Record numbers of Americans are filing for unemployment. The unemployment systems across the country, already hamstrung by conservative bogus bootstrap sabotaging, have left tens of millions of Americans in need of assistance. Meanwhile, our country’s leadership continues its do-nothing-for-Americans-without-money approach to dealing with our current economic and public health crisis. And so with at least 50 million people filing for unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic, what did Donald Trump and his bestest advisers come up with?
On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that the White House is backing a new “ad campaign” that will “encourage people who are unemployed or unhappy in their jobs or careers to ‘find something new.’” Find something new. This is reportedly the brainchild of Trump’s American Workforce Policy Advisory Board. Ivanka Trump, probably best known for being just as untalented and narcissistic as her father, promoted the new program along with the companion website on her Twitter account, saying, “Jobs are changing—and the Covid-19 has accelerated the pace. Today we are launching http://FindSomethingNew.org a website that highlights edu pathways, info about rising careers, a directory of services like childcare, food assistance and Internet access.”
She followed up that sentiment with a tweet explaining that while her initial tweet may have been messy, what with all of the cake stuffed into her face and on her fingers, Americans should know that, “Whether you’re entering the workforce for the 1st time or need to pivot and retrain due to Covid-19, explore all your options to acquire in-demand job skills at http://FindSomethingNew.org.”
The website has a 30-second video in which regular Joes and Janes tell you, the viewer, to get it to-fucking-gether and “find something new.” An example of the successful testimonials in the video include a man explaining that he got laid off twice, “but you got to keep going.” That guy says he has become a “consultant in the tech space.” The rest of the website works as a portal for online learning, vocational programs, and short associate degree programs. Is there any money for FINDINGSOMETHINGNEW when you have no job and unemployment checks aren’t coming, and you have zero rent relief and the Republican Party continues to make food assistance programs scarce? No. Pay for it with your bootstraps, you lazybones!
The responses to Ivanka’s vacant-eyed, rich brat promotion were intense and warranted.
The website Ivanka and team put together includes a cover photo of a man clearly working on rooftop solar paneling, an industry that the Trump administration has worked to impede since coming into office.
It’s hard not to just write everything in this story in ALL CAPS!
And some wish fulfillment.
[Fingers crossed]
And of course, Marie Antoinette began trending on Twitter.
And finally, short, sweet, and to the point.