I don’t talk about this much because more than 10 years after her death it makes me incandescent with rage. People act like disability benefits are handed out like candy but there are so many dumb as fuck obstacles erected thanks to right wing disinformation.

Oof, plus the more progressive, the Solomon-aligned slate is really dominating city council elections.

“Affirmative” asylum applications are filed with USCIS by people not facing removal. These applications are heard by asylum officers and done in a non-adversarial interview process.

By contrast, asylum applications adjudicated in immigration court in front of immigration judges are “defensive.”

In addition, 500,000 people from those 19 countries who got green cards during the Biden admin, plus tens of thousands who got asylum/refugee status, as well as many others who received other benefits, now have to worry about potentially being called back in for a “re-review” (whatever that means).

Wondering what color is the sky on the fantasy planet where Candice Owens lives...

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What this means in practice is that Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians, and nationals of 16 other countries now will be unable to acquire ANY immigration benefit during until the USCIS Director lifts this hold — including people who were days away from become U.S. citizens.

To those waiting for updates: We haven't gotten anything from Election Day yet — so nothing new.

The states argue that the budget law harms them by forcing them to choose either to kick abortion providers out of Medicaid—harming their health care ecosystems in the process—or using state money to keep Planned Parenthood affiliates afloat.

But at least for now, the provision is still in effect

“Her order lifting the Planned Parenthood funding ban applies only to the plaintiffs in the lawsuit: the Medicaid programs run by 22 states and the District of Columbia.”

In trying to limit nationwide injunctions, the Supreme Court has done its own work to split the country in two