13 years ago today, America took a giant leap forward as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was enshrined into law.
It was my honor to meet with @ProtectOurCare and heroic advocates whose lives have been touched by this landmark law, as they shared their stories. pic.twitter.com/8iRszYJbbH
Since Democrats enacted the Affordable Care Act 13 years ago, we have built on its strong foundation. In the last Congress, we passed legislation saving families an average of $2,400 a year on their premiums, while slashing the cost of prescription drugs for our seniors.
The ACA has stood for the last 13 years as a pillar of health and financial security for Americaâs working families.Now, America is healthier, because in America, health care is more affordable and accessible than ever before.
Fort Pickett, an Army base in Virginia named after Confederate Gen. George Pickett, on Friday will become Fort Barfoot in honor of Col. Van Barfoot, a Native American World War II hero. It is one of nine bases set to be renamed by the end of the year. https://t.co/SLJGFFkfht
The ACA saved me financially. During my cancer surgery and treatments, I exhausted my 401k and savings and was on the brink of debtors hell. I was spared thanks to President Obama and the ACA. I will forever be grateful. đ
This week the United Nations released the Synthesis Report of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or the IPCC) and its Sixth Assessment Report.
A long title that sums up the best science available on climate change produced by the work of hundreds of scientists from around the world. The report breaks down three themes: Whatâs going on now; future risks and the long-term responses; and, responses in the near term….
The conclusion is yet another warning about whatâs coming â and once again a call to take steps now. There are really only three options: Try to mitigate global temperatures by sharply reducing greenhouse gas emissions, start building a world that adapts to a warmer climate, or finally, a future of horrifying doom and gloom. The 8,000-page document compiles the past five years of the best science, identifying climate issues in a range of confidence levels so that policy makers can gauge whatâs most important given that the planet is running out of time. âThe viability of humanity living within planetary boundaries rests on the actions we take in the next seven years,â the UN report said.
Proud Husband đ§”: On my first date with my wife (11/23/08), we talked about family & our life goals. Marie told me that she had always wanted to write a book.
Today, her dream has come true. Marieâs debut author/illustrator work âJust a Wormâ is now out! I am so proud! pic.twitter.com/NxMPyPBl6y
âSo I think first of all the emotion of sadness is not in Donaldâs arsenal.
What heâs feeling to the extent that he is feeling anything is self-pity.
And that makes sense! He is also feeling grievance. But he feels aggrieved every time every time he walks into the Mar-a-Lago dining room and his patrons donât pay him sufficient homage, right? So none of this is newâŠâ
OâDonnell :
âYou said something that I find so interesting clinically, from your professional perspective on your uncle and then your personal perspective. And that is that he cannot feel sadâŠ.what is that condition?â
Trump:
âWell I tried to avoid any diagnostic labels, but this is somebody who has such serious psychological problems. He has such serious psycho-pathologies that the range of emotion that is available to most relatively stable people is not available to him. I think Donaldâs emotional makeup consists mostly of anger and the self-pity I spoke about earlier. And deep, deep fear. And a lot of that is in the service of making sure he never feels humiliated.â
âJudge Howell laid out damning assertions made by prosecutors that Mr. Trump knowingly deceived the government and caused Mr. Corcoran to misstate to prosecutors where the documents were being held at Mar-a-Lago.â https://t.co/y6hgDKzOPy
"We need to speak up and say, âNo, thatâs not okay. Itâs not okay for you to dictate what my kid does. Itâs not okay for you to limit my kidâs options, my kidâs opportunities, my kidâs ability to see themselves in their learning.'"https://t.co/VZ820sTc9V
A Utah parent has utilized a new law that permits the removal of "pornographic" books from school libraries and requested the removal of the Bible, which they referred to as "one of the most sex-ridden books around."
A Call To Activism
“A Utah parent has utilized a new law that permits the removal of “pornographic” books from school libraries and requested the removal of the Bible, which they referred to as “one of the most sex-ridden books around.”
The parent, who has chosen to remain anonymous for privacy reasons, submitted an appeal on December 11th along with an eight-page list of Bible passages that they found objectionable and deemed worthy of review.
The parent argued that the Bible contained topics such as incest, bestiality, genital mutilation, and infanticide, making it pornographic under the new definition set forth in Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-1227 and therefore without serious value for minors.â
We're celebrating all the amazing Black women, including those who paved the way for women and girls across the world to dream big and act courageously.
A4 #sschat We work w/ local museums, artists, filmmakers, etc. to uncover untold stories and local SHEroes, encouraging students to do the same. In VA sharing Barbara Johns, Maggie L. Walker & young women who are the next generation of changemakers! Like @ZyahnaB !! pic.twitter.com/yaw3JGjPAV
Developing strong reading skills is fundamental to every childâs success. Throughout the month, Iâve had the pleasure of reading with students around the state. My budget supports lifelong literacy by investing in tutors and literacy coaches for Michigan students. pic.twitter.com/kM5uxAAnaX
— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) March 24, 2023
—imo the tell: when trump mentions underage women in his attacks on opponents.
—remember young girls saying trump on the party circuit was “Terrifying.”
Members of trump legal defense now deeply confident
On @AriMelber show, two members of Trump's legal defense team have now shown their mastery of and deep confidence in the ex-President's case: pic.twitter.com/tbL8VuIp6Y
Supporters gather to discuss Montana ICWA bill
HELENA, Montana â Roberta Duckhead Kittson Nyomo said she and her brother were among the last Native American children adopted out of Thompson Falls before the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act was passed in 1978. The siblings were sent to live with a non-Native family, who Nyomo remembers lacked empathy.
Nyomo, Blackfeet, said she and her brother were abused and she lost her brother to suicide when he was 15.
Iâve been inspired for years by @margaretcho and being able to sit down for an amazing and funny one-on-one interview with her was a dream come true.
I canât wait for you to watch it on âThe Culture Is: AAPI Womenâ on April 2nd at 10 pm ET on @MSNBC and streaming on @peacock! https://t.co/88KAeAxdW5
Anywhere we go in the world, the first question we ask is, âIs there Internet?â âWill I get a Net connection there?â âWill I get the Net connection in that home?â âWill I get a Net connection in that hotel?â If we donât get it, we will be like a fish out of water, even losing sleep. Spirituality is, in fact, the Inner Net. If that connection is strong, no external situation will be able to disturb us or stress us out. It will allow us to adjust to situations while at the same time being compassionate. It will give us the capacity to forgive, forget, forbear and give back. We will be able to do this with joy. This is what we call spirituality.
Nevermind………………just needed to refresh. LOL Happy Friday all. I planted pansies and creeping jenny this morning. So wonderful to look out and see them. I lost most everything over our very cold winter, even much of my ivy.Replanted some ivy too. Have more to do.
To mark 13 years of the Affordable Care Act, Barack and I spoke to a few folks who know first-hand the sense of dignity that comes with health coverage.
They thought they were going to be talking to two ACA policy experts who worked at the White House. Turns out, they were! pic.twitter.com/BgA1b61IDZ
To mark 13 years of the Affordable Care Act, Barack and I spoke to a few folks who know first-hand the sense of dignity that comes with health coverage.
They thought they were going to be talking to two ACA policy experts who worked at the White House. Turns out, they were! pic.twitter.com/BgA1b61IDZ
President @BarackObama signed the Affordable Care Act into law 13 years ago today, granting millions of Americans access to affordable health care. Read more about how the ACA has continued to expand access and let us know how it's affected you: https://t.co/SNRXJmsMrz
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) March 23, 2023
Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates the Affordable Care Actâs 13th Anniversary and Highlights Record-Breaking Coverage
During 2023 open enrollment a record high 16.4 million people signed up,
with 4.4 million more people enrolled for health insurance under the Biden-Harris Administration since 2021
New HHS report shows more than 40 million people are currently enrolled in Marketplace or Medicaid expansion coverage related to provisions of the Affordable Care Act — the highest total on record
No two nations on earth are bound by such close ties of friendship, of family, of commerce, or of culture as the United States and Canada.
It was a pleasure sitting down with Prime Minister Trudeau to discuss strengthening our nations' shared prosperity and security. pic.twitter.com/aVpZoU5CuV
The United States chooses to link our future with Canadaâs because we know that we will find no better partner, no more reliable ally, no more steady friend.
And today I say to all the people of Canada that you will always be able to count on the United States. pic.twitter.com/FjThvXubpO
Hello my TOD Fam! Sorry, I keep sporadically popping in. Crazy hectic setting up our nonprofit, etc. Paperwork is something! But we’re getting there.
Anyhoo, needed a laugh this evening & played this blues from John Lee Hooker Jr. Back when I was in the Bay Area (SF) we attended his show. Could not help but fall out laughing at the lyrics to this song (Dear John):
Florida lawmakers, governor push extreme anti-LGBTQ measures
A multi-part anti-trans medical care bill is advancing in Florida’s House, and Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to expand the “Don’t Say Gay” law’s aims to all grades.
“As a Florida House subcommittee advanced the most extreme anti-transgender legislation that Law Dork has covered, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisâs administration is moving forward with a plan to ban most teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity all the through 12th grade.”
The bill was amended in a subcommittee hearing on Wednesday and then favorably reported out of the Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee. Introduced and amended by Republican Rep. Randy Fine, the bill is now with the full Health & Human Services Committee, of which he is the chair.
What does the bill do? Nearly everything. Seriously. This legislation would take more than a dozen legislative actions to make trans peopleâs lives more difficult, and specifically, to make their medical care more difficult to obtain.
Going through the bill in order, it would:
Allow child custody orders to be changed âto the extent necessary to protect the child from being subjected toâ gender-affirming medical care.
Bar use of public funds â and possibly, as written, the personal funds of anyone who contracts with or works for the state of Florida â for gender-affirming medical care….(details on banning gender affirming healthcare for minors).
Ban trans people from having their birth certificate sex marker changed.
Suspend a health care practitionerâs license if they provide (or conspire or attempt to provide) gender-affirming medical care to a minor.
Define gender-affirming medical care, including puberty blockers and hormones, as âgender clinical interventionsâ (which is thus the term use throughout the bill).
Ban gender-affirming medical care for minors going forward.
Order the discontinuation of gender-affirming medical care for those already receiving it by the end of this calendar year.
……..summary = DOCTORS MUST FORCE MINORS TO DE-TRANSITION
Create a private right of action (civil lawsuit) for âany physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological injury resulting fromâ gender-affirming medical care that incudes a 30-year statute of limitations for the person who received the care and a 5-year statute of limitations after the personâs death for their estate.
Chris Geidner:
“It should also be noted that similar language to almost all of these provisions
have been present in at least some other legislation elsewhere, albeit not all in one bill. Oklahomaâs H.B. 2177, for example, contains several provisions similar to several of those in the Florida bill â including the insurance-related provision and its applicability to all ages â and that bill has already passed the Oklahoma House.
Further, many of these provisions â at least in part â have even been signed into law elsewhere.”
imo to elucidate:
“Allow child custody orders to be changed âto the extent necessary to protect the child from being subjected toâ gender-affirming medical care.”
In this bill GOP is saying that a young person who has been receiving hormone blockers will now have to de-transition, back to the normal puberty process.
Fact: Transitioning is life-saving.
The young person has had a taste of authenticity and now it is being taken away.
This results in depression and heightened potential for suicide, death.
We're bringing manufacturing back to America, to places like this site in De Soto, Kansas – soon to be one of the largest automotive facilities in the world. pic.twitter.com/LbXsPdlVdU
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) March 26, 2023
On this day in 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, met for the first time, while attending a Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act. pic.twitter.com/b1pMhyr4do
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) March 26, 2023
One in every four cowboys was believed to be a Black man released from slavery despite the stories told in popular books and movies although the most famous cowboys of the old west were white.
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Resources to Support Women Small Businesses Owners, Continued Commitment to Supporting Americaâs Entrepreneurs
As a Result of The Presidentâs Investments In America, a Record 10.5 Million New Small Businesses Applications Filed in 2021 and 2022
Why isnât @Jim_Jordan bringing the three of the âdozens and dozensâ so-called FBI whistleblowers who have been interviewed by staff to testify in public?
Arenât these âwhistleblowersâ the basis for creating the âWeaponizationâ subcommittee in the first place?
Nowhere is democracy on the docket like it is in Pennsylvania. On today's Defending Democracy, I spoke with Congresswoman @marygayscanlon about what's happening in the Keystone State & what it means for our democracy.
President Biden Hosts the SBA Womenâs Business Summit
“We have to do more to protect our schools so they aren’t turned into prisons.
The shooter reportedly had two assault weapons and a pistol, AK47. So I call on Congress to pass my Assault Weapons Ban.”
Shattering glass ceilings at every turn, the trailblazing local journalist Pat Lawson Muse has kept our community informed and engaged for over four decades on the airwaves. This #MD08 Local Hero is Women's History Month personified. pic.twitter.com/yITME5opjN
The Obama Diary 
Commented yesterday. It didn’t post. Trying again.
Okay. Yesterday it was Happy Birthday to the Affordable Care Act.
#abigf’ingdeal đ
13th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
Happy Birthday ACA !!
Since Democrats enacted the Affordable Care Act 13 years ago, we have built on its strong foundation. In the last Congress, we passed legislation saving families an average of $2,400 a year on their premiums, while slashing the cost of prescription drugs for our seniors.
The ACA has stood for the last 13 years as a pillar of health and financial security for Americaâs working families.Now, America is healthier, because in America, health care is more affordable and accessible than ever before.
Bill to cap insulin for everyone!
Hakeem Jeffries
We will never let the extremists repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Happy 13th Anniversary!
Thanks, Obama! The hilarious reason why a judge just blocked Wyomingâs abortion ban.
Republicans just got a painful reminder that political stunts can backfire.
By Ian Millhiser
(https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/3/23/23653183/abortion-wyoming-obamacare-barack-obama-supreme-court-johnson)
The ACA saved me financially. During my cancer surgery and treatments, I exhausted my 401k and savings and was on the brink of debtors hell. I was spared thanks to President Obama and the ACA. I will forever be grateful. đ
thank heavens ggail – incredible account of your life.
yes
This week the United Nations released the Synthesis Report of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or the IPCC) and its Sixth Assessment Report.
A long title that sums up the best science available on climate change produced by the work of hundreds of scientists from around the world. The report breaks down three themes: Whatâs going on now; future risks and the long-term responses; and, responses in the near term….
The conclusion is yet another warning about whatâs coming â and once again a call to take steps now. There are really only three options: Try to mitigate global temperatures by sharply reducing greenhouse gas emissions, start building a world that adapts to a warmer climate, or finally, a future of horrifying doom and gloom. The 8,000-page document compiles the past five years of the best science, identifying climate issues in a range of confidence levels so that policy makers can gauge whatâs most important given that the planet is running out of time. âThe viability of humanity living within planetary boundaries rests on the actions we take in the next seven years,â the UN report said.
(https://ictnews.org/news/jumping-across-a-climate-multiverse)
World is on brink of catastrophic warming, U.N. climate change report says
A dangerous climate threshold is near, but âit does not mean we are doomedâ if swift action is taken, scientists say
by Sarah Kaplan
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/20/climate-change-ipcc-report-15/)
Congratulations!
Ayman Mohyeldin:
âNot to mention defend our democracy – as opposed to defending one man.â
Mary Trump to Lawrence OâDonnell:
âSo I think first of all the emotion of sadness is not in Donaldâs arsenal.
What heâs feeling to the extent that he is feeling anything is self-pity.
And that makes sense! He is also feeling grievance. But he feels aggrieved every time every time he walks into the Mar-a-Lago dining room and his patrons donât pay him sufficient homage, right? So none of this is newâŠâ
OâDonnell :
âYou said something that I find so interesting clinically, from your professional perspective on your uncle and then your personal perspective. And that is that he cannot feel sadâŠ.what is that condition?â
Trump:
âWell I tried to avoid any diagnostic labels, but this is somebody who has such serious psychological problems. He has such serious psycho-pathologies that the range of emotion that is available to most relatively stable people is not available to him. I think Donaldâs emotional makeup consists mostly of anger and the self-pity I spoke about earlier. And deep, deep fear. And a lot of that is in the service of making sure he never feels humiliated.â
Full interview: (https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/mary-trump-trump-would-likely-surrender-if-charged-because-he-s-a-coward-166165061859)
Mary Trump, author: The Reckoning
+ pod The Mary Trump Show
SYMONE and herstories
âLet us live. Let us read.
A Call To Activism
“A Utah parent has utilized a new law that permits the removal of “pornographic” books from school libraries and requested the removal of the Bible, which they referred to as “one of the most sex-ridden books around.”
The parent, who has chosen to remain anonymous for privacy reasons, submitted an appeal on December 11th along with an eight-page list of Bible passages that they found objectionable and deemed worthy of review.
The parent argued that the Bible contained topics such as incest, bestiality, genital mutilation, and infanticide, making it pornographic under the new definition set forth in Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-1227 and therefore without serious value for minors.â
ââhowzat !!
and the fab Gov Whitmer
Timothy Snyder
Putin’s legal troubles
A quick survey of recent and drastic problems
(https://snyder.substack.com/p/putins-legal-troubles)
âA lie is the lie. Purgery is a lie under oath.â
(–If you donât have the facts, pound the table.)
(Jill Wine-Banks)
List of Trump’s accusers and their allegations of sexual misconduct
(2020)
(https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/list-trumps-accusers-allegations-sexual-misconduct/story?id=51956410)
—imo the tell: when trump mentions underage women in his attacks on opponents.
—remember young girls saying trump on the party circuit was “Terrifying.”
https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Members of trump legal defense now deeply confident
Ella Fitzgerald
Background Press Call Previewing the Vice Presidentâs Trip to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/24/background-press-call-previewing-the-vice-presidents-trip-to-ghana-tanzania-and-zambia/)
Pod Save America
Supporters gather to discuss Montana ICWA bill
HELENA, Montana â Roberta Duckhead Kittson Nyomo said she and her brother were among the last Native American children adopted out of Thompson Falls before the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act was passed in 1978. The siblings were sent to live with a non-Native family, who Nyomo remembers lacked empathy.
Nyomo, Blackfeet, said she and her brother were abused and she lost her brother to suicide when he was 15.
Jovonne Wagner: (https://ictnews.org/news/supporters-gather-to-discuss-montana-icwa-bill)
High Court Sides With History Societyâs Access to Earthworks
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled in favor of state efforts to control public access to a set of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks built by American Indians
(https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/ohio/articles/2022-12-07/high-court-sides-with-history-societys-access-to-earthworks)
Becoming a Native American Studies Major: What to Know
This academic discipline can lead to several career paths, including working in tribal communities, academia or law.
By Sarah Wood
(https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/becoming-a-native-american-studies-major-what-to-know)
—sweet young bear at window happened to me…she’s stuck her nose in a bees nest and seemed to be asking for help.
3,000 Asians in Texas had their driverâs licenses sent to a criminal group. They want answers. Through a state website, the group obtained the licenses with Asian names to sell to undocumented immigrants, predominantly from China, aiming to impersonate the victims.
Kimmy Yam: (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/3000-asians-texas-drivers-licenses-sent-criminal-group-want-answers-rcna73302)
How the slam dunk became this director’s metaphor for the Asian American experience
Manuela LĂłpez Restrepo
(https://www.npr.org/2023/03/16/1164060276/chang-can-dunk-director-jingyi-shao-asian-american-representation-interview)
Is the umbrella term âAsian Americanâ even accurate anymore?
Though a common identity has helped build political power over decades, the term âAsian Americanâ is burying subgroups. Itâs time, advocates say, to rethink how its used.
By Sakshi Venkatraman
(https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/umbrella-term-asian-american-even-accurate-anymore-rcna60956)
I’m becoming a big fan of Katie. She is articulate……can explain complicated legal issues that I can understand.
Anywhere we go in the world, the first question we ask is, âIs there Internet?â âWill I get a Net connection there?â âWill I get the Net connection in that home?â âWill I get a Net connection in that hotel?â If we donât get it, we will be like a fish out of water, even losing sleep. Spirituality is, in fact, the Inner Net. If that connection is strong, no external situation will be able to disturb us or stress us out. It will allow us to adjust to situations while at the same time being compassionate. It will give us the capacity to forgive, forget, forbear and give back. We will be able to do this with joy. This is what we call spirituality.
(Amma, C20 Inaugural Address, Jan 2023)
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Happy Friday… good weekend !!! đč âïž
Hello……where is everyone? This thread went up yesterday late afternoon…….
Nevermind………………just needed to refresh. LOL Happy Friday all. I planted pansies and creeping jenny this morning. So wonderful to look out and see them. I lost most everything over our very cold winter, even much of my ivy.Replanted some ivy too. Have more to do.
How great!
—Hey j’ob posting two Presidents (glam) on the line…twice !
President Biden addresses Canadian Parliament
The Obama Foundation
Remarks by President Biden in Address to the Canadian Parliament
House of Commons of Canada
Ottawa, Canada
President Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada hold a joint press conference.
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/03/24/remarks-by-president-biden-in-address-to-the-canadian-parliament/)
Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates the Affordable Care Actâs 13th Anniversary and Highlights Record-Breaking Coverage
During 2023 open enrollment a record high 16.4 million people signed up,
with 4.4 million more people enrolled for health insurance under the Biden-Harris Administration since 2021
New HHS report shows more than 40 million people are currently enrolled in Marketplace or Medicaid expansion coverage related to provisions of the Affordable Care Act — the highest total on record
(https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/03/23/biden-harris-administration-celebrates-affordable-care-acts-13th-anniversary-highlights-record-breaking-coverage.html)
—-Giant congrats to President Obama and all involved in the passage of the ACA 13 years ago.âĄïžâĄïž
North Carolina state legislature passes Medicaid expansion
Joseph Choi: (https://thehill.com/homenews/3915082-north-carolina-state-legislature-passes-medicaid-expansion/)
—NC is the 40th state to adopt Medicare expansion.
Hello and bonjour Canada
–fĂ©licitations Ă deux fab dirigeants !!
Hello my TOD Fam! Sorry, I keep sporadically popping in. Crazy hectic setting up our nonprofit, etc. Paperwork is something! But we’re getting there.
Anyhoo, needed a laugh this evening & played this blues from John Lee Hooker Jr. Back when I was in the Bay Area (SF) we attended his show. Could not help but fall out laughing at the lyrics to this song (Dear John):
LOL. Thanks for sharing……and it is great to ‘see’ you, Gazelle. Continued good luck as you set up your non profit. We miss you.
Please Pay Attention! â
……………………………..
Florida lawmakers, governor push extreme anti-LGBTQ measures
A multi-part anti-trans medical care bill is advancing in Florida’s House, and Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to expand the “Don’t Say Gay” law’s aims to all grades.
“As a Florida House subcommittee advanced the most extreme anti-transgender legislation that Law Dork has covered, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisâs administration is moving forward with a plan to ban most teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity all the through 12th grade.”
First, the legislation: H.B. 1421.
The bill was amended in a subcommittee hearing on Wednesday and then favorably reported out of the Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee. Introduced and amended by Republican Rep. Randy Fine, the bill is now with the full Health & Human Services Committee, of which he is the chair.
What does the bill do? Nearly everything. Seriously. This legislation would take more than a dozen legislative actions to make trans peopleâs lives more difficult, and specifically, to make their medical care more difficult to obtain.
Going through the bill in order, it would:
Allow child custody orders to be changed âto the extent necessary to protect the child from being subjected toâ gender-affirming medical care.
Bar use of public funds â and possibly, as written, the personal funds of anyone who contracts with or works for the state of Florida â for gender-affirming medical care….(details on banning gender affirming healthcare for minors).
Ban trans people from having their birth certificate sex marker changed.
Suspend a health care practitionerâs license if they provide (or conspire or attempt to provide) gender-affirming medical care to a minor.
Define gender-affirming medical care, including puberty blockers and hormones, as âgender clinical interventionsâ (which is thus the term use throughout the bill).
Ban gender-affirming medical care for minors going forward.
Order the discontinuation of gender-affirming medical care for those already receiving it by the end of this calendar year.
……..summary = DOCTORS MUST FORCE MINORS TO DE-TRANSITION
N.B. the next section about adults is being blocked.
Make providing gender-affirming medical care to minors a third-degree felony.
Ban health-insurance coverage or health-maintenance coverage for gender-affirming medical care FOR ALL AGES, as written.
Section 6. Section 627.6411, Florida Statutes, (summary, health insurance cannot cover gender affirming care).
Create a private right of action (civil lawsuit) for âany physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological injury resulting fromâ gender-affirming medical care that incudes a 30-year statute of limitations for the person who received the care and a 5-year statute of limitations after the personâs death for their estate.
Chris Geidner:
(https://www.lawdork.com/p/florida-officials-anti-lgbtq-measures/comments)
Ahh…what it seems what’s being blocked is the part about adults needing consent in writing before being allowed to have a health care appointment.
FFS ON STEROIDS.
Chris Geidner:
“It should also be noted that similar language to almost all of these provisions
have been present in at least some other legislation elsewhere, albeit not all in one bill. Oklahomaâs H.B. 2177, for example, contains several provisions similar to several of those in the Florida bill â including the insurance-related provision and its applicability to all ages â and that bill has already passed the Oklahoma House.
Further, many of these provisions â at least in part â have even been signed into law elsewhere.”
–Thank you Mr. Geidner to Pluto and back.
imo to elucidate:
“Allow child custody orders to be changed âto the extent necessary to protect the child from being subjected toâ gender-affirming medical care.”
This is something Florida House GOP are pushing right now.
= ANOTHER PARENT CAN TAKE YOUR CHILD
if they don’t like you give your child gender affirming care.
imo to elucidate:
“Order the discontinuation of gender-affirming medical care for those already receiving it.”
Ok so this is called ‘de-transitioning’.
In this bill GOP is saying that a young person who has been receiving hormone blockers will now have to de-transition, back to the normal puberty process.
Fact: Transitioning is life-saving.
The young person has had a taste of authenticity and now it is being taken away.
This results in depression and heightened potential for suicide, death.
Thank you for listening.
We all want to live authentically.
Infrastructure chart
Remarks by President Biden, Prime Minister Trudeau, and President LĂłpez Obrador in Joint Press Conference
National Palace
Mexico City, Mexico
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/01/10/remarks-by-president-biden-prime-minister-trudeau-and-president-lopez-obrador-in-joint-press-conference/
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Resources to Support Women Small Businesses Owners, Continued Commitment to Supporting Americaâs Entrepreneurs
As a Result of The Presidentâs Investments In America, a Record 10.5 Million New Small Businesses Applications Filed in 2021 and 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/27/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-resources-to-support-women-small-businesses-owners-continued-commitment-to-supporting-americas-entrepreneurs/)
Rep Daniel Goldman
Why isnât @Jim_Jordan bringing the three of the âdozens and dozensâ so-called FBI whistleblowers who have been interviewed by staff to testify in public?
Arenât these âwhistleblowersâ the basis for creating the âWeaponizationâ subcommittee in the first place?
Hakeem Jeffries
–book banning legislation
—how long will we stay in the pot getting slow boiled?
A Change Is Gonna Come.
—-Aretha, Happy Birthday !!
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President Biden Hosts the SBA Womenâs Business Summit
“We have to do more to protect our schools so they aren’t turned into prisons.
The shooter reportedly had two assault weapons and a pistol, AK47. So I call on Congress to pass my Assault Weapons Ban.”
Local hero Pat Lawson Muse,
New post.