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Rahnee K (she/they)
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Writer. Disability Rights Activist. Proud Public Servant.
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www.azfamily.com/2025/12/24/s...
Social media trolls target Phoenix theater group for people with disabilities
Nearly 50,000 people liked the Empowered Theater and Arts video, but the support also drew trolls who attacked the artists with disabilities.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
35 years after ADA, people with disabilities still find hotels unaccommodating
AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Alabama Begs Supreme Court to Make It Easier to Execute People With Intellectual Disabilities
The bizarre oral argument in Hamm v. Smith shows how decades of case law rooted in science is now under siege at the Supreme Court.
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December 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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December 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home kills at least 2, governor says
Bucks County officials notified authorities of an explosion before 3 p.m. at the Silver Lake nursing home in Bristol Township, about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Why finding childcare for kids with disabilities is so difficult in the U.S.
More than a quarter of all parents of children with disabilities say they struggle to find appropriate childcare for their kids. And even for those who do, many say their kids routinely encounter disc...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Accept it: Sexual exploitation of anyone under 18 years of age is criminal. Any attempt to justify exploitation ignores overwhelming evidence of harm and perpetuates abuse. It is irresponsible and hateful.
December 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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LaMonica McIver: The Disproportionate Trafficking Of Black Women And Girls Must Be Addressed
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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December 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Health Care Accessibility: Further Efforts Needed to Address Barriers for People with Disabilities www.gao.gov/products/gao...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Juez federal ordena a la Administración Trump devolver a EE.UU. a los inmigrantes enviados al CECOT
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December 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Louisiana nursing student speaks out during her six-month ICE detention www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Louisiana nursing student speaks out during her six-month ICE detention
Vilma Palacios, 22, tells local outlet ‘I want my freedom back’ as she may be forced to return to Honduras
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Relational Disability and Invisible Illness in Industrial Britain: Osiris: Vol 39
Abstract Recent historiography has questioned the validity of an “industrialization thesis” that directly links disability to the industrial revolution and the exclusion of nonstandard bodies from fac...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans
Angela Frederick's new book calls to put disability at the center of disaster planning.
www.motherjones.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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www.wbir.com/article/news...
Tennessee Disability Coalition says state earned 'incomplete' for failing to address needs of people with disabilities
The coalition released its fourth annual scorecard. That advocacy group said while the state has made progress, it has been limited.
www.wbir.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Something tells us we’re likely to see more of these lawsuits coming up.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Muhammad Altantawi murdered his mother Nada Huranieh, because she was divorcing her misogynistic husband and wanted her daughters to have a life of their choice.

Some of the critical evidence found against him was found in the washing machine because he didn't know how to run a cycle. How fitting.
Muhammad Altantawi was found guilty Monday of first-degree premeditated murder of his mother, Nada Huranieh. Prosecutors said he smothered her, threw her out a second-story window, then made it look like an accident. Todd McInturf, The Detroit Only 16 years old at the time, Muhammad sided with his father Bassell Altantawi, then 46. He blamed his 35-year-old mother, Nada Huranieh, with splitting up their family with her rejection of traditional Syrian and Islamic customs, such as wearing a hijab and her perceived permissive raising of his two sisters, ages 12 and 14 at the time. He believed his mother only wanted to take his father's 11,000-square-foot mansion and money. The parents had married in 1999. Investigators believe Altantawi suffocated his mother, threw her body out a second-floor window of their home about 6 a.m. on August 21, 2017, and then staged it to look like an accidental fall. Witnesses, including Altantawi's sister, Aya Altantawi, now 20, who testified her brother was becoming increasingly upset about their mother - whom he called "not a good Muslim" and referenced as a "dog" on his cellphone. He was also concerned his father might go to prison for insurance fraud, aided by his mother's pending deposition in the case. In 2016, Bassell Altantawi was charged by the Michigan State Attorney General with Medicare fraud at his Urgent Care Clinic in Canton. That March he entered a guilty plea to counts of Medicaid fraud false claims and two counts of health care fraud, which are felonies that can carry up to four years in prison. He was spared prison time but had his physician's license suspended in February 2017 and was required to and did pay $277,953 in restitution, according to a spokesperson in the state attorney general office. According to divorce filings, Altantawi - who once had an annual income in excess of $350,000 - found himself unable to work as a physician and subsequently meet support payments for his estranged wife and three children or "no longer able to support them in their lavish lifestyle" in Farmington Hills. When his mother told him two weeks before her death that she was going to send him to live with his father, Muhammad said "You are going to get what's coming to you." The offense carries life in prison without parole. Defense attorneys could not be immediately reached for comment.
December 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Go Ahead, Be a Socialist
Republicans’ scare tactics fail, as even the squatter likes NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The way the people of Minneapolis have responded to the arrival of federal immigration agents is inspiring. Many stories here: www.headsupnews.org/p/federal-ag...
Federal agents get an ice-cold reception in Minneapolis
Powerful stories of residents fighting back
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December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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The Blue Stars - Stormy (Vietnamese All Girl Band, Live Cover) [1960s]
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The Blue Stars - Stormy (Vietnamese All Girl Band, Live Cover) [1960s]
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December 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Trump administration waives $16.7 million in fines for American Airlines over wheelchair issues
By David ShepardsonThe U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it will waive $16.7 million in fines issued to American Airlines under then President Joe Biden in 2024 as part of a settlement over ...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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The Dogs of Chernobyl Are Experiencing Rapid Evolution, Study Suggests
Have the canines acquired strange mutations living near the power plant?
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December 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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How could Trump interfere in the midterms? Here's what voting officials are watching
Less than a year from the midterm elections, state and local voting officials from both major political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by the Trump administration.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Wish Book: ‘My days consisted of tears’: Parents band together to provide help, hope
Nonprofit offers assistance to parents raising loved ones with developmental delays.
www.mercurynews.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM