Anyone hoping to be over 50 someday must stand against TRUMPCARE now for their own future healthcare needs, and the healthcare of all Americans.

It seems the Republican President, Republican Senate, and Republican House thinks that the lower and middle class can afford high premiums, high deductible's, high out of pocket expenses, and out of control prescription prices. I am a disable person. My premium costs for insurance right now takes one -third of my disability pay. I can't even get out of my deductible and out-of- pocket costs before the next year renewal starts. My bills keep mounting. My message to our leaders is try to walk in our shoes. If they really cared about the lower and middle class, they would really fix healthcare instead of issuing vouchers that don't work, or requiring us to buy private insurance which we can't afford. None of them are lower or middle class, so stop pretending that you care and that you are going to fix this. My solution is that if Congress and the President think this is an easy fix, let them work for minimum wage or live on Medicare or SSDI. I bet if they were in the average lower and middle class family situation of working two jobs or more, paying for all living expenses and then trying to pay for healthcare, with its high deductible's, high out-of-pocket costs, high premiums, and then prescription drugs along with that, there would be a great change in healthcare.

In a pre-dawn meeting last week, the majority Republican House Ways And Means Committee voted to approve the Trump/Ryan repeal of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and replace it with a bill that would deprive the most vulnerable American citizens of insurance and raise premiums and limit coverage for most of the rest of us, all in the name of a $600 billion tax cut for the very wealthy. They should be on notice that we are watching and we will not sit passively.

The US Women's National Soccer Team has a serious difference is how much attention and money they earn compared to the Men's national team. The women have won three World Cups and multiple gold and silver medals. The US Soccer team was only paid 2 million dollars for wining the World Cup, where the men got paid 9 million for losing after the group stage. The men's team also gets paid when they lose a game and the women only get paid if they win. The women's team has brought more and more fans to US Soccer and holds the record for the most watched game in US Soccer History when they won the World Cup in 2015. The Women deserve to be paid equally and given as much attention as the men's team. Let's help our daughter's heros! Let's help the athletes that inspire us! LET'S MAKE EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN'S SOCCER1

Kristen Visbal's "The Fearless Girl" is being placed temporarily at the bottom of Broadway Avenue and Morris Street in Manhattan, New York City. Confident and defiant in front of the Charging Bull, "The Fearless Girl" resonates with many people. Her audacious stance facing the Charging Bull represents the strength, fortitude, and power of women worldwide to fight against a patriarchal, sexist society.

Close to 98% of federal funding to the NERRS from NOAA goes directly to coastal communities. News emerged this past Friday that the Trump Administration is urging drastic cuts to NOAA's budget, including complete elimination of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. Without the funding and support that NOAA provides, many of our nation's reserves would be forced to shut their doors. Science, training, and technical assistance essential to keeping our coastal communities safe and thriving would disappear. Reserves are special places that communities count on to educate children, adults, and decision makers about their environment. Nationwide, they provide STEM education to more than 8,500 kids and 250 teachers annually, deliver coastal resiliency training services that reach more than 2,500 communities, and maintain more than 110 water quality stations and 30 weather stations that collect data every 15 minutes to manage hazardous spills, shellfish industry operations, water quality, and emergency response to storm surge and flooding. Reserve science protects our estuaries, and healthy estuaries defend us against property and industry loss, sustain fisheries and other businesses, support recreational activities and protect water quality. Learn more about reserves at www.nerra.org. #MyReserveOurCoasts

Ohio Department of Health refused TODAY to reconsider or even entertain a conversation about the 2017-2018 fiscal funding of the Ryan White part B funding. The State stands on their undefined and undefended decision to defund Ryan White Part B funding to the Aids Task Force of Greater Cleveland.

Three troubling bills target the homeless and protesters. H5690 says that drivers who drive into a protester on the road are not liable for the injury they cause if they "exercise due care" -- the bill sends a signal that encourages malicious people to "accidentally" drive into protest marches and rallies. http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5690.pdf H5258 makes it a crime to stand anywhere in an "unsafe" road or on the roadway median, a bill that targets panhandlers but also criminalizes people with political messages or fundraising drives. http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5258.pdf H5210 fines drivers if they stop to give anyone money or other items, penalizing those who are generous to the less fortunate as well as anyone who just hands something to family or friends. http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5210.pdf

CoreCivic is a Violator of Human's Rights.

Today during the women's strike march in NY, organizers were arrested for "civil disobedience". These women marched today peacefully for their rights and to let their voices about these issues be heard. We can't let them arrest people just for using their first amendment guaranteed by law. We will resist and we will fight, so stand with me on this issue and sign and share this petition.

PETITION LAUNCH DATE: MARCH 8, 2017 "Democracy dies in darkness." - The Washington Post The White House has launched a full-scale attack on America's free press. In their efforts to convince us that the press is our enemy, they have galvanized our appreciation of the free press and of the first amendment of the Constitution. We Americans know that the free press belongs to all of us and is not to be dismantled, threatened, manipulated or used as a weapon against us. Join us in standing up for our American Free Press on April 24th! SPONSORS African-American Caucus of the CA Democratic Party Allied Progressive Front (Facebook) Arab-American Caucus of the CA Democratic Party Cayuga Democratic Women's Caucus (OH) Chicano Latino Caucus of CA Democratic Party Children's Caucus of the CA Democratic Party Democratic Alliance for Action - Santa Clarita (CA) Fairfield Democratic Town Committee (CT) Indivisible Arkansas Indivisible Auburn (CA) Indivisible Boston PAG (MA) Indivisible California Indivisible Charlotte (NC) Indivisible Eastside (WA) Indivisible Los Angeles (CA) Indivisible New River Valley (VA) Indivisible Omaha (NE) Indivisible Philadelphia (PA) Indivisible Seattle (WA) Indivisible Virginia (VA) Indivisible Washington (WA) Thanks to... Sandie Thurston, Northern Virginia (Concept) Tifa Kerbal, San Francisco, CA (Artwork)

Congressman Collins refuses to meet with his constituents in a Town Hall - Collins calls meetin with his constituents "useless" and told WGRZ-TV "I never have and never will hold a town hall meeting." http://www.twcnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2017/02/20/chris-collins--trump--town-hall--meeting--constituents--congress--27th-district-.html