In a revealing report by Brett Meiselas of the MeidasTouch Network, several Trump voters are now confronting unforeseen consequences of their support for Donald Trump. As Meiselas notes, “panic, fear, and regret” are spreading within the MAGA community as Trump’s policies and rhetoric begin to ripple through their personal and work lives.
One of the most visible impacts of these choices is the strain on family relationships. A woman who voted for Trump, for example, shared that her decision has severed ties with her mother, grandmother, and sister, who are no longer willing to speak to her. This story echoes others shared online, like a man who found himself served with divorce papers shortly after the election due to his political choices. He posted online, expressing disbelief at how quickly his relationship unraveled, lamenting that his wife refused even to discuss the matter.
Another voter revealed that he was unprepared for the potential impact on his finances. In one case, a business owner described how his company would be affected by new tariffs on imported goods, leading to cutbacks and even the cancellation of holiday bonuses. This reality was mirrored by another Trump-supporting small business owner in construction who noted that his vendors were preparing for potential price hikes and layoffs.
The report highlights the clash between these voters’ choices and real-world consequences. For example, one Trump supporter expressed dismay upon discovering that his vote threatened his access to healthcare. As an unemployed person, he had supported Trump to “kill Obamacare,” only to realize after voting that the Affordable Care Act, which he relies on, is one and the same.
These stories underscore how Trump’s policies, especially in areas like tariffs, healthcare, and immigration, have begun to affect his own supporters. Some voters, previously insulated from the personal effects of political decisions, are now coming to grips with the real-life impact these policies can have on themselves and their loved ones. As Meiselas poignantly points out, many who voted for Trump now find themselves caught in situations where their values and relationships are at odds with the consequences of their choices.
In Meiselas’s words, “when you vote against human rights,” the impact can be all too personal and immediate. Trump supporters’ regrets—whether over family alienation, financial instability, or healthcare concerns—reveal a deeper lesson about the unforeseen consequences of voting choices.
We need a more educated electorate if this country has a prayer of surviving imo. Of course, it may be too late!
I'm afraid it is. The corporate machine has bent every effort to create generations of unthinking slush heads who bow to their every whim. I don't see any glory in ruling over a bunch of morons, but power is a heady wine.
Social Media will be the demise of our country. No longer is there a trusted source where the truth can be found.
I think that people did not do their own homework.
We did and tried to warn them. But their up trumps ass attitude shielded them from hearing and understanding the truth. Wish I had a buck for the times I told people.... educate yourself, ask questions. And many I asked them how they're going feel dying stupid.
It was so frustrating to hear people that I personally know act as if it was no big deal Trump got elected. I have countless posts from the MTN, Justice Matters, etc., that spell out exactly who Trump is, but they ignored the posts. I’m not going to blame the democrats. I’m going to blame the voters. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out who this guy is.
Fox and the RW podcasts and RW radio too
The results of this election reveal that a significant portion of the voting population may not have realized they were voting for a convicted sexual predator and a narcissistic political predator and all the people he will surround himself with. Many people understand, on an emotional level, the fear of having a predator in their neighborhood — a fear that often surfaces when local authorities notify residents of such individuals moving nearby. Without this notification, people might remain unaware, as predators often hide their true nature.
We must educate people about predators’ traits and behaviors to empower them to make more informed decisions. This awareness enables them to choose how to respond effectively. One accessible way to spread this knowledge is through AI tools like ChatGPT (ChatGPT.com).
Instead of merely telling people, we should show them. By encouraging them to consult credible sources, like ChatGPT, they can receive consistent definitions and descriptions of predator behaviors.
Here's how: instruct them to ask ChatGPT, "Please define a sexual predator and a narcissistic political predator, along with 25 or more examples of their behaviors."
After receiving the initial response, they should type "continue" to explore deeper layers of information. They should repeat the “continue” process 3 to 5 times.
Try it yourself to see what insights you gain — then share this process with others!
These are not people who could ever learn to use AI, or would even believe the results if they could. They will not “explore deeper layers of information.” Many of them are functionally illiterate. They are only interested in seeing and hearing their baser instincts reinforced by right-wing media, if they consume any media at all. I want to feel sorry for them, because they are ignorant and foolish, but I can’t because they are cruel; cruel even to themselves, though they don’t know it.
The right wing seems to vote against their own interest regularly, so I ask are they really so stupid and ignorant? Or are they just rascist?
Stupid and ignorant. They listen to whomever (whoever) tells them what to do. When people attack me I showed them proof against what they were talking about and fought me all the way. Then tried to force their lies on me. Told one guy... give me a link proving your point and I'll try to believe you. Crickets.
You can’t educate those that don’t want to be educated, they don’t want to hear anything that won’t fit into their tiny closed minds.
And trumps cutting funds for education.
Well. Look who their “dear leader” is! People who worked in his first administration reported that he couldn’t read or comprehend much of anything. If he didn’t, he just changed the subject or walked out! The only thing that Drumpf has ever cared about is what people think of him! Even then he can’t understand that the majority of the citizens don’t like him and never have!
Too much work. They'd rather get their info from fox and Tucker.
No thank u! I’ve had the Covid vaccine every time it’s been offered! I’m healthier for it!
STFU, ted! Take your conspiracy theories back to X. We're not interested.
Another example of a conspiracy theory. Talk about something and they've got to stir up the pot. Just let it go. Look it up yourself before spreading what may be lies.
Good one 😅😂😂 👍👍
https://www.substack.com/@ted1266996 is a bot. Just blocked it.
Let me guess- you supported RFKJr but voted for tRump…
There you go. Did you read the article? Not a damn thing said about the covid vax. And you took it, twisted it all to hell and posted it here. Let's show more maturity than MAGA'S. Read and research.
Don't be such a fool.
Oh brother.
LOL
Get away.
I never thought I'd be living in a Third World country, but it seems that we are devolving into a turd world country.
A friend of mine in Netherlands response when I said this; you are already a 3rd World Nation. You have minimal safety nets and heath care is a right in most other Nations. You are already behind the world on what matters. Ouch. True!
That seems to be the goal of the maga folks...according to quality of life rankings the US is usually currently in the top 15 to 10 ish. The countries that trump wants to be most like, Hungary and Russia are much much lower and North Korea will not share any info to be measured. Trump does not like any of the nations consistently ranked above the US.
Blame Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes, Jack Welch, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Sinclair stations, Reagan and Republicans repealing the Fairness Doctrine, AM Reich-wing radio spewing hate 24/7, and billionaire monopolies of US media. The movies Network and Broadcast News predicted where we were headed.
I am blaming people voting for tRump because they got caught up in his bullshit, hatred, racist & he only has to pay out some money when he was convicted for rape. Now they are going to have to pay the piper for that vote of stupidity.
They don’t get their news from traditional sources, they get headlines from social media which is here to stay, unfortunately. They are low information voters, mostly from uncredible sources. We must use social media tools and create our own to grab people’s attention and educate them.
Absolutely true.
The media have blame in all this. They glossed over his lies and corruption for profits.
Exactly! If they had reported on his goblets as much as they did on Biden, he wouldn’t have gotten elected dog catcher! Maybe if they had reported on all the women who accused him of assault…especially Katie Johnston who was 13 when he raped her at Epstein’s! Or maybe printed actual copies of Epstein’s records. Or maybe reported more on the 82 year old cancer patient that he had evicted from her apartment snd stole every thing she owned! Or maybe about the barely legal girls from third world countries that he brought here to work as models but actually used as an extension of Epstein’s operation! He brought them in promising $60,000+ for two years. Took their passports and forced them to model nude for his pals. And when their visa was up, he paid them just $3000! Or maybe if they had done interviews with all the people that he cheated in business? The fact is, all but a few of the reporters were terrified he’d sue them! And yet he didn’t sue Lawrence O’Donnell or Rachel Maddow etc. He didn’t do it because he knew he’d lose…they told the truth and he knew it!
The Department of Education also has a bullseye on it. Just enhancing private schools for the rich, and destroying anything that helps "commoners" .
I can’t help but get some schadenfreude from this, they brought it on themselves. What blows my mind is how they’re playing the victim in all of this, their shitty choices just hurt so many and showed them to be small minded, hateful bigots and yet they cry, “how could this happen?” The people who cut them off are not the assholes in this, it’s called having core values and morals and boundaries and not wanting to be around toxic people (which his supporters are). To me, this is common sense, his supporters sided with hate, racism, misogyny, bigotry, homophobia, transphobia, violence, etc, why would any decent kind, compassionate, empathetic human being would want to subject themselves to that level of toxicity?! I see the people who cut them off as the real victims, these jerks showed them how much they don’t give a shit about these people and then whine when they understandably tell them to shove it and try to guilt trip and manipulate their way back in, and get attention and sympathy from others for it, which frankly tells you all you need to know about every single one of them, they’re entitled, they’re arrogant and they’re toxic to the core and it’s no one’s fault but their own.
Absolutely. It is beyond opinions. Why would we want to spend time and relationships on people who have already made the decision to hate, attack others, and call themselves Christians while breaking every commandment.
all of what you have said plus the frothing hate and disgusting superior attitude that seems to come with all of their opinions. Unfortunately their "buyer's remorse" isn't just going to hurt them it will also kill alot of good people.
Agreed. Consequences of their actions, shot themselves in the foot.
You said it perfectly m
Well said!!!
And all the small minded little boys & girls don’t get to play insurrection with Maga - no more rally’s playing dress up in dtrumpfs image - sure he so relieved to shake them all off his coattails…
I listened to the video of the young lady and to some of the examples and I thought the lady and some of the others were just dupes. They were caught in the wrong information bubble. They are in a cult. People leave cults when something opens their eyes. Some will join the other party one day if we don’t convince them that Democrats are just as hateful as the Republicans.
Confession: I used to be a Republican. I left in the summer of 2015 when I saw that the hateful bully would be the leader of the party.
I have Republican friends and family members. They are good, kind people and I can’t understand how they could vote for such a man. I think they don’t believe he is such a man because their media covers for him and because they believe the fear he has spread through that media. I won’t cut them out of my life unless they become bad people. Holding a sign that said, “Your body my choice” might do the trick. Otherwise we just don’t talk politics unless it can be a calm discussion to foster understanding.
My personal belief is that shunning family members for their beliefs is harmful in many ways. That’s what cultish religions do and it’s more likely to push them further away than convince them that they are wrong. It doesn’t reflect well on the one doing the shunning in the eyes of others either.
I think we should speak out and reach out. Not shun and isolate.
I think each situation is individual and should be treated accordingly. I have cut people out of my life while I kept a few that I believe are basically good and reachable. But I couldn’t tolerate the self righteous racism/ sexism anymore. I admit I never confronted them, because that’s not my personality. I just got “really busy”. Life is too short, there are so many other things that bring me joy and peace.
These are grown people. It is their responsibility as citizens to educate themselves. It's not that hard at all. Intellectual curiosity costs nothing. They are lazy, stupid, or evil. That's the options. I choose to spend my time around people that believe in basic human rights and dignity.
I couldn't agree more, Ashleyboop. Well said !!!
My partner (a trumper) and I are one argument away from a permanent split. He doesn’t even believe dfg knows about Project 2025!!!!!! Soooo out of touch with reality 😭😭😭
If you’re married better split before the no fault marriage goes into affect & the man gets ti decide if u divorce.
When you talk to people about project 2025 and explain The Heritage Foundation has created policy proposals for every Republican admin since 1981, and that Trump implemented 2/3 of the policy proposals within the 1st year of his first admin, they still don't believe he'll follow them this go around. Jeez! What do you have to do?!
You can't fix stupid people, and their stupid decisions
Stupid or brainwashed, it’s not worth spending your life with him if he’s willing to rationalize his decision. It tells a lot about his underlying beliefs, and you will probably see those in his behavior more and more.
I'm pretty sure that most of his supporters don't even know what Project 2025 is. Not only are they misinformed, they are uninformed, but when the shit hits the fan, they are going to learn the hard way. Unfortunately, the ones who did not read into the BS and actually paid attention to what was being said are going to have to pay for the others' stupidity.
They will deny or interpret misinterpret even if you read it to them verbatim. He’s the cult leader - most people in that situation don’t want to admit they’re wrong. It will require catastrophic consequences before they blame him.
They can’t admit that they are fools!
Show him trumps, “agenda 47”. It’s almost identical
JFC - WTF just happened to our world🤬
No idea how you can live with a trumper. God forbid you get pregnant & don't want it or have a bad pregnancy & need medical assistance. He'd let you die.
Have some self respect & kick him to the curb where he belongs. Adios ahole.
Am in my waning years so there are lots of other issues at play. I march, write letters and postcards, etc while he does nothing activist. Still……
Split now. Don't drag it out.
Time to go..
Time for you to move on!
I find it appalling that so many Americans know so little about their own country and how their government works. Having lived in Europe for over 5 years (for business), I learned that even second graders there (W. Germany) knew more about my country than I did. Lesson learned, very quickly. Even more appalling was that when I returned to the US, my sis-in-law, who was a high school teacher, told me that she was not interested in hearing about it.
There's already people googling what tariffs are and if they can change their vote... 🤦🏼♀️
Yup, too bad they didn’t decide to google BEFORE they voted
And all they had to do was change channels from FOX to understand the real result of tariffs. It’s one f the reasons Trump lost in 2020!
Can't cure the virus of ignorance.
I think ignorance can be changed. Ignorant people don’t know what they don’t know. If subjects like civics and citizenship were taught in all schools and necessary in order to graduate, it would go a long way toward changing the disturbing reality of the state of our education systems. That, in my view, would also apply to homeschooling, and be required for college admissions.
The result of cutting civics classes. Expect more of the same when the repugs gut the Dept of Education.
I’m old enough to have had a civics class, but it didn’t go far enough, and as I recall, it was boring, so I probably didn’t pay much attention. Example of teaching style: in my Junior year in high school, I flunked American history. I needed it in order to graduate, so I took it over in my senior year. Different teachers. I ended up with a grade in the mid 90s. The difference was that the second teacher made history interesting and alive.
I loved history class and social studies (now civics). My downfall was Algebra and you are correct, teachers make all the difference.
I know it’s shocking, isn’t it? It’s also very embarrassing! lol. I’m doing my best to rectify that now, I had government in school though, but I’m sure they didn’t teach us enough.
Read Heather Cox Richardson’s Substack. She’s a brilliant historian and will also bring you up to date on politics.
100% agree! I thought I was well informed about U.S. History and government, but the information I learn through her essays has shown me how woeful my education was. I love reading them daily and the details I gain from them. The biggest lesson is how often we've repeated mistakes made in our history and are about to do it again.
Yes, I agree.
Is your SIL a Trump supporter?
My SIL is gone now. This was several years ago, but things have not changed over the years. Maybe the close proximity of the countries in Europe to one another has something to do with it. I don’t know. But I took it seriously.
My favorite is the woman who was so happy that Obamacare was going to be canceled--- BECAUSE THE ACA IS SO MUCH BETTER!!! You should have seen her face when she was told that they are the same thing. The stupidity is truly astounding.
And this is less than a week after their misguided decision to elect a proven criminal, racist, rapist, liar, and conman. Just wait until the days following Jan. 20. Wouldn't I love to see a huge turnout at the Capitol to protest certifying the vote, armed with nothing but signs and their moral consciousness.
There is a Womans March scheduled a couple of before the election with ones to be announced for the same day around the country as well.
Oops, I believe the date is actually the 19th, but you can check on their website and sign up for updates on other locations to be announced.
Karma is a bitch
The Hispanics that voted for him are going to find out. Women are already finding out.
It's also a religious Catholic vote for the Hispanic community. They will regret that as soon as Stephen Miller takes over rounding up all ,in his words, none Americans.
That is what we talked about, even before we started hearing it. So many voters don't understand what they are voting for. I mean.... if the candidate does not understand tariffs, then it means too many voters don't either, and believe him when he says it will bring more jobs. Voting for him will affect us all, but the self-centered voters who voted for trump will pay, often more than many of us who did not (think: women, farmers, Latinos, small businesses.)
More jobs, the same jobs that the migrants have been doing for the past 70 years ! Jobs Americans don’t want to do, can’t do, or can’t afford to do. funny thing about US consumers, they like lower prices !
Wrong! Americans want things for free. I’m not talking about immigrants, I’m talking about my fellow countrymen who are jealous of what they see as someone getting a break or a favor that they don’t have access to. They can’t understand how someone gets a Christmas bonus and they don’t, or how someone gets free tickets to the Super Bowl or winds up with a free turkey or got a special deal (they think) on a new car. Americans sometimes make me sick.
? and your comment has what to do with the jobs the work the migrants are doing
Yeah, but we’re all gonna suffer
Trump played his supporters, but they should have heeded the many red flags and warnings, especially about Project 2025. Trump used, abused, lied, etc., to get votes. He doesn't care about his supporters; only about power and money. Trump is morally bankrupt. He is a 77+ has been, or I should say, he never was anything but a loser. The drama and toxicity surrounding him is unbelievable, and of his own creation, because he is severely ill with the cancer of severe narcissism. He is useless to the USA, and needs his power completely taken away, before he destroys democracy in the USA, and leaves us in shambles.
It's just fucking sad that the voters were so uniformed about who they voted for. We need more rich democrats supporting truthful journalism online and everywhere.
Facts!!
I'm not quite back yet.
Still struggling.
But I have to say, Bret is right.
The majority of Americans are going to find out quite soon, the consequences of their vote. I will not hold myself back from saying, "I told you so." I'm gonna say it where appropriate.
I did like the song in the middle of the video.
EDIT to add: What really pisses me off are the damned Teamsters. Biden LITERALLY saved all their pensions. And the Teamsters did not endorse Harris.
"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday announced the infusion of nearly $36 billion to shore up a financially troubled union pension plan, preventing severe cuts to the retirement incomes of about 350,000 Teamster workers and retirees across the United States."
Read the whole thing here:
https://apnews.com/article/biden-business-united-states-government-and-politics-retirees-09d93d2af8cc68de47eccda4a9ef0250
They voted to "own the libs" but they really just owned themselves. Womp womp.
Ignorance is bliss - until it comes and bites you in the butt. Too bad, so sad.
This is why trump loves the uneducated. How could you not know any of this stuff? Who believes your kid goes to school and has their sex changed? Who takes the word of a habitual liar?
Good! They deserve it!
Actions do have consequences- MAGA will have to live with them. Innocents are the ones I have feelings for.
MAGA tears are the best. I’m concerned about certain things as well but I voted blue up and down the ballot. I didn’t vote for this s**t but if you did…too bad!
Unfortunately we will all feel the wrath of their decisions
I agree. It sucks. They all say “it’s the economy”, and blame Biden and Harris when it was their messiah who brought the inflation on. A lot of them have no idea what a tariff was or who pays it. You don’t need to be a college graduate to know what it is or even basic economics on how good the economy is. Kamala had ideas that were good and was well spoken and cares about us and America.
The ones who refused to vote for either one are also at fault. My husband had 2 people at work tell him they were not going to vote. 1 issue non voter. Now they will have more than one issue to complain about. Too bad!
Oh, I know. They are f*kn morons but they are going to be regretting soon enough if not already with what’s going on already.
The chickens do come home to roost! There is sure to be a lot of remorse and b despair before it’s over. Hope we can outlast the MAGA crowd.
If you're a brainwashed maggot Republican cult member and are now finding out that it's going to affect your life in a negative way all I can say to you is DUH WTF WERE YOU THINKING 🤔 YOU MADE YOUR BED NOW LIE (LIKE TRUMP) IN IT 🙄
While they can lie in it. DirtyDonnie and his Maggat party in Congress are going to set it on fire.
Thank God I'm a Canadian 🇨🇦
Does she (and those others) realized who she voted for? They voted for a convicted felon and a rapist - and she is happy?? These idiots keep thinking that trump was a viable candidate. These people are voting against over half of the population of the United States. Sad, yet there you go.
I don't think many Trump voters are realizing yet how damaging their decision is. They will find out and they will feel the pain, and unfortunately, we will all feel it, too. But I don't believe many of them know it yet. This article was a bit of wishful thinking.
I see where a great many people are already saying
“ I didn’t know” and admit they voted for trump.
Although I too am going to be caught up in this mess, I tried my darnest
If they "didn't know", it's because they chose to be ignorant.
Chickens come home to roost.
Buyers remorse sets in just like I said it would. This just proves that magas do not think things through, do anthing resemblind research or listen to facts. They thought Trumps ideas only applied to the other guy (aka democrats) when the other guy is actually the lower and middle classes which surprise surprise, they are part of. I can't believe that guy thought Obamacare and ACA were different things. How many times have you read an article that said "Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare"? How long has Obanacare been part of the vernacular?
Too bad they didn't subscribe to The Meidas Touch.....
Awww. Fuck your feelings sweetie. No one acted like that when Joe Biden was elected BECAUSE his winning wasn't putting enormous groups of people in jeopardy.
She was ready to divorce him months before. His voting for Dumpty was the last straw
Those were my thoughts exactly! It seems like not only was the guy ignorant about Trump he was also not self aware enough to realize he was losing his wife probably for other somewhat related reasons (chauvinism, for example). I've seen this in action in my own family and the guy (my son) was just amazed when his wife left him. The rest of us saw it coming for several years.
I think you should reread what Sal wrote. I think you misunderstood
I was commenting on the first woman's video, not the post itself.
It's find out time and only will get worse.
You reap what you sow.
Thoughts of prayers
FAFO
Uneducated, uninformed, ignorant voters, blindly following instructions without the faintest idea of the facts.
We saw it and couldn't do a darn thing about it.
Tough shit.
Actions have consequences.
These people are getting just what they asked for! Deal with it.
One can only hope that major lessons will be learned about being so viscerally against things they don't even understand. How, for example, could someone want to "kill Obamacare" if they don't even know enough about it to understand it's the same thing as the ACA? It's the same thing as being angrily against "socialism" and saying "don't touch my Medicare". How DACA kids/adults could possibly miss the reality that not only are their parents in danger of being deported but so are THEY! We don't need to go back to anything that could resemble a literacy test on voting but geez, maybe have a bit of information before voting should be an expected thing.
I hate that I like this...
Hi Ben and Brett,
I'm a scientist and I'm very interested in what will be happening with CHIPS Act, with NOAA and other federal research organisations, what about DoE funding for supercomputing - could you please report on this?
Thanks a lot for your terrific work! I love you guys - and your excellent contributors, like Michael Popok and others!
With love from Poland!
My Black friends are hurting because of White women like this - the hurt is real for Black women - she doesn't get it.
I am SO happy that lady served him divorce papers STAT. 100% the right thing to do. You can’t live with that sh*t.
“Buyer’s Remorse”
Two tears in a bucket to voting against your own interests.
The fact that people couldn’t be bothered to do some basic research before voting for Trump tells you all you need to know about America
But was it really unforeseen? No, it was selected blindness and not getting out of their bubble.
Thank you. You guys are doing good work.
Really wish you'd stop "reporting" on anecdotal stuff from social media -- some posts don't have names so who knows if its even true? Could be coming from a bot. All this does is feed the outrage machine, aren't you better than this? Really, this isn't helpful.
MAGA Gets Lonely
(“I Was Just Following Orders!” Doesn’t Work in 2024 Either)
Yes! Let’s talk about the social price tag of this MAGA loyalty. You’d think after eight years of “America First” rhetoric, some folks would figure out that being an outspoken cheerleader for divisive policies comes with consequences. Nope. MAGA’s loudest voices are still out there, doubling down on the same inflammatory takes that alienated their coworkers, bosses, and neighbors in Trump’s first term. And now? The bill is due.
Employers are doing their best to distance themselves from employees who proudly parade their controversial views on social media. If you’re out there posting about “rigged elections” or sharing memes that wouldn’t look out of place at a hate rally, don’t be shocked when your boss quietly asks for your badge and keycard. Companies don’t want their brand tied to your “free speech.” Shocking, right?
On a personal level, it’s not looking much better. Many MAGA diehards are finding that friends and family who tolerated their antics during the last go-round are done playing nice. The Thanksgiving dinners where Uncle Bob ranted about “globalist elites” and “stolen elections” are looking a lot quieter this year. Why? Because nobody’s inviting him. Turns out, being the loudest voice in the room doesn’t make you right—it just makes you lonely.
The New Divide: MAGA’s Cost of “Winning”
(When the Victory Lap Runs Over Your Wallet)
Here’s the kicker: a growing number of Trump’s most vocal supporters are starting to question whether this second term is worth the personal and economic price they’re paying. The reality of layoffs, shrinking markets, and isolation is starting to sink in. Sure, the rallies were fun, the slogans catchy, and the red hats plentiful, but now that the music’s stopped, they’re left holding the bill.
The real irony? Many aren’t regretting their vote because of the policies themselves—they’re regretting the consequences to their own lives. Jobs lost, friendships burned, and communities fractured—it’s the gift that keeps on giving. But hey, at least they can console themselves with a new round of Trump merch.
The 2024 MAGA agenda promised a stronger, prouder America. What it’s delivering is an economy that’s stumbling and a support base that’s realizing the “cost of winning” looks an awful lot like losing. The same folks who shouted “Make America Great Again” are now stuck asking, “Great for who, exactly?”
The deeper lesson is about how ignorant, intellectually lazy, and lacking in basic reasoning skills these voters are.
All of suffer for the actions of the ill informed, smfh
You didn't post screenshots in this story, but you seem to reference the same 5-6 posts I've seen in everyone's story on this topic.
If it's so widespread, how come we have the same 5 screenshots showing up in everyone's posts?
Not that I don't want it to be true. Not that I'm not waiting for my parent's SS and Medicare to be slashed so I can say, "you got what you voted for."
But until there are a wider variety of these stories that don't just repost the same 5 screenshots, is this really a trend?
Trump has never been subject to consequences. His cult, not so much. I have no pity.
I’m amazed at the level of stupidity most people have. Ignorance abounds!
I saw one analysis that tracked, over multiple elections, the "PERCEPTION-REALITY GAP."
Years of being saturated by fire hoses of falsehoods predictably led to people voting against their own values and interests. No surprise, but very challenging to deal with, and certainly Meidas is part of the solution!
Social media and corporate oligarch media have done so much damage over the last 50 years or so. We as citizens must demand better. I’m trying to convince as many friends and family as possible to PLEASE cancel their cable service. We’re the leaders now more than even the elected Dems. We have to push them harder to hear us. I swear it’s the truth that my main issue these last years has been the condition of our media and what our laws allow. We must push for change.
Right-on!
You voted for a freaking dictator, you get what you deserve
Truthfully, I’m in the camp of the people who will not associate with MAGA/Trump voters. Non-negotiable. It’s a relief not to have to deal with those assholes any more. #ConsequencesMatter #AccountabilityMatters
As they say . . . Awe, too bad, so sad, muthaf*kers!
I wish I could say I feel sorry for Trump voters that are having their epiphany. They deserve everything that’s coming to them. They fell into the rabbit hole head first and it’s really difficult to find your way home that way.
3% is not a mandate. Trump win 51%. Harris won 48% … so a 3% difference …. How is that a landslide … how is that a mandate … that is a razor close election … 1/2 of America does not agree with Trump/MAGA
When she said- I didn’t act this way win Biden won……
Listen little w…..g…
Biden Never Assaulted any Woman Biden has Never been in court for crimes
Rump has been a criminal for decades
It's difficult to have sympathy for people who must have only watched Fox and Tik Tok for their news coverage. This is one time that the poorly informed have doomed us all.
What do these people expect, that we are just going to except being screwed by them and not be bad or have to make tuff choices they were warned but wouldn’t listen and now we all have to pay the consequences not sure I can Forgive and forget this time!
I already told my husband I’m done. Most of his family are trumper nuts. Hello goodbye no other conversation. I’m terrified what will happen to my disabled son. And they voted for this!? I think not!
I'm almost 70 yrs old. I worked for 40 yrs and retired 4 yrs ago. Because of Trump supporters I'll probably have to go back to work because my social security and medicare will be axed. Thank you MAGA.
🥺…I’m so sorry! I’m disappointed on SSDI and it’s my only income. We will all suffer and I’m finding it difficult to have any empathy or sympathy for those who voted for 🍑
Disabled…damn auto correct
I'm sorry but these people are idiots. They didn't know Obama Care is the same as the Affordable Care and didn't know about how the tariffs are trickle down and will affect businesses. Sorry but these people deserve tRump. The woman that is divorcing her husband...dude told her by his vote that he did not believe in her rights to her on body, so she said fuck you get out of my life! Love it!
But you know, somehow this will be because of democrats. LOL
They just cannot admit they could possibly be WRONG!
As I was told by at least 1 trumpet “ WAH WAH WAH!”
Elections have consequences. They voted against their own interests and those of family members. If they were too stupid to understand the consequences , too bad.
The problem for the parents of the guy who voted trump is solved! They won't need to worry about higher grocery prices - the Mexican prices should be lower, the choice a bit restricted, and the sources of income too , but hey - you wanted trump you've got it.
I just hope it's true.
I knew Trump was trouble from his first term…It’s unimaginable how much hate derived from this demented rich man who controls his base….I would lay down facts to my family who backed him up to the point they would get upset with me and ignore me…Well now they are cowering and realized that I was right about him…They are embarrassed and I just sit back to see what they voted will affect them greatly and unfortunately me and others who didn’t vote for this Monster…One thing I will do is defy him thru rallies…He has too much power and abuses it to the point he is trying to take away our constitutional rights…
Oh My heart. Keep crying sugar for the next four years when you’re crying about sugar . Be careful for what you wish for it just might get it and when you get it, you might probably will regret it. Take your tears elsewhere. I don’t feel sorry for any of the people at all. Go look for sympathy in a card from Hallmark.
Yes we need more educated people and immigrants coming in who know nothing but from whence they come from. American history? World history? What’s that? English? What’s that? Vote? Oh yes they voted for that flashy guy the news and their pastor likes. Blame it on the corporate/social media propaganda machine, foreign maligned money and interference as well as billionaires with a lust for power. The little guys don’t stand a chance. They just locked up the last crusader civilians in Hong Kong. Did anyone bat an eyelash hardly? Life goes on and corruption goes on. But America isn’t like any other place is it? It’s full of diverse rebels. When they come for the last crumbs we have and their guns there’s no telling what. The very ones who put him there will be the ones to take them down. America was always too big to govern. It will break apart eventually into smaller countries like Europe. People will stay suppressed for only so long and it’s obvious that more than half of the people don’t like what’s happening to them. When they ask men to sign up for the draft are women going to back up men after the betrayals? We certainly won’t be drafted if we’re all in the kitchen and pregnant.
This guy is fucking nuts. None of this fear porn will happen.
The majority of Americans voted for Trump, you are the outcasts
I don’t think it is tragic to take a stand. I congratulate those who draw the line and do not allow people to treat them like trash.
We would have been happy because democracy would be saved. Now we will watch as immigrants are rounded up and families are ripped apart. She voted against women’s rights and control of their own bodies including her own and the daughter I heard in the background. We will all suffer from the ignorance of citizens like her.
Love this!!!! Thank you for your reports!
Yeah, well fascism is a bitch.
She had her own stupidity to blame good for them
Wait for a year or two before the full brunt of the sociopath policies hit them.
USA History: “Operation Wetback” June 1954. Overall, there were 1,074,277 "returns",
Conman? We have 4 years of history with Trump’s last presidency. That that voted for him recognized the positive effect his administration had our lives.
Stop listening to MSDNC and The View. They are the real con artists. Let’s not forget that the DNC selected Kamala- she was NEVER elected by the American people to represent the party for anything. Got BLOWN AWAY in the 2020 primaries lol.
And an opinion / personal piece now in Huff Post , a woman says she will not make Christmas/thanksgiving for so many Trump voters ( whose votes endanger other family members). It will come down to life and death for the most vulnerable in our society.
That’s what they all deserve for being so f_ king dumb and uninformed.
My entire family are Trump supporters, but I would never cut them off. I can understand why some people would, but I could never do it. They know that I am a Democrat and that I hate Trump so we avoid talking politics. My parents won't even watch Fox News when I visit. It makes me furious and sad that they could vote for someone so morally bankrupt and just an all around awful person. I know that they all bought into the bullshit and believed everything Trump said. They all fall into the demographic of most Trump supporters so I try not to hold that against them. Even though we do not agree on many things, we have mutual respect for each other because in the end, we will always be family and to me that is more important than politics.
Whatever. Its speaks to the unrealistic expections they have for the rest of us who either did our homework or had the basic good judgement to see him and all of them for the scourge on the world he is. They now think we, who are reeling under the weight of THEIR ignorant, naive and poorly thought out choices should find it in our hearts to feel sorry for them.
They are feeling their own discomfort. Have they realized yet what effects on the rest of the WORLD their bad choice is already having? I doubt it.
I have no sympathy for anyone who voted for him! I hate it for the rest of us, but I am planning on laughing in the faces of his supporters who start crying when they suffer the consequences of their choice
Right Brett, great reporting. Isn't that something, Trumpers opening their eyes to the truth, reality of their actions.
My 2 younger brothers have not spoken to me since Biden was elected.
I laughed way too hard all the way through her whining little video.
People, have you read Project 2025? The entire government as we know it will be dismantled in the next year
Good
Damn auto correct…disabled
The Leopard Eating Face Party (LEFP) won. I have little sympathy except for those who didn't vote for the LEFP (but did vote) who are still going to suffer tremendously.
I think it's been pointed out in different places that only about a third of ELIGIBLE voters backed the LEFP. Too many people stayed home and they also will get what they deserve.
Ignorance seems, often times,to be a choice. Once a person knows how to read and can access books in a public library or online (but obviously not in Florida schools), NOT trying to expand your brain and worldview is simple laziness.
I've met some brilliant people who had little formal education and I've been others who were largely ignorant Ivy League college educated people. The big difference i noticed was that the former were voracious readers with natural curiosity and critical thinking skills. Likely learned from their parents or a really good teacher.
I feel slightly bad for this young woman but then again there are consequences …,
I’ve been screaming this since the election! It’s not anything VP Kamala or her campaign did wrong! The majority of non educated white women voted for tRump while the majority of college educated white women voted for Harris! Now, I happen to be a non college educated white woman that voted for VP Kamala and I know there are exceptions such as myself. I believe that people aren’t taught even the basics of how government works! It’s lack of knowledge and critical thinking skills. Thank you for this! 🌹
😆🤣😂, we don’t like you.
To clarify, the YOU all all those djt voters
PLEASE don't be one of those media groups advocating we simply "move on and accept" this election. We need to fight it while we still can. There are WAY too many "red flags" popping up around this. Here's JUST ONE:
I have read where this person, Stephen Spoonamore, is just a conspiracy theorist, and not to be taken seriously. However, some things really SHOULD be taken seriously, especially if posted by an expert in the field. WE NEED THE TRUTH, if we are EVER going to trust our election integrity in the future. That is, if we even HAVE any elections in the future. Again, if it can be proven that no fraud happened, we MUST let it go and move on. However, if this election was rigged, it MUST NOT STAND.
Repost
The 2024 Election was hacked at the tabulation level.
I have a 25 year career, finding and/or conducting such hacks. It's easy-ish to do. GOP/Trump-Putin/Musk all have the resources, motivation and access to do it. Hand recount the 2 oddest precincts in each county. Solved.
Interesting. American Voting has been subject to repeated hacks since at least Bush vs Gore where hanging chads were just a distraction, the hack was in Valusia County. I was a leader in uncovering hacks in 2002 and 2004. When Bush hacked OH away from Kerry. No one cared. I stopped.
I continue to work professionally finding hackers, and fairly often DEVELOP AND INSTALL hacks designed to ferret out the misuse of systems. My customers have included numerous governments and F100 firms. I wrote risk assessments of smartgrid technologies for Obama, and IP e-protection for GE.
Here is what you are seeing. The Tabulation Systems at the County level were hacked far in advance of the election. The hack was probably written into the code even before the code was installed. It will have a WHEN function and IF/THEN functions to have the machine force balance to a given outcome within a specific window of time. You could test the machines 1000 times before election night, and the result will be correct. If you run it during the time window, the force balancing will be turned on and regardless of inputs you will get a programmed output.
It is very simple to prove this. Take the two most outlandish precinct results from any county and just hand-count the ballots. They won't match the tabulation outputs. From what I am seeing, you will find 8-11% avg. shifts from Dem to Rep. Be sure to check heavy Red areas, easier to cover up a run up of the score. That was how it was done in Ohio vs. Kerry - GOP flips in already highly red areas. Now, why the Bomb-Threats? They were NOT to allow for hacker access. The programming was already in place, they were to break Chain of Custody and produce legal grounds to not trust a recount. Every place that GOT a bomb-threat is a place the courts will now have to consider the factual argument of whether the ballots COULD have been tampered with while the evacuations were going on. They weren't. But that is the argument the GOP will make to prevent recounts.
I used to appear on Lou Dobbs TV Show, back when he was at CNN and discuss hacking, including of voting machines. I helped get machines into researchers hands - every single one of them were shocked/horrified how simple hacking the machines was. But somehow, the public has refused to engage.
Now that a full blown fascist takeover is underway, and they did it by hacking the tabulation machines as described, please engage. I will lend any expertise if asked, but be aware these people are sociopaths who will kill you, they have done so to others, so act accordingly.
And it was relatively easy. Perhaps 300-500 tabulators of 3 types with 24+ months of prep. You just saw 3000+ comms devices of 4+ types hacked with software and installed explosives. These were set off in waves and specific times to destroy Hamas. Same thing here.
My personal record. A team of 4, 11 months total operation time, we hacked 500 Point of Sale CreditCard machines to install added tracking software allowing the units to work correctly while also creating traces to catch CC money laundering which the retailer was in on. Same thing as election 2024.
And finally, let me say again, this is a simple, stupid, easy to prove hack. Hand Count most suspected 2 Precincts in each county. They won't match. And FWIW, I am currently working on a much harder hack larger in scale and much better executed. This election hack is just about political will.
Stephen Spoonamore
Between Election Day up to yesterday, Google said the term "Trump's Tariff Plan" saw a 1650 percent spike in searches. That didn't include the variables, like "what are tariffs" or "how will tariffs affect me." It was accompanied by a 435 percent spike (on Election Day and surrounding days) in the question, "Can I change my vote?" -- not including the variables on that question.
Just re-confirmed these numbers this this morning on Google, also using thewavy.com and thenightly.com, who posted the google charts, along with the exact figures on the tariffs, with China being the most heavily taxed at 60 percent to 100 percent.
Trump hasn't even taken over yet and they've already lost their Christmas bonus.
Nothing like looking up shit AFTER the election!
The video of that young maga woman is a bad example.
Dems would not be rubbing your face in it like you aaswipes
I saw the TikTok of the gal upset that grandma, mom, and sis have cut her off. I would have cut her off too.
While I often reflect on my childhood, I am thankful for the one thing that sticks with me today, “don’t talk about politics”. Blood is thicker than water. Just look at what is happening. Don’t put your trust into strangers.
..too litle and WAY too *$!*ing late!
Well Ted, maybe you should drink down a jug of Clorox bleach..
The results of this election reveal that a significant portion of the voting population may not have realized they were voting for a convicted sexual predator and a narcissistic political predator and all the people he will surround himself with. Many people understand, on an emotional level, the fear of having a predator in their neighborhood — a fear that often surfaces when local authorities notify residents of such individuals moving nearby. Without this notification, people might remain unaware, as predators often hide their true nature.
We must educate people about predators’ traits and behaviors to empower them to make more informed decisions. This awareness enables them to choose how to respond effectively. One accessible way to spread this knowledge is through AI tools like ChatGPT (ChatGPT.com).
Instead of merely telling people, we should show them. By encouraging them to consult credible sources, like ChatGPT, they can receive consistent definitions and descriptions of predator behaviors.
Here's how: instruct them to ask ChatGPT, "Please define a sexual predator and a narcissistic political predator, along with 25 or more examples of their behaviors."
After receiving the initial response, they should type "continue" to explore deeper layers of information. They should repeat the “continue” process 3 to 5 times.
Try it yourself to see what insights you gain — then share this process with others!
This may have already been posted. I don't know. Screw. I thought I was signed in and then it asked me to sign up. Let people speak without all the hoops to jump through. Anyway, I'm delighted. Good for them! Good for them! Good for them! F them all! They have not yet begun to experience the HELL that is coming for us ALL. I'm just glad they get a taste of it, too.
You’re delusional of course it’s gonna be a few 99% of us are extremely happy😆😆😆
I’m sorry but unfortunately, the mass deportation intends to drive out all immigrants whether legal or not. These are White Christian Nationalists who want America to be white again. You may be laughing now, but…ignorance will get you nowhere!
Good for them! Good for them! Good for them! F them all! They deserve all the HELL that is coming for them. Unfortunately, it's coming for all of us, but at least they get to SUFFER, TOO! Delightful!
Subscribed. Fuck those trying to silence us, and fuck you, Trump supporters. You just dug your own grave, you racist shitholes.
I'm gonna enjoy watching them suffer. If that makes me a bad person, so be it.
In a word... GOOD! They deserve everything they're going to get. It's just fucked up that the rest of us are going to suffer because of their uneducated choice.
The leopards are eating my face, cries the idiot who voted for the Leopards Eating Faces Party!!!! Shocking!!!!
The ignorance is astounding. Until you realize that's what the right has been working for these lazt several decades. Dumb, easily led serfs.
My "surprised face" is no longer in service.
Super program today. Thanks. But also very sad! They were so good at swallowing criminal trump's lies. What is making some of the blinders falling off? Too bad they couldn't recognize truth BEFORE they voted.
I believe many voted criminal trump because they want to Keep America WHITE! Again-sad!
Suck it people
Thanks Brett! Straight to the heart of things!
The tariffs are an awful idea, but they won’t take effect until after Jan 20 when Trump is inaugurated. Do small businesses anticipate having to cut employees because of increased costs? And speaking of consequences in voting and supporting Trump, what will corporate sponsors for inauguration look like? Will they suffer losses of customers and income? What about entertainers who perform at inauguration?
“In Meiselas’s words, “when you vote against human rights,” the impact can be all too personal and immediate. Trump supporters’ regrets—whether over family alienation, financial instability, or healthcare concerns—reveal a deeper lesson about the unforeseen consequences of voting choices.”
Unforeseen? Unforeseen? ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME?
Many many many foresaw this.
Many of us LIVED THROUGH IT 2017-2021.
Many, many, many words were written and spoken about this.
They gave you an effing BLUE PRINT called Project 2025.
NO EFFING EXCUSES.
MAGAts made their beds and they can effing lay down in them and die for all I care.
They will get no sympathy, no help, no quarter from me.
And I blame the effing WORTHLESS Corporate Media. Looking at you Bezos.
Maybe I will calm down at some point. But. I will still offer up zero help to the MAGAts. Tried that in Trump 1.0. Done.
Actions have consequences. Deal with it. Maybe then you MAGATs will learn something or die in a cesspool of ignorance.
Stupid is expensive. Just think about some of the stupid things you’ve done in your life and what it cost or what it took to fix it. These Trump votes are stupid and will be very expensive for us to fix. I just hope it’s not irreparable.
I take great comfort in knowing I didn't vote for the shit storm cluster fuck that's coming. The asswipes that voted for this train wreck can clean it up. I won't feel sorry for any of them. They didn't believe us when we tried to reason with them, they just wanted feed their need to own the "libtards" I believe was the term. This is what they get for supporting a lying sack of shit felon. They ignored his background, they ignored his criminal history, they ignored reason, and worst of all they forgot how devastating his last term in office was, culminating in an insurrection at the Capitol. They didn't listen when the people who actually worked for trump said the didn't support him and why. Suck it up buttercups, trump said it himself "I don't care about you, I just want your vote".
Trump voters haven’t even scratched the surface on the regret to come. Hey America, we tried to warn you. And Trump told you exactly what he was going to do. The suffering has begun and the inauguration is more than two months away.
FYI I swear I saw somewhere you guys are looking to switch to substance posting snd charging. I just looked at your subscription and 10.00 a month is SUPER steep. Democracy costs that much huh?
I hope you at least keep posting the same content to youtube. I was enjoying ad free but life is expensive and it's only gonna get worse I'm sure. I hope you don't go fully subscription. You all have turned into my favorite network but I just can't afford to pay like that.
You're absolutely right , no one's rights were at risk !
I have seen a number of comments like this. I don’t know the answer; but working towards a solution wound be a better endeavor.
I imagine there are many numbers of others of others who wood would welcome assistance.@