Defiant Mom
@dfiantmom.bsky.social
Mom of two, LGBTQ ally, feminist, and an advocate for people living with a disability. I love my kids, adore my dog, and enjoy a great book. Goal for 2025: speak softly, carry a big stick
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What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
July 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
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I will be teaching this WRITING DISABLED CHARACTERS IN FICTION workshop online through Women on Writing for six weeks starting July 15th! All disabled writers welcome! Sign up below!
#DisabilitySky #AmWriting #Teaching #BookSky #WritingCommunity
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#DisabilitySky #AmWriting #Teaching #BookSky #WritingCommunity
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Writing Disabled Characters in Fiction with Dr. Lara Ameen
Disabled people make up about 20% of the U.S. population, but only about 2% of disabled characters are represented on-screen and most of that representation deals with damaging stereotypes. This six-w...
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June 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I will be teaching this WRITING DISABLED CHARACTERS IN FICTION workshop online through Women on Writing for six weeks starting July 15th! All disabled writers welcome! Sign up below!
#DisabilitySky #AmWriting #Teaching #BookSky #WritingCommunity
www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...
#DisabilitySky #AmWriting #Teaching #BookSky #WritingCommunity
www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...
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Hey there Scott Walker. I noticed you deleted this after learning that in fact the shooter was from the right. I don’t think it matters either way, violence is violence, so I’m waiting for you to tweet the same thing with corrected facts?
Cuz you’re uh, to use your words, “being silent.”
Cuz you’re uh, to use your words, “being silent.”
June 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hey there Scott Walker. I noticed you deleted this after learning that in fact the shooter was from the right. I don’t think it matters either way, violence is violence, so I’m waiting for you to tweet the same thing with corrected facts?
Cuz you’re uh, to use your words, “being silent.”
Cuz you’re uh, to use your words, “being silent.”
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Vote them out!
June 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Vote them out!
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June 14, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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This month, I beg you to look past the prejudice & the preaching you’ve had crammed down your throat your whole life. Look past your anger, & your pastor’s fear. Look at these beautiful humans. Trying with all their hearts to claim the dignity and love and safety that they, as humans, deserve. (MKB)
June 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This month, I beg you to look past the prejudice & the preaching you’ve had crammed down your throat your whole life. Look past your anger, & your pastor’s fear. Look at these beautiful humans. Trying with all their hearts to claim the dignity and love and safety that they, as humans, deserve. (MKB)
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As the parent of a young man who uses a wheelchair, this is beyond infuriating.
Republicans need to respond and stand up for their constituents.
“By then, it was too late to send it back. The total cost of her wheelchair was close to $6,000, of which nearly $3,500 was for tariffs alone.”
Republicans need to respond and stand up for their constituents.
“By then, it was too late to send it back. The total cost of her wheelchair was close to $6,000, of which nearly $3,500 was for tariffs alone.”
Americans are already seeing Trump's tariffs kick in. They sent in receipts to prove it
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/g...
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Americans are already seeing Trump's tariffs kick in. They sent in receipts to prove it
There's new tariffs on almost everything that is imported. Some of that increased cost is being eaten by exporters in other countries, but a lot of the higher prices are being picked up by Americans, ...
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
As the parent of a young man who uses a wheelchair, this is beyond infuriating.
Republicans need to respond and stand up for their constituents.
“By then, it was too late to send it back. The total cost of her wheelchair was close to $6,000, of which nearly $3,500 was for tariffs alone.”
Republicans need to respond and stand up for their constituents.
“By then, it was too late to send it back. The total cost of her wheelchair was close to $6,000, of which nearly $3,500 was for tariffs alone.”
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staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
🧢 @trumpfile.org
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
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May 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
🧢 @trumpfile.org
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
🧢 @trumpfile.org
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Racism is when you believe a white guy is innocent after a jury has concluded 34 times that he isn’t, and you immediately decide an immigrant is guilty when the immigrant hasn’t even had a chance to present their defense.
May 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Racism is when you believe a white guy is innocent after a jury has concluded 34 times that he isn’t, and you immediately decide an immigrant is guilty when the immigrant hasn’t even had a chance to present their defense.
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Work deserves dignity.
A living wage. A home. Health care. Security in hard times.
FDR called these basic rights — not luxuries.
youtube.com/shorts/Ox_dP...
A living wage. A home. Health care. Security in hard times.
FDR called these basic rights — not luxuries.
youtube.com/shorts/Ox_dP...
FDR's Second Bill of Rights
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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May 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Work deserves dignity.
A living wage. A home. Health care. Security in hard times.
FDR called these basic rights — not luxuries.
youtube.com/shorts/Ox_dP...
A living wage. A home. Health care. Security in hard times.
FDR called these basic rights — not luxuries.
youtube.com/shorts/Ox_dP...
Bernie has been right all along.
🔥 WATCH: Bernie sweeps aside Senator Slotkin saying Dems should stop talking about fighting the oligarchy because people don’t understand.
Of course people get it. And if they don’t, you don’t stop saying it. You say it until they do. #FightTheOligarchy 🇺🇸
Of course people get it. And if they don’t, you don’t stop saying it. You say it until they do. #FightTheOligarchy 🇺🇸
April 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Bernie has been right all along.
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“I never heard of X when I was a kid” doesn’t mean anything! I never heard of a bagel when I was a kid, yet they existed. They just didn’t exist in my experience…doesn’t mean they didn’t exist.
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“I never heard of X when I was a kid” doesn’t mean anything! I never heard of a bagel when I was a kid, yet they existed. They just didn’t exist in my experience…doesn’t mean they didn’t exist.
Way to go Dr. Underly! Thank you for advocating for our kids and schools! @underlyforwi.bsky.social
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Wisconsin DPI will not sign certification related to Title VI compliance
“We will always do what is best for kids,” State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly said.
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April 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Way to go Dr. Underly! Thank you for advocating for our kids and schools! @underlyforwi.bsky.social
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'If Your Church Won't Speak Out About a Deported Father (and Thousands More Like Him)—It May as Well Cancel Easter'
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April 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
'If Your Church Won't Speak Out About a Deported Father (and Thousands More Like Him)—It May as Well Cancel Easter'
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Propaganda…the end game is the same. To convince the general public that there is such a thing as “a life not worth living.” Using a toilet unassisted is not what gives life meaning, nor do any of the other things listed. This is straight out of the nazi handbook.
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
April 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Propaganda…the end game is the same. To convince the general public that there is such a thing as “a life not worth living.” Using a toilet unassisted is not what gives life meaning, nor do any of the other things listed. This is straight out of the nazi handbook.
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Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah
April 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah
HHS Scraps Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
It has never been about protecting families and babies. If Republicans really valued families and babies, cutting funding for these critical newborn screenings would never be considered. Never.
It has never been about protecting families and babies. If Republicans really valued families and babies, cutting funding for these critical newborn screenings would never be considered. Never.
HHS Scraps Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening
Cut comes as new conditions could have been added to a national screening panel
www.medpagetoday.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
HHS Scraps Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
It has never been about protecting families and babies. If Republicans really valued families and babies, cutting funding for these critical newborn screenings would never be considered. Never.
It has never been about protecting families and babies. If Republicans really valued families and babies, cutting funding for these critical newborn screenings would never be considered. Never.
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