“At the core of Republicans’ newly finalized domestic policy package is an important political calculation. It provides its most generous tax breaks early on and reserves some of its most painful benefit cuts until after the 2026 midterm elections.
The result is a soon-to-be enacted law that may generate bigger refunds for some taxpayers when they file their returns next spring, even as a series of significant changes to Medicaid and other aid programs loom as a future threat to the finances of poorer families. […] Some of the provisions could see millions of people lose Medicaid and food stamps in the coming years, inflicting financial hardships on families and angering voters. That reality led some Senate Republicans to oppose the domestic policy bill earlier this week, citing the potential adverse impacts on their states and residents. […] “They want to try to get past elections and try to hide the ball on the damage they’re imposing on health care and food assistance,” added Mr. Jacquez, who is now chief of policy at Groundwork Collaborative, a liberal advocacy group.
So, Republicans are planning to trick voters by delaying changes to Medicaid until after the midterm elections.“
I have not checked yet, so i don’t know if they actually passed the BBB or not, but I have to admit, I am scared. My own country, my own fellow citizens, my own government is deliberately trying to take away everything we need to survive in the ‘greatest country in the world’. As if I believe that for a second. We are not the greatest anything anymore, if we ever really were. The govenment is working hard to line their and their cronies pockets at our expense. Not exactly sure how we got here, but it was probably because people did not realize that you cannot compromise or negotiate with evil. You have to stop it in its tracks, and no one in power stepped up to do that. There are people trying now, but the administration is working to prevent even that. To take away the rule of law, the checks and balances, everything that makes democracy work, in favor or feeding their pockets. A rich, white, South African was allowed to make policy and destroy our institutions. Rich is always the key word, isn’t it? If you have money, you can do anything, because we are a culture that worships the dollar. Nothing else matters. Ethics, integrity, compassion. Nothing but profit. I don’t know what is going to happen to me and others like me, but it is frightening. Very. I am sorry to be vindictive, but I sincerely hope that those of us who voted for hate and caused this to happen suffer a hundred times more and faster than those of us who chose otherwise. You deserve every bad thing that happens to you, your parents dying from lack of health care or housing, your children starving and worse, you losing your homes, your farms, your businesses. You voted for this. You voted for hate. Enjoy it. I will feel not one single iota of sympathy for you. Hate breeds hate. And you are hated.
They neglected to mention being betrayed by your own government.
Until today, when I am just plain angry. Everything I depend on will likely be cut or decreased drastically, and my rent was just raised 30%. Good ole US of A, right?
The last one doesn’t show well so doing it again. Enjoy, MAGA.
The senate tied on the orange disgrace’s BBB, and Vance cast the deciding vote. If Congress does not step up and do the right thing, we are doomed. How many of us who depend on Medicare and other supports will be left with no health care, possibly homeless as well, because people chose to vote for hate, rather than decency. I am not religious, but if this is how a ‘Christian’ nation treats it less fortunate, I think they completely misunderstand what the word means. Follower of Christ. Follower of his teachings. After a lifetime of exposure to Christian dogma, I do not remember any signs of him saying to starve the children, abandon the sick, kick aside the needy. I am ashamed to be a member of my species sometimes, and I will never forgive or make allowances for the absolute inhumanity of MAGA people. “I choose hate”. Christ must be so proud. For the first time, I am really worried about what is going to happen. I thought sanity would prevail, but I was just so wrong.
I was trying to remember when I bought my air fryer toast oven thingy, and couldn’t find any info, so decided to check my blog. Sure enough, I bought it two years ago in May.
You don’t have to spend a lot to get a good product. The ATK recommended one is 400 dollars. Sheesh. Amyway, I got looking through old blog posts, and let me tell you, 2021 was NOT a good year. Check it out for yourself.
Posted on “My Country is on the verge of self-destruction, thanks to the orange man and his followers. Going to order in some Chinese food. I am too appalled to even think. Egg rolls. Egg rolls will help. OMG.”
I am crazy enough already. But here it is: I am so angry about everything that is happening because of MAGA morons, and because of people who did not bother to vote, that I just want to lash out and say, “I hope it is YOUR mother, sister, daughter who does not get the care they need because you voted for hate or didn’t bother to vote at all.” But I won’t. Right.
On June 3, 2025, the Trump administration formally rescinded a Biden-era CMS guidance that clarified hospitals and emergency departments must provide abortion care when needed to stabilize a patient under EMTALA—regardless of state abortion bans . EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act), passed in 1986, requires any Medicare-funded hospital to deliver a medical screening exam and stabilizing treatment to patients with emergency medical conditions, including pregnant individuals . Critics argue that revoking the guidance doesn’t legally change EMTALA, but injects confusion and fear into emergency providers—especially in states with strict abortion bans. As the ACLU put it, removing the guidance “will put lives at risk” by creating “legal chaos” . For example, a federal investigation recently found a Texas hospital violated EMTALA when they discharged a woman with an ectopic pregnancy—leading to delayed care and partial loss of her reproductive system . The Trump administration maintains EMTALA is still enforced for life‑or‑death emergencies—but opponents warn that without clear rules, clinicians may hesitate to treat pregnant patients suffering life‑threatening complications like ectopic pregnancies or severe hemorrhage . This isn’t just fear‑mongering: since the 2022 Dobbs decision, at least 478 excess infant deaths have been estimated in states with total abortion bans . The recent policy shift raises the real possibility that women in dire need could be turned away or left untreated in emergencies. Without the Biden guidance, hospitals may choose caution over care—potentially resulting in preventable deaths.”
We’ve been told the myth that we’re just too many. Too many people. Not enough food. Not enough homes. Not enough resources.
But the truth?
💥 We produce enough food for 10 billion. 💥 There are more empty homes than unhoused people. 💥 Our wardrobes could clothe 7 generations. 💥 The richest 20% consume 80% of global resources.
So no — the problem isn’t how many we are. It’s who has access to what. This isn’t a population crisis. It’s a distribution crisis.
the imbalance of access to resources is the consequence of colonisation of land and its people – by extracting water, food and other goods, denying the access to those resources and forbidding the people to return to their lands – and hoarding the majority in the Global North.
And the myth of overpopulation? It’s not just wrong — it’s dangerous.
🛑 Because it asks: Who gets to live? 🛑 It blames the Global South, the poor, the racialized — while protecting the hoarding of the wealthy. 🛑 It has already led to forced sterilizations of Indigenous women. 🛑 It justifies borders, violence, and exclusion in the name of “ecology”.
You know. Food inspections and all. So you don’t die from bad food. I get emails from them about recalls. This month alone, I have received seven (7) of them. I think it’s one of the departments the current administration is trying to get rid of. But they are not doing their jobs, it seems, because I just found this:
I know, it’s Instagram, but there is some good stuff on there. A couple of things I like, if you are not into orange disgraces. There are more, but this is a good start.
REPSTANSBURY
HARLOWMUSINGS
VOTEINOROUT
SENWARREN
Need to say these are not links because I can’t seem to do Instagram without leaving my account vulnerable, so you go to Instagram and just look for these names. Sorry about that.
My doctor prescribed a drug which I found out too late is extremely dangerous, so not I am going to spend the next couple of months concerned about side effects. I figure if I make it to September, I’m good. 🙂 Why would she do that? She knows the other meds I take, and the health issues I deal with. Do doctors not know about the drugs they give us? Usually I ask and look up and whatever, and this time, because I was not feeling very clear-headed at all, I did not. Stupid Jean needs a brain transplant. Oh, well.
Definitely summer here. Humidity abounds, but fortunately it is not too hot. Can live with humid if the temp is at lease below 75. Did not make it to farmer’s market this week, because spent three days on the couch pretty much useless. Much better today, and brain working well enough to do some online business that needed doing. Another gray day, though, till late afternoon. I love rain, but I need sun, too.
Here are some things I’ve saved. It is getting scarier out there, people. ” “Never give up, never surrender.” Galaxy Quest. Resist. Fight back. Doing nothing is the same as condoning what is happening, saying ‘it’s fine with me, go right ahead’. It’s not fine with me. Not even.
Is this where we got the ‘the dog ate my homework’ thing? Just thought it was funny. Funny is good. Finally got a sunny day. Amazing how much better my mood is and how much better my brain functions on sunny day. Doing an Amazon order. Yes, I despise Amazon, but it is part of my ability to survive, so needs must. Going to do a Walmart order, too. Same caveat applies. It is what it is, as they, whoever ‘they’ is, say.
Where have I been? Recovering, resting, vegging, going out shopping with DD, trying so hard not to be consumed by anger and frustration and avoiding as much bad news as I can. It’s hard, but I have to try. I have saved a bunch of things from instagram and elsewhere to share, but not sure if I should make my blog that negative.
Had a lovely nor’easter yesterday. Wind did blow, rain did bang against the windows. One of my favorite weather events. Even better when it’s snow, but it is almost June you know.
Today I did some research and realized I am taking my meds all wrong, so redid my pill holder and hopeful things will work better now. Also reset my alarms to reflect the life I live, instead of the one I wish I was living. Instead of breakfast at 9, it is now at noon. (Nine am is like the middle of my night.) Dinner at 9pm. I usually am awake until 4 or 5 am at the earliest, some days till 8 or 9 am. So breakfast at 9 is almost never on the cards. I have spent the better part of my life trying to go to bed and get up like ‘normal’ people, but it never works. I can maintain maybe a week, than it gradually regresses back to where I am awake almost all night. Doctor says I have delayed sleep disorder, for which there seems to be no fix. So learn to live with it. You would not believe how many things I have ‘learned to live with’. Example. If I felt as bad as I do every day back before I was gifted all these chronic, debilitating painful illnesses, I would be in the ER constantly. But I have learned to live with them. Sort of.
Right now I am having a ciabatta roll (I have discovered I absolutely love ciabatta bread) with hummus for dinner. And a nice Zinfandel DD brought for me to try. I have lucked out in the kid lottery. My two are absolutely fantastic and amazing. The one who lives here in New England is taking super care of me, driving me where I need to go, taking me shopping, putting the groceries away, rearranging everything to make it easier for me to manage. I think I will keep her. 🙂 The one who lives in New Mexico has a fantastic job where she is loved and appreciated and doing good for others. I am so proud of them both. Wish their dad was still here to see how well they turned out. He would be proud, too. We did good, I think.
Miss G has been way more active lately. I think she was bored to tears, poor baby, but recently more people have been in and out, and she seems to be quite liking that. Here she is recently. Cute kitty is cute. Enjoy your lives, people. You only get one, make it count.
I have to apologize to the MAGA morons, because it was a mistake my DD and I made in applying for a home aide. We accidentally applied for nursing home care, and when we realized and withdrew that, it cancelled Mass Health altogether. So I had to reapply,but did it over the phone so was pretty easy. Will be covered again in about three weeks, I was told. So I guess I can’t blame the orange nazi for this. Oh, well. 🙂 But let me tell you, and paperwork you have to do when you are old and or disabled or whatever is unbelievably confusing. They asked us the same questions several different times in the paper work, each one worded slightly differently. Trying to trip us up? It worked. LOL
strangely peculiar 