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“I can’t even imagine that we might have to go back to a world like that.” Today, the #TexasVBecerra lawsuit and the fight to #Protect504 is featured in the @washingtonpost.com:

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How to "help orgs, community members, and policymakers work together to advance disability justice. With the increasing dangers facing the disability community across the U.S., it is more important than ever for communities to collaborate to fight back." www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

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Disability language! Protecting Medicaid! Long term supports and services! Texas v. Becerra & the fight for 504! New @aclu.orgAt Libery Podcast with @wkamaubell.bsky.social, @nicolejorwic.bsky.social and Zoe Brennan-Krohn. Check it out (transcript available): www.aclu.org/podcast/know...

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Secretary McMahon stated that yesterday's layoffs wouldn't impact legally-mandated positions or programs for disabled students, but that was a lie. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/03/13/b...

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@5calls.org doesn't yet have a script for calling your congresspeople to demand the immediate release Mahmoud Khalil, but @jvp.bsky.social does: www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/cal...

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You know, that @mjschlanger.bsky.social , who's quoted in this piece, is really smart. "Incredible overreach" indeed. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...

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We need a DAILY press conference with the Dems best messengers (AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Pete Buttigieg, Jamie Raskin, etc) breaking down exactly how Trump and Musk are destroying our country and debunking their bullshit. Stream it on every single platform. Every single day. For as long at it takes.

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We've confirmed the US Bureau of Prisons has transferred trans women to men's prisons despite three court rulings blocking Trump's executive order “I’m continuing to be punished for existing. I'm a pawn in others' political games" -Whitney, 31-year-old woman taken to men's prison this week, told us

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"The entire federal workforce is facing unprecedented fear and uncertainty, but disabled workers face additional struggles as executive orders and damaging rhetoric question their right to receive needed accommodations." www.aclu.org/news/disabil...

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Gavin Newsom can go insert himself inside himself. Whether he actually believes this crap or is just a craven coward, there's no excuse for this. Support trans athletes or get fucked. That's just me. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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I want to hear from people about tariffs impact people's ability to get their meds + medical devices for @motherjones.com. My signal is @juliametraux.49 and my email is [email protected]. I am Mother Jones' disability reporter.

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O’Malley, the former commissioner of the Social Security Admin (SSA), said Monday the recent cuts made by Elon Musk’s Dept of Govt Efficiency (DOGE) could result in the “collapse” of the Social Security system “within the next 30 to 90 days.” Save up, & get loud. 1/2 thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Margaret Bancroft was a pioneer in special education who opened the 1st private boarding school for students w/ special needs. She advocated for educational rights & developed specialized programs that could be adapted to each student’s needs at a time when many were institutionalized. (See ALT)

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List of names we know: disability-memorial.org #DDOM

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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

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Today is Disabled Day of Mourning, to honor disabled people killed by caregivers. Fellow journalists, when we write about these situations, we need to clearly call it murder, and not through a"poor caregiver" lens.

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It’s true—“If cuts of this magnitude are allowed to become law, it is not hyperbole to say that the results would be catastrophic for people with disabilities, family caregivers, direct support professionals…1/2

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The federal government pays around 2/3 of a states' Medicaid budget every year. States picking up more of that cost will not end well, and this will likely lead to more dead people.

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If your representative is dodging in-person town halls, call them out! Tag them and demand they face their constituents.

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Resources from @dredf.bsky.social on the Section 504 lawsuit: • dredf.org/protect-504/ • FAQs docs.google.com/document/d/1... • all 50 Attorneys General contact info docs.google.com/document/d/e... • Disability community briefing webinar + transcript dredf.org/disability-c...

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#TexasVBecerra Case Update: No state Attorney General has withdrawn from the lawsuit at this time. We urge advocates in the 17 states to continue to contact their AG to ask them to drop the case to continue the campaign to #Protect504 More info: dredf.org/wp-content/u...

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Medicaid work requirements could strip healthcare from low-income women, who already shoulder a disproportionate amount of family caregiving responsibilities, often while managing their own chronic health conditions.

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If you're in leadership and throw your hands up and say you have no power, step down and let others step up.

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Work requirements are meant as cuts to Medicaid. They make it harder for disabled people to get the services we need to survive. We can stop this - meet with your elected officials and tell them #HandsOff Medicaid! We can show you how:

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This was my brother who had DS & Alzheimers. Music brought him so much joy throughout life, but it really helped keep him happy during Alzheimers. He benefitted from DEI & an education-he worked in a salon, washing towels, making coffee & sweeping hair & the customers loved him. Best person I knew!

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Tell your members of Congress to keep their #HandsOffOurMedicaid! ¡Dígalas sus miembros del Congreso que mantengan sus #ManosFueraDeNuestroMedicaid! More information / más información: dredf.org/hands-off-ou...

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Join us on February 12 at 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET for a Disability Community Briefing on #TexasvBecerra — a lawsuit that threatens #Section504. Section 504 is a crucial disability rights law that ensures equal access to schools, healthcare, and more. Register: dredf-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Underneath the terrifying takeover of the payments system, the mass firings, etc., there are active impoundments illegal and unauthorized delays to federal spending, happening right now, in real time, that have been a bit memory-holed. So I try to elevate them here. prospect.org/justice/2025...

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If your newsroom doesn’t have disability reporting, now is an excellent time to add it.

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Consistent w/chatter I've been hearing.

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No, the FAA did not recruit people with intellectual disabilities to work as air traffic controllers. Despite what the President said about anti-discrimination programs. My story @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

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Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is [email protected]. Reposts appreciated.

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As always, @nprjoeshapiro.bsky.social has the best story on disability and how it intersects with politics. www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

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Americans need to learn to love the things they think they hate, like bureaucracy, regulations, and unions. It's not a coincidence that functional, prosperous democracies have them and banana republics don't.

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Women deserve to know the TRUTH about the impact of Texas' total abortion ban. Today, I along with Rep. Gerry Connolly, Rep. Summer Lee, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent ANOTHER letter calling on Texas to explain why it won't release maternal mortality data from the past 2 years after Dobbs.

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Once you learn about the eugenics movement, it becomes less surprising that someone would be both racist and ableist in the same speech.

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Protect Independent Living Funding: Stop the Freeze on Federal Programs NCIL is aware of the news that the Trump Administration has issued a “Temporary Pause on Agency Grants, Loans and other Financial Assistance Programs.” You Can Help. Read more: bit.ly/4jCSCHN Take action: bit.ly/4g8sx0X

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AAPD put together an explainer on the federal funding freeze. While the explainer goes into more detail, what we know can be said in one sentence: Lots of critical programs are impacted by this freeze, & within its first day, this action has already caused serious harm. www.aapd.com/federal-fund...

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