A newspaper writer in Pittsburgh commented a few weeks ago that those who opposed Trump took him literally but not seriously while those who supported his candidacy took him seriously but not literally.
Today we see they were both wrong. Trump is as serious as a heart attack (I choose that metaphor purposefully) and that is precisely because of his plans... plans that will likely be unimpeded since he'll have a Republican congress and, at least theoretically, a partisan judiciary.
11 million people deported... imagine what that does to our economy. And then imagine what that does to the places to which they are sent.
The ACA repealed... Perhaps as many as 20 million people who had been uninsured, who got insurance under the ACA, now uninsured again. 45,000 annual deaths in the US due to lack of insurance before the ACA and we'll be back there again. I have a very good chance of being one of them... more in a later post.
Fundamental threats to the freedom of the press and to the civilized transfer of the political process ("lock her up," or worse, "execute her").
Trade agreements torn up.
Social safety net shredded and replaced with privatized schemes.
Bigotry being enshrined under the cloak of religious freedom
Any desire to address the biggest issue we face today - climate change - in a substantive way is simply discarded.
People of color and LGBTQ folk being completely disenfranchised.
No checks or balances.
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