monday scaries: is the america made great again in the room with us now???

the monthly ramble

aside from jet-skiing squirrels¹, the news has never been a retreat for joy and peace. the sensationalism of reporting and buzzfeed listicles have paved the way for the current style of reporting everything like the sky is falling. which is very may well be, but it is hard to gauge the true level of panic when the media conglomerates have been crying wolf for ratings for decades. there are so many ways to stay informed now and arguments to be made about which ways are the most unbiased avenues to do so. it feels like every single person has at least one finger in the pie of corruption so it is hard to know where to truly turn. and not even in a Conspiracy Way that your aunt will send you an article from the truth dot com or whatever. simply in the way that voting records, stock holdings, vacation home, donations and itemized budget is available for politicians and celebrities. even the gorgeous tiktok who seemed the most ungovernable, for better or worse, has not quite been the same si…