#Federal Assistance

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Cold news

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Lewiston, Maine Mass Shooting: 18 Dead, 13 Injured, Suspect at Large

Discover the latest updates on the tragic mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, where 18 lost their lives and 13 were injured. Learn about the ongoing manhunt for the suspect and the extensive law enforcement involvement, as well as the impact on the local community, including school closures. Stay informed on this developing tragedy and the efforts to support the affected residents.

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/disappointment-widespread-over-budget-s-proposed-200-month-disability-benefit-funding-1.6850825

If anyone wants to see some coverage, here. $200 per month, $2400 per YEAR total currently, with the DTC application wall and NO CONFIRMATION FROM PROVINCES for exemption from their income threshold rules.

Many members are saying this is a starting point and are being pushed to work out improvements. The thing is, I can sympathize with the struggle in terms of the provinces not being very cooperative at the moment. Without a promise that it won't be clawed back by provincial governments, it's risky to put it too high right now. If you earn more than a certain amount, the province will just take back whatever you receive, and that would be wrong of them to do with federal disability assistance.

However, that's still a fucking shame. To meet or exceed poverty line, total combined disability assistance should be $2400 PER MONTH, not year. During the emergency covid benefits, everyone acknowledged this. Taking care of the country is expensive, yes, but lives are worth the money. Our government has to weigh the actual COST of what a human life is worth, and right now they are falling short. Both provincial and federal.

I appreciate that it will be rolled out and we are getting SOMETHING. We need to keep up the push.

Welp we got the budget and plans for the canada disability benefit. Absolute 3 ring circus of bullshit.

What was promised: a push for all people on provincial disability supports to meet the poverty line

what we got: 2400$ a year MAX for people on the Disability Tax Credit (which is so hard to qualify for that basically nobody tries).

Man, what's even the point anymore. In Newfoundland we get 360$ a month max on disability. I'm so fucking tired. So tired. MAID is starting to look good.

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[headlinehorizon]

Residents of East Palestine Criticize President Biden's Delayed Visit to Train Derailment Site

Local residents express their disappointment with President Biden's decision to postpone visiting the site of a devastating train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The accident resulted in the release of toxic chemicals, raising concerns about the community's health and environment. Find out more about their struggles and demands for federal assistance.

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shoutout to walmart for doing more for my community than the government officials are

[cynicalclassicist]

Make sure to conflict the misinformation and let people know what FEMA can help them with!

Please share

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🌟🌟🌟So sweet!! More off-road mobility devices please!!

End all the monopolish like the current ownership of the wheelchair market. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Vermillion Snow: Midnight Neon

Designer's Reflection: Midnight Neon

Obtained: Welfare

Rarity: SSR

Attribute: Green/Fresh

Awakened Suit: Midnight Spotlight

Story - transcripts from Designer's Reflection

Chapter 1 - Wine Party Invitation

Chapter 2 - Assistant Experience

Chapter 3 - Unexpected Challenge

Chapter 4 - New Year's Eve

Story - summarized

Vermillion is decorating her dorm for the winter break when Chi Xiaoyu offers her a chance to take her place as Helz's assistant for the Designer's Cocktail this year. It's a huge opportunity to network with other designers and learn insider secrets. Naturally, Vermillion is excited to go.

A week before New Year's Eve, she and Helz land in Lodden Airport. Everything is still festive for Starsnow as they get ready for the conference at the hotel. It's hard work being an assistant, but Vermillion Snow takes careful notes and pays attention to the hottest designers.

One of them is Caroline, who works for a brand under Mercury Group. She prefers flashy, modernist styles, and she sees fashion only as a status marker. But worst of all, she berates her assistants for even things so small as a color palette she disagrees with.

Vermillion approaches an assistant that Caroline had just screamed at, and offers kind words and encouragement. Caroline hadn't gone far, and she scolds her as well.

Helz finds out about the incident, and he suggests that Vermillion Snow get three letters of recommendation so that she could attend the finale party as well and prove Caroline wrong with her own design. He signs the first letter, and Sonya (the carousel-dress girl) signs the second. A mysterious third designer signs the last letter.

By the start of the Cocktail's finale party, Vermillion has a dress styled and finished: fresh, simple, yet breathtakingly stunning. As soon as Caroline sees the dress, she falls into silence. It's clear that Vermillion Snow wins this challenge - even better, she wins best design at the party. In her speech, she thanks Helz and Sonya, as well as the third person "who inspired this design."

She figured out that Caroline sent the third recommendation letter. Caroline began as a lowly assistant as well, and while she still thought herself above the assistants, she wanted to give Vermillion a chance.

Bells ring in the New Year, and Vermillion Snow has emerged a more confident indie designer with contact cards from famous designers all across the continent.

Connections

-You first meet Sonya in her Reflection for Carnival Scene. Just like in her memories there, she has no character art here. The given reason in-game is that she is shy.

-Helz used to be an assistant, too, but in Morning Mist, his boss, Mr. Doge, was a lot more abusive than Caroline, going so far as to trigger eating disorders.

-Vermillion Snow may not design a lot of Apple clothes, but she is from Apple herself. She and her parents had to leave Apple during the revolutionary war, as explained in her memories in Flowery Silhouette.

-It's fitting that Vermillion would be Helz's assistant, since both are passionate about fashion and seek to reveal the true self, like when Helz designed the wedding pantsuit in Romantic Visit. And both of them earned praises and got contact cards from other famous designers.

-It's actually good that Chi Xiaoyu didn't go as Helz's assistant. While she loves designing, she doesn't like doing extra work... probably because she has bad memories of Jiang Xitong giving her lots of extra work in Early Summer Shower.

-You've seen Lodden before in Vol. 1 Chapter 6 with the auction and the Lodden's Night SSR gacha. Thankfully, no one gets hurt this time.

-Vermillion Snow and Helz land "seven days before New Year's Eve." That means they get into the airport on Christmas Eve, which makes sense with the Night of Twin Queens still performing at the theater. You've seen one queen's Reflection earlier this year in May (Erika) and a couple week's ago you met the other queen, Erinka.

Fun Facts

-This is Vermillion's only Apple-themed suit. All her other ones are Cloud-based, since she considers that country her home and inspiration.

-Chi Xiaoyu knows that Vermillion hates the name "Reddish," but she still calls her that to this day.

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I think the worst thing about the perception of health, both mental and physical, and being disabled in either regard, is that the need for extra support is often viewed, institutionally and therefore culturally, as a dehumanizing element rather than a simple fact of the human experience. No man is an island, and yet, when it comes to needing anything from an IEP to a caretaker, these things are used to subvert one's rights and create the expectation of failure and that's a little ableist innit.

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[ivygorgon]

AN OPEN LETTER to THE U.S. CONGRESS

Protect IVF! Pass HR 7056 / S. 3612 the Access to Family Building Act!

796 so far! Help us get to 1,000 signers!

As a concerned constituent, I���m emailing to urge you to cosponsor H.R. 7056 / S. 3612 the Access to Family Building Act and demand it receive a vote.

The Alabama court ruling on IVF shows we need federal protection for the right to access IVF and other services that help people start or grow a family. The Access to Family Building Act would do that and protect families and doctors from criminalization. Will you sign onto this bill and publicly call for a vote on it? I will only support lawmakers that actively fight for reproductive freedom.

▶ Created on April 18 by Jess Craven · 795 signers in the past 7 days

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Less fancily I offer techno going back with everyone and throttling Cucurucho till his button eyes bulge like a cartoon

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HELP I VOUCH THIS SO HARD

Cucurucho getting what he deserves for fucking up Technos best friends wings and all the other shit he‘s pulled 🙏

Techno about to pull up with his entire empires military to beat Cucurucho up AJAJA

[dr-archeville]

TANF: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) [source]

"John Oliver discusses TANF – a federal program designed to help families with little to no income – who’s currently receiving these vital funds, who should be receiving them, and what it all has to do with Brett Favre.”  [22 mins 44 sec]