Eric Andre is Jewish btw. I feel like a lot of people assume he isn’t bc of racism or bc they assume every word out of his mouth is sarcastic but he is Jewish and has talked about it.
The list of things that Biden’s team has accomplished is impressive. I went ahead and made a bullet list of the things that affect me/my loved ones personally:
Over the counter birth control now available. This is especially important to people in states like mine where abortion is entirely inaccessible. Opill can be ordered online with no doctor visit and is currently available at $50 for 3 months worth, which is not bad. Could help a lot of people! (they’re also trying to make it so your insurance would have to cover this)
Established the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which is one of the first major steps towards gun control we’ve seen in a long time. Also awarded one billion dollars to support student wellness and school mental health professionals (which is the field I work in)
Helped broker a deal to save the Colorado river. There’s something simply existential about a water crisis, and I have a lot of family living in the affected area, so it’s nice to get some progress on this.
Invested millions of federal funds into cancer research, with the goal to halve death rates over the next 25 years. I unfortunately know several people who have/have had cancer, and it could happen to anyone, so it’s always nice to see progress made in this area.
Made it harder for companies to engage in union busting. This doesn’t directly affect me yet as I’m not currently in a union, but I sure hope to be someday!
The infrastructure deal is pouring 1.2 trillion dollars of investment into roads, bridges, airports, waterlines and broadband networks. Hey, I use those things!
Making airlines pay up when flights are delayed or cancelled. I’ve lived through the tragedy of a cancelled an non refunded flight, and hopefully I’ll never have to do it again.
Fuck self-sufficiency. It’s time for Interdependence. Always offer help and always accept it. Cook meals for the people you love. Grow fruits and vegetables and give them to your neighbors. The “independent” person is merely the perfect version of a Consumer, eating directly from the palms of Corporation. Fuck self-sufficiency. Need one another.
If you’re thinking ‘ok, but I’m disabled and I can’t *do* any of these things…maybe I don’t fit into this’
yes, you do! we need you!
we need your kindness, your laughter, your joy
what might that look like during the hard times? it might be saying 'thank you’, or being gentle with someone else, or saying 'isn’t that a nice cloud?’, or enjoying literally anything that you like (whether by yourself or sharing that with others)
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