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AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · May 25

If empathy is a sin, then sin boldly.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 3d

It’s cheaper to let someone die than to save them with a procedure they cannot afford.

Healthcare shouldn’t be a for profit business. #Medicare4All

"Patient deaths increased in the emergency rooms of hospitals that were bought by private equity firms," per Harvard University.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10d

Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year.

They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.

Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 10d

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 17d

Billionaires will always side with fascists, because fascism inherently benefits billionaires.

This mentality reveals everything that’s wrong with the current D leadership.

KEY FACTS
• In a 40-minute-long interview on
MSNBC, Harris told host Rachel Maddow she had always believed that "titans of industry" would serve as a guardrail for democracy in the
country.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 17d

When I need to people to understand is the rich are already socialists. They love handouts, bailouts, and welfare from the government/taxpayers.

Socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 17d

When Disney+ launched it was $6.99 a month with no ads. It will now be $18.99 a month with no ads.

End corporate greed now.
End price gouging now.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 17d

Corporate leaders openly admit that they will side with fascism over democracy, when democracy may produce policies they can’t profit from.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 17d

Idk if you need to hear this, but it's okay to have an autistic child. It's okay to be autistic.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 17d

IDK what mom needs to hear this but you didn’t cause your child’s autism.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 21d

1984 was not supposed to be a prophecy.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 22d

But yeah, it’s the immigrant or Muslim or trans person or whatever that’s stealing your jobs 😂

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 22d

Top 1% of Americans have more wealth than the ENTIRE middle class now, in case you were wondering how fucked we are

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

There were signs…
This is not to say that “Bernie would’ve won” and more so that there were BIG RED FLAGS that Latinos (particularly the RGV) were among the first and quickest groups to begin drifting from the most recent iteration of the Democratic establishment.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

I also wish we could differentiate the data—something tells me if you’re first or second generation, you’re more likely to vote Dem, while if you’ve been here, you’re more likely not to. I would bet money on it!

Obviously not a hard rule, but it is very complex and somewhat puzzling

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

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AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

I think chalking it up to misogyny is an easy target. Clinton did very well with Latinos! This drop off in support from Latinos imo is because Republicans started talking economy more—dems just assumed we’d (as a monolith) stick with them. We’re a racial minority but don’t see ourselves as one.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

Many of my own people, a not insignificant portion, are actively cheering it on. Economy is how we win imo.

American individualism has seeped into our politics so much so that we as voters, as the general electorate, are inherently selfish. I hope I’m wrong, but the way it’s going…it’s not enough

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

I think chalking it up to misogyny is an easy target. Clinton did very well with Latinos! This drop off in support from Latinos imo is because Republicans started talking economy more—dems just assumed we’d (as a monolith) stick with them. We’re a racial minority but don’t see ourselves as one.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

It’s not currently showing margins on the screenshot I provided, just simply the shift from the 2016 election and onward.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

I see where you went wrong—it’s not showing Presidio county as red, it’s showing the shift of elections since 2016, when has been rightward—hence the red.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

It’s from VoteHub.com

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

Being anti-Trump was not enough for Latinos in 2024, and I suspect it may be the same case again!

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

This doesn’t happen because of race or gender, it comes from years of being ignored and treated as “safe blue” votes.

That’s the actual catch imo.

Look at the other side of the border—they all voted for a socialist.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

Mexico border precincts:

2016: 🔵 Clinton +59
2024: 🔵 Harris +0.6

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

Not at all saying inflation is Dems fault, but the fact that they refused to recognize it as a problem (until too late, I might add) allowed Trump to come in and take charge of it. Voters, especially those not attuned into political process, are more easily persuaded in that respect.

AJ @leftistlatino.bsky.social · 23d

As a Latino—it’s less “she’s a black woman” and much more “I wouldn’t change a single thing from Biden” when working class people in poverty were actually actively struggling with inflation.