Marissa Landrigan

Perioidic reminder that the reason you didn't see autistic people with intellectual disabilities on the street five decades ago was not because they didn't exist. It's because they were sent away to institutions and their parents were told to put away pictures of them.

Let America Be America Again Let America be America again.

Sen. Booker just quoted the Langston Hughes poem "Let America Be America Again"

"America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!"

poets.org/poem/let-ame...

I am not moved by politicians often, but I am moved by Booker today. I hope more dems callously see how much attention he's commanding today take his lead. I don't care if the reason they do it is craven-- I just want them to fucken fight.

also fuck strom thurmand may he rest in piss

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

Big Corporations Are Trying to Control the Narrative Around Luigi From Reddit to the New York Times and TMZ, there’s an ongoing effort to squash the wave of popular anger at for-profit healthcare that Luigi Mangione represents.

Don't stop talking about Luigi, and more importantly, don't stop talking about Medicare for All. Because the real killers wear suits and ties to the shareholders’ meeting, and they’ve got to be stopped. www.currentaffairs.org/news/big-cor...

“My opponent calls me ‘woke’ but he never says what that means. I wonder why he wants our eyes closed, and what he wants them closed to. I wonder what he’s afraid we’ll see if we look around. Well my eyes are wide open and I’m fully awake. I say the time for us to be fooled by rich thieves is over.”

“Yes, unlike my opponents I am a big believer in diversity, equity, and inclusion. These are ideals that represent our nation’s best aspirations for itself. This is a nation for all people, not a playground for bigots and billionaires. My opponents should explain why they hate these values.”

“I love being a socialist. I like things that are built to help people instead of to make a buck. I like libraries, they like book burning. I like affordable transportation. I like airports to have safety workers. I like cancer research. I like rockets that don’t explode.”

“‘Socialist’ is a word billionaires like to use so you won’t notice their hand in your pocket.”

“My opponent calls me a socialist because he’s an antisocialist. Society exists and it’s worth fighting for. I’ll fight any boss who wants to steal it from you.”

It’s not hard to do. It differentiates.

For fuck’s sake the Republicans have positioned themselves as the party of bosses and layoffs, two things everyone knows and hates. Be the anti-boss party.

You want to be relatable to everyday voters? When they say “socialist” you say “they’re running to fire you. I’m running to fire your boss.”

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie don’t go

i don’t think dems should attend the trump speech on tuesday. skip it! youtube.com/shorts/w2mTb...

We have lost one of the true giants of the screen. Gene Hackman could play anyone, and you could feel a whole life behind it. He could be everyone and no one, a towering presence or an everyday Joe. That’s how powerful an actor he was. He will be missed, but his work will live on forever.

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

RFK's plan to make America healthy again? Send people with mental health conditions to farms Kennedy wants to replace standard psychological care with unpaid labor on "wellness farms"

All the content warnings: Bigoted, ableist, fascist HHS Secretary RFK Jr. “doesn't even bother to hide his dehumanizing view of those he deems ‘unhealthy,’” wants to take away life-saving drugs like SSRIs, and put the “weak” to work in “wellness farms.” RESIST.

www.salon.com/2025/02/19/r...

Officers have also struggled to meet their quotas because immigrants are refusing to open their doors when ICE officers knock. The enforcement teams generally do not possess criminal arrest warrants that would allow them to force their way into their targets’ homes. ICE officials say they can’t afford to leave teams of officers waiting around for targeted immigrants to exit their homes.

Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)

Nazi punks fuck off for sure but I'd love for nazis who like other types of music and ones who don't like music at all to also fuck off

Opinion | Linda McMahon and RFK Jr. could be a one-two punch for disabled students The Education Department is an irreplaceable lifeline for students with disabilities.

Why does that matter, you ask? Well, as @jpitney.bsky.social pointed out, IDEA is not a civil rights law. The "strings" (IE, the requirements for states to receive the money) are the only way to enforce the law. No strings, no guaranteed protections.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Should add that Project 2025 calls for the end of the Department of Education and turning the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act into a "no-strings formula block grant targeted at students with disabilities and distributed directly to local education agencies."
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

This is one of those places those of us who work in higher ed have to be vigilant and start planning for how to resist this from within our institutions. What can you do above or below the radar if your uni starts rescinding scholarships, cancelling programs, and disbanding student organizations?

If any parents of children with disabilities received similar emails like this, message me on Signal at emgarcia.85

A square canvas. Only the top corner is filled with Harings distinctive figures, rendered in Lavender, the rest is blank.

Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth

fuck these pig fucks

Yeah so you should really get comfortable with masking again. You’re going to be in spaces with ppl unvaccinated against measles, whooping cough, bird flu and who knows what else. You also probably don’t want this administration surveilling you. Would be a good time to start the habit again

my view is that as soon as the administration froze disbursement of congressional appropriations we entered constitutional crisis territory

Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"

Me to me every day of the last five years 🫠🫠🫠

Please, friends, do NOT underestimate how harmful RFK would be for the autistic community (and all disabled people, which also includes literally all of us eventually).

WHAT THE FUCK @fetterman.senate.gov truly what has happened to your heart

Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”

The Black Panther Party, ACT UP, ADAPT all had broad coalitions engaged in multiple tactics at once.