April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
They are still pursuing litigation to have Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act declared unconstitutional. So far, the state of SC has withdrawn, in part due to the public pressure.
We need more of this energy.
Please contact your state’s OAG if your state is part of this suit.
We need more of this energy.
Please contact your state’s OAG if your state is part of this suit.
The disabled are in jeopardy
Section 504 is Under Attack
"Section 504 essentially prohibits all entities that receive federal funding from discriminating against disabled people."
Landlords may discriminate
Employers may discriminate
reasonable accommodations
time.com/7258245/disa...
Section 504 is Under Attack
"Section 504 essentially prohibits all entities that receive federal funding from discriminating against disabled people."
Landlords may discriminate
Employers may discriminate
reasonable accommodations
time.com/7258245/disa...
A Lawsuit Threatens the Disability Protections I've Known My Whole Life
Attorneys general from 17 states have argued Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act should be declared unconstitutional
time.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
They are still pursuing litigation to have Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act declared unconstitutional. So far, the state of SC has withdrawn, in part due to the public pressure.
We need more of this energy.
Please contact your state’s OAG if your state is part of this suit.
We need more of this energy.
Please contact your state’s OAG if your state is part of this suit.
17 states are suing to eliminate Section 504 protections.
--They are using transgender kids as the pretext, but the language of the measures--do not be confused here--will absolutely throw every single student who qualifies for a 504 under the bus.
--They are using transgender kids as the pretext, but the language of the measures--do not be confused here--will absolutely throw every single student who qualifies for a 504 under the bus.
17 States Sue To End Protections For Students With Special Needs
The suit challenges a Biden administration decision that considered "gender dysphoria" a disability and goes even farther in questioning assistance for students.
www.forbes.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
17 states are suing to eliminate Section 504 protections.
--They are using transgender kids as the pretext, but the language of the measures--do not be confused here--will absolutely throw every single student who qualifies for a 504 under the bus.
--They are using transgender kids as the pretext, but the language of the measures--do not be confused here--will absolutely throw every single student who qualifies for a 504 under the bus.
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Eight county health departments no longer offer the clinical services they have traditionally provided, like immunizations, preventive screening and reproductive health services.
Health Department cuts clinical services at some county clinics following insufficient funding from Legislature - Mississippi Today
Eight county health departments no longer offer the clinical services they have traditionally provided, like immunizations, preventive screening and reproductive health services.
buff.ly
February 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Eight county health departments no longer offer the clinical services they have traditionally provided, like immunizations, preventive screening and reproductive health services.
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The latest from Marshall Ramsey: Git
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February 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The latest from Marshall Ramsey: Git
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https://buff.ly/3EnpTGY
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All these women who turned in January 6 terrorists are in danger tonight
January 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
All these women who turned in January 6 terrorists are in danger tonight
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HR 9495 will go to a vote this week, likely Tuesday or Wednesday. Again. It's called a "nonprofit killer," a "threat to free speech," and will give Trump unprecedented power.
Tell your congresspeople to vote "no" on this bill.
See how your reps voted the first time
Find your rep's info here.
Tell your congresspeople to vote "no" on this bill.
See how your reps voted the first time
Find your rep's info here.
November 17, 2024 at 5:30 PM
HR 9495 will go to a vote this week, likely Tuesday or Wednesday. Again. It's called a "nonprofit killer," a "threat to free speech," and will give Trump unprecedented power.
Tell your congresspeople to vote "no" on this bill.
See how your reps voted the first time
Find your rep's info here.
Tell your congresspeople to vote "no" on this bill.
See how your reps voted the first time
Find your rep's info here.
I will never forget, and it will never be a source of deep shame, that the fall of RvW came from a MS-led case. Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
November 17, 2024 at 5:38 PM
I will never forget, and it will never be a source of deep shame, that the fall of RvW came from a MS-led case. Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
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"If journalist freedoms are stripped from us in Mississippi or elsewhere, the corruption and wrongdoing of our government leaders could go more easily unseen. Every citizen — not just the journalists — would be harmed."
@mstodaynews, Adam Ganucheau
@mstodaynews, Adam Ganucheau
Opinion | Mississippi Opens the Playbook for Dismantling a Free Press
A politician’s defamation case against a small Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization is designed to drain its financial resources.
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2024 at 8:42 PM
"If journalist freedoms are stripped from us in Mississippi or elsewhere, the corruption and wrongdoing of our government leaders could go more easily unseen. Every citizen — not just the journalists — would be harmed."
@mstodaynews, Adam Ganucheau
@mstodaynews, Adam Ganucheau
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I’ve been spending lots of time explaining the burst of online & offline misogyny happening now, so thought I’d make a thread telling you about some of those conversations. If you haven’t seen the ISD report on the days post election, recommend a quick read but 1/: www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
"Your body, my choice:" Hate and harassment towards women spreads online
Following the US presidential election, online hate speech and harassment toward women surged, with some users calling to limit women’s rights.
www.isdglobal.org
November 15, 2024 at 4:23 PM
I’ve been spending lots of time explaining the burst of online & offline misogyny happening now, so thought I’d make a thread telling you about some of those conversations. If you haven’t seen the ISD report on the days post election, recommend a quick read but 1/: www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
MS maternal mortality rate is double the national average. MS has yet to expand Medicaid – one of only 10 states not to do so – and many working Mississippians remain without health insurance. It also has no paid family leave – all of which are critical to improving infant and maternal health care.
Mississippi receives 'F' rating on preterm birth rate
Mississippi’s preterm birth rate was 15%, the worst in the country.
mississippitoday.org
November 15, 2024 at 7:45 PM
MS maternal mortality rate is double the national average. MS has yet to expand Medicaid – one of only 10 states not to do so – and many working Mississippians remain without health insurance. It also has no paid family leave – all of which are critical to improving infant and maternal health care.
Goodnight from The Shadow of Doom and Princess Wrinklebutt! 🦋💙
November 15, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Goodnight from The Shadow of Doom and Princess Wrinklebutt! 🦋💙
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It’s almost as if they absolutely did not care at all
People who say they care about women’s and girls’ sports are noticeably quiet about how eliminating the Department of Education would end federal oversight of Title IX enforcement of the equal existence of women’s and girls’ sports
November 13, 2024 at 9:53 PM
It’s almost as if they absolutely did not care at all
Reports of women being sent home untreated in dangerous scenarios have proliferated across the country since Roe was overturned. "Women...have been subject to sepsis and we’re now hearing reports with death,” Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, said Wednesday.
Anti-Abortion Activists Press Trump For More Restrictions
Anti-abortion advocates say they will quickly dismantle President Biden's abortion policies once Donald Trump returns ot the White House.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 13, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Reports of women being sent home untreated in dangerous scenarios have proliferated across the country since Roe was overturned. "Women...have been subject to sepsis and we’re now hearing reports with death,” Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, said Wednesday.
"The practice of counting ballots cast by election day but received afterward goes back to the Civil War, when many states permitted soldiers to vote in the field before sending their ballots to soldiers’ home precincts,” attorneys for the two groups wrote." An appeal has been filed.
Groups seek a new hearing on a Mississippi mail-in ballot lawsuit
Two groups appealed a federal appeals court ruling that Mississippi cannot count mail-in ballots that are cast and postmarked by Election Day but arrive a few days later.
mississippitoday.org
November 13, 2024 at 9:54 PM
"The practice of counting ballots cast by election day but received afterward goes back to the Civil War, when many states permitted soldiers to vote in the field before sending their ballots to soldiers’ home precincts,” attorneys for the two groups wrote." An appeal has been filed.
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Purging the responsible Generals for those who are loyal first to #45 and not the Constitution and their sworn oath to serve America with dignity and conviction first? #FASCISM
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DemsUnited
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DemsUnited
For all those people who accuse me of histrionics for getting out: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Trump Draft Executive Order Would Create Board to Purge Generals
If an executive order is enacted, it could fast-track the removal of admirals.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Purging the responsible Generals for those who are loyal first to #45 and not the Constitution and their sworn oath to serve America with dignity and conviction first? #FASCISM
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DemsUnited
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DemsUnited
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Mississippi Senate paid her half what white colleagues made- $40-60K less than her lowest-paid white colleague. Her request to chairman of the Rules Committee to equalize her salary with that of her colleagues was denied. The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday.
DOJ lawsuit: Mississippi Senate paid Black attorney half what white colleagues made
Metcalfe's salary remained $40,000 to $60,000 less than her lowest-paid white colleague during her years on the job, the lawsuit said.
mississippitoday.org
November 11, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Mississippi Senate paid her half what white colleagues made- $40-60K less than her lowest-paid white colleague. Her request to chairman of the Rules Committee to equalize her salary with that of her colleagues was denied. The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday.
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A (re)introduction! 👋 We're DAME, an independent women-owned/led news & opinion site, covering politics, policy, culture, media, climate & more. No ads, no corporate overlords, no paywall, just generous readers who help keep us publishing. We may be small , but we're determined, now more than ever.
November 11, 2024 at 3:26 PM
A (re)introduction! 👋 We're DAME, an independent women-owned/led news & opinion site, covering politics, policy, culture, media, climate & more. No ads, no corporate overlords, no paywall, just generous readers who help keep us publishing. We may be small , but we're determined, now more than ever.
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I'll never get the burn pit smell out of my memory, my dreams, my lungs.
Trump’s plan to replace VA hospitals with privatized clinics will hurt vets, especially in rural areas. We breathed toxic fumes for years and now we’re fighting for basic healthcare.
We deserve better.
#VeteransDay #BurnPits
Trump’s plan to replace VA hospitals with privatized clinics will hurt vets, especially in rural areas. We breathed toxic fumes for years and now we’re fighting for basic healthcare.
We deserve better.
#VeteransDay #BurnPits
November 11, 2024 at 12:22 PM
I'll never get the burn pit smell out of my memory, my dreams, my lungs.
Trump’s plan to replace VA hospitals with privatized clinics will hurt vets, especially in rural areas. We breathed toxic fumes for years and now we’re fighting for basic healthcare.
We deserve better.
#VeteransDay #BurnPits
Trump’s plan to replace VA hospitals with privatized clinics will hurt vets, especially in rural areas. We breathed toxic fumes for years and now we’re fighting for basic healthcare.
We deserve better.
#VeteransDay #BurnPits
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This #VeteransDay hits different, knowing we’re about to lose our disability benefits and pensions. Knowing we’re about to lose VA hospitals and clinics. Knowing he will gut the federal workforce which is 1/3 Veterans. He hates Veterans & we’re about to learn how much.
November 11, 2024 at 3:23 PM
This #VeteransDay hits different, knowing we’re about to lose our disability benefits and pensions. Knowing we’re about to lose VA hospitals and clinics. Knowing he will gut the federal workforce which is 1/3 Veterans. He hates Veterans & we’re about to learn how much.
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When I was a little kid, they made us believe our future was going to be like the Jetsons. Instead it's fucking Mad Max territory.
November 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM
When I was a little kid, they made us believe our future was going to be like the Jetsons. Instead it's fucking Mad Max territory.