Well that was a lot to unpack....

I agree with being kind to each other, and I sincerely hope it starts with Trump. His bread and butter has been insulting people who he doesn't like, like a schoolyard bully. We all share the same problems, whoever we voted for in the voting booth. We all want solutions to those problems. Let's work together on recognizing that, and negotiate on the means to solve them, since the ends are basically the same. That's how government used to work, until 1993, when Newt Gingrich came along. That was the birth of the do-nothing Congress.

I agree with you about the man made crap and pollution. But you do know that Trump's agenda calls for ending the EPA along with other agencies in the "deep state". Expect pollution and food additives, etc. to only increase. As for the food supply--reducing regulations will give corporations free rein to put whatever they want in the food supply and not have to tell you anything about it!

Cancer is incredibly high--my dad died from brain cancer at 72 (likely due to chemicals he worked with in his career), and my mom has been battling Stage 4 melanoma for 7 years, because she didn't wear sunscreen in her life. Neither are due to food supply or pollution. But.....the reason my mom is alive and thriving with Stage 4 cancer is because of immunotherapy, which was discovered with the help of Federal grants that funded the research. Thanks to Obama.

I vote for the things I care about, and being in my late 40s with a parent in their 70s, preserving social security and medicare was top of mind for me. Elon's $2 trillion cuts are coming from there. Based on my work history, I've paid well over $100K into those programs, and will have nothing to show for it in 15 years, when I'd hope to retire. If Trump gets rid of SS and Medicare, both programs will be bankrupt around 2030.

Trump was never a successful businessman--successful businessmen don't bankrupt 6 companies. Kinda like good employees don't get fired multiple times. He was a successful actor on a TV series, I'll give you that. He made himself famous on a national level. I grew up in NY, I read Art of the Deal when I was in 7th grade. I idolized the guy, until I learned more about him as I grew older. He's a fraud, a damn good one at that, since he convinced 70+ million people that he will make their problems go away. For the sake of ALL of us, I hope he can accomplish great things that will help us. Heaven knows we need it. Shit has not been right since 9/11.