Notices by Qasim Rashid, Esq. (qasimrashid@mastodon.social)

We now know UnitedHealth—under Brian Thompson—illegally overcharged cancer patients for meds by more than 1000%.

What we don't know is how many cancer patients died or were financially ruined as a result?

What we demand to know is why that act isn't deemed corporate murder & where are the arrests?

Yesterday, Israel and Hamas announced a ceasefire, then the Israeli military bombed civilian tents and a residential building in which disabled children were seeking safety, killing at least 77 more Palestinians. Now the deal seems to have unraveled as Israel has furthermore delayed a cabinet vote, accusing Hamas of creating a “last-minute crisis," while refusing to offer any evidence of the accusation.

Will this deal stick?
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/ceasefire-deal-as-israel-keeps-bombing

I'm in LA right now and had a chance to see some of the damage. Experts estimate the cost at $150B.

$150 BILLION

Only thing crazier than that massive price tag is the fact that it can be paid for in full by at least 3 USA billionaires, & its only 1.5% of the net worth of USA's 800 billionaires.

Tax billionaires. Invest in working people. Save our democracy.

Jack Smith report confirms Donald Trump engaged in an 'unprecedented criminal effort' after losing the 2020 election and DOJ would’ve secured a criminal conviction.

Thank you Garland for failing to do your one job, and thank you Biden for failing to replace Garland when you knew he was a failure.

GOP: Reduce the debt!

Repeal Trump’s $2.1T billionaire tax cuts?
GOP: NO—extend them!

End Corp welfare?
GOP: NO—expand it!

Reduce military budget?
GOP: NO—increase it!

So reduce the debt how?
GOP: Cut Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, SNAP, & aid for California wildfires

Think about this...

Canada ranks 15th on World Happiness Index—USA is 23rd

Canada ranks 24th on World Democracy Index—USA is 36th

Canada ranks 11th on World Peace Index—USA is 132nd

Canada's debt is $1.1T—USA's is $36T

If MAGAs were actually smart they'd adopt Canadian policy & be happier, safer, more democratic, & less in debt. But remember, the desire to 'own the libs' outweighs all of that, so it'll sadly never happen.

Days after the Lahaina fires in 2023 I traveled to Hawaii to provide pro bono legal aid to fire victims navigating everything from home insurance & business contracts, recovering legal documents, immigration status & more. I supported ~50 families personally.

One constant theme: Private equity vultures offering them pennies on the dollar for their destroyed properties. I suspect the same will happen in SoCal. Vultures exploiting people's desperation. It's criminal, or at least it should be. smh

Why is Netanyahu blocking the UN from investigating rape allegations against Hamas?

In November 2023 Israel claimed “overwhelming evidence” of mass rape. Now Israel claims “there is no evidence.” This means either:
•Israeli government lied over the past 16 months, or
•Israeli government is complicit in covering up crimes of mass rape.

Which one is it, why is western media silent, & why does the US Govt continue to arm Netanyahu?
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-is-netanyahu-protecting-hamas

Do not let media frame this as a "natural disaster."

IT IS NOT. This is the predicted end result of fossil fuel exploitation, water hoarding, & bought politicians.

Now, insurance corps leave CA & CA private prisons use slave labor to fight these fires.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-socal-burns-and-whos-to-blame

Someone just replied to my Substack article about the SoCal fires: What happens to all the newly homeless people now that CA has criminalized homelessness? Will they be arrested and imprisoned, and then serve as the next round of enslaved firefighters to fight the fires that destroyed their homes?💀

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-socal-burns-and-whos-to-blame

MAGAs: We are going to pass bills to help the American people!

Universal healthcare?
No

Child tax credit?
No

Climate justice
No

Free public college?
No

Affordable housing?
No

High speed rail?
No

Bring down groceries?
No

Then?
We’re sanctioning ICC for prosecuting the war criminal we fund.

Here are the 45 Democrats that voted with MAGA Republicans to sanction the ICC for prosecuting Netanyahu for war crimes.

So much for "no one is above the law."

A reminder today on his funeral that President Carter considered Israel an apartheid state & called out Israel's injustices against Palestine.

MAGAs, instead, voted today to sanction ICC for prosecuting Netanyahu for war crimes. 45 Democrats joined. Pathetic https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/president-jimmy-carter-has-died

Legacy media is capitulating before our eyes.

It's hard to trust media owned by billionaires out to appease power, rather than hold power accountable—but we are not helpless.

Here's a strategy to fight the disinformation.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/washington-post-dies-in-daylight

This week we learned that after 18 months of investigations, Israeli authorities have admitted that no allegations of rape or sexual assault have been filed from the 7 October attack by Hamas, & now Israel is blocking the UN from investigating sexual crimes committed by Hamas during its October 7 attack—fearing it would require granting access to probe allegations of sexual violence against Palestinians in Israeli detention.

Almost no corporate media or national politicians have mentioned this.

Zuck now refusing to stop false info on FB is especially egregious given that FB disinformation already enabled the Rohingya genocide. This isn't hypothetical. It happened. FB wasn't held accountable. Now they're bent on enabling more disinformation on FB & God only knows what violence will result.

RN Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman in Virginia is charged with breaking the bones of infants, mostly Black infants, in the NICU. Authorities are aware of at least 7 babies so far.

She's 26. She's not from "another time." This is 2025 USA. Just incomprehensible evil.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/hospital-horror-virginia-nurse-abused

Annual cost of SNAP: $113B

Annual revenue lost through billionaire tax evasion: $163B

GOP: The only solution to our debt crisis is cutting $113B in food benefits. Also here’s $4T more in tax cuts for billionaires

Class warfare is when there’s a limit to what poor & disabled people can earn before losing their benefits, but no limit to what billionaires can hoard while avoiding taxes.

We must reject the twisted idea that money incentivizes the rich but poverty incentivizes the poor.

Speaker Johnson began the House session with a fabricated prayer to Jesus Christ he claims Thomas Jefferson recited every day of his 8 years in the Presidency. Jefferson did no such thing. The first evidence of that prayer existing is in 1919. Johnson is simply trying to advance his Christian nationalism.

Things Jefferson did do, however, include:
•Advocate for the separation between religion & state
•Host the first White House Iftar in Ramadan
•Own a Qur'an

But Johnson won't mention those.