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neuroticboyfriend · 8 months

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IM GOING TO CRY THEY MIGHT INCREASE THE SSI ASSETS LIMIT TO $10,000.

it's a bipartisan bill too! and for anyone unaware, people on SSI (which is different from SSDI), can only have $2,000 in assets (unless they have an ABLE account, which comes with its own rules). this assets limit has been in place for FORTY YEARS and is a giant part of why being on SSI keeps people incredibly impoverished.

i've also heard they might remove the marriage penalty but i don't have the spoons to read or explain it so someone else please add on!

this is huge! please spread the word and do what you can to help ensure this happens!

#softspoonie #disabled #disability #disability rights #disability advocacy #disability activism #disabled rights #disabled community #marriage equality #equality #usa #us politics #us congress #usa politics

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rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world · 1 month

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Attention Christians - THIS is what Jesus would do. Put his body on the line, speak truth to power, and demand justice for the starving and oppressed. 🙌

Thank you, @christiansforafreepalestine, for being an example of true decency and faith in action.

“Our scriptures say ‘woe to you, who eat while others go hungry!” they called out to senate staff.

Saying “Congress won’t eat until Gaza eats,” over 60 Christians from across the U.S. are nonviolently blockading the Senate Cafeteria to pressure the Senate and their staffers to support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, restore aid to UNRWA, and end military funding to Israel. #CFPAction

#palestine #free palestine #gaza #human rights #christianity #christians for palestine #free gaza #israel #unrwa #activism #ceasefire #ceasefire now #Christian #faith #jesus christ #us congress #us complicity #us politics #us government

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intersectionalpraxis · 2 months

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The US government recently tried to pass a bill that would make it illegal to boycott. Consumers saying that we refuse to buy from companies that fund or support genocide DOES have power and impact. The BDS movement also isn't an overnight trend. It can last years or even decades. That's the commitment. So what do you mean we aren't doing much? Many stores have had to be closed, and lots of money has been lost for Starbucks and McDonald's, as just 2 examples.

I also already wrote about the dangerous slippery slope of censorship. It doesn't make a difference if you don't like tiktok (even though, just to clarify -tiktok has a plethora of content, which includes plenty of amazing educational content creators too) -it's also where A LOT of people get accessible, up-to-date information about world events -including what has been happening in Gaza. You know -the genocide the US and many fellow countries are vehemently denying. A genocide that is being funded by US tax dollars.

"Emotional thinking" is also a very interesting concept to me because where do you think this passion comes from Congressional Representatives? Who so desperately want to shut down an app more than they want to end gun violence, to push for rent control, free tuition, universal Healthcare...

This defeatist mentality -this apathetic mentality is killing people. Shame on you.

#feminist #social justice #free palestine #palestine #free gaza #freepalastine🇵🇸#current events #keep boycotting #boycotting #boycott #bds movement #united states #us imperialism #us congress #us politics #gaza strip #gaza genocide #tiktok ban #censorship

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thefirsthogokage · 6 months

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Absolutely. Fucking. Disgusting.

(link to post) (link to Clerk House vote results)

(link to Business Insider's article confirming this)

From that article, Thomas Massive (R-Kentucky)'s comment on his no vote:

"Antisemitism is deplorable, but expanding it to include criticism of Israel is not helpful," Massie wrote on X.

I hope everyone of those islamophobic, arabphobic, Palestinianphobic, antisemitic 412 members of house lose their elections to people who actually give a damn about Palestine.

ALL of them put their seats in jeopardy with this shit.

Anti-zionism isn't antisemitic, Palestinians are native to the region AND EXIST and NONE of them are listening to anyone about that. Fuck all of them.

#us politics #palestine #us congress #house of representatives #fuck the house #fuck congress #fuck zionism

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mysharona1987 · 6 months

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He should of course be in jail, but we can surely lament that America will never have a congressman this hilarious again.

#George santos #news #new york #congress #democrats #republicans #politics #santos #campaign fraud

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reasonsforhope · 8 months

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Holy crap, I didn't think Biden would be able to get the Climate Corps established without Congress. This is SUCH fantastic news.

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"After being thwarted by Congress, President Joe Biden will use his executive authority to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps that will serve as a major green jobs training program.

In an announcement Wednesday, the White House said the program will employ more than 20,000 young adults who will build trails, plant trees, help install solar panels and do other work to boost conservation and help prevent catastrophic wildfires.

The climate corps had been proposed in early versions of the sweeping climate law approved last year but was jettisoned amid strong opposition from Republicans and concerns about cost.

Democrats and environmental advocacy groups never gave up on the plan and pushed Biden in recent weeks to issue an executive order authorizing what the White House now calls the American Climate Corps.

“After years of demonstrating and fighting for a Climate Corps, we turned a generational rallying cry into a real jobs program that will put a new generation to work stopping the climate crisis,” said Varshini Prakash, executive director of the Sunrise Movement, an environmental group that has led the push for a climate corps.

With the new corps “and the historic climate investments won by our broader movement, the path towards a Green New Deal is beginning to become visible,” Prakash said...

...Environmental activists hailed the new jobs program, which is modeled after the Civilian Conservation Corps, created in the 1930s by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, as part of the New Deal...

Lawmakers Weigh In

More than 50 Democratic lawmakers, including Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, had also encouraged Biden to create a climate corps, saying in a letter on Monday that “the climate crisis demands a whole-of-government response at an unprecedented scale.”

The lawmakers cited deadly heat waves in the Southwest and across the nation, as well as dangerous floods in New England and devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui, among recent examples of climate-related disasters.

Democrats called creation of the climate corps “historic” and the first step toward fulfilling the vision of the Green New Deal.

“Today President Biden listened to the (environmental) movement, and he delivered with an American Climate Corps,” a beaming Markey said at a celebratory news conference outside the Capitol.

“We are starting to turn the green dream into a green reality,” added Ocasio-Cortez, who co-sponsored the Green New Deal legislation with Markey four years ago.

“You all are changing the world,” she told young activists.

Program Details and Grant Deadlines

The initiative will provide job training and service opportunities to work on a wide range of projects, including restoring coastal wetlands to protect communities from storm surges and flooding; clean energy projects such as wind and solar power; managing forests to prevent catastrophic wildfires; and energy efficient solutions to cut energy bills for consumers, the White House said.

Creation of the climate corps comes as the Environmental Protection Agency launches a $4.6 billion grant competition for states, municipalities and tribes to cut climate pollution and advance environmental justice. The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants are funded by the 2022 climate law and are intended to drive community-driven solutions to slow climate change.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan said the grants will help “communities so they can chart their own paths toward the clean energy future.”

The deadline for states and municipalities to apply is April 1, with grants expected in late 2024. Tribes and territories must apply by May 1, with grants expected by early 2025."

-via Boston.com, September 21, 2023

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bonesashesglass · 6 months

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They only blocked the bill because the package didn’t include aid to Ukraine, it’s a small step but it’s still a step.

In the meantime, we need to keep sharing, posting, and calling or messaging our reps. Even just talking about it with people goes a long way to spreading the word of what Israel is doing.

Let’s keep it up. We won’t stop until Palestine is free 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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flurriethefox · 3 months

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Hey, so, uh…

KOSA literally violates the First Amendment freedoms. If this is passed, then that means the Constitution and Bill of Rights are basically void, because Congress are ignoring them. THATS A PROBLEM

As a teen myself, it pisses me off. I wish for anarchy, with everything the US government has been doing, from supporting Israhell to this bullshit.

Please, do what you can to prevent this from getting passed. It violates everyone’s rights in the US, and if it gets passed, then we’re back to where we started; a monarchy. Just with far too many people.

#kosa bill #stop kosa #internet censorship #internet freedom #bill of rights #usa #congress #us politics

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iwriteaboutfeminism · 5 months

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"I'm calling to ask the Congressman to vote against House Resolution 894, because of part 4 of the Resolution which equates anti-zionism with anti-semitism. That is absolutely untrue, and not a myth I want my Representative supporting."

Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

(You can read the full text here)

It is clearly important to always stand against anti-semitism, but this resolution "clearly and firmly" equating anti-zionism to anti-semitism is not only ridiculous but actively harmful to Jewish people and their allies.

Many of the protests we are seeing in the US are organized or co-organized by Jewish activists. Their strength, empathy, resilience, and faith have been truly inspiring.

Falling into the trap of Israeli propaganda that to be against settler-colonialism is to be against Jews is absurd.

#hr 894 #congress #us politics #free palestine #ceasefire now #settler colonialism

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meandmybigmouth · 2 months

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Someone's about to get "EPSTEINED"!

#donald trump #republicans #congress #politics #epstein

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thejantalk · 2 years

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क्या Sachin Pilot बनेंगे Rajasthan CM, क्यों मचा है हंगामा ?

Congress पार्टी की अंदरूनी लड़ाई ने किस तरह पंजाब एवं मध्यप्रदेश को कॉंग्रेस से छीन लिया ये हम सबने देखा। राजस्थान भी हाथ से फिसलने से एक बार बाल-बाल बचा है। इसकी वजह से अगर ये आप सोच रहे हैं कि Rajasthan कांग्रेस में सबकुछ ठीक चल रहा है तो ऐसा नहीं है। राजस्थान में मुख्यमंत्री Ashok Gahlot और Sachin Pilot का संघर्ष एक बार फिर तीखे तेवर ले रहा है। ऐसा हम क्यों कह रहे हैं? क्या इस खबर के पीछे का…

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#Ashok Gahlot #politics of congress #rahul gandhi tweets #Sachin Pilot

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to-dance-beneath-the-diamond-sky · 2 months

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URGENT URGENT URGENT!

US Congress will vote tomorrow (3/22/24) on UNRWA funding. Please take 5 minutes to call your representatives today! This action tool is super easy to use and gives you a script & dials your representatives for you. Just press * after each call and you'll be connected to your next rep.

If you have anxiety about speaking to people on the phone, just call after business hours and leave voicemails!

US-folks please take this action & share the link with 3 people you know off of tumblr! USCPRACTION.ORG/SAVEUNRWA

Non-US folks please reblog & share this with anyone you know who lives in the US.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

#free palestine #free gaza #boost #signal boost #palestine #urgent #please reblog #please share #action tool #US politics #congress #us congress #free palestine 🇵🇸#🇵🇸#please boost #important #action

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dontmean2bepoliticalbut · 2 years

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intersectionalpraxis · 5 months

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US Congress is trying to ban boycotting because it is working. This was only posted a few days ago, but the progression of this bill is just despicable. THIS could be legislation -if you haven't already heard of this. The US system is one big imperialistic capitalistic machine, and this is just horrifying.

#feminist #feminism #social justice #freepalastine🇵🇸#palestine #free palestine #free gaza #gaza #settler violence #settler colonialism #us imperialism #american elections #american imperialism #us politics #us congress #current events #boycotting #bds movement #boycott starbucks

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rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world · 14 days

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Repost from @adcnational

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🚨 Urgent Alert: Congress is considering several bills with serious implications. Swipe left for a breakdown of four concerning pieces of legislation we’re tracking closely. These bills demand our attention.

Take action now with two action alerts in the link in ADC bio to fight H.R. 6408 and H.R. 6090.

#urgent #call to action #time sensitive #free palestine #freedom of speech #human rights #palestine #gaza #israel #congress #activism #call your reps #call now #please share #government #politics #stop the genocide #ceasefire now

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mysharona1987 · 2 months

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The House: Trust me, bro. This timing is totally a coincidence.

Also, the real craziness is the IDF have been using TikTok to broadcast their antics (war crimes) to the world.

#free palestine #tiktok #Gaza #democrats #republicans #politics #social media #congress #israel #war crimes #Biden #Muslims #poc #women of color

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