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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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Blog of the week

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My Blog Posts Of The Week

• Rep Hakeem Jeffries points slammed GOP as unpatriotic in dealing with the debt ceiling.
• The 11-year-old black kid who called 911 and was shot by a Mississippi cop is my fear and that of many.black kid
• Moms Demand Action presented a moving Memorial for Uvalde in Kingwood, Texas.
• Chris Hayes exposes why Republicans holding America hostage with the debt ceiling is a farce.
• TX AG Paxton to be impeached. 11-year-old shot by a cop. Chris Hayes exposes Debt Ceiling fraud.
• Moms Demand Action memorializes Uvalde. KAD President on TX Lege failure. GOP tanking economy
• We blow up the tax cuts myth & debt ceiling lies parroted by Freedom Caucus member Bob Good.
• The Republican Texas Legislature has become the American Taliban in its governing style.
• Texas Talibanization continues. Tax cut & debt ceiling lies debunked. We must save ourselves.
• Wallace & Glaude slams GOP attack on freedom. Evil chairman in a meek package. Colorado River.
• The youngest state Dem chair speaks. Markey urges the 14th Amendment. 60 Minutes exposes contractors.
• Ed Markey is correct—use the 14th Amendment. Work requirements to extend debt is letting bullies win.
• Marjorie Taylor Greene puts the life of a black Rep, Jamaal Bowman, at risk with a false accusation.
• A real Healthcare for All story. Healthcare for All is the only answer. Leave TikTok alone.
• Northeastern Action Collective urges Houston to solve BIPOC area flooding. Medicare for all is back.
• Michael Steele: MAGA losses are acceptable to them because they are playing the long game.
• WOW! A local TX TV station exposed the healthcare evil. Michael Steele: MAGA playing the long game
• Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee on Texas Legislature attacks. Inconvenient truths about the GOP.
• Helen Gym, a Progressive to watch, was poised to become mayor of Philadelphia had voters showed up!
• Let Corps pay for inflation. Katy Tur humanizes immigration. MSM finally reports inflation is down.

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