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Ashleigh Parsons

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59 yr old Native American transgender woman. Independent. Progressive. IT services business owner. Critical thought practitioner.

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Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · Dec 13

After reading this article on United Healthcare's Bible on denying care for increased profits authored by their whole owned subsidiary for prescription coverage, Optum - I have my own story to tell about dealing with them.

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Revealed: UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to critical treatment for kids with autism (AlterNet)

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. There was a time when Sharelle Menard thought her son would never be abl...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green

While still on track to meet net zero commitments, climate groups say country’s toughest hurdles are yet to come

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Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 1h

change that endures, that becomes systemic. Balance will bring back a luster to nature that will be enjoyed by all for as long as we remain. We need to reset our extraction mindset to one of existing in balance with nature. Let's not become victims of our excess.

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 1h

M&A suck because for all their planning they never give consideration to continuity of service to their obligation to nature. We cannot continue living out of balance with the environment. We each individually must do what we can on our own and drag the rest of the economies with us to effect real

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 2h

all of your heart, all of your soul, and all of your mind."

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 2h

It is sorely disappointing to witness Israel become the Nazi state that once sought to annihilate all the Jews, queers, disabled, and Roma. What ever happened to "Never again!"? Why are they disregarding the words of The Prophet to "Love your neighbor as yourself. And to Love the Lord your God with

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International Herald @interherald.com · 4h

Iran vowed to rebuild its nuclear facilities “stronger than before” following Israeli and US attacks.

The Iranian president asserted that the country’s scientists “still possess the necessary nuclear expertise.”

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Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 2h

Only fools malign history.

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Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 2h

South Korean are my heroes! More dissing the orangutan please!

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Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 2h

Do they not know about Stonewall? That it was trans women who led the opposition high-stepping a chorus line attack that beat back a bewildered inept police force! Yes, we have agency and we know how to wield it!

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 3h

It's telling that gentry can't conceive of working class trans folks having agency and views of our own.

The fact we might want to fight for our homes and communities, that we understand the risks and sacrifices, that we've seen direct action/mutual aid work up close, never seems to occur to them.

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Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 3h

These women are just as vain as Trump ffs. Kkkarolying is gonna wear out all the mojo in her giant cross necklace though.

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‘Got Jealous of Erika Kirk’: Karoline Leavitt Turns Heads at White House After-Hours Event as Critics Question Whether Her Dress Crossed the Line (Atlanta Black Star)

When White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stepped onto the South Lawn for Thursday night’s Halloween festivities, her black feather dress sparked mor...

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Trump, 79, Claims It's ‘Illegal' for Late-Night Host to Mock Him (The Daily Beast)

President Donald Trump has lashed out at yet another late-night TV show host for failing to fall at his feet in groveling praise. "Seth Meyers of NBC may...

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Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 3h

fully consider why his killing was a justified safety valve for our society.

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 3h

Two can play at that game bitch. Let's play some of Charlie's so called debates where his whataboutisms are on full display as he moves goalposts in his agitprop tour of ChristoFascism Naziesque hatred. Let's let that percolate through 12 jurists brains and hearts to

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Erika Kirk rejects idea of banning cameras in trial of her husband’s alleged assassin: ‘Let everyone see what true evil is’ - NewsBreak

Erika Kirk says the public deserves to see “what true evil is,” rejecting defense efforts to block cameras from the trial of the man accused of killing her

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Christine Amaryllis @camaryllis1.bsky.social · 4h

Dodgers should decline the invite to the White House. After what the f*cker has done to California. Maybe Gavin Newsom should invite them to the governors mansion instead. 😡

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Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 4h

for a 30-day supply of Biktary. I don't see how that is making America great but it is making us all much poorer!

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 4h

The federal government pays over $4,300 for each 30-day supply of my Biktary all told. But it is manufactured by Bristol Meyers Squib BMS in a factory in Germany. Dumbass recently imposed a 100% tariff of medications manufactured overseas meaning that the government will now be paying over $8,600

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 4h

makes me less inclined to pussyfoot around with filtered speech. Which is why I called DJT as a Fascist in June of 2015.

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 4h

cost thanks to a 15 year old Indiana boy named Ryan White - who never got to finish highschool because of stigma. I have AIDS because I have already had a CDC defined opportunistic infection (double PCP Pneumonia). That, and a whole host of complications during my 45-day hospital stay in early 2004

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 4h

That's too bad about Roy Cohn dying of AIDS. I have AIDS too! Far too many people have died from that pandemic that has never ended (started in 1980 and hasn't relented since). I am healthy now because I strictly comply with my medications - as long as they are supplied uninterrupted to me at no

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 4h

He's taking us down the Argentinian path to financial and fiscal ruin.

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 4h

all of his carefully cultivated greed will be for naught.

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 4h

emergency for fuck's sake. He's coined a phrase "Your fired". That's his legacy, his total contribution, to progressing humankind forward. He's doing his own FAFO with our bond market through all of his tariff bullshit. Our dollar will be worthless if no one continues purchasing our debts and then

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 4h

He has Alzheimer's. I have had several family members with it so I know the warning signs and he's got them all. And that's all layered on top of his malevolence, sadism, greed, and stupidity. He doesn't have the foggiest clue how economies or macroeconomics works. Not everything is a national

Ashleigh Parsons @ashleighparsons.bsky.social · 4h

When Israel runs afoul of even ChristoFascists, you know they are the problem! MAGA (Make AIPAC Go Away).