DeAnne Cuellar 🦋
@deannecuellar.bsky.social
#TechEquity advocate fighting for our Internet access and civil rights. Proud cat lady, collector of good puns, fluent in Italian, and always ready to roller skate. La mera mera cat mom.
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It actually goes deeper. Given how many autistic kids rely on Medicaid, there is a huge risk right now that #ActuallyAutistic kids who are citizens but have mixed-status parents might not get screened because their parents fear deportation or separation.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
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She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It actually goes deeper. Given how many autistic kids rely on Medicaid, there is a huge risk right now that #ActuallyAutistic kids who are citizens but have mixed-status parents might not get screened because their parents fear deportation or separation.
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“Making incarcerated people pay for communication has a regressive effect on their well-being, on their improvement in prison, and after they are released,” says Wanda Betram, a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.
Priced Out of Phone Calls Home
The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated people and their families to fight for state-level reforms.
boltsmag.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Making incarcerated people pay for communication has a regressive effect on their well-being, on their improvement in prison, and after they are released,” says Wanda Betram, a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.
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I've spent the last decade writing about autism and saying politicians should stop talking about vaccines. When my book came out, it felt like politics was moving there. But I feel like my life's work has been completely erased by RFK Jr., Trump and Bill Cassidy. I feel completely disoriented.
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I've spent the last decade writing about autism and saying politicians should stop talking about vaccines. When my book came out, it felt like politics was moving there. But I feel like my life's work has been completely erased by RFK Jr., Trump and Bill Cassidy. I feel completely disoriented.
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Come on people, let's do this! @boltsmag.org!
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Come on people, let's do this! @boltsmag.org!
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Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
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"Alice supported and took many people with Long COVID under her wing — I was honored to call her a colleague and friend."
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"Alice supported and took many people with Long COVID under her wing — I was honored to call her a colleague and friend."
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
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New Jersey's unusually productive lame-duck session is around the corner, & immigration advocates want lawmakers to promptly codify the protections against ICE put in place by the outgoing admin.
Why? Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill has declined to say if she'd keep them, Lauren Gill reports.
Why? Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill has declined to say if she'd keep them, Lauren Gill reports.
Immigration Protections Are Uncertain in New Jersey even as Democrats Keep Governorship - Bolts
Advocates want to promptly codify the limits on immigration enforcement put in place by the outgoing governor. Mikie Sherill, Tuesday’s winner, has declined to say if she'd continue them.
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
New Jersey's unusually productive lame-duck session is around the corner, & immigration advocates want lawmakers to promptly codify the protections against ICE put in place by the outgoing admin.
Why? Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill has declined to say if she'd keep them, Lauren Gill reports.
Why? Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill has declined to say if she'd keep them, Lauren Gill reports.
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The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
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RESULT: Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City.
The Democratic nominee, and democratic socialist lawmaker, defeats former Governor Andrew Cuomo for the second time this year, after winning against him in the primary.
The Democratic nominee, and democratic socialist lawmaker, defeats former Governor Andrew Cuomo for the second time this year, after winning against him in the primary.
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
RESULT: Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City.
The Democratic nominee, and democratic socialist lawmaker, defeats former Governor Andrew Cuomo for the second time this year, after winning against him in the primary.
The Democratic nominee, and democratic socialist lawmaker, defeats former Governor Andrew Cuomo for the second time this year, after winning against him in the primary.
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“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”
@nymag.com
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@nymag.com
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October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”
@nymag.com
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@nymag.com
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This is what pops up when you search for a frog costume on Amazon.
October 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is what pops up when you search for a frog costume on Amazon.
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On our latest podcast @mmasnick.bsky.social of @techdirt.com joins @sportshotchris.bsky.social to unpack the myths around Section 230, how reform efforts could backfire, and why protecting free speech requires more nuance than most policymakers are willing to give
Don’t Break the Internet - Episode 662 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast | Community Broadband Bits | Episode 662
Mike Masnick of Techdirt joins us to unpack the myths around Section 230, how reform efforts could backfire, and why protecting free speech online requires more nuance than most policymakers are willi...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
On our latest podcast @mmasnick.bsky.social of @techdirt.com joins @sportshotchris.bsky.social to unpack the myths around Section 230, how reform efforts could backfire, and why protecting free speech requires more nuance than most policymakers are willing to give
We're all going to be dancing protestors for Halloween, right?
October 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We're all going to be dancing protestors for Halloween, right?
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Mike Johnson is falsely generalizing the “No Kings” protestors as extremists to justify crackdowns. The truth is, they’re patriots.
These protestors don’t “hate America.” They oppose an authoritarian president who tramples on the freedoms and principles America was founded on.
These protestors don’t “hate America.” They oppose an authoritarian president who tramples on the freedoms and principles America was founded on.
Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."
October 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Mike Johnson is falsely generalizing the “No Kings” protestors as extremists to justify crackdowns. The truth is, they’re patriots.
These protestors don’t “hate America.” They oppose an authoritarian president who tramples on the freedoms and principles America was founded on.
These protestors don’t “hate America.” They oppose an authoritarian president who tramples on the freedoms and principles America was founded on.
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I'm very concerned for my fellow Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman. I hope we hear news about what has happened to her soon.
Journalism is not a crime. Free Debbie Brockman!
WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...
WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...
WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square
A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm very concerned for my fellow Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman. I hope we hear news about what has happened to her soon.
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News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."
One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
October 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."
One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
We gotta laugh because it's all so whack whack, you gotta laugh or you'll just cry.
RFK Jr. Isn’t saying whether circumcision does. He’s just giving us a tip about it.
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
October 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We gotta laugh because it's all so whack whack, you gotta laugh or you'll just cry.
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🚨Attention!🚨
Today is the LAST DAY to sign up my independent online class, Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 12.
Fall Enrollment closes tonight at 12:00am MIDNIGHT. After that we will not accept any more students.
See y'all in class!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Today is the LAST DAY to sign up my independent online class, Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 12.
Fall Enrollment closes tonight at 12:00am MIDNIGHT. After that we will not accept any more students.
See y'all in class!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🚨Attention!🚨
Today is the LAST DAY to sign up my independent online class, Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 12.
Fall Enrollment closes tonight at 12:00am MIDNIGHT. After that we will not accept any more students.
See y'all in class!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Today is the LAST DAY to sign up my independent online class, Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 12.
Fall Enrollment closes tonight at 12:00am MIDNIGHT. After that we will not accept any more students.
See y'all in class!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
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AAUP President Todd Wolfson unpacks the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s compact, which aims to exert ideological control over universities and colleges. As Wolfson makes clear, this partisan incursion into higher education affects ALL sectors.
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@proftwolf.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
AAUP President Todd Wolfson unpacks the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s compact, which aims to exert ideological control over universities and colleges. As Wolfson makes clear, this partisan incursion into higher education affects ALL sectors.
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@proftwolf.bsky.social
Luv seeing @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on MSNBC. So happy I can now follow him here.
October 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Luv seeing @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on MSNBC. So happy I can now follow him here.
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Meanwhile, Fox Business is talking about the Life of a Showgirl playing in AMC theaters.
October 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Meanwhile, Fox Business is talking about the Life of a Showgirl playing in AMC theaters.
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We went from the War on Poverty to the War on The Poor
Example 1,347 — as @karlbode.com writes for us here
Add this to the Trump admin’s growing F Them Kids file
Example 1,347 — as @karlbode.com writes for us here
Add this to the Trump admin’s growing F Them Kids file
The Trump FCC has voted to kill two different programs that helped bring free Wi-Fi to school kids in underserved poor and rural U.S. communities
It’s the latest casualty of an administration that has been taking a hatchet to FCC consumer protection and affordability initiatives
Our story here 💻📶⬇️
It’s the latest casualty of an administration that has been taking a hatchet to FCC consumer protection and affordability initiatives
Our story here 💻📶⬇️
Trump FCC Kills Popular Program That Brought Free Wi-Fi To Low Income School Kids | Welcome to Community Networks
The Trump FCC has voted to kill two different programs that helped bring free Wi-Fi to school kids in underserved poor and rural U.S. communities. It’s the latest casualty of an administration that ha...
communitynetworks.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We went from the War on Poverty to the War on The Poor
Example 1,347 — as @karlbode.com writes for us here
Add this to the Trump admin’s growing F Them Kids file
Example 1,347 — as @karlbode.com writes for us here
Add this to the Trump admin’s growing F Them Kids file
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The Trump FCC has voted to kill two different programs that helped bring free Wi-Fi to school kids in underserved poor and rural U.S. communities
It’s the latest casualty of an administration that has been taking a hatchet to FCC consumer protection and affordability initiatives
Our story here 💻📶⬇️
It’s the latest casualty of an administration that has been taking a hatchet to FCC consumer protection and affordability initiatives
Our story here 💻📶⬇️
Trump FCC Kills Popular Program That Brought Free Wi-Fi To Low Income School Kids | Welcome to Community Networks
The Trump FCC has voted to kill two different programs that helped bring free Wi-Fi to school kids in underserved poor and rural U.S. communities. It’s the latest casualty of an administration that ha...
communitynetworks.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Trump FCC has voted to kill two different programs that helped bring free Wi-Fi to school kids in underserved poor and rural U.S. communities
It’s the latest casualty of an administration that has been taking a hatchet to FCC consumer protection and affordability initiatives
Our story here 💻📶⬇️
It’s the latest casualty of an administration that has been taking a hatchet to FCC consumer protection and affordability initiatives
Our story here 💻📶⬇️
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Boston's Michelle Wu has attracted notice for standing up to Trump on ICE raids. But her stance is undermined by the city's fusion center, which civil liberties advocates have warned abt for yrs: "The whole purpose of it is federal & local law enforcement collaboration."
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Bid to Renew Federal Grant Sparks Concern Boston May Help Trump’s DHS on Immigration - Bolts
The grant helps fund a law enforcement center that’s drawn criticism over privacy and over data-sharing with ICE. It would also come with new strings to spend money on border control.
boltsmag.org
September 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Boston's Michelle Wu has attracted notice for standing up to Trump on ICE raids. But her stance is undermined by the city's fusion center, which civil liberties advocates have warned abt for yrs: "The whole purpose of it is federal & local law enforcement collaboration."
boltsmag.org/boston-polic...
boltsmag.org/boston-polic...