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Colleen Tomko

@coolleen.bsky.social

Passionate advocate for disability rights, assistive technology, accessibility, inclusive education and community, and equitable opportunities. Co-chair of PennTASH, Pennsylvania’s state chapter of TASH.

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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

13.08.2025 22:29 — 👍 29559    🔁 11609    💬 750    📌 739
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Trump's ruthless cuts have left our national parks in "survival mode" "They are America’s best idea. Why would you mess with them?’”

“I’m cleaning the bathroom on a weekly basis now because there’s no one else to do it."

“Why would you mess with national parks? They are America’s best idea.”

Trump's ruthless cuts have left our national parks in "survival mode." [via @theguardian.com + @climatedesk.org]

11.08.2025 12:05 — 👍 381    🔁 143    💬 17    📌 11
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The Trump Administration’s War on Disability Executive actions, budget cuts, layoffs, and legislation—all enacted in the Trump administration’s first six months—have curtailed disability rights and services, including access to Medicaid and the ...

Executive actions, budget cuts, layoffs, and legislation—all enacted in the Trump administration’s first six months—have curtailed disability rights and services, including access to Medicaid and the right to free, appropriate public education.

31.07.2025 11:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dropkick Murphys

Warped Tour Long Beach

28.07.2025 23:46 — 👍 19523    🔁 5578    💬 442    📌 507
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E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

Breaking News: The EPA is said to have drafted a plan that would end its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

23.07.2025 03:10 — 👍 290    🔁 184    💬 95    📌 131
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What's Included in the 596 Books Banned by the Department of Defense Education Activity? Here is the list of nearly 600 books banned by the Department of Defense in military schools across the globe.

The Department of Defense’s book banning policies aren’t about protecting kids — they’re about suppressing critical thinking and diverse ideas as part of President Trump’s “anti-wokeness” agenda.

We’re suing the DoD to defend students’ First Amendment rights.

19.07.2025 22:24 — 👍 830    🔁 267    💬 23    📌 10
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Undocumented immigrants can’t enroll in Medicaid. They can only ever access it temporarily, when they need lifesaving medical care.

This only makes people afraid to access the medical care they’re legally allowed to receive.

But Trump doesn’t care. His only goal is to sow fear.

19.07.2025 21:00 — 👍 1796    🔁 594    💬 86    📌 20
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09.07.2025 22:02 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Almost a trillion $ cut toMedicaid is being debated! It does not strengthen the program! States will get far less $’s than anticipated, putting optional Home & Community Based Services in jeopardy.

#MedicaidCuts #kidstogether #homeandcommunitybasedservices #Medicaid

01.07.2025 03:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

If they claim to be strengthening programs, why are they increasing redundant unnecessary costly paperwork that burdens eligible people?

29.06.2025 15:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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RUIZ: Did you read the report & fact-check its sources prior to publication?

RFK JR: I did not fact check

RUIZ: It included citations to sources that don't exist. How does that happen?

RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions are accurate

RUIZ: They did not exist. How can they be accurate?

24.06.2025 15:26 — 👍 21326    🔁 5758    💬 808    📌 499

They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.”

So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…

It was always a lie.

23.06.2025 16:25 — 👍 25292    🔁 7466    💬 921    📌 269
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Welp.

22.06.2025 15:41 — 👍 21903    🔁 5928    💬 2170    📌 658
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Just because he pulled out doesn’t mean it’s over. Rapists never understand that

#NoWar #ImpeachTrump

22.06.2025 04:17 — 👍 14915    🔁 3140    💬 206    📌 82
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The immigrants caring for the elderly are losing their jobs More than 41% of home health aides in the U.S. last year were foreign-born.

Immigration and the care economy are uniquely linked. As I told @emilypeck.bsky.social the relationship between a care worker and the disabled or aging person is the foundation of care. The actions of the administration stoking understandable fear in immigrant communities will impact care.

20.06.2025 13:58 — 👍 203    🔁 62    💬 7    📌 4
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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.

ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.

19.06.2025 21:52 — 👍 38356    🔁 12655    💬 3087    📌 1526
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Newsdeck: Forecaster says US House version of Trump bill to cost $2.8 trillion despite economic gains

WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill would lead to a larger-than-expected $2.8 trillion increase in the federal deficit over the decade, despite a boost to U.S. economic output, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected on Tuesday.

18.06.2025 03:57 — 👍 19    🔁 13    💬 4    📌 2

While Trump blusters about "law & order," his regime has dropped or halted nearly 150 investigations into corporate wrongdoing. And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters, including Jan 6 rioters and other convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.

16.06.2025 17:30 — 👍 3695    🔁 1238    💬 91    📌 48

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15.06.2025 22:09 — 👍 2723    🔁 450    💬 13    📌 7
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Rain was not going to stop me! Great turn out!!

#NoKings #NoKingsDay #Medicaid

14.06.2025 21:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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12.06.2025 16:28 — 👍 27762    🔁 5416    💬 401    📌 200
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Real power isn't staged in DC — it rises up everywhere else. Join me on No Kings Day to stand together against cruelty, corruption, and authoritarianism. app.sosha.ai/s/HygEzsAa

12.06.2025 03:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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@pelosi.house.gov: "On January 6th...we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it...And yet, in a contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture."

11.06.2025 02:30 — 👍 34221    🔁 10385    💬 916    📌 392
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Gov. Gavin Newsom made the case in a televised address Tuesday evening that President Trump’s decisions to send military forces to immigration protests in Los Angeles have put the U.S. at the precipice of authoritarianism. https://trib.al/EpbF098

11.06.2025 03:13 — 👍 1889    🔁 470    💬 80    📌 38

The thing to remember about the #LosAngelesRiots is that they aren't riots, and Donald Trump is all over the Epstein files.

11.06.2025 03:32 — 👍 1670    🔁 484    💬 46    📌 18

Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.

09.06.2025 03:11 — 👍 35448    🔁 12437    💬 1444    📌 795
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FUN FACT:
The regime is mobilizing the National Guard for, protests.

NOT for disaster relief due to tornadoes ..

Whiteness above all things..

08.06.2025 13:39 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I just want to say the far-left is not radical🙄
As my good friend, points out at The Library of Democracy👇

08.06.2025 03:23 — 👍 1115    🔁 209    💬 27    📌 4

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