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Policy @CaringAcrossGen! Cat mama, CSPAN fan, human Asana, disabled, queer, fat, survivor ♥️ Pro abortion. Laundry & taxes with @lfg_arrett. Views mine, she/her
A ✨ personal news update ✨, that it's been an absolutely incredible six months at @CaringAcrossGen and I'm so happy to now be the Associate Director for Federal Policy & Government Relations! I love this team and I love doing this work together because care truly cannot wait.
Our government is kidnapping people.
A Muslim father of five was kidnapped by ICE in Greensboro last week. Plainclothes agents stormed his home, never showed a badge, and threatened his family. They came back and detained him on his way to work. His name is Mohamed Aboubaker Naser. tinyurl.com/ywbb2cna
There's been a lot of discussion about some of the later provisions in the bill, such as Medicaid work requirements. But some of the rule changes have already happened or will happen this fall when people are enrolling in coverage for 2026.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will bring sweeping changes to health coverage. @louisenorris looks at five of its provisions that will be implemented first and the populations they will affect. buff.ly/0PN0mco
in december 2023 health and aid workers in gaza had to create a new acronym WCNSF (wounded child no surviving family). i thought nothing on earth could be more heartbreaking. that was 18 months ago and those children are being starved to death
"CBO never said that 4.8 million people were out of compliance with the proposed work requirements; they said that 4.8 million people would lose coverage because of the work requirements" @onceuponA kffhealthnews.org/MjA2MTMyNQ via @kffhealthnews
Join us TOMORROW in D.C. for a 60-hour vigil with caregivers, aging adults, disabled people, and advocates from across the nation in honor of Medicaid's 60th anniversary and to hold Congress accountable for the historic cuts that passed earlier this month. protectmedicaidvigil.com
AFP Journalists’ Association on reporters in Gaza: ‘Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die’
if you label yourself a progressive, socialist, or a communist— ffs stop using grok. bffr, how many people in memphis have to beg you to stop using it bc it’s poisoning the environment? the air, the water, the soil? all being diverted, depleted, and destroyed by xAI.
Voters ALREADY don’t think Trump cares about lowering cost. Wait until they realize nothing in the MAGA bill lowers costs. It does take Medicaid from millions, raise electricity prices, takes away food benefits and adds 4 Trillion to debt.
This would worry me if I worked at the White House
Has anyone considered inventing a 2025 that doesn’t punch you in the face
Disabled Americans Fear What Medicaid Cuts Could Do to Them nytimes.com/2025/07/21/wel…
Lisa Murkowski says she feels "cheated" after Trump removed tax credits she asked to include in the budget bill: “I feel like we made a deal and then hours later, a deal was made to somebody else.”
Lisa Murkowski says she feels "cheated" after Trump removed tax credits she asked to include in the budget bill: “I feel like we made a deal and then hours later, a deal was made to somebody else.”
You know the situation is dire if the New York Times is using the active voice when describing a murder.
Breaking News: Israeli troops killed more than 60 Palestinians after crowds gathered near a border crossing where aid trucks enter, Gaza officials said. nyti.ms/3GRuuTp
this post just came across my dash and it felt like a sign from the universe
you actually do owe people a conversation & explanations… i don’t like how gen z has normalized acting as though people are disposable and not “owing” people anything… u owe common decency & curtesy
I gotta say if they’re losing the Knights of Columbus in Florida of all places it’s not going well
Sunday PM about 25 Knights on Bikes stopped at entrance of Alligator Alcatraz and prayed a rosary for the detainees. Archdiocese is still waiting for approval to access to provide Mass for detainees
happy biden drops out-aversary to all who celebrate (are horrifically traumatized by the events of the last year) (🥥🌴)
Seattle Sounders ultras “Chinga La Migra” protest tonight. 🇺🇸In the United States, protests in football stadiums, especially against ICE, are growing steadily.
Do you understand how bad things have gotten for the New York Times (!!) to write this headline?
Breaking News: Israeli troops killed more than 60 Palestinians after crowds gathered near a border crossing where aid trucks enter, Gaza officials said. nyti.ms/3GRuuTp
Babies and toddlers in the US -- bad news for you. Trump Isn’t Done Cutting Your Health Care thebulwark.com/p/trump-isnt-d…