SAY HIS NAME‼️ KYLE BASSINGA
SAY HIS NAME‼️ KYLE BASSINGA
Happy National School
Counselor Week!
#NSCW26
Recognizing the work of the 131,000 #schoolcounselors
across the nation!
23 warehouse sites are being considered by the DHS to imprison as many as 80,000 people if converted into immigration jails — or more if the administration fails to implement safe living standards.
https://set-works.com/7-black-activists-who-shaped-disability-rights/
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Hundreds of thousands of deaths have already occurred as a result of the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID.
This.
More than 210 mostly Chicago-area clergy, representing a range of liberal and conservative traditions, have signed a letter criticizing ICE titled "Jesus is Being Tear Gassed at Broadview."
religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
A 16-year-old Black teen, K.W. suffered catastrophic injuries after the LAPD rammed his motorbike with their patrol vehicle. We have filed a lawsuit alleging the hit — that left K.W. with multiple fractures to his shoulder, leg and jaw — was deliberate. We demand the release of bodycam footage.
Former Philippine president Duterte is in custody in the Hague.
Brazil's Supreme Court started voting today in Bolsonaro's coup trial.
Meanwhile, Trump is bombing civilians in the Caribbean, rounding up Americans, and has the entire US govt working to cover up his child rape with Epstein.
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In the wake of Friday's shooting, we're all asking:
What happens now? How can we be safe?
Our union, AFGE Local 2883, released a powerful letter addressing these concerns. It's worth a full read:
📄 www.afge2883ga.org/post/in-soli...
Don't miss out! As part of Disability Pride Month, NEA is hosting a "Legacy & Liberation Fireside Chat," tomorrow, at 7pm ET. Hear from NEA educators with disabilities & disability rights experts on advocacy and accessibility in education. Register here: buff.ly/bglXolG
NPR has heard from more than 50 veterans around the country who are upset about the VA cutting a program that was helping vets avoid foreclosure. Veterans now have worse options than most Americans.
Last night, Capitol Police arrested roughly 60 veterans and their family members outside the U.S. Capitol. The group had gathered to hold a peaceful sit-in on the Capitol steps, but police intentionally set up a barrier of bike racks to prevent them from demonstrating.
#nokings #atlanta
Minnesota state lawmakers shot, search underway for suspect, local media reports say reut.rs/43JmqNe
Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
Senator dared to question the Empire, directly, and was met with force. Stormtroopers didn’t hesitate. They grabbed him, cuffed him, dragged him away like a dissident, claiming he “failed to identify himself.” But everyone knew who he was. He was a Senator.
Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Problems with mental health coverage persist, despite 2022 Georgia law
NEWS: I just released a new report revealing the GOP Billionaire Tax Cut bill could kill up to 42,000 good-paying Georgia jobs. Yet another reason we must stop this disastrous bill.
There is a reason why working families are falling further and further behind.
The cost of housing, health care and other basic necessities are rising much faster than wages.
Learn about an excellent study from the Ludwig Institute.
Caregivers to disabled people and aging adults (who do not have certain health conditions) will not be able to get the Covid booster in the future under new rules, putting people they care for at risk. New from me at @motherjones.com
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Esther Graff-Radford, who represents tenants across Georgia: “If they wanted a house with a yard in the right school district, they were forced to rent from one of these big out-of-state rental companies. As landlords, these companies prioritize profit over my clients' safety.”
The GOP wants to give tax cuts to billionaires and have working families foot the bill. If you’re represented by a Republican, demand that they reject Trump's Tax Scam: act.indivisible.org/...
As the Trump administration pledges to eliminate 80,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, we're investigating how changes at the VA are affecting veterans themselves.
If you've experienced setbacks in your care, we want to hear from you.
Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
“We think that these are extreme times, and they warrant extreme measures,” activist Shane Claiborne said. “So we’re going to bear witness, non-violently.”
religionnews.com/2025/05/05/s...