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#ColonCancer ‘survivor’ #MECFS #neurotoxicity #Sjögrens #cognitive impairment #chronicillness #LongCovid + many #Autoimmune #silentillness 💓 my #LGBTQIA+ kids🌈 #believe #Hope #Blue 💙🦄❄️☮️ 💜metal stamping #PWPinspired
"[People] think you’re not trying hard enough. In reality, you’re trying so hard you’re causing yourself harm just to maintain the bare minimum of participation in the world." (Why I Can’t Just Meet U for Dinner): buff.ly/7mmPR6G by @darthfoo.bsky.social #ChronicPain #awareness #pwME #spoonie
Why I Can’t Just Meet You for Dinner
The Reality of Post-Exertional Malaise
buff.ly
Andry Hernandez, a gay makeup artist deported by the U.S. to El Salvador's most notorious prison, arrived home to his family after what he described as "an encounter with torture and death." He said prisoners were beaten, shot with rubber projectiles, held in dark cells, and served rotten food.
Venezuelan makeup artist returns home, describes torture during El Salvador detention
A makeup artist who became the face of more than 250 Venezuelan migrants deported by the U.S. to El Salvador's most notorious prison arrived home to his family on Wednesday after what he described as "an encounter with torture and death."
reuters.com
🔥🔥🔥 WARREN: “Bribery is illegal no matter who is president. It sure looks like Skydance and Paramount paid $36 million to Donald Trump for this merger, and he’s even bragged about this crooked-looking deal... this merger must be investigated for any criminal behavior.
Elizabeth Warren Says Skydance-Paramount Merger Approval “Must Be Investigated For Any Criminal Behavior”
Warren has previously alleged that anti-bribery laws may have been broken.
deadline.com
Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday. This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.
To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil
To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil
Deen, the grief I feel being apart from you is one drop in a sea of sorrow Palestinian families have drowned in for generations
theguardian.com
How do others approved unexpectedly 4 #SSDI #Disability b/f 65yo & retroactively enrolled in #Medicare find medical, RX & #mentalhealthcare they need!? Validating/terrifying all at once. #Chronic #Neuro #MECFS #AutoimmuneDisease #FightCRC #Dysautonomia #CogntiveDisorder ++
MERC has taught 15K+ providers in 89 countries—changing how #MECFS & #LongCOVID are diagnosed and treated. 🌍🩺 🧰 Our new Clinical Care Guide launches May 9! 🔗Learn more: ow.ly/Imt450VwLmL 💙Donate to MERC: ow.ly/3mAE50VwLmM @BatemanHorne #pwME #pwLC
AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person. I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.
Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers. First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts. Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
History warns us: Once the government starts rounding people up, it doesn’t stop... hartmannreport.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to Trump’s America: Where Immigrants Vanish, Courts Are Ignored, and No One Is Safe
History warns us: Once the government starts rounding people up, it doesn’t stop...
hartmannreport.com
Love this! Well, I don’t enjoy the reality of my life with #chronicillness BUT I had to laugh bc it’s so spot on to my daily existence! And bc it reminds me of the saying “laugh or cry”… the moments of laughter matter more than ever ☮️💟
Chronic Illness Humor@chronicillness.bsky.social · 2y ago
Breaking News: A judge ordered the rehiring of thousands of probationary workers across six federal agencies, saying their firings were based on a “sham.” Follow live updates. nyti.ms/422hhPg
An anonymous post on a blog yesterday said this was happening, and now it's confirmed.
David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 2y agoBREAKING: Two sources tell @theprospect.bsky.social that the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration has asked for a plan for cuts to 50% of the workforce, including at the 1,200 field offices that serve millions of beneficiaries. prospect.org/health/socia...
If you’ve watched his first four weeks and think Donald Trump’s not capable of finding a way to stay in office, well, you’re not paying attention.
Trump Wants to Be President for Life—and He’s Already Preparing for It
No, he’s not “joking” when he portrays himself as a king and muses about staying in office past 2028. Just look at everything he’s done this month.
newrepublic.com
