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League of Women Voters of the US @lwv.org · 31/07/2026

It may be the end of #DisabilityPrideMonth, but we’re not finished standing up for accessibility. To learn more about closing the disability turnout gap and protecting access to the ballot, read our latest blog post by @myelasticheart.bsky.social here: www.lwv.org/blog/celebra...

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Celebrating Disability Pride Month with Britt Belwine | League of Women Voters

The League partnered with civil rights attorney and disability rights advocate Britt Belwine to create a message about the challenges faced by voters with disabilities and how tools like absentee ball...

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Obligatory "i am not your lawyer, nothing here is legal advice, and any views expressed here are my own and are not made in my professional capacity or on behalf of my employer" post!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House. At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents. And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries. The cruelty is endless.

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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Vaccinations or not, we need to be wearing masks.

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MS NOW @ms.now · 19/08/2025

NEW: “I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.” Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 19/08/2025

As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous. Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Must read. The attack on disabled children is a feature, not a bug. It is gross, diminishes our humanity as a society and impoverishes our economy.

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Calling my reps especially annoyed today because they're making me take time away from bar exam prep to beg them to protect basic human rights. Arguing with them over the phone is not enough, i need to argue with them in court. #CallYourReps

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act aims to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich at the expense of the lives of everyday people. It proposes reducing Medicaid funding by half, adding new work requirements for Medicaid & SNAP, and reducing the Child Tax Credit. Over 16M Americans would lose access to care.

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Take two minutes to tell your senators: #Don'tCutCare! Vote NO on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act! i've written up full call/email scripts here - including instructions and links to relevant statistics for each state! callurreps.carrd.co#section06

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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Lander has been released and says he’s fine, minus a missing button He says he’ll get due process, but the man he was trying to protect will not “He’s not gonna sleep in his bed tonight,” he said. “So far as I know, he has no lawyer. He has been stripped of his due process rights”

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

if you care to think of yourself as an ally to marginalized people, as a comrade of mine, but you are not wearing a respirator at a protest? you’re not wearing one on transit you took to and from? why? who are your actions in alignment with?

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
ARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!
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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

My first @teenvogue.com piece is out. Transition services are essential for disabled students and they remain in limbo as the current administration tries to shut down the Department of Education. www.teenvogue.com/story/colleg...

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How the Trump Administration Is Leaving Disabled College Students Behind

Disabled students already have to fight just to get basic accommodations.

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Please tell me someone has a clip of the woman on the NBC Vatican livestream being asked what she wants the world to know and saying "Free Palestine!" An icon!

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

When peers say they wish they had my accommodations on exams, i reply "i'll trade you - but you have to take my conditions too, and we never trade back." The mood changes real fast.

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Chase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

My ACLU colleagues who have been working 24 hours a day were definitely not sleeping and I am just so grateful for them!

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The White House's "Lab Leak" page has a lot of misinformation and disinformation and it seems to be designed to promote outrage for folks who don't know a lot about public health, pandemics, or disease transmission. Here's a few things i think are worth pointing out:

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

There are few things nigh all US politicians agree on—regardless of party—but one major area of lockstep is pandemic denial. You must understand that if you choose to go maskless in essential public indoor spaces at the very least, YOU are contributing to the environment that allowed this to happen.

Federal agencies were also ordered this month to take down any signage related to COVID-19, according to a memo obtained by CBS News.
One federal employee working in a health care clinic said they found out first about the directive when nursing staff had been going around their building, taking down any references to the virus from the walls around their facility.
"This memorandum also advises all agencies to remove all COVID-related signage from federally owned buildings and leased space. The Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declaration ended on May 11, 2023," the guidance says, which was authored by acting General Services Administrator Stephen Ehikian and is dated April 8.

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

So much disinformation and questionable graphic design choices all in one place!

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

For @motherjones.com, I wrote about how tariffs may soon hit medical devices and how it may affect disabled people on Medicaid. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Tariffs are about to hit lifesaving medical equipment

"It's really the most vulnerable of the most vulnerable...who need technologies to live."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

We are witnessing our government institutions — whose independence is vital for the fair functioning of our legal system — being compromised and their integrity undercut in real time. This is how tyrants undermine democracy.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.

Photo of Cory Booker in a black suit and tie

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.

ALIEN ENEMIES ACT:
ALIEN ENEMY VALIDATION GUIDE
In the case of: ________________________________ A-File No:__________________
1. The person named above is fourteen years or older:
2. The person named above is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United
States:
3. The person named above is a citizen of Venezuela:
If any of these three requirements are not satisfied, the person named above shall not
be ordered removed under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA). In such a case, you should consult
your supervisor and the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, and, where applicable, initiate removal proceedings under the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
4. The person named above is validated as a member of Tren de Aragua (TDA), as
determined by reference to the following evaluation form:
Instructions: Complete the following validation evaluation form for each suspected
alien targeted for removal under the AEA, or, following apprehension, for each alien
potentially subject to an AEA removal.
After accounting for the two comments below, aliens scoring 8 points and higher are
validated as members of TDA; you should proceed with issuing Form AEA-21B, titled, “Notice
and Warrant of Apprehension and Removal under the Alien Enemies Act.” Aliens scoring 6 or
7 points may be validated as members of TDA; you should consult with a supervisor and
OPLA, reviewing the totality of the facts, before making that determination; if you determine
an alien should not be validated at this time as a member of TDA, when available, you should
initiate removal proceedings under the INA. Alien scoring 5 points or less should not be
validated at this time as member of TDA; when available, you should initiate removal
proceedings under the INA.

The following alt-text is excerpted of a larger checklist, as the whole page doesn't fit within alt-text character limits.

Comment 2: For purposes of validating an alien as a member of TDA, at least one
scoring category must involve conduct occurring, or information received, within the past five
years.
Valuation Explanation
Category Definition Explanation Points
Judicial
Outcomes and
Official
Documents
a. Subject has been convicted of violating Title 18, United States Code,
Section 521 or any other federal or state law criminalizing or imposing
civil penalties for activity related to TDA
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b. Court records (e.g., indictments, criminal complaints, sentencing
memorandums) identifying the subject as a member of TDA, describing
specific activity of TDA
5
Self-Admission
a. Subject self-identifies as a member or associate of TDA verbally or in
writing to law enforcement officer, even if that self identification to a
law enforcement officer is unwitting, e.g., through lawful interception of
communications.
10
Criminal
Conduct and
Information
a. Subject participates in criminal activity (e.g., narcotics trafficking,
human smuggling, etc.) with other members of TDA, including
preparatory meetings and significant incidents directly attributed to TDA
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b. Law enforcement or intelligence reporting identifying subject as a
member of TDA, to include Bureau of Prisons validations and reliable
foreign partner information.
4
c. Credible testimonies/statements from victims, community members, or
informants that affirm the subject’s membership in or allegiance to TDA. 3
d. Detailed open-source media (e.g., newspapers, investigative journalism
reports) that describe arrest, prosecution, or operations of a subject as a
member of TDA
2
e. Subject conducts and/or facilitates business with TDA (e.g., money
laundering, mule, service provider) 2
Documents and
Communications

Final page: Association
a. Surveillance documentation that a subject is frequently observed closely
associating with known leaders and members of TDA 2
b. Subject part of group photos with two or more known members of TDA 2
c. Subject presently resides with known members of TDA 2
Total Points
VALIDATION DETERMINATION
Note: If any of the four requirements are not satisfied, do not
complete this validation determination.
Based on the validation guide and instructions above, including Comments 1 and 2, I find
that the person named above, _______________________________________________:
1. Is fourteen years or older;
2. Is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States;
3. Is a citizen of Venezuela; and
4. Is a member of Tren de Aragua.
Accordingly, the above-named person is validated as an Alien Enemy.
_____________________ _________________________ __________________
Name of Agent/officer Signature of agent/officer Date
completing the form completing the form
______________________ _________________________ ____________________
Name of Supervisor Signature of Supervisor Date

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

DHS said she was a terrorist sympathizer and “involved in activities supporting Hamas, a terrorist organization." Revoked visa, but offered no evidence. Social media was pro-Gaza, but she said she did not attend any protest. Offered no due process.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 16/03/2025

The Trump administration deported to El Salvador hundreds of immigrants it accused of being members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang or MS-13, and the deportations may have taken place after a court explicitly ordered they be halted and any planes in the air turn around.

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Trump Deported Alleged Gang Members. A Court Ordered Him Not to

The Trump administration sent more than 200 immigrants it claims are members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador despite a court order.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

DOGE signed an agreement with Louis DeJoy to slash 10,000 jobs from the already-understaffed USPS. The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country. We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed. No one knows why he was detained.

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Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained

Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

1/ So this Fulbright scholar wasn’t a protest organizer or even participant, got kettled coming back to campus and released, had liked some posts about human rights and signed an open letter, and DHS came to her door three times to arrest and deport her www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/n...

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How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her

Ranjani Srinivasan’s student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities. That was just the start of her odyssey.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

This is quite bad. The White House should not be directly involved with specific arrests.

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

If I can take a needle to the spine 3 times today (they hit blood vessels and had to start over twice🥲), I challenge you to take on your AGs over the phone to help #SaveSection504 ! callurreps.carrd.co#section07

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Call Your Reps!

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

my kingdom for an elected official who will stand up and defend the fact that the government employs people to test wastewater and send old people money and keep an eye on the bears in the park and make sue the people that scammed you

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 13/02/2025

Republican Senators just voted to confirm RFK Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services - a man that believes Black Americans should receive a different vaccine schedule than White Americans. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...

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RFK Jr.'s Stunning Claim About Black People And Vaccines Sparks Concern From Medical Experts

Experts weigh in on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial take and what they want everyone to know.

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NPR @npr.org · 13/02/2025

The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.

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ACLU and other advocates sue for access to migrants moved to Guantánamo Bay

The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

i can't emphasize enough the role that transphobia plays in Texas v Becerra. The states get their foot in the door by arguing that they intend to keep discriminating against trans folks and it's unfair to punish them for doing so. And then use that to undermine ALL of Section 504.

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Let it be known that the #Section504 lawsuit has me so stressed i learned Instagram Reels. And i HATE Instagram Reels.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 13/02/2025

House GOP Leadership just announced they want to cut at least $880 Billion from Medicaid. This webinar covers how to meet with the office of a Senator or Congressperson to advocate for Medicaid. These meetings are a way to take your advocacy to the next level, and are incredibly important.

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How To: Medicaid Congressional Advocacy Webinar | Matthew Cortland

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femme fatigué @oliviahasagun.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Disabled kids deserve access to education like any other kid. I can't believe we're having to fight for this in 2025 #humanrights #civilrights #disability #disabled #neurodivergent #education #school #kids #parenting #dei #gop #conservative #republican #independent #liberal #uspolitics #trump

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The upcoming Texas v Becarra case is a reminder that our liberation is intertwined. Attacks on one marginalized group (here, trans folks) can and will be used to attack others (here, disabled folks). Solidarity is how we survive.

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my elastic heart (she/her) @myelasticheart.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

In case you haven't heard yet, Texas & 16 other states are using transphobia as a pretext to dismantle Section 504 - the federal law that prohibits disability discrimination by any government entity or any entity receiving federal funding. www.bazelon.org/wp-content/u...

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 11/02/2025

in america giant bodies of water can change their names, but trans people can’t

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Lawrence Carter-Long @lcarterlong.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

REMINDER: The fight for #Section504 didn’t start in a courtroom and it won’t end in one. In 1977, #Disabled folks put their bodies on the line to secure #EqualAccess to #PublicSpaces. Now, 17 states want to turn back time. Not on our watch. #Disability #History #StopTheRollback dredf.org/protect-504