Bring it on
Clean air and clean water - gone
Fair labor practices - gone
Workplace safety - gone
Cozying up to Russia - check
NATO - gone
Outsourcing - jobs gone
Government funding of scientific research - gone
Global climate change - fuck it
Israel - right or wrong
$15 minimum wage - yeah, right
Wall Street - in charge
Intelligence - we're fine with the FSB and Mossad, thanks
Emoluments - Got 'em, in spades
Lap dog media - With a few exceptions, done
Wondering how the Nazis took power in the 1930s? - Turn on the nightly news
LGBTQ protections/marriage equality - how quaint
Resurgence of childhood diseases - coming soon to a neighborhood near you
Military control of civilian agencies - done
WWIII - give it some time
SCOTUS - gone
Voter suppression - you think 2016 was fun, just wait
Police murders of African-Americans - 2016 will be regarded as the good old days
Hate crimes - ditto
White supremacy - mainstreamed
KKK - I'm just waiting for KKK Stadium
Affordable Care Act - soon to be replaced by the We Don't Care Act
Medicare/Medicaid - to be replaced by the Let 'Em Die Act
Social Security - Nice idea. RIP.
Diversity on campus - Lovely notion, shame it's over
Not white? - look out
Muslim? - look out even harder
Low income housing? - Hah!
You get the idea. Unless and until Dems are back in the majority and in the white house, we will lose on just about all of these issues, since there are few republicans with a spine or a moral conscience, notwithstanding lip service from McCain and Graham. We - the Democrats - must - must, must, must - vote against every single republican bill. Vote against every nominee for any office. Every. Single. One. No compromise. If republicans choose to vote with the Dems, fine. Doesn't matter. It won't make a difference. Except that when America no longer resembles what it once was, when the folks in flyover country wonder why they are still on the losing end, there will be no question who's responsible. When the coal mining jobs don't return, the former coal miners will know who's responsible. When there's an Ebola outbreak in the US and the resources don't exist to respond to it, they'll know who's responsible. When the mortality rates go up, when infant mortality rates rise, when there are outbreaks of whooping cough and measles and mumps, they'll know who's responsible. When farmers can no longer depend on migrant labor and their produce dies on the vine, well, they'll know why. When individuals and families continue to struggle on a minimum wage of $7.25/hour, they'll know who's responsible. When the 4.3 million retail workers are still reeling from split shifts, on-call, and poor wages, they'll know who's responsible and who doesn't really give a fucking damn about them.
Etc.,. etc.
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