For all the laughable moments of Mamdani/Trump meeting, I do think it matters that someone, Mamdani, said Israel is committing genocide in the Oval Office during a press conference.

As @raeoflion.bsky.social and I wrote in this article featuring Rae's video: A report from the California Health Care Foundation found that 10 percent cut to HCBS programs would lead to $1 billion more in Medicaid spending in the state... due to the greater overall costs of institutionalization.

This is going to kill people. And to be honest I think that’s part of the point.

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

I got my updated Covid-19 vaccine today at CVS in Los Angeles! I just had to self-attest to having a high risk condition. It was free with insurance.

To illustrate the state of life in America right now: Several journalists who were bleeding and needed stitches because of assaults by LAPD drove around to urgent care facilities only to find them closed, then wavered on going to emergency rooms because of high costs of treatment there.

10. The insurance model is a rationing system. ‘Coverage’ is a euphemism for controlled scarcity. They don’t just decide what care you get—they decide if you’re worth the cost.

9. Disability politics asks: what would an economy look like if keeping each other alive was the highest value? Not GDP, not productivity—but the refusal to abandon anyone. Disability pride is also a revolution in how we define wealth.

1. Disability is a site of class struggle because it exposes the lie of meritocracy. We show that survival isn’t earned—it’s organized, or it doesn’t happen at all.

Sharing a fundraiser for a sweet couple in Gaza that I’ve been in touch with. #EndtheBlockade #LetGazaLive #MutualAid chuffed.org/project/1324...

Good morning! DRC has invited @katherinewolf.bsky.social (me!) to take over their social media today to live-post the California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety hearing of Senate Bill (SB) 27 (CARE Court expansion)! You, too, can also watch live here: www.assembly.ca.gov/media-live-e...

PSA: There’s a difference between wearing a mask or respirator & wearing a gaiter or face covering to disguise identity. It’s important to discern & communicate this nuance because if you don’t, you might encourage elected officials to ban masks for everyone, which would be a public health disaster.

Hi friends. The "big brutal bill" passed the Senate today. We expect the House to vote tomorrow. This bill is an enormous transfer of wealth from the masses to the wealthiest few. It takes away health care & food from millions of people to give tax cuts to billionaires and to fund ICE's terror.

My daughter relies on Medicaid. We don't "get" Medicaid. We don't receive a check from Medicaid. Medicaid covers her life-saving medical expenses. Medicaid is health insurance. Medicaid is health care. That's what Medicaid is. And that's why we need our senators to #VoteNo and #ProtectMedicaid.

Reminder that the median Medicaid eligibility level for pregnancy is over 2x the poverty level. Many of these people Mullin is referring to are pregnant or are children. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

Look, at the risk of bringing facts to a vibes fight, but... the eligibility threshold for Medicaid is not the same as the Federal poverty line, so yes, there are going to be more people who qualify. Quick breakdown below...

I’m facilitating this! Stop by! #CaLeg #CABudget

Billionaires and the establishment threw all the money in the world to steal this election from New Yorkers. They lost badly. Never underestimate the power everyday people have when they organize ✊️

There is a violent attack on immigrant health on several fronts right now (thread):

As a congenitally blind person myself, I'm committed to advancing disability rights in Congress and am excited to see how we can further innovate for accessibility and inclusion.

Last week I met with Dr. Victor Pineda and the Center for Independent Living to talk about the importance of policies that advance accessibility and how the Medicaid cuts in the reconciliation bill will hurt people with disabilities.

Among my favorite signs at the anti-ICE protest in LA today. Feeling love for my city and gratitude for community.

this piece was originally up at this same location during the 92 riots....

The pride month lights at city hall while LAPD beats up protesters…the dissonance is sickening.

all these public officials insist they will resist the Trump admin adn that they don't support ICE...and then the police departments they supposedly control rush out to beat up anti ICE protestors.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social's #CABudget punishes people based on their immigration status, bringing us back to separate and unequal care. #CALeg: NO cuts to #Health4All in #CABudget.

$2000 is what disabled Californians and elderly 65 and older are limited to having in assets and banking accounts. Forcing many Californians to live in poverty to receive essential health care that they require. Check out the full article from Cal Matters: calmatters.org/health/2025/...

What people don't seem to understand is that even if *they* are not using Medicaid, a large share of their providers' patient population does. That means that their healthcare providers may be unable to stay solvent and in practice when Medicaid is cut. We all lose when Medicaid is cut.

Last night I spoke to a group of parents of kids with disabilities to inform them of the Medicaid proposals. They were so quick to understand how these proposals would directly affect their kids & their whole family’s livelihoods.

The House just passed the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP and the largest shift of wealth to millionaires and billionaires. NOW is the time to harass your senators. Allow them no peace.

Since the House Energy and Commerce Committee reported out its bill last Wednesday, there have been two sets of language revisions that have made the #Medicaid cuts even more draconian, not less. So the coverage losses and damaging impact will certainly be greater and take effect sooner (9/x)

House GOP will gavel the Rules Committee in at 1AM. They're hoping the American people won't notice their plan to destroy the healthcare service and delivery system

Effectively eliminating Medicaid would be catastrophic in a myriad of ways that many people are blissfully unaware of because they don’t how deeply Medicaid is woven into our society. If you care about public health, jobs, hospitals, the economy, or just people being alive: Call your reps.

WHO IS UNDOCUMENTED IS A POLICY CHOICE

Pretty much every detained imm. court session now includes someone who is subject to mandatory ICE detention under the Laken Riley Act for no better reason than they were once *charged* with extremely minor theft offenses. Even if those charges were dismissed. I'm never forgiving Dems for this

Just passed through Budget. Onto Rules later this week. And then passage through the full chamber by the end of the week. We are in end game in the House. This is a crucial week of action for stopping it.

The #CALeg May Revise is a disaster for our state—“balancing” the budget by cutting social services from the most vulnerable Californians. This is a policy CHOICE. The legislature could recoup the deficit in other ways, like closing corporate loopholes. #CABudget

I read through the House Energy & Commerce bill to cut #Medicaid. Here’s a thread of some of the provisions, but in summary: it’s a set of cruel cuts to eligibility and coverage for services that keep people alive. The policy lingo and exhausting list of policies is trying to distract from this.

We are working hard to stop these cuts from hurting disabled Californians, and we need your help! Send a message to your Congresspeople today using the form: www.disabilityrightsca.org/latest-news/... #DisabilityRightsCA #ProtectMedicaid #HandsOffMedicaid #Congress #Budget

We NEED you to help protect Medicaid! Congress is considering cuts to Medicaid right now. All the policy proposals being considered would take away needed health care and home and community-based services from people with disabilities. Form Link: www.disabilityrightsca.org/latest-news/...

Please take 4 minutes to fill out this form, which sends a letter to your Congresspeople about protecting Medicaid. #HealthPolicy #DisabilityJustice #PublicHealth www.disabilityrightsca.org/latest-news/...

“We will be out here as long as it takes!” Maria Town of @aapd-disability.bsky.social highlights that Medicaid allowed her to have physical therapy and her mom to have respite care.

Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races. And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards. I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.

NEW at @motherjones.com: HHS plans to cut federal funding to the state protection and advocacy agencies who investigate abuse in group homes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"As I sat in my oldest brother’s room at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, listening to the alarm shriek that his oxygen levels were critically low, I kept batting away intrusive thoughts about the federal budget battle happening hundreds of miles away in D.C." ncnewsline.com/2025/04/04/m...

Immigrant justice, disability justice, and the fight against fascism are one fight. Free Rümeysa. End immigrant detention. Abolish ICE. Abolish billionaires.