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Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned
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this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2025
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yes, but also maybe take the threat against trans people seriously? like, Trump just said he wants to ban trans healthcare. it seems like that should also be a big deal. saying that everything is a distraction from the Epstein files has become a distraction from some serious shit.
The point is that the Epstein files has been pretty much the only thing to bring cracks in Republican support for Trump.
Everyone who is upset at this news on Trans health care already know Trump is a useless piece of shit. His base on the other hand will probably cheer this on.
So driving that wedge that is the Epstein files is imperative if we want to chip away at his approval ratings and hope we can salvage this shit in next year's midterms (I know, a stretch).
It just feels a lot like “oh, trans people? Fuck em. Show me the list!”
Like I really don’t see how it helps anything to post it here. Go talk to conservatives about it instead of posting it in threads where everyone already knows about it.
Because calling it a distraction when he is actively trying to kill me and people that I care about really just feels like y’all don’t give a shit about us either.
Personally I don't get that impression of, "Oh, trans people? Fuck em." It's more, "Strike them at their pressure points because look at this kind of fucked up shit they're doing!"
You never know who the lurkers are, and it refreshes minds of our side to go out and remain on message. It's useful to me in that regards.
Sadly it's just a reality that the people we need to convince already support what he's doing on this issue.
Has anyone tried telling trump he wasn’t rich enough to be on Epstein’s list.
Not that it matters when he’s dismantling our country.
good to know the forced death of people like me is just a distraction to you.
The other stuff is also bad–the fascism and stuff–but it might be useful here.