Donald Trump admits tariffs will cause disruptions, the Administration has begun scrubbing government website of references to Trans Americans, and the DIA will no longer observe Black History Month.
This makes me sick. And the problem is that there's not enough people to fight for them. I know people support LGBTQIA+ but for all the straight people it always ends up being sort of a you problem just because everyone already has so much to worry about and think about. Everyone's too overwhelmed. People are literally getting hunted down for reality tv. This country is getting scarier by the minute.
Well, if I offended you, that was not the point and I’m sorry. I just feel that although I am a white woman and can never know what you are going through, I do have empathy for all minorities, as everyone is a human being and deserves the same rights as any human being. I meant that perhaps once the MAGA white women get a taste of their freedoms being taken away, they might begin to understand.
GOD NO IM NOT OFFENDED. I was Moved to tears! You grouped trans women into ALL women. Maybe you didn't even realize you were doing it, but that's how I saw it. It was the most beautiful, compassionate, selfless, judgement less comment a person could make. It made me cry- happy tears! Please don't think I was offended at all!
I'm sorry it took me a whole darn 12 hours to see this and respond. I really hope it didn't upset you last night. <3
Oh, I'm so glad! I happen to be a fan of science so I do realize being trans has a scientific basis, and there is no "cure." It is an unfortunate circumstance to be born in one gender's body when you are the other gender to the core of your being. Because I'm not trans myself, I know I accidentally stick my foot in my mouth by wording things in an insensitive way, so that's what I was worried about. My daughter helps me out with my verbiage since I am a boomer, lol!
I know. But we are fighting. I am fighting. I remember the exact moment everyone NYC simultaneously exploded in cheers of triumph and joy when gay marriage was legalized. Million of people bursting out of their doors and running through the streets and hugging and crying. It was amazing. Who would ever want to crush that kind of happiness?
And what purpose does it serve??? What purpose does it serve to deny these people their own choices?? It's infuriating. There should be a trans religion to get constitutional protections
It’s the easiest target. It makes it appear as though Trump is “taking decisive action” and “getting shit done”. It’s putting a gov sanctioned stamp on conservatives fears of trans people and their general distaste for individuality. Like you said, trans people are easy targets because the backing is small. Many purposes politically. ZERO purpose morally. No human being should be allowed to stand in the way of peaceful happiness and finding purpose and identity and love in this world. We SHOULD however, stand in the way of fascist dictators.
Sadly, it is easy to be an ally when things are going great, rights recognized, joy filling the air. But when things turn south and allyship actually matters, it shows who is the real ally. From what I’ve seen we don’t have nearly as many as we thought we would.
I know. I think this is an especially difficult time to get a clear idea of how much support there is behind trans rights or queer rights in general. I actually think there is a Lot of support. But Trump is doing his 100 day explosive diarrhea and it legitimately is overwhelming. I’m overwhelmed for sure. I think we’re on day 12 now and it really does feel like a year. He’s targeting people in all directions. BUT it’s not going to be breakneck like this forever. The first 100 days are going to be nuts. We need to hang in there as best we can. Hang on to each other. Even if it became a full blown Hunger Games, dystopian, totalitarian dictatorship I’d still be finding ways to fight. Don’t you worry. The thing that dictators ALWAYS get wrong is that human spirits just can’t be crushed. We’ve seen it again and again. 💙
I am straight and I WILL fight for you!! Please don’t count all of us out. I know that is a lot to ask for. And I would be standing up for your rights even if that faith hasn’t been earned yet. I am 100% in support of you having just as many rights as every other human being! You are equal and you matter—This is not ok….it breaks my heart. This has to change! I stand with you. I stand with all this affects.🥺
Put your faith in God and don't let people the give false hope and false opinions. There is nothing to be afraid of. There is many out there spreading lies. Ice is not coming to neighborhoods. They don't need too. They have a list of all the undocumented illegals.People that are undocumented just need to work on getting their documents. Their are many programs out there. All Countries have illegal immigration laws not only America. American citizens just want to be safe. Everyone that comes into our Country need to go to the ports of entry and come in legally. The sad thing about it is that they if they didn't go through the ports of entry and came in illegally. May have lost their chance to stay in America.If you have nothing to hide then go the the ports of entry and do your paperwork and be patient until your paperwork is processed. No problem.
I’m afraid you don’t have a realistic grasp of what is happening. God isn’t going to help any of these poor immigrants, including the US citizens he is having gathered up. You need to do more research before spouting your religious crap. I believe in God, but there is nothing he can do in this situation.
Apparently you don't have a grasp of reality. These people that are afraid for some reason. Maybe undocumented need to do the footwork and get their damn documents if they want to stay in this Country. If I want to be a citizen of Canada or any other country I sure have to apply for the documents and do it legally. What is the problem? If they have nothing to hide do it. Get a 2nd job if you have too. I have hundreds of friends that have done it and became citizens because they did the program . Don't steer this people wrong with fear. President Trump says everyone is welcome. Just come in legally.
Trump didn't shut it down for anyone. The ones that didn't come here legally did it to themselves for breaking the law and sneaking into this Country. It's their fault and no one elses. So don't blame Trump. The people want to be safe. We don't know if those strangers coming in to our country are terrorist, murders or pedifiles. They need to get vetted. Get real, get back to common sense.
They are probably not coming to YOUR neighborhood, but they are everywhere in mine. I am assuming your neighbors are not as brown as mine. To the point that our family has to carry our passports everywhere we go, even my school age child has it in his backpack. What good will putting our trust in God if our communities are being targeted? Also, how are people going to a point of entry when Trump closed them. Stop gaslighting people.
Your cognitive dissonance is astounding. I bet you’re used to gaslighting. Thing is, dear, reality comes for the ignorant and the willfully ignorant as well.
Another deranged moron with no common sense. You sound like a miserable person. Every we go there is laws and if they are broken there are consequences. Even a 5 yr. Old knows that. Where do you bozos get off thinking not following rules is right. Now if people do I things the right way they wouldn't have to run and hide. Moron
Respectfully it's not just people who came in illegally that are at threat of being deported. TPS and Humanitarian parole recipients who entered legally, followed all the rules, filled out an i134a with the USCIS were vetted by Homeland security and issued travel authorization and are here legally working and paying taxes are at risk of deportation. Including Ukrainians who's country is an active war zone without any operating airports. This deportation order was not thought out with any nuance.I can't believe my country would send woman and children back into this hellscape of death and destruction.
What are you even talking about? All you guys can do is spew word vomit that makes literally no sense. You don’t care about laws if you elected a felon as president. Someone who was found liable for rape. Someone who has been accused of some kind of sexual misconduct at least 13 times, and at least one of those times was with a then 13 year old girl.
If you voted for Trump you were fooled. You voted for a patsy. You voted for an adult toddler who gets upset when someone doesn’t agree with him, and does nothing but talk about it constantly. You have been gaslit by a narcissist who does not give a crap about you. And if he’s allowed to continue his tyrannical behavior you’ll see just how much he thinks of you. Again, your cognitive dissonance is astounding.
The stock market dropped 📉 immediately. He's such a effing liar when he says that people won't be affected. When are people going to stop believing this pathological liar? This entire administration is disgusting. 😒
If the Prime Minister of Canada and the Prime Minister of Serbia can step down and resign, so can the evil man that we have in office! I know people who voted for him and have said that this isn’t what they voted for. This is insanity! We have to stand together to make a change happen and for them to hear us. I stand with all who want our freedoms back! This is not ok. I am standing with all Americans. United. Let’s get our country and our freedoms BACK!!!!
Can we start just saying "The administration". They are all complicit right now even though they are EOs. Giving him this platform just builds his ego as an "omnipotent" power. The others are assisting with ALL of this. It's not just him.
It sounds as though it is limited to a specific department, the DIA. I could be misunderstanding though. My guess is he is testing the waters to see how wide spread he can make this
I was confused about this as well. Does this mean the specific department can’t do anything for these holidays. Like the websites can’t have anything on them during these times. Or they can’t participate in any parades or celebrations. I don’t understand.
Musk wants access to our money. Our Social Security and Medicare. He could potentially hack our bank accounts because they are used for Social Security payments and income tax refunds.
Ha! My job is selling Canadian and Chinese steel to Americans, we're not eating the tariff cost that the US government is charging. We will be charging our customer for the tax.
And honestly, we do not want to be charging our customers more. We price things at a fair rate! We also don't have the power to do anything about it. It's not our government. Our customers need to call their congresspeople and senators and governors to try to get it to stop
Yes… the cost of tariffs are always born by the consumers/customers. Trump and his deconstruction crew have just always lied about that part to Americans supporting him.
I'm still in a state of shock. I'm sickened by all of this. So many, many, many people are affected by these blanket changes he's making. Completely erasing PEOPLE!!
My friends in Canada are scared. I live in Michigan and I wonder if Canada will shut down our power. They said they would. But regardless we are all going to suffer as a result of Trump. On a different note I know some people are buying the morning after pill from Costco. It is about $11 each. You are allowed two packs at a time. This individual can’t get pregnant but is getting them for others in the future. I believe that they have a 5 year shelf life.
I am not trying to alarm anyone but I am starting to stockpile food and dehydrate fruits.
So he still doesn’t get that tariffs cause the American people more money. How much longer do we have to deal with him? I’m not sure I can survive the next four years especially now since margaritas will cost triple.
Tariffs in imported food/produce, and those that harvest those products domestically are intimidated to the point where they can't work to harvest domestically and food will rot on the vine...further driving up the costs, hurting families, bankruptcy farmers, truckers, and others.....insane
Let's celebrate the crap out of Black History Month, Women's History Month, the Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pride Month, Juneteenth, MLK day, Cinco de Mayo and all other days and months that celebrate the diversity of our country!
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ERASING. PEOPLE. IS. GENOCIDE. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
https://open.substack.com/pub/thedailydefiance/p/destroying-what-makes-you-whole?r=54x1jd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
This makes me sick. And the problem is that there's not enough people to fight for them. I know people support LGBTQIA+ but for all the straight people it always ends up being sort of a you problem just because everyone already has so much to worry about and think about. Everyone's too overwhelmed. People are literally getting hunted down for reality tv. This country is getting scarier by the minute.
Ahhh, but now it is also a war against women. Perhaps all those stupid white women who voted Maga will finally get it.
Welp. That brought tears. Thank you... oddly enough, that is the most compassionate response I think I've ever heard
Thank you for counting trans women as just women. You have no idea what that means. You are wonderful, and I love this community.
No they don't, they want to be controlled.
Well, if I offended you, that was not the point and I’m sorry. I just feel that although I am a white woman and can never know what you are going through, I do have empathy for all minorities, as everyone is a human being and deserves the same rights as any human being. I meant that perhaps once the MAGA white women get a taste of their freedoms being taken away, they might begin to understand.
GOD NO IM NOT OFFENDED. I was Moved to tears! You grouped trans women into ALL women. Maybe you didn't even realize you were doing it, but that's how I saw it. It was the most beautiful, compassionate, selfless, judgement less comment a person could make. It made me cry- happy tears! Please don't think I was offended at all!
I'm sorry it took me a whole darn 12 hours to see this and respond. I really hope it didn't upset you last night. <3
Oh, I'm so glad! I happen to be a fan of science so I do realize being trans has a scientific basis, and there is no "cure." It is an unfortunate circumstance to be born in one gender's body when you are the other gender to the core of your being. Because I'm not trans myself, I know I accidentally stick my foot in my mouth by wording things in an insensitive way, so that's what I was worried about. My daughter helps me out with my verbiage since I am a boomer, lol!
I agree he is the best but I think you misspoke. He never included trans women as women. He just said women.
I know. But we are fighting. I am fighting. I remember the exact moment everyone NYC simultaneously exploded in cheers of triumph and joy when gay marriage was legalized. Million of people bursting out of their doors and running through the streets and hugging and crying. It was amazing. Who would ever want to crush that kind of happiness?
And what purpose does it serve??? What purpose does it serve to deny these people their own choices?? It's infuriating. There should be a trans religion to get constitutional protections
It’s the easiest target. It makes it appear as though Trump is “taking decisive action” and “getting shit done”. It’s putting a gov sanctioned stamp on conservatives fears of trans people and their general distaste for individuality. Like you said, trans people are easy targets because the backing is small. Many purposes politically. ZERO purpose morally. No human being should be allowed to stand in the way of peaceful happiness and finding purpose and identity and love in this world. We SHOULD however, stand in the way of fascist dictators.
the "Christian" right
I really hope you’re right.
Sadly, it is easy to be an ally when things are going great, rights recognized, joy filling the air. But when things turn south and allyship actually matters, it shows who is the real ally. From what I’ve seen we don’t have nearly as many as we thought we would.
I know. I think this is an especially difficult time to get a clear idea of how much support there is behind trans rights or queer rights in general. I actually think there is a Lot of support. But Trump is doing his 100 day explosive diarrhea and it legitimately is overwhelming. I’m overwhelmed for sure. I think we’re on day 12 now and it really does feel like a year. He’s targeting people in all directions. BUT it’s not going to be breakneck like this forever. The first 100 days are going to be nuts. We need to hang in there as best we can. Hang on to each other. Even if it became a full blown Hunger Games, dystopian, totalitarian dictatorship I’d still be finding ways to fight. Don’t you worry. The thing that dictators ALWAYS get wrong is that human spirits just can’t be crushed. We’ve seen it again and again. 💙
I am straight and I WILL fight for you!! Please don’t count all of us out. I know that is a lot to ask for. And I would be standing up for your rights even if that faith hasn’t been earned yet. I am 100% in support of you having just as many rights as every other human being! You are equal and you matter—This is not ok….it breaks my heart. This has to change! I stand with you. I stand with all this affects.🥺
I love this community so much 🥹
😭😭
I am not trans but i am hecka fighting too!!! <3 <3 <3
I have nothing else to live for I will fight for my lgbtqia+ friends and family
For them that’s everything 💙 stay in the fight. We’re a community. We’re together in this.
by definition!
That’s correct
Put your faith in God and don't let people the give false hope and false opinions. There is nothing to be afraid of. There is many out there spreading lies. Ice is not coming to neighborhoods. They don't need too. They have a list of all the undocumented illegals.People that are undocumented just need to work on getting their documents. Their are many programs out there. All Countries have illegal immigration laws not only America. American citizens just want to be safe. Everyone that comes into our Country need to go to the ports of entry and come in legally. The sad thing about it is that they if they didn't go through the ports of entry and came in illegally. May have lost their chance to stay in America.If you have nothing to hide then go the the ports of entry and do your paperwork and be patient until your paperwork is processed. No problem.
I’m afraid you don’t have a realistic grasp of what is happening. God isn’t going to help any of these poor immigrants, including the US citizens he is having gathered up. You need to do more research before spouting your religious crap. I believe in God, but there is nothing he can do in this situation.
Apparently you don't have a grasp of reality. These people that are afraid for some reason. Maybe undocumented need to do the footwork and get their damn documents if they want to stay in this Country. If I want to be a citizen of Canada or any other country I sure have to apply for the documents and do it legally. What is the problem? If they have nothing to hide do it. Get a 2nd job if you have too. I have hundreds of friends that have done it and became citizens because they did the program . Don't steer this people wrong with fear. President Trump says everyone is welcome. Just come in legally.
And you just showed your ignorance. Trump has shut down any route for asylum for these immigrants. Don’t be so naïve.
Trump didn't shut it down for anyone. The ones that didn't come here legally did it to themselves for breaking the law and sneaking into this Country. It's their fault and no one elses. So don't blame Trump. The people want to be safe. We don't know if those strangers coming in to our country are terrorist, murders or pedifiles. They need to get vetted. Get real, get back to common sense.
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They are probably not coming to YOUR neighborhood, but they are everywhere in mine. I am assuming your neighbors are not as brown as mine. To the point that our family has to carry our passports everywhere we go, even my school age child has it in his backpack. What good will putting our trust in God if our communities are being targeted? Also, how are people going to a point of entry when Trump closed them. Stop gaslighting people.
Your cognitive dissonance is astounding. I bet you’re used to gaslighting. Thing is, dear, reality comes for the ignorant and the willfully ignorant as well.
Another deranged moron with no common sense. You sound like a miserable person. Every we go there is laws and if they are broken there are consequences. Even a 5 yr. Old knows that. Where do you bozos get off thinking not following rules is right. Now if people do I things the right way they wouldn't have to run and hide. Moron
Respectfully it's not just people who came in illegally that are at threat of being deported. TPS and Humanitarian parole recipients who entered legally, followed all the rules, filled out an i134a with the USCIS were vetted by Homeland security and issued travel authorization and are here legally working and paying taxes are at risk of deportation. Including Ukrainians who's country is an active war zone without any operating airports. This deportation order was not thought out with any nuance.I can't believe my country would send woman and children back into this hellscape of death and destruction.
Thanks for the info. I'll check that out.
What are you even talking about? All you guys can do is spew word vomit that makes literally no sense. You don’t care about laws if you elected a felon as president. Someone who was found liable for rape. Someone who has been accused of some kind of sexual misconduct at least 13 times, and at least one of those times was with a then 13 year old girl.
If you voted for Trump you were fooled. You voted for a patsy. You voted for an adult toddler who gets upset when someone doesn’t agree with him, and does nothing but talk about it constantly. You have been gaslit by a narcissist who does not give a crap about you. And if he’s allowed to continue his tyrannical behavior you’ll see just how much he thinks of you. Again, your cognitive dissonance is astounding.
The stock market dropped 📉 immediately. He's such a effing liar when he says that people won't be affected. When are people going to stop believing this pathological liar? This entire administration is disgusting. 😒
If the Prime Minister of Canada and the Prime Minister of Serbia can step down and resign, so can the evil man that we have in office! I know people who voted for him and have said that this isn’t what they voted for. This is insanity! We have to stand together to make a change happen and for them to hear us. I stand with all who want our freedoms back! This is not ok. I am standing with all Americans. United. Let’s get our country and our freedoms BACK!!!!
Except he literally said he would do every single one of these things, so this is exactly what they voted for
AGREE 👍
FEB 3RD HELP. HS. MAKE A STAND OF A DAY WITHOUT MEXICANS DONT BUY ANYTHING,DONT SEND KIDS TO SCHOOL…PLEASE HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE A STAND
I will support this
Thank you for your support please don’t forget the date, FEB 3RD this includes getting gas and not buying anything from stores
Me,too and I'll spread the word.
Thank you I really appreciate it
I support this!
Thank you for your support it is greatly appreciated remember FEB 3rd
Can we start just saying "The administration". They are all complicit right now even though they are EOs. Giving him this platform just builds his ego as an "omnipotent" power. The others are assisting with ALL of this. It's not just him.
I agree! Stop giving him a platform. His ego needs the attention.
Trump & Musk are enemies (domestic) of the United States
Musk classifies as domestic? not sure about that ... 😒
Well, I was on the fence about that one too. He arguably is a “foreign enemy”, my friend.
Now we're talking 👍
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I hate it here.
Same
I just ran out of Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Ice Cream. Bad timing!
Did he really report that we will no longer be celebrating Black/Womens history month, holocaust remembrence day or Juneteenth?!
Yeah no, we’re all celebrating and more than ever before!!! Screw them — come arrest all of us then, parties in the streets!!!!
Yes he sadly did
It sounds as though it is limited to a specific department, the DIA. I could be misunderstanding though. My guess is he is testing the waters to see how wide spread he can make this
DoD got a similar memorandum. Juneteenth was not mentioned but no longer allowed to celebrate heritages in the work place.
I was confused about this as well. Does this mean the specific department can’t do anything for these holidays. Like the websites can’t have anything on them during these times. Or they can’t participate in any parades or celebrations. I don’t understand.
It's a weird thing to watch one's own identity be scrubbed from the administration. Weird feeling. Not a great one.
But, I still exist. If that's all it takes to be anti-establishment now, so be it. Might as well lean in.
Thank you for bringing the news every day, Aaron. We'll keep making good use of it.
Musk wasn't even elected. How is he able to access all that information let alone have control over it?
He is a pushy, demanding male figure that the trumpy Orange thinks hung the moon.
Because tRUMP doesn’t care about us. At the moment he trusts Musk and we will all pay the price for that.
Don't lie to us tomorrow is gonna be January 32nd 🥲🥲🤭
I’ve been telling everyone today “welcome to the 786th day of January” because honestly, that’s what it feels like 🤦🏼♀️
Musk wants access to our money. Our Social Security and Medicare. He could potentially hack our bank accounts because they are used for Social Security payments and income tax refunds.
If you would have heard my local news in Pittsburgh they said it would not raise prices for us. Unbelievable, just lying to the public!!!!
Ha! My job is selling Canadian and Chinese steel to Americans, we're not eating the tariff cost that the US government is charging. We will be charging our customer for the tax.
As you should
Oh I know those people are in for rude awakening. I cannot believe how they’re just deceiving the public.
And honestly, we do not want to be charging our customers more. We price things at a fair rate! We also don't have the power to do anything about it. It's not our government. Our customers need to call their congresspeople and senators and governors to try to get it to stop
Yes… the cost of tariffs are always born by the consumers/customers. Trump and his deconstruction crew have just always lied about that part to Americans supporting him.
Pittsburgher here also. I never watch the news. They are all owned by trump
I’ve learned more from Substack TikTok, and blue sky than I will ever get from the local news!
I'm still in a state of shock. I'm sickened by all of this. So many, many, many people are affected by these blanket changes he's making. Completely erasing PEOPLE!!
My friends in Canada are scared. I live in Michigan and I wonder if Canada will shut down our power. They said they would. But regardless we are all going to suffer as a result of Trump. On a different note I know some people are buying the morning after pill from Costco. It is about $11 each. You are allowed two packs at a time. This individual can’t get pregnant but is getting them for others in the future. I believe that they have a 5 year shelf life.
I am not trying to alarm anyone but I am starting to stockpile food and dehydrate fruits.
I had a dream to stockpile... So I am.
So he still doesn’t get that tariffs cause the American people more money. How much longer do we have to deal with him? I’m not sure I can survive the next four years especially now since margaritas will cost triple.
He gets it, but his motto is DENY, DENY, DENY.
Tariffs in imported food/produce, and those that harvest those products domestically are intimidated to the point where they can't work to harvest domestically and food will rot on the vine...further driving up the costs, hurting families, bankruptcy farmers, truckers, and others.....insane
Let's celebrate the crap out of Black History Month, Women's History Month, the Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pride Month, Juneteenth, MLK day, Cinco de Mayo and all other days and months that celebrate the diversity of our country!