Polis being a fucking corp Dem again. Good thing he's on his way out this year.
Let's see if he does it. I'm guessing trump is threatening some evil shit for Colorado and as a disabled peep I'm sure it's about Medicaid.
Gah I'm so pissed.
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Polis being a fucking corp Dem again. Good thing he's on his way out this year.
Let's see if he does it. I'm guessing trump is threatening some evil shit for Colorado and as a disabled peep I'm sure it's about Medicaid.
Gah I'm so pissed.
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Read Kat's thread.
I am a blind gal. I have night blindness and I'm not even sure I would have been able to get myself to a safe place in the middle of nowhere, at night, in the cold. Then add that he couldn't speak English. Nurul deserved better long before this but he definitely didn't deserve to be murdered by Ice.
Our fight is to bring awareness. To keep challenging people to rethink and change their hearts for their own damn good. And when all else fails live out of spite.
The one thing they were most afraid of with the BPP was not the pew pew it was the mutual aid and health clinics provided for free.
As we've seen with immigration and trump supporters, they either thought he was all just talk and he didn't do it before so it won't happen this time.
And/or they thought it would never be them because they are special and protected.
Also internalized and historical ableism.
When fascists take rights away from a group of people, they never stop there. Eventually, they come for everything. Invalidating the drivers licenses of trans people in Kansas is just the start. Who will be next?
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Here I am as a disabled gal unable to talk about the trump admin cutting off funding for medical equipment. And I'm here with an appointment to talk to my doctor on Monday about getting an ambulatory wheel chair.
I guess I'll continue to be home bound for a while.
When I'm not sad I'll say more.
That is seriously fucked up all the way around.
Damnit Starfleet Academy you had me crying my eyes out again.
Also Robert Picardo is still amazing.
Sharing so I can remember later.
Also do your calls. Send your emails. Faxzero is also excellent.
Love it! Sorry you had to spend a night in jail. Some people just don't appreciate art these days.
Yeah go right ahead and let me know. I'm disabled so I miss out on everything.
Mutual aid is where it's at! It is a good way for people with accessibility, risk, or family concerns. It's a good way for you to use your skills and to get creative. It's an excellent way to help vulnerable populations while being a part of non-violent direct resistance. And you can start today.
He's not the only one. Diana Degette has taken money from palantir. Shes got a better voting record than Crow but still the tech broligarchs have their fingers all over the CO Dems.
Merlot Kiros is primarying her. We gotta get these corp Dems out of CO politics.
So nice to find a CO peep who's fighting the good fight. I subbed your substack so hopefully that helps.
Maybe one day this brain in a jar will be able to hit the streets with you.
This is cruel and unusual punishment. Trump admin is using this as a test case to see how far he can go with eventually banning trans care across the board.
This is why we so desperately need Dems that stand up for trans rights by listening to the trans community.
Damnit it happened again. I finally come out of a pain flare long enough to post or reshare something and it breaks containment.
Well at least it gives people something to think about.
And ffs follow the creators I share. They are some of the best news sources around and worth listening to.
US sanctions have been used as a punishment for years, mostly against already poor countries, and it does nothing but punish the citizens. It usually makes the regime even worse.
I don't know but maybe it's time to have conversations about that and to have some class solidarity.
We are currently starving out Cuba and the Cuban people with a cruel and pointless blockage and for what? A 70 year upset over Communism? Some weird need for Rubio to get back at a place where his grandparents came from?
And I haven't heard a peep from the Dems.
We are in fact the baddies.
I wonder if they are counting AI data centers as "factories". π€
Mike nails it yet again. Also Waj was brilliant taking down Jeffries. We need new leadership that has a spine to say things that the techno fasc donors don't like. Fuck them.
We can have a Dem party centered on human rights and focus on the working class. Be brave to stand on your message.
Omg so true. Yet when the disability community (myself included) screams for some damn help because they are setting up camps and how health policies are killing us it's always how we are being hyperbolic or crickets.
Honestly I've always wanted to try this. It looks amazing. I'm jelly for sure.
Great thread. I would add the left has also asked for an increase in the minimum wage and removing dark money from politics, which is popular across the board, and have been told "No it's not time" .
Or we get lip service without a working policy.
Oof. I'm sorry.
They sure do show their ableism in the end, and honestly it tends to track with how they see all marginalized peeps.
Excellent disability rep BTW. See this is a thing writers can learn from. They listened to the actor and not their ableism. When you let us in the room we can share our experiences in ways that enrich narratives.
If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, itβs because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
Back a million years ago I was sitting in a docs waiting room and a Time mag caught my eye. The cover was of a young senator Obama and the article talked about his sudden popularity. I knew something was special about him (ugh).
I feel the same thing about AOC. Her time might be now. Prez 2028!
Lander is already primaring someone in the house. I hope he gets a lot of support out there because he's just amazing.
Poll taxes are unconstitutional. Any i.d. that is required to vote has to be provided by the government.
This is a way to disenfranchise the poor.
Call your senators.