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Inconvenient Truths 5-17-2026 (Original Post) CousinIT May 17 OP
Wonderful! thank you Maraya1969 May 17 #1
K&R...nt Wounded Bear May 17 #2
K&R canetoad May 17 #3
Thanks CousinIT for the brutal truth and some wicked humor. nt ShazamIam May 17 #4
Each and every one of those is brutally true. AZ8theist May 17 #5
You are not alone with those feelings! CousinIT May 17 #6
I was a teenager in the 70's AZ8theist May 18 #7
Social Security is next or at least on the list. The MAGAts and the billionaires they represent CousinIT May 18 #8

AZ8theist

(7,660 posts)
5. Each and every one of those is brutally true.
Sun May 17, 2026, 04:52 PM
May 17

And it DISGUSTS me.

I cannot believe I would see in my lifetime the systematic destruction of America, but it's happening right before our eyes.
To the benefit of Russia and China. They are getting their wet dream curtesy of Donald J. Trump.

CousinIT

(12,782 posts)
6. You are not alone with those feelings!
Sun May 17, 2026, 09:26 PM
May 17

I saw the 60s and the VRA and civil rights act, Roe, affirmative action, etc. Now it’s all being UNDONE.

Absolutely disgusting.

AZ8theist

(7,660 posts)
7. I was a teenager in the 70's
Mon May 18, 2026, 01:43 AM
May 18

So I saw and remembered a lot of what happened in the 60's, like an older brother doing whatever he could to avoid the draft.
Fortunately, I was around to see and experience the Apollo missions which I followed like my life depended on it. Memories I will hold forever.
I do remember the 68 convention and the Newark riots. It was an unsettling time, but on the exit from those times, a better society emerged. Nixon, as corrupt as he was, started good things like the EPA, which has now been neutered by the current Nazi regime.
The Reich Wing has been seething ever since. You know, "cuz FREEDUM!!!"

Someone posted on line it took 50 years to eliminate Roe and the EPA and 60 years to eliminate the VRA. But this fascist regime has succeeded in accomplishing the destruction of those policies they have hated for decades in the matter of a couple of years.

What's next, Social Security???

Just like you, and MILLIONS of others, I'm DISGUSTED.

CousinIT

(12,782 posts)
8. Social Security is next or at least on the list. The MAGAts and the billionaires they represent
Mon May 18, 2026, 04:29 PM
May 18

want it GONE.

As someone retiring next year, this is SCARY AS HELL. And Medicare too, they want that privatized ie: Medicare Advantage for All and AI bots deciding who gets treatment and care and who doesn't.

They're on the list. Guaranteed.

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