David Letterman: "we're far over the cliff, and the midterms may not save us."

[CousinIT]

DAVID LETTERMAN ON CBS NEWS(MAX): “It has been trampled on, pissed on, and eviscerated by these idiots that have taken it over.”

He also says we’re far over the cliff, and the midterms may not save us. 😕🇺🇸

(H/T @mikesington.bsky.social )

— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-01-10T16:26:52.506Z

[SSJVegeta]

1. The only ones at this point who can do anything is c Congress

Literally on any da

Or an Iran style revolution now

[CousinIT]

3. Most voters do not vote in midterms. THEY ALL MUST VOTE in the next one. NO excuses.

So, there is something voters can do: get off their dead asses and vote.

[SSJVegeta]

4. Or general strike

We don’t need to wait for the midterms


And like Letterman said: they might not save us anyways

[leftstreet]

8. +1

[Tetrachloride]

9. +1 general strike -- except -- does this hurt the ruling class ?

color me gray.

[SSJVegeta]

13. I think general strikes almost always result in immediate change

The ruling class depends on consumers and workers to exist. Without our money and labor, they are nothing.

[Tetrachloride]

21. i hope that's true. if it is, why hasn't it happened yet?

[SSJVegeta]

22. Because not working and boycotting most things isn't an easy thing to do for the vast majority of people at once

(Essentially quitting our job)Also our everyday comforts aren’t easy to give up for the betterment of others.

[Tetrachloride]

23. yep. even in a solid blue area like Madison Wisc,

the situation is not fundamentally stable.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. He is right

[edhopper]

5. Truthfully

outside of impeachment and removal from office, I don't see how Co0ngress will stop him. He will continue to do what he wants and the SCOTUS will say it's legal.

[progressoid]

6. Letterman knows first hand what a shit show Trump is.

[NJCher]

12. he might know

what a sh#$@t show trump is, but really, what does he know about politics? Do you seriously think he knows any more than some of us who have studied this situation for decades?

Or more than respected experts like Heather Cox Richardson?

I'm shrugging this off because I don't think he has the expertise to make a judgment worth listening to.

Besides that, his beard is a turnoff, LOL.

[Boomerproud]

7. I love that man. I will never forget his post 911 show.

He knows what love of country is. Jon Stewart is right there as well.

[dalton99a]

10. Kick

[yaesu]

11. As I've posted before I have no doubt that tRump with expand/use his federalized nazi troops to monitor polling places

check ID's, doing their thuggery as a means to keep people from voting in progressive areas. His excuse will be to keep "us" safe and to prevent voter fraud. He doesn't need the Insurrection Act, he will just do it because he can imho.

[PatSeg]

14. Yes, that's what I'm afraid of

This administration has done so much damage in such a short period of time, it is too hard for the courts to keep up with all the criminality.

He has learned to just keep plowing ahead with whatever hairbrained idea pops in his head, because he knows there will be no meaningful consequences. Whenever he starts to feel the heat, he just comes up with another over-the-top distraction.

If more than half of congress hadn't sold their souls, at least there would be a chance he could be stopped or at least slowed down.

[AverageOldGuy]

15. Midterms are a lifetime away

November 3.

And you know the MAGAts have lots of money and vast number of media outlets, “influencers,” and crooked politicians.

[Buckeyeblue]

17. Yes they are. And unless we have 67 votes in the Senate nothing really changes

Sure with a Democratic majority we can prevent Republican legislation and if we have a majority in the Senate we stop judicial appointments. All important. But unless we can impeach and convict the nightmare continues.

Or maybe we hope Republicans stop being cowards...Yeah right.

[CousinIT]

20. Preventing Republican legislation and/or stopping judicial appointments sounds good to me...

…NOT VOTING and throwing up your hands is INEXCUSABLE.

PERIOD. I don’t think we should be encouraging that here.

[nilram]

16. Main focus is on CBS news

Not sure he's saying that there won't be fixes to government with the midterms, but that CBS news will take more time. That said, not sure how many fixes to expect in government, either.

[BigmanPigman]

18. As an activist I follow all those who discuss this issue to date.

I have learned that a general strike will not work at this time and in the USA. It's a great idea but it is not do-able. The US citizens are not 100% into a general strike and you must have the overwhelming support of the citizens, which we do not have right now. Europe has successful general strikes but our country is not like European countries.

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We have done the massive, record breaking nationwide protests, that IS a big deal!
Yet a unified, strong message is what these actions needs to be successful.

National boycotts is the next step.

Boycotts work!!!!! Look at Jimmy Kimmel as an example. The MAGA/GOP's agenda is strictly in it to fill their overstuffed pocketbooks with more and more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!

[BoycottTwitter]

19. One step at a time we can make things better

No matter how many Democrats we elect it's not going to be like flipping a light switch but it's super important we do everything in our power to make sure as many Democrats get elected as possible. They will have a lot of work to do to make our country better but we can do it!

Let's win those midterms and then take things step by step, undo all the damage Trump has done and build things back even better than they were before! Let's make sure another Trump is not possible in this country. Some say Trump is the symptom of a deeper problem in this country.