People fear disability
Capitalism and ableism teaches folks that disabled people are “less than”
Doomed to be left by the wayside
“Better off dead”
As a result the general public is terrified of becoming “one of us”.
We are a minority group you can join at any time. Support disability rights!
Covid is a social justice issue.
Respirators cost money.
HEPA filters cost money.
Tests cost money.
Vaccines cost money.
Paid time off is rare.
Affordable child care is non existent
Covid disproportionately impacts those who are already the most marginalized
Mask up & protect your community
This is why disabled people have been begging you to mask up for years.
This is why we’ve said that mask bans pose a threat to our survival.
This is why we don’t want folks to say ICE agents are “wearing masks”.
Society is being conditioned to see masking as “bad”.
It will kill us.
Eugenics, ableism and especially pandemics give rise to fascism.
We've always known this.
Disabled people warned you. They pleaded with you. They begged for more solidarity.
There can be no social justice without disability justice.
The sooner people realize this, the better.
"Our calculations suggest that the proposed budgetary cuts to the NIH will create a social cost that is 16 times greater than the savings that the administration is attempting to achieve."
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Joni Ernst, at her town hall last night.
When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠
5 years since the start of the pandemic and it is frustrating that we still need to keep repeating: vaccines, masks, tests, and cleaning the air all play roles in reducing transmission.
Wrongly claiming that any of these layers isn’t important is an anti-science stance.
We should have a memorial day for COVID. It is horrific that we as a society have done virtually nothing to remember the millions who have died. Rushing to forget what happened also makes it much more likely that we will continue to repeat our deadly mistakes.
No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
Time to prepare, beloveds. If you are considering stocking up, remember that these pills do expire eventually, and *do not* discuss your actions online or via unencrypted communication. Take no shit, and leave no trace.
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Trump has claimed he’s not paying attention to who buys his crypto coin—but companies are openly investing millions in it to influence the administration’s policies.
Freight Technologies Inc. bought $20M of $TRUMP, in the hopes of influencing his tariff policy.
they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
Constituents were forcibly removed from a town hall meeting held by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday and officers used a stun gun on at least two of the men. Listen as they drag one of the men out and he says, "is this really happening?"
1. Major ruling: A federal court has ruled, for now, that Trump cannot take away school lunch money from hungry kids over trans students.
This is Gov. Janet Mills first victory after telling Trump she would "see you in court."
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The days of "Don't be evil" are long gone.
Youtube removes "gender identity" as a protected status and allows people to call trans people mentally ill.
The biggest reason government officials aren't giving any specifics about the criteria by which these arrests and deportations are selected, is that the criteria is "pro-Israel think-tanks and advocacy organizations created lists of troublesome individuals and gave them to us."
Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
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USIP owns their building. DOGE is vandalizing a building the federal government DOES NOT OWN.
New: internal memos we obtained under FOIA reveal how agencies complied with Trump's anti-trans order. The documents explain exactly how different agencies are seeking to purge the notion that trans people exist. Also, shows FOIA is still working, somewhat
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My kids have measles, my wife’s been locked up by ICE, and my business has gone bankrupt because of tariffs. But at least I know that Trump got rid of DEI.
if you capitulate on trans kids playing sports with their friends the right will keep moving further until they are calling for “eradication” and you are telling me you are willing to join their calls if they move public opinion enough
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
Breaking: Trump's full trans military ban has just dropped. Quickly reading it, it appears to be a full separation from the military for all transgender military members, and states being trans is inconsistent with "honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity."
A sad day for this nation.
I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
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Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
Andrew Tate being allowed to come to the U.S. and avoid facing trial for sex trafficking in Romania is beyond stomach-churning. This man is a HUGE influencer and uses his platform/following to further abuse women who have accused him. Now he won’t face justice, reaffirming his lies to his followers
“I had no idea it was THIS bad!”
We’ve all heard this from a friend or family member who becomes chronically ill.
Despite watching us suffer for years, they never understand until it happens to them.
Please listen to disabled people. It IS that bad. Protect your health. There’s no do overs.
