Three senators want tougher federal standards for the companies that run Medicaid eligibility systems. Work requirements start Jan. 1. #Medicaid #Disability #HealthCare https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/this-week-in-disability-awareness-775
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SSI rises to $1,029 a month in January. The $2,000 savings limit hasn't moved since 1989. #SSI #Disability #SocialSecurity https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/this-week-in-disability-awareness-775
🔴 Chronically Illing Out | E52 - Accepting Our Strengths, Seeing Our Limitations, and Building Visibility with Del is live soon Chronic Illness Discussions with Beth Cruz, Nick Paro, Soso, and Stephanie Wilson. https://open.substack.com/live-stream/424793
Senators warn glitchy Medicaid eligibility systems plus new work requirements could cut eligible people off coverage. #Medicaid #DisabilityRights #HealthCare https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/weekly-roundup-dhs-appointees-asked
🔴 Anti Fascist Book Club | How to Be An Antiracist - Body is live soon Anti Fascist Book Club based on the Veterans Fighting Fascism guidebook. Check out other great content from our contributors below. https://open.substack.com/live-stream/418836
Hegseth signed a memo lending DHS a military "heat ray" for possible use at the border. It has never been deployed there. #Pentagon #Border #Hegseth https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/weekly-roundup-dhs-appointees-asked
ProPublica counts 500+ U.S. citizens detained in warrantless arrests. A new House bill would let them sue ICE more easily. #ICE #CivilRights #Immigration https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/weekly-roundup-dhs-appointees-asked
DHS appointees asked CISA to secretly hack a voting machine and report to the White House, two former officials told ProPublica. It never happened. #ElectionSecurity #CISA #Midterms https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/weekly-roundup-dhs-appointees-asked
SCOTUS won't let Trump cut off medical care for trans people in federal prisons, for now. A lower-court block stays. #SupremeCourt #TransRights #HumanRights https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/this-week-in-us-human-rights-supreme
🔴 The Humaning Experience | The Systems Protecting the Feelings of Men Over the Lives of Women with Zulfina is live now Intelligent Masculinity discussion with Nick Paro https://open.substack.com/live-stream/418834
🔴 The Humaning Experience | The Systems Protecting the Feelings of Men Over the Lives of Women with Zulfina is live soon Intelligent Masculinity discussion with Nick Paro https://open.substack.com/live-stream/418834
ICE agents broke a U.S. citizen's arm in Long Beach, officials say. ProPublica counts 500+ citizens held by immigration agents. #ICE #CivilLiberties #HumanRights https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/this-week-in-us-human-rights-supreme
Mahmoud Khalil asked SCOTUS to let federal judges review immigration detentions without waiting for immigration courts. #SupremeCourt #FreeSpeech #Immigration https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/this-week-in-us-human-rights-supreme
100,000+ Ukrainians and Sudanese keep TPS for now. DHS gave no end date. https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/this-week-in-us-human-rights-supreme #TPS #Immigration #HumanRights
Zelenskyy says U.S. missile warnings are back. Rubio says they never stopped. Ukraine also says the Pentagon is delaying Patriots allies already paid for. https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/us-military-affairs-this-week-ukraines #Ukraine #Pentagon #MilitaryAid
Medicaid work requirements start Jan. 1. A federal rule says a disability diagnosis alone won't prove the "medically frail" exemption. #Medicaid #Disability #HealthCare https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/this-week-in-disability-awareness
Virginia's ballot amendment would require a judge to find someone can't understand voting before guardianship takes their vote. #Virginia #DisabilityRights #VotingRights https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/this-week-in-disability-awareness
DOJ sued California to set aside about 20,000 mail ballots it says went to "likely" noncitizens. In July the claim was 190,000. #VotingRights #California #Midterms https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/weekly-roundup-justice-department
Max federal SSI rises to $1,029 a month on Dec. 31, the first time it tops $1,000. The 3.6% COLA is the largest since 2023. #SSI #Disability #SocialSecurity https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/weekly-roundup-justice-department
🔴 Anti Fascist Book Club | How To Be An Antiracist - Body is live soon Anti Fascist Book Club based on the Veterans Fighting Fascism guidebook. https://open.substack.com/live-stream/408401
Trump canceled Hegseth's plan to livestream the Fort Hood shooter's execution after bipartisan criticism. It's still set for Dec. 3. #Hegseth #Military #FortHood https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/weekly-roundup-justice-department
SCOTUS will decide if a Nigerian man who says he was forced to cook at an armed group's camp gave "material support" to terrorists, barring asylum. A ruling is expected by June. #SupremeCourt #Asylum #HumanRights https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/this-week-in-us-human-rights-ice
Houston's DA says an ICE officer appeared to intentionally hit a man with an SUV and is weighing an assault charge. ICE calls that "false." The agency also rejected auto-recording body cameras. #ICE #HumanRights #CivilLiberties https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/this-week-in-us-human-rights-ice
The Army redesignated a command as FASCOM to put autonomous and unmanned systems "at every single echelon," part of Hegseth's planned Autonomous Warfare Command. #Army #Autonomy #Pentagon https://sickofthis.substack.com/p/hegseths-livestreamed-execution-plan