Forget party alliances for a moment, does it make anyone else sick to see politicians and PACs getting MILLIONS in donations when so many of us as individuals are struggling financially, when businesses are struggling???
I mean if you really look at the ads they run for these donations, it's all cookie cutter...donate to keep republicans from blah blah, donate to keep democrats from blah blah. These folks do NOT need our money.
This is exactly why it makes me sick and so damn angry.

You know how I've made it through this pandemic, mutual aid efforts, food boxes from local nonprofits, and selling my tees and any extra that I have beyond my need of rent, bills and meds each month, I pay forward to other Natives that I know are struggling.
It seems money would better serve those who actually are helping the people rather thanthese politicans and PACs who are only helping themselves, their parties and self-interests. The 90+ million that ActBlue reported being donated after RBG's death could have helped so many.
And I am so over Democrats and Republicans playing all of us against each other when neither one has any of our best interests or well-being at heart.

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Mar 25, 2023
We are going to be pushing our gofundme pretty hard as things are getting dire. We've been scraping by on my art and tee sales, some donations but our rent has gone and we were barely making it as it was because of my medical bills and our credit card debt from last year.
When we started our gofundme it was to help pay off the credit card debt from my mom passing. It was 10k and we had it down to 6K when I lost my health insurance and we had to pay out of pocket for my meds and healthcare while we appealed.
The gofundme helped us pay rent and of course I had my art and tee sales but we didn't always make enough to cover our bills and had to use the credit card. The balance by time we won the appeal was up to 11K, we havent used this card since but the interest is a killer.
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Mar 25, 2023
Learned a valuable lesson today! Went to go make a payment on a medical bill and set up a payment plan. Something seemed off because I've paid bills for the same procedures before, and this was a whole different website. So I called the hospital to see if it was legit.
It's a legit third-party payment service used by the hospital, but the bill itself is not legit because it's already been paid by my insurance. So, I asked what was up with that and apparently, this company is notorious for sending bills out before insurance is billed.
The hospital told me to disregard it, but I was curious, so I looked up the company on the Better Business Bureau, and yikes. Why hospitals would use a company that seems to bank on patients just paying the bill even though it's already been paid through their insurance is wild
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Mar 24, 2023
My partner has been laughing at me cuz I have to admit that I am fascinated by the whole Gomez vs Bieber drama and how they aren't even really involved just collateral damage of their fandoms trying to pit them against each other.
The way I see it and from life experience, sometimes the forever you imagine isn't the forever you get or the forever you actually want.
I feel this is the case with Selena and yeah, it may have caused her major heartbreak, but in the end, she got to grow up. She's an award-winning and well-respected actress, singer, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She got to mature and explore her full potential.
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Mar 23, 2023
This and what's worse is being deemed "non-compliant" which will really mess up everything from your care to benefits.
And nothing happens during in-person appts that can't be done virtual. Even if they need our vitals, most of us already have to monitor at home and can do that virtually as well.
In-person appts, unless you are having procedures done, is 30 min to an hr of sitting in a waiting room, being called back and sitting in a treatment room for another 30min to and hr for the doctor to come in and see you for no more than 5-10 min.
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Feb 24, 2023
Yesterday, Mike J. Marin (director of the Smudging and badass AFP) got to meet Randy & Samantha 🤣 he was looking around the apt & was like, who's that?
The Partner looked at me & said you explain it. I was "You know how White people have random photos of Natives?" I didn't have to say anything more cuz Mike got it & was cracking up. 🤣
Randy and Sam have graced our wall since July of 2021, worth every penny of the $36 we paid for this sacred piece of a culture we've long been fascinated by.
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Feb 24, 2023
March 1 is going to be a horrible day for a lot of folks. There are people who will find themselves facing eviction, without utilities, without healthcare or WIC and SNAP once covid is declared over.
Oops...I forgot a 1, March 11th.

The partner and I got these notices about our Medi-cal. We're already sweating because we might be just over our income limit by $128 and we will not...I for sure will not survive without my health insurance again.
When I lost my health insurance last year and we had to pay out pocket for 5 months...that five months that we barely scraped by with donations and maxing out our credit card when we didn't get enough donations or sales....has us $19,688 dollars in debt.
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