I was notified via text late yesterday morning that today’s oncology appointment had been moved to tomorrow. I double-checked with my inside person at the cancer center, and she confirmed the change but said no reason was listed, which is unusual. I’m concerned. This should be the visit that tells me I can stop taking chemo pills. My oncologist is Indian. His nurse practitioner is female. The hematology staff is all female and primarily Black. Community Health Network, of which the cancer center is a part, has long had a progressive DEI stance. However, in the past two weeks, we’ve seen multiple federal agencies, including the CDC, drop and eliminate DEI initiatives. Companies that refuse to drop DEI programs have come under fire from Republicans.
I’m concerned.
Meanwhile, Kat has been working to help address the winter needs of homeless people living near the salon. She passes three homeless encampments on her way into town. She’s been working diligently with others to provide hats, scarves, gloves, and blankets. As aid for displaced people has become increasingly nonexistent, she knows that many of these people would not survive without a little bit of help.
The America in which we’re living right now is insane. I think the most disturbing headline I’ve seen this morning is Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept deportees from the US of any nationality, including Americans. President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador confirmed the unusual and possibly illegal arrangement, saying El Salvador has “offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system.” He said his country would accept only “convicted criminals” and would charge a fee that “would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable.”
Yeah, you read that correctly. The Secretary of State has entered the US into an agreement for deporting American citizens to Salvadoran prisons in a country where civil rights are routinely ignored. If you thought this was just about immigration, you were wrong.
I’ve said this before; I’ll say it again: Elon Musk is an Apartheid-loving traitor who came to the US illegally because the South African government wouldn’t let his white ass get away with the crimes he’s committing here. The Felonious Punk attack on South Africa exposes divisions over race and land and is fueled wholly by Musk’s hatred for his home country, the people who were holding him accountable for his racist actions.
I don’t have the emotional bandwidth to type a lot this morning. I’ve been trying to pull a video clip from Sen. Schumer’s remarks yesterday, but it’s taking too damn long. I’m pretty sure they’re posted all over social media anyway.
If you can’t see where all this is headed, you’ll likely become one of its first victims. There are protests schedule in all 50 state capitals for noon tomorrow. I’ll be at the cancer center at that time, but if you can, please go.
Brace For Impact
I was notified via text late yesterday morning that today’s oncology appointment had been moved to tomorrow. I double-checked with my inside person at the cancer center, and she confirmed the change but said no reason was listed, which is unusual. I’m concerned. This should be the visit that tells me I can stop taking chemo pills. My oncologist is Indian. His nurse practitioner is female. The hematology staff is all female and primarily Black. Community Health Network, of which the cancer center is a part, has long had a progressive DEI stance. However, in the past two weeks, we’ve seen multiple federal agencies, including the CDC, drop and eliminate DEI initiatives. Companies that refuse to drop DEI programs have come under fire from Republicans.
I’m concerned.
Meanwhile, Kat has been working to help address the winter needs of homeless people living near the salon. She passes three homeless encampments on her way into town. She’s been working diligently with others to provide hats, scarves, gloves, and blankets. As aid for displaced people has become increasingly nonexistent, she knows that many of these people would not survive without a little bit of help.
The America in which we’re living right now is insane. I think the most disturbing headline I’ve seen this morning is Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept deportees from the US of any nationality, including Americans. President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador confirmed the unusual and possibly illegal arrangement, saying El Salvador has “offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system.” He said his country would accept only “convicted criminals” and would charge a fee that “would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable.”
Yeah, you read that correctly. The Secretary of State has entered the US into an agreement for deporting American citizens to Salvadoran prisons in a country where civil rights are routinely ignored. If you thought this was just about immigration, you were wrong.
There is some pushback. The AFL-CIO and other pro-labor organizations have filed suit against the Treasury Department for allowing Musk’s stooges to have access to sensitive personal information. That lawsuit, like anything going through the court system, is going to take time, though. In the interim, these are the nutjobs that have access to your information:
I’ve said this before; I’ll say it again: Elon Musk is an Apartheid-loving traitor who came to the US illegally because the South African government wouldn’t let his white ass get away with the crimes he’s committing here. The Felonious Punk attack on South Africa exposes divisions over race and land and is fueled wholly by Musk’s hatred for his home country, the people who were holding him accountable for his racist actions.
I don’t have the emotional bandwidth to type a lot this morning. I’ve been trying to pull a video clip from Sen. Schumer’s remarks yesterday, but it’s taking too damn long. I’m pretty sure they’re posted all over social media anyway.
If you can’t see where all this is headed, you’ll likely become one of its first victims. There are protests schedule in all 50 state capitals for noon tomorrow. I’ll be at the cancer center at that time, but if you can, please go.
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