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Make America Gilead Again
Florida has voted against abortion rights.
The right-wing supreme court has already removed national abortion protections.
Trump has said he will give Kennedy Jr control over health.
The Evangelicals have stumped for Trump from every pulpit.
This is a dark day for Americans.
Environmental protections will be rolled back under the guise of deregulation. So more Americans will be poisoned by the land they live on, the water they drink.
Tech Bros and the rich will see massive tax breaks, feeding money into their pockets, away from social security, Medicaid.
Climate change denial will become mainstream US policy, despite the evidence of increasing floods and fires.
May the Sharpie save us.
But what for the rest of us?
The US will withdraw from the world, will not support those suffering oppression, invasion and the rise of right-wing dictators.
Ukraine has lost this election and Putin has won.
Kim Jong Un now has a fan in the White House.
At least the goods that Americans buy will be cheaper, and safer as Trump introduces trade barriers, tariffs doubling and imports becoming vastly more expensive.
This is a dark day for the world.
