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This is absolutely devastating for public health, for scientific integrity, for innovation, for all Americans. I can't string together more coherent thoughts - just absolutely devastating.

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

New episode of The Disability Squeeze podcast up on guaranteed income programs: open.spotify.com/episode/1r18...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

very important and I've been hearing the same

submitted 6 days ago • 58 comments

The Administration for Community Living, housed in HHS, is shutting down. I spoke to disability experts for @motherjones.com about questions they have for what’s next, the services ACL provides, and how this move may lead to more folks being institutionalized. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 8 days ago • 16 comments

"Millions of people who are financially comfortable now may be just one bad break away from needing Medicaid for themselves or a member of their immediate family." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/y...

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.

submitted 21 days ago • 1477 comments

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is reportedly going to stop allowing people without Social Security numbers (SSNs) to serve as "representative payees" for beneficiaries who need help managing their benefits. This risks benefit interruption for thousands. www.govexec.com/management/2...

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

The cuts underway at the Social Security Administration could wind up breaking critical parts of a system that millions of the nation's most vulnerable citizens rely on — including nearly 90% of Americans over age 65.

submitted 23 days ago • 339 comments

USDA cancels $18 million in funding for school meals and food banks in Minnesota minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/11/u...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I’m Jewish and the son of Jewish refugees who immigrated to America, so some might accuse me of seeing antisemitism where it doesn’t exist. So it’s sadly reassuring to see that the great historian Timothy Snyder saw the Oval Office debacle the way I did: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

submitted 25 days ago • 172 comments

Attention SF/Bay Area folks: If you're looking for something to do tomorrow evening, I'm going to be on a panel speaking on how disabled and chronically ill people are being impacted by the Trump admin. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bay-ag...

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Wow—this is the first in-depth public account from a Social Security exec about the DOGE takeover at SSA. It’s scary. It’s a must-read if SSA has your most sensitive data…yes, that means you. wapo.st/3DsqvLj

submitted 26 days ago • 12 comments

Social Security Disability is comprised of SSDI & SSI. Proposed cuts to SSI would hurt disabled children & their families. Roughly 1/3 of families with children on SSI ALREADY live below the poverty line & CUTS will make it DIFFICULT for these families to make ends meet. www.cbpp.org/blog/propose...

submitted 31 days ago • 10 comments

It’s hard to explain to people that republicans think that disabled children subsisting on sub-poverty level benefits need to have a lower standard of living so a billionaire can get another yacht because it sounds too cartoonishly evil.

submitted 31 days ago • 22 comments

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.

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

This graph from @centeronbudget.bsky.social says it all. Republicans want to kick millions of people off Medicaid and eviscerate SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the rich.

submitted 37 days ago • 3 comments

Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people

submitted 39 days ago • 2091 comments

The government talks all the time about wanting disabled people to work. Here I am working yet I can't get the medical care to keep working long term. Doctors won't fill out disability paperwork yet also won't give me the meds or treatments I need to keep working long term.

submitted 40 days ago • 10 comments

Medicaid work requirements are yet again a hot topic. Let’s see what’s behind that, shall we? 🧵 #medicaid #insurance

submitted 40 days ago • 26 comments

For @motherjones.com, I reported on how looming Medicaid cuts could deprive millions of disabled people of health insurance. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 40 days ago • 8 comments

"Our streets are now more safe. There has been a 51% decrease in injuries and a 55% decrease in crashes in the congestion relief zone compared to the same period in January 2024."

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

Read this measured but heartbreaking account of the disastrous Musk/Trump destruction of USAID and what its devastation portends for the world and our nation’s indispensable role in relieving global suffering www.thebulwark.com/p/the-human-...

submitted 43 days ago • 66 comments

after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans: www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...

submitted 50 days ago • 1295 comments

"One was fired by email at 12:47 am. Another wept with colleagues as security escorted her from the office. A third frantically tried to fill a prescription after she got a 24-hour notice that her health care was ending." Stories of the purged. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

submitted 55 days ago • 57 comments

If these NIH cuts stick -- and who knows in this environment -- my whole metro will to be screwed. Not to mention the actual lives affected. Talk about cutting off your nose for spite. www.al.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 56 days ago • 7 comments

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.

submitted 62 days ago • 125 comments

We have known for yrs from the work of Ben Sommers, as well as @pamherd.bsky.social & @donmoyn.bsky.social, that work reqs don’t increase employment. People lose access to critical programs bc they increase administrative burden associated with learning about reqs & documenting continued eligibility

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments