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appalachiablue

(42,908 posts)
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 12:43 AM Nov 12

Meet the Trump Appointees Who Are About To Ruin Your Life

Daily Kos, Nov. 11, 2024.

- Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff
- Tom Homan, Border Czar
- Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
- Elise Stefanik, Ambassador to the United Nations
- Lee Zeldin, Head of EPA, Environmental Protection Agency...

Read More,
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/11/2285374/-Say-hello-to-the-jackals-who-will-staff-the-next-Trump-administration
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'Trump Cabinet Picks So Far Decried as 'Nightmare Fuel,' Common Dreams, Nov. 11,
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-cabinet-picks

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Meet the Trump Appointees Who Are About To Ruin Your Life (Original Post) appalachiablue Nov 12 OP
My wife, the compassionate social worker, made a very atypical comment DFW Nov 12 #1
I understand her viewpoint given the blunt reality, people voted for this appalachiablue Nov 12 #2

DFW

(56,539 posts)
1. My wife, the compassionate social worker, made a very atypical comment
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 01:10 AM
Nov 12

She spent her whole professional life trying to help the disadvantaged, the downtrodden, those who just never seemed to get a break.

But this time, looking at the results of the American election, she said that in 2016, the ignorant had an excuse—they didn’t know what they were getting. This time, there were no excuses, no credible pleas of ignorance. She wished that every Trump voter who later came to suffer from the result of their vote did so long and in great misery. She said that she wished it this time because they bring misery down not only upon themselves, but upon the rest of the nation and to people in most nations beyond our borders. If there is prosperity, it will be limited to the few. If there is good health care, it will be inaccessible to far more people than just those who don’t have it now.

“You made your bed, now sleep in it” was never a line she would use. Until now.

appalachiablue

(42,908 posts)
2. I understand her viewpoint given the blunt reality, people voted for this
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 01:39 AM
Nov 12

and knew what it would mean.They are high on hate and want to hurt others. They don't care that many will suffer greatly from hardship, even their own and the damage will be vast.

Right, the wealthy and those in power - the oligarchy will rule and endure but America's democracy for the people is seriously impacted.

I still hope that we see light and some serious recovery one day. Thanks for replying.

'It's your bed, sleep in it' was said by my parents too.

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