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@TimothyDSnyder It's a good idea, but because parties in America are so much weaker, there's no strong leader of the opposition party to name a shadow cabinet.
@DisavowTrump20 Oddly enough, I agree with her. It's a bunch of people getting benefits they knew they weren't getting when they signed up for their jobs, and it'll make social security run dry even faster than it already is.
@HDruzin Following you here, Heath, and value your work. But mostly I'm doing a fade from Twitter. There are a lot of us at other places and you might find more of an audience there.
As the mom of a trans kid, I’d ask that you think about the fact that when you blame support for trans people for the loss of the election - instead of the hate fomented by the $143 million spent on anti-trans ads - you endanger the safety of a whole bunch of innocent people.
@DonnaNimmoSmith@RossKneeDeep The taxes on Social Security go to fund Social Security as part of the deal Tip O'Neil and Reagan made to save the Social Security trust fund. Stopping those taxes will make the trust fund will go bust sooner and lower the payouts. This will ruin many seniors.
@TiffaniDeems I'm on Mastodon, which I realize doesn't work so well for some purposes. I'm nervous about Blue Sky because of its connections with Twitter.
@SkylerforNY Yes, especially in dairy-heavy places like Idaho because seasonal workers under bracero programs can't fill the needs of dairies. I imagine Trump will just lie and say he's deported them when he hasn't, but if he does, the economy in a lot of states will collapse.
@Notalwayswrite Similar. It was a well-run race and a good candidate.
I'd add, the journos doing post-mortems ignore their role in this result: Not reporting Trump's obvious mental deterioration and both-sidesing the issues left low-info voters not realizing how bad Trump is.