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To everyone who voted for Trump and relies on social security, or ACA healthcare, or have pre-existing conditions, or has a child with special needs, or LGBT family, or undocumented friends and family, I have no sympathy for you. You got what you voted for, next time learn your candidate's policies before the election. We tried to warn you, we tried to tell you his policies were radical or even dangerous. We tried to tell you he wanted to take all those things away. We tried to tell you we would be the ones paying for his tariffs; but you wouldn't listen. He is not your friend, he does not care about you, all he wants to stay our of jail and make himself and his wealthy friends richer. The rest of us were willing to pay a little more for groceries if it meant our families would have healthcare, our friend's children with special needs could get an education, our parents could collect their hard-earned social security. Instead we will all pay a lot more for everything when tariffs are imposed and the migrants who pick our fruits and vegetables are deported.

Now your penance: call your congressmen every day for the next four years, ask them to stand-up to Trump, to block his policies that will make life harder and more expensive for everyday Americans, to block his nominations, tell them you will vote them out in the next election if they don't -- and actually vote against them when they don't. Write letters to the White House asking them not to do all the things he promised us he'd do. Write to the Supreme Court, and all the government agencies we rely on everyday asking them to resist rolling-back all the progress we've made as a country over the last century. If you don't, it won't just be the liberals paying the price, it will be your friends, your families, and even you.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And that helps families who cannot afford a dedicated care giver how exactly?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm assuming you'd write it off on your taxes. But we'll get more details when he enactes the policy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So it wouldn't help families who can't afford help in the first place at all. And is just another tax write off for people who are already well off. Thanks for clarifying.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Um... no... it's not for people who already have a paid caregiver. That wouldn't even make any sense so i don't know why the fuck you assumed that as ultimate truth and Factual concrete evidence based on your imagination. Maybe research it and get a grip?

It's for FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE AND HAVE BEEN, CARE GIVING FOR ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER

Jesus...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Too long and complicated for the average Trump voter. You admit they are stupid in your first paragraph, and still use words with more than three syllables...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The thing is, nothing is even going to get cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

They might manage to knock gas prices down a few tens of cents in the short term as they "drill baby, drill", but agreed everything else is going to go up, and of course, we get extra screwed in the long term.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Or wants the economy to recover

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The economy is recovering, inflation is back down to normal levels, unemployment is low, GDP is continuing to grow. High tariffs and deporting migrants is only going to make prices go up.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

I mean... It was...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This may not be the best platform to reach out for Trump supporters.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

We've all be living a lie. We all thought Lemmy was full of communists, femboys, and Linux. In reality, Lemmy is all about MAGA.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

I haven't seen that myself but I have a number of instances blocked, so from a filtering perspective I assume nothing and accept I don't know.

That said, regardless of platform the Nazis are out in force and will be for as long as it takes for it to be shameful again.

Make Nazis the Bad Guys Again. Ffs, it isn't a hard question, Nazi = bad, we already knew this, we should not have to relearn this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My wife's family and my brother are as good as dead to me and will be very shocked and likely unhappy when their next phone call is answered by "lose my number you rapist loving fascist fuck" as I renamed all of them to "Fascist: Answer Appropriately" so I can't tell which shitstain thinks they have the right to impose on my time

If they grovel at my feet by admitting they were wrong and actually doing something about it they can have access to their favorite daughter and their brother, maybe. Until then: I don't associate with rapist supporters and Nazi lovers, grandpa got his purple heart shooting you idiots ffs

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You keep posting similar comments, and I know you don't mean it like this, but the "have access to" wording keeps giving me hostage vibes. Like you have your wife locked in your basement and you won't allow her to see her family until they grovel appropriately.

I do support people not associating with rapist Nazi lovers though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

but the "have access to" wording keeps giving me hostage vibes. Like you have your wife locked in your basement and you won't allow her to see her family until they grovel appropriately

Its not too far off from that, actually: they're not allowed to come here or I'll brandish my firearm and tell them to get the fuck out of my house. She can meet them in third party locations if she WANTS, but she values my opinion of her above spending time with them and had decided not to do that. So, until I'm not actively hostile towards them they'll not be able to see or talk to their daughter without massive issues.

I use the terms I do because the fascistic dickheads are the ones who have always said shit like that and I'm done bothering to change my words to make more sense. THEY think I'm controlling her because that's how they think, they cannot fathom that she despises them

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Trump has his own think tank to develop policies called The America First Policy Institute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_Policy_Institute

Their transition plan is described as a rival to Project 2025, it's hard to say which is the true plan. But America First is chaired by Linda McMahon, who has know Trump a very long time.

It has some stuff about special needs and disabled people, but who knows what will be implemented come the 20th of January.

But what is likely is that it will be some form of Unitary Executive Theory.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

To everyone who voted for Trump: I hope all your limbs turn necrotic from the diabeetus you can't afford insulin for and you have to chop them off yourself because you don't have money for the operation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Mighty big talk from a basement dweller

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

Found the 1:100 😂

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

This fucking guy tho. Easy block

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean, they are rape supporters, they deserve as much

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Cause that’s a constructive response. Make an accusation that’s clearly not true lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Trump is a rapist.

Trump voters support him.

Trump voters are rape supporters.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What’s not true? Did they not just elect trump? Rape. Supporters.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I’m gonna stop responding. Don’t want to get dumber

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Goddamn... "Hello? 911? I need to report a murder."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Everyone keeps saying “it’s the economy” but there sure were a bunch of people out shopping today when I looked. Maybe it was just racism and misogyny combined with people mistakenly believing that Trump will lower their taxes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

I think the biggest "selling point" with Trump is quick fixes - he "sold" things getting instantly better. As far as the economy us concerned there is no such thing, let alone by introducing tarrifs, getting rid of productive people and cutting support for people. Which is funny because you can absolutely have a quick "fucked it and the planet up for generations".

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