{"id":4122,"date":"2017-01-20T19:22:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T03:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=4122"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:36:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:36:40","slug":"its-the-apocalypse-charlie-frown-hes-signed-death-orders-for-the-aca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/its-the-apocalypse-charlie-frown-hes-signed-death-orders-for-the-aca\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the Apocalypse, Charlie Frown: He&#8217;s signed death orders for the #ACA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot believe that any of this is happening.<\/p>\n<p> =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/01\/20\/politics\/trump-signs-executive-order-on-obamacare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/01\/20\/politics\/trump-signs-executive-order-on-obamacare\/<\/a> &lt;=<\/p>\n<p> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" title=\"Trump takes out the ACA; the death of millions\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sketch-60.png?resize=877%2C630\" width=\"877\" height=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<p> The article is worded in a weird way &#8212; as though he&#8217;s defeated some horrible beast. When really what he&#8217;s doing is killing millions of Americans.<\/p>\n<p> *<\/p>\n<p> Everything feels a bit surreal right now.<\/p>\n<p> My head feels floaty and my stomach is sick.<\/p>\n<p> And I get why tons of people are trying to pretend that nothing&#8217;s going on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Member_Berries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia: Member Berries<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/southpark.wikia.com\/wiki\/Memberberries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Park Wikia: Memberberries<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" title=\"South Park Wikia: member berries\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sketch-62.png?resize=830%2C453\" width=\"830\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=member%20berries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Dictionary: member berries<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" title=\"Urban Dictionary: member berries\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sketch-61.png?resize=1188%2C503\" width=\"1188\" height=\"503\" \/><\/p>\n<p> &#8230;but when it comes down to it, we&#8217;re facing a serious calamity.<\/p>\n<p> I do not condone violence for violence sake. I much prefer peaceful means of legal change.<\/p>\n<p> But at this moment, for the first time in my life, I&#8217;m seriously afraid of my own government.<\/p>\n<p> Not just for the laws that will be rewritten or the financial lives that will be ruined.<\/p>\n<p> But for the research data that will be lost; the educational opportunities that will be derailed and lost; the victims of crime that will lose any chance at justice; and the American lives that will be both sacrificed and cruelly tossed away.<\/p>\n<p> We are entering a dark time.<\/p>\n<p> And now, more than ever, we need to be strong. We need to be brave. We need to stand together.<\/p>\n<p> We must not allow shenanigans to divert us from what&#8217;s truly going on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HEALTH &#8211; They want to take away our health insurance. Obamacare = Affordable Care Act = ACA.<\/li>\n<li>ENVIRONMENT &#8211; They want oil companies to profit, and so deny climate change. As such, they&#8217;re taking away access to climate change research data. That data <i>must<\/i> be downloaded and saved for the future.<\/li>\n<li>SOCIAL &#8211; They want to normalize racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and bigotry. Even as they preach about &#8220;values&#8221;, they overlook some truly vulgar behavior and indulge in aggressive bullying tactics.<\/li>\n<li>EDUCATION &#8211; They want to destroy our educational system. The woman that&#8217;s been put in charge of education is both unqualified and driven by a personal agenda.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> I&#8217;m tired of feeling helpless.<\/p>\n<p> I&#8217;m tired of being afraid.<\/p>\n<p> I will vote in 2018. I will vote in 2020.<\/p>\n<p> And in the meanwhile&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> I will resist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot believe that any of this is happening. =&gt; http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/01\/20\/politics\/trump-signs-executive-order-on-obamacare\/ &lt;= The article is worded in a weird way &#8212; as though he&#8217;s defeated some horrible beast. When really what he&#8217;s doing is killing millions of Americans. * Everything feels a bit surreal right now. My head feels floaty and my stomach is sick.&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/its-the-apocalypse-charlie-frown-hes-signed-death-orders-for-the-aca\/\" title=\"It&#8217;s the Apocalypse, Charlie Frown: He&#8217;s signed death orders for the #ACA\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s the Apocalypse, Charlie Frown: He&#8217;s signed death orders for the #ACA<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-4122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kindled"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-14u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3597,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/original-fic-being-blaise-conquistadore\/","url_meta":{"origin":4122,"position":0},"title":"ORIGINAL FIC: Being Blaise: Conquistadore","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"March 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This one goes out to Katherine. 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