Senator, I really hope you and your colleagues understand how much of the despondency stems from watching congressional Democrats.
Be furious be angry but despondency is what they want from us. And be very suspicious of people on the left who say “we are cooked” or whatever. Imagine the civil rights movement, or suffrage, or any movement for change, hitting a roadblock and just “saying well we are well and truly fucked now.”
December 22, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Senator, I really hope you and your colleagues understand how much of the despondency stems from watching congressional Democrats.
In case anyone needs it, to have the ‘mubble-fubbles’ (16th century) means to have a fit of despondency or low spirits, such as the end-of-summer blues.
August 31, 2026 at 5:11 PM
In case anyone needs it, to have the ‘mubble-fubbles’ (16th century) means to have a fit of despondency or low spirits, such as the end-of-summer blues.
Yes, Carrot. I have been drinking.
I drink from the well of eternal sadness. The bottomless pit of blackest despondency.
I drink from the well of eternal sadness. The bottomless pit of blackest despondency.
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Yes, Carrot. I have been drinking.
I drink from the well of eternal sadness. The bottomless pit of blackest despondency.
I drink from the well of eternal sadness. The bottomless pit of blackest despondency.
Word of the day is one I mention often. To have the ‘mubble-fubbles’, in the 16th century, was to experience a fit of despondency or low spirits - another name for the Sunday blues.
January 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Word of the day is one I mention often. To have the ‘mubble-fubbles’, in the 16th century, was to experience a fit of despondency or low spirits - another name for the Sunday blues.
The growing MAGA media despondency over the Iran war quagmire: www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela...
The growing MAGA media despondency over the Iran war quagmire
www.mediamatters.org
July 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
The growing MAGA media despondency over the Iran war quagmire: www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela...
Honestly, just as a human being with a sense of empathy, watching someone with barely disguised despondency admit that the basic assumptions of decency she built her life around were false is just… It’s painful to watch.
Kamala Harris on Colbert: "Recently I decided, I don't want to go back into the system. I think it's broken."
"I always believed our systems would be strong enough to defend our most fundamental principles. Right now, I don't think they're as strong as they need to be.
"I always believed our systems would be strong enough to defend our most fundamental principles. Right now, I don't think they're as strong as they need to be.
August 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Honestly, just as a human being with a sense of empathy, watching someone with barely disguised despondency admit that the basic assumptions of decency she built her life around were false is just… It’s painful to watch.
a detail that appears with fairly regular occurrence in many personal accounts of the Nazi regime is how many individuals died from stroke, heart attacks, and similar health complications because of the stress and despondency that was inflicted on those whose lives were ruined by the regime.
NEW: Recently we reported on L.A. honor student and track star Nory Sontay Ramos and her mom Estela, deported after a routine immigration check-in. Weeks after we met them in Guatemala, where they were in hiding, Estela died suddenly. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
The death of Estela Ramos Baten
Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother Estela were deported after a routine check-in. Two months later, Estela was buried with Guatemalan and U.S. flags draped over her coffin.
www.msnbc.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
a detail that appears with fairly regular occurrence in many personal accounts of the Nazi regime is how many individuals died from stroke, heart attacks, and similar health complications because of the stress and despondency that was inflicted on those whose lives were ruined by the regime.
August 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Me for the next 2 weeks.
A melancholy burrito stuffed with despondency, gloominess and woebegone lettuce.
A melancholy burrito stuffed with despondency, gloominess and woebegone lettuce.
June 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Me for the next 2 weeks.
A melancholy burrito stuffed with despondency, gloominess and woebegone lettuce.
A melancholy burrito stuffed with despondency, gloominess and woebegone lettuce.
The way people are talking about the current demolition of research funding and HE legitimacy reminds me of the early days of COVID when I (and others) said it would be at least six years before any normalcy. Rage, despondency, rejection…eventually voting for a dictator just to feel alive.
June 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The way people are talking about the current demolition of research funding and HE legitimacy reminds me of the early days of COVID when I (and others) said it would be at least six years before any normalcy. Rage, despondency, rejection…eventually voting for a dictator just to feel alive.
Sesame Street was brought to you today by the letter “D”: despair, despondency, disillusionment, disheartened, fascism (oopsy how’d that get in there), demoralization, depression, d
January 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Sesame Street was brought to you today by the letter “D”: despair, despondency, disillusionment, disheartened, fascism (oopsy how’d that get in there), demoralization, depression, d
You wouldn’t know her, she rots in a different despondency
March 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
You wouldn’t know her, she rots in a different despondency
Dear Truthout Community,
If you feel rage, despondency, confusion and deep fear today, you are not alone. We’re feeling it too. We are heartsick.
If you feel rage, despondency, confusion and deep fear today, you are not alone. We’re feeling it too. We are heartsick.
November 14, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Dear Truthout Community,
If you feel rage, despondency, confusion and deep fear today, you are not alone. We’re feeling it too. We are heartsick.
If you feel rage, despondency, confusion and deep fear today, you are not alone. We’re feeling it too. We are heartsick.
vast despondency
the force of narcissism
powers lunacy
#haiku #sentry #poem #poetry #micropoetry #3lines #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #SkyPoets #haikuchallenge #TheResistance #Resist #VetsResist
the force of narcissism
powers lunacy
#haiku #sentry #poem #poetry #micropoetry #3lines #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #SkyPoets #haikuchallenge #TheResistance #Resist #VetsResist
April 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
vast despondency
the force of narcissism
powers lunacy
#haiku #sentry #poem #poetry #micropoetry #3lines #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #SkyPoets #haikuchallenge #TheResistance #Resist #VetsResist
the force of narcissism
powers lunacy
#haiku #sentry #poem #poetry #micropoetry #3lines #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #SkyPoets #haikuchallenge #TheResistance #Resist #VetsResist
#MorningVibe
Joan Baez, the legendary songwriter, hadn't sat down to deliberately write poems in many years.
"Lining up words into sentences that attempt to make sense of the chaos is my bulwark against a creeping feeling of despondency."
Be inspired.
Joan Baez, the legendary songwriter, hadn't sat down to deliberately write poems in many years.
"Lining up words into sentences that attempt to make sense of the chaos is my bulwark against a creeping feeling of despondency."
Be inspired.
August 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#MorningVibe
Joan Baez, the legendary songwriter, hadn't sat down to deliberately write poems in many years.
"Lining up words into sentences that attempt to make sense of the chaos is my bulwark against a creeping feeling of despondency."
Be inspired.
Joan Baez, the legendary songwriter, hadn't sat down to deliberately write poems in many years.
"Lining up words into sentences that attempt to make sense of the chaos is my bulwark against a creeping feeling of despondency."
Be inspired.
Pete Buttigieg Driven by ‘Propulsion’—Not ‘Despondency’
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
Pete Buttigieg Driven by ‘Propulsion’—Not ‘Despondency’
Pete Buttigieg Driven by ‘Propulsion’—Not ‘Despondency’
www.maxwell.syr.edu
October 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Pete Buttigieg Driven by ‘Propulsion’—Not ‘Despondency’
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
disconsolate, despondency
July 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM
disconsolate, despondency
I don’t know if the goal of therapy should be to get my therapist on my level of despondency.
January 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I don’t know if the goal of therapy should be to get my therapist on my level of despondency.
My lifelong interest in keeping up with current affairs is at war with my desire not to sink into despondency or explode in rage.
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
My lifelong interest in keeping up with current affairs is at war with my desire not to sink into despondency or explode in rage.
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Guy writing a review about a car audio equipment store “much to my despondency this question fell upon deaf ears”
February 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Guy writing a review about a car audio equipment store “much to my despondency this question fell upon deaf ears”
The Brummie Despondency – one of Robert Ludlum's lesser thrillers.
December 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The Brummie Despondency – one of Robert Ludlum's lesser thrillers.
November 27, 2024 at 6:38 PM
the despondency is heavy today
February 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
the despondency is heavy today
We can't afford despondency. The bad guys don't get to win.
July 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We can't afford despondency. The bad guys don't get to win.