#opinione USA

[pier-carlo-universe]

Donald Trump proiettato come 47º Presidente degli Stati Uniti: Trump 51,3% - Harris 47,2%

Proiezioni elettorali negli Stati Uniti: Donald Trump al 51,3%, pronto a tornare alla Casa Bianca

Proiezioni elettorali negli Stati Uniti: Donald Trump al 51,3%, pronto a tornare alla Casa Bianca Donald Trump verso la vittoria alle elezioni 2024 Secondo le ultime proiezioni elettorali, Donald Trump è avanti con il 51,3% dei voti, posizionandosi come il probabile 47º Presidente degli Stati Uniti, superando la candidata democratica e vicepresidente uscente Kamala Harris, che attualmente…

[vyorei]

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[sata-cable]

Question for Non-Usamericans:

Tell me in tags, for you personally what was the most surprising thing about Usamericans when you started interacting with them?

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[confusionmeisss]

u ever see a man so hot & so fine that ur just left speechless, u stutter over ur words, u can’t even finish ur sentences

[rookflower]

i will say im a windclan moor >>> windclan prairie truther in my heart but i also think looking at "warrior cats is set in the new forest/england/the uk" and going "no it's not. it's actually set wherever i live" is awesome so whatever. whatever you think is right and whatever i think is right. 10 billion creative and inspired by personal experience warrior cats settings forever

[neutrallyobsessed]

Clone High as Tarot Cards

Today: Abraham Lincoln as The Tower & Justice

"Noooo mannnn what do you mean all Tower readings are negative?? ... Ok I have an idea but let it be known that I disagree with all them easily findable quotes by so-called "fans" who don't get it... In better news that Lincoln statue in Tijuana goes so hard!!"

[hot-take-tournament]

HOT TAKE TOURNAMENT!

PRELIMINARY #269

Submission 828

We should sell Alaska to Canada

1. Proximity. Alaska is far closer to Canada (literally hanging off of its ass) than it is to America. Thus, the interests of the Alaskan people will be closer to that of the Canadians.

2. Money. The Alaska purchase costed about $117 million dollars in today's money. Imagine what the American people could do with 117 mil. Build bridges, build schools, fix pothole, etc.

3. Culture. The culture of the Alaskans is more similar to the culture of the Canadians. They do things like go fishing and hunt bears, and when the border is gone they can just meet up and hang out and talk about hunting bears and fishing

4. Necessity. If you really think about it, America does not need Alaska. Their Gdp is ranked 50th out of all the 50 states and they were really kind of a last minute thing. Since Canada's economy is smaller than America's they could use Alaska a lot more than we do, for example they can build a bunch of factories or suburban housing developments that will make them more cash so really its quite charitable.

Propacanada is always Anchoraged!

And remember to reblog your favourite polls for exposure! It Maple more people into the debate!

[liliann-exe]

bro trump supporters giving their entire life to make people not vote for kamala like.. black woman prosecuter or white rotting old felon lol like WHAT also everyone like shes gonna give money to israel like yes, but so will trump cuz america and israel are allies. also cuz he made alliances but i can promise no one could actually take him seriously hes not a smart man in disguise i swear

[effervescentdragon]

What do you think about the USAmerican elections? I know you posted some anti-American things but do you think it will be different now that Biden isn't running anymore? /gen

[weaponizedducks]

absolutely wild to me that your whole life is defined by exams you took when you were seventeen. their brains are not even fully developed yet. please pick a lane, adults. you dismiss their words. you call young people stupid and unable or not old enough to have good opinions or make choices or participate in the choosing of their own futures and yet you define their futures by one little test. well guess what an exam has a fuckton of choices and if they can't be trusted to have an opinion on their own lives then maybe they can't be trusted to make academic choices on a test either. either you give us a voice or you will not hear until it's too late

[stardestroyer81]

🏳️‍🌈HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, Y'ALL!!! 🏳️‍⚧️

Just in time for this month's festivities, I've whipped up a set of seven pronoun pins drawn in the style of the North American Mega Man logo, as well as an additional eighth pin repping transgender rights! You can find them all over on my RedBubble store by clicking here!

(Pssst! If you would like to request a custom pronoun set pin in this style, feel free to DM me and I will add it to my store for you!)

[ultraericthered]

The other times the Kodansha TV picture books more simplified tellings of the 90's anime's stories actually made improvements.

1. The final four episodes of the Nemesis arc in R are condensced and combined into a single book, and while that itself makes the whole thing way less epic, the book does better with Dimande's death than the anime did. Usagi pleads with Black Lady, Saphir, and Dimande, who are on the scene with Wiseman attacking them in present day Earth, and when Saphir and Dimande start to realize they're being used, Wiseman cheap shots them both, killing them on the spot. In having both brothers get the Saphir treatment, Dimande doesn't get his dramatic deathbed repentence, and good riddance.

2. The book adapting the 21st and 22nd episodes of S has Super Sailor Moon destroying Eudial with the Holy Grail. A significantly better way for her to go out than a car wreck due to snails in the car.

3. In the final S book, Mistress 9 breaks the Holy Grail and uses its power to summon Master Pharaoh 90 to Earth, and rather than taking his sweet time actually making impact, he shows up right there and then, torturing the Sailor Senshi with his power and directly attacking Sailor Moon when she tries to stand against him. Moreover, when Sailor Saturn appears, the original conclusion of only her taking a self-destructing Pharaoh 90 back to the Tau Galaxy and being blown up along with him, with Messiah Usagi restoring everything and reincarnating Hotaru as an infant afterwards, is restored. And the story stops right at Usagi doing her Messiah thing, so we're spared the petulant bullshit from Uranus and Neptune that followed.

[shannendoherty-fans]

Shannen Doherty’s Untimely Death Sparks Important Conversations About Healthcare Access And Equity

By Janice Gassam Asare

Shannen Doherty, the actress best known for her roles in Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed has died after a long battle with cancer, at the age of 53. In a 2015 statement to People magazine, the actress revealed her breast cancer diagnosis, stating that she was “undergoing treatment” and that she was suing a firm and its former business manager for causing her to lose her health insurance due to a failure to pay the insurance premiums. According to reports, in a lawsuit Doherty shared that she hired a firm for tax, accounting, and investment services, among other things, and that part of their role was to make her health insurance premium payments to the Screen Actors Guild; Doherty claimed that their failure to make the premium payments in 2014 caused her health insurance to lapse until the re-enrollment period in 2015. When Doherty went in for a checkup in March of 2015, the cancer was discovered, at which time it had spread. In the lawsuit, Doherty indicated that if she had insurance, she would have been able to get the checkup sooner—the cancer would have been discovered, and she could have avoided chemotherapy and a mastectomy.

Under the IRS, actors are often classified as independent contractors, which comes with its own set of challenges. Although it is unclear what Doherty’s situation was, for many independent contractors, obtaining health insurance can be difficult. Trying to get health insurance as an independent contractor can be a costly and convoluted process. A 2020 Actors’ Equity Association survey indicated that “more than 80% of nonunion actors and stage managers in California have been misclassified as independent contractors.” A 2021 research study revealed that self-employment (which is what independent contractors are considered to be) was associated with a higher likelihood of being uninsured.

Doherty’s tragic situation invites a larger conversation about healthcare access and equity in the United States. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare,” was signed into law in 2010 and revolutionized healthcare access in two distinct ways: “creating health insurance marketplaces with federal financial assistance that reduces premiums and deductibles and by allowing states to expand Medicaid to adults with household incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.” The ACA helped reduce the number of uninsured Americans and expanded healthcare access to those most in need. It also helped close gaps in coverage for different populations, including those with pre-existing health conditions, lower-income individuals, part-time workers, and those from historically excluded and marginalized populations.

Despite strides made through the ACA, healthcare access and equity are still persistent issues, especially within marginalized communities. Research from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) examining 2010-2022 data indicated that in 2022, non-elderly American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) and Hispanic people had the greatest uninsured rates (19.1% and 18% respectively). When compared with their white counterparts, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPI) and Black people also had higher uninsured rates at 12.7% and 10%, respectively. The Commonwealth Fund reported that between 2013 and 2021, “states that expanded Medicaid eligibility had higher rates of insurance coverage and health care access, with smaller disparities between racial/ethnic groups and larger improvements, than states that didn’t expand Medicaid.” It’s important to note that if a Republican president is elected, Project 2025, the far-right policy proposal document, seeks to upend Medicaid as we know it by introducing limits on the amount of time that a person can receive Medicaid.

When peeling back the layers to examine these racial and ethnic differences in more detail, the Brookings Institute noted in 2020 that the refusal of several states to expand Medicaid could be one contributing factor. One 2017 research study found that some underrepresented racial groups were more likely to experience insurance loss than their white counterparts. The study indicated that for Black and Hispanic populations, specific trigger events were more likely, as well as “socioeconomic characteristics” that were linked to more insurance loss and slower insurance gain. The study also noted that in the U.S., health insurance access was associated with employment and and marriage and that Black and Hispanic populations were “disadvantaged in both areas.”

Equity in and access to healthcare is fundamental, but bias is omnipresent. Age bias, for example, is a pervasive issue in breast cancer treatment. Research also indicates that racial bias is a prevalent issue—because the current guidelines in breast cancer screenings are based on white populations, this can lead to a delayed diagnosis for women from non-white communities. Our health is one of our greatest assets and healthcare should be a basic human right, no matter what state or country you live in. As a society, we must ensure that healthcare is available, affordable and accessible to all citizens. After all, how can a country call itself great if so many of its citizens, especially those most marginalized and vulnerable, don’t have access to healthcare?

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

I don’t understand how politicians can live in a country and just. Be so removed from important issues. Be so removed from what people want.

[existencebringsonlypain]

this is intended to be, like, if a stranger on the street you were having a conversation with called you love.

think of any random person. I know this is dependent on context, but I don't want everyone to be hitting "else" just because if they're really nice they'd be okay with it. If any typical person you were chatting with called you "love", how would you react?