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   Kit Malone (thekitmalone@hoosier.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 15:32:29 JST Kit Malone

   Trump won Texas by only 56% of the vote in 2024. That's an awful lot of collateral damage for all you "they deserve what they voted for" types. Nearly 44% of the state actually didn't vote for this mess.

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     lord pthenq1 (pthenq1@mastodon.la)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 15:32:23 JST lord pthenq1

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     @thekitmalone

     I'm not offering comfort. What happened was a tragedy, and there is no consolation for the affected people.

     There is a relationship between floods, material and human losses, staff layoffs at relevant agencies, and the election results.

     NOAA's malfunction is a direct consequence of the Republican victory. The deaths are a direct consequence of that as well.

     Material losses from flooding often stem from longstanding issues, such as the absence of regulations that permit the construction of neighborhoods in flood-prone areas. This lack of regulation is primarily a result of Republican dominance and their reluctance to impose them.

     And next year, when someone needs FEMA help and it doesn't exist anymore, it won't be because of bad luck.

     The lack of vaccines will lead to a preventable pandemic.

     All these collective decisions were made without measuring the consequences that gradually accumulate.

     And one day is too late, and tragedy hits.

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     Kit Malone (thekitmalone@hoosier.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 15:32:24 JST Kit Malone

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     • lord pthenq1

     @pthenq1 you understand that not everyone is eligible to vote, right? And that active voter suppression is a thing? 42% of eligible Texans voted for Kamala. I'm sure the "y'all voted for this" generalizations are gonna be great comfort to the folks looking for their kids in a washed out creek.

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     lord pthenq1 (pthenq1@mastodon.la)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 15:32:25 JST lord pthenq1

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     @thekitmalone
     Well... Trump was very clear about his intentions.

     I don't think they deserve what is happening to them.

     The problem is that they didn't care or they wanted things like this to happen to other people.

     They would have voted for Kamala Harris if they really wanted everyone to be safe.

     No one deserves the cruel attitude of this government.

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     Kit Malone (thekitmalone@hoosier.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 15:32:27 JST Kit Malone

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     • lord pthenq1

     @pthenq1 uh ... I also don't believe that people who didn't (or couldn't) vote deserve to be killed in a natural disaster?

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     lord pthenq1 (pthenq1@mastodon.la)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 15:32:28 JST lord pthenq1

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     @thekitmalone
     How many people didn't go to vote?