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I am not going to waste my time typing out what is in the links. If you cannot read fact and references to educate yourself then I am also wasting my time. Why don't you post some fact with reference.
What other leaders may think of Trump does not specifically affect you, or me. Is that taking money out of my pocket somehow, for example? Is there a war coming that I have not heard about?
Has your SS or Medicare been cut? And be specific. Don't tell me that it is "going to be slashed". Has it actually been cut, and if so, how much? I bet that it has not been cut. If it does end up being cut, as you claim it will, then get back to me.
On the environmental front, how have you and your neighbors been personally affected? Did your house fall in a sinkhole? How different is the environment today than it was say three or four years ago when Obama was president? Have the Trump policies really affected you, or do you just think that they are going to perhaps affect you? There is a big difference there.
This also affects all of us:
Because I am on Social Security this directly affects me:
Because i am on Medicare this directly affect me:
Because most of your state population is on Medicaid this directly affects you:
Because most of your state is on SNAP this directly affects you:
Cuts in Obama Care will directly affect you and your state:
Cuts and threat to the Childrens Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) will affect thousands of poor Children in America so that the 1% can have more money:
Because Opiods is a huge problem in your state this directly affects you:
This affects the health and quality of life for all Americans:
If I were in the 1% this is what I would get. Are you?
How is it affecting us you say?? The new tax bill adds a trillion dollars to our debt each year. And were not going to pay it off due to "lower taxes" Property tax write offs for us "common folks" has been drastically slashed (That's only one example of tax deduction elimination for us commoners. Safety net programs are being eliminated or slashed, and the money is going to the ultra rich.. Insurance rates and meds are going higher than they ever been before. Water is being contaminated around the country, due to the "free for all" in drilling and piping. For starters..
Got ahead of you correcting bad pronunciation.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/energy-and-environ...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribu...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/10/us/politics/p...
The answer to your question is as simple as the "air" we breath...
This NEGATIVELY effects me.. And the person two houses down from me.. And the person down the block from me... And the person in the next town from me.. And the person in the next state from me.. It NEGATIVELY effects the young and old.. Black and white.. Rich( although they dont think so) and poor...
Yes.. This is one "huge" way his leadership is NEGATIVELY effecting me!
And YOU TOO!!!
How is it affecting you and your neighbors? Is it really affecting you, or do you just think that it is going to affect you? And what is different in the environment today, than say two or three years ago that has made your life worse? Please be specific if you can.
Because where I live, the general environment (a big term) is probably better than it has been in the past 30 years.
That's a good news, he was a bad president in my opinion...
Sorry for the mulitple posts...computer issues.
That's a nice list of articles but that does not answer my question (if that is what you were trying to do). I want to know, from the forum users, how their lives specifically have been made worse now that Trump is the president. Everyone can post a bunch of editorials or articles. I would like to hear from the forum users themselves.
Like I said, if Trump is as horrible as many purport him to be, then this should be easy. Come one progressives, lets hear it. Tell everyone specifically how your life is now worse with Trump in office.
That's a nice list of articles but that does not answer my question (if that is what you were trying to do). I want to know, from the forum users, how their lives specifically have been made worse now that Trump is the president. Everyone can post a bunch of editorials or articles. I would like to hear from the forum users themselves.
Like I said, if Trump is as horrible as many purport him to be, then this should be easy. Come one progressives, lets hear it. Tell everyone specifically how your life is now worse with Trump in office.
That's a nice list of articles but that does not answer my question (if that is what you were trying to do). I want to know, from the forum users, how their lives specifically have been made worse now that Trump is the president. Everyone can post a bunch of editorials or articles. I would like to hear from the forum users themselves.
Like I said, if Trump is as horrible as many purport him to be, then this should be easy. Come one progressives, lets hear it. Tell everyone specifically how your life is now worse with Trump in office.
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/general/news/2017/04/26/431299/1...
http://time.com/5104215/donald-trump-affect-women/
https://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/economy/reports/2018/01/26...
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/356133-budowsky-how-trump-hurts-a...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/donald-trump-hurting-us-tour...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/opinion/trump-russia-putin.html
https://www.heritage.org/taxes/commentary/5-ways-trumps-new-tariffs-will...
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+trump+is+ruining+america&sa=X&ved=0a...
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+trump+is+hurting+women%27s+rights&sa...
https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+is+destroying+democracy&sa=X&ved=0...
Starters.
Since the left is still completely losing their minds over the Trump administration, I would like to know specifically (unless you are an illegal immigrant, or Chuck Schumer) how your life is now worse since he has been inaugurated.
Please be specific in the ways that the Trump administration has made your life worse than when Obama was in office. I'm not asking for anyone to express their "feelings" about Trump. We already know what those are. Have you lost your job because of a poor economy? Were you drafted and sent to some war torn country? Or do you have other big problems?
This should be an easy question for progressives/democrats, so have at it.
Trump may indeed have a Mein Kampf delusion, but there's a little problem with that....it's called the Koch bros. They're already in control and Crooked Donny is just a Fascist wannabe to them. They don't even like him. Thing is, the neo-Nazis still don't realize that they're just Kochbaggers, suckers for the billionaires. The Kochs don't give a crap about racism, they only care that the neo-Nazis vote for the Kochpublican Party, which they do.
This all brings to mind the definitions of Oligarchy and Fascism. The only clear difference is that the Fascists have a powerful leader and want complete control of the state, zero competition. So we know Putin is a hardcore Fascist, what about the Kochs? The Kochs are on the verge of eliminating all state interference for good by the next election....November 2018 could very well be the end of this country as we know it. They'll do the way Putin does it, with election engineering/Kobach, and the beating down of all oppostion by spending billions on propaganda. The Kochs are Fascists, they are the powerful leader...it's here, it's real....we need to start calling it what it is.
Incompetently, I would say. As for your example, Hitler showed bravery in World War I and understood what it was like to be under fire. Trump, in his typical big mouth bullyboy fashion, said he likely would have run in after the Parkland shooter, even if unarmed. Aside from being stupid, that shows he knows nothing about "real" fighting--except maybe what he saw in John Wayne movies. Maybe he should hire Ollie North or Erik Prince to run his brownshirts. (Not that I want to give him any ideas.)
Is he consciously or stumbling to form a paramilitary?
As prior "The beginning (1918–1924)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_rise_to_power
What has become some blatantly obvious is this administration's willingness to turn a blind eye when it comes to a pro alt right bias. I feel like the damage done by Trump and his minions will set America back decades. Even worse is the Republican duplicity to sit back watch this happen to our country and do nothing.
I am optimistic after watching how the students in Florida are taking a stand against extremism. I know our future is in good hands provided Trump and his followers can be held in check before too much damage is done.
I'm with you!!!!
When you view this latest effort to weave white nationalists into the perpetual Trump "campaign" combined with the extraordinary tie ins that the NRA have with Airlines, Credit Card issuers, FedEx and the Christian Taliban, you see a clear picture to unite like minded so called "patriots" into a critial mass of Trump enabling fascist soldiers. You cannot be an American and a Nazi at the same time. I do not know if there is any way to educate these folks away from the road to hell that they so gleefully march down.
It is clear that Trump and his massive organized criminal enterprise must go before what is left of America is destroyed by this death cult pupetiered by the likes of the Kochs and Mr. Putin.
What you wrote is merely acknowledgement of what everyone can see. There are few surprises with Donald John Trump. We knew he was a racist before the election. We knew he has angst for people of color. We knew the white surpremacists loved him. He is doing just as I expected. Many of my friends who support Trump tell me that Trump is not a racist, he is a realist. My friends are only fooling themself.
DJT wants America to become White again, but he will not get his wish. We are already a majority non-white and the numbers are increasing on the non-white side and decreasing on the white side. Trump will not succeed.
Trump will be remembered for his mean spirited ways and laziness. He will be remembered as a traitor afraid to face Vladimir Putin, or worse his puppet, even if unwittingly. Putin wanted Trump to become president of the United States because he knew that Trump would make foolish choices. Putin got his wish and we are paying the price. I do not believe that DJT colluded with Putin, he didn't need to, he and Putin are singing from the same choirbook. There is a reason that DJT praises Putin and dictators like him, DJT aspires to their level.
@#43
I choose to do the same. My best to you.
We have stepped back about 60 years with this administration. The world does not respect us. We have 41 Embassies without an Ambassador. We are moving the embassy in Isreal to Jurusalem. When asked about the world disagreeing with that, Pence said "we have agreed to disagree". Charlottesville was good people. The Temperature in the Artic soared above 32F in the dead of winter and Trump wants to burn more "beautiful clean coal". On and on.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/02/27/help-wanted-41-amba...
https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/15/politics/trump-charlottesville-delay/inde...
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/weather/arctic-temperatures-record-high-i...
DianeR,
The pendulem keeps swinging back and forth....Dem, Repub,Dem, Repub...
Guess aprox 1/2 the country could be angry 1/2 of their life.
As for me I believe happiness is a choice and I ain't going to spend 1/2 my life in a political rage.
Enjoy your day!