CañadaCrescentaDemocraticClub

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[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Mike Johnson would hate for you to know that nearly 40% of his district is on Medicaid.

Or that 1.6 million Louisianans — about 35% of the state — rely on it.

It would be terrible if this information went viral.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Here are 10 ways that Trump’s Big Ugly Bill will make your life more expensive:

1. Your utility bills go up as we lose clean energy investments and electricity costs more;

2. Your rent goes up as predatory housing companies artificially jack up prices;

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

I’m proud of how I grew up and talk about it all the time!

My mom cleaned houses and I helped. We cleaned tutors’ homes in exchange for SAT prep.

Growing up between the Bronx and Yorktown deeply shaped my views of inequality & it’s a big reason I believe the things I do today!

[CañadaCrescentaDemocraticClub @CrescentaClub]

Frank Wilhoit: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The Republican budget is apparently going to have a slush fund to bail out red state hospitals while allowing blue state hospitals to close because of the devastating Medicaid cuts.

Let's call this what it is - a fundamental corruption. A blow to the heart of our 50 state union.

[Steve Keeley @KeeleyFox29]

Kevin Krebs,31,of Malvern, arrested at No Kings rally in West Chester, “was in possession of fully loaded Sig Sauer P329 handgun,three loaded Sig Sauer handgun magazines, six loaded Assault Rifle magazines, an M9 bayonet knife, a pocket knife, pepper spray, ski mask & gloves.”1/

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

There are several sources/indications that the United States may have begun bombing Iran.

This is not confirmed yet.

I am waiting for confirmation.

It's possible they may be waiting until Trump is safely in the air after leaving the G-7 to formally announce.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

American surgeon exposing a new scam US Health Insurance companies are doing

- This surgeon submits her bill to insurance for the patients surgery
- They say no, and only pay 1/3 of the bill
- Months later they decide they shouldn’t have even paid that much and submit what’s called a “clawback.”
- The health insurance company says they overpaid and force the doctor to write them a check
- The doctor has to write them a check to reimburse the health insurance company for a surgery they only paid 1/3 of to begin with
- If they don’t send the check, the health insurance company just withholds future payments

She provides the recipes and notices from the insurance company in this video

How much worse can things possibly get before someone in power finally stops the healthcare industry

[Janessa Goldbeck @jgoldbeck]

🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.

Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

Veteran photographer Michael Nigro was shot in the head with a non-lethal bullet while covering anti-ICE protests in LA. "It felt very very intentional," Nigro tells NPR, "a chilling effect to convince us to go away."

Other reporters say they have been targeted too. 1/2

[Miami Against Fascism 🌴☕️ @MIAagainstFash]

Yesterday at the Miami “No Kings” rally this pair arrived dressed in tactical gear to intimidate attendees & illegally impersonate ICE agents.

Let’s meet father & son team 55 yr old Rolando “Roly” Levielle & his 23 yr old son Anthony Levielle of Cutler Bay, FL. 🧵1/

[CañadaCrescentaDemocraticClub @CrescentaClub]

Portland is gonna explode before LA. ⬇️

[ComradeCamera @comradecamera]

I'm at ICE in Portland. I just watched DHS shoot someone eye out. Holy shit.

[CañadaCrescentaDemocraticClub @CrescentaClub]

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poor parade planning & execution
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[CañadaCrescentaDemocraticClub @CrescentaClub]

Twin daughters of Pasadena City Councilmember Rick Cole were arrested Sunday evening in downtown Los Angeles during protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, authorities confirmed.
https://t.co/JeZShjDbH8

[Cyrus Janssen @thecyrusjanssen]

@RetroAgent12 MAGA Loyalists

[Walter Ego @ItsWalterEgo]

2. He said God isn’t a magician.

“We risk imagining God as a magician with a magic wand... But it is not so.”

He dismantled literalism—
from inside the Vatican.

Not progressive.
Theological jiu-jitsu.

(And it wasn’t the only doctrine he flipped…)

[Walter Ego @ItsWalterEgo]

I’m not a Christian.

But I believe Pope Francis was the most badass Pope in history.

He refused to reduce God to a magician. Fought climate collapse. And preached like he time-traveled from 2140.

Here are 9 reasons why he was lightyears ahead of his time: 🧵

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: A U.S. citizen was detained by immigration officials in Arizona for 10 days, according to AZPM.

Born here. Legal. Still detained.

This isn’t border security. It’s the erosion of civil rights under the banner of nationalism. When even citizens aren’t safe from ICE, the Constitution becomes a suggestion, not a safeguard.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Pope Francis was the rare leader who made us want to be better people. In his humility and his gestures at once simple and profound – embracing the sick, ministering to the homeless, washing the feet of young prisoners – he shook us out of our complacency and reminded us that we are all bound by moral obligations to God and one another.

Today, Michelle and I mourn with everyone around the world – Catholic and non-Catholic alike – who drew strength and inspiration from the Pope’s example. May we continue to heed his call to “never remain on the sidelines of this march of living hope.”

[Whiny @whinyunderscore]

@SanderRegter turns out, countries that have stood by our side for decades don't enjoy being treated like shit