used to like Al Jazeera America for that reason. I just don’t feel like watching 3 or 4 hours of people talking about the same thing (different show, same topics) is necessary.

I’ve always been a news junkie and followed politics pretty closely. I’m still going to watch and read as much as before, but I can do it now without wanting to scream at the television, at least most of the time. (Still have Cruz and McConnell and Hawley to infuriate me.)

The fact that people who support Qanon insanity got elected to Congress, and the white supremacy people are still around, means remaining vigilant. I was a little nervous all through the inauguration, because there are too many people for whom violence is an option. I can’t just sit back and pretend all is well, and I think we all need to stay aware and speak up against the lies and the conspiracy followers.

Same, and I’m not even on Twitter. I freely admit after they kicked him off I felt a little weird at first, LOL. I’d vowed I’d stop after Election Day anyway.

I live in the MetroDC area. Politics *are* our local news. So, consumption will stay the same in our house.

I already feel more relaxed when I wake up. I don’t have a twitter account. However with Doofus I didn’t need one as on the news daily they were sharing what un-truth he tweeted during the night.

It is really nIce not to hear that stuff.

I’ll still have the Today show on in the morning. The information is different, although still tied to Doofus in some way. I keep thinking a year from now (hopefully sooner) there won’t be anymore to talk about.

Somewhat less. However, talk about issues may increase. I've noticed DH is already starting to bring up issues again. I'm in a mixed party household and we could talk politics during the Bush and Obama administrations but not the last 4 years. Now we can. He will criticize Biden a lot but it is issues and that we can discuss.

Everyone who voted against Trump carried democracy on their back.

I disagree.


Edited to add: Here you go with the revisionist ass history. Don’t deny or downplay the role Black people, black women in particular played in this election. It wasn’t an everyone race. Some of us worked much harder than others. Don’t be dismissive of that hard work.

Stacey Abrams turned Georgia blue. Now Kamala Harris will break ties. Black women fixed what America got wrong in 2016. Period.