Stop calling them vaccine skeptics. They are child death enthusiasts. They are murderers. Disinformationmongers. Evil. They aren’t critical. There’s nothing real there. Not even kernels of truth. They grasp at the subjectivity of the human experience and manufacture crises to enable real ones.

the government won't tell you this but germ theory is real

If “trying harder” could solve chronic illness, no one would be chronically ill. Non disabled people have no idea how hard we try. How much effort goes into managing our conditions to avoid deterioration to our baseline. How hard it is to survive in an ableist society.

I swear to God we need to stop referring to sports trades as "sold to [new team]." The contract was sold. People are not property. It's especially uncalled for when discussing Black American players. I hear @nwslsoccer.com announcers say this regularly, and it's always bristling.

The court of public opinion insists on "If they're arrested, they did it," rather than "innocent until proven guilty." Criminality happens the moment someone is arrested, and then all the bad things that happen to them are justified because they are criminal. BTW, this is why we need abolition.

Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.

I usually root for the Portland Thorns, except when they're playing the Seattle Reign or Bay FC. Go Reign! #CascasiaClash #NWSL

Dear senators who think you can’t do anything, Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT. ~ All of Us

What Senator Van Hollen did going to El Salvador, making sure Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still alive & advocating for his release is more important for democracy than Senator Cory Booker's floor speech. I liked the speech & I hoped it would come with some action. Van Hollen is actually taking action.

This energy, for EVERY. ONE. OF. THEM. I'm glad Sen. Van Hollen is going to advocate for this man, and every single person sent to El Salvador needs a champion like this.

I get frustrated w/ people who dismiss fascists as stupid, simple minded, or unaware. Plenty of people in power know exactly why they're there & are working from a published playbook. Just because you disagree doesn't make them stupid. Dismissing them for low intelligence isn't a smart move either.

Hi, I'm the guy who wrote the book "Administrative Burdens" and it's just objectively untrue that no one will face "unnecessary burdens" b/c *non-citizens almost never vote! *About 20M citizens don't have access to citizenship documents SAVE solves a non-problem by burdening American citizens.

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The important thing here is that some brave people said NO and they WALKED AWAY

Shawn Fein sounds great, even revolutionary, until he does shit like this. www.npr.org/2025/04/07/n...

If they can illegally send anyone to an El Salvador prison illegally and not bring them back, they can illegally send you to an El Salvador prison and not bring you back. How can anyone defend this?

I’m seeing a lot of posts about how certain immigrants sent to El Salvador are not actually criminals and this is true but I would also like to remind you that people with criminal records shouldn’t be subjected to this, either.

can't normalize without normies. make your peace with this now

A lot of people may have protested for the first time today. I've heard so many veteran activists share that there's a difference between organizing and mobilizing. Today is mobilizing. It will create 1,000,000+ chances for organizing, which is necessary for the long haul. The difference 🧵

I'll be honest, I'm annoyed that people are upset about HHS cuts, screaming about measles and bird flu, when disabled people have been begging everyone to wear a mask for five years. Yet, some cities/states have banned or are trying to ban masks in public. It's infuriating.

I genuinely don't understand how anyone can look at the current moment and think "Abolish ICE" was anything but completely correct. ICE cannot and should not exist. Period.

The Republican reps need to hear from you if you're a constituent. They're the ones who need to flip here. Especially Republicans who are vulnerable in next year's election, which is frankly most of them (after seeing Florida's results).

Yes, and I hope it's only the beginning. We need other Senators, Congressmembers, and people in official positions who can say No.

We deserved some good news!

When he is done -- and he will have to be at some point -- I hope the Democrats are ready to have someone else stand up. @schiff.senate.gov, I dare you to match this energy.

It should not be seen as revolutionary or earth shaking it should be seen as standard practice

What Booker is doing is unambiguously good and should be what every Democrat who wishes to signal that they oppose rank authoritarianism is doing as well

Finally someone doing something

Mass layoffs at FDA and CDC today. These cuts will result more death and disability than can be counted.

Every accusation is a confession

I can't be the first person to think of this, but: Make America Kind Again

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

The Administration for Community Living, housed in HHS, is shutting down. I spoke to disability experts for @motherjones.com about questions they have for what’s next, the services ACL provides, and how this move may lead to more folks being institutionalized. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If you believe that only the “fit” should survive and the rest are excusable deaths, that’s eugenics. Every life is important. Every disabled person is worthy of life. Disability is part of nature. If you live long enough, you will become disabled. We’re all vulnerable and all valuable.

Is there anyone with good legal analysis on this?? Did the AG make a bad case, or did the judge ignore the case, or something else? This is absolutely bonkers. apnews.com/article/wisc...

Doctor sent imaging orders stat. I called to schedule, and the first they had available was May 21. I'm not sure the word stat has meaning anymore.

They are disappearing people off the streets They are disappearing people off the streets They are disappearing people off the streets They are disappearing people off the streets They are disappearing people off the streets

“We are currently clean on OPSEC” accidentally sent to a journalist is an all time classic.

“Should the precise timing of an imminent surprise attack be classified as secret?” kinda answers itself.

PSA that no matter what ridiculous, unscientific “research” comes out in the next year or two about vaccines, a plethora of rigorous, reproducible studies have demonstrated safety and efficacy of vaccines with ZERO link to autism. Autism is largely (if not entirely) genetic. Tell your friends.

Hi, so this is also eugenics. Everything Musk and Trump and RFK Jr are doing is eugenics. It is designed to kill the elderly, children, disabled folks, folks in poverty, and sicken and weaken everyone else. Please understand that suffering and death is the point.

Why do we have to add -gate suffix to everything?? This is so much bigger than Watergate. Let's call it a crisis, an unprecedented security breach, a blatant attempt to avoid public record keeping, or a big steaming pile of dog shit. But we don't need to keep using -gate fifty years later.

There are layers of horror as we learn more about the Signal group chat, but a pedantic one I'm stuck on is that Signal purposefully allows you to use nicknames/ID specifically as part of their security protocol. And these jackasses have their full name on display for the record.

It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.

ELI5: "but that's illegal!" The law is not an ommicient force. Something can be illegal and still happen. The people who enforce the law have to investigate illegal actions and prove they are illegal to punish someone/make them stop. You need jurisdiction (geographic authority) to investigate. 🧵

We're all entranced with the security breach of this Signal thread -- meanwhile the bombing that was being discussed eventually landed on civilian targets including medical facilities in Yemen. No matter how spicy your group chat may be, it's not the group chat dedicated to committing war crimes.