In practice, this means Congress can block D.C. from legalizing marijuana (which D.C. wishes to tax and spend on schools) and local funds fromassisting low-income people with abortions The COVID diagnosis also left her mother with some lingering health issues. And because her status makes her ineligible for employer-provided health insurance, Alejandra’s mother is now also struggling to pay off medical bills that add to her financial strain. “All the social and economic inequalities that affected us daily pre-COVID just became exacerbated by the pandemic,” Alejandra notes. (though, if you did, why?!), you'd know NF means Nicholas Flamel, the alchemist who invented the actual sorcerer's stone. Y'know, the stone which produced the elixir of life that He Who Must Not Be Named was so eager to get his hands on when young Harry Potter was still a first year. Now the question left for Muggles to ponder for a year: What does Mr. Flamel have locked up in that case? And could whatever he has hidden pose as much of a threat as the stone did during that fateful year at Hogwarts? are fumbling every political football they’re handed. Government whistleblower Chelsea Manning isback in prison.