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[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 18 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

For a second I was going to say it's like they're trying to make us hate them more somehow. Then I realized, yeah, that's probably exactly what they're trying to do. Antagonizing people into violence is the goal.

I'm not sure if it's to use it as an excuse to declare martial law, or kick off a civil war, or both? Idk I guess I've just been around enough passive aggressive pieces of shit in the past to recognize it when I see it.

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Idk,.I'm finding it might actually be useful to spread local information if you stick to some local subreddits

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Congrats! I hope this momentum keeps up across the country!

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In this case the hospital cannot afford to pay both the salary of CEOs and doctors that provide care.

So cuts have to be made somewhere. You're suggesting the rational thing to do in this case would be to cut the doctors and keep the CEOs so that they can keep lights on in an empty building. That's so crazy it just might work. Problem solved.

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yep fuck Sinclair broadcasting too, but as you can see, the only news covering this is from local Indiana news reporting.

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How is a hospital "functioning" if there's nobody there to provide care? That's kind of the whole point of hospitals.

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah fuck the intercept, not really the point.

My point is that while big news networks are fucking around it's the locals news and individuals who are getting fucked over the most by this bullshit who are actually trying to make sure this shit doesn't get buried

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Great, I'm actually trying to find a new primary care doctor right now.

Tried to call my old office to see if they could help me and it rang and rang until it eventually hung up on me.

Just tried to contact one the main number to make an appointment and got a voicemail telling me to leave briefly message.

Tried to call a third number the nurses help hotline provided me and it rang once and hung up.

I'll probably just end up going to CVS again and using their minute clinic, which actually seems to have a better handle on healthcare at this point than the giant corporation that has purchased every hospital in the area.

But I'm glad we have CEOs at every campus making sure everything runs so smoothly even though there are no doctors available to provide healthcare.

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

True, there was not a whole lot of mainstream media coverage of assange but there were journalists from places like the intercept and I believe rolling stone or vice also covering it.

In this case, and many cases all over the country lately, I'm finding that tiny local news outlets are doing a better job keeping us informed than mainstream media or even larger less mainstream news outlets.

Also realized that if this was a case of spying it would seem very unlikely he would have a lawyer at his residence while it was being raided but who tf knows. Not us.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59635227

Y'all come on now... If anyone in Louisiana is actually seeing this, there is no way y'all are ok with that right?

The main link is a comparison of both John Bell Edwards original declaration and Landry's most recent renewal from the 20th.

One obvious difference seems to be that Landry grants to the director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) authority to take whatever action he deems appropriate in response to declaration of emergency.

https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/acadiana/2025/03/21/gov-landry-louisiana-omv-emergency-software-failure/82590867007/

Allegedly it has to do with the office of motor vehicles. Wouldn't be a big deal, except on literally the same day, he announced GOHSEP is now under control of the National Guard.

According to Landry "This move not only delivers significant cost savings but also aligns with my belief in the importance of relying more on our National Guard to strengthen our state's resilience."

According to this article https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-restructure-gohsep-under-louisiana-national-guard-fiscal-responsibility/article_7e9e08f2-ee67-463c-a2b3-424f6165a087.html

"GOHSEP Director Jacques Thibodeaux took on a challenging role and served our state with dedication under difficult circumstances. We deeply appreciate his service," Landry said in the announcement.

Thibodeaux said in an interview that, over the next 30 days, he will help transition GOHSEP from a stand-alone agency to one under the purview of the National Guard in a role titled special assistant to the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard.

His plans after that are currently undetermined, Thibodeaux said. He noted that he's worked in emergency management for 40 years and is also a retired army soldier and retired U.S. Marshal.

"I'm gonna take (a) well-needed break and enjoy my family, and then I'll determine what's gonna be the next chapter," he said.

So it seems like the director named in the order, no longer exists. If I'm just dumb and misunderstanding this please explain it to me.

 

Y'all come on now... If anyone in Louisiana is actually seeing this, there is no way y'all are ok with that right?

The main link is a comparison of both John Bell Edwards original declaration and Landry's most recent renewal from the 20th.

One obvious difference seems to be that Landry grants to the director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) has authority to take whatever action he deems appropriate in response to declaration of emergency.

https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/acadiana/2025/03/21/gov-landry-louisiana-omv-emergency-software-failure/82590867007/

Allegedly it has to do with the office of motor vehicles. Wouldn't be a big deal, except on literally the same day, he announced GOHSEP is now under control of the National Guard.

According to Landry "This move not only delivers significant cost savings but also aligns with my belief in the importance of relying more on our National Guard to strengthen our state's resilience."

According to this article https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-restructure-gohsep-under-louisiana-national-guard-fiscal-responsibility/article_7e9e08f2-ee67-463c-a2b3-424f6165a087.html

"GOHSEP Director Jacques Thibodeaux took on a challenging role and served our state with dedication under difficult circumstances. We deeply appreciate his service," Landry said in the announcement.

Thibodeaux said in an interview that, over the next 30 days, he will help transition GOHSEP from a stand-alone agency to one under the purview of the National Guard in a role titled special assistant to the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard.

His plans after that are currently undetermined, Thibodeaux said. He noted that he's worked in emergency management for 40 years and is also a retired army soldier and retired U.S. Marshal.

"I'm gonna take (a) well-needed break and enjoy my family, and then I'll determine what's gonna be the next chapter," he said.

So it seems like the director named in the order, no longer exists. If I'm just dumb and misunderstanding this please explain it to me.

 

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/homeland-security-makes-cuts-to-offices-overseeing-civil-rights-protections/

Only 2 of those 3 offices are involved in immigration. The 3rd is the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), which supports the Homeland Security's mission to secure the nation while preserving individual liberty, fairness, and equality under the law for all American citizens:

https://www.dhs.gov/office-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties

https://moskowitz.house.gov/posts/fema-independence-act-2025

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/03/lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-break-fema-out-of-dhs/?readmore=1

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5213057-noem-plans-eliminate-fema/

https://www.fema.gov/about/offices/civil-rights

This bill from a Florida Rep is proposing to liberate FEMA to allegedly free it from DHS red tape, but was introduced the same day DHS secretary said during a televised cabinet meeting she plans to eliminate FEMA from DHS. With FEMA eliminated, a 4th office of civil rights under FEMA is also eliminated.

If this bill succeeds, it means that FEMA no longer responds to an emergency situation as an agency. It will be under control of a single cabinet member who answers to the president.

This means that in an emergency, we also lose protection of the civil rights office within FEMA. The FEMA Office of Civil Rights is committed to the full enforcement of federal civil rights laws before, during, and after disasters.

Does that mean it's 100% effective at doing that? Hell no. It means it's a seatbelt that only works sometimes, but these people are arguing we might as well just cut the seatbelts out of a cars for being inefficient and only working sometimes.

I am in no way arguing that FEMA doesn't need some serious fixing, but please understand that if we lose protection of civil rights during a disaster, we lose any expectation of rights being upheld by the National Guard, which is now in full control over an emergency response in Louisiana.

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-restructure-gohsep-under-louisiana-national-guard-fiscal-responsibility/article_7e9e08f2-ee67-463c-a2b3-424f6165a087.html

 

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/homeland-security-makes-cuts-to-offices-overseeing-civil-rights-protections/

Only 2 of those 3 offices are involved in immigration. The 3rd is the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), which supports the Homeland Security's mission to secure the nation while preserving individual liberty, fairness, and equality under the law for all American citizens:

https://www.dhs.gov/office-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties

https://moskowitz.house.gov/posts/fema-independence-act-2025

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/03/lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-break-fema-out-of-dhs/?readmore=1

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5213057-noem-plans-eliminate-fema/

https://www.fema.gov/about/offices/civil-rights

This bill from a Florida Rep is proposing to liberate FEMA to allegedly free it from DHS red tape, but was introduced the same day DHS secretary said during a televised cabinet meeting she plans to eliminate FEMA from DHS. With FEMA eliminated, a 4th office of civil rights under FEMA is also eliminated.

If this bill succeeds, it means that FEMA no longer responds to an emergency situation as an agency. It will be under control of a single cabinet member who answers to the president.

This means that in an emergency, we also lose protection of the civil rights office within FEMA. The FEMA Office of Civil Rights is committed to the full enforcement of federal civil rights laws before, during, and after disasters.

Does that mean it's 100% effective at doing that? Hell no. It means it's a seatbelt that only works sometimes, but these people are arguing we might as well just cut the seatbelts out of a cars for being inefficient and only working sometimes.

I am in no way arguing that FEMA doesn't need some serious fixing, but please understand that if we lose protection of civil rights during a disaster, we lose any expectation of rights being upheld by the National Guard, which is now in full control over an emergency response in Louisiana.

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-restructure-gohsep-under-louisiana-national-guard-fiscal-responsibility/article_7e9e08f2-ee67-463c-a2b3-424f6165a087.html

 

Hi, I posted about this yesterday, but people should be aware that the Department of Homeland Security is attempting to dismantle three civil rights offices for allegedly standing in the way of their immigration mission.

If that doesn't concern you on its own, you should know that the funny thing is, only two of the three civil rights offices are actually focused on immigration. The third is just general civil rights. So that means today it's this lady, tomorrow it's you or someone you care about.

You can read more about that here: https://pimento-mori.ghost.io/states-continue-to-push-law-and-policy-that-coincidentally-aids-federal-government-agenda/

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/27720691

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59525922

Hey Louisiana residents, don't know if you've heard about Landry's most recent cost saving efforts?

I'm sure I don't need to tell you why this would be very bad in any normal situation, but given some other things that are occurring at the federal level with Homeland Security's Office of Civil Rights, it's even worse than that.

So, I wrote a brief post with some information about why that is, and why all Americans should be concerned by these actions: https://pimento-mori.ghost.io/states-continue-to-push-law-and-policy-that-coincidentally-aids-federal-government-agenda/

 

Hey Louisiana residents, don't know if you've heard about Landry's most recent cost saving efforts?

I'm sure I don't need to tell you why this would be very bad in any normal situation, but given some other things that are occurring at the federal level with Homeland Security's Office of Civil Rights, it's even worse than that.

So, I wrote a brief post with some information about why that is, and why all Americans should be concerned by these actions: https://pimento-mori.ghost.io/states-continue-to-push-law-and-policy-that-coincidentally-aids-federal-government-agenda/

 

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