"Universal health coverage is not merely a technical goal to be achieved; it is primarily a moral imperative for societies that wish to call themselves just ... Healthcare must be accessible to the most vulnerable, then, not only because their dignity requires it but also to prevent injustice from becoming a cause of conflict."
Pope Leo calls universal health care a 'moral imperative'
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope-leo-calls-universal-health-care-moral-imperative
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been lying for more than a year about its authority to arrest people when they show up to their routine immigration court hearings, according to a letter the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed yesterday. The letter by Jay Clayton says that ICE legal counsel told […]
Funky Cold Mercuri
Who's skulking down the streets of the city
Scowling at everybody she sees?
Who's cringing back to avoid direct contact?
Everyone knows it's Wednesday
(*snap snap*)
People relying on corporate media sometimes think only Minneapolis and Portland are actively resisting the mutiny of preverts. In fact, every city is doing the same stuff, and all of us are learning from the others. Here's some of what is going on in #Memphis #Tennessee.
Thank you to the Guardian, The Independent, and The Times of India for reporting on our movement when our own country's media will not.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/25/ice-memphis-food-pantry-immigration
The Martinez family lived a regular Californian life. Now the father has been deported to Mexico, the Navy airman has been deployed to the Middle East as part of the war in Iran, and the college business major is trying to hold herself and her family together.
Politico: It's 3 times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump
The president has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states.
"...There has never been such a sharp partisan disparity in the approval of federal disaster funds since FEMA was created in 1979, according to a review of 2,500 natural disaster declarations by POLITICO’s E&E News.
The denials have blocked Democratic-led states from getting a total of $250 million in disaster aid that would have been approved by every previous president including Trump in his first term, E&E News found...."
Ron Dyck
David Dayen
Gabe Ortíz
rainey 🌻
Scary Austin
MoveOn
Gabriele Svelto
AI6YR Ben