Klein is right. And the single most important statistic is that the Democratic Party is massively unpopular — even among its own supposed base. That is because Americans want to fight fascism, malice, indifference, and corruption, not reason and negotiate with it.

The White House's war on disabled Americans continues, going above and beyond Project 2025—now with attacks on a popular hiring program no one even lobbied against.

Watch ‪@garrisonhayes.bsky.social‬ explore the connections between America’s culture wars, rising political violence, and the horrifying assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman—and reflect on the alarming speed with which the country moved on.

sinsinvalid.org "Patty was skin, tooth, and bone. Now, she is starlight. May her brilliance continue to guide us." - Mordecai, Karina, Jen/Eleana and Sucia, on behalf of the Sins Invalid Team #pattyberne

Disabled students will be disproportionately hurt by the Republican budget reconciliation bill, losing access to essential services and resources that support their education and help them become contributing members of their communities.

Time to get in gear again for disability rights... www.lflegal.com/2025/06/ener...

🧵 As you may have heard, RFK/HHS have changed the name, but not walked back their Autism registry/database, and have confirmed they will be integrating information from Medicare/aid, medical records, and wearables. Here is a template for requesting that medical providers don't provide that info:

Logan Rozos’s remarks span 80 seconds & comprise a mere 159 words. But because those words condemn genocide & call for justice, NYU is denying him his diploma, seeking further punishment, & publicly condemning him. This is backwards. Positing a deeper analysis soon: Www.Qasimrashid.Com/subscribe

I don’t usually open up about disability on a personal level, but this article gets a little bit into it. Creating accessible environments for learning/research for all (diagnosed or not yet) can help people reach their goals and dreams.

I know everything seems urgent right now, but this is wholly unacceptable: www.sos.wa.gov/about-office... "The state’s only accessible library service for people with print disabilities, faces severe cuts." It's not too late to fight this (see next post).

Something not to lose track of is that the battles we need to fight are not just caused by changes in the federal government. They are ongoing, at all levels. I look forward to the day when access is a first principle, not an afterthought www.seattletimes.com/education-la...

ADAPT.org protestors enter the room at around :50 and are threatened with arrest and wheeled out at around 1:50. Video: rumble.com/v6tc0c3-no-c... News: www.rawstory.com/medicaid-cut...

My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.

Good morning 🌞 – some inspo to start your day: It’s people like Dr. Brittany Charlton, a Harvard professor and public health researcher, who remind us that science, equity, and truth are worth fighting for. 💪🏽🌍 Her lawsuit is protecting LGBTQ+ health, science, and democracy. 🏳️‍🌈⚖️

I have to sign off now, I've been working since 8AM and I'm losing coherence. My ask is this: Please, please 1) call your federal electeds by 2PM tomorrow and 2) ask one other person to do the same. Very easy to follow instructions for making those calls are here: bsky.app/profile/matt...

To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil

I need you to make calls to Congress because on Tuesday, the House Committee responsible for Medicaid is meeting to slash funding for Medicaid—the health program 80 million Americans rely on, the health program that has kept me alive. This piece is not paywalled, it is not locked—please share it.

This explains so much! I wonder what a similar study in the workplace on matched jobs by various identities would find

The families of at least 11 federal judges have faced threats of violence or harassment after they ruled against the new Trump administration. @nedmparker1.bsky.social @mikespector.bsky.social @bypetereisler.bsky.social @nateraymond.bsky.social www.reuters.com/investigatio...

“While #DisabilityRights laws are not perfect, they have helped me and others with disabilities to pursue our dreams, live independently and engage as equals in our society.” #UWAllen’s @jcmankoff.bsky.social in @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-... #a11y #AccessibilityMatters

It didn't make it into my opinion piece, but NIDILRR (which funds disability research and much more) is among the organizations on the list of proposed cuts. We need action on so many fronts right now, within and beyond disability concerns! www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-...

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If you're an NSF grantee who receives notice of cancellation per today's announcement, please get in touch here or via Signal mzahneis.09.

The Trump regime is pulling funding on research that tries to understand rumors, misinfo, disinfo, propaganda, & the manipulation of online systems — as well as funding on media and information literacy. We might want to ask why they don't want people to be able to recognize & understand propaganda?

An incredibly shortsighted decision. We all lose out when this sort of innovative and impactful work is canceled.

And who will go and advocate on behalf of Andry Romero?

I need you to look at the text of RFK's remarks last night beside a description of the 1941 German film "I Accuse" and understand how calculated this is. RFK:

www.congress.gov/members/find... WaPo's article on the budget cuts, full text (but you'd have to search the budget draft itself to find the info in the first share): archive.is/2025.04.16-2...

As reported by inside medicine (insidemedicine.substack.com/p/new-a-64-page-hhs-restructuring-proposal) and politico (www.politico.com/news/2025/04/16/trump-administration-mulls-sharp-funding-cuts-at-health-agencies-00294781) these proposed funding cuts are devastating across so many communities.

7/? We know nothing about how the claims are being screened (again probably AI but what AI? No idea) or what will result in a claim being flagged as potential fraud. If I get any information about that I will share but for now, we know nothing. Official press release below.

Unfettered use of AI without transparency risks create an unequal system that delays access to services for people based on biases that are baked into the data.

4/? For other types of claims so retirement, survivors, children’s benefits off a parent who is retired or disabled etc, we are supposed to hold the claims for 3 days before processing them. During that time the system (AI of some kind?) will review the case and after 3 days if potential fraud is

A note to keep an eye on the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, which are very important for some disability service organizations. For example, loan programs for buying accessibility technology www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/trump-cut-cdfi-bipartisan-lending-00237599

3/? As the same as a direct deposit change so for people receiving paper checks you will need to change it one or in office. For new applications for disability benefits, there are no changes. These continue to be able to be completed entirely over the phone with no new retirements or changes.

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole. Why? Because an algorithm said so. 1/

I'll let others more knowledgeable than I comment on their weasel-words around power of the courts. For now, we have to keep up the pressure until he is home. And never let voters forget that this administration asked the supreme court for permission to leave him in a foreign gulag.

​In Houston 20 children attacked 3 Afghan Muslim girls wearing hijab, ripping their hijabs off, pulling their hair, and beating them unresponsive: www.youtube.com/shorts/FVDVs... National Corp media is ignoring this story. I will continue to report on it. Subscribe at www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear. His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...

ASL vid; I tried to upload directly but it keeps "failing to process." The TLDR is Linda McMahon said of last night's layoffs that no legally mandated positions, or disability-related programs, would be affected. But that was a lie. www.instagram.com/share/reel/B...

Jagan Chapagain, secretary-general of the IFRC, warns against the normalisation of killing humanitarian aid workers following the killing of 15 medics and aid workers by Israeli forces in Gaza last month. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7n8dex

This is a great overview of the historical context, impact and extent of the attacks disabled people are facing in the US right now

After some helpful feedback, we are reconsidering names. Top one right now is (re)presented :) Either way, bumping this to say -- please share your seminars with us (and fill out the form!)

Aging, disability and poverty-fighting agencies gutted amid HHS layoffs : Shots - Health News www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Announcing the “Unheard” Initiative -- together with @fractalecho.bsky.social and with the sponsorship of AccessSIGCHI, @acm-sigchi.bsky.social and @sigaccess.bsky.social we're launching a new talk series for folks with disability/travel restrictions. Please volunteer! tinyurl.com/unheard-init...

One thing that most people are missing in the group text scandal: The Trump officials don’t appear clear on what *exactly* Trump approved, which is a huge problem in using military force. Stephen Miller says “as I heard it … green light.” 😱😬 www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...

Here is yet another one, but with horrifying first person details about how people are being treated, by a Canadian with a work visa. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...