Im curious: have any of you started to directly feel the effects of Trump yet?

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Current Events » Im curious: have any of you started to directly feel the effects of Trump yet?
I don't mean the effects you can easily forecast, or the ones that will make you unsafe, or the ones that make you feel depressed or hopeless. I feel all those, and I'm thousands of miles away.

I mean literal direct consequences, like your wife lost her job in the department of education or your neighbour got deported or whatever. Curious to hear stories.
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My boss talked about return to office and cited Trump doing it with the Federal Workers.
My Trump supporting dad now has to pay $900 for blood thinners instead of of $160. Good job pops
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No. I live in a blue State, so it'll probably be awhile.
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Squall28 posted...
My Trump supporting dad now has to pay $900 for blood thinners instead of of $160. Good job pops

Medicaid?
WingsOfGood posted...
My boss talked about return to office and cited Trump doing it with the Federal Workers.
Damn wtf
Not yet, supposedly he deployed some ICE losers here but they just froze their butts off and left apparently.
I've been ordered to return to the office and most of my work has been paused. There's also a high likelihood that I lose several coworkers. My job may also be at risk eventually.
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No. I do not work in law, medicine, government, international trade etc and my coworkers and family are largely white and natural born US citizens.

I am not a student either and most the tariffs are paused

So for the moment I am decently insulated from the stupid...for now at least in comparison. Mostly dread for now.
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legendary_zell posted...
I've been ordered to return to the office and most of my work has been paused. There's also a high likelihood that I lose several coworkers. My job may also be at risk eventually.

You a Fed?
Thankfully not yet. In fact, my job just announced a mandatory DEI training for us. Glad we're not ditching DEI here. But I'm state government, not federal.
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NoxObscuras posted...
Thankfully not yet. In fact, my job just announced a mandatory DEI training for us. Glad we're not ditching DEI here. But I'm state government, not federal.

Isn't that illegal now?
Not So far. I was watching expected resources like a hawk until they actually showed up given all the funding fuckery but my partners Snap benefits were in on the 1st and my tax refund deposited this morning.
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No change for me yet.
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I got married shortly before he took office, and took my wife's surname. Because I'm transgender, I'm unable to update any of my actual documents to reflect this, because if I did, I would either never get my passport back at all, or be forced to take a male one. The reason I got married when I did was also Trumps fault; I had to be ready to flee to Mexico at a moments notice, if it becomes necessary
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No, but I didn't need to be personally affected to know how fucked a situation or action is.
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Not yet, but I have a feeling once RFK gets started on his bullshit my job is gonna become a lot worse
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Squall28 posted...
My Trump supporting dad now has to pay $900 for blood thinners instead of of $160. Good job pops

what was his reaction?
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My wife is a fed. So yes.
Not yet. Just the red hats that already supported him being more vocal about how great he is.
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Yes. I have to start working in the office every single fucking day starting next week. Even before covid they allowed us to telework once or twice a week.
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WingsOfGood posted...
You a Fed?

Yep. In a civil rights office too. Luckily, not an environmental justice one.
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yeah, can't go into Federal Building's bathrooms anymore.
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I lost 10k of my retirement. It's not exactly clear how much of that Trump is responsible for but he definitely contributed.

The real consequences for me won't come in until RFK Jr gets appointed or DOGE makes it over to the FCC.
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ICE arrested a bunch of people doing construction on our hospital, and eggs more than doubled in price around here.

BlueBoy675 posted...
Not yet, but I have a feeling once RFK gets started on his bullshit my job is gonna become a lot worse
This too. Gonna suck ass when something happens.
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Yes. Our district sent out instructions for what to do if ICE shows up. I live in California, btw.

My husband is in the Navy, and were anticipating a Captain Von Trapp moment eventually.

We also cut his parents out of our lives.
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Not yet, but my girlfriend's sister felt it last time he was in office. She was a USDA inspector and didn't get paid for over a month due to Trump's government shutdown. She nearly lost her apartment.
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I have an appointment TOMORROW and I dunno if my Medicaid is going to go through and if they'll just wait or ask me to pay and charge me back when it goes back up or something.
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I'm getting my Master's degree and because I'm not a millionaire, I can't afford to outright pay for college, I needed to take student loans. Last week when it became apparent that all federal funding was going to be cut, I was not doing very well. The funds were sitting in an account waiting to be released, and I was days away from getting it (and obviously they backtracked after they realized that it was such a disaster, so I got them), but if it truly went the way they wanted I assume I'd need to drop out. I only have two classes left, so it would be heartbreaking that I got that far, and it all fell apart for reasons out of my control.

I'm not out of the woods yet either. Summer session is when I'd do those two class, so if funding is gone at that time, I'd still have to drop out and fuck my education and work related goals!

Of course, if federal funding is removed across the board, so many people are going to be fucked, and I didn't want to complain because it's much bigger than me.
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Yes, my wife is a Fed and I'm a Federal contractor.
Fortunately not. However, I'm in Virginia Beach where jets are regularly flying overhead, so I'm at elevated risk of having one crash down on me.
mobilebloechel posted...
I'm probably in the city that feels the least amount of his influence.
Moscow?
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Got hit with a "don't be surprised if they do a RTO mandate" and the entire department is stressing about outsourcing/offshoring, but otherwise no.
Why not go all in?
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No, but the daily terrible shit from him and muskrat does have me in a constant depressive fog.
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I just bought a new Rav4 today...I could feel the panic buyers breathing over me.
I'm surrounded
My governor is gutting state health care.
Imagine making Mike Pence look like a decent governor in retrospect.
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I am probably gonna end up moving to Topeka (where my bf lives) very soon, since if I lose my housing (because it's funded through grants), I would no longer be able to live where I am. Just as well, because I need to move out of this shit hole that I live in anyways, and if wasn't to Topeka, it would be to somewhere in KC (preferably downtown).

I lose my SSI however, that will be what really fucks me up sadly.
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StarFighters76 posted...
I lose my SSI however, that will be what really fucks me up sadly.


i'm on the spectrum which makes it hard to work a job or even interact with people. so i'm screwed if my social security gets impacted.

if i really had to i would have to get job somehow or sink hard :(.
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