There’s a bill in Congress to allow proxy voting for representatives with new babies. Mike Johsnon has gone so far as to just shut down everything for the week just to stop this bill, because there are Republicans who support it.
Tag: disability justice
Beware the stigma around sick and disabled children, and others.
Some disinformation narratives suggest that the high risk disabled and elderly are holding up herd immunity, or even maybe dangerous criminals using masks as a “disguise”.
Anti-vax anti-mask covid contrarian running for office in Kitchener, Ontario Canada.
Matt Strauss, an online anti-vax influencer, is running for office in the Federal Conservative Party in Kitchener South-Hespeler in the election on April 28, 2025, which could decide whether Canada embraces anti-science and capitulates on maybe becoming the 51st state of America.
Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul pushing Trumpian faschy anti-mask law.
Democrat voters in New York should be shaming Hochul immediately for this right-wing anti-mask maga bullshit.
Trump’s plan to silence and go after seniors for “fraud” if they dare complain when Social Security misses payments.
This is to soften people up and get them to shut up when the cuts come, because that’s what Howard Lutnick absolutely openly says they’re doing.
About mask bans, and the legislation to prevent mask bans containing a wrecking amendment.
Here is my interview on TheLetterHack youtube channel to discuss the ongoing political battle around masks and the expansive implications of it all.
Trump and Elon Musk to require senior citizens visit Social Security offices in person.
It’s insult to injury because they’re planning on closing regional offices all over the place, including in my region.
The Trump Musk Return To Office – closets, rooms without desks, wifi-fi, or even lights!
Back in January I said that the Trump administration was taking modern workplaces back to the dark ages, and I didn’t realize that would include also into the literal dark, that federal workers would be forced back to offices without even lights. ‘It was messy’: Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desks, Wi-Fi and […]
Gavin Newsom is pushing state workers to get butts in seats downtown for fossil fuel and business interests.
This guy’s sad podcast platforming a far right bigot isn’t the first or only extremely anti progressive garbage from Gavin Newsom. Just write this guy off.
Elon Musk says he’s doing a “corporate takeover” of America… via the postal service.
Elon Musk appears to be potentially looking to seize total control over free communication in America, especially rural America.
Taxpayer money to be thrown into the nonsense hole.
And I’m sure there’s plenty of scummy clout chasing pathetic scientists and total nonsense believing kook doctors will be willing to follow the politics right into garbage medical disinformation promotion.
Kash Patel to work from home while Trump claims federal employees who telework are “not working”.
And wow, I wonder why he wants to work from this home so bad, which isn’t even his own.
The surveillance state already exists, including at healthcare appointments.
Members of law enforcement agencies may have the ability to track the medical appointments of any patient of Kaiser Permanente (which owns Geisinger in Pennsylvania), without a warrant and without any probable cause, for any reason that may interest them.
The problems with MAID in context.
Human euthanasia cannot be considered as a standalone question, because like everything else, it has to exist in the worst societal contexts – some that are a reality right now.
Harming disabled people was always part of the project.
I’m really concerned because a lot of people I talk to, or see posting in forums or on social media, seem to not realize that disabled people are being targeted by anti-DEI and anti-woke policy. I keep seeing people saying things like that they’re stopping funding for disability services at schools and such because “transition” […]
People are not even talking about the same things and this is dangerous.
I don’t think most people realize that many times we think we’re talking about the same thing, but in fact, we’re not actually on the same page with the underlying premise or even basic facts.
Schools don’t have to overturn ADA compliance based on White House central government DEI edicts.
That isn’t the American way things work, but people elected to school boards may not be familiar with Schoolhouse Rock.
DEI initiatives being targeted for elimination are in place for adherence to disability accessibility laws.
The media should be asking stuff like “What are these agencies doing in place of DEI initiatives to comply with ADA law?” because that’s what it comes down to.
Childhood milestone pandemic misinformation zombie.
There’s a need to resist tantalizing stories that are not true and may actually be harmful, no matter how relatable and true the narrative may seem initially.
Trump HUD nominee mega-pastor Scott Turner thinks housing assistance can be compared to slavery.
This is obviously not someone who even thinks things through before they speak in public, or maybe ever.