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   StillIRise1963 (stillirise1963@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 22:43:26 JST StillIRise1963

   Yes, I take it personally when you say you won't vote, or vote for the Dem. Why? Because among other things, the fascists tried to commit a Black GENOCIDE during the pandemic. Your actions or inaction will give them the power to do it again in some other way. My survival depends on them NOT gaining power. So does yours.

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     Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 22:43:22 JST Nicole Parsons

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     • Texty the Bard

     @textualdeviance @StillIRise1963

     Jared Kushner did more than withhold critical medical supplies in blue states.

     He actively confiscated supplies already purchased.

     It got so bad that Illinois governor had the National Guard protecting shipments from the rapacious GOP.
     https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2020/07/09/pritzker-says-the-trump-administration-forced-states-to-compete-for-ppe-in-a-sick-hunger-games/?sh=7565b5cc7fa0
     https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/air-national-guard-lands-flight-full-of-much-needed-medical-supplies-in-chicago-for-battle-against-covid-19/
     https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/14/21221459/pritzker-secret-flights-china-illinois-ppe-trump-coronavirus
     https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2020/04/18/illinois-gov-pritzker-secretly-bought-medical-supplies-from-china-and-the-white-house-is-not-happy/

     That is what Republicans are: thieves in a crisis.

     https://www.salon.com/2020/04/09/house-probes-role-of-jared-kushner-as-federal-government-seizesorders-of-covid-19-medical-supplies/

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     Texty the Bard (textualdeviance@retro.pizza)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 22:43:23 JST Texty the Bard

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     • Nicole Parsons

     @Npars01 @StillIRise1963 Yup. And Jared withholding supplies from blue states early on.

     Anil Dash repeated this.
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     Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 22:43:24 JST Nicole Parsons

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     @StillIRise1963

     The GOP decided to let covid destroy the economy in 2020 because they were told it hit POC harder, and seniors.
     https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-laura-ingraham-fox-news-black-people-covid/

     https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/05/16/black-communities-excess-deaths/

     https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/study-reveals-staggering-toll-black-america-16-million-excess-deaths-2-rcna84627

     https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/27/as-us-coronavirus-deaths-cross-100000-black-americans-bear-disproportionate-share-of-fatalities.html

     https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/press-release/recent-widening-of-racial-disparities-in-u-s-life-expectancy-was-largely-driven-by-covid-19-mortality/

     https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-unnecessary-deaths-covid-19

     And Republicans rejoiced...

     https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/dan-patrick-coronavirus-grandparents

     https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/coronavirus-has-donald-trump-dan-patrick-ready-sacrifice-older-people-ncna1169126