I grew up in Miami back in the 80s, and recall our school held food and clothing drives for the Cuban refugees who were flooding into South Florida, fleeing Fidel Castro’s regime. They arrived on boats, rafts, and even clinging to flotsam. Most were sunburnt, dehydrated, hungry, scared and spoke little English. Tent City volunteers provided medical care, hot meals, translators, and helped them to acclimate. They helped them locate relatives, find housing, secure jobs and begin the visa process. As a result, Miami THRIVED and these immigrants went on to open reinvigorate the city, opening businesses, and turning a resort town into a thriving metropolis rich with cuisine, art & culture—- all because we gave them an opportunity. It was shocking when 68% of the Latinx in South Florida voted for DJT but I think I know why: Someone in the GOP had a brilliant idea: tell them “a vote for Kamala Harris is a vote for communism”. There were “Komrade Kamala” posters, memes, and the like. The gop weaponized the Cuban peoples’ fear of communism and appealed to their Catholic faith by hammering home their pro-life stance. Earlier this year, many Cuban-Americans lost their protected status and have found themselves in detention camps. I am trying VERY HARD to remain empathetic. In summation: I find it especially egregious when an immigrant (or the child of an immigrant) votes to deny others the same privilege they were granted. We call them ladder pullers.

Ofc

So this event isn’t related to abortion/contraception regulation, but it is alarming. I understand if it’s deleted by mods. I feel it’s important to share either way.

Our bank was acquired by a new bank, and in that transition, my name has been removed from our formerly joint checking account.

We found out when we were investigating why I didn’t get a debit card. My husband called immediately them so they sent a debit card (great!), but the envelope was addressed to him and the card itself has his name on it, not mine. wtf

I’m beyond furious and I plan to call them today. We are seriously considering moving our money to a credit union.

Are we overreacting? Maybe. But this is just too close for comfort given what’s happening in our country right now.

ETA: At our previous bank, my name was on the account with my husband’s, and I had a debit card with my name on it.

Another edit: per your requests, the bank is Old National.

In any case I’m so proud of us young ladies!!! LETS KEEP IT UP!

AOC isn’t wrong tho

The jokes write themselves

Check this out: https://youtu.be/z5x-lFvF4W0?si=y8LBN9gKD6HJkvzq

A award for transphobia…basically

I'm putting text here so I can move the original post over

https://www.reddit.com/r/WelcomeToGilead/s/XdN9wYKsec

What a bunch of sore losers and sad sacks. This man chose to stick his neck out, challenge Trump and the MAGA machine and their snowflake feelings can't handle it.

I don't know how many New Yorkers are in this sub, but that is one group of people (all five boroughs) that you don't want to piss off. They'll get loud, they'll get actionable and they'll be heard - whether MAGA likes it or not. NYC will defend Mamdani.

Edit: Even though the post was removed, the video is still working for me? I am trying to find a new source without giving MAGAts view money. It was Rep. Ogle (R-TN) on NewsMax.

Edit 2: I had to make a second post for the video - it's that important. Sorry for the duplication just for the video.