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Mike Scanlon
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A dude from Michigan. Liberal, pro-choice, gamer, racing and wrestling fan, and eater of good food
March 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Thank you for making that video. I've shared it to multiple people and hope it can help out. I fear a really dangerous future here especially in the USA, as social media magnates are actually now involved in running the country itself. If they can automate all that we see, they run the world
February 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The UFOs are here
January 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
When Starlink becomes the only Internet provider in a monopoly for rural homes, I won't care because if you live that far away from everyone you deserve slow and expensive internet anyway

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Musk could use the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ for self-enrichment
He’s said $42.45bn spent by the US for rural internet isn’t efficient. His Starlink company stands to benefit if he reduces that investment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:46 PM
When they put the dubiously educated estranged wife of a pro wrestling magnate in charge of education, I won't care cuz i been done learned good nuff

www.thedailybeast.com/former-wwe-c...
Linda McMahon Got Body-Slammed Over Bogus Education Degree
The president-elect’s education secretary pick previously resigned from an post just as lies about her credentials came to light.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Yzerman is gonna have to get some of the blame here at some point. I'm 28, and he's now been GM for like a quarter of my life
November 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM
When they talk about implementing massive tariffs on products from other countries, I won't care because I don't drink coffee or eat Chinese food

taxfoundation.org/research/all...
Tariff Tracker: Tracking the Economic Impact of Tariffs
The Trump administration imposed nearly $80 billion worth of new taxes on Americans by levying tariffs on thousands of products in 2018 and 2019, amounting to one of the largest tax increases in decad...
taxfoundation.org
November 16, 2024 at 4:22 PM
When they decide to nominate a known (even to them via report) to be Attorney General of the USA, I won't care because.... honestly I can't even make anything up about that, that's fuckin nuts

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/h...
House Ethics Investigators Were Told Matt Gaetz Had Sex With Underage Girl: Report
Both Democrats and Republicans are clamoring to see the committee's findings before confirming him as Donald Trump's attorney general.
www.vanityfair.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:49 PM
When they talk about deporting millions of people who are working in this country, disrupting our food chain, service industries, and global standing, I will not care because I have a strong Irish name and would never be deporte...

www.irishtimes.com/life-and-sty...

www.cnbc.com/2024/11/10/t...
The Irish were the first targets of deportation policy in the US
In the 1840s, destitute Irish-Americans were seen as foreign and often sent back to Europe
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:09 PM

When they talk about ending the vaccine program, I won't care because I'm not sick and already have my vaccinations anyway. It'll save so much money. When you combine sick kids with sick elderly not being able to be a burden on my healthcare, I'm going to be a rich man

apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
apnews.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:09 PM
When they talk about making Healthcare revert back to a broken system pre-ACA, I won't care because I have no pre-existing conditions, and am young. Why should my insurance be slightly more expensive just to take care of people with pre-existing conditions

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Millions at risk of losing health insurance after Trump's victory
Subsidies to buy insurance from the Affordable Care Act marketplaces are set to expire at the end of 2025. If they're not extended, coverage could become unaffordable for many.
www.nbcnews.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM
When they talk about cuts and reforming of Social Security to make it possibly not able to be replenished, I won't care because I'm not old. Who cares what happens tomorrow if I get a 2 cent per paycheck tax break today

taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/trump...
taxpolicycenter.org
November 15, 2024 at 9:07 PM
When they talk about taking money away from healthcare for veterans, I have not and hopefully (let's not have WW3) won't ever serve in the military. It doesn't affect my life, just adds money to the nation, so I won't care

www.newsweek.com/veterans-hea...
Veterans' health care could be cut by Department of Government Efficiency
Vivek Ramaswamy has said the government should not "spend money on programs that have expired."
www.newsweek.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:07 PM