Heathen Wench (she/her)
@heathenwench.bsky.social
Witchy disabled badass. Queer leftist in the PNW.
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"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action.
"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."
www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."
www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada
Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont
www.nbcboston.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action.
"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."
www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."
www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
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Okay! Here we go. @murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov?
A major delegation of senators and reps traveling to El Salvador together to demand the release of Abrego Garcia and DUE PROCESS for ALL those we sent there would be EXACTLY the statement you should be sending.
A major delegation of senators and reps traveling to El Salvador together to demand the release of Abrego Garcia and DUE PROCESS for ALL those we sent there would be EXACTLY the statement you should be sending.
We must all stand as a united front against the kidnapping and illegal detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador.
Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same. @vanhollen.senate.gov
Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same. @vanhollen.senate.gov
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is demanding a meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele over the detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and says he’ll go to El Salvador himself if the Marylander isn’t returned.
April 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Okay! Here we go. @murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov?
A major delegation of senators and reps traveling to El Salvador together to demand the release of Abrego Garcia and DUE PROCESS for ALL those we sent there would be EXACTLY the statement you should be sending.
A major delegation of senators and reps traveling to El Salvador together to demand the release of Abrego Garcia and DUE PROCESS for ALL those we sent there would be EXACTLY the statement you should be sending.
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These useless tariffs will disproportionately target disabled people. You know what comes from overseas? Wheelchairs, medications, hearing aids, medical supplies. It will all be more expensive and many disabled people are on a fixed income, which means many will die. This is eugenics at play.
April 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
These useless tariffs will disproportionately target disabled people. You know what comes from overseas? Wheelchairs, medications, hearing aids, medical supplies. It will all be more expensive and many disabled people are on a fixed income, which means many will die. This is eugenics at play.
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March 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Incredible article about Endometriosis, the delay in diagnosis, and how racial disparities affect it.
www.glamour.com/story/endome...
www.glamour.com/story/endome...
“Endometriosis Stole My Life”: What It’s Really Like to Live With the Condition
This Endometriosis Awareness Month, four women speak candidly about the impact of endometriosis on their health, their sex lives, their fertility, and more.
www.glamour.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Incredible article about Endometriosis, the delay in diagnosis, and how racial disparities affect it.
www.glamour.com/story/endome...
www.glamour.com/story/endome...
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Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek said that he is consulting with agency lawyers and the Justice Department as he threatens to shut down the agency in response to a court ruling blocking Elon Musk’s team from accessing sensitive taxpayer data.
March 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek said that he is consulting with agency lawyers and the Justice Department as he threatens to shut down the agency in response to a court ruling blocking Elon Musk’s team from accessing sensitive taxpayer data.
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♿Social Security is NOT just for Seniors. It's also for people like me with Disabilities, people who receive Survivors Benefits & Veterans who receive Social Security benefits.
Before I became disabled, I PAID into the program with EVERY paycheck. There are MILLIONS more like me & it is OUR MONEY!♿
Before I became disabled, I PAID into the program with EVERY paycheck. There are MILLIONS more like me & it is OUR MONEY!♿
March 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
♿Social Security is NOT just for Seniors. It's also for people like me with Disabilities, people who receive Survivors Benefits & Veterans who receive Social Security benefits.
Before I became disabled, I PAID into the program with EVERY paycheck. There are MILLIONS more like me & it is OUR MONEY!♿
Before I became disabled, I PAID into the program with EVERY paycheck. There are MILLIONS more like me & it is OUR MONEY!♿
The ADA is under attack. They want to make the world unlivable for us again. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The ADA is under attack. They want to make the world unlivable for us again. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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I can’t emphasize enough how much accessibility benefits everyone. Ramps, elevators, ventilated air, automatic doors. You caring about accessibility is literally caring about your future. You will become disabled unless you die young. Investing in the disability community is investing in yourself.
March 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I can’t emphasize enough how much accessibility benefits everyone. Ramps, elevators, ventilated air, automatic doors. You caring about accessibility is literally caring about your future. You will become disabled unless you die young. Investing in the disability community is investing in yourself.
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TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
February 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
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“Too often the result is that people with disabilities cannot afford to live in large new buildings with deluxe elevators because housing costs remain so high, while smaller buildings may offer no elevator at all.”
Senate Bill 5156, approved by the Washington Senate this week, could open the door to more accessible small apartment buildings built around smaller European-style elevators, reducing overall housing costs at the same time.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/w...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/w...
February 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“Too often the result is that people with disabilities cannot afford to live in large new buildings with deluxe elevators because housing costs remain so high, while smaller buildings may offer no elevator at all.”
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Upcoming economic protest actions ➡️ participate if you can
⚠️ Feb 28: Economic blackout (if you have to buy something, only buy from local businesses!) ⚠️
⚠️ Feb 28: Economic blackout (if you have to buy something, only buy from local businesses!) ⚠️
February 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Upcoming economic protest actions ➡️ participate if you can
⚠️ Feb 28: Economic blackout (if you have to buy something, only buy from local businesses!) ⚠️
⚠️ Feb 28: Economic blackout (if you have to buy something, only buy from local businesses!) ⚠️
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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
February 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
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I’m so tired of disabled people being left behind in almost every way. In education, in economics, in diversity, in equity, I could go on. With things shifting and society uprising, disabled people are usually the last to be thought of. I can’t tell you how traumatizing it is to be abandoned.
February 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I’m so tired of disabled people being left behind in almost every way. In education, in economics, in diversity, in equity, I could go on. With things shifting and society uprising, disabled people are usually the last to be thought of. I can’t tell you how traumatizing it is to be abandoned.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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no state
no border
no walls
no cages
no border
no walls
no cages
January 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
no state
no border
no walls
no cages
no border
no walls
no cages
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
February 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
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As we’ve been calling out for weeks, they had more than just “read access.” The Treasury has now revoked the editing access that was “mistakenly” given to a musk staffer.
February 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
As we’ve been calling out for weeks, they had more than just “read access.” The Treasury has now revoked the editing access that was “mistakenly” given to a musk staffer.
youtu.be/b5JQbJEolS0?... Comprehensive view of what's going on with our Trans friends. We cannot let them be erased!
The state of Trans Rights in Trump's America
YouTube video by Council of Geeks
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February 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
youtu.be/b5JQbJEolS0?... Comprehensive view of what's going on with our Trans friends. We cannot let them be erased!
Use the 5calls app or 5calls.org to contact your reps and congress people about Elon's illegal takeover of government payment systems. I made my first calls today!
February 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Use the 5calls app or 5calls.org to contact your reps and congress people about Elon's illegal takeover of government payment systems. I made my first calls today!
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'They attack disabled, migrants, travellers, homeless - next they attack you"
Spotted in Liverpool, UK
Spotted in Liverpool, UK
February 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
'They attack disabled, migrants, travellers, homeless - next they attack you"
Spotted in Liverpool, UK
Spotted in Liverpool, UK
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BREAKING: President Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council.
This move will erode efforts to protect universal human rights and undermine the work of international bodies that hold all governments accountable.
This move will erode efforts to protect universal human rights and undermine the work of international bodies that hold all governments accountable.
February 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: President Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council.
This move will erode efforts to protect universal human rights and undermine the work of international bodies that hold all governments accountable.
This move will erode efforts to protect universal human rights and undermine the work of international bodies that hold all governments accountable.
I will be calling Ms. Cantwell today to express my utter disgust at her confirmation of the man that handed the keys to my benefits to Elon. Who do you work for, exactly, senator? #thisisacoup
So the aides to @cantwell.senate.gov said she voted for Bessent and Duffy because he offered “assurances.” Assurances that he’d let Musk’s tween minions take over Treasury?
Sure hope she starts to understand where we are.
#NoCollaboration #ThisIsACoup
Sure hope she starts to understand where we are.
#NoCollaboration #ThisIsACoup
Home | U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington
cantwell.senate.gov
February 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I will be calling Ms. Cantwell today to express my utter disgust at her confirmation of the man that handed the keys to my benefits to Elon. Who do you work for, exactly, senator? #thisisacoup