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We Must Strike

While the #Trump #GOP is falling over itself to prop up #ElonMusk's businesses and to hand out trillions in tax cuts for the greedy oligarchs like #PeterThiel and #JeffBezos, they also gleefully CUT programs that benefit THEIR OWN VOTERS IN #REDSTATES. GOP's own voters are being #cheated .

The U.S. Digital Divide Got Measurably Worse After Republicans Killed A Popular #lowincome #Broadband Program | Techdirt techdirt.com/2025/05/27/the-u-

Techdirt · The U.S. Digital Divide Got Measurably Worse After Republicans Killed A Popular Low-Income Broadband ProgramLast year Trumplicans killed a popular program that provided poor people with $30 off of their monthly broadband bill. The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was, unsur…
#uspol
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Nonilex

#Republicans on the party's right flank had pushed for deeper #spending #cuts to lessen the #budget impact, but met resistance from centrists who worried that would fall too heavily on the 71 million #LowIncome Americans enrolled in #Medicaid.

#MikeJohnson made changes to address conservatives' concerns, pulling forward new #WorkRequirements for Medicaid recipients to take effect at the end of 2026, 2yrs earlier than before. That would kick SEVERAL MILLION people off the program.

#law#economy
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Maggie Maybe

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.

It’s not just for neutering either. Look at this list of services they can provide:

Spay for Pyometra or Dystocia
Amputation (Tail, Digit, Limb)
Wounds and lacerations
Enucleation
Cystotomy (Bladder Stone Removal)
Mass Removal when quality of life is impacted (e.g.. ulcerated mammary mass)
Nasopharyngeal/Oral Polyp Removal

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.

mspca.org/programs-resources/s

#massachusetts #SPCA #CatDental #LowIncomeVetHelp #disabled #LowIncome #SNAP #WIC #Section8
(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?)

MSPCA-AngellMSPCA-Angell Clinic at Nevins Farm%
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MikeDunnAuthor

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.

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.

hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files

#workingclass#lowincome#poverty
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Nonilex

Robert Scott, a NYC-based #immigration lawyer, said he was baffled when one of his clients—a #LowIncome Mexican woman who has lived in the US for 25yrs—also received a $1.8M fine.

“At first you look at something like this & think it’s fake. I’ve never seen a client receive anything like this,”he said.

Scott said the woman received a final #deportation 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.

#law
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Nonilex

#Trump admin fined #LowIncome #immigrant $1.8 million

Wendy Ortiz was surprised to find out she was being fined by #immigration authorities for being in the country illegally—but it was the amount that truly shocked: $1.8M.

Ortiz, 32, who earns $13/hour at a meatpacking plant in PA, has lived in the US for a decade, after fleeing #ElSalvador to escape a #violent ex & #gang threats.…Her salary barely covers rent & expenses for her #autistic 6-yr-old #UScitizen son.

#law
reuters.com/world/us/low-incom

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wilfred

Ugh.

"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.

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."

#medical #lowincome #immigrats #newsom #health #insurance #legalstatus #news

calmatters.org/health/2025/05/

CalMatters · Newsom proposes to freeze Medi-Cal enrollment for immigrantsTo save $5 billion, the California governor wants to close new enrollment to adults who lack legal status and charge premiums. The Legislature has resisted such changes.
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Ron Piggott

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.... rons-home.net/en/living-life-l #stress #lowincome #anxiety #pet #perspective [Next Tip May 12 2025]

rons-home.netTip #27 :: Living With Chronic Pain :: Tips :: Living Life Lab :: Ron's HomeRead our tip of the week for living with chronic pain.
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Ollie 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

In the current climate, everywhere, union membership is more important than ever.

  • Join your local tenants' union
  • 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)
  • Join your local credit union
#LowIncome#Tenants#Renters
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Nonilex

Since #Congress ultimately decides & approves #spending levels, it is significant that Senator #SusanCollins, #Republican of Maine & the chair of the #Appropriations Cmte says she has “serious objections” to #Trump’s proposed #defense spending levels & cuts to programs like the #LowIncome Home #Energy Assistance Program & those that support #biomedical #research.

“Ultimately, it is Congress that holds the #power of the purse,” Collins said.

#law#funding#budget
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Nonilex

#Trump’s budget proposes to eliminate entirely a $4.1 billion program that helps #LowIncome Americans pay their #heating & #cooling #bills. The proposal says that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program [#LIHEAP] is “unnecessary” because Trump is planning to increase domestic #oil & #gas production & reduce #energy prices. Last month, the admin fired everyone working in the program’s office, which currently helps 6.2 million Americans nationwide offset high #UtilityBills.

#economy
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Nonilex

Those #health inequities are the legacy of racial #discrimination that was legal from the country's inception until 1965, the type of historical #injustice #DEI policies were designed to correct.

#Trump also rescinded a 1994 EO by fmr Pres Bill #Clinton that directed every #FederalAgency to develop an agency-wide #EnvironmentalJustice strategy to address adverse health or #environmental effects on *minority* & #LowIncome populations.

#WhiteSupremacy#racism#HealthInequity
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Nonilex

In Hobbs, #NewMexico, Sherif says about 85% of his patients are on #Medicaid, the federal & state #HealthInsurance program for #LowIncome Americans. His clinic orders about $50,000 worth of #measles, #chickenpox & other #vaccines per month through the program, he says, an amount of #money impossible for his small clinic to afford if not covered by the federal program.

“If I were to buy them by myself, I would not get enough for my patients,” he said.

#Trump#Musk#RFKJr
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