Preston MacDougall<p>When the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> was reaping its deadly toll and morgues were overflowing, to justify ending <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/lockdowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lockdowns</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> Lt. Gov. and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ultraMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultraMAGA</span></a> cult member Dan Patrick said “There are more important things than living!” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-reopening-economy-more-important-things-n1188911" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas</span><span class="invisible">-lt-gov-dan-patrick-reopening-economy-more-important-things-n1188911</span></a></p><p>Now, with the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a> looming as <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AmericanCarnage2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCarnage2</span></a>.0 takes *its* descending economic toll, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> cult leader <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DonaldTheDeplorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTheDeplorable</span></a> is telling his moronic followers that “Poverty is good, actually!” <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-poverty-trade-war-economy_n_6814ee26e4b08575d39c9a8a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/trump-pover</span><span class="invisible">ty-trade-war-economy_n_6814ee26e4b08575d39c9a8a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p>