Well, well, well-- it seems that even die-hard MAGA supporters have begun wondering if maybe (just maybe!) they voted for the wrong guy. This week, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s release of heavily redacted Jeffrey Epstein files (which included several mentions of Trump himself) has freaked out many MAGA-nauts like right-wing bro Dave Portnoy, owner of the conservative site Barstool Sports:
If I’m gonna be fair these questions needs to be asked today. Why is the release of the Epstein list always a shit show? What’s the point of booting out illegals and criminals while somehow becoming a safe haven for the Tate brothers? Why is Crypto in the toilet if Trump is crypto king? How far does Tesla stock have to crash before Elon goes back to work?
Maybe those questions could’ve been asked before the election. Or perhaps Portnoy could’ve paid attention the last time Trump was president, and realized that everything having to do with Trump is a shit show. Or maybe that Trump isn’t just liable for sexual abuse but also surrounds himself with accused predators. Or that Trump has used crypto to scam his supporters. Speak of which, the crypto bros are having a tough go of things lately:
Trump needs to cut this shit out. Like I voted for him and right now I’m getting screwed. Crypto is crashing due to all his tariffs and he didn’t even have the decency to warn us Americans what would happen to our investments from all his tariffs. Thanks a lot. Not that I haven’t been kicked in the teeth enough now I’m getting screwed by the guy I voted for. I wonder if he knows what the results are from citizens who just snap because they simply cannot take a beating anymore? Costs of livng are more than I can financially handle right now and my entire investments have crashed more than 70% from his tariffs. He should have warned us citizens what was going to happen so we could have pulled out. Now I’m holding bags of nothing that are worth less than nothing. I hate life right now and I am so miserable. I can’t take much more. This mother fucker is gonna force me to rob a bank just to pay my bills (figure of speech to the moron that actually thinks I’m serious). I’m just making a point. Sick of this shit!
Thoughts and prayers, dude. Over in Oklahoma, former Republican state Rep. Sheila Dills (a virulent transphobe and Trump supporter) is outraged by Trump’s cuts to the National Institute of Health and their impact on Oklahoma universities. On a now-deleted comment on local station KOTV’s Facebook page, she wrote:
The stories I am hearing first hand are devastating. I am all about efficient government and overall support the current administration, but efficient government doesn't matter if we don't fund LEGITIMATE research that protects us from deadly toxins. I know a young lady who has done everything right, poured her heart and soul into her education, has won every award possible, is the top of her PHD class at OU and whose research as a STUDENT will lead to therapeutics for deadly diseases. BUT, now she has watched fellow Doctoral students be stripped of their funding (much more than "back office" costs, we are talking entire fellowships)and fears everyday she will be next and the bright future she has earned at Vanderbilt for her Post Doctoral studies through total sacrifice will be taken away. A strong economy and military do not matter if we are all dead from infectious diseases! That special research student is my daughter!
It’s always “spending is bad unless it helps me” with these people, isn't it? All that other research? Illegitimate. The stuff she cares about because it affects her daughter? That shit is legitimate. Just like all those MAGA federal employees getting fired-- everyone else’s jobs are inessential. Their own jobs? Essential.
In addition to their utter ignorance, what makes these MAGA-nauts so dangerous is their utter lack of empathy. Let's go to Blue Mound, Texas and meet Don Shotwell. He’s an America-loving patriot. Loves Donald Trump. And fears “America is under attack by Marxists!!!” according to his cover photo on X. His bio there says, “2A Advocate, Anti-Marxist, Anti-Woke, Anti-Identity Politics, Anti-Establishment, Anti-Left.” Boy, he sure must hate anything remotely smelling of socialism, right? He posted this on Facebook (now deleted):
I am a conservative, and a Republican. I voted for Trump in all three of the presidential elections that he's won (wrong dude-- Biden won in 2020, but let's move on).
I even backed his cabinet picks, including RFK. That being said, I DISAGREE 100% with the proposed overhaul of the SNAP program. Why? Well, it's simple. On average, studies show that healthier food costs MORE than other options some may consider "unhealthy." People who are on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, colloquially referred to as, "food stamps") are on this program because they need help affording groceries due to the fact that they are, shall we say, "financially challenged." I happen to be one of those people, and I'm on SNAP. So, I speak from experience. We are counting EVERY penny. Long story short: if the government wants the people on SNAP to buy healthier food, then it needs to INCREASE the amount we receive so that we can ACTUALLY AFFORD said "healthy food." It is a HUGE problem when you continue to receive the same amount of assistance, and yet it doesn't buy as much food anymore. At that point, people start missing meals, and that REALLY isn't healthy. Rant over. Everything else...DOGE, no men in women's sports, America regaining respect from other nations, Gaza, Russia, etc...keep up the GREAT work.
Basically: “I hate socialism, but I’m white, unlike those other people, so give me my free government money so I don’t starve, but fuck everyone else.” Has there ever been anything more “Republican” than this post? Luckily, he’s in Texas. I’m sure he’s got some bootstraps lying around. He can pull himself up by them.
Here’s another one of those ”I voted to screw everyone else because Trump promised to help me” stories. This story, published by The Washington Post, is about a young woman in an economically depressed part of Michigan is trying to get pregnant and is suckered in by Trump’s promise of free IVF. Now her government job has been eliminated:
Four days after Trump fired her, Cooper was in bed with her husband. She picked up her phone and saw the news. There was a new executive order to expand access to IVF. She read the White House fact sheet, which talked about Trump’s request for policy recommendations to reduce costs of the service. But it still wasn’t free, and she was out of a job and out of a plan. “Delivering on promises for American families,” read the White House’s announcement. “That’s bullshit”, she recalled thinking, and put down her phone.
Buckle up, buttercups-- thanks to your uninformed voting, it's going to be a long four years.
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