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lol even the petty little far right bootlickers at the New York Post (I’m not linking to it) can’t stop themselves from saying “where’s the lie” with a couple paragraphs
The alleged manifesto included raging remarks about “parasitic” health insurance companies and expressed disdain for corporate greed and power, according to law enforcement sources.
He allegedly also wrote that the US has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not.
Those who excuse or celebrate Mr. Thompson’s killing reveal an ends-justify-the-means sentiment that is flatly inconsistent with stable democracy.
What follows this sentence is a long string of ill-fitting / bad faith comparisons, but suffice it to say that the author does not seem to understand that United Healthcare also justifies the means (mass deprivation, harm, destitution, and death among people who suffer their deeply corrupt & dishonest coverage denials) by the ends (massive profits & CEO pay)
The Washington Post · A sickness in the wake of a health insurance CEO’s slaying
With the high-profile search expanding across state lines, the FBI announced late Friday that it was offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, adding to a reward of up to $10,000 that the NYPD has offered. Police say they believe the suspect acted alone.
even at $50k, it seems worth pointing out that this reward is less than 7% of the $807,086 bill United Healthcare tried to stick the McNaughton family with in January of 2021. And that’s just one family among the multitude of people who Brian Thompson’s company causes to be harmed, destituted, or killed every month in order to maximize their profits.
oregonlive · The hunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO’s elusive killer yields new evidence, but few answers
With the high-profile search expanding across state lines, the FBI announced late Friday that it was offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, adding to a reward of up to $10,000 that the NYPD has offered. Police say they believe the suspect acted alone.
even at $50k, it seems worth pointing out that this reward is less than 7% of the $807,086 bill United Healthcare tried to stick the McNaughton family with in January of 2021. And that’s just one family among the multitude of people who Brian Thompson’s company causes to be harmed, destituted, or killed every month in order to maximize profits.
oregonlive · The hunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO’s elusive killer yields new evidence, but few answers
Even on Facebook, a platform where people do not commonly hide behind pseudonyms, the somber announcement by UnitedHealth Group that it was “deeply saddened and shocked at the passing of our dear friend and colleague” was met with, as of this writing, 80,000 reactions; 75,000 of them were the “haha” emoji.
makes me do the 
emoji
The New York Times · Opinion | The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms
It is unclear what motivated the killing or whether it was tied to Mr. Thompson’s work in the industry.
Come on now.
The New York Times · In Grim Twist, Some Root for Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing
Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/20/texas-construction-worker-death-lawsuit-greg-abbott
Mother of Gabriel Infante, 24, sues employer for $1m, saying construction workers had no protections from extreme heat
HOUSING: Police State and Class War!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAZpw1Cjl1g&ab_channel=EntitledMillennials
a sick society...
In this clip from his "Thinking Out Loud" series, Double D discusses the eviction of "Mom's for Housing" and how it reflects the purpose of militarized police as agents of capital in a class war against working people. He reinforces the idea that police do not exist to protect people, but rather to protect private property. He analyzes how housing has ceased to be viewed as an essential need, but rather as a commodity to be used in investment portfolios.
“We are dying”: Houston workers protest new state law removing water break requirements
The protesters called House Bill 2127 the “law that kills” and said it will leave those who labor outdoors at the mercy of their employers. Just two weeks earlier, a man named Felipe Pascual collapsed in the Houston area while working and died because of the heat, advocates said. They set a pair of weathered work boots on the ground in his honor.
Iran’s Morality Police Returns To Streets With Vengeance
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202307160171
The ‘morality’ police in Iran have returned to the streets of Tehran and other cities ahead of the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.
Global Capitalism: Capitalism Turns to the Authoritarian State [July 2023]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0c5Gfh2ZWY&ab_channel=DemocracyAtWork
Global Capitalism Richard D. Wolff Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at 7:30 Capitalism Turns to the Authoritarian State.
Living with #ADHD in America in 2023 is having to ration your low risk, long-term substance abuse risk reducing, stimulant medication because Richard Nixon decided he wanted to hurt black people with the War on Drugs as a strategy to retain power.
*Hat tip to all the kids on Quillivant who were forced off by Trumps war on Brown Puerto Ricans. I see you 
This is unimaginably important. Read the 
for the awful details. So excited to read this.
#PHEthx #PHLaw #HistPubHealth #SocEpi #LegalEpi #StructuralViolence #HistoryMatters
(For more on the history of anti-Black racism and TB in particular, be sure to check out “Infectious Fear” by Samuel Kelton Roberts)
H/t @krisnelson
From: @wrigleyfield
https://fediscience.org/@wrigleyfield/110662513906585293
FediScience.orgElizabeth Wrigley-Field (@wrigleyfield@fediscience.org)New paper w Aja Antoine-Jones, James Feigenbaum, Lauren Hoehn-Velasco, and Chris Muller
"Racial Inequality in the Prime of Life: Infectious Disease Mortality in U.S. Cities, 1906–1933"
tells us two new things about the staggering racial inequity in this era
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#demography #sociology #history #RacialDisparities #mortality #EpidemiologicalTransition #HealthEquity #HistoricalDemography
https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2023.4
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@straphanger
A bit tangential/far-fetched, i know, but:
Have been reading about the US opioid crisis recently and was struck by how often stories begin with a car crash, then chronic pain, prescriptions etc etc. I wonder if anyone has looked into whether high numbers of car crashes = a lot of chronic pain = a lot of medication as part of overall problem. Anyway car culture is #StructuralViolence
Disturbing. Not just about Trump but about our country as a whole: We are "infected."
"Top Psychiatrist SOUNDS ALARM on Trump’s INCREASING Mental Deterioration"
#trump #PsychologicalWarfar #violence #USA #MentalHealth #DrBrandyLee #psychiatry #StructuralViolence #CollectivePsychosis #DoomsdayClock #TrumpContagian #PsychicEpidemic #ForensicPsychiatry #PublicHealth #Fascism #MentalPathology #Authoritarianism #RawPower
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2/2 The children. And my sister’s dog was run over by a car last Friday- so utterly devastating (see earlier post about Parker ). Car culture is #Structuralviolence. As Carol Hanish said, “The Personal Is Political” - and this is, of course, because the political is personal. We are all feeling it in different ways, in bodies, in our every day lives, in what happens to us.
@prof_goldberg You are not wrong. Education/training alone re #StructuralViolence seems to me often to be more-or-less equivalent to "thoughts and prayers" but with the appearance of doing something (even if it is merely performative action)
Personal, Political, and Educational Interests (adult topics but not necessarily NSFW)
When crimes against historically (and presently) disadvantaged or stigmatized minority groups like #LGBTQ people are written up as "just too many guns" we miss the part about too much bigotry, heterosexism, transphobia, homophobia, and structural violence, and our need to act on those too. Also the guns but not only the guns. #ColoradoSprings #GunControl #StructuralViolence