'Yo dog' - the continuing resolution funds Medicaid for 900,000 people in Puerto Rico - many who will die without medication. Do progressive posturing some other time. You voted 'no' (thankfully few people joined you)
No one on the left likes the g-damn Patriot Act. I survived COIN-telpro, many of my comrades did not. However, let's talk priorities - health care for close to a million people in PR and USVI and funding for children's food trumps showboat "no" votes in my book.
So you joined "the overwhelming majority of Republicans voted against the continuing resolution" which sends a real message to those of us who are trying desperately to save lives. This ain't a game. Conditions on the islands for those who depend on Medicaid are dire.
Hard enough to get anyone on the mainland (looking at you media) to give a shit about conditions in PR and the USVI. You call yourself Puerto Rican - act like it. If I have to choose between Patriot Act and close to 1 million people who face more illness and death-I chose lives.
The CR will keep Medicaid funds in place till Dec. 20. There will be no Feliz Navidad in Puerto Rico for people without insulin unless congress finds a permanent solution to the second class Medicaid funding status for our territorial citizens. #ProgressivePriority
