JUST IN: FBI Dir Kash Patel loses libel suit he filed against former FBI agent Frank Figliuzzi for saying Patel "reportedly" has been "visible at nightclubs far more" than at FBI HQ. Judge George Hanks (Obama/TXSD) says it was "rhetorical hyperbole." Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The owner of Coachella is a right-wing nationalist and gives lots of money to anti-LGBT organizations.
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It should not.
That is terribly sad.
In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.
249 years later, we have this idiot.
ICE has been using a Navy logistics contract to outfit detention warehouses with minimal oversight. New documents show it may want its own construction contracting vehicle — one that's faster and less transparent.
@em-knepp.bsky.social, @ripest-plum.bsky.social, and @mwriston.bsky.social report.
Action Alert: Help Save Section 504 - National Council on Independent Living share.google/2BOl5yIZM2yx...
It means people won't be able to reach their full potential or even be full participants in this society.
I'm presenting on trauma, and I'm looking the most up to date information. I thought I would share.
The impact of trauma and how to intervene: a narrative review of psychotraumatology over the past 15 years - PMC share.google/cygUfLCkBc0G...
It reminded me of
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BREAKING: We sued the Trump administration, on behalf of
@commoncause.org and four individuals, to block the DOJ from illegally stockpiling millions of Americans’ confidential voter data and creating a national database to surveil and purge voters.
There are so many kids. I've heard about younger children. They want to go back to school, back to robotics.
She and all of the kids need to be released. No human should be in those concentration camps.
The interpreter's job is to remain neutral, and to interpret everything that is said, while being fully transparent for both sides. The purpose of their work is for the LEP (Limited English Proficient speaker) to have access to justice or care. We have strict standards of practice and ethics.
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"Some college students have protection under Section 504, since colleges and universities that receive federal funding can’t discriminate because of disability — students with disabilities must have equal access to education and campus services."
Screenshot with a description of 504s
Section 504 also helps students with invisible disabilities. Students may have a 504 plan with accomodations in K-12.
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."[1] Section 504 set precedents for subsequent legislation expanding the rights of people with disabilities, and kickstarted a political movement by in the United States for people with disabilities, resulting in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990." - Wikipedia
"It requires that people with disabilities are able to take part in all programs that receive federal funding, while being free from discrimination. It was one of the first U.S. federal civil rights laws that offered legal protections for people with disabilities"
"Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is American legislation that guarantees certain rights to people with disabilities."
It's an outrage and it's inhumane. Stay enraged and do a little or a lot of something. When it's over, we are going to find out it was all worse than what we thought.
The new DHS leader may be less in your face, but I fear they're just being quieter about their abuses.
I know people remain concerned. I think some folks are slipping into complacency.
We have torture camps, and they are killing people.
They want to do away with section 504 disability protections.
"Trump order pushes homeless veterans into long-term ‘institutional settings" -Stars and Stripes
Malus, which is a piece of satire but also fully functional, performs a "clean room" clone of open source software, meaning users could then sell software without crediting the original developers.
"I raised my hand. I said that I agreed with all the critiques of Trump, but I also wondered what those of us who work in higher education might have done — or not done — to bring about this awful moment. "
Incredible.
Exclusive: Two U.S. embassy officials who died in a car accident in Mexico as they returned from the scene of a counternarcotic operation worked for the CIA, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Congrats!!
Also, his team is inept.
Inside the secretary of state’s $50,000 deal to use Experian’s unverified information that he said would ‘strengthen’ election integrity
The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office spent $50,000 to run nearly 2 million checks of Experian’s unverified commercial data on registered voters, saying it…
Please look into Johnson.
Go read about him on Wikipedia.
He's not someone I can fully trust.