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Friends, something changed on January 20th. I talked a little bit about this in last week’s post, but I want to view this at a slightly different angle.

Last week, I wrote this:

To be honest, when I stepped away after hitting the “Publish” button, I wondered to myself if I exaggerated a bit with that statement. Maybe, I thought, my words were too strong to reflect reality.

I realize now that they weren’t strong enough.

So many of the things that seemingly mattered to many prior to the election in November don’t matter at all to them now. The roaring complaints about inflation and economic uncertainty are now but a whimper. The raging protests over Palestine have gone quiet.

The silence is deafening.

The Egg Crisis that Wasn’t (But Might Be)

Remember in 2023 when egg prices peaked at over $4.50 per dozen? You could’ve convinced me there would be riots in the streets. Many on the right pointed to this singular measure as a representation of how wildly the Biden administration had screwed up the economy.

But now?

Egg prices are rapidly nearing their historic highs:

Which is more, the cost of eggs in many regions which swung heavily toward Trump is actually higher than it was at any point under Biden:

And this trend does not seem to be stopping any time soon. Experts say that the lingering bird flu is creating a major upward pressure on egg prices as well as expected egg yields in the future.

Trump’s policies are also not likely to alleviate this pressure at all. Rather, his aggressive deportation measures are set to exacerbate supply issues in the agricultural sector for years to come. Approximately 40% of crop farmworkers in the United States have no work authorization. It’s expected that Trump’s immigration policies will pose a threat to:

• Agriculture, including crop farming and livestock farming

• The construction sector (for both commercial and residential builders)

• Businesses in the restaurant and hospitality sectors

• And many more sectors who employ the 5% of workers in America who are undocumented

Beyond the issue of deportation itself, Trump’s policies now have farmworkers and workers from other sectors afraid to show up to work. The result? These industries will slow down, or even grind to a halt. And inflation will surge.

Now, you would expect those who cried out so loudly about egg prices and inflation prior to 2025 to be furious now. Right?

Wrong.

It’s as if the entire population has amnesia. Not only is this group of people not angry about grocery prices and inflation, but they are actively upset at anyone who dares to suggest that they should be angry.

Turn on Fox News. Go on Twitter. Try your hardest to find a single Trump supporter willing to say that “you know what, eggs are still too expensive and he should be doing something about that.”

You won’t.

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The Outlaw and Disorder Party

Republicans also used to be the party of “law and order”.

Donald Trump himself famously tweeted that phrase out in all caps:

So why, then, does the party of “law and order” do nothing, and say nothing, when Donald Trump pardons the violent rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021?

Take a look at this picture:

In this picture, United States Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanone is laying face down on the Capitol steps. He is being beaten with a set of crutches, punched in the back of the head, and his baton has been stolen to be used against him. In the crowd, Fanone hears someone scream out to “Kill him with his own gun!”

Fanone fortunately was rescued from this situation before he could be shot and killed.

But the men who attempted to end his life are now walking free.

While many in the Trump camp played the riots down as “otherwise peaceful and patriotic people who got too riled up,” reality tells a different story. The party of “law and order” supported the pardoning of these criminals, only for many of them to act exactly how violent criminals do:

• A former doctor who participated in the riots was shot and killed after she brandished her firearm and pointed it at strangers

• An Indiana man was shot by police after struggling over his firearm with an officer at a traffic stop

• A North Carolina man pardoned by Trump is now charged with child-related sex crimes

• A Texas rioter who was pardoned is now wanted on child solicitation charges after trying to meet up with a minor after sharing explicit messages

• A Missouri woman pardoned by Trump was involved in a fatal car crash while driving under the influence

But when Senate Democrats moved to introduce a resolution condemning Trump’s pardon for these violent criminals, Republican leadership blocked it.

Where did the party of law and order go?

Do Palestinian Lives Still Matter?

During the Biden presidency, many progressives protested loudly against his attempts to strike a balance in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They called him a supporter of genocide for enabling the killing of Palestinian people. Arab-Americans helped steer critical electoral votes toward Trump.

But now Trump is in office.

And do you know what idea he’s promoting? To “clean out” Gaza by ethnically cleansing the region of Palestinian people.

Where are the protests? Where are the encampments?

As Hamas retakes power in the region and shoots alleged “collaborators” in the streets without trial, where are the protests? Where are the encampments? Where are the people willing to stand up and scream that Palestinians are people entitled to human rights? And why did this new silence on the issues arise so suddenly starting on January 20th, 2025?

It’s not just those on the right that turn a blind eye to Trump’s deficiencies or his problems; it seems to be that anyone who at one point helped topple the Biden administration must now give excuses for Trump to justify their past selves.

Gone are the days of taking responsibility for mistakes. Gone are the days of owning up to a political move going wrong. Now we live in the time of conspicuous silence.

What does this mean for you, dear reader?

It means that you can’t just question what you see online these days. It means you now must question what you don’t see.

Why aren’t prominent voices you agree with not talking about certain issues?

Is it because they don’t exist?

Or is it because those voices are ignoring them to save face?