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I’m writing this with tears in my eyes and a heart full of pain. Just a few days ago, my precious cat, Sofi, was struck by a reckless driver who didn’t even stop. The impact was brutal, leaving her battered, bruised, and fighting for her life. She’s barely holding on, her tiny body covered in painful injuries.

<font color="#333333"><br /><br /></font>She’s always been the light of my life, the little soul that brought so much joy into my home. Now, she’s suffering in ways I can’t even describe. Every breath seems like a struggle for her, every movement a new agony. Her once bright eyes are now filled with confusion and pain, and it’s tearing me apart.
<br /><br /> I never thought I’d be in this position, begging for help to save her life. The vet bills, approximately $4860, is too much for me to bear at this moment and I’m drowning in fear and helplessness. I can’t lose her like this, not after everything we’ve been through together. But without urgent medical care, I fear the worst.
<br /><br /> Please, I’m begging you—if you can find it in your heart, help me save her. She doesn’t deserve this suffering, and I don’t have the strength to do this alone. Even the smallest donation could be the lifeline she needs to survive.
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<div>Hello everyone. I’m starting this GoFundMe in the hopes of covering some of the financial burden that has arisen since my husband, Marc Wyzomirski, became suddenly ill.

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<div>Marc had been experiencing pain in his neck &amp; shoulders for a few months this year. After a medical visit, we were told he seems to have a herniated disc in his neck, but his health insurance is abysmal, so he was denied an MRI &amp; further targeted medical intervention. After a few weeks of taking it easy, he appeared to be improving, but that was quickly reversed when we came down with COVID-19 &amp; Marc’s neck pain returned with a vengeance. On Thursday, August 22nd, Marc suddenly began to experience paralysis &amp; numbness in his legs. I took him to our nearest emergency room; he had to use a wheelchair to get inside since he’d lost almost all feeling in &amp; control over his legs by then. From there, he was immediately transferred to a larger, state of the art hospital three (3) hours away from home. It was there we were told the COVID-19 had exacerbated a hereditary, degenerative condition called Congenital Cervical Stenosis. This meant that Marc’s spinal cord was being crushed by his own vertebrae, which accounted for the pain, numbness, tingling, &amp; paralysis. We were told by neurology if there was to be any hope for Marc to walk again, he’d need to undergo immediate surgery to release the pressure on his spinal cord &amp; fuse two (2) of his vertebrae together. He had this surgery on Sunday, August 25th, &amp; is currently recovering. He’s expected to remain in the hospital for four (4) weeks, some of which will be spent at an intensive, inpatient physical rehabilitation facility. He’ll be focusing on learning to walk again &amp; regaining fine motor skills in his hands while there.

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<div>This is only the beginning, however, as we’re now facing immense financial responsibilities for the topnotch care he’s receiving. His insurance is expected to cover only a small portion of the care needed, so we’ll be saddled with an exceptionally large medical bill. There’s also the expense of gas (I have to go home periodically to handle things there, then make the 3 hour drive back to Marc), food, staying up to date with our bills since Marc is incapacitated, and other basic necessities. To help manage this, we’ve launched the GoFundMe campaign you’re reading. Every penny, share, good wish, &amp; prayer is deeply appreciated. Thank you so much everyone.❤️

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<div>We are legally rescuing 500 foxes from this fur farm. The fur farmer signed a contract to no longer farm fur and to surrender us the foxes. We are raising $700k to get them all out! They have been standing in these wire cages their whole lives. And we've already made a ton of progress, over $400k raised, but we still need your help!
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<div>What is the plan? First we are getting all the males fixed so no more breeding can occur. Neuters are in progress! That itself is about $30k in vet bills.
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<div>For the remaining foxes we can't find homes for, we are raising funds to purchase more land so we can build them spacious habitats to live out their lives!
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<div>Of course there is much that goes into this; staffing, building materials, vet care, feeding. But rest assured, we already have two rescue locations so we are well versed in what steps are needed to accomplish this. We just need to make sure we have the funds to do it!
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<div>More information about Saveafox Corporation: Saveafox Rescue is a USDA, DNR, FWC licensed facility. We are a non-profit organization that takes in captive pet surrender foxes, and furfarm Rescue foxes and other rescued exotics. We specifically only work with non-releasables. We are also open to the public to teach people and do educational programs about our animals!
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<div>I am Alex Norris, creator of the webcomic <em>Webcomic Name</em>. I am here to ask for help fighting a legal case to protect my ownership of <em>Webcomic Name</em>, so that I can continue to make my comics for my audience around the world.
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<div>I have been fighting this case since 2019. It arose out of an agreement to make a boardgame based on my webcomic in 2017 but the publishing company has used this as an opportunity to take <em>all</em> of my intellectual property, and has even claimed ownership of <em>Webcomic Name</em> as a whole. I can't go into more detail here, but the details of the case are publicly available to read online.
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<div>In 2023, the publishing company have launched a baseless SECOND lawsuit against me. I refuse to let them try to intimidate me. However, it does mean that I am having to raise even more in legal fees that I originally thought- and I feel this is why they are doing it, to try to silence me as a small individual artist. Again, this case is publicly available to read online. With your help, I hope to fund all the work to end this for good soon.
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<div>I made the first "oh no" comics in 2015, and then created Webcomic Name in 2016, originally as a parody of relatable webcomics. For the past 9 years, the format has been the same: three panels long, featuring a silly pink blob, and ending every time with the punchline "oh no". Over time, it has increasingly become a commentary on issues close to my heart: social justice, gender and sexuality, internet culture, and what it means to be an artist on the internet.
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<div>I love making this webcomic, and I am so thrilled it has been amazingly popular with the internet and beyond. I am proud to have found something my readers love reading as much as I love making!
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<div>These lawsuits was filed in the U.S. and it has been incredibly expensive. I am a queer Welsh artist based in the UK, from a working-class background. As you can imagine, this whole thing has been devastating to my mental health, and a massive struggle for the past 5 years. I have never been through anything like this before. I haven't posted so much recently, and this is why. It has had an overwhelming effect on my life, on my ability to work, and my ability to enjoy things day by day.
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<div>I am proud to have funded my way through this case so far through my own hard work, and the support of my incredible readers through my online shop, Patreon and appearances at comic conventions. I haven't felt able to talk about this much publicly, until now. Your kind donations will help cover the legal fees I currently owe, and hopefully support me until the end of the case. Any funds that may be left over once the case is finished will be given to charity. I can't wait to finally make exciting new plans for my work once this is out of my life.
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<div>Thank you to everyone for your support- it means the world! I am grateful to have such a wonderful audience! And thank you to all of my amazing friends and family who have been an emotional support through the particularly rough times. 
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<div>Our community was recently deeply impacted by a tragic event that befell our neighbors Yilin and Art and their young family.
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<div>In a world filled with innocence and dreams, on Monday, September 11 of 2023, their sweet 6-year-old Jeremy was thrust into a nightmare that no child should ever have to endure. Jeremy is currently fighting for his life after a horrifying attack that left him in critical condition. But together, we can be the ray of hope that he so desperately needs.
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<div>Jeremy is a bright, vibrant child with a heart full of dreams and a future brimming with potential. But his life took a tragic turn when he was viciously attacked in his home, leaving him with severe injuries and a long, uncertain road to recovery. His innocent smile has been replaced with pain and suffering, but we refuse to let him face this battle alone.
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<div>We're reaching out to you today with a heartfelt plea for help to support him and his family. That's where you come in. Your contribution, no matter how big or small, can make an incredible difference in Jeremy's fight for survival and his long rehabilitation journey ahead.
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<div><strong>Donate:</strong> Your financial support can help cover Jeremy's mounting medical expenses, ensuring he receives the best possible care during this critical time.
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<div><strong>Share:</strong> Spread the word about Jeremy's story far and wide. Share this fundraiser with your friends, family, and social networks. Awareness is key in getting him the support he needs.
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<div><strong>Pray and Send Well-Wishes:</strong> Your thoughts, prayers, and positive energy mean the world to Jeremy and his family. Leave messages of hope and encouragement to lift their spirits. ❤️
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<div><strong>Volunteer: </strong>If you have skills or resources that can assist Jeremy's family in any way, please don't hesitate to reach out. Every bit of help is appreciated.
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<div>Let's rally together as a compassionate community to support Jeremy on his journey towards recovery. Our collective efforts can provide him and his family with the strength, resources, and love he needs to overcome this unimaginable ordeal.
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<div>Recently things have been rather tight financially as my wife is going into surgery soon &amp; will be out of work for 9 weeks.
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<div>In the last month+ as we prepared for the financial hit we'd be taking all 3 of our dogs have had vet emergencies. Our youngest caught a Giardia infestation &amp; ear infection, the second dental infection, &amp; just today our oldest had an impacted anal gland rupture.
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<div><strong> The amount of support &amp; well wishes from you all has been amazing, no joke my wife was in tears when she was the donations. We really appreciate the help &amp; kind words in the time of need! The goal has been reached, but as I said the amount asked for wasn't enough to fully cover the vet bills which we've had over the last month totaling. If you can still send support &amp; haven't we'd really appreciate it. </strong>(One bill alone was ~1,600 as it required anesthesia.)<strong> Wife's surgery was successful &amp; she's in the hospital for a week for recovery.</strong>
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<div>I'm not one to really ask for help, but we need it &amp; things have been hectic this past week especially. Much love to all of my non-hate followers &amp; those that share or donate.
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<div>The state of Florida determined on December 7, 2022 that its interests would best be served by dismissing its case for “exceeding authorized use of computer systems” against me, a charge stemming from the December 7, 2020 armed raid of my home.</div><div><br></div><div>I’m free… </div><div><br></div><div>…after I pay a $20,000 fee to police for “investigative costs,” inclusive of the time they spent pointing semi-automatic weapons at my two-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son on direct orders from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.</div><div><br></div><div>No justice would be served by continuing the charade, but I must pay them regardless. In a judicial system adversarial to empathy, truth and human decency, I win a total dismissal… for a fee.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The state statute applied for the sole charge against me was struck down in June 2021 with the Van Buren v United States Supreme Court decision. We challenged the law, but the judge refused to hear arguments.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The conclusion of the two-years-long ordeal comes after I rejected multiple earlier plea offers from the state, who sought to settle the case without a trial early on.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In March 2021, the state offered a plea of “adjudication withheld” with requirements of community service, no arrests, no drugs - the boilerplate terms that come with a state wanting to save face on a case they know they will not win at trial.</div><div><br></div><div>I refused.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier this year, after damning depositions by witnesses doomed the state’s case, the state offered a deferred prosecution agreement similar to the one we ultimately agreed to. We were negotiating the conditions of dismissal when the state attorney assigned to the case ghosted us the month before the 2022 democratic primary election.</div><div><br></div><div>The week I won the Democratic primary for Congress in Florida’s 1st District, the state sent my lawyer a threatening email with its third offer of deferred prosecution, demanding that I drop my whistleblower complaint, agree to never work in, for or with the state of Florida again, admit guilt to a crime I did not commit, apologize to the police and the Department of Health, destroy evidence I maintained proving the state manipulated COVID-19 data (data the state falsely claimed I never had access to), pay the police, and the rest of the boilerplate.&nbsp; THEN they would completely dismiss the case. No criminal record. No guilty plea. Just drop it entirely.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In my exact words, I told them to go fuck themselves.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Journalist Grant Stern broke the story about the malicious prosecution, and a new dismissal offer came through shortly after. We made our corrections, and the state signed and returned the agreement to us exactly two years after the raid on my family. The agreement was fully executed and filed today, December 8, 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>The process to get here was certainly not without drama. </div><div><br></div><div>Once we reached a point where I was willing to sign the agreement, the prosecutor emailed my attorney stating she had used the “wrong form” and that she had “cut and paste” my signature from the previous version and affixed it to the new version.</div><div><br></div><div>The prosecutor playing an expensive game of chicken with a trial that in no way could have been fair for me attempted to forge my signature on legal documents neither I nor my lawyer had ever seen.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The “new form” changed the terms dramatically, and we told the prosecutor I was not willing to sign what they had sent. She told us to “strike out” any language we didn’t like and she would sign it. We did. She signed it. It’s done.</div><div><br></div><div>Payments will be spaced out over two years, but if I can pay the full sum to the police early, the agreement ends early and I won’t be beholden to the state anymore. The rich truly do not experience the same justice system as the rest of us.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>All of this because I bruised the ego of an aspiring autocrat with delusions of grandeur.</div><div><br></div><div>Under Ron DeSantis’ regime, Florida offers false promises of “freedom” while operating as a prison for dissidents, critics, scientists, doctors, teachers, public servants, and anyone who displeases the Florida Führer. </div><div><br></div><div>The state police operate like the Stasi in post-World War II Germany, raiding innocent civilians only for the charges to be ultimately dismissed, using the mere existence of their unchecked power to intimidate people into silence and compliance.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The media, fickle, feckless and with a propensity for sensationalizing the benign and derisive toward its critics, never circles back to assess the financial, social, cultural, moral and human toll of DeSantis’ failed attacks on speech, science and freedom.</div><div><br></div><div>A few very recent examples:</div><div><br></div><div>The “Anti-WOKE” bill sought to enforce oppression and suppression of speech by limiting discussion of racism and privilege in schools and workplace training.</div><div><br></div><div>The courts recently struck down the “Anti-WOKE” bill.</div><div><br></div><div>US District Judge Mark Walker stated in his scathing, 139-page ruling, “The First Amendment does not permit the State of Florida to muzzle its university professors, impose its own orthodoxy of viewpoints, and cast us all into the dark."</div><div><br></div><div>Legally-registered voters in Florida who were targeted by DeSantis during his publicity stunt of “cracking down” on non-existent voter fraud were raided and smeared before a Miami judge dismissed the first case and opened the door to total dismissal of all other related cases.</div><div><br></div><div>Twenty convicted felons completed their sentences and were approved to vote by their county Supervisor of Elections office and by the Florida’s Division of Elections. They received voter identification cards and cast legal ballots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>They became the first victims of the newly created Office of Election Crimes and Security, founded earlier this year as part of a national wave of Republican governors giving false credence to conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The raids had an immediate chilling effect on felons who have had their voting rights restored. </div><div><br></div><div>Florida voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment in 2018 to restore all voting rights to non-violent offenders who had completed the terms of their sentences. DeSantis intervened and began obstructing that process, however, by imposing fines and fees on those seeking restoration and creating a bottle-neck for those waiting for their rights to be restored.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Primary and secondary school teachers fear poverty, persecution, combatant, violent and belligerent parents, shootings, and consoling queer youth who confide in them.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The author of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill now sits in jail awaiting trial for multiple felonies. Legal challenges to DeSantis’ other anti-free-speech bills continue through the courts.&nbsp;DeSantis’ war on public education continues seemingly unabated, with terrorist organizations like “Moms for Liberty” scoring key appointments in the state’s public education hierarchy.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>No meaningful change in teacher pay appears to be on the horizon. Currently, Florida ranks near the bottom nationally in average teacher pay. Florida's average teacher pay went from 47th worst when DeSantis took office to 48th worst in 2022.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>That didn’t stop DeSantis from falsely claiming Florida ranked in the Top 10 for teacher pay earlier this year.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Florida is also now the least affordable state to live in, which worsened the teacher crisis and created more than 9,000 unfillable teacher vacancies at the start of the school year.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In desperation, DeSantis began offering teaching positions in public schools for veterans with no prior teaching experience, no college required, and no exams required.</div><div><br></div><div>DeSantis even expressed his intent to undo the post-Stoneman Douglas gun safety measures enacted in 2018 by a republican state legislature and signed by a republican governor. </div><div><br></div><div>Florida taxpayers have paid an undisclosed amount of money defending Ron DeSantis’ unconstitutional and radical laws, but the misguided, misinformed and disgruntled devotees of his brand of hate and cultural terrorism empty their shallow pockets and cheer on the depravity.</div><div><br></div><div>All the lies. All the death, suffering and despair. All the damage done to Florida and our nation.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The list of people victimized by DeSantis’ cruel, contentious and unconstitutional agenda grows longer each day.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>After trafficking legal migrants from Texas to Florida and onto Massachusetts, however, the Florida Führer may have gone too far. He now faces multiple lawsuits and even criminal investigation for kidnapping and smuggling men, women and children in a failed anti-immigration publicity stunt gone horribly wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>Whatever punishment he faces, the damage to society and the lives lost cannot be undone.&nbsp; The consequences of his actions reach far beyond just Florida, though.</div><div><br></div><div>The state of Florida announced its intention to take my case to trial when they had no intention to do so, which undoubtedly impacted my election. I was the democratic nominee running against Matt Gaetz. Gaetz is one of Congress’ most corrupt and hated members, even within his own party. </div><div><br></div><div>The state then waited until one month after the 2022 election to finalize the agreement to dismiss its case against me .</div><div><br></div><div>I outperformed every statewide Democratic candidate on the ballot in my district by six points, on average. I came in second for small-donor contributions for all Democratic congressional candidates in the state, including incumbents. I pulled more votes from independents and Republicans than any Democratic candidate running in my district in the last three decades.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The only local news coverage we got in the last month before the election was about the state setting a date for a trial that is never going to happen.</div><div><br></div><div>I also recognize that despite all the suffering they’ve inflicted, things could be worse.</div><div><br></div><div>I continue to remind myself to be grateful. Certainly this is not the outcome DeSantis and his thugs wanted. And while an agreement to dismiss the charges isn’t the outright dismissal I wanted, it’s a dismissal none-the-less.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>So where is the public outcry? The media vindication? The apologies? </div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps they’re lost somewhere in the storm of mis/dis/mal information propagated by paid online terrorists.</div><div><br></div><div>All of the breaking news over the last few years have built my case against the state and proven my charges against them true, though none were fully covered by the media, save for a few well-researched pieces in Yahoo! News, The Miami Herald, and a handful of others.</div><div><br></div><div>In May 2021, the state’s Inspector General granted me whistleblower status  - a status continued and confirmed by the Florida Commission on Human Relations just a few months ago.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In April 2022, the IG office said I told the truth on the charges against them regarding hiding/deleting/removing data, and it could not make a determination about asking me to manually alter statistics for public distribution – a massive win for our case.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In June 2022, the Florida Auditor General found that gross mismanagement at DOH resulted in the state undercounting COVID-19 deaths by 3,082 from March 1 to October 8, 2020.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In September 2022, FCHR determined I engaged in protected whistleblower activity, made a complaint demonstrating a violation of law that endangered the health, safety and welfare of the public, but because I was fired the day after I asked how to file a complaint (and thus had not filed it yet), I couldn’t have been fired in retaliation for filing the complaint.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The propaganda promoted by a network of PsyOp accounts online tells a different, entirely fabricated story.&nbsp;&nbsp;Propaganda not only designed to snuff out truth, but to also intimidate allies and silence the media. It’s incredibly effective. </div><div><br></div><div>From foreign nationals stoking division, to radicalized nationalists living in Kokomo, Indiana, to more mainstream operatives like disgraced former Politico columnist Marc Caputo, Twitter has no shortage of malinformation agents.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Caputo’s multiple warnings from executives at NBC seem to have gone unheeded, as he still stalks, harasses and defames me online, even brazenly commenting on my posts calling him out for being a fraud. </div><div><br></div><div>Caputo notoriously fabricated stories based on the IG report last April, and forged official government records to defame me in October – a failed attempt at an “October surprise” by a close ally of both DeSantis and my opponent, Gaetz.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Twitter continues its downward spiral as users drop the platform in droves and previous bans on far-right radicals are lifted (I’m still suspended, though).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>State and federal investigations into the network of malinformation agents remain ongoing, but those investigations can take years before arrests are made.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Those never held accountable for their crimes only ever become further emboldened.</div><div><br></div><div>But despite their tireless, relentless, obsessive efforts, my reputation remains intact and the case will be dismissed.</div><div><br></div><div>On paper, the last two years of political persecution through threat of criminal prosecution never happened.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>I'll move on with life having no criminal record, having never pled guilty or no contest to any crime in any state at any point in my life.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>But nothing can right the wrongs my family and I have lived through these past few years.</div><div><br></div><div>We’re free to file our civil lawsuit against the state, and we plan to do so in the very near future.</div><div><br></div><div>But nearly ten years passed before Theranos whistleblower Tyler Schultz saw Elizabeth Holmes convicted of her crimes and sentenced to a decade in prison. </div><div><br></div><div>Nearly 10 years passed before the families of children slaughtered in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School received a final judgment against malinformation agent and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. </div><div><br></div><div>A full decade could pass by before we ever see a resolution or any real consequences for the violations of criminal and civil law committed by the state of Florida in its failed pursuit to silence a whistleblower.</div><div><br></div><div>For now, my path forward consists of a mix of activism, advocacy, and academia.</div><div><br></div><div>I’ll continue to work to dismantle the massive network of mis/dis/mal information plaguing society and poisoning our democracy.</div><div><br></div><div>Because what happened to me – even though on paper it never happened – should not, MUST not happen to anyone ever again.</div><div><br></div><div>As this part of my journey ends, I want to thank every single person who spoke out when my family was raided at gunpoint, who donated to help us fight a corrupt and powerful state, and who stayed with me through thick and thin as I continued the fight for government transparency and accountability through all of my projects, accomplishments and, yes, even the failures. </div><div><br></div><div>-30-</div>

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<div><em>This is Lemon Drop, whom I adopted after my son Sam found her, one cold rainy January night in LA, alone under a bush, more or less on death's doorstep. Sam and his girlfriend fostered her for a time, but could not keep her, so I stepped in at that point. How could I resist such a punim? And she's the most affectionate, sweet, and trusting critter, which is all the more remarkable considering her early days on the mean streets of the big city. Anyway, she's as healthy and happy and spry as can be, with the exception of her wonky hind leg, which seems to have gotten broken, and then healed badly, probably not long after she was born. Two vets have recommended amputation as the best way to deal with the dead weight that her back leg represents. (She is remarkably nimble on three legs.) ... I'm pretty sure it will result in musculoskeletal issues soon enough. She tries to hold it aloft most of the time, and it pulls down on her hip, and it's seemingly uncomfortable and a lot of work for her. And now she's getting a fair amount of fluid build-up on the "knee." I hate to put her under the knife, but I think it is probably the most merciful thing, in the long run.</em>
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<div>Hey friends, I'm starting this fundraiser for a longtime friend of mine that's going to lose her place to live soon through no fault of her own. It's the house she grew up in but the family member that owns the house took out a loan and didn't pay it back and the house is being foreclosed on and is set to be auctioned off in early January. She has been on disability for years and doesn't get much to live on because she has no children. She is eligible for Section 8 but even the waiting lists are closed right now. She was diagnosed with Covid two weeks ago and has been to the hospital three times since then so she hasn't been able to get much done to prepare for moving. I wouldn't do this for too many people but she's been the person I could call if I was sick and needed something from the store for a long time. I know times are tight and everybody has spent money for gifts but I'm asking if you're able to make a donation to help her with moving expenses. I wouldn't even ask if I hadn't donated to several GoFundMe requests from FB friends, some I've never met and really don't communicate with. I've usually done this anonymously . You can contribute with PayPal if you don't wish to use a card and can do either one without having your name listed on the fundraiser. She is really depressed right now about everything and could use something good to happen. If you can help in any way both of us would greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance!! Jack
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<div>September 2019: Jose and I were out getting breakfast. Just a little morning date. We went to Woodchucks (IYKYN); I got a BLT, and he got some French toast and pancakes. We eat, we talk, all is merry and bright. We go to leave, and he rushes in front of me to hold the door because he’s a gentleman. Then he went white. The entire left side of his body went numb. He started to fall, and I caught him (this is why we lift) and sat him down by the door. His vision is weird; he’s a bit disoriented. I call 911 because this screamed stroke, and we don’t mess around when that is even a remote possibility. An ambulance is called. We go to Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. ER doctor does some scans because that’s what you do when the brain decides it doesn’t want to do the things anymore. She comes back and says, “there’s a little blip on the scans; we are going to do some more scans and see what is going on.” Jose was in the hospital for three days. He had ALL of the doctors coming in and checking on him.

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<div>June 2021: Everything has been smooth sailing up until this point. The tumor has done some rub-a-dub on the motor cortexes (less than ideal), and instead of assuming everything is fine, we go get it checked out because it’s a brain tumor – you get it checked out. ER doctor tells us that the seizures are increasing but that the tumor is still the same (how? Idk, I didn’t go to med school). SO, they increase his antiepileptics, and we go on our marry way loving each other and living our lives. 

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<div>***The seizures are not grand-mal seizures (aka tonic-clonic seizures). They are focal seizures that do not cause permanent brain damage or intolerable levels of pain/discomfort***

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<div>December 21, 2021: We are back in the ER. Why? Because Jose’s seizures are happening every hour, almost on the hour, and not giving any indication of subsiding. So what do you do? You take a sweet, sweet ride in the wee-woo wagon to get the scans and the updates and immediate IV meds to mitigate potential damage to the brain (because seizures). Scans are taken, and a new doctor comes in (never a good sign). New doctor (on-call neuro guy) tells us that based on the scans he had previously seen (from June), the tumor has doubled in size in 5 months (not the behavior of a benign tumor). He sends the scans to Rahman. Rahman sets up an appointment, and we follow up with the neurologist because chronic seizures, even if they aren’t causing permanent damage, are not great. The neurologist says to up the anti-epileptics. Not the answers you want, but those were the answers we got. 

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<div>February 2022: We meet with Rahman. She tells us that leaving the tumor now outweighs the risk of surgery, and we need to do the things. So we schedule the surgery for Spring Break 2022 – March 14th, 2022, to be exact. WOO! Let’s go. Who doesn’t love spending a spring break being operated on, AMIRIGHT?! 

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<div>March 2022: We have a hella intense pre-op schedule. SO MANY SCANS. All of the blood, even a little pee. His family is there. My family is there. Boy is surrounded by love and good vibes. Despite the reality of what’s about to happen we are all happy and laughing and trying to make the most of it. Games, campfire, all of the made from scratch enchiladas, it’s a bittersweet time. 

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<div>March 14th 2022: Day of we get a call time for surgery of 6 am. JOY. No one sleeps the night before, everyone is freaking out, we all hug and head to the hospital. It’s me, Jose, Jose’s dad, Jose’s cousin and his mom because covid means you aren’t allowed to monopolize a surgery waiting room with 40 people who love and support the love of your life. He goes back for pre-op. We all (the 4 of us allowed to be there), get a chance to see him and talk to him and say goodbye before he goes under. His surgery started at 8:30 am. He went into recovery at 6:00 pm. So 9 or so hours later, we find out he made it through with flying colors. He’s okay, he’s alive, he is anxiously awaiting the next moment he can actually eat because it’s been a MINUTE due to pre-op rules. He is awake, talking and WALKING within an hour of waking up from anesthesia. He’s told the entire tumor was removed. He’s told that he should make an excellent recovery, but he needs to spend the night in the hospital for observation because they chopped into his brain. It’s protocol. 

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<div>March 15th 2022: He’s recovering. Doctors in and out. Nurses in and out. Machines beeping. Pain and the need to pee after 5 liters of fluids were given to him over a 9 hour surgery (hydration is important, kids). Daytime nurse comes in and says he can go home. SWEET. Less than 24 hours after an extensive surgery must mean he’s doing amazing, right? Daytime nurse says specialties are doing their rounds and we just have to wait until everyone who has to come in and see him, comes in and sees him. Fine. I’ll get him some food, we’ll wait for the doctors, we’ll get out of here. 

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<div>March 15th 2022 part 2: WHAT!?!? I come back from the cafeteria and there is a new doctor in the room. His name is Ashley Ghiaseddin, he’s a neurooncologist. And he’s speaking to Jose (now Jose and me), about some things. He says that due to the tumors rapid changing and growing (it had grown even more in just the time since the pre-op scans), and the fact that it infiltrated and decimated a blood vessel in the brain AND that there was evidence of possible diffusion in the T2 sequence of his post-op MRI – he thinks that this is a grade 3 APXA. Anaplastic Pleomorphic Xanthroastrocytoma (try and say that 10 times fast). He says that if this is an APXA, it is an aggressive, high grade malignancy. I almost vomited and potentially crushed Jose’s hand while dude was talking. He started saying that his approach would be chemo pills and radiation. He didn’t care where the radiation was done but he wanted the scans to be done at UF so he could keep a close eye. He said we will schedule an appointment with you in April because we need some time to test the tumor that was removed in order to find out the molecular makeup so that the treatment options are more targeted to his specific genetic needs. He also said that even though the tumor was removed, the potential for diffusion (think of it like little tiny tentacles coming out of the tumor and infiltrating surrounding brain tissue – impossible to remove because no one wants to be a potato, and the aggressiveness means it spreads far and fast), means that treatment needs to happen quickly to mitigate problems. He then goes on to say that if it ends up being a grade 2 PXA (same type of tumor but without the tentacles) – he would opt to monitor with scans so that when (not if, when) it changes, he can intervene quickly. Gotta love meeting new people. You learn so much! 

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<div>April 13th 2022: D-day. A day that will live in infamy. The worst. Our fears were confirmed. The pathology came back with at least a WHO Grade 3 anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, or a Grade 4 Epithelioid Glioblastoma. From there...everything started moving very quickly. They needed to start treatment as soon as possible, and they needed to be aggressive. Six weeks of chemo and radiation followed by 12 months of 28-day chemo cycles. We had 24 hours to decide where the treatment for the radiation would take place: Tallahassee or Gainesville. I had one question, “Is there evidence to support better outcomes for patients who receive treatment here at UF instead of off-site?” – the answer was a resounding yes. Because we choose life, we worked with the social work department to figure out temporary lodging for the fight of Jose’s life. 

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<div>On April 25th, Jose started treatment. Chemo every day for 42 days and targeted radiation therapy to the brain every weekday. So far, he’s tolerating treatment well. We keep logs of all his symptoms, questions, everything to communicate with his oncology team. We’re doing everything we can. Even bought some glow-in-the-dark Kan Jam to avoid people (extreme immunosuppression is no joke) and the sun (he doesn’t need more radiation exposure) and still get a chance to play with some frisbees. We are terrified, but we are staying as positive as possible. Jose's oncology team is one of the best in the nation. We have every confidence in them. We just need some help. 

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<div>Thank you for battling through my anxious ramblings if you have made it this far. I feel like transparency about the scary situations in life makes it easier to communicate how people can be supportive of you in your times of need. That being said, brain cancer treatment costs an insane amount of money. It’s not just the chemo and the radiation. It’s the scans, the labs, the visits with his radiation oncologist, the visits with his neuro-oncologist, physical therapy, occupational therapy, durable medical equipment, the travel, the supplies to help mitigate the effects of the toxic chemicals rampaging his body…everything. 

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Jose's Ultimate Fight!

Paws Together was originally founded in 2019, with the purpose of sheltering puppies and kittens that are found in a state of maximum abandonment. Our purpose is to cure them, sterilize them, vaccinate them, and find them a responsible, loving family.<br /><br />In Peru there are more than six million abandoned dogs, and just in Lima there are more than four million homeless dogs. This leaves them in a difficult state to survive, with little to no protection against multiple factors.<br /><br />What are we doing towards this situation?<br /><br />We are a small, passionate group of young people who offer our help to animals, while working together towards the goal of saving animals in need throughout Peru.<br /><br />The proceeds raised in the form of donations (website, cash, fundraisers) all goes to buying food, paying for medical expenses (illness, vaccinations, sterilizations, adoption, etc) and essential care.<br /><br /><br />PICTURES OF OUR SAVED ANIMALS.<br /><br />Chicharrón - Before<br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/48040246_1589340639420287_r.jpeg" alt="48040246_1589340639420287_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><br />Chicharrón - After<br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/48040246_1589340655709827_r.jpeg" alt="48040246_1589340655709827_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><br />Champion - Before<br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/48040246_1589340670319206_r.jpeg" alt="48040246_1589340670319206_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br />Champion - After<br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/48040246_1589340684173766_r.jpeg" alt="48040246_1589340684173766_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" />

Stray Animals in Perú

Leslie has been surprised by an eviction notice for her home.

Save Leslie's home she needs help she has Covid-19

Hi everyone, I am raising money for my cat Rambo.  He has been diagnosed with nasal adenocarcinoma in April. It is an aggressive nasal tumor, one of the two most common tumor types to occur in the nasal cavity of the cat. These tumors are characterized by local invasiveness. Some tumors are more locally invasive than others and can invade the surrounding bones, eyes and brain. They generally carry a low metastatic rate at the time of diagnoses. Treatment for this cancer generally involves radiation therapy along with chemotherapy. He’s been on anti cancer pills called palladia that he didn’t take well so now we’re moving on to radiation therapy where the success rate of improving his quality of life is higher. 
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My cats are my strength. They kept me going through all these years. There are only a select few who know how deeply I love my boys. Some people might say that my cats are just animals but they’re not. They’re my family. When people failed me, they were there for me and have always been there for me, they are my comfort and are the center of my happiness. They’ve brought me so much joy throughout the years. I can’t see a life without them. If I could take his pain I would. I will keep fighting. I want him to be able to live many more happy years with us with no pain, no illness. He has a lot of life in him so we’re not giving up. I have posted before and after pictures of my sweet boy. He constantly has nasal discharge that I clean all the time but they’re usually visible when I take pictures or videos of him these days.

Please help me save and extend my best friend’s life. Any donation will be very much appreciated.

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Animalkind Inc.

When we were asked to give baby Luca a chance, we couldn't turn him away. We hope you'll feel the same.<br /><br />IF WE ACT FAST enough, with enough support, we may be able to save his front leg and get him running about like the carefree kitten he should be! <br /><br />We don't know what happened to him. He can't feel his front left leg below the elbow. So far, we have assessed his condition, loved him and made him feel special. At first he was very frightened and defensive. Now, he loves attention and can't get enough of it.<br /><br />We have conducted some initial tests to rule out immediately life threatening issues. All signs point to a neurological problem. <br /><br />We have an appointment to see a neurologist, but WE NEED YOUR HELP to cover the cost and after care. It's possible he is hiding pain from us, SO WE CAN'T WAIT. Also, with every day that goes by, we lose precious time to correct his issues - time where his condition can worsen.<br /><br />PLEASE! Help us show baby Luca that he is loved, not to be thrown away, "broken" or not. Let's fix his little heart and his body. Together we can do this. No donation is too small. SHARE this fundraiser with your friends and family - SHARE, SHARE, and SHARE again!<br /><br />-----<br /><br />Any donation exceeding the amount Luca needs will go toward the many other needy kittens at Dumped/Stray Rescue, like Penny, a little kitten, who at 4 weeks was thrown from a truck and will be needing eye surgery very soon. Dumped/Stray Rescue is a non profit 501c3 animal rescue.

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