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David Kaufer

@davidkaufer.bsky.social
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❤️ Twin Dad/Husband | 🧠 Autism Advocate🎙 Lighter Side Host | 📈 PR Vet | KDMC Founder 🏳️‍🌈 BLM/LGBTQ+ Ally | 🚫 No MAGA | 💙 Blue Voter 🐶 Dog person | 🏈⚾🏀 Sports soul | 🦆 Ducks for life “Voice is a right, not a privilege.”

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There is something almost surreal about reading a paper titled “Upholding Children’s Communication Rights” that argues for restricting access to a method some nonspeaking people use to communicate. #nonspeakers #autism #communicationrights kauferinsights.substack.com/p/you-keep-c...
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You Keep Calling It the Gold Standard. Where Is the Validation?
Influence Is Not Authorship
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Corey duBrowa @coreydu.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“I wrote this because I cannot speak it.” If you have not yet read Yan Diomande’s (Leipzig and Ivory Coast footballer) tribute to his late sister, do yourself the favor of spending a few focused minutes with grief and love in its highest form. 💔 www.theplayerstribune.com/yan-diomande...
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Dear Roxane | By Yan Diomande
I wrote this because I can’t speak about it. I wrote this because I want you to know that I will make sure that you live on.
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Not surprising Sen Patricia A. Fahy received last minute donations before inserting fatal amendment into NY Communication Rights bill. Kudos to Elizabeth Bonker & her mom for representing the nonspeaking community so eloquently. This fight is far from over. #autism www.nbcnews.com/now/video/no...
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Nonspeakers question donations to Sen. Fahy after exclusionary amendment
After an amendment was made to New York's Communication Bill of Rights, the nonspeaking community raised questions about donations made to Sen. Patricia Fahy’s campaign. NBC News' Vicky Nguyen investi...
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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Thank goodness we're sending the senile old man who was up all night posting racist memes, the one who thinks the Chinese dictator is his best friend, the one who can be bought off with the cheapest shittiest Temu trophy they can find, thank goodness. Not a cult.
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Yesterday, I interviewed Brooks Hamilton, the great-niece of Helen Keller, for my podcast, and she made a point that stopped me cold. open.substack.com/pub/kauferin...
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159–0. So Why Was the NY Communication Rights Bill Changed?
Yesterday, I interviewed Brooks Hamilton, the great-niece of Helen Keller, for my podcast, and she made a point that stopped me cold.
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The anchor of a CNN Sunday show asking Democrats if it's irresponsible to criticize the president.
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
NPR receives $113 million from two donors after federal funding cut www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
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Connie Ballmer gives largest gift by living donor in NPR’s history
Connie Ballmer, a former NPR board member, gave $80 million, the largest gift by a living donor in the organization’s history, NPR said. An anonymous donor gave an additional $33 million.
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made autism part of his political brand. He has used #autism to frame public fear, federal priorities & the language of reform. Why is he not saying anything about a communication rights bill that impacts nonspeaking autistics in NY? open.substack.com/pub/kauferin...
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This Is an Honest Question: Why Has RFK Jr. Said Nothing About Communication Rights in New York?
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
When public critics feel the need to call you out by name - you know your work is landing. #autism #nonspeakers #communicationisaright open.substack.com/pub/kauferin...
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You Know Your Advocacy Is Landing When Professional Skeptics Start Using Your Name
They Still Doubt My Son. Real Life Keeps Proving Them Wrong
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
A bill to protect communication rights in New York was amended to limit protection to methods deemed “validated” & “autonomous.” The Senate’s current text adds that narrowing definition, while earlier Assembly version was broader protecting preferred communication methods. 
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 09/02/2026
Unidos somos América.
Bad Bunny holds a football that says Together, we are America.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A reminder to the haters it takes this many states to outnumber the American citizens in Puerto Rico (~3.5m v. ~3.2m)
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
That was a kick ass halftime show!!
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Bleeping “subliminal mind fuck America” during the Super Bowl at this moment was…on the nose.
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
What if “evidence-based” doesn’t mean what you think it means? #autism #nonspeakers #asha open.substack.com/pub/kauferin...
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What If I Told You “Evidence-Based” Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means?
How “Gold Standard” Thinking Excludes the People Who Need Help the Most
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
90% of the cases have been dismissed - because there is no longer the staff to investigate and manage them. open.substack.com/pub/kauferin...
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Civil Rights for Disabled Students Are Being Deleted in Real Time — and No One Told the Families
3 Things to Know About the Collapse of Federal Civil Rights Enforcement in Schools
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/01/2026
Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists. Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews. All Black. All doing their jobs.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This was posted in the new Epstein files release and removed about 20 mins later. Wonder why that is.
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
My non speaking autistic son responds to his school district removing him from special ed after crushing expectations: “I’M THRILLED THEY SEE ME AS A SMART STUDENT AND NOT A SPECIAL ED STUDENT. I’VE ONLY WANTED TO BE JUST ANOTHER STUDENT TRYING TO LEARN.” #autism open.substack.com/pub/kauferin...
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"I've only wanted to be just another student trying to learn"
"I never wanted to be there."
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Q: Who whips out their phone to video their own act of murder? A: Two answers are true: 1) Someone who intends on murdering. 2) Sadists. And Sadistic Personality Disorder never exists in isolation. It's always accompanied by Psychopathy-Sociopathy (ASPD). Always.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
San Francisco’s Ocean Beach!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
If you are a veteran, this kind of visible presence at anti-ICE protests is really valuable. These clowns all want to play dress-up soldier, so actual soldiers mocking them to their faces is devastating.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house. This is where America is now
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Concerns are mounting over both the response time to OCR cases and the rate at which those cases are getting dismissed. #disability #disabilityrights thehill.com/homenews/edu...
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
HHS is expected to appoint a special government employee to investigate climate and weather control, according to Gray Delany, former head of the agency’s MAHA agenda, who said he drafted the memo. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Airplanes flying overhead with vapor trails behind them
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Airbags, vaccines and the revolving door: what we owe each other. open.substack.com/pub/kauferin...
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Airbags, Vaccines, and the Revolving Door: What We Owe Each Other
Safety Doesn’t Mean Perfection
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I love my Ducks!! 🦆 #goducks
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
@govpritzker.illinois.gov's take on Kirk is the correct one: "Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it." On point. So glad Democrats are saying this.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Again, political violence has no place in this country. I probably don’t agree with Charlie Kirk on a damn thing, but that doesn’t matter - he’s a husband and a father. This is despicable and can’t become our new normal.
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
There’s a lie circulating right now: That “both sides” are equally to blame for collapsing trust in our institutions. That “all politicians are the same.” That maybe RFK Jr. is just “shaking things up.” Don’t fall for it. Because what’s happening is not normal.
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
With this firing, Kennedy and Trump are essentially telling the Senate - you can vote for whoever you want, and then if they get in the way, we just fire them. What is such an important thing that they are planning, that would risk them blowing up the CDC? www.dashnews.info/menarezs-fir...
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Monarez's Firing is Step #8 in the "Aluminum Plan"
With this firing, Kennedy and Trump are essentially telling the Senate - you can vote for whoever you want, and then if they get in the way, we just fire them. What is such an important thing that the...
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
RFK Jr accuses his critics of financial conflicts of interest, yet his own movement is supported by organizations and individuals with a direct stake in vaccine-related litigation. #RFKJR #HHS thehill.com/opinion/heal...
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EDEN GATEKEEPER @edengk.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
STOP GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS
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'No More Conspiracy Theories. Kennedy Must Resign,' Says Sanders Amid CDC Fallout | Common Dreams
Sen. Bernie Sanders argues in The New York Times that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must resign as secretary of health and human services.
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
How Disinformation Warps Disability Data open.substack.com/pub/kauferin...
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How Disinformation Warps Disability Data
The rate of chaos in the disability and healthcare community right now is staggering
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The Make America Healthy Again experiment was always a strange fusion: Trump’s MAGA base plus RFK Jr.’s wellness-skeptic “MAHA moms.” For a while, it worked — uniting vaccine distrust with organic-food activism under one banner. kauferinsights.substack.com/p/maha-is-st...
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MAHA Is Starting to Crack
Protecting Pesticide & Food Industries Isn't Winning Over MAHA Moms
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
It’s not every day you get a LinkedIn notification telling you that someone from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security viewed your profile. But that’s exactly what happened. The person was based in Washington, D.C. I don’t know why he visited my profile. www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...
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It’s not every day you get a LinkedIn notification telling you that someone from the U.S. | David Kaufer
It’s not every day you get a LinkedIn notification telling you that someone from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has viewed your profile. But that’s exactly what happened today. The person ...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Do not normalize this. This is fascism.👇
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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
What happened on January 6th was an insurrection, but Trump didn’t deploy the National Guard because he wanted the insurrection to succeed. What’s happening in LA is NOT an insurrection, but he did deploy the National Guard because he wants an excuse to use the Insurrection Act. Period.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Governor Newsom: "I have formally requested the Trump Administration rescind their unlawful deployment of troops ... and return them to my command. ... This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they’re actually needed." The letter:
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
We need states to intervene, protecting Americans' medical data and stopping RFK Jr.'s dangerous stigmatization of autistic and disabled people. Add your name to the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
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Protect the Rights and Privacy of Autistic Americans!
We need states to intervene, protecting Americans' medical data and stopping RFK Jr.'s dangerous stigmatization of autistic and disabled people. Add your name to the petition!
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RIDGE @1av8ter.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I believe public funding should continue for PBS. Here is your opportunity to sign the petition too: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
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Defend Public Broadcasting!
Public broadcasting provides Americans with access to local news, educational programming, and independent journalism without corporate and political influence. Public broadcasters like PBS and NPR ar...
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David Kaufer @davidkaufer.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I just wrote about my non-speaking son Stone’s latest breakthrough—Brain Enhancement Therapy. We’re seeing real changes in his speech, coordination & confidence. It’s wild, emotional, and full of hope. 📖 davidkaufer.com/2025/05/01/s... #autism #Apraxia #Brainenhancementtherapy
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Stone’s Breakthrough: Brain Enhancement Therapy, Apraxia, and the Power of Belief
After unlocking his voice through spelling, Stone is now making major strides with Brain Enhancement Therapy—improving his speech, motor control, and confidence. His journey is a powerful reminder tha...
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Amarok Subalpine @amaroksubalpine.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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a poster for the handmaid 's tale shows a line of women in red robes
ALT: a poster for the handmaid 's tale shows a line of women in red robes
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