both of my parents are affected by the government shutdown and we will be losing income as a family.
my mother was helping my boyfriend and I with the rent and security deposit for the place we are desperately hoping to get. due to the shutdown those funds will, very understandably, have to go towards my parents mortgage and taking care of them + my 3 siblings + our pets.
this means my boyfriend and I’s ability to pay for the second half of our fees. The deposit and rent are $1750 each, coming out to $3500 total. We very reasonably have the first $1750, but the second half is up in the air at this point.
this isn’t for an exorbitant condo or anything. it’s just a small 1br apartment within commuting distance to school. if you’ve followed me for a while, you probably know since I’ve moved into this area I’ve been stuck in two very toxic households, both experiencing racism and being exposed to domestic abuse. it’s very important for me that I am able to live somewhere comfortable as I finish out this last few months of school and prepare to go into the workforce.
i don’t expect to raise an entire $1750. me and my boyfriend both have one more paycheck before we’d potentially be moving, which might give us another $700 or so.
if you can give anything, it would be extremely appreciated. i am still offering my writing, editing, research, data entry and etc. services. at this point i would be open to adult content. my only equipment right now is a decent iPhone and a legible laptop webcam, but I can make it work.
https://cash.me/$hundondestiny
i also have Venmo if you DM me
thank you so much for reading 💖
hey so my mom basically can’t help with my rent and my EBT is almost definitely not going to refill in February because of the shutdown! I have already turned in my hours for my Jan 26 payday and with that I’ll have half my rent.
I’ll need about $300 to bridge the gap in my rent. It’s due on Feb 1.
As usual, I appreciate all donations. I am still willing to do writing and other services if you’re not comfortable donating.
I am probably going to have to take out some of my unsubsidized loans from school to keep up with rent over the next few months, but I don’t have time to do it this month :/
haha sike I don’t have enough eligibility in unsubsidized loans to pay rent anyways, so I’ll have to find some other way to make up for it after February.
im pregnant.
i was taken advantage of by a man who held enough leverage over my whole family that i was terrified to protest.
i didn’t want any of this.
i can’t afford to be pregnant. i can’t afford to have a child. i can’t afford any of this.
my only option for terminating is finding a way to go to jackson, mississippi for four days to visit the only clinic in mississippi. my life is over if i dont.
i work hard at a terrible, dangerous job, literally putting my life on the line at work. i saved money for the procedure itself since i found out, but i can’t afford a trip to jackson…..i just cant. i have to pay for lodging, a bus ticket, transportation…. mississippi only allows first trimester abortions..im already at 13 weeks and time isn’t on my side.
please help me.
cashapp: $arthoetchalla
do you ever just listen to supercut and feel every conceivable emotion in the world
Trump threatens years-long shutdown, national emergency if he doesn’t get wall funding
President Donald Trump once again unleashed what’s become his presidential hallmark: a bizarre, winding, threatening press conference, this time following his White House meeting with Democratic leaders Friday to try to break the impasse causing the government shutdown.
In a long, meandering briefing in the Rose Garden, Trump told reporters the partial shutdown now heading into its third week could go on for months, even years, if Democrats don’t give him the $5.6 billion he’s demanding to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. The Democrats have steadfastly refused. The shutdown has affected some 800,000 federal workers — 420,000 of them forced to work without pay — since Dec. 22.
“This is national security we’re talking about,” Trump said. “We’re not talking about games.“
When asked if there was any “safety net” for workers going without pay as the shutdown continues, Trump responded: “The safety net is going to be having a strong border.”
Trump also floated another way he could get his wall: declaring a state of national emergency over border security to build it without congressional approval.
“I could do it if I wanted,” Trump said.
If y’all are curious as to why I get so militant about the politics well it may or may not have something to do with the fact that the president of America is a wild man who believes things he himself made up and who talks about dissolving his own government and installing himself as a dictator as if it ain’t no big deal.
“I could do it if I wanted” indeed. Those words probably gonna haunt my dreams tonight ngl
The safety net for furloughed employees is a strong border? Is Mexico going to pay their wages like they’re going to pay for the wall?
Those employees include hospital staff, emergency services, and other staff of critical support structures. This is going to kill people, if it hasn’t already.
Impeach the bastard.
LOCK HIM UPTSA screeners are working without pay and some are not doing their jobs properly. A growing number are involved in an informal sick out, causing longer lines.
We already have a shortage of air traffic controllers. One in five are eligible for retirement. If a significant number of them choose to retire rather than stick out the shutdown, we will have a long term problem, especially as the new apprentices in training are also likely to quit.
They have also furloughed all aviation safety inspectors, although they’re being called in without pay as needed.
Tl;dr - if you don’t have to fly right now, don’t.
Other effects: Affordable housing contracts are not being renewed. Nobody has been turned out onto the streets yet, but landlords are cutting back on maintenance.
If the shutdown passes January 20, while food stamp recipients will get money for February (early), they may not get it for March.
FEMA will not have funding after January 31. Some people are still waiting for roof repairs they now won’t get.
The Coast Guard has almost no money left, which, oh! That affects border security. Hey, drug smugglers? All ya need to do is get in a boat. It will also affect safety.
Tl;dr - yes, people are going to die, and we may have a major air disaster. Or another terrorist attack. And more drugs getting into the country.
Yet, 75% of Republicans still support the wall…over American lives.
fucked up 1d things
- when we found out louis was pregnant and nobody confirmed it and there was a show the next day and every time louis spoke it was dead silent
- when zayn literally left the band and they just posted a fb status like oh btw lol
- when zayn literally left the band and none of them mentioned it for like 6 months afterwards
- when they cancelled a show minutes before doors with hardly any explanation other than like ‘liam has the shits’
- when they were like we’re breaking up but not really breaking up but we’re kind of breaking up but also not really
- when zayn just didnt show up in orlando and we were like where is he??? and they were just like.. idk!
- when otra started and there was like 1 song from four on the setlist
- when they finally caved and added stockholm syndrome and none of them knew the words apart from harry (who wrote it)
- when they dropped drag me down out of nowhere and literally rolled around in their millions laughing at the stress they put us through