Jess Boss
@beascout.bsky.social
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Disability rights advocate
For the people who think this saves money somehow, itâs ALWAYS more cost effective to temporarily provide a person with the skills and support necessary for independence.
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5 months ago
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
5 months ago
BREAKING: We just subpoenaed the Epstein files. As a survivor of sexual assault, I know the pain & trauma survivors carry. This subpoena is a massive victory for every survivor who has ever been silenced, dismissed, or harmed. Bondi must release the files immediately. We demand accountability.
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Lydia Kiesling
5 months ago
Please read this essay by Alaa Alqaisi in Gaza. Please send money to Gaza. Please scream at the politicians who are making this possible and never let them forget.
arablit.org/2025/07/21/b...
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Beneath the Howl of Hunger
âAnd though the world may have looked away, let this much be remembered: we named the hunger. We bore it. We endured. Let that remain.â â Alaa Alqaisi
https://arablit.org/2025/07/21/beneath-the-howl-of-hunger/
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor
5 months ago
Surprise, surprise. These changes will have the greatest impact on women, people of color, and workers in hazardous occupations.
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Labor Department proposes rewriting or repealing more than 60 'obsolete' rules in push to deregulate workplaces
The Labor Department says the goal is to deliver on President Donald Trump's commitment to restore American prosperity through deregulation.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/labor-department-proposes-rewriting-or-repealing-more-than-60-obsolete-rules-in-push-to-deregulate-workplaces
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đ»đłïžGhost of Democracy 2.0
5 months ago
Hey, Melania doesn't deserve her name on the Kennedy Center, but showing her tits doesn't make it the reason she shouldn't have her name on the center. Being a reprehensible person is the reason she shouldn't have her name on the Center.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
6 months ago
In 2022, the necessary but not sufficient cause of MS was proven to my satisfaction: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV). In contrast to what RFK Jr. would have you believe, an EBV vaccine could possibly eliminate MS from the face of the earth. Vaccines donât cause it.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Two decades of soldiersâ medical records implicate common virus in multiple sclerosis
Vaccines under development against Epstein-Barr virus might prevent rare, devastating disease
https://www.science.org/content/article/two-decades-soldiers-medical-records-implicate-common-virus-multiple-sclerosis
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UFT
6 months ago
UFT delegates voted to endorse Mamdani because they believe he is the best candidate in the race to advance our unionâs agenda: to protect our premium-free health care, fix Tier 6, pass the âRESPECT checkâ bill, implement the class size law, revamp mayoral control and more.
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Prison Journalism Project
6 months ago
No one seems to care about the incarcerated men with mental health issues who bang and scream above my head.
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Tales From a Cell Below âThe Crazy Unitâ
No one seems to care about the incarcerated men with mental health issues who bang and scream above my head.
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2023/12/20/no-mental-health-help-this-prison/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=PJP-Bluesky
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Jason Song Quinn
6 months ago
Needed this reminder today.
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Northeast ADA Center
7 months ago
What is a Disability? Understanding what disability means under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) can be tricky. Find out more by joining us for this insightful webinar on June 10th at 1pm ET. To Register:
events.yangtaninstitute.org/e/10861/regi...
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Michael
7 months ago
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George Takei
7 months ago
You canât be âaddictedâ to a human right.
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Staci M
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Kim Kelly
7 months ago
Area Man Hates His Job (But Still Loves Genocide)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
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Fetterman, Often Absent From Senate, Says He Has Been Shamed Into Returning
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/us/politics/fetterman-senate-absence-mental-health-interview.html
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Alt US Digital Service
7 months ago
The âOne Big Beautiful Billâ should terrify anyone who cares about checks and balances. From court-defying powers to political control over regulatory agencies, this isnât a tax billâitâs a playbook for authoritarianism. We broke it down:
https://bit.ly/3SlWNvk
#WeTheBuilders
#NoKings
#OBBB
#OBUB
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Max Rivlin-Nadler
7 months ago
We need to find a new job for Eric Adams that's not mayor but also allows him to keep doing shit like this because it's so funny
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ACLU
8 months ago
NEW: A House committee just advanced a bill to cut hundreds of billions from Medicaid that would devastate the lives of disabled people and throw millions off the program. The bill could get a full House vote as soon as next week. Tell your representative NOW to reject these cuts.
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Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/congress-save-medicaid-now?initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=soc&utm_medium=soc&initms=adv-na-bsky-na-nat-na-disabilityrights-medicaid-na&utm_source=bsky&utm_campaign=na&utm_content=adv-na-bsky-na-nat-na-disabilityrights-medicaid-na&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=soc&ms=adv-na-bsky-na-nat-na-disabilityrights-medicaid-na
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
8 months ago
đšHIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT đš TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts. MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here. Call today. Type your zip to get a script âŹïž
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid
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Save Medicaid
Please call your Representative right now and leave a voicemail, or first thing on Monday morning before the mark up session begins.
https://OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid
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Human Rights Campaign
8 months ago
Every day, we wake up to new attacks on our community, new atrocities happening around the world, and we still have to get through our daily lives. It can be a lot to manage, but remember: we have each other and will keep showing up for one another.
www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-he...
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Defector
8 months ago
"Basically every settler Theroux encounters in the film suffers from a moral ugliness that veers into the pathological."
defector.com/the-settlers...
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âThe Settlersâ Makes Louis Theroux Say What He Thinks | Defector
In order to watch The Settlers, I first had to fraudulently assert my right to do so. The latest film by much-lauded documentarian Louis Theroux was broadcast earlier this week on BBC Two, and isâŠ
https://defector.com/the-settlers-makes-louis-theroux-say-what-he-thinks
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Ezra Levin âđ
8 months ago
Joining Maddow in a bit to talk about this next big national mobilization. Please tune in!
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George Takei
8 months ago
Let us be the sunlight that destroys the mold upon our nation.
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âThese are no ordinary company towns, these are ones Iâll profit off of!â
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8 months ago
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Tim Onion
8 months ago
Dear god let this man cook.
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Mother Jones
8 months ago
State organizations that advocate for disabled residents in New Jersey and Arkansas announced that they will have to limit their work after not receiving the full funds they are owed by the US federal government.
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Disability protection groups in two states pause services after missing federal funds
"We are fighting for our very survival."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/disability-protection-groups-in-two-states-pause-services-after-missing-federal-funds/
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On todayâs episode of Our Government is DisgustingâŠ
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8 months ago
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Alt CDC (they/them)
8 months ago
Search the
#WhyWeStay
and
#WeSeeYou
hashtags for all stories!
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Pete Buttigieg
8 months ago
I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:
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Aaron Parnas
8 months ago
It's not just about Kilmar Abrego Garcia. It's about due process and the rule of law in our nation.
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Jessica Ritchey
over 1 year ago
Looking at the Kennedys, it's amazing that America found a way to have a crazy aristocratic family, of a type that usually takes several hundred years of inbreeding to get that way, in under half a century. That's American ingenuity and efficiency right there.
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Mueller, She Wrote
8 months ago
Friendly reminder. In the United States, criminals are entitled to due process. Even if you pay hush money rig an election, steal top secret documents, or incite a mob to overthrow the government; no matter how egregious your crimes, youâre entitled to due process.
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Radio Free America
8 months ago
Can I believe a court would make you follow the law? Yes. Yes I can. Can I believe Biden flew a half million refugees into the U.S. in 24 hours? No. No I canât.
#RadioFreeAmerica
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Assemble Long Island
9 months ago
Join us in Patchogue on 4/19 for the next mass mobilization!
events.pol-rev.com/events/92827...
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Everyone should be using
@5calls.org
! Itâs an easy way to ensure youâre contacting the right people in government to express your concerns about *gestures wildly at the horrors*
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8 months ago
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George Takei
8 months ago
Here is âthe full version Mr. Abrego's time in the US, using court documents to explain the allegations of gang membership and what actually happened in his case.â h/t Aaron Reichlin-Melnik on Twitter
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What a foul excuse for a human being.
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8 months ago
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Aaron Rupar
8 months ago
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
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Imagine you've spent your childhood, adolescence, and young adult years in the same education system. You finish school, and want to work like all of your friends. Only you have a developmental disability, so you need more support. Enter transition programs. (1)
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DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is 'devastated'
The program, Charting My Path for Future Success, aimed to help teens with disabilities transition from high school to the real world. It abruptly ended when DOGE terminated its federal contract.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/nx-s1-5345870/trump-doge-students-disabilities
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Donât forget the part where he said these camps will be for the âhome growns,â aka sending regular US citizens there.
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9 months ago
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Representative Becca Balint
9 months ago
Today, Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal resident of Vermont, walked into an immigration office to complete a final step for citizenship. Instead, he was arrested by plain-clothed, armed individuals with faces covered. This is immoral, inhumane, and illegal. He must receive due process and be released.
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John Hendrickson
9 months ago
Bernie and AOC are on the very long list of liberal politicians who are mad as hell, but on the very short list of those who arenât going to take it anymore:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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What Bernieâs Largest-Ever Rally Revealed
The American leftâs favorite act hopes to rally the resistance with unvarnished populism.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/bernie-sanders-aoc-rally/682430/
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Everyone should be concerned about disability services being cut, because anyone can become disabled. Sincerely, a person who became disabled.
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9 months ago
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Harry Litman
9 months ago
Tomorrowâs going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.
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Human Rights Campaign
9 months ago
Our community is constantly attacked because our opposition is threatened by what we represent: A world where everyone is free to be who they are. They are scared of our power. Donât let them take it away.
thegrio.com/2025/03/31/b...
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Acyn
9 months ago
AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.
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Taking a
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9 months ago
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Micah
9 months ago
itâs important to remember that a whole lot of people donât want any of this to be happening today is a good reminder
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Alt National Park Service
9 months ago
Check your name here:
thegriffinlist.com
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The Griffin List
A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters â these are registered voters who showed ID to early vote in the November 2024 election â whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted. ...
https://thegriffinlist.com
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