Azrael Drake Phoenix
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Azrael Drake Phoenix
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Trump’s executive orders are not law.

This doctor knows it. Many hospital systems know it.

Those that comply with something not passed by congress and with power not constitutionally granted to the president are cowardly.
February 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.
Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads (Gift Article)
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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BREAKING

On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders

On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants
An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.
popular.info
February 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
They shouldn't have been in such a hurry to comply in advance, but at least some of them are figuring it out now.
Getting private word that a few hospitals that have paused care for trans youth are starting that care back up.

If your hospital is one of them, please message me privately.

Good to see the initial capitulation is receiving strong pushback.
February 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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December 29, 2024 at 5:20 AM
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December 29, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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People who've never been dependent on a paycheck should not get to decide how long you can go without yours.
December 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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I really believe that when capitalists make it clear that they'll disregard every peaceful, legal attempt by the public to enact meaningful change & will only make concessions when backed into a corner with violence: that's THEIR choice

If we could achieve goals w/o it, we would. It's their call.
December 19, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Me too... With my 65-inch "monitor" 😁
Might be a hot take but I don't like handheld gaming.

I'm a big screen, turn the lights out, after my day is completely done kind of guy. When I lock in, I LOCK tf in.

I can't do that on a handheld device. I see the appeal, it just isn't right for me.
December 20, 2024 at 12:08 AM
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December 19, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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Every time the government shuts down some self proclaimed leftists say it's actually good on anti-imperialism grounds, and I just want to remind everyone that (a) Veterans benefits get cut off, but the military is still funded, and (b) PEOPLE WHO NEED GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS DIE WHENEVER THIS HAPPENS.
December 19, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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I'm extremely skeptical of anyone who claims to be a disability rights advocate who is also confident that people should simply leave accommodations to those who can qualify for them, as though the qualification process isn't ableist to begin with
December 19, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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In 2024, several New Hampshire Democrats, afraid that anti-trans attacks would work, voted in favor of a trans surgery ban and bathroom bill.

They lost more seats than most other states. Now the R majority is ramping up targeting us.

Capitulation didn't work.

National Dems, take note.
December 19, 2024 at 5:05 AM
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We need accountability for systemic harm.

It’s a crime to kill someone.

But no one bats an eye if a politician cuts disability payments leading disabled people to starve to death.

Power and paperwork are a shield mass murderers hide behind.
December 19, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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Disabled rage is valid. Many disabled people fight just to prove our lives are worthy of living. Many of us are ignored, discriminated against, dismissed, and abused. When you tell disabled people to be happy, you’re telling us that we should accept the fact that the world doesn’t care about us.
December 19, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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Here's today's post about how CEO lives matter but child lives do not, apparently.

Read the full piece here and please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber to support my work:
www.thegodpodcast.com/p/fuck-thy-t...
December 19, 2024 at 1:51 AM
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I feel strongly that accessibility options in video games should ALWAYS be supported.

I don't care if you think a game is "meant" to be played a certain way. The trade-off should never be to hinder gamers with disabilities in order to preserve that. It's an incredibly selfish stance to take.
December 18, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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If you become disabled, the system will do everything in its power to try and not help you. Disabled people have been telling you this for decades. We can't just get all of our needs met. Most barely get enough to survive. The system is designed to fail us.
December 18, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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Today, Democratic Senators refused to hold a vote to remove the anti-trans amendment targeting healthcare of the trans children of service members from the NDAA.

Only 14 Senators voted against the final bill.

Subscribe to support our journalism. Guest post from Mira Lazine.
Democratic Senators Refuse Vote To Remove Anti-Trans Amendment From Military Budget
The move follows passage of the NDAA in the House of Representatives, which will be the first national anti-trans law in recent years.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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Our society expects women not to walk alone at night, expects cyclists to wear high-visibility clothing, expects immunosuppressed people to isolate indefinitely. Rather than addressing actual sources of harm, we demand the impossible—that vulnerable people somehow make themselves invulnerable
December 5, 2024 at 9:24 AM