Mary Jane Curry

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions. Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...

Around 80% of the psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. that have violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in the past 15 years are owned by for-profit corporations.

Only a few have faced any repercussions from regulators.

By @emcahan.bsky.social

In Kansas, a new Methodist church focuses on progressive and LGBTQ+ members With much of institutional religion wobbling, this Kansas City church prioritizes LGBTQ people once shunned by the United Methodist church.

With much of institutional religion wobbling, this Kansas City church's goal is to create a spiritual home built around young LGBTQ+ congregants and people of color.

No surprise given his happy support of a lifelong rapist and gangster.

Adaptation 🤝 Mitigation

The orange plague and his minions are the terrorists.
Definition: "calculated use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective." (Encyclopoedia Britannica)

'I regret voting for him': Internet erupts over Trump's 'spectacularly dumb' mortgage idea Donald Trump's latest plan to help people buy homes is getting a horrible reception from many experts and political observers, with one individual declaring it a "spectacularly dumb" idea.Trump recent...

Donald Trump's latest plan to help people buy homes is getting a horrible reception from many experts and political observers, with one individual declaring it a "spectacularly dumb" idea.

Scott Bessent said to be 'in damage control' after blowing up Trump's $2,000 checks plan Just hours after President Donald Trump floated the idea of sending Americans $2,000 checks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent immediately contradicted the proposal during a live appearance Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”Bessent was asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos how the Trump administration would...

Just hours after President Donald Trump floated the idea of sending Americans $2,000 checks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent immediately contradicted the proposal during a live appearance Sunday on ABC's "This Week.

Trump caught own allies 'off guard' with military threat based on Fox News story: report Donald Trump recently shocked his own allies with a military threat that came after the president watched a Fox New story on the topic, according to new reporting.The Washington Post on Sunday publish...

"Trump caught own allies 'off guard' with military threat [to invade Nigeria] based on Fox News story: report" www.rawstory.com/trump-nigeri...

URGENT Call to Action: The Senate version of the S.2696 is moving out of committee BUT this version does not include any protections for book creators and only contains weak first amendment protections. The timing is tight: please email your senator before Wednesday, Nov. 12! More info:

🤣🤣😂

Graham is a terrorist supporter and therefore a terrorist. Definition: "calculated use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective." (Encyclopoedia Britannica)

Under NSPM-7 (Natl. Security Presidential Memo) orange plague is illegally making us into a terrorist state:
any political speech as 'domestic terrorism' & orders FBI & other feds to investigate and prosecute individuals, non-profits, etc. This means you, unless you kowtow to him.

Or, if you are Robert Reich, against change, as the case may be

Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation ICE’s dragnet is expanding across social media, putting everyone’s digital lives into the realm of border and immigration enforcement.

ICE is building a 24/7 social media monitoring program that would scan Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and dozens of other platforms. Private contractors would turn public posts into enforcement leads fed directly into government databases. buff.ly/gXCFJBl

Could smaller families 'rewild' the planet — and make humans happier? Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.

Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.

Minnesota restores full SNAP benefits to families in need Amid legal challenges in federal courts, Minnesota started distributing full November SNAP benefits to the more than 400,000 in the state who rely on the aid.

Amid legal challenges in federal courts, Minnesota started distributing full November SNAP benefits to the more than 400,000 in the state who rely on the aid.

SNAP Benefits: Trump Admin Tries to Block Full Payments in November

A court had ordered that the full SNAP benefits be provided.

“Denying People the Right to Food”: Millions Could Go Hungry as Trump Admin Holds Up SNAP Benefits As the U.S. federal government shutdown enters its second month, over 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves and their families after SNAP food assistance was cut off over the weekend...

By withholding and delaying SNAP benefits, the Trump administration is "actively trying to cause harm and chaos to the American people," says child hunger expert Mariana Chilton.

‘Keeping her name out there’: family marks 15 years since Indigenous woman vanished Time has stood still for the family of Amber Guiboche.

Time has stood still for the family of Amber Guiboche.

Trump Humiliation Worsens as Fresh Info Reveals Scale of GOP Losses The results showed that Democrats don’t have to choose between attacking Trump and highlighting the economy. In fact, they are often inseparable.

Anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and Tuesday’s results overwhelmingly demonstrated this. On one front after another, the Democrats’ attacks on Trump were directly linked to voters’ material concerns. trib.al/HTzvxPv

An LA father. A Chicago preschool teacher. Videos capture their ICE arrests Federal officials say videos can be misleading and their tactics are justified in carrying out President Trump's mass-deportation agenda.

Federal officials say videos can be misleading and their tactics are justified in carrying out President Trump's mass-deportation agenda.

'Can of worms opened' as ex-Trump official flags 'Epstein connection you don't know about' There is a "hidden Epstein connection you don't know about" and it's related to the shutdown, according to Donald Trump's previous white house communications chief.Anthony Scaramucci, who previously said Trump was a grifter who "really wants to hurt people," flagged the purported connection in a vid...

There is a "hidden Epstein connection you don't know about" and it's related to the shutdown, according to Donald Trump's previous white house communications chief.

Trump’s Federal Cops Just Gave Themselves Expansive Anti-Protest Powers Targeting Masks The Trump administration’s new rules grant the Federal Protective Service cops powers to target masks and make arrests off federal property.

“It is clear that DHS sees what is in this regulation as a go-ahead to operate well off federal property.”

After Voters Chastise Trump, He Demands End to Filibuster to Pass Suppression Laws Read more here.

Voters sent Trump a clear message last week: they will not stand for his chaos and cruelty. The president’s response? Calling on lawmakers to smooth a path for voter suppression measures such as mandatory voter ID and mail-in voting bans.
https://bit.ly/3LxNFn7

YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff Kristi Noem CAUGHT in Boldest Lie Yet

youtu.be/O83rL_xdutM
Massive proof of ICE arrests and brutalization ofUS citizens

North Carolina Adds More Partisan GOP Staffers to Election Board Read more here.

Republicans packed the North Carolina Board of Elections with a slew of additional party insiders, marking the latest sign of the GOP’s partisan takeover of the board as it prepares for next year’s elections.
https://bit.ly/4p0sVTz

Congratulations Dr. Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard on LANDSLIDE statewide victories in Georgia.

These wins prove the massive grassroots energy powering Georgia Dems and unstoppable turnout juggernaut the Democratic Party of Georgia is building with the leadership of Chair Charlie Bailey.

The Land Sings Back: a gorgeous exhibition of drawings inspired by ecofeminism Thirteen artists with ancestral lands in south Asia, Africa and the Caribbean are subverting the role drawing has played in conquest and colonialism.

Thirteen artists with ancestral lands in south Asia, Africa and the Caribbean are subverting the role drawing has played in conquest and colonialism.

All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI—In what they described as a collaborative effort to share resources and information in defense of U.S. territory, Pentagon officials confirmed Monday that all six branches of the ...

All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny

The hypocrisy and sadism of repugs in Congress reeks to the farthest stars in the universe.