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Genuinely curious what's going to happen when a society that buys everything from Amazon, Walmart, and Temu realizes what a 60% tariff on Chinese goods looks like.

this happened on my campus today im sick

Netanyahu bombs and obliterates a school in Gaza. He did this because we just elected Trump, who told him "finish it off" -- and this is what he meant. To the Arab voters in Michigan who voted for Trump -- this is on YOU.

Well, I guess the consequences of this election are already being felt. A story about Trump voters in Pennsylvania. The owner of a large company called a meeting for all his employees. He informed them that they won't be getting their Christmas bonuses this year. He explained that the company has to buy a year's worth of product before the Trump's tariffs hit in January. They said they thought the tariffs were paid by the foreign companies. He then explained to his employees that the tariffs are paid by the American companies who import these foreign goods. Sometimes, you get exactly what you vote for.

Wtf??

So when Trump fires all non-partisan career professionals in government, replaces them with radical loyalists within every nook and cranny of the US government, and adds radical judges everywhere. And every one of you that voted for him finally wake up from your fucked up fantasy just like the folks that woke up after 4 years of the last shit show, only to realize it’s much much worse, and much more permanent, this time. When the cancer you caused has infected every bit of the American system and it can’t be unwound for a lifetime. What then? Do you beg this country for forgiveness for choosing fascism because you were conned into believing your eggs are too expensive because of Joe Biden? You just put Steve Bannon in charge of American policy. You just put Michael Flynn in charge of our military. You just put Alex Jones in charge of media and propaganda. You just put Stephen Miller in charge of immigration policy. You just put batshit crazy RFK Jr. in charge of health policy. You just killed free public education and privatized schools, which you will have to pay for. You just sealed the deal on a national abortion ban, because you’re demented if you think it’s not coming. You just radicalized the Supreme Court for a generation. You just made women less safe and less free. You just made this country an oligarchy with the billionaires quite literally in charge now. You just put in office the one person that believes a president is a king, with the fucking Supreme Court ruling to prove it in his back pocket! You just ushered in Fascism. Because your cereal costs more. Congratulations.

@RVAwonk I was so annoyed by all the pre-gloating and rah-rah mentality. I knew this would happen. 😔

I’m not trying to lecture anyone. But if we’re going to make it through the next 4 years without plunging into the darkness of unreality, you need to learn the difference between those who offer truth and those who selectively chop up bits of reality and offer it as “truth.”

If you’re genuinely surprised that Trump won, may I gently suggest that you reevaluate where you are getting your information from, and be honest with yourself about whether you are willing to listen to people who tell you things you don’t necessarily want to hear.

@WendellPierce Yep. May they reap what they sow.

Let the mass deportations begin. Let “stop and frisk” begin. Let the dismantling of Obamacare begin. Let the purge of the Justice Department begin. Let the privatization of Social Security begin. Let the Deregulation of industries begin and Cancer Alley of Louisiana grow. The thing I admire about Republicans they do what they say they will do.

Democracy is clarity. As a student of human behavior, I believe it reflects the will of the people. The race is not over but the blame game has begun. I will not let the pundits scapegoat Black voters. I will not let you scapegoat Arab American voters. Not even the shift of Latino voters. Donald Trump was supported by White men, White women, non college educated and college educated. Suburban White women and rural White women by a majority. It’s clear that my neighbors, coworkers, and friends have no problem with a convicted felon, convicted rapist, racist, and misogynist leading their government. They share his values. People show you who they are.

What a devastating indictment of our country.

He was the worst President in history. And when he got voted out, he tried to stage a coup. Then he stole national secrets and sold the ones he didn't store in the bathroom. He was convicted of fraud, found liable of sexual assault and convicted of 34 felonies. He is half a billion dollars in debt, owned by God only knows who, and the biggest national security risk the nation has ever had. But at least he's not a Black woman.

Oh.

Unearthed audio of Steve Bannon from 2020: “What Trump is gonna do is declare victory. That doesn’t mean he’s the winner. He’s just gonna say he’s the winner… He’s just gonna say they stole it. Trump is gonna do some crazy shit”

We know that the number of sitting members of Congress who are Russian assets is at least six. Think of that. The Justice Department knows this.

@thejackhopkins @MSNBC @CNN @NBCNews @ABC If they give air time to Trump as he blatantly lies about being the winner, they should have to run a disclaimer across the screen, which says that this is only the opinion of Trump, and that the counting has not been completed.

@thejackhopkins @MSNBC @CNN @NBCNews @ABC Just as complicit. No more promoting these lies and incitements. Not again. Not this time.

.@MSNBC , .@CNN, .@NBCNews, .@ABC and others....when Donald Trump comes out in a press conference and claims he won...when the election has not yet been declared...and you air it, don't you dare say a fucking thing about the violence "Trump incited" unless you also include yourselves as co-creators of that incitement.,

@siadvance The editorial concludes this way: "Ask yourself this simple question: No matter where you stand on policy matters, how would you feel if your children, your grandchildren, your nieces, your nephews, your next-door neighbors’ kids, treated people" the way Trump treats people?

Of the five boroughs in NYC, Staten Island is Trump's stronghold. Yet today the borough's newspaper, the Staten Island Advance, "enthusiastically" endorsed Harris, calling her "the only choice in 2024," and delivering some tough love to readers 🧵