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Simply Rheumatoid
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Human. American-born citizen. Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. I enjoy traveling, reading, swimming, good food, fine wines, great films, and innovation. www.simplyrheumatoid.com
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Source: #ArthritisFoundation #RA
🗒️Admin: 🙏 Consider the impacts of:
"Loss of critical data collection
Drastic reductions in scientific innovation to find essential treatments & eventually a cure
Inability of state & local governments to manage public health risks"
www.arthritis.org/news/press-r...
Arthritis Foundation, ACR Denounce CDC Cuts | Arthritis Foundation
www.arthritis.org
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I try and educate people quickly with the book quotes I share. The problem is that most Democrats don't pick up the phone and call us back. I get nothing but boilerplate responses to my letters. Elissa Sloktin told me my opinion didn’t matter because I’m not her constituent. See the problem.
Donald Trump is “making fun of people for being Hispanic or dark-skinned or different colors,” says 10 year old, August. "Why is he talking to other people if he's orange?!”

Hear from the kids at the No Kings protests—and from the parents who decided to bring them.
“We’re here peacefully protesting, looking as ridiculous as we can, just so maybe we appeal to the president because he’s a ridiculous leader that is normalizing abuse of power. And we cannot stand and act like nothing is happening.” 🦄
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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d
We have rights when protesting. Learn more at www.aclu.org/deployment_kyr.
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9:50 AM ET: Democracy Docket is on the ground at the Supreme Court this morning, where they’re covering a rally hosted by LDF, ACLU and ACLU of LA. Hundreds have turned out, and the energy is very lively.
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On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social
"This is one of the reasons the ultrarich love culture wars to this day. If we’re busy fighting each other, we can’t get it together to fight them.”
p.100
McGowan, L. (2024). A Return to Common Sense: How to Fix America Before We Really Blow It: The Creator of PoliticsGirl. Simon & Schuster, LLC.
“The uninsured are disproportionately Latinos, but there are over a million white non-Hispanic Texans without any healthcare coverage.The benefits of Medicaid expansion would be widespread, the cost, minimal" p58
McGhee. H.(2022)TheSumofUs:WhatRacismCosts EveryoneandHowWeCanProsperTogether.OneWorld
🧵cont. "and that Latinx wealth will follow suit a couple of decades later.”
Garrett Neiman 2023, P. 94
Neiman, G. (2023). Rich White Men: What it Takes to Uproot the Old Boys’ Club and Transform America. Legacy Lit.
🧵"Discrimination against Black and LatinX populations is so severe that a 2017 Institute for Policy Studies report predicts that median Black household wealth will zero out by 2053, 🧵
Neiman, G. (2023). Rich White Men: What it Takes to Uproot the Old Boys’ Club and Transform America. Legacy Lit.
🧵cont. "over the years make most CIA-educated white boys look like clumsy, sniveling little punks.”
Anthony Bourdain 2007, p.63
Bourdain, A. (2007). Kitchen Confidential. Harper Collins.
🧵“No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American. The Ecuadorian, Mexican, Dominican, and Salvadorian cooks I’ve worked with 🧵
Anthony Bourdain 2007, p.63
Bourdain, A. (2007). Kitchen Confidential. Harper Collins.
Thank you! 🧵Quotes for you to win.
“The theme of the unsung hero continues in the American construction industry, where one out of three workers is Hispanic.”
Marie Arana, 2024, p 302
Arana. M. (2024). LatinoLand: A Portrait of America’s Largest and Least Understood Minority. Simon & Schuster, LLC
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The cruelty is the point
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.
My heart is broken 💔😭 learning about the passing of Diane Keaton. We ate at the #LeGrandColbert In #France where she filmed the movie #Something'sGottaGive with #JackNicholson & #KeanuReeves. I'm sharing a few pictures & my glass of Sparkling Rosé as Thank you to #DianeKeaton #Amigas #Legend 🏆🥂
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Trump just threw the potential for an escalated trade war with China on top of these headlines.
Three @wsj.com headlines from the past three days. 👀