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Cancer could not stop her activism but Trump’s ACA repeal could

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Over the last few weeks, we have been discussing the Affordable Care Act and health care in America, in sort of an antiseptic manner. Today we will discuss it first as personalized by a friend, a millennial, and a fellow activist, Eleanor Goldfield, who has had to work within the current system as it stands. She had an upfront seat from her cancer diagnosis to her remission over the last two years. We will then discuss the changes we must fight for to make our system better and humane.

Eleanor Goldfield is the Founder & Host at Act Out, Founder / Senior Consultant at Art Killing Apathy and Founder, singer, writer at Rooftop Revolutionaries. She is an all around social justice, economic justice, and racial justice political activist.

Eleanor is not letting her ordeal deter her from her activism. After all, in the times of Trump one cannot rest on one’s laurels. She has written the new book titled, Paradigm Lost. Eleanor blogs at ArtKillingApathy.com.

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But let’s get to the Blog of the Week.

Blog of the week

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My Blog Posts Of The Week

• Trump’s policies, cuts, and more are another dimension of End State Capitalism.
• Trump will garnish your tax returns, wages, and pension to collect your student loans next month.
• JB Pritzker delivered an unabashedly progressive critique of Trumpism that even MAGA should embrace.
• MAGA called out: Your condition only changes when you realize it’s class warfare and not the isms.
• Watch Congressman ridicule a bumbling Treasury Secretary unable to tell the truth about tariffs
• GOP Senator on Republican politicians: We are all afraid. Does a mob run America?
• Tesla, built on government welfare, is failing even with record subsidies from taxpayers.
• The Trump Administration is plotting massive budget cuts that would destroy public health.
• A Nigerian immigrant points out the reality versus the American myth that confronts all of us.
• Sen. Elissa Slotkin undermines progressivism, taking exception to Bernie & AOC’s use of oligarchy.
• I had to school a caller attempting to make the DC airline crash a ‘DEI pilot’ caused an accident.
• Bernie Sanders provides clear-eyed reason why he urges some Americans to run as independents.
• Sen. Schumer Delusional about the Democratic Party: We’re doing very well. We are totally united.
• Dehumanizing groups of Americans has allowed Trump, MAGA, and Neoliberals to take power.
• What’s up with efforts to restore wild salmon to the U.S. West?
• What kind of environmental toll has the Israel-Hamas War taken on Gaza
• Mexico’s president lashes back at the U.S. hypocrisy of the U.S. running lying ads in Mexico.
• Misinformed MAGA caller schooled on immigration, capitalism, and his flawed assumptions.
• A primer on how we get screwed by the rich via taxes, bonds, media, and politicians.
• Why tariffs will fail as Trump empowers China. MSNBC host and Apple’s CEO Tim Cook explain.

My Other Posts At DailyKos.com

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