Kathy Cooper Corley
@kccorley.bsky.social
Mother, caregiver, disability advocate, Appalachian wanderer, stargazer, bookworm, wildflower propagator, and loyal friend. Fan of quiet forests, mossy trails, dark skies. Truth, Democracy, Equality, and Justice.
Sickening. A welfare program for those who don’t need it. At the expense of our public schools. Half of the vouchers are reserved for families with incomes below $170,000 for a family of four—Tennessee’s median household income was $85,900 in 2024.
Tennessee lawmakers just passed a $447M school choice bill. Here's what it does
The Tennessee legislature approved Gov. Bill Lee's signature education initiative during a special legislative session.
www.tennessean.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sickening. A welfare program for those who don’t need it. At the expense of our public schools. Half of the vouchers are reserved for families with incomes below $170,000 for a family of four—Tennessee’s median household income was $85,900 in 2024.
How to Drink from a Firehose
How to Drink from a Firehose
A former Obama speechwriter on Trump’s week-one rhetorical strategy—and how you can help beat it
open.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
How to Drink from a Firehose
This is completely unacceptable!
Tennessee Republican women’s group cites Hitler in promoting its reading list | Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Tennessee Federation of Republican Women is coming under fire for providing parents a reading list for children that cites Adolf Hitler as an example of leadership.
www.timesfreepress.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is completely unacceptable!
Engineering hope!
Scientists Just Created a "Cure" For Diabetes - Breakthrough Explained
YouTube video by Dr Ben Miles
youtu.be
December 17, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Engineering hope!
If you think that only single payer systems have rationing and long waits . . .
UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2024 at 7:32 PM
If you think that only single payer systems have rationing and long waits . . .
Here to help, 24/7, but it will be two business days before we respond?
December 16, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Here to help, 24/7, but it will be two business days before we respond?
Reposted by Kathy Cooper Corley
There’s hardly humans in humanity . . .
United Health
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
youtu.be
December 16, 2024 at 1:48 PM
There’s hardly humans in humanity . . .
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People not elected to government should not have the power to reshape the government, especially people whose obscene wealth depends on the government functioning a certain way.
This is not a hot take.
It's just plain common sense.
This is not a hot take.
It's just plain common sense.
December 7, 2024 at 8:04 PM
People not elected to government should not have the power to reshape the government, especially people whose obscene wealth depends on the government functioning a certain way.
This is not a hot take.
It's just plain common sense.
This is not a hot take.
It's just plain common sense.
Reposted by Kathy Cooper Corley
If you're more upset with Biden being forced to consider the extraordinary step of peremptorily pardoning his own officials then you are about Trump appointing someone who’s promised to use the federal govt to exact personal retribution for Trump, then you need to think a little more critically.
December 6, 2024 at 4:17 PM
If you're more upset with Biden being forced to consider the extraordinary step of peremptorily pardoning his own officials then you are about Trump appointing someone who’s promised to use the federal govt to exact personal retribution for Trump, then you need to think a little more critically.
Reposted by Kathy Cooper Corley
United healthcare initially denied coverage for my daughter’s birth because she wasn’t named on the policy at the time of services. This is not a joke, this really happened.
December 5, 2024 at 1:03 AM
United healthcare initially denied coverage for my daughter’s birth because she wasn’t named on the policy at the time of services. This is not a joke, this really happened.
Reposted by Kathy Cooper Corley
We need your help to push TCIEA, a bill that would end subminimum wage for disabled workers, over the finish line. Please read and share this action alert, and call/email key elected officials:
ACT NOW to support fair pay and integrated employment for disabled people! - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
This year, we’ve worked together to push for the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) to pass. TCIEA (bill number H.R.1263) gives states and employers help to move disabled…
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 8:00 PM
We need your help to push TCIEA, a bill that would end subminimum wage for disabled workers, over the finish line. Please read and share this action alert, and call/email key elected officials:
Meredith McCarroll's essay on floods, climate, and our interconnectedness. Worth a read.
Floods Don't Follow Me — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
bittersoutherner.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Meredith McCarroll's essay on floods, climate, and our interconnectedness. Worth a read.
Reposted by Kathy Cooper Corley
Today @GovBillLee Jack Johnson, Lamberth, @AGTennessee Skrmetti all insisted the trans youth health care ban was about protecting kids (from their own parents?)
Yet these same people blocked every gun safety law, with students begging for their lives in the rotunda.
Yet these same people blocked every gun safety law, with students begging for their lives in the rotunda.
December 5, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Today @GovBillLee Jack Johnson, Lamberth, @AGTennessee Skrmetti all insisted the trans youth health care ban was about protecting kids (from their own parents?)
Yet these same people blocked every gun safety law, with students begging for their lives in the rotunda.
Yet these same people blocked every gun safety law, with students begging for their lives in the rotunda.
Kingsolver. A much better hillbilly spokesperson.
National Book Foundation Presents 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Barbara Kingsolver.
YouTube video by National Book Foundation
youtu.be
December 5, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Kingsolver. A much better hillbilly spokesperson.
Thank you for your service?
A push to cut veterans disability benefits is gaining traction, experts warn
Many Americans don’t understand how difficult it is for veterans to prove that their health conditions stem from their military service.
taskandpurpose.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Thank you for your service?
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I personally don’t celebrate gun wielding assassins in broad daylight under any circumstances.
That being said: United HealthCare absolutely did try to kill me by trying to cut my chemotherapy dosage and I had to get my senator to intervene and it was one of the most traumatic weeks of my life.
That being said: United HealthCare absolutely did try to kill me by trying to cut my chemotherapy dosage and I had to get my senator to intervene and it was one of the most traumatic weeks of my life.
December 4, 2024 at 7:19 PM
I personally don’t celebrate gun wielding assassins in broad daylight under any circumstances.
That being said: United HealthCare absolutely did try to kill me by trying to cut my chemotherapy dosage and I had to get my senator to intervene and it was one of the most traumatic weeks of my life.
That being said: United HealthCare absolutely did try to kill me by trying to cut my chemotherapy dosage and I had to get my senator to intervene and it was one of the most traumatic weeks of my life.
Reposted by Kathy Cooper Corley
Here @washingtonpost.com we fixed your headline
“Trump’s advisers & congressional Republicans discussing significant changes (cuts) to Medicaid, food stamps & safety net programs to offset enormous cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts (for the rich)…” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“Trump’s advisers & congressional Republicans discussing significant changes (cuts) to Medicaid, food stamps & safety net programs to offset enormous cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts (for the rich)…” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Here @washingtonpost.com we fixed your headline
“Trump’s advisers & congressional Republicans discussing significant changes (cuts) to Medicaid, food stamps & safety net programs to offset enormous cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts (for the rich)…” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“Trump’s advisers & congressional Republicans discussing significant changes (cuts) to Medicaid, food stamps & safety net programs to offset enormous cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts (for the rich)…” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...