Anonymous ID: 371d6f June 24, 2020, 3:16 a.m. No.9727842   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7852 >>7862 >>8289

https://texasscorecard.com/commentary/commentary-stories-from-the-dark-side-of-covid-19/

 

As a leader in a conservative grassroots organization, people often contact me for advice or direction on an issue or concern. It’s one of the rewarding aspects of volunteer activism.

 

Recently, a woman contacted me about the suffering she has observed in nursing homes and long-term care facilities as a result of the Chinese coronavirus lockdown policies. She was looking for guidance about who to contact and what could be done to try to turn things around. I advised her to contact the governor (which she had already done numerous times) and state legislators.

 

However, since it seems the governor is not interested in hearing about it, I also told her to bring the stories out into the public view if she could find a way to do that—let the world know just how bad it is and how our government is holding these people hostage.

 

As a result of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive orders regarding the COVID-19 virus, residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities have been virtual prisoners (sometimes confined to their rooms) since mid-March, with no contact with family or anyone outside the facility staff. Even in his most recent Phase III Opening Executive Order issued June 3, Abbott insists that long-term care facilities must still be locked down:

 

To get started, I posted on Facebook, asking people to send me the stories of their loved ones and friends who are in these facilities—and send them, they did! The stories started pouring in from all over the state.

 

As I read them, my heart just ached for these people. Many have dementia and don’t understand or remember why their families have disappeared; some feel like they’ve done something wrong to be suddenly abandoned, or that their family just doesn’t care about them anymore. Others are well aware of what’s going on and are helpless to do anything about it.

 

For most of them, the situation is creating severe depression and worsening whatever conditions they already have. People with mental health issues depend heavily on routines, predictability, and the support of people they know and love. People who need medical care for other reasons thrive and recover faster with positive support from family and friends.

 

All of that has been lost for them in this COVID-19 nightmare.

 

Facility staff members do what they can to mitigate the effects of the restrictions, and I’ve learned from the stories that most of the staff are kind, caring people who go out of their way to help.

 

But staff can never replacea loving family in any way. Staff resources are limited, they are all over-worked, and only families can provide that extra layer of watchfulness and caring that protect these vulnerable patients.

 

One story I received came from a woman whose husband of 46 years is in a facility because of a brain injury.

 

“My husband cries all day from loneliness,” she said. “He says he would rather die than stay there.”

 

She has thought about bringing him home but does not have the resources there to care for him and would lose the Medicaid that covers his care if he returned home.

Anonymous ID: 371d6f Crielty of Nursing Homes CV-19 June 24, 2020, 3:19 a.m. No.9727852   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7853

>>9727842

Part 2

 

Another woman says, “The COVID protocol kills!!! I just lost my husband of almost 50 years. Many lose all hope and just stop eating and drinking. My husband gave up, lost 36 pounds in 23 days, and no one told me! We rushed him to a hospital as soon as we found out, but the spiral was so fast and he passed away. The COVID protocol killed him!”

 

Let that sink in for a moment: “The COVID protocol killed him.” I bet he and his wife would rather have taken their chances with the virus.

 

There are also stories of people who contracted COVID-19 who were vulnerable from other conditions and died as a result, but their families were denied contact and the patient died alone, without a chance for families to say goodbye.

 

Or the people on hospice who know they are dying of something other than COVID and have to face a painful death alone. When people are old enough and sick enough that they are dying anyway, they would just like what time they have left to be shared with the people they love. The governor’s executive order has denied them that final dignity.

 

Most of the stories involved elderly people, but one that particularly touched me was from the mother of a young adult man who resides in a group home. She writes:

 

“Before [the] COVID-19 lockdown, our son enjoyed going to his dayhab each weekday to work a job, visit with friends, play games, go on field trips, etc. He also rode horses at an equine facility and worked out with a college student in their physical ed program. His daily life was active and full. Now, he is confined to his room, even for meals, and he spends the days and nights watching TV and napping.”

 

She adds, “Although our son has an underlying health condition, as his guardians, we believe his quality of life has suffered long enough. Please don’t make the residents suffer another minute of lockdown. It’s cruel treatment.”

 

Some stories came from staff at the facilities. One such story tells of a woman whose son brought her a cheeseburger.

 

“I had to receive it from him at the door and give it to her. She was so thrilled to see him, and they chatted 8 feet apart through the door for about 15 seconds. When he walked away, she said to me, very proudly, ‘That’s my son!’ Then she began to cry … sob.”

 

Another response from an employee said, “Several times, patients have asked me, ‘What did I do? What did I do wrong now?’ I calmly and lovingly reply that they’ve done nothing wrong. But they don’t understand.”

Anonymous ID: 371d6f June 24, 2020, 3:19 a.m. No.9727853   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7898

>>9727852

part 3

 

I understand there is a desire to keep the most vulnerable populations (which are these people in nursing homes) safe from the virus. But at what cost to their quality of life? Or at what cost to their end-of-life experience? Staff members at the facility come and go every day, taking precautions, and seem to manage it safely. Surely there is a way to allow limited visitors under precautionary conditions, on a scheduled basis.

 

We owe these people so much more than we’re giving them! I hope the stories I’m sharing will prompt the people in charge to make a policy change that will relieve at least some of their suffering.

 

If anyone would like to read the stories in their entirety, I am publishing them a few at a time on my Facebook page, which is found at https://www.facebook.com/rhodesfran. I have a total of 19 COVID-19 stories. But I’m sure for every one of these, there are at least a hundred more untold.

 

I have sent the stories to Gov. Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Phil Wilson, and the state legislators in the districts the stories came from. State Rep. James White has also requested copies, as he is focusing on the issue.

 

It is my hope that by bringing these stories into the public view, other people will take up the cause and contact the governor, lieutenant governor, and their own state legislators and the HHSC. Public pressure is a powerful thing, and it can make a difference.

 

My favorite quote is from Sam Adams, who said, “It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”

 

So please join me in setting some brushfires of freedom on behalf of the people who are imprisoned in these facilities simply because they “might” catch a virus.

 

Interested readers can contact officials here:

Gov. Greg Abbott

Email contact page: gov.texas.gov/apps/contact/opinion.aspx

Tel: 800-843-5789

 

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

Email contact page: www.ltgov.state.tx.us/contact/

Tel: 512-463-0001

 

Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Phil Wilson

Long-Term Care Ombudsman: https://apps.hhs.texas.gov/news_info/ombudsman/search.cfm

Tel: 512-424-6500

 

Your state representative: https://house.texas.gov/

 

Your state senator: https://senate.texas.gov/

Anonymous ID: 371d6f June 24, 2020, 3:30 a.m. No.9727891   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7921 >>8066 >>8323 >>8492

DOJ round up.

 

This is important.

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-william-p-barr-introduction-lawful-access-bill-senate

 

Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement on the introduction of a bill that would give law enforcement access to critical digital evidence if permitted by a court while also protecting privacy. The legislation is sponsored by Senators Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton, and Marsha Blackburn.

 

“Passing legislation that allows warrant access to encrypted data will allow law enforcement to further provide for the safety and security of the American people. I applaud Chairman Graham and Senators Cotton and Blackburn for introducing the first-ever bill to address this issue.

 

While strong encryption provides enormous benefits to society and is undoubtedly necessary for the security and privacy of Americans, end-to-end encryption technology is being abused by child predators, terrorists, drug traffickers, and even hackers to perpetrate their crimes and avoid detection. Warrant-proof encryption allows these criminals to operate with impunity. This is dangerous and unacceptable.

 

Indeed, the danger is particularly great for children who are targeted online for sexual exploitation, especially during this time of coronavirus lockdowns. Survivors of child sexual abuse and their families have pleaded with technology companies to do more to prevent predators from exploiting their platforms to harm children. We cannot allow these companies to elevate their profits and the privacy rights of these abusers over the safety and security of children.

 

The bill announced today balances the privacy interests of consumers with the public safety interests of the community by requiring the makers of consumer devices to provide law enforcement with access to encrypted data when authorized by a judge. I am confident that our world-class technology companies can engineer secure products that protect user information and allow for lawful access. Data security and public safety are not mutually exclusive. Encryption should keep us safe and secure, not provide an impenetrable safe haven for predators, terrorists, and criminals.”

 

What's it mean? It's CALEA for Smart phones, etc.

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alabama-tax-preparer-indicted-filing-false-returns

 

A federal grand jury in Birmingham, Alabama, returned an indictment today, charging an Alabama tax preparer with filing a false tax return for herself and preparing false tax returns for clients.

 

Shuntan Renee Rue owned and operated Rue Tax Service, a tax return preparation business in Birmingham, Alabama. From at least 2014 to 2016, Rue allegedly falsified clients’ tax returns by claiming business losses and charitable gifts, as well as medical, unreimbursed employee, and education expenses that her clients did not incur, in order to fraudulently increase their refunds.

 

What's it mean? tax scammer got busted and her clients will be audited and fined.

Anonymous ID: 371d6f June 24, 2020, 3:39 a.m. No.9727921   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7930 >>8066 >>8323 >>8492

>>9727891

DOJ round up part 2

 

Tuesday must have been Tax day at DOJ…

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/court-finds-miami-area-tax-preparer-and-his-business-contempt-violating-permanent-injunction

 

On June 23, 2020, a federal court in Miami, Florida issued an order holding Vilbrun Simon and Simon Accounting & Tax, LLC in contempt for violating a permanent injunction that bars them from preparing or filing federal tax returns for others.

 

The United States filed a complaint on Nov. 28, 2017, alleging that Vilbrun Simon and Simon Accounting & Tax, LLC, along with codefendants Saintanise Agenord and Wilcienne Pierre, prepared returns that understated their customers’ tax due and overstated tax refunds claimed by their customers. After a three-day trial, the court issued a judgment and permanent injunction on March 26, 2019, that barred the defendants from preparing returns for customers.

 

What's it mean? Anyone who had taxes done by these guys is gonna get audited. MIAMI FL

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announces-42-million-combat-illegal-manufacture-and-distribution

 

More money thrown at the drug war. Bottom line stopping demand will kill this industry. Also I don't understand why these stupid people poison themselves with this shit. Darwinism at work.

he Department of Justice‘s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced nearly $42 million in funding to support state-level law enforcement agencies in combating the illegal manufacturing and distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, and prescription opioids.

 

“The scourge of opioid and methamphetamine use continues to take a devastating toll on our nation’s communities,” said COPS Office Director Phil Keith. “By providing these resources to law enforcement to help combat the further spread, the COPS Office is demonstrating our commitment to this Administration’s priority of reducing drug use and protecting our citizens from this public health and safety crisis.”

 

Drug overdose deaths and opioid-involved deaths continue to increase in the United States. Deaths from drug overdose are up among both men and women, all races, and adults of nearly all ages, with more than three out of five drug overdose deaths involving an opioid. More than 130 people die every day in the United States after overdosing on opioids, while methamphetamine continues to be one of the most commonly misused stimulant drugs in the world and is the drug that most contributes to violent crime.

 

the COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP), the COPS Office is also awarding $12 million to 12 state law enforcement agencies. These state agencies have demonstrated numerous seizures of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump seizures. State agencies are being awarded three years of funding through CAMP to support the location or investigation of illicit activities related to the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine, including precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphetamine trafficking.

 

The AHTF and CAMP funding has a tremendous impact on state investigative and seizure work. During the five month period between October 2019 and February 2020, current AHTF grantees reported the seizure of over $4 million in cash and 1,213 firearms. Similarly, for CAMP, grantees reported seizures of more than $7 million in cash and 1,577 firearms.

 

The complete list of Anti-Heroin Task Force Program award recipients, including funding amounts, can be found here: https://cops.usdoj.gov/ahtf-award

 

The complete list of COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program award recipients, including funding amounts, can be found here: https://cops.usdoj.gov/camp-award

 

What doe it mean? It means say no to drugs, kids unless you wanna be dead. As bad as it is right now, it only gets worse if you are an addict.

 

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Anonymous ID: 371d6f June 24, 2020, 3:42 a.m. No.9727930   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8066 >>8323 >>8492

>>9727921

 

DOJ part 3

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/antitrust-division-issues-2020-annual-newsletter-update

 

Anti trust continues to work through muh covid.

 

HINT: It would be nice if the government lifted teh covid bullshit as a SHOW (not tell)

Anonymous ID: 371d6f June 24, 2020, 3:59 a.m. No.9728002   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8019 >>8066 >>8323 >>8492

>>9727800

 

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2020/06/23/milwaukee-missing-girls-crowd-grows-rumored-sex-trafficking-house-shooting-fire-starts/3246406001/

 

Tydrianna, 15, and Gilbreana, 13,

 

https://fox6now.com/2020/06/23/milwaukee-police-investigate-missing-persons-reports-for-2-girls-ages-15-and-13/

 

THE PHOTOS ARE PRICELESS….

 

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales said Tuesday night one teenager was found, and police were working to find the other. Family earlier Tuesday told FOX6 News the girls were found safe. Chief Morales said police >had "not received the cooperation we would expect from family."

 

An MPD spokeswoman said the 13-year-old girl was found safe in "another location" that was not in the area near 40th and Lloyd.

 

Your kid is missing but the family isn't cooperating with the cops…think about that.

Anonymous ID: 371d6f June 24, 2020, 4:09 a.m. No.9728046   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>9727878

TY. It did get hairy for a while with covid. Got prepped over a year ago because of this site. I'm pretty odd. I cant prep much for no power, so that will suck.

 

It's starting to get hairy 2.0 with the urban mentally ill. Also have military fam and it's odd when fam gets calls to "buy gas"…then nothing happens.

Anonymous ID: 371d6f June 24, 2020, 4:24 a.m. No.9728095   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>9727935

Keep them safe. if it's get a farm, I'm totally fucked. Follow your opportunity path with a good patriot head.

 

Wish someone would magic wand me with an opportunity. I just get fucked by offshoring.

Anonymous ID: 371d6f June 24, 2020, 4:33 a.m. No.9728125   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8136

that was wied …we glitched the bread was 239 posts and 13 posts by an ID, and now its 201 posts and 9 posts by ID.

 

What the spoopy shit…