Notices by Support the Resistance (pattyhanson@mastodon.social), page 2

#Kennedy has said multiple times during questioning that AI will be the answer in many circumstances that involve staff shortages and to provide diagnostic aid to physicians.

#USPOL #Hearing

*PS: I'm sick of hearing the GOP applauding

#RFKjr is cray cray. He also has zero understanding of the programs he wants to control. Sen Cassidy is using acronyms and Kennedy doesn't know what they stand for.

So now he says he wants to bring health savings accounts and medical co-ops into medicare and medicaid. Sure ask the poorest people to be responsible for building a HSA to cover unexpected medical costs. #Dumb

#ConfirmationHearings #USPOL

@GottaLaff Not all of us can participate in protest marches. Some of us don't have money to donate to important causes. There are many things we can't do, but there are also many things each of us CAN do.

Please take a look at this list of non-violent actions to fight fascism and authoritarianism. Pick things you can do. Nothing is too small or inconsequential because when each of us does one thing, it adds up and will make a difference.

https://www.brandeis.edu/peace-conflict/pdfs/198-methods-non-violent-action.pdf

#NonViolentProtest

If "we" aren't willing to sacrifice some of our creature comforts to resist fascism & authoritarianism, we have already lost & we should just admit it.

We have the most important tool necessary to turn what's happening in this country on its head. Our money.

But we MUST be willing to give up some of the conveniences we think we can't function w/o. Everyone has their own.

If we break the financial system while protecting ourselves as much as possible, Trump's government will collapse #USPOL

@FantasticalEconomics Of course this was another gift SCOTUS gave Trump. They essentially made bribery for political favors legal. Trump will just use a pass thru so he doesn't personally receive the money until after he grants the favors

...The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today that effectively legalizes bribery for state and local officials, so long as they receive the cash or gifts after taking the official act that the briber wants...

#LegalBribery #USPOL

https://prospect.org/justice/2024-06-26-supreme-court-blesses-form-bribery-snyder-v-us/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court%20issued,act%20that%20the%20briber%20wants.

#Zuckerberg is aligning with #Musk and #Trump and discontinuing any remaining semblance of being a site for the truth and moving some operations to #Texas - land of the oppressed.

Do the right thing and deactivate and shutdown all your remaining Meta accounts.

For me that means Instagram, and it will be hard because it's the last place I share with family for family news and photos.

#USPOL #Fascism

You need not look far to find an article describing the atrocious policies of healthcare reimbursement or denials by
#UnitedHealthcare.

Many people say the company #CEO had it coming.

#Shooting

...In case after case, United would refuse to cover care, leaving patients to pay out-of-pocket or go without it. The severity of their issues seemed not to matter...

https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-mental-health-care-denied-illegal-algorithm

@persagen I'll be 71 in 2 wks. I'm going to estimate that I became an avid user of the public library system beginning about 10-12 yo. I would walk the 5 miles or so to the library returning the books I had checked out then always leaving with another stack to carry home.

Not once, as a child & never as an adult did the library offer a reading (or watching) section on pornography.

The men trying to make these rules are the ones who sit alone in a dark theater watching it. They are deviants

@eosfpodcast @futurebird @danilo I just wonder how many people who are signing up have read the Terms of Service.

Over the span of 70 yrs, I have never been deprived of my Constitutional rights of Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness as a result of something done in this country by an immigrant.

My rights ARE being deprived as a result of laws & decisions made by GOP politicians.

I have never worried that my income, my healthcare or my home will be taken away by an immigrant, with the exception of immigrants like Elon Musk.

The danger I feel is from white christian nationalists, not #immigrants.

I lost track of this in my timeline, but saved it to my reading list. Others may want to do the same.

#ThreatTracker #Autocracy #BeSafe

https://www.justsecurity.org/92714/american-autocracy-threat-tracker/

*Learn to make bread.
*Learn to preserve food: canning, dehydration, smoking
*Learn to sew
*Obtain text books for homeschooling
*Move to a warmer climate if you can
*Start organizing a barter system/co-op
*Build an alliance with 1 or more med professionals
*Insulate your home against cold & hot weather
*Stock up on pet food
*Become comfortable w/minimalism
*Stockpile hygiene products, especially for women & girls
*Consider using a burner phone
*Delete health & menstrual apps

#Preparedness

Whatever inhibitions they may have had are completely gone.

Beginning now, women should not go out or travel alone. People of color should not go out or travel alone.

If you hear a man or boy say to a woman "your body, my choice" confront him.

Women, LGBTQ, and people of color should apply for a gun license and carry permit now.

The plantation text message is being investigated by law enforcement

#CrueltyIsThePoint #USPOL

Today is one of "those" days.

#MentalHealthAwareness #SelfPreservation

This really weird explanation may be stranger than what he was actually pantomiming.

According to him EVERYTHING is election interference.

#TrumpTruthSocial #Stupid #USPOL

Does anyone believe the #Trump #gestapo will care if they swoop up people who are in the country legally? Will anyone care if they arrest people who have the physical characteristics of a person from a Latin American country, but aren't?

I have a nephew who's 100% caucasian. When he was a teen, he was stopped in Texas for a crime he didn't commit. He was stopped bec he "looked" hispanic; therefore, guilty.

Racial profiling will be completely legal & your race won't matter.

#Deportation

In #Nevada there are so many more early GOP votes than Dem votes that there may not be enough cross over votes in the mix to carry the state for democrats. Plus 2 of the House seats are in jeopardy.

I was wrong. Nevada may turn red. It's killing me.

I really wish the party had spent more money & time educating the voting public about the perils of an authoritarian government. Abortion is certainly a very important issue, but, sadly, it doesn't mean much to a lot of people.

#uspol #VoteBlue

There is a fair amount of federal land in Nevada, but it's uninhabitable and there is no access to water, power, roads, services etc.

#VPDebate

#Vance has been misinformed. #KamalaHarris is not the President and she can't enact any policies regardless how much she may support them.

He is not answering questions, which is not a surprise. So far, he has not answered a single question.

#VPDebate

One of the "best" surprises we could get would be a ruling from the 11th #CircuitCourt reversing #AileenCannon's dismissal of the #Trump #document case then sanctioning her for misconduct on the bench.

I don't expect it to happen, but a girl can hope.

#USPOL #OctoberSurprise