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Ntate Jefe

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Family doctor, RPCV-Lesotho, he/him

  1. Most of the examples listed are intentional actions taken in service of anti-immigrant, racist, xenophobic, and anti-science views. They are doing it fairly efficiently and successfully so far. Do you think ineptitude is really the right word for what people don't like about it?

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  2. This is absolutely devastating - the NIH hospital called ICE about a patient on a patient seeking care.

    Sadly, this is, yet, one of countless examples of health care settings being extensions of the carceral state.

    As health care workers, it our duty to do no harm, to protect our patients.

    NIH officials called immigration authorities after scrutinizing the patient’s identification presented to security at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

    Patient seeking care at NIH hospital detained by ICE

    NIH officials called immigration authorities after scrutinizing the patient’s identification presented to security at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

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  3. Strongly agree with the takeaway here that the ultimate goal needs to be increasing the size of the House and having proportional representation.

    The size of the House has been artificially capped for almost a century.

    prospect.org/politics/202...

    With our winner-take-all elections, the ideal of a ‘fair’ map is impossible. Proportional representation is the only answer.

    The Redistricting Mess Shows How Our Election System Doesn’t Work

    With our winner-take-all elections, the ideal of a ‘fair’ map is impossible. Proportional representation is the only answer.

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