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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> on the party's right flank had pushed for deeper <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuts</span></a> to lessen the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> impact, but met resistance from centrists who worried that would fall too heavily on the 71 million <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> Americans enrolled in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> made changes to address conservatives' concerns, pulling forward new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WorkRequirements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkRequirements</span></a> for Medicaid recipients to take effect at the end of 2026, 2yrs earlier than before. That would kick SEVERAL MILLION people off the program.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
Maggie Maybe<p>I’m not sure if I’ll be eligible for this because I don’t live in Massachusetts, but I found out this morning that this specific SPCA has a low cost Surgical option for people who get WIC or snap or section 8 or SSI . . . there are other things on this list I don’t remember.</p><p>It’s not just for neutering either. Look at this list of services they can provide:</p><p>Spay for Pyometra or Dystocia<br>Amputation (Tail, Digit, Limb)<br>Wounds and lacerations<br>Enucleation<br>Cystotomy (Bladder Stone Removal)<br>Mass Removal when quality of life is impacted (e.g.. ulcerated mammary mass)<br>Nasopharyngeal/Oral Polyp Removal</p><p>I hope they can help me with my son’s teeth. I refuse to believe that Dental work on a cat should cost $1500-$1900 like my Vet quoted me. I do not accept.</p><p><a href="https://www.mspca.org/programs-resources/spay-neuter-services/mspca-at-nevins-farm-spayneuter-programs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mspca.org/programs-resources/s</span><span class="invisible">pay-neuter-services/mspca-at-nevins-farm-spayneuter-programs/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SPCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SPCA</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CatDental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatDental</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LowIncomeVetHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncomeVetHelp</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNAP</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/WIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WIC</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Section8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section8</span></a><br>(Am I abusing hashtags?? I just want people who would follow those hashtags to get this information even though it’s not about those programs. AITA?)</p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Earning a six-figure salary as a single person without dependents is considered “low income” in five counties — all in Northern California. Plus, another few in southern California where over $90k per year is low income. </p><p>Santa Clara County, home to silicon valley, is the worst, with $111,000 being low income for a single person. Yet, only 5 years ago, $78,550 was low income there. </p><p><a href="https://www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files/docs/grants-and-funding/income-limits-2025.pdf?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WhatMatters&amp;utm_source=31&amp;utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=%24100K%20is%20%20low%20income%20%20in%20even%20more%20CA%20counties&amp;utm_campaign=WhatMatters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files</span><span class="invisible">/docs/grants-and-funding/income-limits-2025.pdf?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WhatMatters&amp;utm_source=31&amp;utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=%24100K%20is%20%20low%20income%20%20in%20even%20more%20CA%20counties&amp;utm_campaign=WhatMatters</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lowincome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lowincome</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Robert Scott, a NYC-based <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> lawyer, said he was baffled when one of his clients—a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> Mexican woman who has lived in the US for 25yrs—also received a $1.8M fine.</p><p>“At first you look at something like this &amp; think it’s fake. I’ve never seen a client receive anything like this,”he said.</p><p>Scott said the woman received a final <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> order in 2013 but was not aware of it at the time. The woman filed a motion last year to reopen the removal order, which is still pending.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin fined <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> $1.8 million</p><p>Wendy Ortiz was surprised to find out she was being fined by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> authorities for being in the country illegally—but it was the amount that truly shocked: $1.8M.</p><p>Ortiz, 32, who earns $13/hour at a meatpacking plant in PA, has lived in the US for a decade, after fleeing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> to escape a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violent</span></a> ex &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gang</span></a> threats.…Her salary barely covers rent &amp; expenses for her <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autistic</span></a> 6-yr-old <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UScitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UScitizen</span></a> son.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/low-income-migrants-fined-up-18-million-by-trump-administration-2025-05-20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/low-incom</span><span class="invisible">e-migrants-fined-up-18-million-by-trump-administration-2025-05-20/</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/101976/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/101976/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Surge in London children living in absolute low-income families <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BenefitsCap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitsCap</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BethnalGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BethnalGreen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Charity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EastHamCentral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastHamCentral</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ilford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ilford</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>london</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncomeFamilies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Richmond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Richmond</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
wilfred<p>Ugh.</p><p>"A year after granting Medi-Cal access to low-income immigrants without legal status, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to freeze enrollment of new recipients and charge premiums in a move expected to save the state more than $5 billion.</p><p>Under Newsom’s proposal announced today, Medi-Cal — the state’s health insurance program for low-income people and those with disabilities — beginning in 2026 would no longer accept new enrollees 19 and older who lack permanent legal status."</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/lowincome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lowincome</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/immigrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrats</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/newsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newsom</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/legalstatus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legalstatus</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p><p><a href="https://calmatters.org/health/2025/05/newsom-freeze-medi-cal-undocumented-immigrants/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calmatters.org/health/2025/05/</span><span class="invisible">newsom-freeze-medi-cal-undocumented-immigrants/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The suit argues the cutbacks already enacted have jeopardized a range of congressionally mandated programs, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>addiction</span></a> services, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> — the federal program that funds early childhood <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poor</span></a> students — <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> &amp; assistance for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> households in paying heating &amp; cooling bills.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Ron Piggott<p>Chronic Pain Tip #27: Don't under estimate the added value to your life a pet will bring. Even a pet fish or hamster will help reduce your stress and be a tool in keeping your perspective in balance.... <a href="https://rons-home.net/en/living-life-lab/tips/living-with-chronic-pain/2025/05/05" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rons-home.net/en/living-life-l</span><span class="invisible">ab/tips/living-with-chronic-pain/2025/05/05</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lowincome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lowincome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perspective</span></a> [Next Tip May 12 2025]</p>
Ollie 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p>In the current climate, everywhere, union membership is more important than ever.</p><ul><li>Join your local tenants' union</li><li>Join your workplace union (if you don't have a unionised workplace, join a general workers union as they will still be able to support you)</li><li>Join your local credit union</li></ul><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Tenants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tenants</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Renters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renters</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Workplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workplace</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Employment</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Savers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Savers</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Borrowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Borrowers</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rights</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> eliminates <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JobCorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JobCorps</span></a>, a Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> program since the 1960s that provides <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/career" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>career</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> teens &amp; young adults. The program, which the White House called “a failed experiment,” has long been a target of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> administrations.</p>
Nonilex<p>Since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> ultimately decides &amp; approves <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> levels, it is significant that Senator <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SusanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SusanCollins</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> of Maine &amp; the chair of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Appropriations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appropriations</span></a> Cmte says she has “serious objections” to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s proposed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> spending levels &amp; cuts to programs like the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> Home <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> Assistance Program &amp; those that support <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/biomedical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biomedical</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a>.</p><p>“Ultimately, it is Congress that holds the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> of the purse,” Collins said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s budget proposes to eliminate entirely a $4.1 billion program that helps <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> Americans pay their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heating</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooling</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bills</span></a>. The proposal says that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a>] is “unnecessary” because Trump is planning to increase domestic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> production &amp; reduce <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> prices. Last month, the admin fired everyone working in the program’s office, which currently helps 6.2 million Americans nationwide offset high <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UtilityBills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UtilityBills</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Asked to comment on the findings of this story, an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> spox directed Reuters to a video stmnt by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> administrator, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeeZeldin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeeZeldin</span></a>, who has outlined a strategy emphasizing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deregulation</span></a>, saying the US can protect the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> &amp; promote economic growth at the same time [note the absence of concern for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> &amp; populations in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> communities].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthInequity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthInequity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeographicInequity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeographicInequity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Those <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> inequities are the legacy of racial <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> that was legal from the country's inception until 1965, the type of historical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> policies were designed to correct.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> also rescinded a 1994 EO by fmr Pres Bill <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Clinton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clinton</span></a> that directed every <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgency</span></a> to develop an agency-wide <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> strategy to address adverse health or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> effects on *minority* &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> populations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthInequity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthInequity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In Hobbs, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>, Sherif says about 85% of his patients are on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a>, the federal &amp; state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthInsurance</span></a> program for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> Americans. His clinic orders about $50,000 worth of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chickenpox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chickenpox</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> per month through the program, he says, an amount of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> impossible for his small clinic to afford if not covered by the federal program.</p><p>“If I were to buy them by myself, I would not get enough for my patients,” he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Billykaren Beaufort 🎶<p>&#39;Big downsizing&#39;: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GOP</span></a> scheming to snatch <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/healthinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>healthinsurance</span></a> from &#39;millions of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lowincome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lowincome</span></a> Americans&#39;</p><p><a href="https://www.alternet.org/trump-johnson-obamacare-medicaid/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/trump-johnson-oba</span><span class="invisible">macare-medicaid/</span></a></p>
tasia<p>I'm trying to raise $170 for my phone, an unprocessed grocery purchase, and my hydro bill. </p><p>I also need to pay to have my taxes done. </p><p> read all about art exchanges for donations on my profile's pinned post.<br>wonderful things in exchange for donations.💞👍🏾</p><p>🔗(<a href="https://disabled.social/@thereaders/114332379108132450" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">disabled.social/@thereaders/11</span><span class="invisible">4332379108132450</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MutualAidRequest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAidRequest</span></a> <br> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/lowincome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lowincome</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/disabilitymutualaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabilitymutualaid</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/BlackMutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/crowdfunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crowdfunding</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/PWD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PWD</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DisabilityCrowdFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityCrowdFund</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Queercrowdfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queercrowdfund</span></a> <br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/HelpFolksLive2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HelpFolksLive2025</span></a></p>
tasia<p>If you go to my profile and click the pinned post you’ll find wonderful people offering wonderful things in exchange for donations.💞👍🏾</p><p>🔗(<a href="https://disabled.social/@thereaders/114332379108132450" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">disabled.social/@thereaders/11</span><span class="invisible">4332379108132450</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MutualAidRequest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAidRequest</span></a> <br> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/lowincome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lowincome</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/disabilitymutualaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabilitymutualaid</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/BlackMutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/crowdfunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crowdfunding</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/PWD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PWD</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DisabilityCrowdFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityCrowdFund</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Queercrowdfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queercrowdfund</span></a> <br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/HelpFolksLive2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HelpFolksLive2025</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hexbear.net/c/mutual_aid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutual_aid@hexbear.net</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://starflower.space/@mutual_aid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutual_aid@starflower.space</span></a></span> @MutualAidVisibility <br>@mutualaid @anarchomutual @blackfedi <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutualaid</span></a></span></p>
Nonilex<p>…The White House also plans to dismantle a key office in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> agency that helps communities recover from deadly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaturalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalDisasters</span></a>, a move that could slow much-needed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a>. Separately, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> issued an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> last month eliminating a decades-old, government wide commission meant to coordinate the federal response to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aporophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aporophobia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/caste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caste</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EconomicDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicDiscrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>families</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RentalAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RentalAssistance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a></p>