Federal Addiction and Mental Health Agency Faces Major Staff Cuts THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A key federal agency responsible for addiction and mental health services is facing deep staff cuts.The Substance A

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Mental health agency loses 1 in 10 staffers to DOGE cuts, 988 hotline team impacted Around 100 were fired from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Mental health and addictions are going to get far worse with less assistance from the Feds.

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Trump’s timber directives could sway Oregon forest policy, but market effects remain unclear President Donald Trump called on agencies to expand domestic timber supply. That could influence prospective forest polices that are currently in the works, but implications for Oregon's timber indust...

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This is the stripping of public assets and The Lorax coming to life in real time.

This program requires 10 yrs of service and incentivizes people to work for nonprofits, schools, city, county and state programs even though they earn less pay. Cutting those program will reduce the pool of people who can afford to keep doing this good work!

Nothing will ever trickle down.

The GOP passed a budget resolution last night that will gut Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital programs — as 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

Why? To finance tax cuts for the top 1%.

We have socialism in this country for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.

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I expect our team to be posting here more actively in the coming months.

Inequality for All (2013) ⭐ 8.0 | Documentary 1h 29m | PG

I just watched “Inequality For All,” a documentary that’s been on my list since it came out in 2013. In it, Robert Reich predicted our current threat to democracy. We all need to watch/rewatch this movie to understand how we got here and what has to change.
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What do you use for the color catcher?

She is so beautiful!!

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Anything Human Is Mentionable We wall off our world with words. The ones we speak and the ones we swallow down so they don’t escape our lips. But, as Mr. Rogers says, “Anything human is mentionable.” Even deat…

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Grief, Kindness and a Little Bit of Mr. Rogers | Aish Kindness is the real antidote for Grief’s poison.

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I am hoping for healing and relearning who I am in 2025. I start my own EMDR sessions next week and am a little terrified of what I will uncover, but I am also ready to not feel this way anymore.

The 2nd half of 2025 was brutal for me. The year culminated with me feeling more alone and more broken than ever. I now live in a year where Tim has never existed. A shattering realization that only occurred to me a few minutes before midnight NYE.