Gary Blumenthal
@garyblumenthal.bsky.social
ID/A advocate, political junkie, former teacher, husband, dad.
Who Will Trump Blame When His Supporters Realize He Screwed Them? @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
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Who Will Trump Blame When His Supporters Realize He Screwed Them?
He bankrupted casinos, steaks, vodka, a university, and an airline—now he’s bankrupting your health care.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Who Will Trump Blame When His Supporters Realize He Screwed Them? @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
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This Independence Day, We Are Not All Free
But I can’t stop thinking about the immigrants who are spending this holiday watching the front door, wondering if ICE will come knocking.
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July 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Stop Sitting Shiva for #Medicaid—Rise Up and Make Them Feel Our Outrage open.substack.com/pub/garyblum...
Stop Sitting Shiva for Medicaid—Rise Up and Make Them Feel Our Outrage
Millions stand to lose their health care, independence, and dignity because spineless politicians bowed to Trump’s greed—now is the time to rise up, speak out, and hold them accountable.
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July 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Gary Blumenthal: Sen. McCormick, for Pennsylvania's good, change your mind
I don’t get it. Why are so many Republican Members of Congress so eager to leap off a mountaintop into a volcano of public anger, injury and moral...
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July 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025.... Call both Pennsylvania Senators.
Please, Sen. McCormick: Do not destroy Medicaid—and the lives it sustains | Opinion
Sen. McCormick, you were elected to represent all Pennsylvanians, not just the healthy or the affluent.
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July 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025.... Call both Pennsylvania Senators.
Message to Congress: Lifelong disability does not magically vanish | Opinion www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/06/22/m...
Message to Congress: Lifelong disability does not magically vanish | Opinion
The president and CEO of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals writes that a provision in the new budget bill that requires permanently disabled Americans to re-register their disa…
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June 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Message to Congress: Lifelong disability does not magically vanish | Opinion www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/06/22/m...
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NO KINGS in Philadelphia · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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June 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Behind the Rhetoric: Debunking RFK Jr. · New Jersey Democratic State Committee
Join the Disability Caucus and Older Adult Caucus for an empowering conversation about the future of Medicaid, Medicare, and disability rights. Together, we’ll unpack and debunk recent claims made by ...
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Are the Republicans listening? apnews.com/article/medi...
House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care
House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill.
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May 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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@mariashriver.bsky.social Maria, why are you and your brothers silent as Bobby, Jr. is destroying the very intellectual disability system, your sainted mother, Eunice, helped build? We are in crisis. Why are you silent?
April 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@mariashriver.bsky.social Maria, why are you and your brothers silent as Bobby, Jr. is destroying the very intellectual disability system, your sainted mother, Eunice, helped build? We are in crisis. Why are you silent?
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2025 Budget Stakes: Poverty and Hardship Could Rise for Millions | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Millions of people would be pushed into, or deeper into, poverty under Republican proposals that Congress could consider this year. A range of spending cuts and other proposals that House Republicans....
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February 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Gary Blumenthal: The state budget can change the lives of the disabled, or not. Hoping Josh addresses ID/A in his state budget address.
February 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Gary Blumenthal: The state budget can change the lives of the disabled, or not. Hoping Josh addresses ID/A in his state budget address.
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Gotta love the British press.
January 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Gotta love the British press.
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Section 3(b)(i) of President Trump’s 01/21/25 misleadingly named EO “ending illegal discrimination” provides:
“Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity), is hereby revoked.” There goes six decades of progress toward justice begun by LBJ.
“Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity), is hereby revoked.” There goes six decades of progress toward justice begun by LBJ.
January 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Section 3(b)(i) of President Trump’s 01/21/25 misleadingly named EO “ending illegal discrimination” provides:
“Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity), is hereby revoked.” There goes six decades of progress toward justice begun by LBJ.
“Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity), is hereby revoked.” There goes six decades of progress toward justice begun by LBJ.
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Trump’s new leadership at DOJ is threatening state & local leaders with criminal prosecution if they don’t support mass deportations. This is a serious step away from democratic norms. apnews.com/article/just...
Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration...
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January 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Trump’s new leadership at DOJ is threatening state & local leaders with criminal prosecution if they don’t support mass deportations. This is a serious step away from democratic norms. apnews.com/article/just...
If Trump “takes Greenland”, would that lead to MAGA Self deportation to Greenland? Hmm…
January 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If Trump “takes Greenland”, would that lead to MAGA Self deportation to Greenland? Hmm…
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"Families are exhausted, and the future of our loved ones hangs in the balance. The ID/A system must stop depending on aging parents to do the work of professional caregivers."
"Families are exhausted, and the future of our loved ones hangs in the balance. The ID/A system must stop depending on aging parents to do the work of professional caregivers."
Cindy Jennings: A plea from aging parents of adult children with intellectual disabilities/autism
For decades, we have fought tirelessly for our adult children with intellectual disabilities and autism (ID/A). As parents now in our 60s, 70s and 80’s,...
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December 9, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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"Families are exhausted, and the future of our loved ones hangs in the balance. The ID/A system must stop depending on aging parents to do the work of professional caregivers."
"Families are exhausted, and the future of our loved ones hangs in the balance. The ID/A system must stop depending on aging parents to do the work of professional caregivers."