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Consciously using the Fediverse for mental health today -- so pleez cut me some slack.
Or, you can just scroll on, if you prefer.
I AM going to name names.
My nearby local Rite Aid pharmacy sent me a letter 13 days after they closed to let me know they were transferring my prescriptions to a CVS pharmacy miles away from where I live.
The letter didn't include a phone number where Rite Aid could be reached.
When I called the Rite Aid number saved in my phone, it went directly to CVS.
The CVS voice menu had 2 options, neither of which allowed me to talk to a human -- which was what I wanted to do.
I left my phone number for a call back.
A short time later a CVS employee called me back.
But instead of listening to what I wanted to say, she kept talking over me.
Yes, I did get angry, and yes, when I finally shouted, "hold on," I was surprised by how angry I sounded.
The CVS woman said, "Don't talk to me that way"! And I could hear her hanging up as I shouted back, "Don't talk to ME that way"!
So that's a short parable about today's economy, phone menus, living under the stress of the Trump regime, and the state of customer service in the US today.
It's also your reminder that Trump can't release the Epstein files because he's implicated as a pedophile on too many of its pages, in my opinion.
Thank YOU for your attention to this matter.
I already feel better.
#Catharsis #Dumping #FediverseSelfHelp #USCommerce #USPolitics #EpsteinFiles #LivingUnderFascism #Trump #SocialMediaAsSelfHelpMedium

MAGA acolyte Marjorie Taylor Greene votes alongside Tlaib and Omar to cut US funding for Israel

House of Representatives rejected cutting $500m in US funding for Israel, hours after bombing the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By #MEE staff
Published date: 18 July 2025 20:59 BST

Hardline America Firster and staunch #Trump supporter #MarjorieTaylorGreene voted alongside progressive Democrat Congresswomen #RashidaTlaib and #IlhanOmar to strip #Israel of $500m in US funding, hours after it bombed the Holy Family #CatholicChurch in #Gaza.

The House of Representatives, however, rejected in a 422-6 vote on Thursday, to cut funding for the Israeli Cooperative Program - an agreement through which the #US provides Israel with $500m to boost its missile programmes.

middleeasteye.net/news/us-marj

#StopArmingIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#USA ##USPolitics
#news #press #politics @palestine

Middle East EyeMaga acolyte Marjorie Taylor Greene votes alongside Tlaib and Omar to cut US funding for IsraelHouse of Representatives rejected cutting $500m in US funding for Israel, hours after bombing the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza

"Trump Proposed Slashing the National Science Foundation’s Budget. A Key Senate Committee Just Refused."
chronicle.com/article/trump-pr
(#paywalled)

"The Senate Committee on Appropriations voted 19-10 on [July 17] to keep funding for the National Science Foundation and other federal science agencies nearly intact for the 2026 fiscal year."