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“Unfortunately, [thing that would ordinarily be described in much stronger terms than ‘unfortunate’].”  

“Fortunately, [thing that is in no way fortunate].”  

“Unfortunately, [thing that would ordinarily be fortunate in nearly any circumstance except the circumstance at hand].“  

“Fortunately, [very minor benefit that absolutely does not offset the considerable drawbacks of whatever just happened].“  

“Unfortunately, [the exact, word-for-word thing that somebody just expressed that they hope won’t happen].“  

This new bill has been introduced in both the house and the Senate.

Among other things, it will:

Raise the monthly disability income by just over 30 percent - bringing it to poverty level.

Remove penalties for recieving financial help from friends and family.

Increase the amount of assets a disabled person may have from $2,000 to $10,000 (this hasn’t been updated since 1989)

Update outside income restrictions to allow disabled people to receive up to $399 a month without reducing their benefits.

REWARD, not penalize, people who want to receive additional income while on social security income.

REMOVE THE MARRIAGE BAN YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT THIS WILL REMOVE THE MARRIAGE BAN

For those unaware current regulations do a lot to oppress disabled people. In fact marriage equality doesn’t even extend to disbled people who risk having their benefits reduced or outright taken away if they marry someone. This means that in common law states disabled people can’t even live with their significant other or they risk losing their financial independence.

Current regulations mean that if you’re disbled you can’t have so much as one penny over $2,000 to your name. So buying a car and gaining more independence or freedom is largely out of the question for disabled people.

Current regulations penalize social security recipients who receive income from outside sources, even if those sources are reimbursement. Did you get paid to babysit for a few hours? That’s income, and you get your benefits reduced. Did you loan a friend $10 and they pay you back? The government considers that $10 income, and you get your benefits reduced.

These aren’t mere anecdotes - these are all examples of actual things that have happened to disbled people I know, and if you have any disabled friends in your life I’m sure they can tell you the same stories.

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Woman kills man for refusing to give her beer 

Woman stabs man for refusing to have sex with her, threatens to cry rape 

Woman rips off man’s testicle because he rejected her, tried to swallow it

Woman kills man for refusing to marry her 

Woman cuts off man’s penis because of argument 

Woman shoots her husband after argument 

Woman cuts off cheating boyfriend’s penis, flushes it

Woman suspects husband of cheating, stabs him to death 

Woman shoots, kills boyfriend for cheating 

Woman stabs boyfriend for cheating in Monopoly board game 

Woman shoots, kills man for ending relationship 

Woman sets husband’s genitals on fire for hugging another woman, dies 

Woman kills, dismembers husband’s body over argument 

Mother kills 18-month old twins to get back at husband she thought was cheating 

Woman kills husband after he confronts her about affair 

Woman kills cheating husband with lethal dose of heroin 

Woman runs over, kills cheating husband 

Obese woman sits on boyfriend, kills him and avoids jail time 

Woman kills boyfriend with stiletto shoe

Woman murders cheating husband with coffee mug 

Woman kills boyfriend for not buying her a gift 

Woman kills boyfriend who accused her of cheating 

Woman stabs and kills boyfriend , Judge: “I hope you die in prison”

Woman shoots, kills ex-boyfriend, buries him in pile of debris 

Woman shoots boyfriend in the back of the neck, killing him 

Woman shoots boyfriend six times, kills him after argument 

Woman stabs, kills boyfriend over mother’s day gift 

Woman stabs boyfriend to death, also stabbed her husband to death 7 years prior

Woman pushes way into home, stabs boyfriend to death over argument 

Woman angry at boyfriend takes her anger out on his 4 year-old 

Woman stabs boyfriend to death, thought he was cheating on her 

Woman bludgeons husband to death with hammer to pay back loan 

Woman stabs, kills boyfriend during argument 

Woman murders boyfriend for tweeting out his female crush 

Woman shoots and kills boyfriend, kills self while out on bail 

Woman stabs to death boyfriend over argument about an ex 

Woman stabs and kills boyfriend for social media posts 

Woman shoots boyfriend in the face, fails to make it look like suicide 

Woman kills boyfriend’s puppies during phone argument

Woman shoots boyfriend in the face with rifle during argument 

Woman pushes boyfriend off fence after argument, killing him 

Woman attacks boyfriend with large knife, intent to kill 

Woman abused, threatens to kill boyfriend in sleep

Woman beats, murders boyfriend and puts him in freezer because he wanted to break up with her

Woman held gun to boyfriend’s head, murders on Christmas 

Woman with previous assault charge on another boyfriend stabs and kills different boyfriend 

Woman attempts to murder boyfriend with giant breasts 

Woman stabs boyfriend in neck, killing him after argument 

Woman chokes and stabs ex-boyfriends cat to death 

Woman starts argument with boyfriend, stabs and kills with umbrella 

Woman kills boyfriend with her car after argument 

Woman shoots, kills boyfriend in his bathroom 

Woman shoots, kills boyfriend with illegal handgun 

Woman sets her boyfriend on fire, killing him 

Woman shoots and kills ex-boyfriend multiple times, kills herself

Woman shoots boyfriend in the head, found out he was dating other women 

Woman stabs and kills boyfriend over finances 

Woman stabs and kills boyfriend’s lizard because she thought he was flirting with other women 

Woman shoots, kills boyfriend who wanted to end their relationship and urged her to get an abortion 

Woman attempts to murder husband with poison in her vagina

Woman stabs boyfriend to death after he slaps daughter

Woman conspires to have secret lover murder her husband

Woman stabs, kills boyfriend over argument on Labor Day

Woman stabs boyfriend in the chest over argument 

Woman stabs boyfriend to death after finding photos of other women on cell phone 

Woman tortured ex-boyfriend’s dog until it died after argument 

Woman stabs boyfriend in his chest and through his lung, nearly killing him 

Woman fatally stabs boyfriend during heated argument 

Woman kills her boyfriend with blunt force trauma to the head using frying pan

Woman stabs boyfriend to death for drinking her beer 

Woman strangles boyfriend to death during argument 

Woman stabs boyfriend with serrated knife over argument 

Woman shoots, murders boyfriend while she was on house arrest for another murder 11 years prior 

Woman stabs, kills boyfriend then texts friend about eating the body 

Woman stabs, kills boyfriend over dispute 

Woman shoots boyfriend in the head, suspecting he was cheating 

Woman shoots man in the groin after argument 

Woman fires handgun into the home of man who denied her a kiss 

Woman stabs husband to death over cheating fears 

Woman shoots, kills ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend 

Women kills husband, commits suicide 

Woman shoots and kills man over argument 

Woman kills husband with baseball bat for talking back to her 

Woman kills husband, confesses to family then shoots herself 

Woman stabs boyfriend 31 times after he said ex’s name in his sleep 

Woman shoots husband in the head, shoots herself 

Woman kills boyfriend over argument at house party 

Woman shoots boyfriend with shotgun for texting another woman 

Woman kills boyfriend because she “smelled sex on him” 

Woman runs over boyfriend, kills him

Woman stabs boyfriend in the eye for turning down threesome 

Woman stabs ex-boyfriend for refusing to stop playing the Eagles 

Woman stabs boyfriend, throws out his prosthetic legs so he can’t chase her 

Woman ties up, stabs husband 193 times, jury finds her guilty for suspicion of trying to claim life insurance 

Woman stabs fiance for refusing to take her to the liquor store 

Woman assaults and threatens boyfriend with knife for not cuddling 

Woman stabs man with ceramic squirrel for not bring home beer 

Woman stabs taxi driver after he refuses to have sex with her 

Woman stabs ex-boyfriend in his penis after discovering he had a new girlfriend

Woman stabs boyfriend twice over time he spent in bathroom 

Woman stabs boyfriend over Facebook post 

Woman stabs her boyfriend several times because his dog ate her marijuana stash 

Woman stabs boyfriend for not calling her every two hours 

Woman shoots man five times for rejecting her, kills herself 

Woman murders ex-boyfriend with liquor laced with poison, was jealous he was engaged to new woman 

Comedian Phil Hartman was murdered by his wife on May 27th 1998

NFL player Steve McNair was murdered by his girlfriend on July 4th, 2009

John Wayne Bobbitt had his penis cut completely off on June 23rd, 1993

Travis Alexander was murdered by Jodi Arias on June 4th, 2008

Andrew Bagby was murdered by Shirley Jane Turner on November 6th, 2001 (She later murdered their 1 year-old son on August 18th, 2003)

Brenda Spencer killed two and injured nine at Cleveland Elementary School on January 29th, 1979

Laurie Dann killed one boy and injured five others at Hubbard Woods Elementary School on May 20th, 1988

Jennifer San Marco killed eight people at Goleta postal facility on January 30th, 2006

Sylvia Seegrist killed three and injured seven during a shooting spree at a Springfield mall on October 30th, 1985

Mary Ann Holder killed five children including her own son in Pleasent Gardens, NC on November 20th, 2011

Jullian Robbins killed one and injured two at Penn State on September 17th, 1997

Heather Smith killed two then committed suicide at Spanaway Junior High School on November 26th, 1985

Latina Williams killed two others then self at Louisiana Technical College on February 8th, 2008

Amy Bishop Anderson killed three and wounded three others at the University of Alabama on February 12th, 2010

What’s most interesting though is that mainstream media doesn’t even mention female shooters when they claim to show the history of the crime — but I guess they’re going by high scores. While its true that most shooting sprees are committed by males, it is also truethat most child abuse, neglect, and murders are committed by females.

Women who killed or attempted to kill children in the news, past 30 days (US):

Florida woman shoots, kills her 2 teenage sons 

Mother throws 1 year-old daughter under truck, kills her 

California mom stabs her 3 daughters to death. all under 2 years old

Mother attempts to kill her 3 teenage children 

Mother kills her infant son by stabbing him to death 

Woman kills 2 year-old girl, attempts to kill 10 year-old boy 

Utah mom murders 6 newborns, keeps them in garage 

Mother charged with trying to suffocate daughter 

Woman charged for killing 8-month old baby 

Women who killed or attempted to kill children in the news between January and April 2014 (US):

Mother drowns both of her sons aged 3 and 6 

Mother attempts to drown her 3 children in ocean 

Utah mother shoots and kills two teen daughters, then herself 

Mother suffocates 14 month old son, fails at attempted suicide 

Woman babysitter murders 19 month old boy 

Mom kills 7 month old daughter, blames Jesus 

Woman operating illegal daycare responsible for 3 month old girl’s death, police find 14 children in her basement 

Mom strangles 3 day old baby boy, discarded body in trashcan 

Woman suffocates 2 year old girl of fiance, fakes sexual assault by unknown assailant to cover tracks 

Mother charged with killing 2 year-old daughter 

Mother of several children with history of violence murdered and buried 2 year-old daughter in shallow grave 

Mother stabs and kills her 2 children in exorcism 

Mother kills her teen son and daughter, self 

Mother confesses to killing 10 year-old son 

Mother tortures and kills 3 year-old son, burned genitals with lighter 

This is only mid-year and I didn’t even include the reports of mothers killing their children from previous years or other countries.”

“A few months ago, I put myself between a man of color and two police officers who were harassing him. I was able to do this calmly and automatically because my mother trained me how to do it and I’ve spent years thinking about how to react if I had to use my whiteness this way.

The first thing I did: I pulled out my phone. I made sure the officers SAW me pull out my phone. I made sure they saw me turn on the voice recording.

The next thing: I calmly but firmly contradicted the officers. They insisted that they had gotten a call saying that this man was following people trying to get them to sign petitions. I told them I had been there for a half hour and he had not done anything of the sort.

The officers then tried to get me to be quiet. I said that I would be quiet, but that their reports were wrong, they were not listening to an eyewitness, and I was not moving from this spot until they left this man alone.

I then made a VERY BIG SHOW of taking down these officers names and badge numbers on my phone. I made sure the one next to me could see that I had texted this information to someone (my mom). I’m talking craning my neck to look at their badges, tilting my phone to show the screen

Then, I just fixed the one across with me with a stare. The bitchiest, don’t fuck with me, I’m a femme white lady stare I could summon. And I did not stop staring or move from that spot until they left. And they did leave.

And then I gave the guy my phone number just in case and I called activist friends up in the community and made sure people were in the parking lot in case the cops came back so he could continue his petition work in peace.

You’ve got to be prepared. Keep your phone charged and in easy access. Know where your recording apps are. Who will you text badge numbers to so there’s a record? Go through it in your head until it feels as natural as holding your keys between your fingers in a parking lot.

This is the work we must do. Those officers never would’ve touched me. I was never in danger for a moment. Use the enormous privilege you have for good if a time comes where you need to step up and be an actual shield.

And a final thing, remember: this is not about YOUR anger. Your anger has no place here. Your job is to be calm and never escalate a situation the officers are looking for a chance to escalate. Because you won’t be the one they will escalate on. The person of color will be.

Your job is to remind the officers that white ladies can be a damn nuisance. And a lot of paperwork. And what if this one is related to somebody important? What if this one writes letters to the editor? She’s texting someone my badge number, is this really worth it?”