angelaraczynski.bsky.social
@angelaraczynski.bsky.social
Member of Michigan Women for Democracy, Red,Wine,& Blue. Mom, wife, critical care nurse
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Everyone living in the U.S. should read this. It has A LOT of good/important info about the current ICE raids including fact-checking common disinformation, answering FAQs on dealing with ICE agents, and ways to take action to protect our immigrant neighbors.
NYT reporting mass immigrant ICE raids have begun in Chicago.

I'm an immigrant & Chicago based human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, actions to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.

No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...
Trump's Mass Anti-Immigrant Raids to Begin
Here are action items to protect your immigrant neighbors, answers to common FAQs, and insights to debunk anti-immigrant propaganda
www.qasimrashid.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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Love thy neighbor = Christian
Deport thy neighbor = Christian Nationalist

End of TED talk.
November 29, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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November 29, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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The meme I didn't know I needed
November 29, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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A Nixon-era law forbids presidents from blocking spending over policy disagreements. Federal courts have also prevented presidents from refusing to spend money unless Congress grants them the flexibility.

Trump seeks to upend it all.

A quick 1-min explainer by @josesepulveda.bsky.social ⤵️
How Donald Trump Plans to Take Spending Control From Congress
Donald Trump is entering his second term with vows to cut a vast array of government services and a radical plan to do so. Rather than relying on his party’s...
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November 29, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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In today's episode of "Your Victorian Pharmacist is Trying to Kill You"👇

Heroin was first synthesized in 1874. Bayer commercialized the drug & began mass producing it in 1898. The drug was promoted as a cough suppressant as well as a better and safer substitute for morphine and codeine.
November 21, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.

Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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Well, this gets it exactly right, doesn’t it?
November 16, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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In case you missed the Tyson/Paul fight - here's your instant replay.
a cat with a blue tag on its collar stands on its hind legs
ALT: a cat with a blue tag on its collar stands on its hind legs
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November 16, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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I really needed to hear this today…
November 16, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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I hope America doesn’t end up like Twitter.
November 16, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.

I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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“I do agree. He will probably have to pull out. Sorry, that’s a bad choice of words for Matt Gaetz”
November 16, 2024 at 4:31 AM
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What half of this country has been thinking since November 5th...
November 15, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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November 15, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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A reminder from the past to ensure history doesn’t repeat itself: the Cuyahoga River caught fire over a dozen times, leading to change in 1969.

Here is an overview of Trump’s reduction in clean water protections during his last term: (1/2)
November 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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November 15, 2024 at 3:40 AM