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George II

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12. I watched "news" for the first time since November 8, switching primarily between....
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:48 AM
Jan 2017

....CNN and MSNBC for their coverage of the marches, and C-Span. MSNBC was doing the best, with split screens showing four of the rallies at once.

Then MSNBC brought on one of the people you're talking about here, Denise Galvez, who was the founder of "Latinas for Trump". When she went on a rant about all the Hispanics who "came to the US to take advantage of welfare" (I hadn't heard that one for more than 20 years!) I switched back to CNN and never went back to MSNBC.

There really are people, women and men, who think everything is just fine in this country, and if anyone isn't "making it", it is their own fault.

Hopefully by spring or summer reality will set in and they'll realize what they did by electing that guy.

The older people with a little bit of money won't see it directly, but once they see their sons and daughters have trouble paying for health insurance they'll realize. Once their 401-k takes a dive they'll realize. Once their pensions reduced or discontinued, they'll realize. Once their taxes go UP (yes, despite what the republicans say taxes for the average American WILL go up!) they'll realize. There are so many things that they don't see in their cushy lives that they'll begin to see once the effects of what the republicans are doing sink in.

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That is perfect TNNurse Jan 2017 #1
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I've been hearing from a few women I know personally. mountain grammy Jan 2017 #9
I watched "news" for the first time since November 8, switching primarily between.... George II Jan 2017 #12
I agree with every thing being said here except one.... LakeArenal Jan 2017 #21
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There are plenty of women against feminism IronLionZion Jan 2017 #18
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Sold Out DownriverDem Jan 2017 #7
Women fell in line but holy mackeral, how about the congresmen that fell in line. LakeArenal Jan 2017 #22
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"It's called empathy, Christie, instead of selfishness (or often, narcissism)" kerry-is-my-prez Jan 2017 #15
her lack of empathy doesn't change anyone's struggle TalenaGor Jan 2017 #16
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