The Trump administration is mounting a full-on assault against disabled children and it’s not even subtle. - ThreadSky

kevinmkruse.bsky.social • 23 days ago

The Trump administration is mounting a full-on assault against disabled children and it’s not even subtle.

Reposted from m

it's hard to read the chart in the screenshot but what this moron is actually complaining about isn't "DEI" staff, it's special education teachers. these ghouls are coming for people with disabilities and they aren't even shy about it.

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kls-sg.bsky.social•23 days ago

folks with disabilities are always the first to be discriminated against. It’s abhorrent

marguerite00.bsky.social•23 days ago

Disgusting & just like Hitler.

bethanyq.bsky.social•23 days ago

Republicans are cartoon villains

lizziethequeen.bsky.social•23 days ago

This is about Trump’s hatred of his disabled nephew.

gedalia.bsky.social•23 days ago

Also ASL interpreters, who sometimes provide the only joy at these press conferences

deehellcat.bsky.social•23 days ago

This was the first thing (this round) that set alarm bells off for me a couple of weeks ago, when some trumphumper started bleating about sign language interpretation being 'woke'. Wtaf?

vintageadventure.bsky.social•23 days ago

That was Charlie Kirk. A woman who has 2 deaf children responded on FB, explaining the importance of ASL interpreters. It's not just "sign language." ASL is an entire language in & unto itself & is needed for accessibility. Here's the woman's page (its a public post). https://www.facebook.com/keira.miner

deehellcat.bsky.social•23 days ago

Thanks, and good for her! I'm a speech pathologist so yeah, I know the basic underpinnings of sign being its own language. Idiots who don't, infuriate me.

dvdbutler.bsky.social•23 days ago

Right? They couldn’t tolerate that the person wasn’t standing there doing nothing. It made them mad that they moved their arms

vintageadventure.bsky.social•22 days ago

Absolutely! Our governor gave near daily pressers when covid was raging & there was one interpreter who everyone loved. She died in 2023 after she had cancer and heart surgery. https://www.wdrb.com/news/public-memorial-set-for-virginia-moore-beloved-kentucky-sign-language-interpreter/article_39a176ac-ef73-11ed-9c43-f3ba0191f577.html

erberan.bsky.social•23 days ago

Overheard.

rigbythedog.bsky.social•23 days ago

In the fall of 2020, I clearly remember an NPR morning edition segment in which Stephen Miller stated that the Americans with Disabilities Act had to be repealed since it was so costly to corporations. I’ve searched for the segment, yet I can’t find it.

sueric.bsky.social•23 days ago

I can absolutely believe that he said that.

aliz1.bsky.social•23 days ago

Can disabled adults be far behind ??
Rhetorical

outofmemory.bsky.social•23 days ago

As soon as I saw the first comms from the P2025 folks where they tried to add “accessibility” to the list of good initiatives (D, E, and I) I knew this was where they were headed.

1toughguy2.bsky.social•23 days ago

Clear as day

sueric.bsky.social•23 days ago

That’s the first thing I thought of. Him/them coming after the disabled should surprise no one.

1toughguy2.bsky.social•23 days ago

So disrespectful and he thinks he deserves respect, notta, never!

unexpectedsand.bsky.social•23 days ago

What happened to "pro life"?

bnanis.bsky.social•23 days ago

I feel like there was another leader in history that went after disabled individuals. Who was that again?

rebeccafachner.bsky.social•23 days ago

We’re like 3, maybe 4 months from a Nazi style T4 program aren’t we?

rogieres.bsky.social•23 days ago

The messaging is not as brazen, yet.

rokhopa.bsky.social•23 days ago

We are remodeling gitmo into a concentration camp we are probably ahead of that pace

winstondoodle.bsky.social•23 days ago

“Rep. Chris Hurt, R-Halls, pushed his Republican colleagues to adopt a floor amendment that stated ‘a private school shall not discriminate against a student participating in the program based on the student's disability’ … 54 (Republicans) … killed the amendment.”
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/30/tennessee-school-vouchers-republicans-pass-447m-program/78051836007/

davey-sojourner.bsky.social•23 days ago

No surprise there.

https://time.com/7002003/donald-trump-disabled-americans-all-in-the-family/

jentodamychr.bsky.social•23 days ago

My son has intellectual disability-I physically started to shake when Trump won

cv-danes.com•23 days ago

Noting that we shouldn't be tossing out the bath water at all.

beckiwritesstuff.bsky.social•23 days ago

@justinhigdon.bsky.social You and I both know a local "activist" who is going to pretend this isn't what's happening, despite being directly affected.

justinhigdon.bsky.social•23 days ago

I keep waiting to see her realize Project 2025 wasn't "dem propaganda" like she told me. I still see her name liking posts from all of the guys harassing me too. Unfortunately it's so sad that I don't even get to enjoy seeing people eat crow this time. Just too heartbreaking

jennaudrey.bsky.social•23 days ago

I went to Asra Nomani’s hit piece, and actually looked at the job titles she’s vilifying. The roles include specialists who support gifted learners (the only kind of equity she likes), SpEd resource teachers, hearing officers who help ensure students’ rights are protected under IDEA. It’s vile.

jennaudrey.bsky.social•23 days ago

She used to be a decent reporter, and now she has an axe to grind uses smoke and mirrors to make people afraid of diversity.

samfiske.bsky.social•23 days ago

Isn’t that Tyler Harper from the Atlantic? Can not even magazine writers take criticism?

sandy-o.bsky.social•23 days ago

This is so fucking exhausting. My sis is a sp. ed. teacher with a disabled daughter who aged out of HS & lives in a group home. Her live in BF is a Trump supporter and I've been trying to get her to wake TF up, everything isn't gonna be fine!

mereylane.bsky.social•23 days ago

This is not a shocking turn if you’ve heard from Trump’s nephew what Trump said about his nephew’s mentally challenged son. Basically, let him die and you can move to Florida. He has zero empathy. If your issue doesn’t affect him personally, you can expect zero help.

phanink.bsky.social•23 days ago

Let’s see: sexual minorities, religious minorities, the disabled, political opponents, immigrants, who’s left on National Socialist Bingo?

pacmanface.bsky.social•23 days ago

And this is not a partisan issue. Supporting Trump doesn’t mean your disabled children will be immune to this. Really wish people would see that instead of just seeing it as another victory against the “libs”

dougwar40k.bsky.social•23 days ago

Well, we all know how unpopular disabled children are among Trump's core demographic, which is [checks notes] elementary-school bullies who were held back from fifth-grade graduation in 1972.

redelvisfan.bsky.social•23 days ago

Hitler’s first targets? Trans, disabled and immigrants (stateless Roma.) if we don’t stand against these policies, I am certain we’ll see even more Third Reich greatest hits. Uppity clergy, intellectuals, homosexuals, homeless, wrong religion. He’s already started that rhetoric. We’re halfway there.

ny2va.bsky.social•23 days ago

My son has special needs and is almost completely dependent on us. The pittance he gets from the government is already pathetic and we had to fight for everything from the school system when he was there. The idea that they are doing TOO MUCH for people with disabilities is sick and disgusting!

truther-dare.bsky.social•23 days ago

Elon must need test subjects for a new chip that makes people more racist

leu2500.bsky.social•23 days ago

Both Mary & her brother, Fred 3, have written that when they contested Fred Sr’s will, their aunts & uncles cut off health insurance for Fred 3’s disabled son

Fred 3 also said that when the family fund for his son’s care was running out of $, Donald suggested that his great nephew just die

urbwes.bsky.social•23 days ago

A great majority of what the Department of Education does is Special Education funding. When they talk about cutting the DOE it needs to be framed that way.

miaganga.bsky.social•23 days ago

Next: ‘it’s up to the Parents to educate their own. No more federal $$$ for education.” I can hear rump- or it’s,’ we are gonna leave it up to the states.”

ncweaver.skerry-tech.com•23 days ago

They've specifically added in "Accessibility" into DEI to make it "DEIA". Just wanting to add abelism to their racism and sexism and transphobia, I guess. They think that bigotries are like pokemon and they need to catch them all.

otherdaniel.bsky.social•23 days ago

This doesn't excuse anything Trump is doing but you have the chronology wrong.

joannehansen.bsky.social•23 days ago

Even though DEIA reference has existed before, the Trump/MAGA/Project2025 people had only been saying DEI. They're now adding the "A" to make sure they are maximally harmful to people's lives.

otherdaniel.bsky.social•23 days ago

Or the Trump people changed from saying they would fire DEI people to saying they would fire DEIA people because the Biden admin changed the job titles from saying DEI to DEIA.

joannehansen.bsky.social•23 days ago

It's horrible either way.

hopefulme2.bsky.social•22 days ago

Holocaust Encyclopedia:

A key part of Nazi ideology was to define the enemy and those who posed a threat to the so-called “Aryan” race. … Jews were considered the main enemy.

…groups included …Roma (Gypsies) homosexuals, and political dissidents.
…people with…intellectual or physical disabilities.

dmcgo.bsky.social•23 days ago

Hard? Impossible to read this chart. Do you have a link?

paxll.bsky.social•23 days ago

Leaves me wondering who these two guys even are???

mjsew-n-sew.bsky.social•23 days ago

DOGE? Who knows because they've not said who's working in this "agency" nor have they been vetted.

daibhidjames.bsky.social•23 days ago

Trump has already blamed "handicapped DEI hires" for the plane crash and kest anybody think this is new I remember after 9-11 some GOP media hack claimed some people couldn't get out of the twin towers because wheelchairs blocked the stairs. These people are fucking ghouls.

jonrey.bsky.social•23 days ago

And it's not even two weeks. What could go wrong?

Meanwhile Trump won't visit the crash site. "What, am I gonna go swimming?" And claims the crash was caused by DEI - criteria he used during his first term.

This psychopath says it out loud.

kevinbjordan.bsky.social•23 days ago

Oh, s**t

nlcbio.bsky.social•23 days ago

This is the shit along with threatening to pull healthcare that has me ready to bug the fuck out of this shit hole country so my daughter with Down Syndrome can actually live her life. Trump supporters not welcome to see her ever again.

parker51.bsky.social•23 days ago

📌

audaciouswomen.bsky.social•23 days ago

😒

mattvadnais.bsky.social•23 days ago

Tyler Austin Harper is an apologist for a part of a country that tried to kill those of us who couldn’t perform masculinity like he does but he thinks that means the folks who like him can’t see race.

It’s just masculine privilege and he thinks it’s insight.

thistledown2.bsky.social•23 days ago

This is Hitler’s playbook. You know, the only book Donald Trump has ever read.

tara-32.bsky.social•23 days ago

I have a severely disabled child. Funding being cut for the most vulnerable is despicable and reprehensible act. I hope those responsible 🔥

cornellmom.bsky.social•23 days ago

Eugenics.

rsgreen30.bsky.social•23 days ago

should someone remind them they are pro-life? /s

tzoq.bsky.social•23 days ago

Don't have to worry as much about disabled people getting DEI jobs if no disabled children live long enough to need jobs.

unclecranky.bsky.social•23 days ago

The heart of fascism is worshipping strength and being disgusted by physical weakness. By contrast, a decent society seeks to respect all souls equally.

This should be obvious, but since satire is dead I didn’t want there to be any confusion.

nancytoots.bsky.social•23 days ago

They're already trying to make a case for euthanasia.

williamadler78.bsky.social•23 days ago

Including "accessibility" in their anti-DEI crusade really speaks volumes

katekilla.bsky.social•23 days ago

They’ve been saying DEIA lately — ADA is among the civil rights laws they would like to overturn. These are bad people.

stirfrygirl.bsky.social•23 days ago

It was sheer malevolence when they pretended they just wanted to brutalize and torture trans kids.

ann1ebee.bsky.social•23 days ago

Reagan wanted to revoke IDEA, known as EHA or EHCA until the reauthorization in 1990. They've always been bad people. The Exploiter Party made up of millions of those being exploited.

ny2va.bsky.social•23 days ago

When the ADA was passed a family friend was working for a GOP Congressman. He told his staff privately he didn’t want to vote for it but the “optics” of people in wheelchairs protesting if he didn’t would be “bad.” This is who the GOP has ALWAYS been!!

oxcub311.bsky.social•23 days ago

Holy crap! I honestly don’t know how these people wake up and look at themselves in the mirror every day. They should have grown up in a home with a disabled person. Gives you a whole different perspective.

jazzmusicbum.bsky.social•22 days ago

They have always been horrible people. Always. The difference was that before, they actually did care what other people thought of them.

Decades of rightwing media inundation showing pink haired liberals screaming at them, even when that was not their observable reality, changed them.

kathydoss.bsky.social•23 days ago

Those were the days

scotsandlit.bsky.social•23 days ago

I don’t think they care anymore.

ny2va.bsky.social•23 days ago

Because of Trump cruelty and hate are now seen as strength and they can get away with it without political or personal repercussions. Of all the terrible things he has done, I think it’s the worst and will be the most difficult to combat, long-term.

nikkiwindsor.bsky.social•23 days ago

They never cared.

rokhopa.bsky.social•23 days ago

Trump hates the braille buttons in his elevators.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/406314-ex-trump-organization-exec-trump-didnt-want-braille-in-trump/

katekilla.bsky.social•23 days ago

I hope they all say "fuck Trump" in Braille.

tkimball.bsky.social•22 days ago

It reminds him of the corn in his diaper

williamadler78.bsky.social•23 days ago

Yeah, this is sheer malevolence.

mapchick.bsky.social•23 days ago

The head of it may make more than a senator and VP, but they arguably make much more of a direct impact on many more lives. They also foster the understanding and acceptance those with disabilities should have to begin with.

pixiequeen888.bsky.social•23 days ago

Looking at the beautiful Down syndrome toddler I take care of who receives special services so she can be successful and I’m enraged.

uofagrad97.bsky.social•23 days ago

Special education is underfunded. Ask teachers. Ask parents of disabled children.
Schools don’t have the resources they need now.

celticdragon1.bsky.social•23 days ago

wessoman.bsky.social•23 days ago

Never forget that the Nazis started the final solution with Aktion T4.

exguitarjunkie.bsky.social•23 days ago

Ruffini's math calculations of $6.4 million as being able to hire 125 teachers is ludicrous. That's 125 teachers at $51,200 per year, with no benefits. The median household income for Fairfax County VA, per the US Census, is $150,000. I suspect that a teacher would not survive on $51k.

realstevecook.bsky.social•23 days ago

If you look at 1930's Germany, the Nazis did the dry run for the Final Solution by using the physically and developmentally disabled.

mandalei.bsky.social•23 days ago

💯 It has the added extra bonus of deatroying Hillary Clinton's work on the ADA back in the 80s, so essentially it's slapping multiple groups down and also carrying out a personal vendetta all at once. There's a reason Chicago was the first city in the news about the deportations too.

algi.bsky.social•23 days ago

When they say DEI, they don't mean the federal employees, they mean the citizens.

goddessofhellfyre.bsky.social•23 days ago

My thirty something kid is moving back home this weekend. A renal patient since birth (mec asp, ATN), those kidneys are finally toast. I'm so glad we're retired and can care for them, but without Medicare, we'll all be sunk.

docanteaus.bsky.social•23 days ago

Fairfax is remarkably successful at creating economic mobility for low income families. They should be a model. Not a scapegoat.

galwaygra.bsky.social•23 days ago

I don't think they understand what fierce advocates parents and guardians of children with disabilities are. They would go to hell and back to protect their kids. Trump and his merry band of fascists are no match for them.

nlcbio.bsky.social•23 days ago

I've learned over the years to curb my Italian temper. Come for my daughter with Down Syndrome and I will put it full blast in your face.

celticdragon1.bsky.social•23 days ago

I work with EC or SpecEd students A LOT because most other subs won't take EC assignments. I spent a year learning the ropes under a fantastic, dedicated teacher working with autistic and Downs students.

Closing these classes would be evil. I can't describe it any other way.

kevinmkruse.bsky.social•23 days ago

Yeah I can’t even wrap my head around it

tarheel08.bsky.social•23 days ago

As I recall from a rural Southern county in 80s/90s, special needs kids were "warehoused" together in a classroom separate from other students. ADHD kids were spanked with a paddle and speech pathology was for wealthier kids who could travel 30 miles. That's a horrible model to return to.

jasonpaul.bsky.social•23 days ago

That sounds about right.

celticdragon1.bsky.social•23 days ago

Oh my god

carebear1.bsky.social•23 days ago

Special education is already on life support as it is. We have no programming options for ASD students unless the autism is more severe. ASD students are either expected to keep up with the demands of gen ed, or sent to a functional life skills program. There is no continuum of services.

dogsdadbod.bsky.social•23 days ago

Who could have predicted that a Nazi would target the disabled?

annoyance.bsky.social•23 days ago

Only every disabled person ever who's looked into history

foreverbluelady.bsky.social•23 days ago

The insert quote uses the term “overcorrection”. I think I’m going to vomit if hear that word ever again. It implies a relatively small tweak. What we are seeing is burning it all down

purpleracer.bsky.social•23 days ago

For those reading this post, call your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator, even if they are in the GOP. They log the calls about an issue and if enough people call, the "optics start to look bad". Put pressure on them, their coalition is fragile.

U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121

swmark78.bsky.social•23 days ago

First Hitler killed those in the Nazi party who could threaten his power in the party. Then...they started murdering the disabled. Jews, etc game later.

edino.bsky.social•23 days ago

Tuberville basically said that the way to deal w them is to beat the crap out of them and this is one instance where I don’t think he’s (simply) a moron, I think that’s the mainline party view at this point.

lennonsgrandma.bsky.social•23 days ago

The first people Hitler rounded up were the infirm , mentally and physically. trump has made it clear many times, he doesn’t like to be around or even see people who are disabled.

sheriarg.bsky.social•23 days ago

Some of the first victims of the Holocaust were disabled children under T4. Because Hitler wanted “perfect” babies, mothers would write to him asking for their disabled children be killed. Hitler sent his escort doctor Karl Brandt to one mother’s house. The child was then killed. And so it began…

sheriarg.bsky.social•23 days ago

Hitler also sent one of his own cousins who had a mental illness to the gas chambers.

chuckgrape.bsky.social•23 days ago

Trump's solution:

onecommonsensemom.bsky.social•23 days ago

And where in history did a government commit atrocities against the disabled?

lollardfish.bsky.social•23 days ago

I’m very stressed about this.

ejsiro.bsky.social•23 days ago

This is awful.

narcchronicles.bsky.social•23 days ago

Maybe they're the 'I' in DEI that half the country is so mad about. It's a weird thing about people - broadcast hate and fear into them via an Australian-owned, Russian-directed propaganda network 24x7 and you can make them hate anything - disabled kids, puppies, whatever

joannehansen.bsky.social•23 days ago

If the head of the equity office in Fairfax makes more than the VP or a U.S. senator, it might be because the head of the office actually works to get things done and improve lives.

annoyance.bsky.social•23 days ago

25% of the population is disabled

Veterans are over represented, 42% of them are disabled and 39% of them have mental health issues

It only takes 10% of the population to turn around and say no

saneplanet.bsky.social•23 days ago

Elon Musk didn't like being investigated after his rocket crashed so he helped get the FAA Director axed. This is pure Oligarchical control for profit, power + greed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlbs1F-L_58&list=TLPQMzEwMTIwMjWUCpGQ01Q2Rw&index=3

palermo.bsky.social•23 days ago

I did not need to read this post at 5AM as I’m lying on a cot next to my terminally ill (CLN1 Batten Disease) daughter with disabilities. As if I already couldn’t sleep.

spfhockeyfan.bsky.social•23 days ago

I’m so sorry ❤️❤️❤️

unexpectedsand.bsky.social•23 days ago

Devastating that a potential gene therapy treatment has been "deprioritized" for financial reasons. https://bdsrafoundation.org/joint-statement-to-the-global-batten-disease-community-taysha/

msturnstiles.bsky.social•23 days ago

I am sorry for the pain you are feeling. Sending love to you, your precious daughter, and your entire family. 💗💗💗

janedziendobry.bsky.social•23 days ago

cornellmom.bsky.social•23 days ago

🙏🏼❤️‍🩹

celticdragon1.bsky.social•23 days ago

lumpyspacetim.bsky.social•23 days ago

When they come for my nephews bussing, wheelchair, schooling, CHOP visits and hearing aids I still don't think my sister will think Trump is doing anything wrong.

gemcom2000.bsky.social•23 days ago

Then who does she think is taking those things away from her child? Do you tell her the Republicans are in complete control from Trump on down?

lumpyspacetim.bsky.social•23 days ago

Every interaction ends with her faith. It's fucking nuts.

wyntersgirl.bsky.social•23 days ago

THEY. TOLD. US. THEY. WOULD. DO. THIS. (I know I’m preaching to the choir but I am ENRAGED that they OUTLINED their tyrannical plan and our side couldn’t be BOTHERED to show up to vote in the numbers required to reject it)

wyntersgirl.bsky.social•23 days ago

Not even “our side”. More like “white people” in overwhelming numbers. Black women understood the assignment whilst my cohort chose to grab blankies and stick fingers in our mouths (if YOU voted for Kamala, then this is CLEARLY NOT about YOU so miss me with performative “not all ____” comments, k?)

drducko.bsky.social•23 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/drducko.bsky.social/post/3lh23ann55s23

nikim.bsky.social•23 days ago

It’s what the camps are for

progressfwdlad.bsky.social•23 days ago

I have worked at a company where everyone who had the work "Strategic Advisor" got laid off. Sounds like the folks who were supporting "Special Education" started using the word "Equity" to remove stigma. They need, until the assault from Trump is over, to go back to the SpecEd designation.

myrangers72.bsky.social•23 days ago

In Texas it has been this way for 25+ years. I have personally lived with the hell of trying to help my daughter.

lidaandrews.bsky.social•23 days ago

Nobody should be surprised by this. Trumps nephew wrote about his feelings towards those with disabilities in his book.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jul/24/trump-nephew-book-disabled-son-die

lidaandrews.bsky.social•23 days ago

He has never hidden who he is. For some reason many voters were ok with him. I will never understand how anybody could be ok with him as leader. Even if he could make us all better off financially (which I doubt), is it worth trading in our morality?

jsharkey67.bsky.social•23 days ago

Yup. He's been an empty vessel as a human being his whole life. Look at any of the news stories about him from out of NYC for the last half century, his old Howard Stern interviews, any of it.

br0kenfaery.bsky.social•23 days ago

It’s not like it wasn’t smack dab in the middle of project2025 or Nazi Germany. Who is shocked by this?

jensparkly.bsky.social•23 days ago

You're either useful (i.e., exploitable) or there is no place for you in this society. We're quickly regressing to the slum houses and child labor of the 1800s.

karinacoombs.com•23 days ago

Yes, they will focus on the “special” part. My kids have been dealing with this ignorance their whole lives from both kids and adults. Whether it’s their IEP, access to specialists, extra time, or various other accommodations (even dietary for allergies!) it’s “Why do you get this and I don’t?”

thatraleighguy.bsky.social•23 days ago

You know who else didn't like disabled people and thought they were a drag on society?

rugger6300.bsky.social•23 days ago

He came up in an age before mainstreaming and probably doesn't even know how that works. Ironic since I think Barron went to a special needs school.

betsy-cazden.bsky.social•22 days ago

They only want those options for (white) parents who can afford whatever astronomical fees are required -- the elite.

betsy-cazden.bsky.social•22 days ago

One of the fiercest advocates is Sen. Maggie Hasan, who spoke about her disabled (now adult) son during the RFK Jr. confirmation hearing.

Another? Hillary Clinton, who had an early-career job with Children's Defense Fund finding all the disabled kids who'd never been to school.

albastroube.bsky.social•23 days ago

This reminds me of the fact that Nazi’s referred to children with disabilities as “useless eaters.”

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