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Disabled, Visible, Indivisible
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We acknowledge that to be accessible we must be intersectional.

Our goals include not centering only white and cisgendered voices.

We're here to build a movement that focuses on the needs of one of the largest groups of underrepresented voters in this country.

We hope you'll join us.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Our understanding is that this will also affect Vocational Rehabilitation which helps so many disabled adults enter or re-enter the workforce.
The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Republicans keep saying the “genuinely disabled” don’t have to worry about losing Medicaid.

All disabilities are genuine.

You also need healthcare to get a diagnosis. To get the paperwork done. To “prove it”.

They’re ensuring people get trapped in red tape loopholes so they can’t get care.
July 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Boycotting is a privilege.

Prepping is a privilege.

Protesting is a privilege.

Leaving the country is a privilege.

Not all solutions are accessible to everyone.

We need robust community care to ensure people aren’t left behind.
July 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya used sickle cell disease research as an example of something he would not call DEI and cut. It's being cut.

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/n...
July 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We need people to speak up against this loudly now. Before they move further down their list! Call or write your representatives.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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The gutting of the CFPB is directly allowing the access to data from data brokers that makes all of us unsafe! www.wired.com/story/cfpb-q...
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
www.wired.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Many disabled folks rely on powered devices to keep them alive. The extreme heat of summer often causes power outages, which kills disabled people.

This is a downstream devastation of climate change - and why climate justice is so important.

It’s the marginalized who will suffer the most.
People with disabilities will often be impacted harder & faster by extreme weather events.

Check on the disabled people in your life. See if they have contingency plans and include them in emergency preparedness.

The last power outage nearly sent me to hospital 🧵
Maps show the cities about to experience extreme humidity and heat
Humidity will soon surge to extreme levels across 40 states. Find out where there will be excessive heat and humidity — and how humidity patterns are changing.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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People with disabilities will often be impacted harder & faster by extreme weather events.

Check on the disabled people in your life. See if they have contingency plans and include them in emergency preparedness.

The last power outage nearly sent me to hospital 🧵
Maps show the cities about to experience extreme humidity and heat
Humidity will soon surge to extreme levels across 40 states. Find out where there will be excessive heat and humidity — and how humidity patterns are changing.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Seventeen states are no longer seeking to invalidate one of the nation's key disability rights laws, but advocates say threats remain. #disabilities
States Drop Effort To Overturn Section 504, But Continue To Challenge Disability Protections
Seventeen states are no longer seeking to invalidate one of the nation's key disability rights laws, but advocates say threats remain.
www.disabilityscoop.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Disabled people are not expendable.

Disabled people are not lazy.

Disabled people are not “choosing” to be sick.

Disabled people deserve healthcare, social supports & accommodation.

These are not controversial concepts. Ableism & health supremacy tell you otherwise.

Fight with us. Fight for us.
May 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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This is violence. It’s eugenics. It’s fucking evil. And the worst part is it’s gonna get very little attention and most people aren’t even gonna notice cause y’all have simply moved on.
“FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is sending signals that FDA will likely not authorize a COVID-19 booster vaccine this year for children, and perhaps not for the general population as a whole, saying he “cannot, in good faith” recommend booster vaccination for children.”
Makary Sets Low Expectations On COVID Booster Shots For Kids | InsideHealthPolicy.com
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is sending signals that FDA will likely not authorize a COVID-19 booster vaccine this year for children, and perhaps not for the general population as a whole, saying he ...
insidehealthpolicy.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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🐧 Stop Trump’s tariffs.
May 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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The “covid is only a threat to the vulnerable” narrative primed the pump for the eugenics movement we’re seeing now.

It conditioned people to see the disabled & vulnerable as acceptable losses. People who were probably going to “die anyways”.

It paved the way for fascism.
May 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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This was such a fun conversation - tune in to hear all about upcoming No Kings protests, popular misconceptions about "the resistance," how we fight back against authoritarian creep, and the pros and cons (mostly pros!) of working with your spouse!
Was so fun to do something a little diff on the pod & meet the organizers of the Hands Off/No Kings protests. Though the idea of being a co-executive director of an organization with my spouse gives me hives. @ezralevin.bsky.social @leahgreenberg.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin: The Power of 'No'
Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Podcast · 05/08/2025 · 51m
podcasts.apple.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Autistic/ADHD traits that “quirky,” “maverick,” or “genius” in the rich are “weird,” “rude,” or “unemployable” in poor people. Much easier to be neurodivergent in the workplace when you’re the boss and raking in the money.
May 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Not be pushy but White folks need to gain some sense of urgency cuz it's not longer just our rights or freedoms, our lives at risk but yours too and we really need ya'll to do your part, to do that community work because we can't do that for you.
May 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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If you're seeing encouragement/demands to do alt text and you're overwhelmed or confused about how to do it and you're worried you're going to do it wrong...

this thread is for you.

First: prompt questions to get you started.
Alt text prompt Qs:

What would someone who can't see the image need to know about it in order to take part in the conversation? What is it about this image that made you choose it? What are the important details someone who could see the image would take away from it?

(Not for images of text.)
November 14, 2024 at 11:43 PM
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TODAY: We’re taking to the streets on May Day. Over 1,000 events are planned to remind Trump and the oligarchs controlling our government of working people’s power. Join organized labor, immigrants’ rights groups, and Hands Off! allies for our national day of action: maydaystrong.org?utm_source=i...
May 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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TODAY: Join @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social to talk about all of the actions you’re taking during this congressional recess, stopping Trump’s Medicaid-slashing reconciliation tax scam, and whatever else is on your mind. We hope to see you there: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
April 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Scoop: Democrats have introduced an official inquiry into the decision to closure of the Administration for Community Living, which helps disabled and aging adults remain independent. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Democrats launch inquiry into dismantling of Administration for Community Living
RFK Jr. moved shutter the agency, which serves disabled and aging adults, in March.
www.motherjones.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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RFK Jr's views towards autism very much make him a eugenicist.
April 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The administration has removed an image of actual disabled people from ada.gov and replaced them with a stock photo of a flag
April 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM