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pat_k

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4. His accomplishments are: Unconstitutional impoundments and decimation of agencies; decimation of science; decimation...
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 10:31 PM
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.. of American's health;

millions of people losing their healthcare with uncounted dead as a result;

hundreds of thousands of dead across the planet as a result of his destruction of USAID;

thousands of dropped cases for SEC violations;

thousands of dropped DOJ cases against financial and other crimes against the United States of America and it's citizens;

millions, perhaps billions, in uncollected taxes as a result of the decimation of the IRS and a shift in focus to lower income earners (Data from both government watchdogs and tax policy groups confirms that lower-income earners and working-class taxpayers receiving the Earned Income Tax Credit are audited at higher rates than millionaires. This outcome stems from a combination of budget cuts, staffing shortages, and policy shifts during the Trump administration);

thousands of regulatory violations that endanger Americans ignored;

millions of families destroyed by indiscriminate and unlawful "enforcement" against legal immigrants, asylum seekers, and long-time undocumented residents alike, along with destruction of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of small farms and businesses that rely on immigrant labor (yes, we should not be addicted to undocumented labor, but the U.S. is and that fact has been ignored and there are more progressive ways to address the problem);

uncounted women dead for lack of reproductive care;

uncounted women forced to bear children due to lack of access to abortion services,

I could go on but it makes me too angry...

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