— SonnyinSeattle (@SonnyinSeattle_) May 13, 2022Again, it's Twitter; take it with a grain of salt. The report on Abbott that led to this "crisis," I mean.
I'm old enough to remember when there wasn't enough toilet paper, and bleach and sanitizers of any fashion or form were in such short supply distilleries were making alcohol based gels for hand washing.
The problem here is primarily a market-based one, IOW. And IMHO. Still, I wouldn't want to be trying to feed an infant right now.
That said, Republicans trying to make hay off of it are only giving their base some jollies. Those people are going to vote for Republicans anyway, provided they aren't convinced it's all rigged and why should they bother. But that's a GOP problem, too.
I'm quite sure most of America has never heard of Elise Stefanik, and don't really care that she's jumped on this bandwagon (I doubt most Texans know Abbott has, either). This is all, as they say about MCU movies especially, "fan service."
It is, on the other hand, likely to create more of this:
— Bizzle (@BizzleMcDizzle) May 13, 2022Which may motivate a few more Democrats and Democrat-leaning voters to bother in November. But November is still 6 months off. Most people still aren't paying attention, especially in states like Texas where we haven't even finished the primaries yet (runoffs still about 2 weeks away).
We'll see if anybody remembers this by then. And keep in mind, it's only a "crisis" because it affects wealthy white women. If it didn't, nobody would notice.
Funny how many rocks covid is turning over. That's really the reason for this season of our discontent, from George Floyd forward (not to diminish the death of Mr. Floyd, but the anger it provoked can be tied to the societal response to covid, too).The baby formula shortage reveals an amazing secret oligopoly:
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) May 13, 2022
- 3 American companies control over 90% of the mkt
- hugely restrictive regulations (thanks to big $ lobbying) prohibit foreign formulas
Name another industry/sector/product like this
MAGA Republicans new policy is to starve immigrant children.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 13, 2022
Here's the core moral issue; if you're happy with the idea of starving ANY child just for the sake of a three-day agitporn propaganda cycle or political advantage, you've left behind any semblance of humanity.
"Three-day agitporn cycle" is about right.
Carry on.
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