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“#DEI #housing “ would result in $15B in revenue and 33,000 new homeowners in #CT’s #FairfieldCounty. Sign HB 5002 for starters

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DEI is not just a slogan, it’s a way to make the world bigger. >25% of adults in the US have disability & people with disabilities are underrepresented in medicine. The Assoc of American Medical Colleges says that only about 3% of US doctors have a disability

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Evidence-based community health worker programs improve patient health outcomes and quality of care and reduce health care costs.. Could they also be a resource to expand team-based care for commercially insured patients? buff.ly/Lwr63Rf

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🫤😬 Whoopsy A few of them spill the beans like this every time, like clockwork

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Ann Massey: Without these Medicaid funded programs and services, I would not have been able to keep my children from committing suicide at their father's home, and I would be more financially dependent on their father, who was already denying court-ordered support.

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www.thedailybeast.com/kid-rocks-re...

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This is a HUGE scandal. Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud. Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%. Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.

submitted 28 days ago • 197 comments

That’s BILLIONS. Glad to see Americans united against these disastrous proposed cuts by the Republicans !

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In America's healthcare system, 77.6% percent of physicians are employed by hospitals or corporate entities, and recent growth in physician employment was attributable to hospitals over corporate entities. buff.ly/p1p2lPK

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Storm clouds for the US economy and our R&D: The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers and Scientists Shunned by the Trump Administration buff.ly/34HxILT

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Call Lamont & ask him to stand up for immigrants, support the TRUST Act thru May 14. Call: 202-640-5612 “Hi I'm calling in support of Strengthened TRUST Act (HB 7212) . Please protect immigrant communities, safeguard privacy & ensure CT resources are used for CT priorities, not federal enforcement”

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RI’s Affordability Standards Led To #Hospital Price Reductions And Lower #InsurancePremiums. Various studies found that high hospital prices also decrease benefit generosity and wage growth. #RI's standards were associated w/ a 9.1% reduction in hospital prices between 2012 and 2022.

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Let’s be as ignorant as we can …

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The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.

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What I Learned in #China: Obedience Gets You Nowhere. “Once you demonstrate that you are not easily cowed, and will be a persistent headache, the #bully may simply drop you as a target.” A blessing for #dissent buff.ly/j2XDU7c

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New Part Black #Pope Has #Creole Roots in New Orleans www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

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We dont need tariffs on our own #PuertoRico! Reformm the #JonesAct 🇵🇷 ctmirror.org/2025/05/09/a...

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Pope Leo XIV's family is from New Orleans. See Haitian and #NOLA lineage, Multiracial roots | nola.com buff.ly/e3SACRr

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Can President Trump Turn Back the Economic Clock? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/m...

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CT joined 5 state APCDs to create a behavioral health dashboard, using collective data to explore relationships between BH, other medical conditions & SDOH across geographies. Among CT's commercially insured patients, 14% had a BH diagnosis, the most prevalent of which was anxiety

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More than 3 in 5 voters say #drug & insurance companies are most responsible for high #health #prices. More than 3 in 4 voters & 70% of Trump voters say Congress should act to reduce drug prices; 57% of voters report having had difficulty affording drugs in the past 12 mos. buff.ly/i59PHRT

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Mohsen Mahdawi, Columbia Student Detained by Trump Administration, is Freed www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...

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The US government is #deporting (2 year olds) and harassing US #citizens without due process

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If nothing is true, anything can be true … #America is purging its #scientific community and with it, our economic vitality.

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@revdrbarber on the passing of #Pope Francis #MoralMondays #Solidarity with #immigrants #refugees and the #poor. A clarion call for our time

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Federal funding cuts hit #CT #libraries, museum incl Braille services and the #MarkTwain House ctmirror.org/2025/04/24/c...

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The government’s “political interference” and “overreach” is “now endangering #highereducation in America” - from A Call for Constructive Engagement | signed by 224 public private and faith-based universities. AAC&U www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

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Implications for almost every health and social program in the US. buff.ly/wyaKdXk

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Keep up the pressure on #Avelo for deportations without due process! 👊👊👊Tweed Protests Continue, Expand buff.ly/he94gFn

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#CT voters: tell your state senator and reps to support progressive #tax on the rich to mitigate the tRump tax cuts ctmirror.org/2025/04/17/c...

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More than 40K #CT #PlannedParenthood patients rely on federal #familyplanning programs to access health care. Federal Title X cuts could lead to increased rates of #sexuallytransmittedinfections and unintended #pregnancies. The largest impact will be in primary care shortage areas.

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Please repeat over and over: “Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.” —Gov. JB Pritzker

submitted 57 days ago • 609 comments

The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump admin must facilitate the return of SMART Union Local 100 apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia. They need to quit wasting time and bring our union brother home NOW!

submitted 57 days ago • 98 comments

Attention: Musk’s staffers are now seeking access to a sensitive Medicare database as part of their crackdown on undocumented immigrants. DOGE was never about saving the U.S. money—it’s about building a government-run machine to weaponize personal data.

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A customer sent me a picture of their Support Federal Workers, and I felt it went quite well with the neighboring sign: “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” Hold the line, don’t resign. fedupstudio.etsy.com

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The dangers of #books, information, free expression and #libraries…still can’t erase us.

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#BringAbregoGarciaHome

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BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year. Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

submitted 61 days ago • 1384 comments

“#DEI #housing “ would result in $15B in revenue and 33,000 new homeowners in #CT’s #FairfieldCounty. Sign HB 5002 for starters

DEI is not just a slogan, it’s a way to make the world bigger. >25% of adults in the US have disability & people with disabilities are underrepresented in medicine. The Assoc of American Medical Colleges says that only about 3% of US doctors have a disability

Evidence-based community health worker programs improve patient health outcomes and quality of care and reduce health care costs.. Could they also be a resource to expand team-based care for commercially insured patients? buff.ly/Lwr63Rf

🫤😬 Whoopsy A few of them spill the beans like this every time, like clockwork

Ann Massey: Without these Medicaid funded programs and services, I would not have been able to keep my children from committing suicide at their father's home, and I would be more financially dependent on their father, who was already denying court-ordered support.

www.thedailybeast.com/kid-rocks-re...

This is a HUGE scandal. Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud. Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%. Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.

That’s BILLIONS. Glad to see Americans united against these disastrous proposed cuts by the Republicans !

In America's healthcare system, 77.6% percent of physicians are employed by hospitals or corporate entities, and recent growth in physician employment was attributable to hospitals over corporate entities. buff.ly/p1p2lPK

Storm clouds for the US economy and our R&D: The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers and Scientists Shunned by the Trump Administration buff.ly/34HxILT

RI’s Affordability Standards Led To #Hospital Price Reductions And Lower #InsurancePremiums. Various studies found that high hospital prices also decrease benefit generosity and wage growth. #RI's standards were associated w/ a 9.1% reduction in hospital prices between 2012 and 2022.

Let’s be as ignorant as we can …

The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.

What I Learned in #China: Obedience Gets You Nowhere. “Once you demonstrate that you are not easily cowed, and will be a persistent headache, the #bully may simply drop you as a target.” A blessing for #dissent buff.ly/j2XDU7c

New Part Black #Pope Has #Creole Roots in New Orleans www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

We dont need tariffs on our own #PuertoRico! Reformm the #JonesAct 🇵🇷 ctmirror.org/2025/05/09/a...

Pope Leo XIV's family is from New Orleans. See Haitian and #NOLA lineage, Multiracial roots | nola.com buff.ly/e3SACRr

Can President Trump Turn Back the Economic Clock? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/m...

CT joined 5 state APCDs to create a behavioral health dashboard, using collective data to explore relationships between BH, other medical conditions & SDOH across geographies. Among CT's commercially insured patients, 14% had a BH diagnosis, the most prevalent of which was anxiety

More than 3 in 5 voters say #drug & insurance companies are most responsible for high #health #prices. More than 3 in 4 voters & 70% of Trump voters say Congress should act to reduce drug prices; 57% of voters report having had difficulty affording drugs in the past 12 mos. buff.ly/i59PHRT

Mohsen Mahdawi, Columbia Student Detained by Trump Administration, is Freed www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...

The US government is #deporting (2 year olds) and harassing US #citizens without due process

If nothing is true, anything can be true … #America is purging its #scientific community and with it, our economic vitality.

@revdrbarber on the passing of #Pope Francis #MoralMondays #Solidarity with #immigrants #refugees and the #poor. A clarion call for our time

Federal funding cuts hit #CT #libraries, museum incl Braille services and the #MarkTwain House ctmirror.org/2025/04/24/c...

The government’s “political interference” and “overreach” is “now endangering #highereducation in America” - from A Call for Constructive Engagement | signed by 224 public private and faith-based universities. AAC&U www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Implications for almost every health and social program in the US. buff.ly/wyaKdXk

Keep up the pressure on #Avelo for deportations without due process! 👊👊👊Tweed Protests Continue, Expand buff.ly/he94gFn

#CT voters: tell your state senator and reps to support progressive #tax on the rich to mitigate the tRump tax cuts ctmirror.org/2025/04/17/c...

More than 40K #CT #PlannedParenthood patients rely on federal #familyplanning programs to access health care. Federal Title X cuts could lead to increased rates of #sexuallytransmittedinfections and unintended #pregnancies. The largest impact will be in primary care shortage areas.

Please repeat over and over: “Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.” —Gov. JB Pritzker

The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump admin must facilitate the return of SMART Union Local 100 apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia. They need to quit wasting time and bring our union brother home NOW!

Attention: Musk’s staffers are now seeking access to a sensitive Medicare database as part of their crackdown on undocumented immigrants. DOGE was never about saving the U.S. money—it’s about building a government-run machine to weaponize personal data.

A customer sent me a picture of their Support Federal Workers, and I felt it went quite well with the neighboring sign: “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” Hold the line, don’t resign. fedupstudio.etsy.com

The dangers of #books, information, free expression and #libraries…still can’t erase us.

#BringAbregoGarciaHome

BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year. Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

How’s it going? #eggs