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Leslie Templeton

@somesaylezzels.bsky.social
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✨Disabled✨ Politics. Massachusetts. Democrats. Disability Justice. Young Democrats. (she/her)

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YDA LGBTQ+ Caucus @ydalgbtq.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Join us on Wednesday, June 11 for a YDA National Candidate Forum, hosted by @ydalgbtq.bsky.social & YDA's Black Caucus! Candidates and attendees, RSVP at the link in our bio!
You're invited to YDA National
Candidate Forum. June 11 at 8:00PM EST. Your chance to hear from the candidates running for National Office at the Young Democrats of America's 2025 National Convention in Philadelphia! RSVP at the link in our bio! Hosted by YDA's Black and LGBTQ+ Caucuses.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 30/04/2025
The power of clemency is life-changing. And this data affirms that commutations for people serving unfair & outdated sentences is a critical step toward justice & healing. I applaud President Biden for using clemency to bring thousands of individuals home & reunite families.
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"Make America Healthy Again" is a wild slogan for an administration trying to cut funding to things like food stamps/free lunch/Medicaid, attacking vaccines, defunding major health research, stigmatizing medications, and attacking disabled people. #Disability #CripTheVote #DisabilityJustice
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Republicans really don't care about the everyday American because they will cut vital resources just to make billionaires, who have more money than they will ever need, richer by giving them tax cuts
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Congressional Republican plans to slash Medicaid funding and let the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits expire will increase insurance costs for millions of Americans. The latest from Natasha Murphy and Andrea Ducas:
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Congressional Republicans’ Health Care Plans Will Rip Away Coverage and Increase Costs
Republican plans to slash Medicaid funding and let the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits expire will increase insurance costs for millions of Americans.
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
There's nothing like your health being really bad and watching your government debate whether they should let people like me keep our desperately needed healthcare OR cut it and make their billionaire friends richer
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I feel so old because Bluesky confuses me and idk how to like make my feed more disability justice related and I feel like I'm not seeing any of my fav accounts
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Substance use disorder is a disability so people should be ENRAGED by Trump's attacks on narcan access. All rescue meds, like epipens or naloxone, should be READILY available. This is a disability justice issue!
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The Trump administration’s actions to exempt polluters from compliance with air pollution standards show their willingness to feed corporate greed at the expense of American families’ health. More from CAP's Leo Banks and @lucerowx.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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The Trump Administration Has Invited Power Plants to Emit More Toxic Pollution in a Giveaway to Corporate Polluters
In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration has offered fossil fuel power plants and industrial sources the opportunity to ask, by email, for an exemption from the Clean Air Act, enabling them…
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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I am so frustrated. So angry. So heartbroken. Why is the government allowed to use my tax dollars to do illegal shit.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2025
🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (1/2):

“It is unconscionable that Rümeysa Öztürk—a young woman pursuing her education, exercising her First Amendment rights, and contributing to her community—remains detained by DHS. Her ongoing incarceration is not only a blatant violation of her constitutional rights to due process and free speech, but it is now an egregious denial of her fundamental right to medical care. Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (2/2):

“According to her lawyer, Rümeysa has not received her required asthma medications and has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in custody. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

“As her representatives in Congress, we demand DHS immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care she needs, and absent compelling evidence justifying her detention and the revocation of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and the restoration of her visa. Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk, and DHS must move with urgency.”
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
If they take away my Medicaid while I'm trying to navigate this new wave of health issues, I'm scared I'm going to die. I am 28, I don't want to die. Keep your hands off my healthcare please.
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It sucks being sick, the idea they would make that worse by attacking Medicaid is so insidious
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
My health is getting so much worse and it just frustrates me. I hate being 28 and watching other 28 year olds think about marriage and kids and my biggest concerns are will I be able to access healthcare and coverage & if not, what will I do if I have a medical crisis.
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I have never felt uneasy about immigrants being in my neighborhood, but I feel incredibly uneasy about the government kidnapping my neighbors for their immigration status. I feel sick to my stomach.
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Follow the amazing @davidsonjess.bsky.social immediately, thanks 💕
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
There are many great parts of this report from @cendemtech.bsky.social and @aapd-disability.bsky.social on building a disability inclusive AI ecosystem, but I want to highlight this part of how remote monitoring software can be discriminatory. Full report here: cdt.org/wp-content/u...
Remote proctoring software, which 36 percent of teachers report
their school uses in some form, has also had discriminatory
impacts on disabled youth.39 There are reports, for example, of
disabled youth being removed from exam sessions for “atypical
eye movements,” which can disrupt the educational experience
and potentially be considered a violation of federal statutes,
including the ADA and Section 504.40
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
"The world is falling to fascism, I have a hernia, and I'm stressed the fuck out but I'm doing great, hbu?"
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
If you say the r word or voted for someone who is attempting to take away my rights as a disabled person, I don't want to hear a PEEP out of you about Jasmine Crockett's "hot wheels" comment
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Yeah I rolled my eyes at the "hot wheels" comment but some of y'all attacking her are the same people casually dropping the r word on the reg or voted for people who are trying to dismantle disabled peoples healthcare... so like... shut up 🤍
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
RFK Jr's "Wellness Farms" idea sounds wayyyyy too similar to Hitler's T4 experiment, where they took disabled people from their families to "help them" and then would kill them.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
For a @motherjones.com story, I am looking to speak to a veteran whose healthcare was interrupted as a result of VA firings/people being put on administrative leave. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts appreciated.
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
As a Medicaid recipient, having a medical emergency right now, I am so scared that I will lose my healthcare in the future that will create barriers to the care I need
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Great, the hospital dismissed my symptoms 3 days ago and now I'm having a medical emergency... FUCK MEDICAL SEXISM. I'm not even nervous I'm just angry, this was so preventable.
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I don't think people understand what 2020 did to my anxiety levels lol
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Trump is literally trying to purge the word "disability" and "disabilities" from the federal government. Telling agencies to eliminate/avoid from using them.
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Assistive mobility devices are badass, watching Al Green point his cane at Trump and be walked out was awesome 👏🏻 As a disabled person fighting for her rights, I truly believe this is the kind of Democratic Party we need right now @algreen.house.gov
Congressman Al Green, a man with long dark hair slicked back into a low ponytail, wearing a dark suit, stands in the middle of a crowded chamber holding up a cane and pointing it toward the front of the room at Donald Trump. In the background, former President Donald Trump is seated at a wooden podium with the American flag behind him, while several individuals in suits stand and applaud Trump. The setting is a grand legislative hall with ornate decorations, including large columns and gold embellishments. Other seated individuals in the foreground have their backs to the camera, attentively facing the front of the chamber.
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Some of you media outlets need to stop giving so much credibility to fascist talking points. Your efforts aren't making you less bias, it making you tilt the scale to the far right and will only put our democracy at more risk. Stop.
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Apparently because I "don't look disabled" I can't be actually disabled! Why didn't I think of that??? /s
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Donald trump, if you're gonna fake tan, make sure your hands match your face AT LEAST
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Protect democracy and tell Congress to protect your rights by voting no on the SAVE Act. buff.ly/42XmAAx
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position. You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
About to join @ariberman.bsky.social with @jenpsaki.msnbc.com guest-hosting on @allinwithchris.bsky.social on @msnbc.com to talk about Elon Musk trying to buy WI's Supreme Court for Brad Schimel—and how to fight back www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk is trying to buy the Wisconsin supreme court
“His attack on democracy isn’t limited to gutting the federal government. He wants it all.”
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
🧵 Elon Musk is shredding the United States government. But that’s not enough for him. Now, he wants to buy Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court as well. Help stop him: secure.actblue.com/donate/wisde...
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Trying to explain to my European friends the amount of pain I feel watching my country descend into fascism is so hard
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I will personally ruin the reputations of any disabled organizer/activist/etc who decides in this crucial moment when our rights are on the line that its okay to throw trans people under the bus. It wont save us, it can only hurt us. They are coming for all of us & it's time to unite together now.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Five major airlines are suing to overturn a rule from then-Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg that actually holds airlines accountable for damaging disabled people's wheelchairs. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Airlines sue to overturn rule against breaking wheelchairs
Major carriers are trying to overturn a Biden-era policy that ended decades of mistreatment.
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Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Trump’s attacks on DEI are anti-Blackness on steroids. But we're not backing down in our pursuit of racial justice. Proud to re-introduce #HR40, historic legislation to confront our country’s history of systemic racism and make the case for #reparations. www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
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Reparations bill returns to Congress as Trump leads charge against racial equity in government
Rep. Ayanna Pressley will revive a federal reparations push at what she describes as an "inflection point" for the country.
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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I have been shouting from the rooftops about this 504 case sine October 2024. I am steadfast in support of the Trans community and believe that there is legal precedent for the HHS rule change.
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Meier Galblum Haigh @mghaigh.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Trump's newest executive order forcing trans women back into male is violence. Disabling violence. Transphobia is disabling, like every form of oppression. Fight together to defeat fascism, or we die together.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 19/02/2025
I'm in meetings for the first part of the afternoon getting actionable intel. After which, I'll pivot to putting together Medicaid and SNAP advocacy materials.
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Leslie Templeton @somesaylezzels.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Disability Justice cannot exist without trans, non-binary, or queer people 👏🏻
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