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Mary Amoriello's avatar

It’s just mind blowing how Musk is the one taking jobs from Americans, he just fired a bunch of Tesla workers in Texas and also applied for another couple thousand H1b permits! Yet he has no problem turning the uneducated against MEIDAs! I don’t get it! At this point Trump, Musk, and Vivek have failed even before they are in office and yet still MAGA follows like mindless drones!

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Lights Seiferlein's avatar

He's absolutely evil. Give the H1Bvisas to to those "illegal" immigrants who are needed to pick crops. We don't need more foreign workers that Musk can exploit.

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Mary Amoriello's avatar

I’m continually amazed at how Trump’s promises are falling away one after another and still MAGA is upset at Dems! Nope sorry! Everything that happens is now in the backs of Republicans! We all knew prices weren’t going down! We all knew Trump wouldn’t stop the Ukraine war within 24 hours as President Elect, we all know that Trump does not care about the working class and wages will not go up under Trump, we all know Trump wants to take an axe to health insurances like Medicare, Medicaid, VA, and ACA so many many millions will be without insurance, we all know the affects of deporting millions of undocumented workers who pay into SS and federal taxes to the tune of 98 billion a year yet do not or cannot collect from these programs and deporting 1 million of these immigrants will cost at the low end 89 billion a year never mind the tax revenue we will lose from those deported immigrants! And we now know some immigrants that help the rich get richer are okay but immigrants who actually help put food on our tables at cheaper prices are a no no! And last but not least we all know Republicans plan to push a reconciliation bill through after Jan 20th that will cut 2.5 out of the 4.2 trillion budget for mandatory spending which is effectively cutting 60% of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, ACA, and VA benefits effectively wiping out the working class and transferring more wealth to the top 1% in addition to saddling the working class with 20% tariff taxes and 4 trillion in tax cuts for the top 1% and corporations who already received 4 trillion in tax cuts in 2017 off the backs of Americans and who infamously jacked prices up in 2022 during global inflation yet failed to lower prices in 2024 when inflation came down to 2.3%! So once again the top 1% wins! We the working class lose and MAGA doesn’t seem to care or if they do”owning the libs” is more important to them than living wages and being able to afford their mortgage and feed their families! It’s very sad!

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MrsCQ's avatar

Racism not the price of eggs drives MAGAs.

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Pat Robinson's avatar

And it's not just the tax revenue we lose but mot immigrants, documented or not spend all their money here in local economies (except that which they send home to care for family in a very Christian like act that really demonstrates family values)

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

At the low end, a lot of the work is shipped overseas.

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Diana Nehila's avatar

They will fail in all their dastardly plans to plummet us into despair. We are stronger than they are and MUST keep pushing back. I get the good feeling that the pro-democracy advocates, both elected and non-elected, are ready to squelch any and all of the oligarchy's distructive plans and will give it their best shot to keep those things from happening, Dems and non-MAGA Reps alike. It all sucks, but keep the faith and keep pushing back. We'll get through this mess by uniting and making our voices heard. 2026 will turn the tide and we'll win! Truth to power will take their "power" away and reduce it to ashes. 🇺🇸💙

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

All that stuff was just a pretext as hate Trumps logic.

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Roseann Duchon's avatar

Dems like Bernie Sanders are holding Trump accountable by bringing forth bills that trump promised on the campaign trail just to get votes—not because trump will follow through on his promises. Sanders is proposing raising the min. wage, M4ALL, increasing and protecting SS, Medicare and Medicaid, and lowering credit card interest rates to 10%. For every trump campaign promise DEMS are holding Trump to account. Let’s see what MAGA says if trump refuses to sign those bills.

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Michael Stayton's avatar

And let us see if the Republicans in Congress refuse to pass those bills. Every one of those Trump campaign promises will have big money to oppose them. It is a win-win for Democrats. If they pass, Democrats can say "We made those Trump promises come true." If they don't pass, Democrats can say "Trump and your Republicans Senators and Representatives lied to you. Trump only wanted your vote. You have been conned."

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Mary Amoriello's avatar

Write your Reps! Resist and 5 calls make it simple and it takes 1 minute to write them in text format! Even if you are like me and stuck in Florida where there seems to be no hope! All negative and positive responses to policies and issues are recorded by your reps so people in numbers can make a difference! God bless everyone! We have a daunting task in front of us!

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Annie D Stratton's avatar

Mary, I live in Vermont where all three of our Congress Critters are Dem or Progressive (Bernie is an independent because there isn't a national Progressive party). While I do write them- always directly because, well, Vermont- I will start adding a note that I am speaking not only for myself but also for friends who do not have representation in Congress because their states are owned by Maga. I know one rep in the House doesn't sound like much, but if a bunch of us with blue reps add a coda like that to their letters, it shows we stand together, and we want our reps to remember that, Don't think this would work as well for calls and texts, which tend to be simply counted ledger style. But enough thoughtfully worded letters can help keep our concerns alive. Every tiny bit can help. So my promise to you and other friends stuck in red bubbles.

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Mary Amoriello's avatar

So many of us in Red states have our voices muted! And even when we vote Dems in we’ve had two Dems elected and they immediately switched parties to Republican afterwards! How is that allowed! It’s bait and switch! Thank you for adding us and how we feel in your letters!

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

That stinks -- but it's probably better that they came out as Republicans rather than pass for Democrats like Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

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Cathy Delia's avatar

Thanks. I also live in Florida. We need all the help we can get.

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Mary Amoriello's avatar

Wow! Yea we do need to stand together! I’m stuck here with my elderly mom and Milton took out our home or part of it.. and I agree 100%! We had 2 democrats that we voted in to office down here only to have them change parties after their election! The shadiness in this state is beyond words and it feels truly like we have no power in this state and even when we do vote in democrats they switch after election which is so damn disheartening! Thank you guys! Every voice counts! We all need to stand

Together!

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Cathy Delia's avatar

I am also stuck here in Florida. I feel your pain! I don't feel like my vote counts much down here either, but we still need to represent. We can't let the Republicans win 100% of the vote. I'm sorry to hear about the damage you incurred from Milton. I hope your insurance company and FEMA are helping you recover.

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Cindy Kopacek's avatar

Why aren't the voters sounding the alarms about these turn coats?

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

Good idea. I'm in a similar position here in MA: Warren and Markey are my senators, and my rep is a Dem, a so-so Dem but still a Dem.

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Sue W's avatar

Good idea. I'm in true blue CT. Senators Murphy and Blumenthal and all five reps are Democrats but I don't take anything for granted as there were more Trump lawn signs in my neighborhood for the 2024 election than 2016 or 2020.

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Agitatocrat's avatar

I'd never heard of these sites and went and looked them up. I have not researched who is behind these sites yet, but if you are interested:

https://5calls.org/

https://coolmomtech.com/2017/03/best-political-apps-countable-resistbot-5-calls/

You simply text RESIST to 50409 and it will walk you through the process.

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Mary Amoriello's avatar

Thank you! I love resist! Have not used 5calls as much! But the year is new! Thanks for the heads up!

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Ginger's avatar

that's the key "mindless drones" ..

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