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I spent 25+ years working to expand the rights of people with disabilities and access to health care. I started in the early days of Canada's Charter I am a dual citizen. A rare genetic cond diagnosed after university made returning to the US impossible.
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So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white **retired** Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

Another scoop from @peard33.bsky.social: DOGE installed Tom Krause at the Treasury Department. He's keeping his job as the CEO of a software company that has millions of dollars in federal contracts, including with the Treasury Department www.wired.com/story/krause...

Speaking about Trump’s de facto gag order, data scientist Jonathan Gilmore said, “I don’t know of another situation where researchers have been this concerned about losing access to data that they’ve had access to their whole career. It’s dire.” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

As a dual citizen I am asking my friends and family on both sides of the border to end the sales of items that is an attack on Canadian sovereignty at a time when Trump is pushing this assault on Canada. People may see this as a call to arms the potential for violence. chng.it/khN9kCVzJW

Should war hostilities abate between Russia and Ukraine, the only way to deter Moscow will be to further strengthen Kyiv as quickly as possible, said Timothy Snyder www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/snyder-stren...

1/ Trump will continue to do whatever he wants as long as Republicans in Congress allow it. R’s will let Trump do whatever he wants as long as they fear for their safety from his cult. The only way to break that cycle is to break through to the cult so they know who is actually hurting them…

There's a certain former Republican US Senator who lost his job because his constituents demanded he host a town hall meeting to explain why he was serving Trump instead of the state that elected him and that state *hasn't elected a Republican to a statewide office since*

James Baldwin was a thought-provoking writer with an understanding of the human condition when rights are suppressed & people are impoverished. This quote makes me think how Trump & Musk could be creating a lot of men & women with nothing left to lose.

📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YpFqpG/ Censorship… freedom of speech? Only if Elon allows and likes it.

Vaccines are ok for chickens but not people. Maybe if he wore a price tag around our neck the GOP would stop killing people with their lies about vaccines apnews.com/article/trum...

Some days I really miss my mom. Let’s see your mom.

never want to hear ‘free speech’ alongside his name again

NEW: A regional FEMA chief of staff took Elon Musk's Fork in the Road offer. He has proof of receipt. But they didn't honor it. Instead, they fired him 13 days later. Now, this retired Navy captain is speaking out. www.thebulwark.com/p/musk-doge-...

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

As of yesterday, there were 58 reported cases of measles in Texas. 13 of which were hospitalized. Tens of thousands of dollars racked up in medical bills. (40k?) A one night stay at hospital in TX averages about $3,000 One MMR vaccine in TX averages $100 without insurance with a private doctor.

Elon musk is funding Susan's opponent he's pouring millions into his campaign, let's disappoint that mfer.

“Her motivation to participate so publicly in her trial, she said, was not simply courage. “I say it is not bravery,” she told the court. “It is will and determination to change society.” Few can claim to have as credible a chance to do just that.” time.com/7216401/gise...

In 2015/16, I had no doubt that Trump's politics were fascist. But there was an important element missing: he didn't have a terrorist militia to advance his ambitions. Now he does: www.msn.com/en-au/news/o...

i gotta say as a jew im not a big fan of the sieg heil coming back into vogue!!!

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

TODAY: A hearing will be held in Rhode Island in a lawsuit from 22 Democratic states & Washington, D.C. seeking a long-term block on Trump's federal funding freeze as litigation proceeds. A court previously issued a temporary restraining order in the case.

If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long. They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net

Trump’s administration of disorganized, angry, talentless, below-average white men looks cowardly & weak on the world stage. Every American with any pride in our country should be embarrassed.

Russia invaded Ukraine. This is Putin’s war. If Trump won’t say it, the Senate damn well should. And we will have the chance tonight.

📌NYT Headline: “Trump flips the script on Russia, blames Zelenskyy” Sorry, but what the fuck are we supposed to do with crap like this? 📌”Trump betrays Zelenskyy, surrenders to Russia” There, fixed it.

A New Yorker to be grateful for. Marshall Rose, Who Helped Revive Two New York Institutions, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/n...

Standing up to the authoritarian wave requires more than cheerleading for democracy; it demands making democratic societies more participatory, responsive, and adaptable at all levels, from local to national, in response to the societal shifts driven by the Internet over the past 15 years.