Jenn Chebator
@jenncheb.bsky.social
Proud Mom, Married to My Best Friend, Social Worker, Cat Lover, Disability Advocate, Cure Fan ☮️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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"The often referenced moral test of the measure of a civilization being based on how it treats its most vulnerable members is not one that the United States would pass today." Shoumita Dasgupta on our ableist administration, @statnews.com:
www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/a... #autism #neurodiversity
www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/a... #autism #neurodiversity
The Trump administration’s approach to autism is tangled up with ableism, eugenics, and pronatalism
“The current political establishment and their supporters have consistently pathologized difference,” particularly when it comes to autism, a professor of medicine writes.
www.statnews.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"The often referenced moral test of the measure of a civilization being based on how it treats its most vulnerable members is not one that the United States would pass today." Shoumita Dasgupta on our ableist administration, @statnews.com:
www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/a... #autism #neurodiversity
www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/a... #autism #neurodiversity
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
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“The Trump administration is waging a war on disabled people and working to undo the hard-won rights our elders secured."
In a letter released on Wednesday, House Democrats blasted Trump's Labor Department for abandoning disabled workers.
@metrauxjulia.bsky.social's latest scoop:
In a letter released on Wednesday, House Democrats blasted Trump's Labor Department for abandoning disabled workers.
@metrauxjulia.bsky.social's latest scoop:
House Dems blast Labor Department for abandoning disabled workers
A letter led by California Rep. Lateefah Simon demands answers from Trump's labor secretary.
www.motherjones.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“The Trump administration is waging a war on disabled people and working to undo the hard-won rights our elders secured."
In a letter released on Wednesday, House Democrats blasted Trump's Labor Department for abandoning disabled workers.
@metrauxjulia.bsky.social's latest scoop:
In a letter released on Wednesday, House Democrats blasted Trump's Labor Department for abandoning disabled workers.
@metrauxjulia.bsky.social's latest scoop:
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Sparked in part by an influx of disabled Civil War veterans, ugly laws fined poor, disabled people for begging, or just existing, on city streets.
And they never entirely went away.
Pushes to police or drive out unhoused and disabled people have been a constant in American life.
And they never entirely went away.
Pushes to police or drive out unhoused and disabled people have been a constant in American life.
Ugly laws: The blueprint for Trump’s anti-homeless crusade
DC’s crackdown is just the latest in a long war on being poor and disabled in public.
www.motherjones.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Sparked in part by an influx of disabled Civil War veterans, ugly laws fined poor, disabled people for begging, or just existing, on city streets.
And they never entirely went away.
Pushes to police or drive out unhoused and disabled people have been a constant in American life.
And they never entirely went away.
Pushes to police or drive out unhoused and disabled people have been a constant in American life.
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Joy in hard times: Celebrating Disability Pride Month amid crisis
Joy in hard times: Celebrating Disability Pride Month amid crisis
There's far more to disabled life than Republican attacks on disability rights.
www.motherjones.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Joy in hard times: Celebrating Disability Pride Month amid crisis
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I don't want stickers. I don't want hats. I don't want yard signs. I want acts of bravery from Democratic leadership.
July 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I don't want stickers. I don't want hats. I don't want yard signs. I want acts of bravery from Democratic leadership.
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July 18, 2025
July 18, 2025
[There is a lot about sexual assault in tonight’s letter.]
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
July 18, 2025
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Maurene Comey's goodbye note to SDNY colleagues:
July 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Maurene Comey's goodbye note to SDNY colleagues:
What a nice way to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the ADA. This is disgraceful.
The White House's war on disabled Americans continues, going above and beyond Project 2025—now with attacks on a popular hiring program no one even lobbied against.
Labor Department moves to end disability hiring goal for federal contractors
Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer plans to axe a longstanding, successful incentive program for disabled workers.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
What a nice way to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the ADA. This is disgraceful.
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As Marshall, a doctor, well knows, Medicaid recipients don't engage in fraud (they can't, since they are not involved in payments); it is corrupt health care providers (including some doctors) who defraud Medicaid programs.
Roger Marshall: "When they talk about people not being on Medicaid anymore, half of those people are on it because of fraud or some type of abuse of the system, the other half is because they're unwilling to work 20 hours a week."
June 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
As Marshall, a doctor, well knows, Medicaid recipients don't engage in fraud (they can't, since they are not involved in payments); it is corrupt health care providers (including some doctors) who defraud Medicaid programs.
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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
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McGovern: "You are literally taking food off kids' plates to buy Elon Musk another yacht. I guess he's getting a good return on his campaign donations ... this is not policy. This is theft."
May 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
McGovern: "You are literally taking food off kids' plates to buy Elon Musk another yacht. I guess he's getting a good return on his campaign donations ... this is not policy. This is theft."
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McGovern: "This is not a governing philosophy. It is a scam. I wasn't sent here to vote for trash. I can't understand why you'd choose a career of public service to do this -- to rip away the healthcare & food assistance of working & middle class Americans. Is that really what you came here to do?"
May 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
McGovern: "This is not a governing philosophy. It is a scam. I wasn't sent here to vote for trash. I can't understand why you'd choose a career of public service to do this -- to rip away the healthcare & food assistance of working & middle class Americans. Is that really what you came here to do?"
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McGovern: "Now of course you don't want anybody to know what you're doing here. It's because you know this bill betrays the people who voted for you...you are intentionally hiding what you are doing...that's what you guys think is big and beautiful: greed, corruption, & tax breaks for billionaires."
May 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
McGovern: "Now of course you don't want anybody to know what you're doing here. It's because you know this bill betrays the people who voted for you...you are intentionally hiding what you are doing...that's what you guys think is big and beautiful: greed, corruption, & tax breaks for billionaires."
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May 17, 2025
May 17, 2025
This weekend there are two major anniversaries for the history of civil rights in the United States.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
May 17, 2025
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Happy Wednesday!
May 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Happy Wednesday!
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The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
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RFK Jr and Statistics:
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
RFK Jr and Statistics:
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Raise your hand if you want the media to require RFK Jr to have a scientist and/or healthcare professional fact checking him whenever he goes on TV.
May 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Raise your hand if you want the media to require RFK Jr to have a scientist and/or healthcare professional fact checking him whenever he goes on TV.
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Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.
April 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.