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Postby PufPuf93 » Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:58 pm

Cordelia » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:23 pm wrote:

Why Disability Rights Activists Stormed Mitch McConnell's Office


ADAPT, a national disability rights organization, organized a protest to fight back on the health care bill


As Senate Republicans rolled out the Better Care Reconciliation Act, their health care reform proposal, on Thursday, the halls outside the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were starting to get a little crowded. Sixty disability rights activists from grassroots group ADAPT, many of whom were using wheelchairs, staged a "die-in" to protest steep Medicaid cuts in the bill. They were arrested and removed by Capitol Police, with witnesses saying that some protesters were dropped by police officers dragging them from their chairs.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/ne ... ce-w489441


This is the Senate Office Building they ‘stormed’.

Medical care in the USA for the unprivileged is disgraceful and what the GOP is doing is cruel and evil.

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These are the other Senators who share office space and are also ‘protected’ by the Capitol Hill Police force. Did any of these elected officials or their staff members witness this, protest, try to intercede, stop, offer aid to protest victims or publicly condemn such violations?

Senators with Russell Offices


Name Party State Room

Michael Bennet D Colorado Room 261
Roy Blunt R Missouri Room 260
Richard Burr R North Carolina Room 217
Shelley Moore Capito R West Virginia Room 172
Bob Casey, Jr. D Pennsylvania Room 393
Todd Young R Indiana Room B33
Chris Coons D Delaware Room 127A
Tom Cotton R Arkansas Room B33
Ted Cruz R Texas Room 404
Mike Enzi R Wyoming Room 379A
Deb Fischer R Nebraska Room 454
Jeff Flake R Arizona Room B85
Kirsten Gillibrand D New York Room 478
Lindsey Graham R South Carolina Room 290
John Hoeven R North Dakota Room 338
James Inhofe R Oklahoma Room 205
Johnny Isakson R Georgia Room 131
Ron Johnson R Wisconsin Room 386
Tim Kaine D Virginia Room 388
Patrick Leahy D Vermont Room 437
Mike Lee R Utah Room 361A
John McCain R Arizona Room 241
Mitch McConnell R Kentucky Room 317
Patty Murray D Washington Room 154
Rand Paul R Kentucky Room 167
Rob Portman R Ohio Room 448
Jim Risch R Idaho Room 483
Marco Rubio R Florida Room 284
Ben Sasse R Nebraska Room 386A
Richard Shelby R Alabama Room 304
Pat Toomey R Pennsylvania Room 248
Mark Warner D Virginia Room 475

Their Hallowed Halls
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There was a huge political opportunity missed by the cited Senators and other sitting Senators.

Simply to have walked out to the disabled and other protestors and protested at their side.

That stance would have raised the pols profile and reputation to the public and may well have been worth the cold shoulder by other pols and corporate sponsors because of the future votes.

Maybe I am wrong?
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Re: This is not Psyops This is REAL trump Care/Cruelty

Postby liminalOyster » Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:21 pm

Good point, Cordelia. I'm not optimistic given a recent conversation with an addiction researcher who told me about this development: police being re-trained to be even further protected from exposure to "criminal" bodies due to the strength of new opioids and real risk of OD by accidental inhalation exposure.
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Postby seemslikeadream » Sun Jun 25, 2017 9:45 am

Disabled Protesters Just Showed Senate Democrats How It's Done
Friday, June 23, 2017
By Kelly Hayes, Truthout | Op-Ed

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A disabled demonstrator is dragged from her wheelchair outside of the offices of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, as people gathered to protest Medicaid cuts, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, June 22, 2017. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)
A disabled demonstrator is dragged from her wheelchair outside of the offices of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, as people gathered to protest Medicaid cuts, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, June 22, 2017. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)

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In a moment that profoundly encapsulated what the Trumpcare is all about, more than 40 people, including disabled protesters, were dragged from a Senate office hallway in Washington, DC on Thursday, leaving streaks of blood on the hallway floor. The scene was deeply disturbing, but it's one we should all feel compelled to confront, because it is the truth of what 24 million people could be up against, as of next week.

The protest was organized by ADAPT, a group focused on the direct-action efforts of disabled people. The group noted in its press release that the action was staged on the 18th anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C., a Supreme Court decision that affirmed the right of disabled people to live in the community. As the die-in commenced, outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office, participants chanted, "I'd rather go to jail than die without Medicaid."


Forty-three people were arrested, shortly after the GOP finally released the text of a bill that predictably outlined provisions that would destroy or end the lives of a great many people. The hallway strewn with empty wheelchairs, after disabled protesters were dragged from the premises, stood as a gut-wrenching reminder of what's at stake over the next week. The courage of those who were removed from that hallway on Thursday was a reminder of what this moment demands of us.

But here's the thing: The majority of those making sacrifices, and taking chances, are those who can least afford to do so: disenfranchised people, disabled people and those living on a fixed income. Have we chosen to be a society where, across the board, those most impacted by the issues we claim to care about are solely responsible for their own survival? Have we become so consumed by the American cult of self-oriented politics that we're incapable of fighting for each other's lives? If so, we have rendered ourselves incapable of forming any front wide or strong enough to save anyone.

So, as we make demands of the senators who have a voice in what happens next, let's remember to demand that they also answer these tough questions, both in words and in action. After watching those disabled individuals being dragged from their wheelchairs, chanting as they were hauled from their legislative halls of decision, the question screaming in my mind was both rageful and clear: Where are the Democratic senators who have proudly dubbed themselves "The Resistance"?

Last year, Democratic Congress members sat in on the House floor in an effort to bring a law about gun control to a vote, in the wake of the Pulse nightclub shooting. The bill at issue would have had no significant impact on gun violence in the US, but the gesture was nonetheless applauded as having signified that our elected representatives were "doing something."

It's time to make clear that the broad category of "something" is not enough.

Stating one's position in opposition to Trumpcare is not enough.

Symbolically holding the Senate floor on Monday was not enough.

Voting against the bill is not enough.

These senators have the opportunity to throw themselves in the path of what's coming, and they should be held to a standard of resistance that is commensurate with the harm with which we are all being threatened.

As I reflect on the chanting and singing of House Democrats, who mocked their Republican opponents as Trumpcare passed the House, I am reminded of the reality of US politics: Those in power think it's a game, and they think it's a joke. If they thought otherwise, they would be throwing down as hard as disabled people did in the Senate hallways on Thursday.

We all have roles to play, and some of us have numerous roles to play. We can make phone calls and apply pressure through direct action, rallies, vigils and more. We can make ourselves heard in any number of venues, if our voices are forceful. But when we call Democratic senators, what is our demand? It can't be limited to their votes. If they want a place in history that removes them from this crime against marginalized people, they must engage in genuine resistance. They have much less to lose by doing so than many of us. They would be handled much more gently by police for sitting in, blocking traffic, or nearly any other stunt or action they might pull, and they have been duly elected by the people to protect our interests.

I don't believe in this system, and I expect very little from politicians, but expectations cannot govern demands if we have any hope of seeing justice in this world. There is no moral position, in the face of this legislation, but resistance and obstruction -- and after what happened Thursday, any senator that doesn't embrace resistance and obstruction should be ashamed. No one should be allowed to say they are acting in solidarity with the marginalized while enjoying a secure position of comfort and safety. There is simply no excuse for that level of submission to "the order of things."

I don't say this with any lack of awareness about the vast distinctions between Democrats. Some have expressed a strong belief in health care as a human right. Some have even taken to the streets, at some point in their lives. But what I am saying to you right now, is that even you admire those people, it must be made clear to them that, in this moment, talk is cheap. There was blood streaked across the floor outside their offices on Thursday -- the blood of disabled people -- and that calls for more than a verbalization of solidarity. It is a challenge being leveled by those living in the margins. It is a bar that's been set, and we have every right to demand that they follow the lead of those brave individuals.

And while we are on the subject of bravery, I want to speak to what that word means, in a time when people sometimes conflate a statement of belief with concrete action.

There is a reason we refer to brave people as having the courage of their convictions, rather than the courage of their beliefs. There is nothing inherently courageous about our beliefs or positions. Our beliefs can be tucked away, to afford us safety, or bandied about in settings where they prove more fashionable. Your belief in my right to survive is unimpressive unless your actions back up that belief.

Your political perspective, by itself, is about as relevant as what I had for breakfast -- which, by the way, was nothing.

Our actions in the world define us, and until our convictions are tested, our words are purely theoretical, and establish nothing about who we are in the world. So, when you call your Democratic senators, remind them of that. Remind them that their obligations are not limited to obstructive parliamentary maneuvers -- which we should all encourage -- but also encompass the demands of a higher law, one that defines our view of humanity. That higher law, grounded in fundamental human rights, should inform any notion of why government exists. Because regardless of rules of procedure, power that cannot justify itself should be upended and undone, and if those in power will not defend our lives with every tool at their disposal, then there should be hell to pay.

Kelly Hayes is a direct action trainer and a cofounder of The Chicago Light Brigade and the direct action collective Lifted Voices. She is community relations associate and a contributing writer at Truthout and her photography is featured in the "Freedom and Resistance" exhibit of the DuSable Museum of African American History. Kelly's contribution to the anthology Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? stems from her work as an organizer against state violence and her ongoing analysis of movements in the United States, as featured in Truthout and the blog Transformative Spaces.
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Postby seemslikeadream » Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:19 am

John McCain is traveling back to D.C. with newly diagnosed BRAIN CANCER to vote on health care ...I wonder how he will vote ...will he vote to take away life saving health insurance from my family while he depends on free government insurance to help him fight for his life?
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Re: This is not Psyops This is REAL trump Care/Cruelty

Postby seemslikeadream » Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:21 pm

trump and crew trying again to take health coverage away from my family and many many others

people in wheelchairs are being arrested again


Protesters shut down Senate hearing on health care bill that may be dead
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 694497001/


Republicans offer 'frenzy of special deals' in effort to repeal Obamacare
Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are trying to bring in swing votes to hurry the Graham-Cassidy health bill through Congress before Saturday deadline

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... -obamacare


Protests, Arrests Immediately Derail Only Senate Hearing On O’Care Repeal Bill
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Activists opposed to the GOP's Graham-Cassidy health care repeal bill, many with disabilities, are removed by U.S. Capitol Police after disrupting a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the last-ditch GOP push to overhaul the nation's health care system, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
J. Scott Applewhite/AP
By ALICE OLLSTEIN Published SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 2:24 PM

Just after the gavel struck to open the Senate’s only hearing on the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill, a group of activists in wheelchairs with the disability rights group ADAPT, broke out into loud chants of “No cuts to Medicaid, save our liberty,” bringing the proceedings to a grinding halt.


As Capitol Police officers dragged the protestors out of the hearing room one by one, they continued to chant at full volume. Finance Committee Chair Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), visibly frustrated by the demonstration, banged the gavel repeatedly. “Do you want to have a hearing?” he asked.

When they protesters did not quiet down, he put the committee officially in recess and left the room. Many Democrats and Republicans on the committee remained on the dais, quietly watching the demonstration unfold.


As soon as the last protester was removed, Hatch sat back down and gaveled the hearing back in. “Let’s have some order,” he said, as the chants continued to drift in from the hallway outside. “If you can’t be in order, get the heck out of here.”

Before the hearing began, one of the ADAPT demonstrators told TPM that he had traveled all the way from Kansas to show his dissent to the bill the Senate may vote on this week, particularly its cuts to traditional Medicaid.

“Medicaid pays for the home care services that people with disabilities need,” Mike Oxford said. “The money will shrink. Those block grants are going to go away. States will not replace that money. States have proven that they’re not as good at protecting, planning, and overseeing these programs. The states have been in charge and they suck at it. That’s why we want federal protections. That’s why I’m here.”http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/protests-arrests-immediately-derail-graham-cassidy-senate-hearing
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