@Barbaraoftruth@GBC_Press One day you will reread this and question how you could have been so misled. I hope you are able to seek help to recover from this poor mental state you’re suffering from.
@BetterCallMedhi@DanielleFong But remember, we’re led by a “Stable Genius”! Who backed out of the Iranian nuclear deal (including inspections of ALL nuclear facilities), and abandoned the Trans Pacific Partnership. Don’t worry everything is fine…
BREAKING: Trump administration strips Social Security benefits from a Black American cancer patient by claiming that she is “not lawfully present in the U.S.”
This is what Trump’s intentional cruelty looks like in 2026.
Ramona Rakestraw, 59, was born at Parkland Hospital in Dallas in 1966. She has never left Dallas County — not for vacation, not for work, not for anything. And yet somehow, the federal government has decided she is “not lawfully present in the U.S.”
Her crime? Existing while sick.
Rakestraw has battled kidney disease for decades. She endured a transplant. She returned to dialysis. In 2024, she was diagnosed with cancer. Through it all, she survived on Supplemental Security Income — her only source of income — and Medicare Part B.
Then in October, the payments stopped. Why? Because her “immigration status” was suddenly under review.
“I’m not an immigrant,” she said. “I’ve never even left Dallas County — let alone the country.”
Let that sink in. A lifelong Texan. Born in an American hospital. Fighting cancer. Forced to march down to a Social Security office with her birth certificate in hand to prove she belongs in the country where she was born.
And still, she received a letter stating: “We cannot pay you benefits because you are not lawfully present in the U.S.”
This is the human cost of a system so obsessed with rooting out “illegals” that it can’t tell the difference between a Dallas native and a border crossing.
Her Medicare was eventually restored. Her SSI — her only income — was not.
Now she’s appealing, drowning in paperwork while undergoing dialysis and cancer treatment. Sixty days to fight a bureaucratic accusation that should never have happened.
This isn’t about paperwork errors. It’s about a government climate that treats citizenship as suspect and vulnerable Americans as disposable.
Ramona Rakestraw isn’t asking for special treatment. She’s asking for the benefits she’s legally entitled to — the benefits she paid into with a lifetime of perfectly legal existence in this country.
Born in Dallas. Fighting for her life. And now forced to fight her own government just to survive. That’s not just incompetence. That’s a system that’s lost its humanity.
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@OPTester_Chris Burgum is full of Shit. Anyone who’s ever operated a Radar console or had anything at all to do with Radar will testify that he’s wrong. Also windmills don’t make humming sounds. This entire administration is a Grift and waste of time, money and opportunities.
@StarWarsDaily_ Honestly it’s a 4 out of 10 if I grade on the curve of getting to see Ewen McGregor. It’s about as intense as I remember watching Lassie. Study Andor and make every SW spin off at least that good, or don’t bother at all.
@KeighranTom@davidfrum Either way this will weaken Western alliances and the markets US weapons manufacturers would have sold into. The weakening of that sector will further weaken US economy. Its a win win for those not in the West.