Political blog that supports progressive politics. 38 Male. Millennial. Socialist. Pro Union. Left wing. Anti Capitalist. Anti US. Anti Imperialist. Anti NATO. Anti cop. #ACAB. Pro Palestinian. Anti apartheid Israel. Anti Zionist. None of us are free until Palestine is free. Criticising Israel IS NOT anti-semitic!! ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ
I was just at the Bernie & AOC rally in Denver and there were easily 30,000 people there. ๏ฟผ Thousands of us couldnโt even get into the fenced area and stood outside of it, listening to the speakers and watching a live stream.
you guys made luigi mangione trend for days and I need to see the same energy for brianna boston. she is a 43 year old mother of three who ended a phone call with blue cross blue shield (after being denied a claim) โdelay deny depose, youโre nextโ and is now being held under a 100,000$ bond and could face FIFTEEN years of prison if charged. she has no weapons, her record is clean, and yet she is being held behind bars. they are afraid of the public and are trying to subdue. do not let them!!!! say her name!!! be outraged that our freedom of speech is being threatened!!!!! deny defend depose! free brianna boston!
According to the arrest affidavit obtained by ABC news when Lakeland police confronted Boston, she apologized and said that she โused those words because itโs what is in the news right nowโ Boston told police she did not own any guns and is not a threat. But she did say that healthcare companies โdeserve karmaโ and were โevilโ according to the document reported by ABC.
Boston was charged with threats to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism.
Blue Cross has some really messed up guidelines for patient care, like saying that critical care isn't medically necessary if the patient is discharged to home within 24 hours. Except when a patient presents, the doctors only know how they are at that particular moment and treat them to the best of their abilities. No one can tell when a patient comes in presenting with stroke symptoms how long they'll be in the hospital, but Blue Cross doesn't care.
Commercialized healthcare is all about making money for shareholders. They couldn't give two shits about their member's health.
Blue Cross denied my insurance when I presented to the ER with biphasic anaphylaxis. They said I was out of danger because at the time I presented I was between attacks. They were going to discharge me when I went into the secondary reaction. Despite the secondary reaction that happened in front of their in network doctor I was still denied.
Blue Cross denied my health insurance for an emergency MRI for a suspected brain bleed after a major chiropractic injury because they illegally dropped me from my plan when my immigration status changed. I am still waiting to hear the outcome of this almost eight years later.
Iโm currently in an open dispute with Blue Cross along with several other thousand people in Minnesota because they refused to cover the cost of epi pens, a life saving medication for those of us with anaphylactic allergies. The reason I was given when I asked about it was โthereโs no proof you need it.โ
I have been waiting to hear the outcome of this case for over five years.
Blue Cross were actively letting me starve to death in 2018-2019 when my mast cell disorder got progressively worse. I was presenting to the ER with idiopathic anaphylaxis. Blue Cross suggested psychiatric care, much to the annoyance of the ER doctors who kept having to save me.
When I argued against a Blue Cross doctor who wasnโt a mental health care provider for saying, โyouโre probably just bipolarโ and refused to take the ridiculously high dose of SSRIs she wanted to put me on, I was slapped with a โpatient is non compliantโ label that followed me all the way to my new provider who was utterly baffled by it and promptly had it removed.
I wasnโt non compliant. I just wouldnโt let their neglect and ableism kill me.
In short, Fuck Blue Cross.
Fuck them all the way to hell and then some. Theyโre a money grabbing, soul sucking drain on humanity and the fact that theyโd even consider something like refusing to cover extra anesthesia when a patient is already on the operating table is a testament to their evil.
I hope their CEOโs never know peace for the rest of their lives. However long that happens to be.
I'm so frustrated by the lack of response to the mass psychogenic illness of law enforcement officials claiming to suffer contact fentanyl poisoning. There were a few studies done that quietly concluded that it's not real, none of the cases were credible, and the symptoms most closely resemble a panic attack or somatic episode.
No one is connecting this to systemic issues in police training and culture and no one is treating this as the canary in the coal mine it is.
Modern police training is functionally cult indoctrination, and intentionally cultivates paranoia. Police learn that everyone is out to get them, danger lurks around every corner, and their only job is to make it home alive after their shift.
They then enter the body of police culture, where questioning the bad behavior of fellow officers is at best strictly socially punished and at worst can get them killed, where they are constantly vigilant to say the right things and portray the right beliefs.
Suddenly, after generations of mainstream culture being generally supportive of police, in the midst of an anxiety-riddled pandemic, there is a highly-publicized backlash against law enforcement. Regular people are saying ACAB, calling cops fascists and murderers and wife-beaters. They're posting officers' service records on social media. Police, unwilling to believe they are evil, experience a cognitive dissonance backlash effect and cling to beliefs that contradict reality.
No one should be shocked - and no one should be hesitant to say - that there is a mental health crisis in law enforcement. They are paranoid, hyper-vigilant, and mired in cognitive dissonance. They have guns and virtually unchecked power to enact violence in their communities. Making up delusional stories about fentanyl is a pretty mild outcome compared to what we should be expecting from these circumstances.
Police aren't just bastards. They're a danger to themselves and others.
BTW, for anyone thinking this is an old story, the reason I'm bringing it up now is that it is actively being used to justify denying books, mail, and other documents to people in prison. The entire state of Wisconsin just banned donated books.
Prison staff are having psychogenic episodes they blame on fentanyl, and the response from DOC administration has been to appease and legitimize this hysteria by restricting some of the few freedoms left to incarcerated people. Their reaction should be, "Holy shit, the most vulnerable population in our state is in the care of people who in the midst of a mental health crisis so sever it's causing mass delusions."
A helicopter has just arrived. stood above my head me and my cousin on the seashore. It continued to rotate for about a quarter of an hour with a loud noise. She turned around several times. Then it stopped steadily, heading east. It fired a missile towards the tents in Mawasi Khan Yunis. Six innocent people were torn to pieces. Their tents burned. I survived Unfortunately, I am banned from Tumblr messages. I cannot respond to anyone. Because I asked someone for help and he reported me .
This is my last call Please support my family in the evacuation from Gaza To receive treatment for the wounded and burned in my family it is expected that the crossing will open at the beginning of the new year .
PLEASE help mohammed, if you have seen my posts about him & his family recently you know they are going through an extremely tough period right now and have been struggling to cover expenses like medical care & winter clothes already. there are 27 extended family members drawing from these funds and the money goes fast; they have almost nothing saved up at this point & no other way to earn income with their jobs and houses destroyed for a year now in the bombings.
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In a heartwarming display of solidarity, the Trans community in Venezuela raises funds to their Gazan comrade @dr-anas96 who is currently trapped in Gaza ๐ป๐ช๐ต๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Anas had been studying medicine in Venezuela when he briefly visited his home in Gaza in 2023. The war broke out, and you know the rest.
A staunch supporter of the LGBTQ+ community himself, he reached out to his friends in Venezuela to thank them for not misportraying Palestinians as a bigoted people, and shared the stories of some of the martyrs with them.
During an event celebrating Trans pride, they decided to speak about Anas, and set up a beautiful memorial for the martyrs Anas spoke about.
There are those who try to break the bonds between the oppressed. I suspect there will be many who will try to respond to this, arguing that these causes are incompatible.
There are others like Anas who recognize the unbreakable strength in unity, compassion and acceptance.
Anas is currently very ill. My heart aches with every update from him. Sometimes he tells me he feels these days are his last.
Please don't give up on Anas.
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ยก Greetings everyone ! my name is Anaโฆ Anas Ayesh needs your support for Help a Medical Student
First, Anas has clarified that the event took place in Mexico, not in Venezuela, but that he extends his love and gratitude to the entirety of the Latin American communities that he has been able to reach out to in his favoured second language. This is my mistake while making the post.
Second, unfortunately Deir Al-Balah has been struck again. Anas and his family managed to survive, but others weren't so fortunate. I want this to serve as a reminder as to how precious and volatile everything Anas shares with us is, and how you should treasure his updates and do your best to share his fundraiser or help in any way you can. Every moment is a moment of danger for him.
At this moment in which I am writing this post, the bombing continues violently and without stopping. Violent raids are being carried out by warplanes on the Al-Zawaida and Al-Maghazi areas in the central governorate of the Gaza Strip. More than 50,000 people have been displaced from these areas and the situation has become extremely dire. We need your prayers at this time.
This is why "eat the rich" is not a violent statement. Rich people literally kill others for their own profits. Any violence against rich people who do this is self defense.
This is also one of the many reasons why there are zero good cops. The nicest cop in existence would arrest someone for stealing to survive but would not arrest these greedy employers for killing for profit.
I am Abdullah Al-Hajj, 25 years old. I graduated from high school with big dreams of earning a university degree, but life took a different turn. Due to the difficult circumstances we faced, I couldnโt pursue my academic aspirations. Instead, I joined my brother in the field of chemical manufacturing, and I quickly learned the craft. It became the primary source of income for our family. Through this work, I was able to get married and start building my own life.
But everything changed when the war broke out in Gaza. The relentless bombings destroyed not just our workplace, but also every hope and dream we had built. The factory that had provided for our family was reduced to rubble. I found myself struggling to provide for even the most basic necessitiesโfood, water, and medical care for my pregnant wife, who is expecting our first child.
As the war intensified and the destruction spread to our neighborhood, we were forced to flee to a safer area. We found shelter in a makeshift tent, which barely protected us from the scorching summer heat or the bitter winter cold. Life in the tent has been harsh, and survival has become a daily struggle.
My younger brother, Bilal Al-Hajj, always had big dreams. From a young age, he aspired to become a professional football player. Recently, Bilal graduated from high school and enrolled in university, determined to balance his education with his passion for football. His dream was to play for one of the major football clubs, a goal he had worked tirelessly toward for years.
But the war shattered Bilalโs dreams as well. The harsh realities of our situationโthe struggle for food, water, and basic medical careโhave made it impossible for him to chase his passion. The war has not only destroyed homes and buildings but also ambitions, hopes, and the future we once envisioned.
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Your donations can make a life-changing difference for my family. We need to evacuate my family of six from Gaza, and the cost of permits and coordination to leave is about $5,000 per person. Once we reach Egypt, your support will help secure shelter and cover initial living expenses as we adjust to a new life. The ongoing siege in Gaza has made survival increasingly difficult, with skyrocketing prices and severe shortages of food and water. Your generous contributions will help us meet immediate needs and begin rebuilding our lives. Please consider donating through the link belowโyour help can offer us a chance for safety, stability, and hope.
Donation Link: https://gofund.me/40968e1f
Your kindness can give my family a chance to escape the devastation, protect the next generation, and reignite hope for a peaceful and dignified life.ย
Thank you for standing with us in these difficult times.
Warm regards,
Abdullah Al-Hajj
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