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CaliCarolJust got off a call with a colleague and her friend who's a VA nurse for the past 18 years didn't receive a paycheck for the first time ever. I guess the agency had some excuse but holy shit. Here we go....I was suspicious that Lutnick's "hey if you miss a social security check, who cares?" comment last week was signaling something coming. And what ever happened to the debt ceiling issue anyway? Do they think they can avoid it by just not paying our bills? <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#veterans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VA</a>

Paul GiulanMedian <a href="https://federate.social/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#income</a> in the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> is ~$75K.It takes an income of ~$788K to be in the top 1% of earners nationally.<a href="https://federate.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/AL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AL</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/AK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AK</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/AZ" class="mention 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Zhi Zhu 🕸️"Clinicians warn that the changes will degrade mental <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> treatment at the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VA</a>., which already has severe staffing shortages...The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> cuts have already sparked <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chaos</a> & confusion within the sprawling agency, which provides care to more than nine million <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#veterans</a>. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admn has said it plans to eliminate 80,000 VA <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jobs</a>, and a first round of terminations has halted some <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> studies & slashed support staff." <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/veterans-affairs-mental-health-doge.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/veterans-affairs-mental-health-doge.html</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Trump & DOGE Propel VA Mental Health System Into TurmoilA chaotic restructuring order threatens to degrade services for veterans... <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/veterans-affairs-mental-health-doge.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/veterans-affairs-mental-health-doge.html</a>"a new return-to-office policy ... mental health providers... found no way to ensure patient <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>... arrangement violates <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ethics</a> regulations & <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medical</a> privacy laws. At the same time, layoffs of at least 1,900 probationary employees are thinning out already stressed services that assist <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#veterans</a>"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Doge</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VA</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a>

SBirdI was playing <a href="https://gamepad.club/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VA</a>-11HALL-A and checked <a href="https://gamepad.club/tags/SukebanGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SukebanGames</a> website where I found a collection of short and really good <a href="https://gamepad.club/tags/indiegames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indiegames</a> that can be played on <a href="https://gamepad.club/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#browser</a> You can find it here: <a href="https://sukeban.moe/index.php/projects/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sukeban.moe/index.php/projects/</a>

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