For a while now, I've been trying to muster up the wherewithal to write down what's going on now that Trump is back in the White House. This is because I realized, after his first term and we had four years away from him, I had forgotten a good chunk of what had actually happened. So I want to better record stuff, mostly for myself.
Because I want to point to things explaining why we should never trust these types of people. Republicans, conservatives, grifters and more. I know these people aren't harmless, but I always just remember "they're dangerous" and not the details. So, this is mostly for myself.
Musk has defunded USAID, CFPB, many other things, and now the IRS. As we go into tax season.
Someone has already pieced together that the firings don't have anything to do actually making the government efficient. Like, we knew that from the start, but someone made a graph basically confirming it.
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Trump also gutted the FAA, and we had plane crashes not more than a week later.
The White House Twitter account basically called Trump "king" by saying he got rid of congestion traffic or something and saying "Long live the King!"
He's been questioning birthright citizenship. Congressional Republicans are going to try to gut Medicare coverage. All of them intend to go after the Department of Education.
They've been going after "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" of course, or DEI, because I know that acronym will be forgotten by the time this is over. It's just a gamergate tactic to distract from their racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.
I'm not explicity writing this as a call to action. I know others are aware, I'm certainly aware, and I know there are people trying their hardest to stop this with what tools they have.
But still, whoever needs to hear it, take a breath, remain calm. Call or e-mail your reps. House and Senate republicans are being swayed by what people are telling (screaming at?) them. Be polite, of course, it's probably an intern there. But tell them, they need to hear and represent you. Organize if you have the ability. Be safe, be secure.
Courts have blocked many of Trumps executive orders. I know it's been difficult not to make institutions comply in advance, but some people have gotten them to walk it back.
The bigger threat is Musk, right now. People are divesting from Tesla and his other companies, there's been a push to move from Twitter to bsky. Especially during November, but also after he pulled that double nazi salute.
If anyone needs to hear anything, my wish, if you will, is that after all of this, we don't let them escape consequence. We can't. They're tearing apart services, letting people die, because they are literally trying to line their own pockets.
So after Trump and Musk are out, we can't just trust the system will work. We'll need to actively be pushing people to following through with consequences.
I don't know how to end this. Again, this is mostly for myself. All I'll try to do is reassure people that other people are trying to stop this, others are fighting. Just do what you can, even if it is just calling or e-mailing your reps, donating to a friend in trouble, etc.
I am the wacky eccentric Kisame17. I was born in the same state, county, and hospital as the Donald. I even voted for the guy in 2020 after voting for Harris in 2024. I say Trump won because voters don't like Kamala Harris because she wasn't a people person and only popular with educators in wealthy school districts. I remember seeing more Trump supporters in custom SUVs, wearing cowboy hats in the middle of NYC than Kamala Harris supporters who seemingly just stayed in the burbs with their crazy cat lady shirts and compact cars. Trump won 2024 because the press relied too much on computers and stats than actual people. Data maybe comforting, but it lacks one thing humans have: needs! I guessed Trump would win in the South, by Southwest direction mostly by relying on maps and compass direction.
You may not like MAGA, but Trump supporters work the restaurants, auto stores, realtors, that America likes. Whole Foods, Starbucks, and Amazon violating labor laws will never compete with an army of crazy fanatics and schizophrenics like me who can handle a party of twenty, a mother and four children, or a large Asian family without resorting to cops. You got to understand, I live in NYC and am used to seeing a Buddhist monk ordering Dunkins, Muslims wearing DKNY over their traditional robes and sneakers, or Sikhs driving Jeeps, Cadillac.
What I said doesn't not let the GOP off the hook because I've also seen these cartoon characters like Ron DeSantis only attracting old geezers, John Bolton's group not attracting any attention with his End CCP vans. Even my pastor taught me not to listen to the news cause they have an agenda to sell. What people tend to forget is that MAGA doesn't care for the culture war, and threw that Bugs Bunny congressman at the 3rd District, and the other in the 4th District out for being corrupt.
