Powerful and thorough analysis of the challenging terminology “able-bodied” and how it hurts disabled people.

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · 11mo ago

For the November/December issue of @motherjones.com, I dove into the history of the word "able-bodied"—including how it's been harmful to disabled Americans since the 1930s and it most certainly will be when Medicaid work reqs come into play again. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Re-Elect Alexis Weaver, Tucker City Council District 3, Post 1 www.Alexis4Tucker.com

Re-Elect Alexis Weaver to Tucker City Council, District 3

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@tiffanydcross.bsky.social preach! Thank you for telling the truth tonight on Abby Phillips! and standing up to the callousness of the male maga caucasity sitting next to you.

hubs is hoping Baylor football is good enough this year to not make it to Espn+. had to explain to my kids why they won’t be able to watch some of their favorite shows. we are in an emergency and in our capitalist society money speaks. Resist authoritarian dictates on the media and free speech.

Tortured because of the US Government. This is so immoral.

NPR@npr.org · last yr.

Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual abuse, and near-total isolation.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

New Urban Institute #upwardmobilityinitiative blog post on why local policymakers need data that include disabled people's experiences & recommendations for identifying and collecting data related to disability: upward-mobility.urban.org/including-di... @sjpopkin.bsky.social

Including Disabled People in Upward Mobility: Leveraging Local Data

To support upward mobility from poverty, policymakers must specifically consider the unique challenges people with disabilities face when designing and implementing policies.

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The United Farm Workers, along with the entire labor movement, stands in strong solidarity with our comrade, labor leader David Huerta. We demand his immediate release and condemn indiscriminate sweeps targeting working class immigrants.

ICE waited until a woman’s lawyer went to the restroom then dragged her away. She fainted from stress and they dragged her unconscious body into the elevator, refusing medical attention.

EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Don’t turn away.

"The City of LA's Sanctuary City Ordinance prohibits City resources from being used to aid federal immigration enforcement. However, today, the City witnessed through videos and media coverage Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers within the vicinity of ICE raids."

LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia@controller.lacity.gov · last yr.

Re: Today's ICE Raids in the City of LA As City Controller, we will be formally requesting information from the LAPD to determine the financial impact these ICE raids have had in using City resources, such as the LAPD’s involvement and response to the resulting demonstrations.

Los Angeles ICE protests continues in the quoted post below

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · last yr.

Los Angeles: About 100 people, mostly kids on bikes and skateboards, hanging out peacefully in the intersection near the federal detention center on Alameda. LAPD and CHP are staged and have some of the streets closed.

Protesters in Los Angeles covering tear gas grenades with traffic cones and trying to extinguish them with water. Crowd is still growing.

Sean Beckner-Carmitchel@acatwithnews.bsky.social · last yr.

Gas grenades being broke by DHS being countered by a few people placing traffic cones with water bottles on top to contain the gas to varying levels of success.

We just rallied at the steps of the Supreme Court to free Andry now! But we're not done fighting yet. Head to freeandry.org to donate and help!

New — Marcelo Gomes da Silva has finally been released from ICE detention where the 18-year-old was held in deplorable conditions. He helped translate paperwork for other detainees that said they were getting deported. Unimaginable. www.wcvb.com/article/immi...

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out

Summer nights = movies and homemade stovetop popcorn. Also my 13 year old telling me every 30 seconds what is and isn’t a part of the game as we watch Minecraft

“If Musk is moving fast and breaking things, as the Silicon Valley dictum goes, Vought is taking the shattered pieces of the federal government and reassembling them into a radically new constitutional order,” @mckaycoppins.bsky.social writes:

The Visionary of Trump 2.0

Russell Vought is advancing a radical ideological project decades in the making.

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Nice opportunity to watch Texas vs TCU NCAA Tennis Championships tonight at Baylor! #hookem #ncaatennis

Really thrilled to have this (my first this cycle) national endorsement!

Democratic Municipal Officials@nationaldmo.org · last yr.

In 2025, DMO has endorsed over 100 candidates in 24 states, including these 30 candidates! No office is too small to make a difference, and no year is an off year! #LocalElectionsMatter @jerald.bsky.social @alexis-weaver.bsky.social @beckfordenton.bsky.social @electmartinmoore.bsky.social

I’m running for re-election to Tucker City Council! I’m proud of the progress we’ve made together—on inclusion, transparency, and community engagement—and I’m excited to keep building on that work. Learn more or get involved at alexis4tucker.com. #TuckerGA

NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...

Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH

Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.

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Does #SNAP cover the cost of a meal in your county? #Research shows that many families receiving SNAP benefits are still facing food insecurity, and proposed cuts to the program could exacerbate existing challenges. Access the #data using Urban's tool.

Does SNAP Cover the Cost of a Meal in Your County?

Amid inflation, SNAP benefits did not cover the cost of a meal in 99 percent of counties in 2022. Adjustments to SNAP narrowed—but didn’t close—that gap.

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What are the effects of dismantling the Department of #Education on students with #disabilities? An Urban Wire post examines the potential impacts of disrupting the Department of Education’s key functions of enforcing critical civil rights laws and distributing IDEA #funding to the states.

How Dismantling the Education Department Could Affect Disabled Students across the US

Though states and local governments are primarily responsible for K–12 education, the US Department of Education is critical to ensuring disabled children in every community have access to a free, app...

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A new analysis reveals that Trump’s tax plan will “actively transfer money from low-income people to the top 0.1% of income earners.” 🔗: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Some of the communities I’ve been able to work with on the Upward Mobility Initiative have done really powerful work in their communities. Looking forward to hearing the conversation with folks from Richmond, Santa Barbara, and Kansas City next Tuesday!

Urban Institute@urbaninstitute.bsky.social · last yr.

Local leaders across the US are working to advance policies to help households and #communities financially thrive. Join Urban on 3/25 @ 1 p.m. ET for a hybrid event on improving household #financial security and upward mobility. #LiveatUrban

Thrilled to be a part of this event highlighting the great ways that RMAPI and Feeding America’s Economic Mobility team have been applying the Upward Mobility Framework in their efforts. Hope you’ll join us!

Urban Institute@urbaninstitute.bsky.social · last yr.

Join Urban on 3/26 @ 1 p.m. ET for a virtual #event that will explore the Upward Mobility Framework. Participants will hear from speakers who are applying the Upward Mobility Framework to shape programming & policymaking and gain insights on how to create change in their #communities. #LiveatUrban

This continues to hit too close to home. Debunked pseudoscience. Focus on my child not having or being a “problem” to be “fixed” but instead, understanding how her and other autistic brains work and how our systems (healthcare, education, society) can serve them better and adapt to them!

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last yr.

The CDC is reportedly planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, "despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links"

Dismantling the Dept of Ed could have major implications for students with disabilities @alexis-weaver.bsky.social www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...

How Dismantling the Education Department Could Affect Disabled Students Across the US

Though states and local governments are primarily responsible for K–12 education, the US Department of Education is critical to ensuring disabled children in every community have access to a free, appropriate public education.

urban.org