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Plain Language Explainer: The Government Shutdown - Autistic Self Advocacy Network Right now, the U.S. government is shut down. The government shutdown affects many important things in the U.S. It affects things like government programs, and workers in government offices. In this ex...

Plain Language Explainer: The Government Shutdown
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Write a letter to the editor: Stop the health care heist! Families are already stretched to the limit with rising costs of groceries—we can’t afford for health care premiums to skyrocket, too. Raise your voice to protect health care by submitting a letter to...

Stop the health care heist! Raise your voice to protect health care by submitting a letter to the editor. action.momsrising.org/lte/healthca... via @momsrising.org #HealthcareHeist

Tuesday October 28, 2025
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STL library virtual info session about the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) program available in MO, who may qualify, and how to submit a claim. Some time for Q&A. Space is limited. Registration is required. www.slcl.org/research-lea...

Donald Trump’s AI Video Is a Psychosexual Confession This Substack is reader-supported.

When a sitting president releases a video of himself defecating on the American people, that’s not “satire.” It’s a public humiliation fantasy and an erotic performance of dominance.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Ups The Ante As He Calls For A General Strike It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

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White House begins demolition of part of East Wing for Trump's ballroom President Trump previously said his ballroom addition to the White House wouldn't "interfere" with the building's existing structure.

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Mill Creek: Black Metropolis | Missouri Historical Society This exhibit explore the rich history of a St. Louis neighborhood with almost no trace left today.

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Stop Trump’s Rigged Trade Deal from Further Hurting Working People Instead of uplifting working people, President Trump’s trade deals have prioritized the interests of greedy corporations. Now Trump’s signature trade deal — which helps corporations destroy jobs and i...

Sign, send & share: Stop Trump’s Rigged Trade Deal from Further Hurting Working People #TakeAction #Resist actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Joyful Birthday Reflections! Today's my birthday and there's SO MUCH GOOD NEWS TO CELEBRATE!

Good Queer News! open.substack.com/pub/goodquee...

Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...

"GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Opinion - James Zatka-Haas - BFI We Crip Film Festival: a mainstreaming of crip sensibilities? BFI Southbank's We Crip Film Festival during this year's Disability Pride Month promised to be 'a reclamation by the disabled film community to champion our strength, creativity and ingenuity as we su...

"Some of the more complex parts of the disabled experience – and for me the two standout films of the selection – lie in the struggle to communicate the actual day-to-day experience of being disabled to those closest to you." disabilityarts.online/magazine/opi...

Review - Design and Disability at V&A Museum: accessible form, but what about the content? Artist and filmmaker Richard Butchins visits the Design and Disability exhibition at London’s V&A Museum. Promising to put disability on the map in the history of design, the show champions inclusion ...

"But access and content aren’t the same as connection. I left feeling underwhelmed, disappointed. At first I was puzzled. Why did the exhibition feel so insubstantial, emotionally flat?" disabilityarts.online/magazine/rev...

Blogs - Our Right To Thrive - I blame other people We have been encouraging disabled artists to get involved in the Our Right to Thrive project by sending creative responses that reflect the theme, creatively advocating for the human rights of disable...

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Tell Congress: Protect Disability Services & Fund Our Future! Congress is deciding next year’s budget--and critical programs that help people with disabilities gain independence & opportunity are at stake. Tell Congress to keep its commitment and fund IDEA &...

Sign, send & share: Tell Congress: Protect Disability Services & Fund Our Future! action.thearc.org/AK0vfPe #TakeAction #Resist

White House looking to cut certain disability benefits www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

Tell the Administration and Congress to Protect the Title X Program The Title X Family Planning Program is a critical program that funds low-cost and no-cost sexual and reproductive services to millions of people, including contraception; pregnancy testing and counsel...

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Celebrate the awakening. Find joy in each other as we fight like hell not to return to Fascism Lite (now fat-free*!) but to build something new where all people's needs are met with love and dignity.

I love you. I believe in us. (11)

Find joy in the knowing, the no longer being unaware of what we've done around the world with our tax dollars and weapons. Revel in the mystery, the not-knowing, too-- the discovery of what we are capable of creating together, the future we make with deliberate action and intention every day. (10)

Grieve the loss of your expected outcomes, the things you took for granted and the lies that your life was built on. You didn't choose this indoctrination, but you can choose to learn and grow and create now that you know about it. (9)

Grieve and mourn the reality that you thought we had, the things we lost to white supremacy, the impact our lives and our for-profit prison system and legalized slavery and resource stealing and occupation have had on our brothers and sisters and neighbors both at home and abroad. (8)

Plenty of humans around the world live sustainably and take care of each other and we can do that, too. How dare anyone condemn them, or the folks kidnapped and sold here, or the people living here long before white supremacy for what this empire has done. (7)

The odds are that there's already something near you being led by marginalized people that you can tap into to get involved. And for goodness sake, don't you dare say that humans deserve this, that humans are a "cancer" that should be wiped out. (6)

Our ancestors have survived worse. Honor the sacrifices made and the incredible perseverance of people still here and the work that they've been doing this whole time that white people are now being called to do. (5)

And for heaven's sake stop saying that "we're cooked" or "democracy is dead" after Black folks and disabled folks and indigenous folks and queer folks and poor folks and every other marginalized community has had to survive this far. Give humans a little more credit. (4)

It can't be denied anymore. So we need to have everybody stop blaming it on one celebrity president or even one political party, acknowledge that this goes to the root, and work together to form the communities of equity, accessibility, and care that we want. (3)

It has always been more priveleges and perks for the wealthy, from healthcare to leisure time to Get Out of Jail Free cards, and fewer and fewer the less whitenes, resources, and power you have. The good news about it being so blatant now is that more people know than ever.

Seeing people say "our government has fallen" over this post.

No.

It's always been corrupt patriarchal white supremacist "Manifest Destiny" garbage. If it's just now feeling "fallen" for you, you were just too privileged to feel it before. (1)

Looks like he's laying the foundation to make domestic abuse legal now.

IPV is absolutely a crime, one that affects over 40% of women and 26% of men. 20% of murders are IPV-related.

Mail-in ballots are crucial. When I worked as an election judge, Republican judges mocked the accessible booth (which wasn't very accessible). Many disabled folks don't know it exists or have transportation to get to it in the first place. Disabled rights are the first to go under fascism.

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