Kathy Radigan
@kathyradigan.bsky.social
Writer, disability advocate, mom of 3, wife to 1, coffee addict. Believes in reproductive rights, abortion care, LGBQT rights, equality for all, and laughing. A lot. Contributing author to best selling anthology, So God Made A Mother.
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Prices are soaring, your 401k is in the tank, Social Security phone lines are hours long.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.
March 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Prices are soaring, your 401k is in the tank, Social Security phone lines are hours long.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.
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RFK Jr's move to eliminate the Administration for Community Living, which helps disabled & aging people stay at home instead of being institutionalized, is disastrous.
I'm never done shouting about what my mom's institutionalization took from her & from us (so here's my @teenvogue.com piece again).
I'm never done shouting about what my mom's institutionalization took from her & from us (so here's my @teenvogue.com piece again).
Graduating From Dead Mom University
In this op-ed, Lindsay Lee Wallace explores grief, and how no amount of success in school or work could protect her from it.
www.teenvogue.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
RFK Jr's move to eliminate the Administration for Community Living, which helps disabled & aging people stay at home instead of being institutionalized, is disastrous.
I'm never done shouting about what my mom's institutionalization took from her & from us (so here's my @teenvogue.com piece again).
I'm never done shouting about what my mom's institutionalization took from her & from us (so here's my @teenvogue.com piece again).
“Now remember we are playing dinosaurs, we are not really dinosaurs so there will be no eating of our friends.”
Why I love working at a preschool.
Why I love working at a preschool.
March 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“Now remember we are playing dinosaurs, we are not really dinosaurs so there will be no eating of our friends.”
Why I love working at a preschool.
Why I love working at a preschool.
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Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
February 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
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This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
@aoc.bsky.social
Please explain what just happened. Is there no way to stop this w the reconciliation to be used by GOP to get around the filibuster? Are we sunk?
Please explain what just happened. Is there no way to stop this w the reconciliation to be used by GOP to get around the filibuster? Are we sunk?
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
February 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
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Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Funny how people who love to call people names don’t like to be called racist. I’m sorry if it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck it’s probably a racist duck.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
GOP pollster says Trump voters ‘tired’ of being accused of racism
Republican pollster Frank Luntz said on Friday that President Trump’s voters are “tired” of being accused of being sexist and racist. In a discussion about Trump’s remarks linking diversity, equity…
thehill.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Funny how people who love to call people names don’t like to be called racist. I’m sorry if it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck it’s probably a racist duck.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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Folks, I see a lot of you recently feeling free to use some variation of the "R" word for mentally disabled, including appending the last four letters as suffix to describe people you don't like. I'm not down with that, so if you do it in my comments, I'm gonna hide that shit at least. Be better.
February 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Folks, I see a lot of you recently feeling free to use some variation of the "R" word for mentally disabled, including appending the last four letters as suffix to describe people you don't like. I'm not down with that, so if you do it in my comments, I'm gonna hide that shit at least. Be better.
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The most surreal and maddening feature of the campaign was that everyone agreed that high prices were the main issue but the guy explicitly, consistently running on a platform of raising everyone’s prices won voters most concerned about high prices.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
February 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The most surreal and maddening feature of the campaign was that everyone agreed that high prices were the main issue but the guy explicitly, consistently running on a platform of raising everyone’s prices won voters most concerned about high prices.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
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An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country.
apnews.com/article/abor...
apnews.com/article/abor...
Arrest warrant issued for New York doctor indicted in Louisiana for prescribing abortion pill
An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online to a pregnant minor. Dr.
apnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country.
apnews.com/article/abor...
apnews.com/article/abor...
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Oh look. A President, a Governor, a Mayor - all at the crash site at the Chesapeake Bay with first responders. Not swimming. Showing empathy and leadership.
February 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Oh look. A President, a Governor, a Mayor - all at the crash site at the Chesapeake Bay with first responders. Not swimming. Showing empathy and leadership.
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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
Yes!!!! This is going to be one of our biggest challenges. They want overwhelmed and feeling hopeless. Then we don’t fight.
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
February 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Yes!!!! This is going to be one of our biggest challenges. They want overwhelmed and feeling hopeless. Then we don’t fight.
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Only 3% of new housing approved in London is accessible, study finds
Only 3% of new housing approved in London is accessible, study finds
Shocking shortage of suitable homes for disabled and elderly, with less than 1% designed for wheelchair users
Just 3% of new homes granted planning approval in London last year are suitable for older or disabled people to live in, according to a new…
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Only 3% of new housing approved in London is accessible, study finds
Amazing story. This is why government grants and funding is so important.
Emmy's Journey
YouTube video by Developmental Disabilities Institute
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Amazing story. This is why government grants and funding is so important.
I will never be able to wrap my brain around the fact that a majority of my fellow citizens knew who this President was and either said yes, that’s what I want. Or said, both choices are horrible I’m staying home and not voting. I mean, people wanted this, or at least were okay with it.
January 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I will never be able to wrap my brain around the fact that a majority of my fellow citizens knew who this President was and either said yes, that’s what I want. Or said, both choices are horrible I’m staying home and not voting. I mean, people wanted this, or at least were okay with it.
Yes!!!!
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Yes!!!!
Abortion is healthcare and should only be in the hands of medical professionals not politicians.
January 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Abortion is healthcare and should only be in the hands of medical professionals not politicians.
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I have and will continue to. But you know why I say it here ? Because @bsky.app is 30m strong and growing quickly. The collective wisdom and influence of users here is far greater than any individual democrat.
I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.
I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.
No offense, Mark, but you have influence and power most of us don’t. Why don’t you speak up to those in DC you have connections with? Actions speak louder than words as you well know.
January 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I have and will continue to. But you know why I say it here ? Because @bsky.app is 30m strong and growing quickly. The collective wisdom and influence of users here is far greater than any individual democrat.
I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.
I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.