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requirements for coverage of mental health services & habilitation services for people w/intellectual & developmental disabilities, expansion of home & community-based services options, protections against disability discrimination, and
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#MentalHealthAwareness @AAPD
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#MentalHealthAwareness @AAPD
expansion of the reach of mental health parity are essential to theĀ health, independence, & self-sufficiency of Americans w/disabilities.
Judge Barrettās record also raises other serious concerns for people w/disabilities
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#MentalHealthAwareness
@AAPD @NDRNadvocates
Judge Barrettās record also raises other serious concerns for people w/disabilities
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#MentalHealthAwareness
@AAPD @NDRNadvocates
as well. For details, you can
šrdĀ theĀ letteršĀ that @AAPD & MORE THAN 50 OTHER #DISABILITY ORG.'S sent to the #Senate opposing her nomination: bit.ly/2HuoCAy
š½SPREAD THE WORDš½
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@MauriceBenard @NDRNadvocates @RoyCooperNC
šrdĀ theĀ letteršĀ that @AAPD & MORE THAN 50 OTHER #DISABILITY ORG.'S sent to the #Senate opposing her nomination: bit.ly/2HuoCAy
š½SPREAD THE WORDš½
(thread 4) #MentalHealthAwareness
@MauriceBenard @NDRNadvocates @RoyCooperNC
Weāre just 22 days away from Election Dayāin the middle of an ongoing election, when millions of people have already started votingā@SenateGOP are afraid of the truth: that they might not be able to get away with their Supreme Court nominee after the American people have spoken.
Senate Republicans know that the American people donāt want the Affordable Care Act to be overturned. They know that even the majority of Republicans support provisions of the ACA like protecting people with pre-existing conditions.
Senate Republicans know that the majority of Americans donāt want Roe v. Wade to be overturnedāthat the majority of Americans donāt want to see abortion criminalized. But thatās why weāre here today. Because Senate Republicans know the American people donāt want this.
President Trump explicitly promised that anyone he nominated to the Supreme Court would be a vote to overturn the Affordable Care Act.
Just one week after the election, the Supreme Court will hear a case in which the Trump Administration is trying to strike down this landmark law that has expanded health coverage and given pre-existing condition protections to tens of millions of Americans. #WhatsAtStake
Let me be clear: Seven days after Election Day, the Trump Administration will be telling the Supreme Court to tear down the Affordable Care Act and gut health care protections in the middle of this pandemic.
#WhatsAtStake
#WhatsAtStake
Today begins Senate confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
Amy Coney Barrettās record is filled with hostility to civil rights and red flags that should disqualify her.
And yet, here we are.
#OurCourt #BlockBarrett
Amy Coney Barrettās record is filled with hostility to civil rights and red flags that should disqualify her.
And yet, here we are.
#OurCourt #BlockBarrett
As @SenFeinstein notes, President Trump has promised to nominate a Supreme Court Justice who would dismantle the Affordable Care Act and health care rights for millions of people across the country.
This is exactly why he nominated Amy Coney Barrett.
#BlockBarrett #OurCourt
This is exactly why he nominated Amy Coney Barrett.
#BlockBarrett #OurCourt
By the way, you can watch the live stream here ā”ļø c-span.org/video/?476315-ā¦
#BlockBarrett #OurCourt
#BlockBarrett #OurCourt
We all remember when insurance companies could discriminate against people with asthma, diabetes or cancer. Now if Trump and Amy Coney Barrett have their way, millions could lose health care over a new pre-existing condition: COVID-19. #WhatsAtStake kff.org/policy-watch/iā¦
One week after Election Day, the Supreme Court will hear the case that could deal the death blow to the ACA. We could soon be back to the days of pre-existing conditions, annual limits, and lifetime caps. 23 million Americans would lose their health care. vox.com/2020/3/2/21147ā¦
We donāt yet know all of the long-term risks of COVID-19, but we can't ignore the evidence of heart and lung damage, strokes, and other chronic conditions. Without the ACA, COVID is another way that insurance companies could reject people or send their costs through the roof.
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have been formally nominated by their respective parties to face each other in the 2020 general election.
Sounds like a great segue into the latest question for our pop-up newsletter series, #WhatsAtStake. š§µ
Sounds like a great segue into the latest question for our pop-up newsletter series, #WhatsAtStake. š§µ
In #WhatsAtStake, we're weeding through the issues that matter this election so you can drown out the noise and have the facts when you head to vote.
So far, weāve touched on the economy and foreign policy. Sign up for our free newsletter to catch up. š© dallasnews.activehosted.com/f/183
So far, weāve touched on the economy and foreign policy. Sign up for our free newsletter to catch up. š© dallasnews.activehosted.com/f/183
We also want to hear from you! š£ļø
Ahead of each edition, weāll give you the chance to voice your opinion on the issues that matter most to you.
Your answer may be featured in the #WhatsAtStake newsletter or on our social platforms.
Ahead of each edition, weāll give you the chance to voice your opinion on the issues that matter most to you.
Your answer may be featured in the #WhatsAtStake newsletter or on our social platforms.
The health care of tens of millions of Americans is on the line. This lawsuit to undermine the #ACA is personal to me. #CripTheVote #ProtectOurCare #WhatsAtStake /1
15 years ago I was #paralyzed by a random bullet. I woke up from an induced coma to learn I had lost my #healthcare & I was now bankrupt, my family as shattered as my spine. #CripTheVote #ProtectOurCare #WhatsAtStake /2
Over the next several years, I struggled. It was a constant fight to get the equipment, medicines and therapies I needed to survive. I lived in poverty, often having to decide which was more important: medicine or food. #CripTheVote #ProtectOurCare #WhatsAtStake /3
1/ THREAD: Over the past few months, I've heard from hundreds of people in Connecticut about how the ACA has impacted their lives. They are terrified that the GOP lawsuit to overturn the ACA will succeed. Here are just a few stories of #WhatsAtStake for families in our state.
2/ Becky, from Storrs - āIf the Affordable Care Act is struck down, and insurance companies are allowed to kick people with pre-existing conditions off of their parentsā insurance, we'd lose everything. We would have to declare bankruptcy.ā
3/ Claudia from Coventry - āI have survived breast cancer (five years in June), and I was diagnosed just as my COBRA coverage was expiring. If I hadn't had coverage through the ACA, my retirement savings would have been wiped out.ā
ā ļøā ļøā ļø LONG, GRAPHICS-HEAVY THREAD: How many would lose healthcare coverage and how much *federal funding* would YOUR Congressional District lose if Trump & GOP win their #TexasFoldEm lawsuit to repeal the #ACA?
Back in March, the @urbaninstitute ran a detailed analysis to figure out how many people would lose healthcare coverage in each state if the #ACA were to be struck down by the #TexasFoldEm lawsuit. They also figured out how much federal funding each state would lose. 1/
Recently, @EmilyG_DC and I took the @urbaninstituteās work one step further & broke out the coverage losses out by *congressional district*. 2/ americanprogress.org/issues/healthcā¦
Wonder why Rs are trying to push #Kavanaugh through? THIS.
So heās seated before This is before SCOTUS.
#StopKavanaugh #WhatsAtStake
#WhatAreTheyHiding #SaveSCOTUS
So heās seated before This is before SCOTUS.
#StopKavanaugh #WhatsAtStake
#WhatAreTheyHiding #SaveSCOTUS
Hidden motive behind Republican attempts to fast-track #Kavanaugh:
āUnder the doctrine of separate sovereigns, federal & state govt are considered to be "separate sovereigns", so Double Jeopardy Clause does not apply to prosecution of the same crime by both fed and state courtsā
āUnder the doctrine of separate sovereigns, federal & state govt are considered to be "separate sovereigns", so Double Jeopardy Clause does not apply to prosecution of the same crime by both fed and state courtsā
Wanted to share a little about the lawsuit that AG Hawley filed that would eliminate protections for preexisting conditions for millions of Americans, including kids like ours. Feel free to follow along. 1/
Here's the first page of the lawsuit seeking to declare our health care protections unconstitutional. AG Hawley didn't have to join this lawsuit, but he chose to, on behalf of his state. 2/
Here's the part that says the #ACA protects #PreExistingConditions, makes sure people can't be charged more for them, and requires that insurers cover essential health benefits.
That's the part that keeps our kids alive and our families out of bankruptcy. 3/
That's the part that keeps our kids alive and our families out of bankruptcy. 3/
Chair @ChuckGrassley Senators @senorrinhatch @LindseyGrahamSC @JohnCornyn @SenMikeLee @TedCruz @BenSasse @JeffFlake @MikeCrapo @ThomTillis @JohnKennedyLA Weaponizing hate is a despicable and wretched act. Weaponizing hate as an act of misogyny to...
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...suppress the testimony of a courageous American patriot who places her country before herself is criminal.
To pre-judge in the public space who is telling the truth and who is not, as a few of you have is derelict. Your efforts to impugn Professor...
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...suppress the testimony of a courageous American patriot who places her country before herself is criminal.
To pre-judge in the public space who is telling the truth and who is not, as a few of you have is derelict. Your efforts to impugn Professor...
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...Blasey Fordās character with statements such as ā...sheās mixed up...ā pre-date Professor Anita Hill, almost 27 years ago. Yet, Professor Hill was afforded the due process of an FBI investigation. This is precedent. Meanwhile, Judge Kavanaugh is...
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...Blasey Fordās character with statements such as ā...sheās mixed up...ā pre-date Professor Anita Hill, almost 27 years ago. Yet, Professor Hill was afforded the due process of an FBI investigation. This is precedent. Meanwhile, Judge Kavanaugh is...
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Feb. 2018, 18 @GOP AG's & 2 GOP Governors Filed a Lawsuit to Repeal the #ACA in the U.S. Northern District of TX
This lawsuit is currently being heard. This is what it means to YOUR healthcare if Kavanaugh is confirmed. #ProtectOurCare #WhatsAtStake (THREAD)1/15
This lawsuit is currently being heard. This is what it means to YOUR healthcare if Kavanaugh is confirmed. #ProtectOurCare #WhatsAtStake (THREAD)1/15
These are the Republican state attorneys general and governors from 20 states that filed the lawsuit in February 2018 in the U.S. Northern District of Texas.
#ProtectOurCare #WhatsAtStake 2/15
#ProtectOurCare #WhatsAtStake 2/15
In June of 2018, the Trump Administration said it would not defend the #ACA and actually AGREED in part with the plaintiffs, arguing that protections for people with #PreExistingConditions should be overturned.
#ProtectOurCare #WhatsAtStake 3/15
#ProtectOurCare #WhatsAtStake 3/15
1/5. As a life-long advocate for racial justice, equal rights under the law, and opportunity for all, I will #VoteNoOnKavanaugh and fight back against the Trump Administrationās every effort to turn back on the clock on civil rights. #WhatsAtStake
medium.com/@SenatorMenendā¦
medium.com/@SenatorMenendā¦
2/5. Brett Kavanaugh has joined opinions that undermine our fair housing laws and weaken the ability of African Americans and Latino Americans to raise discrimination claims.
3/5. When a South Carolina law that could have blocked 63,756 minority voters from the polls came before Judge Kavanaugh, he thought it was constitutional.
As we continue to make our case to @SenatorCollins, we Mainers ask a favor of our fellow patriot activists in other states who are working hard with us to #StopKavanaugh.(Thread)
#NoKavanaugh #CollinshearME
@IndivisibleTeam @mfalpac @Indivisible_MDI @IndivisibleSagC
#NoKavanaugh #CollinshearME
@IndivisibleTeam @mfalpac @Indivisible_MDI @IndivisibleSagC
Please keep calling the senators in your states. But leave Collins' phone lines open for Mainers. She has pointed to out-of-state calls and TV ad purchases as evidence that it's not her constituents doing the calling. We know better. We need to remove all doubt.
#NoKavanaugh
#NoKavanaugh
We don't want to give her any room to say Mainers aren't calling (which she has reportedly done). Trust us. We are fighting as if our future--and yours--depends on it. Because it does. We won't stop calling, emailing & showing up until the votes our cast. We know #WhatsAtStake.
Since the Senate Judiciary Committee Record is āopenā til Monday 9/10 at NOON it would behoove one of the @SenateDems to submit declarations offering proof that he lied along with a referral for a PERJURY investigation. #WhatsAtStake #StopKavanaugh slate.com/news-and-politā¦
IF declarations allege that Kavanaigh lied under oath, Senators have an obligation to determine whether he perjured himself before they vote on his confirmation. Would Republicans investigate a Democrat? In a heartbeat! And Democrats would agree.
So @SenateDems should put the charges in the Judiciary Committee Record, even if the result is āvoted out of committee with a request for perjury in the minority reportā and ask every Senator ādid Kavanaugh lie and should you investigate that before voting on confirmation?ā
Based on what I heard ā and didn't hear ā from Judge #Kavanaugh at his hearings, and having reviewed his writings and record as a judge, I believe any reasonable person would have cause to be concerned, even fearful, of his confirmation to the Supreme Court.
I will vote no.
I will vote no.
My decision is based on:
1) his judicial track record
2) his equivocation on whether presidents should be investigated while in office, even though he investigated President Bill Clinton for Independent Counsel Ken Starr, and
3) what little we have seen of his White House record
1) his judicial track record
2) his equivocation on whether presidents should be investigated while in office, even though he investigated President Bill Clinton for Independent Counsel Ken Starr, and
3) what little we have seen of his White House record
Further, this whole process has been outrageous.
My request to meet with Judge #Kavanaugh before the hearings began was denied by the White House. I joined @JudiciaryDems in requesting a modest postponement so I had adequate time to review his full record ā that was also denied.
My request to meet with Judge #Kavanaugh before the hearings began was denied by the White House. I joined @JudiciaryDems in requesting a modest postponement so I had adequate time to review his full record ā that was also denied.
My abortion (a short thread).
I was 19. I married my boyfriend w/ a black eye. (It seemed like abuse stemmed from possessiveness, so I thought marriage would prove I was committed to him. I was wrong.)
When I told him I was pregnant, he threw me around & choked me 1/
I was 19. I married my boyfriend w/ a black eye. (It seemed like abuse stemmed from possessiveness, so I thought marriage would prove I was committed to him. I was wrong.)
When I told him I was pregnant, he threw me around & choked me 1/
Until I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I fled our small apt.
I knew that if I had that child, we would have been subject 2 a lifetime of abuse--physical & mental.
I wept during the procedure but afterwards, I divorced him, went to college & law school & had 2 children. 2/
I knew that if I had that child, we would have been subject 2 a lifetime of abuse--physical & mental.
I wept during the procedure but afterwards, I divorced him, went to college & law school & had 2 children. 2/
Children who know a life of love. Children who are not abused or hated or viewed as mistakes.
I don't exaggerate when I say I saved my life when I made that choice. & I created space for loved, wanted children after I freed myself from my abuser. 3/
I don't exaggerate when I say I saved my life when I made that choice. & I created space for loved, wanted children after I freed myself from my abuser. 3/
Good morning, all! It's Sam (@samsokol19) back live-tweeting Day 3 of the #KavanaughHearings. We're all a little tired š“... but let's do this!
Yesterday, Kavanaugh dropped some major hints about how he plans to undermine church-state separation on the Supreme Court. #StopKavanaugh
Yesterday, Kavanaugh clearly stated that he thinks it's ok for the government to fund religious activities with taxpayer funds.
Each of us should get to decide for ourselves whether & how our money supports religionāthatās a guarantee of the U.S. Constitution. #StopKavanaugh
Each of us should get to decide for ourselves whether & how our money supports religionāthatās a guarantee of the U.S. Constitution. #StopKavanaugh
Friends, today's developments with regard to our health care made crystal clear #WhatsAtStake, the need to #StopKavanaugh, and the need to be a #HealthCareVoter this November.
Here's a quick explainer thread on what happened, and where we go from here. (1/)
Here's a quick explainer thread on what happened, and where we go from here. (1/)
In Texas today, a judge heard arguments on the lawsuit brought by several GOP State AGs and the Trump Administration to declare the #ACA, including #PreExistingConditions protections, unconstitutional. That judge seemed prepared to do just that. (2/)
modernhealthcare.com/article/201809ā¦
modernhealthcare.com/article/201809ā¦
If that one judge rules to strike down #PreExistingConditions protections, millions of Americans - including those of us with medically complex kids - would be at risk of losing health care.
Such a decision would be appealed, and could ultimately land at the Supreme Court. (3/)
Such a decision would be appealed, and could ultimately land at the Supreme Court. (3/)
The American people are confronted with a #GOP Congress and Administration that are relentlessly ransacking the futures of American families and seniors, all to further enrich their lobbyist and special interest friends, big corporations and the wealthiest one percent. /1
From health care, to taxes, to good-paying jobs, to critical consumer protections, President Trump and the #Republican Congress are selling out the American people at every turn: /2 #ARawDeal #CultureOfCorruption #RepublicanGreed
#Democrats must be ready to drive home our case to the American people about how a Democratic majority will fight For The People:/3 #ForAll #ForThePeople #ABetterDeal #PrincipledDemocraticLeadership
THREAD: Today, people around the country are fighting tooth and nail to block Kavanaugh from a lifetime seat. TODAY is your best chance to make your voice heard where you live, as part of a nationwide chorus.
Find an event near you here: uniteforjustice2018.com/?source=cap #StopKavanaugh
Find an event near you here: uniteforjustice2018.com/?source=cap #StopKavanaugh
Trumpās allies in the Senate have made it clear: they want to strip your health care protections, jeopardize #RoevWade, & protect a corrupt, criminally-implicated President.
Theyāre counting on us not caring enough to stop them, and nowās the chance for us to prove them wrong.
Theyāre counting on us not caring enough to stop them, and nowās the chance for us to prove them wrong.
If you care about protections for the 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditionsālike Alaskan Colleen Mondor, a small business owner and cancer survivor whose son has diabetesāspeak up.
adn.com/opinions/2018/ā¦ #StopKavanaugh #WhatsAtStake
adn.com/opinions/2018/ā¦ #StopKavanaugh #WhatsAtStake
For months, we've consistently cautioned that the Senate must #PressPause on considering President Trump's SCOTUS nominee until the Special Counsel's investigation ends.
LDF President and Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF penned an op-ed on our countryās commitment to equal justice under the law and why "it is imperative that the process to replace [Justice Kennedy] not be rushed." #WhatsAtStake #ScotusPick #SCOTUSnominee politico.com/magazine/storyā¦
In our meeting today, Judge Kavanaugh refused to answer even the most basic Qs ab his jurisprudence & judicial philosophy, especially re: womenās reproductive freedom, health care protections for ppl w/ pre-ex conditions, voting rights & presidential powers.
Let me explain:
Let me explain:
Judge Kavanaugh refused to say whether or not he agreed Roe v Wade & Planned Parenthood v Casey were correctly decided or assure me he believed these cases should be left alone
That should send shivers down the spine of any American who believes in reproductive freedom for women
That should send shivers down the spine of any American who believes in reproductive freedom for women
Judge Kavanaugh had a special obligation to make his views on this topic clear, given the presidentās litmus test that he would only appoint justices who would overturn Roe. On that obligation, Judge Kavanaugh failed spectacularly. #WhatsAtStake
