Katharine
@kwspeechie.bsky.social
She/Her
SLP, advocate for inclusion and equity #bskySpeechies #EduSky
Mom by choice FOR choice, advocate for bodily autonomy, Abortion IS Healthcare
Ally, advocate for love and justice
#AbolishTrumpRegime
SLP, advocate for inclusion and equity #bskySpeechies #EduSky
Mom by choice FOR choice, advocate for bodily autonomy, Abortion IS Healthcare
Ally, advocate for love and justice
#AbolishTrumpRegime
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Imagine if another country’s president was cracking down on the opposition party’s fundraising mechanism “to cripple their opponents’ political infrastructure”
Authoritarianism is here. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Authoritarianism is here. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Imagine if another country’s president was cracking down on the opposition party’s fundraising mechanism “to cripple their opponents’ political infrastructure”
Authoritarianism is here. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Authoritarianism is here. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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38 of the 43.
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
38 of the 43.
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court will hear consolidated cases challenging Trump’s executive order to limit birthright citizenship on May 15. In these cases, the administration seeks to limit the scope of nationwide injunctions. www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
April 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will hear consolidated cases challenging Trump’s executive order to limit birthright citizenship on May 15. In these cases, the administration seeks to limit the scope of nationwide injunctions. www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
Birthright citizenship is enshrined in the Constitution through the first section of the 14th Amendment.
The relevant text states:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
The relevant text states:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Trump Plan to End Birthright Citizenship
The Trump administration had asked the justices to lift a nationwide pause on the policy as lower court challenges continue.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Birthright citizenship is enshrined in the Constitution through the first section of the 14th Amendment.
The relevant text states:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
The relevant text states:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
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🧵 time!!!! This will be long so strap in!!! The TL;DR version is simple: if you are a naturalized citizen, you need to check your status at SSA immediately and if you aren’t listed as a citizen, you need to correct that. Immediately. Ok so here’s the news article we are discussing. Let’s go. 1/?
April 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🧵 time!!!! This will be long so strap in!!! The TL;DR version is simple: if you are a naturalized citizen, you need to check your status at SSA immediately and if you aren’t listed as a citizen, you need to correct that. Immediately. Ok so here’s the news article we are discussing. Let’s go. 1/?
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are all fundamental values in ed. These are things that we celebrate #edusky
This regime is threatening funding to our neediest students & schools in an effort to whitewash of the curriculum and eliminate the diversity that truly makes us great.
#AbolishTrumpRegime
This regime is threatening funding to our neediest students & schools in an effort to whitewash of the curriculum and eliminate the diversity that truly makes us great.
#AbolishTrumpRegime
The Fight Between Trump and Public Schools Over DEI Escalates (Gift Article)
Can President Trump withhold federal money for low-income students? A brewing fight over diversity, equity and inclusion programs may force the courts to decide.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are all fundamental values in ed. These are things that we celebrate #edusky
This regime is threatening funding to our neediest students & schools in an effort to whitewash of the curriculum and eliminate the diversity that truly makes us great.
#AbolishTrumpRegime
This regime is threatening funding to our neediest students & schools in an effort to whitewash of the curriculum and eliminate the diversity that truly makes us great.
#AbolishTrumpRegime
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Tyranny relies on obedience.
They want us to fear them.
They expect our silence.
But we will never bow.
Join us on 4/19.
They want us to fear them.
They expect our silence.
But we will never bow.
Join us on 4/19.
April 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Tyranny relies on obedience.
They want us to fear them.
They expect our silence.
But we will never bow.
Join us on 4/19.
They want us to fear them.
They expect our silence.
But we will never bow.
Join us on 4/19.
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JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
The government sent several planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador, including 137 people under the act, the White House said at the time.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
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Historians and voting experts have emphasized the unprecedented nature of this attack on voting rights. The federal government has historically acted to protect and expand voting rights, rather than restrict them.
#NOtoSAVEact
#AbolishTrumpRegime
#NOtoSAVEact
#AbolishTrumpRegime
‘The most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history’: How the SAVE Act upends over a century and a half of protecting voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Historians and voting experts have emphasized the unprecedented nature of this attack on voting rights. The federal government has historically acted to protect and expand voting rights, rather than restrict them.
#NOtoSAVEact
#AbolishTrumpRegime
#NOtoSAVEact
#AbolishTrumpRegime
We can see this regime's insidious form of control through manufactured chaos, demoralization, and the systematic dismantling of essential government functions is hurting our federal workers. Let's send some extra support and appreciation to the #Altgov heroes!
#AbolishTrumpRegime
#AbolishTrumpRegime
Federal Workers Are Facing a New Reality
The problem for government employees isn’t just low morale. It’s the manufactured chaos.
www.theatlantic.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We can see this regime's insidious form of control through manufactured chaos, demoralization, and the systematic dismantling of essential government functions is hurting our federal workers. Let's send some extra support and appreciation to the #Altgov heroes!
#AbolishTrumpRegime
#AbolishTrumpRegime
Due process exists because the state is supposed to prove its allegations against you before depriving you of life and liberty.
#AbolishTrumpRegime
#AbolishTrumpRegime
April 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Due process exists because the state is supposed to prove its allegations against you before depriving you of life and liberty.
#AbolishTrumpRegime
#AbolishTrumpRegime
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly sent to El Salvadorian Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, or CECOT. SCOTUS unanimously upheld a lower court decision ordering the [regime] to release Garcia from custody.
The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived
The justices ordered the government to seek the return of a man whom it had wrongfully deported.
www.theatlantic.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly sent to El Salvadorian Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, or CECOT. SCOTUS unanimously upheld a lower court decision ordering the [regime] to release Garcia from custody.
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Republicans just passed a budget that guts Medicaid, SNAP, veterans’ benefits, and free school lunches.
They swore they'd fix the economy—but this sure as hell ain’t it.
They swore they'd fix the economy—but this sure as hell ain’t it.
April 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Republicans just passed a budget that guts Medicaid, SNAP, veterans’ benefits, and free school lunches.
They swore they'd fix the economy—but this sure as hell ain’t it.
They swore they'd fix the economy—but this sure as hell ain’t it.
👎Military ID 🚫
👎Driver's licenses/Enhanced DLs 🚫
👎Women will be unable to register w/ their birth certificate if they changed their name even if they bring a marriage certificate 🚫
👎Trans individuals, same as women 🚫
Passports are the only fully accepted doc and more than 50% do not have one!
👎Driver's licenses/Enhanced DLs 🚫
👎Women will be unable to register w/ their birth certificate if they changed their name even if they bring a marriage certificate 🚫
👎Trans individuals, same as women 🚫
Passports are the only fully accepted doc and more than 50% do not have one!
thehill.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
👎Military ID 🚫
👎Driver's licenses/Enhanced DLs 🚫
👎Women will be unable to register w/ their birth certificate if they changed their name even if they bring a marriage certificate 🚫
👎Trans individuals, same as women 🚫
Passports are the only fully accepted doc and more than 50% do not have one!
👎Driver's licenses/Enhanced DLs 🚫
👎Women will be unable to register w/ their birth certificate if they changed their name even if they bring a marriage certificate 🚫
👎Trans individuals, same as women 🚫
Passports are the only fully accepted doc and more than 50% do not have one!
Reposted by Katharine
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would make it much harder for millions of people to register to vote.
We're calling on the Senate to reject this legislation.
We're calling on the Senate to reject this legislation.
April 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would make it much harder for millions of people to register to vote.
We're calling on the Senate to reject this legislation.
We're calling on the Senate to reject this legislation.
🧵 The CDC's Abortion Surveillance Report for 2022, released in November 2024 shows that:
* 92.8% were performed ≤13 weeks' gestation.
* 6.1% were performed between 14 and 20 weeks' gestation.
* 1.1% were performed ≥21 weeks' gestation.
#AbortionIsHealthcare
* 92.8% were performed ≤13 weeks' gestation.
* 6.1% were performed between 14 and 20 weeks' gestation.
* 1.1% were performed ≥21 weeks' gestation.
#AbortionIsHealthcare
April 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🧵 The CDC's Abortion Surveillance Report for 2022, released in November 2024 shows that:
* 92.8% were performed ≤13 weeks' gestation.
* 6.1% were performed between 14 and 20 weeks' gestation.
* 1.1% were performed ≥21 weeks' gestation.
#AbortionIsHealthcare
* 92.8% were performed ≤13 weeks' gestation.
* 6.1% were performed between 14 and 20 weeks' gestation.
* 1.1% were performed ≥21 weeks' gestation.
#AbortionIsHealthcare
At my school we are celebrating Autism Acceptance Month with a spirit week. The theme tomorrow is Communication Differences and as the building #SLP I shared this video.
It is worth every moment of the 9 min length!
We are made stronger by our diversity, provision of equity, and inclusion of all!
It is worth every moment of the 9 min length!
We are made stronger by our diversity, provision of equity, and inclusion of all!
Pixar Sparkshorts: Loop | Short Film on Disney+
YouTube video by Pixar
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April 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
At my school we are celebrating Autism Acceptance Month with a spirit week. The theme tomorrow is Communication Differences and as the building #SLP I shared this video.
It is worth every moment of the 9 min length!
We are made stronger by our diversity, provision of equity, and inclusion of all!
It is worth every moment of the 9 min length!
We are made stronger by our diversity, provision of equity, and inclusion of all!
Nope, we are REAL people who have REAL anger about the REAL danger this regime poses to our democracy.
Keep fighting!
#ResistLOUDLY
#RebelCONFIDENTLY
#DefyFIRMLY
#DivestFULLY
#ABOLISHtrumpREGIME
Keep fighting!
#ResistLOUDLY
#RebelCONFIDENTLY
#DefyFIRMLY
#DivestFULLY
#ABOLISHtrumpREGIME
Elon Musk says Saturday's protesters were "paid puppets." That's not what I saw.
Right wingers are trying to discount the mass mobilization the country saw on Saturday.
www.motherjones.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Nope, we are REAL people who have REAL anger about the REAL danger this regime poses to our democracy.
Keep fighting!
#ResistLOUDLY
#RebelCONFIDENTLY
#DefyFIRMLY
#DivestFULLY
#ABOLISHtrumpREGIME
Keep fighting!
#ResistLOUDLY
#RebelCONFIDENTLY
#DefyFIRMLY
#DivestFULLY
#ABOLISHtrumpREGIME
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The fact that everything around us is burning to the ground & some people still have no clue that they voted for the arsonist or are complicit in the arson is absolutely mind boggling.
People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯.
America, we have a problem!
People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯.
America, we have a problem!
April 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The fact that everything around us is burning to the ground & some people still have no clue that they voted for the arsonist or are complicit in the arson is absolutely mind boggling.
People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯.
America, we have a problem!
People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯.
America, we have a problem!
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Decline is a choice. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
open.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Decline is a choice. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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🧵1/2 This regime embodies the idea that "cruelty comes from weakness".
👎Weakness in emotional intelligence=cruel lack of empathy
👎Weakness in legitimacy=cruel inability to tolerate dissent
👎Weakness in ability to build consensus=cruel reliance on oppression
👎Weakness in emotional intelligence=cruel lack of empathy
👎Weakness in legitimacy=cruel inability to tolerate dissent
👎Weakness in ability to build consensus=cruel reliance on oppression
March 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🧵1/2 This regime embodies the idea that "cruelty comes from weakness".
👎Weakness in emotional intelligence=cruel lack of empathy
👎Weakness in legitimacy=cruel inability to tolerate dissent
👎Weakness in ability to build consensus=cruel reliance on oppression
👎Weakness in emotional intelligence=cruel lack of empathy
👎Weakness in legitimacy=cruel inability to tolerate dissent
👎Weakness in ability to build consensus=cruel reliance on oppression