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FROM A TUMBLR POST

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“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.“

DID THEY OR DIDN’T THEY?

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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.

I SHOULD NOT GO ONTO SOCIAL MEDIA

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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.

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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 .⁠
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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 .⁠
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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.⁠”
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The FDA

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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:

https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-fda-lawsuit-drug-safety

Cannot delete these next two. (little bit of silent screaming going on here)

https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-fda-lawsuit-drug-safety?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=6-18
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-fda-lawsuit-drug-safety?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=6-18

Boston Reacts

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Massachusetts reacts.

Mass. officials react to Trump’s vow to use military force against violent protests if local governments don’t act

Maura Healey@MassAGO·No. The President cannot unilaterally deploy the United States military into Massachusetts streets to stop peaceful protests.

Elizabeth Warren@SenWarren·The President threatened to take over cities and towns with military force. Peaceful protesters were tear-gassed so he could get a photo-op. We will fight for justice for Black lives in America, even if our racist Commander in Chief tries to stand in the way.

Charlie Baker calls out Donald Trump’s lack of ‘compassion and leadership’
Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access to military-style gear

Proud to live in Massachusetts.

A Voice of Reason

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How refreshing. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/06/01/houston-police-chief-art-acevedo-trump-mouth-shut-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/

Not sure I want to get into Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook today, but I do want to know what’s going on.

WordPress has a new editor, and it blows bigtime.

Pictures from the campaign:

She looks so proud to be doing the Nazi Salute.
E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune
Your President

We are so screwed.

What Can You Say To This?

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crazyeyesgop-quote-that-perfectly-defines-the-shutdown

The IT ClubOn the other hand, I am tired of being angry, so something else here: Last night I was watching The IT Crowd on Netflix, and in one episode someone asked what IT actually stands for. Did I know? No. No I did not. Google to the rescue. IT stand for Information Technology. Oh. I think that should have been obvious to me, but it wasn’t. Don’t know who made the pic, but it’s the guys from the show. I love it.

I am doing well as far as illness goes. As I decrease the Prednisone, I am having a bit more pain, but not the debilitating kind I was having before. Now I am restless. I am not just a person with an illness, I am a person again. For now, anyway. I want to have a life again. Everything and everyone has/have moved on without me in the interim, and I am kind of left with nothing again. Can’t think what to do about it. I’m so used to not being able to, I can’t remember what it’s like to be able to. To whatever. I need to work on this.

Also, I keep forgetting to put tags on things. Maybe I should just let Rambling be the tag for everything, cause it’s what I seem to do most. Oh, well.

Update: It’s only fair to present both sides, right?
OBAMACARE-DAY-ONE-My-hideous-experience

Politics and Breast Cancer Screenings

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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day – The Daily What.

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It’s SOPA Protest Day

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signGood morning, people. Well, it seems to have slid past noon, so good afternoon, people. It’s the day may sites are going dark to protest the SOPA internet censorship bill. I shouldn’t even be on, but am checking my email and wanted to say something, then I’m off the computer (NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO) til tomorrow. How will I survive? I live here. Anyway, if you live in the States and haven’t yet contacted your Congressmen and/or Senators, haven’t signed any petitions, now it the time to do it. Censorship is not a good thing. Seriously. Here’s an email I received today about it:

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“Much of the internet is going dark tomorrow to protest an ill-conceived law that the US Congress is proposing in the name of stopping online piracy, but at great expense to free speech and the integrity of the internet. Given the huge sway the US has over the operation of the internet, many see it as the biggest threat to internet freedom ever.

That is why I’m on my way to DC right now to meet with a number of key Senators about the law, known as the PROTECT IP Act in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House. We are up against a dangerous piece of legislation that seriously threatens digital rights, innovation, and the integrity of the internet.

In my bag is an important document. It is a letter to the US Senate

which Access coordinated, bringing together dozens of human rights groups from around the world including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Reporters Without Borders, calling on them to “stand for human rights, defend the open internet, and reject the PROTECT IP Act.”

I’ll be delivering this letter to the Senate, which Washington insiders say will have a real impact in switching some Senators votes, but this fight is far from over. This legislation is coming up for a major vote in just seven days, and unless we act now, it might very possibly become law.

Tomorrow there will be a huge protest in New York City outside of the offices of Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, who are both co-sponsors of the PROTECT IP Act. If you’re in the City or anywhere near it, I urge you to join the Access team and countless others at this Emergency NY Tech Meetup. Look for the big banner with the Access logo and the names of all the signatories of the letter from the human rights community on it. Details can be found here: http://nytm.org/sos/

If you’re in the US, but not in NYC, there are protests happening tomorrow in San Francisco

, Seattle

, and many other places

. I urge you to attend if you’re in these cities! If you’re not, please contact your Senators while they’re home for the January recess.

This legislation will also seriously affect non-US websites and users as well. As we explain in the letter, this legislation, which targets foreign websites, would create a double jurisdiction problem, whereby non-U.S.-based sites must determine whether a site is legal in both the country it is operating in and the United States, or face losing access to payment providers, advertising, and links to their site. Moreover, this legislation would send an unequivocal message that censoring the web is not only acceptable, but encouraged.

If you’re not in the US, join sites like Reddit, BoingBoing, Tumblr, Wikipedia, CREDO, WordPress, and countless other sites, and of course Access, in blacking out your site. Or talk about it on Twitter, Facebook, G+, make sure your friends know that the internet is going on strike tomorrow.

The internet is a key enabler of human rights and innovation, and decisions over its governance should not be made hastily. With each passing day the claims for urgency for copyright legislation whither, from the demonstrably false data used to make economic arguments about losses and jobs,[1]

to the efficacy of DNS filtering,[2]

to the baseless claims that countries like Spain, Egypt, or Sweden have lost their film industries due to piracy.[3]

Nothing short of a global outcry is going to defeat this terrible legislation.

Cheers,
Jochai Ben-Avie
Access Policy Director”

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Here’s where you can sign a petition:

Petition

Please do your part in keeping America free. Thanks. Jean