Can you call Chuck Schumer right now? No matter where you live, can you take a few minutes and tell Schumer that if Senate Democrats cave you will not support Senate Dems as long as he is leader?
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(English) English on left, Spanish on right side. (Spanish/español) Inglés en la izquierda, español a la derecha. English image description first, español más abajo. English: An ominous tornado funnel touches down in a field. Typography in the foreground reads: Disabled, impacted by tornadoes, and need help? Call/text the Disability & Disaster Hotline, 800-626-4959 or hotline@disasterstrategies.org #DisabLedResponse Spanish: Un siniestro embudo de tornado en un campo abierto. La tipografía en primer plano dice: ¿Discapacitate, impactade por tornados, necesita ayuda? Llame/text a la Línea Directa de Discapacidad y Desastre, 800-626-4959 o hotline@disasterstrategies.org #DisabLedResponse
Disabled, impacted by tornadoes need help? Discapacitade, afectade por tornados y necesita ayuda?
Try | Trate 211, 311, 800.733.2767
Call/text (llame) Disability & Disaster Hotline 800-626-4959 o hotline@disasterstrategies.org.
Attending #mlppforum today! If you're here too, find me and say hello! I promise to say hello back.
Why is he so incredibly nice to Putin and then so incredibly mean to Zelensky? what’s that about
Looking good, team! ❤️
"For too long, our DEI programs have distracted us from our true mission: boldly going where no one has gone before, while ensuring the same five conventionally attractive humans get the best bridge assignments."
You are fantastic. You are a Halloween-themed breakfast cereal. You are Medusa's favorite hair-snake. You are a hatching moon. You are a Scholastic book fair for cryptids in an ancient forest.
This is the way.
People of Scotland: my great-great-grandparents came to the U.S. to work random jobs. I think they made a mistake. Can we come back? Please let my family back. I promise to be good. Please? 🙏
Escape plea #3
People of Canada: my great-grandparents came to the U.S. to work random jobs. I think they made a mistake. Can we come back? Please let my family back. I promise to be good. Please? 🙏
Escape plea #2
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
People of Cornwall: my great-grandfather came to U.S. to work in the mines. I think he made a mistake. Can we come back? Please let my family back. I promise to be good. Please? 🙏
Right now, 17 states are suing the fed to repeal Section 504, an important law that mandates accessibility in schools, hospitals, and other places. If you live in any of the states in pink below, call your attorney general and ask them to drop their suit against 504. ♿️
17 states are suing to overturn section 504.
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TOMORROW – February 12!
Join NCIL and DREDF for Disability Community Briefing: What You Can Do to Stop the Attack on Section 504.
We will talk about Texas v. Becerra, including next steps, what it means for us, and what you can do about it.
Register: bit.ly/3QeBivp
More: dredf.org/protect-504/
"Kendrick gave us what we needed. He was defiant, proud, vindictive, playful & celebratory. He was pro-Black & subversive, trolling & joyful, and through all the expectations and fighting and nastiness, he was ultimately victorious" - @daviddennisjr.bsky.social on Kendrick's #SuperBowl performance
Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.
"The revolution about to be televised you picked the right time but the wrong guy"
KENDRICK 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#superbowl
I hope Trump is miserable every second of Kendrick Lamar’s performance
#SuperBowl
Per my daughter, there are two Kelsey (sp?) brothers and the only difference is one has "more of a dad bod." I already knew one of them is a Swiftie. I'm learning a ton about football. 🏈
Thanks to you and Scott! So...bug in this case doesn't mean broken or glitchy? It's just the name for lil' number graphics? The context clues here on the Internet are confusing!
This just in: it's the Eagles playing. My husband just corrected me. #sports
Questions about Superbowl for non-sports person:
1. What's a score bug?
2. Is it typical for host city to outshine the whole game part? Looking good NOLA 😉
3. What's the official name of the Flyers green? It's stunning.
I don't know a lot about hockey, but I'm sending you all the love, positivity and strength that Lidstrom and Yzerman had shown each other over years of trust and a common love for hitting pucks with sticks! You got this, dude! (Also, that's the last time I knew anything about hockey.)
Want to learn what Medicaid is, how it helps people with disabilities, or how we fought Medicaid cuts in 2017 (and how we can stop them again)? Check out our recording of our webinar, “What is Medicaid and what how can we save it — again?”
If the disability-as-a-policy beat exists, Joe is the originator. His book No Pity is one of the definitive books on the disability rights movement.
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As always, @nprjoeshapiro.bsky.social has the best story on disability and how it intersects with politics.
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New — US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights staff who were on the Equity committee were all placed on paid administrative leave last night because of the DEIA executive order.
They received this email, a source in the dept. tells me:
A Heartfelt Thank You for Taking Action!
Yesterday, we put out a call to protect IL funding, and you answered—loudly and powerfully. Over 3,500 messages and stories were sent to Congress, making it clear that freezing federal programs is not an option for our community.
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On Bsky, I'm looking for advocates, researchers, leaders, peers, and/or whoever is writing / thinking / researching / publishing on these topics: the #IndependentLiving movement, #CentersForIndependentLiving, #IndependentLivingPhilosophy, the #ACL. Are you out there? Anyone I should be following?