Leslie Templeton
@somesaylezzels.bsky.social
✨Disabled✨
Politics. Massachusetts. Democrats. Disability Justice. Young Democrats.
(she/her)
Politics. Massachusetts. Democrats. Disability Justice. Young Democrats.
(she/her)
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Join us on Wednesday, June 11 for a YDA National Candidate Forum, hosted by @ydalgbtq.bsky.social & YDA's Black Caucus!
Candidates and attendees, RSVP at the link in our bio!
Candidates and attendees, RSVP at the link in our bio!
June 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Join us on Wednesday, June 11 for a YDA National Candidate Forum, hosted by @ydalgbtq.bsky.social & YDA's Black Caucus!
Candidates and attendees, RSVP at the link in our bio!
Candidates and attendees, RSVP at the link in our bio!
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The power of clemency is life-changing.
And this data affirms that commutations for people serving unfair & outdated sentences is a critical step toward justice & healing.
I applaud President Biden for using clemency to bring thousands of individuals home & reunite families.
And this data affirms that commutations for people serving unfair & outdated sentences is a critical step toward justice & healing.
I applaud President Biden for using clemency to bring thousands of individuals home & reunite families.
NEW DATA: Commutations for more than 2,100 people in prison serving long, outdated federal sentences mean real second chances! Read more on FWD’s latest research: www.fwd.us/news/new-dat...
NEW DATA: First Look at Impact of Historic Clemency for People Serving Outdated Federal Sentences
Elected Leaders, Labor Leaders, Civil Rights Leaders, and Criminal Justice Advocates Voice Enthusiastic Support for Clemency WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, FWD.us released a new data brief offering the f...
www.fwd.us
April 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The power of clemency is life-changing.
And this data affirms that commutations for people serving unfair & outdated sentences is a critical step toward justice & healing.
I applaud President Biden for using clemency to bring thousands of individuals home & reunite families.
And this data affirms that commutations for people serving unfair & outdated sentences is a critical step toward justice & healing.
I applaud President Biden for using clemency to bring thousands of individuals home & reunite families.
"Make America Healthy Again" is a wild slogan for an administration trying to cut funding to things like food stamps/free lunch/Medicaid, attacking vaccines, defunding major health research, stigmatizing medications, and attacking disabled people. #Disability #CripTheVote #DisabilityJustice
April 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Make America Healthy Again" is a wild slogan for an administration trying to cut funding to things like food stamps/free lunch/Medicaid, attacking vaccines, defunding major health research, stigmatizing medications, and attacking disabled people. #Disability #CripTheVote #DisabilityJustice
Republicans really don't care about the everyday American because they will cut vital resources just to make billionaires, who have more money than they will ever need, richer by giving them tax cuts
April 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Republicans really don't care about the everyday American because they will cut vital resources just to make billionaires, who have more money than they will ever need, richer by giving them tax cuts
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Congressional Republican plans to slash Medicaid funding and let the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits expire will increase insurance costs for millions of Americans. The latest from Natasha Murphy and Andrea Ducas:
Congressional Republicans’ Health Care Plans Will Rip Away Coverage and Increase Costs
Republican plans to slash Medicaid funding and let the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits expire will increase insurance costs for millions of Americans.
www.americanprogress.org
April 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Congressional Republican plans to slash Medicaid funding and let the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits expire will increase insurance costs for millions of Americans. The latest from Natasha Murphy and Andrea Ducas:
There's nothing like your health being really bad and watching your government debate whether they should let people like me keep our desperately needed healthcare OR cut it and make their billionaire friends richer
April 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
There's nothing like your health being really bad and watching your government debate whether they should let people like me keep our desperately needed healthcare OR cut it and make their billionaire friends richer
I feel so old because Bluesky confuses me and idk how to like make my feed more disability justice related and I feel like I'm not seeing any of my fav accounts
April 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I feel so old because Bluesky confuses me and idk how to like make my feed more disability justice related and I feel like I'm not seeing any of my fav accounts
Substance use disorder is a disability so people should be ENRAGED by Trump's attacks on narcan access.
All rescue meds, like epipens or naloxone, should be READILY available. This is a disability justice issue!
All rescue meds, like epipens or naloxone, should be READILY available. This is a disability justice issue!
April 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Substance use disorder is a disability so people should be ENRAGED by Trump's attacks on narcan access.
All rescue meds, like epipens or naloxone, should be READILY available. This is a disability justice issue!
All rescue meds, like epipens or naloxone, should be READILY available. This is a disability justice issue!
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The Trump administration’s actions to exempt polluters from compliance with air pollution standards show their willingness to feed corporate greed at the expense of American families’ health. More from CAP's Leo Banks and @lucerowx.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Trump Administration Has Invited Power Plants to Emit More Toxic Pollution in a Giveaway to Corporate Polluters
In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration has offered fossil fuel power plants and industrial sources the opportunity to ask, by email, for an exemption from the Clean Air Act, enabling them…
www.americanprogress.org
April 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Trump administration’s actions to exempt polluters from compliance with air pollution standards show their willingness to feed corporate greed at the expense of American families’ health. More from CAP's Leo Banks and @lucerowx.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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I am so frustrated. So angry. So heartbroken.
Why is the government allowed to use my tax dollars to do illegal shit.
Why is the government allowed to use my tax dollars to do illegal shit.
🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
April 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I am so frustrated. So angry. So heartbroken.
Why is the government allowed to use my tax dollars to do illegal shit.
Why is the government allowed to use my tax dollars to do illegal shit.
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🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
If they take away my Medicaid while I'm trying to navigate this new wave of health issues, I'm scared I'm going to die. I am 28, I don't want to die. Keep your hands off my healthcare please.
April 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If they take away my Medicaid while I'm trying to navigate this new wave of health issues, I'm scared I'm going to die. I am 28, I don't want to die. Keep your hands off my healthcare please.
It sucks being sick, the idea they would make that worse by attacking Medicaid is so insidious
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It sucks being sick, the idea they would make that worse by attacking Medicaid is so insidious
My health is getting so much worse and it just frustrates me. I hate being 28 and watching other 28 year olds think about marriage and kids and my biggest concerns are will I be able to access healthcare and coverage & if not, what will I do if I have a medical crisis.
April 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My health is getting so much worse and it just frustrates me. I hate being 28 and watching other 28 year olds think about marriage and kids and my biggest concerns are will I be able to access healthcare and coverage & if not, what will I do if I have a medical crisis.
I have never felt uneasy about immigrants being in my neighborhood, but I feel incredibly uneasy about the government kidnapping my neighbors for their immigration status.
I feel sick to my stomach.
I feel sick to my stomach.
March 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I have never felt uneasy about immigrants being in my neighborhood, but I feel incredibly uneasy about the government kidnapping my neighbors for their immigration status.
I feel sick to my stomach.
I feel sick to my stomach.
Follow the amazing @davidsonjess.bsky.social immediately, thanks 💕
March 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Follow the amazing @davidsonjess.bsky.social immediately, thanks 💕
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There are many great parts of this report from @cendemtech.bsky.social and @aapd-disability.bsky.social on building a disability inclusive AI ecosystem, but I want to highlight this part of how remote monitoring software can be discriminatory.
Full report here: cdt.org/wp-content/u...
Full report here: cdt.org/wp-content/u...
March 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
There are many great parts of this report from @cendemtech.bsky.social and @aapd-disability.bsky.social on building a disability inclusive AI ecosystem, but I want to highlight this part of how remote monitoring software can be discriminatory.
Full report here: cdt.org/wp-content/u...
Full report here: cdt.org/wp-content/u...
"The world is falling to fascism, I have a hernia, and I'm stressed the fuck out but I'm doing great, hbu?"
March 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"The world is falling to fascism, I have a hernia, and I'm stressed the fuck out but I'm doing great, hbu?"
If you say the r word or voted for someone who is attempting to take away my rights as a disabled person, I don't want to hear a PEEP out of you about Jasmine Crockett's "hot wheels" comment
March 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If you say the r word or voted for someone who is attempting to take away my rights as a disabled person, I don't want to hear a PEEP out of you about Jasmine Crockett's "hot wheels" comment
Yeah I rolled my eyes at the "hot wheels" comment but some of y'all attacking her are the same people casually dropping the r word on the reg or voted for people who are trying to dismantle disabled peoples healthcare...
so like...
shut up 🤍
so like...
shut up 🤍
March 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Yeah I rolled my eyes at the "hot wheels" comment but some of y'all attacking her are the same people casually dropping the r word on the reg or voted for people who are trying to dismantle disabled peoples healthcare...
so like...
shut up 🤍
so like...
shut up 🤍
RFK Jr's "Wellness Farms" idea sounds wayyyyy too similar to Hitler's T4 experiment, where they took disabled people from their families to "help them" and then would kill them.
March 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
RFK Jr's "Wellness Farms" idea sounds wayyyyy too similar to Hitler's T4 experiment, where they took disabled people from their families to "help them" and then would kill them.