• Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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    Fucking MAGA losers are going to murder more Americans. Minnesota is a contributor state and should withhold payment to the federal government. In fact, all the Blue States should do the same.

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      That’s going way too easy on them, they don’t deserve such a quick painless death.

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      I’m very sorry to hear that. Hope things work out for you and your baby.

      Trump and all the other ghouls in congress are monsters.

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    They are sanctioning the state of Minnesota like it’s a foreign narco or terrorist state

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    We need to get them out of office and into prison as fast as possible. A government bound by no laws will start murdering thousands of us just to make a point. ICE has already murdered almost a dozen americans, and ZERO of them have even been investigated.

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    Kind of a shit article. Just parrots the Trump administration’s claims, with no fact-checking or comments from anyone with actual knowledge of the Medicaid system.

    The truth is, the courts will obviously reverse this punitive action. The fact they are doing it anyway shows they care more about hurting Americans who resist Trump than focusing on the economy, world relations, housing prices, etc…

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    This little tidbit was buried:

    “We’re announcing a six-month national moratorium blocking all new enrollments for durable medical equipment– prosthesis, orthotics– supplies across the board,” he said, later adding that the move was “going to be effective, and it’s not going to touch the people who need these services.”

    So good luck if Grandma needs oxygen, tell her to breathe deeper.

    Also how do they block these services, and then say “it’s not going to touch the people who need these services?” Unless, y’know, they need these services.

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      Blocking new enrollments.

      So if Grandma is already on oxygen, she’s fine. But if Grandma’s doctor decides she needs to START supplemental O2, well, too bad, your grandma is clearly trying to scam the system and will need to wait 6 months (at least).

      Some for prosthesis. Terrible time for people to be losing limbs. Clearly there must be a significant black market for prosthetic legs, funded entirely by our tax dollars. (/s in case not obvious).

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        Like I said, Grandma can just breathe deeper, and I guess we’ll start seeing YouTube videos on “how to carve your very own pirate-style wooden peg leg, using common household items!”

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    So, I guess we’re now doing embargos inside the country as well. Fascism really is just colonialism turned inward.

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    Not in the US. How are people from Minnesota fighting back against this??

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        Yeah I know about the murders but what are Americans doing about THAT? And the fascism problem?! Why there isn’t a general strike happening right now - baffles the mind.

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          It takes time to build parallel systems of support. Asking “WhY hAsN’T sOmEoNe DoNe SoMeThIng‽” From behind your keyboard is not helping those systems that are being built.

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          They are currently planning the 2nd general strike… Minneapolis was nominated for the nobel prize precisely because of how effective their resistance has been and continues to be. There are thousands of private signal chats all over the state constantly organizing and responding directly to action on the ground. Your comment just seems like defeatist barely veiled concern trolling.