Alycia, MPH

Epidemiology PhD candidate at Walden University. Researcher. Science geek. She/her. Thoughts are mine.

[Alycia, MPH @alycialape]

How does it feel to have sold out the entire country to “benefit Alaskans,” only for the to strip benefits for Alaskans anyways?

You were played.

[Sen. Lisa Murkowski @lisamurkowski]

This was one of the hardest votes I have taken during my time in the Senate.

My goal throughout the reconciliation process has been to make a bad bill better for Alaska, and in many ways, we have done that. In addition to extending pro-growth tax cuts, a larger child tax credit, and no tax on tips or overtime, we made a historic investment and modernization of the Coast Guard; enhanced our border security and national defense; funded aviation safety, including AWOS/VWOS systems that will save lives; and provided tax-exempt status for the Community Development Quota Program to help western Alaska communities establish a sustainable economy, among other provisions.

We have advanced new opportunities for resource development in the NPR-A, the Coastal Plain, and Cook Inlet that will help us create jobs and increase the share of revenues our state receives. I also co-led the Senate effort to restore a slightly longer phase-out for wind and solar tax credits while deleting a punitive excise tax targeting them.

Those provisions will benefit our economy, but it is the people of Alaska that I worry about the most, especially when it comes to the potential loss of social safety net programs—Medicaid coverage and SNAP benefits—that our most vulnerable populations rely on.

To address the bill’s shortcomings, we have helped our communities through a $50 billion rural health fund. This will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for Alaska hospitals, community health centers, and other providers. We secured commitments from the CMS Administrator to continue to address longstanding priorities which will directly help Bartlett, Fairbanks Memorial, Central Peninsula, and other hospitals in Alaska.

In the SNAP program, we have added tribal exemptions for work requirements, delayed cost-share penalties to help Alaska get benefits to the people who need them, and included work requirement waivers that align with our Medicaid policies. We also secured commitments from the Secretary of Agriculture to provide additional flexibilities to Alaska for SNAP.

But, let’s not kid ourselves. This has been an awful process—a frantic rush to meet an artificial deadline that has tested every limit of this institution. While we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good enough for the rest of our nation—and we all know it.

My sincere hope is that this is not the final product. This bill needs more work across chambers and is not ready for the President’s desk. We need to work together to get this right.

[CNN @CNN]

President Trump announces air strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran https://t.co/HtFXsdeMgN

[Annie Wu (all socials: @annie_wu_22) @Annie_Wu_22]

this tweet is my roman empire

[Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene @ryankatzrosene]

"Siri, what 15 second video clip serves as a metaphor for the culmination of the last half-Century of American-led, fossil fuel driven, neoliberal capitalism?"

[Video by @stuartpalley]

[Walter Deleon @WalterDeleonDC]

The people yearn for Governor Gavin Newsom

[Tom Santos @tommysantos14]

So when Trump fires all non-partisan career professionals in government, replaces them with radical loyalists within every nook and cranny of the US government, and adds radical judges everywhere.

And every one of you that voted for him finally wake up from your fucked up fantasy just like the folks that woke up after 4 years of the last shit show, only to realize it’s much much worse, and much more permanent, this time.

When the cancer you caused has infected every bit of the American system and it can’t be unwound for a lifetime.

What then?

Do you beg this country for forgiveness for choosing fascism because you were conned into believing your eggs are too expensive because of Joe Biden?

You just put Steve Bannon in charge of American policy.

You just put Michael Flynn in charge of our military.

You just put Alex Jones in charge of media and propaganda.

You just put Stephen Miller in charge of immigration policy.

You just put batshit crazy RFK Jr. in charge of health policy.

You just killed free public education and privatized schools, which you will have to pay for.

You just sealed the deal on a national abortion ban, because you’re demented if you think it’s not coming.

You just radicalized the Supreme Court for a generation.

You just made women less safe and less free.

You just made this country an oligarchy with the billionaires quite literally in charge now.

You just put in office the one person that believes a president is a king, with the fucking Supreme Court ruling to prove it in his back pocket!

You just ushered in Fascism.

Because your cereal costs more.

Congratulations.

[Alycia, MPH @alycialape]

ABC News: “We’ve called _________ for Trump”

Me:

[lauren @winonaddict]

election day mood.

[lucy ford 🍊 @lucyj_ford]

there are celeb crushes and then there’s whatever the hell i feel about adam brody

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

One thing I like about Kamala Harris is how she's very visibly alive

[“kimari”🦋 @onthattightrope]

imagine explaining this to abraham lincoln

[Meech @MediumSizeMeech]

Tim Walz is not brat.

He’s from Minnesota. He is brat. Like the sausage

[Jade Gray @jadeegray1]

Kamala: announces Walz as VP

The internet:

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

president trump has lost the country’s focus since kamala harris entered the race. he needs to do something big to get it back. he needs to do something bold. he needs to do something exciting. he needs to build his own personal submarine and use it to visit the titanic.

[Alycia, MPH @alycialape]

But that life was too short, breaking down I hit the floor, all the pieces of me shattered as the crowd was chanting “MORE”

[Alycia, MPH @alycialape]

I don’t think anything prepares you for the loss of your soul sister, your confidant, your other half, your person.

[John Michael 🔮 @_crystalvision]

You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

[Alycia, MPH @alycialape]

It’s probably a good thing Taylor Swift didn’t release But Daddy I Love Him when I was 18 because the trajectory of my life would have been a lot different.