Dani

Importantly, too, for us, given how much Medicaid dollars we take in, Medicaid portals in all 50 states went down, so we could not get any of those dollars in service of what we were doing for 12 hours. But still, it was this very concerning situation because Medicaid was not on their list of things that they were after, and yet we couldn't even access it at the state level.

A few more weeks go by and there's news popping about, hey, you said you unfroze stuff, but it's still frozen. Another judge issued an order saying that, like, no, for real, I need it this time. Unfreeze everything. I know some of the grants that we had that we couldn't access seem to have come back online already.

A few more weeks go by and there's news popping about, hey, you said you unfroze stuff, but it's still frozen. Another judge issued an order saying that, like, no, for real, I need it this time. Unfreeze everything. I know some of the grants that we had that we couldn't access seem to have come back online already.

A few more weeks go by and there's news popping about, hey, you said you unfroze stuff, but it's still frozen. Another judge issued an order saying that, like, no, for real, I need it this time. Unfreeze everything. I know some of the grants that we had that we couldn't access seem to have come back online already.

But I don't know, you know, I think it would be an impossible thing to do an accounting of like every single one that might have been turned off that might or might not be back on right now. But I am doubtful that at this point, every single grant across the federal agency is potentially available for folks. Just seems unlikely to me.

But I don't know, you know, I think it would be an impossible thing to do an accounting of like every single one that might have been turned off that might or might not be back on right now. But I am doubtful that at this point, every single grant across the federal agency is potentially available for folks. Just seems unlikely to me.

But I don't know, you know, I think it would be an impossible thing to do an accounting of like every single one that might have been turned off that might or might not be back on right now. But I am doubtful that at this point, every single grant across the federal agency is potentially available for folks. Just seems unlikely to me.

I think importantly, Haley and I have the advantage of working for a more economically stable institution. There's a lot of health clinics out there that have a week's worth of working capital, right?

I think importantly, Haley and I have the advantage of working for a more economically stable institution. There's a lot of health clinics out there that have a week's worth of working capital, right?

I think importantly, Haley and I have the advantage of working for a more economically stable institution. There's a lot of health clinics out there that have a week's worth of working capital, right?

So if all of a sudden they lose access to every grant dollar, they lose access to their Fed 330, they were scheduled to draw down on a grant that was going to cover a whole bunch of upcoming expenses, but they haven't done it yet. And then they can't, like in very real ways, that may mean that the doors are closed and the place goes under and that no one can get care there.

So if all of a sudden they lose access to every grant dollar, they lose access to their Fed 330, they were scheduled to draw down on a grant that was going to cover a whole bunch of upcoming expenses, but they haven't done it yet. And then they can't, like in very real ways, that may mean that the doors are closed and the place goes under and that no one can get care there.

So if all of a sudden they lose access to every grant dollar, they lose access to their Fed 330, they were scheduled to draw down on a grant that was going to cover a whole bunch of upcoming expenses, but they haven't done it yet. And then they can't, like in very real ways, that may mean that the doors are closed and the place goes under and that no one can get care there.

And there is this real challenge of, you know, how do we decide what is the best thing to do? But for me, and what sort of started working with, in our agency at least, to organize around this, is that, like, this is an anti-fascist practice. It is the right medical thing to do. It is the right ethical thing to do. But it is also our chance to take an anti-fascist stance against this government.

And there is this real challenge of, you know, how do we decide what is the best thing to do? But for me, and what sort of started working with, in our agency at least, to organize around this, is that, like, this is an anti-fascist practice. It is the right medical thing to do. It is the right ethical thing to do. But it is also our chance to take an anti-fascist stance against this government.

And there is this real challenge of, you know, how do we decide what is the best thing to do? But for me, and what sort of started working with, in our agency at least, to organize around this, is that, like, this is an anti-fascist practice. It is the right medical thing to do. It is the right ethical thing to do. But it is also our chance to take an anti-fascist stance against this government.

Because if we don't stand now for the very first group they're coming for, then the next group, which is without question trans adults and undocumented people, then those groups will fall just as quickly. And then at some point we're doing the poem, the first they came for the socialist thing. And I just refuse to be a part of that.

Because if we don't stand now for the very first group they're coming for, then the next group, which is without question trans adults and undocumented people, then those groups will fall just as quickly. And then at some point we're doing the poem, the first they came for the socialist thing. And I just refuse to be a part of that.

Because if we don't stand now for the very first group they're coming for, then the next group, which is without question trans adults and undocumented people, then those groups will fall just as quickly. And then at some point we're doing the poem, the first they came for the socialist thing. And I just refuse to be a part of that.

Yeah, I think the organizing side has been challenging but also hugely rewarding, right? It became really obvious really early on that both from the federal government's perspective as well as from our organization's perspective that the uncertainty was where they wanted us all to live and die. That was the place that served them and their goals the most.