Jamie Lynn
@jamielynntn.bsky.social
👋 Social justice advocate. Antifascist. Feminist. Humanist. Dog enthusiast. Invisibly disabled & covid conscious.
💼 I've worked in criminal legal reform, racial justice, counter-extremism, labor rights, & disability justice
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Opinions my own
💼 I've worked in criminal legal reform, racial justice, counter-extremism, labor rights, & disability justice
📍IA>WI>DC>PA>TN
Opinions my own
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ScienceInsider: Cruise ship’s hantavirus outbreak puts researchers in uncharted territory
by Kai Kupferschmidt @science.org @kakape.bsky.social
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by Kai Kupferschmidt @science.org @kakape.bsky.social
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Cruise ship’s hantavirus outbreak puts researchers in uncharted territory
Questions about the culprit virus and its route of spread remain as health officials make plans for stranded passengers
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May 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
ScienceInsider: Cruise ship’s hantavirus outbreak puts researchers in uncharted territory
by Kai Kupferschmidt @science.org @kakape.bsky.social
bit.ly/4d5rFtP
by Kai Kupferschmidt @science.org @kakape.bsky.social
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My very first Substack post! I read the news story linked within it right after getting off the phone with my insurance company (UHC) this morning about another denied claim and surprise bill and had to vent a bit…
We Deserve Better than Delays and Denials
Let's demand a quality "health care for all" system
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My very first Substack post! I read the news story linked within it right after getting off the phone with my insurance company (UHC) this morning about another denied claim and surprise bill and had to vent a bit…
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📣 Call for the DisCo: we're making a Bluesky starter pack of disability justice orgs to follow! Have some recommendations? Tag their accounts in the comments and send this post to your friends! #disability #accessibility
September 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
📣 Call for the DisCo: we're making a Bluesky starter pack of disability justice orgs to follow! Have some recommendations? Tag their accounts in the comments and send this post to your friends! #disability #accessibility
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NEW: Leaders of a small Arizona city ramped up affordable housing & services like soup kitchens for homeless people. In response, a former mayor got angry & tried to recall them. But they survived the recalls this month.
Bolts reports on what's happening—& the warring responses to homelessness:
Bolts reports on what's happening—& the warring responses to homelessness:
Facing Arizona’s Crackdown on Homelessness, Two Cities Offer Different Responses - Bolts
Fewer than 250 voters cast a ballot in a South Tucson recall election this month targeting the mayor and two allies in city council. The three officials, Mayor Roxy Valenzuela... Read More
boltsmag.org
August 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
NEW: Leaders of a small Arizona city ramped up affordable housing & services like soup kitchens for homeless people. In response, a former mayor got angry & tried to recall them. But they survived the recalls this month.
Bolts reports on what's happening—& the warring responses to homelessness:
Bolts reports on what's happening—& the warring responses to homelessness:
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The right wing has wanted militarized policing in blue cities — places they do not live but want to control — for most of the time I’ve covered politics. This isn’t just about Trump but a decades-long project coming to fruition.
BREAKING: National Guard troops in D.C. to begin carrying weapons tonight, including rifles, a Defense Department official said.
National Guard troops in DC to begin carrying firearms
A majority of the National Guard troops deployed to DC as part of President Trump's crime crackdown will now carry M17 pistols.
nbcnews.to
August 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The right wing has wanted militarized policing in blue cities — places they do not live but want to control — for most of the time I’ve covered politics. This isn’t just about Trump but a decades-long project coming to fruition.
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today a UN body announced famine is in Gaza. this oped from New Disabled South connects US funding of Israel's starvation campaign to Trump's BBB cutting SNAP as fundamentally American.
"The U.S. allegedly has no money to feed its children or the world’s children, but has plenty of money for war."
"The U.S. allegedly has no money to feed its children or the world’s children, but has plenty of money for war."
From Famine in Gaza to Trump Cutting SNAP, Child Hunger is An American Pastime
"At home and abroad, the U.S. government is participating in starving people, particularly children, and calling it policy."
www.teenvogue.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
today a UN body announced famine is in Gaza. this oped from New Disabled South connects US funding of Israel's starvation campaign to Trump's BBB cutting SNAP as fundamentally American.
"The U.S. allegedly has no money to feed its children or the world’s children, but has plenty of money for war."
"The U.S. allegedly has no money to feed its children or the world’s children, but has plenty of money for war."
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Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...
A deadly shooting at the CDC shook its scientists. Now they want answers from RFK Jr.
CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy’s rhetoric specifically.
www.msnbc.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...
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Lost in the hell of this week is that both Marsha Blackburn and Nancy Mace are running for governor
Barf Bag: These women need therapy, not control of state governments.
www.jezebel.com/worst-women-...
www.jezebel.com/worst-women-...
Worst Women in Congress Seek Promotions
Barf Bag: These women need therapy, not control of state governments.
www.jezebel.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Lost in the hell of this week is that both Marsha Blackburn and Nancy Mace are running for governor
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Take some time today to sit with @newdisabledsouth.org's @thetattooedjew.com's words from @caringacross.org's 60-hour Medicaid Vigil:
"The passing of this bill while funding endless wars & genocide says clearly that Congress's favorite bipartisan pastime is starving & killing the world's children."
"The passing of this bill while funding endless wars & genocide says clearly that Congress's favorite bipartisan pastime is starving & killing the world's children."
"The passing of this bill while funding endless wars and genocide says clearly that Congress's favorite bipartisan pastime is starving and killing the world's children." | Dom Kelly
"The passing of this bill while funding endless wars and genocide says clearly that Congress's favorite bipartisan pastime is starving and killing the world's children."
I was grateful to close out C...
www.linkedin.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Take some time today to sit with @newdisabledsouth.org's @thetattooedjew.com's words from @caringacross.org's 60-hour Medicaid Vigil:
"The passing of this bill while funding endless wars & genocide says clearly that Congress's favorite bipartisan pastime is starving & killing the world's children."
"The passing of this bill while funding endless wars & genocide says clearly that Congress's favorite bipartisan pastime is starving & killing the world's children."
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I feel this should be a bigger story, right?
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I feel this should be a bigger story, right?
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The most disheartening thing about America’s descent into fascism has been the abject cowardice of virtually all the people and institutions that could have stood up and refused to comply.
July 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The most disheartening thing about America’s descent into fascism has been the abject cowardice of virtually all the people and institutions that could have stood up and refused to comply.
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Make it make sense
May 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Make it make sense
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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
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NEWS: Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested for writing an op-ed criticizing her school leaders' response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, has been released from ICE detention.
The judge had stated 'there is no evidence' for the Trump regime to detain her.
The judge had stated 'there is no evidence' for the Trump regime to detain her.
May 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
NEWS: Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested for writing an op-ed criticizing her school leaders' response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, has been released from ICE detention.
The judge had stated 'there is no evidence' for the Trump regime to detain her.
The judge had stated 'there is no evidence' for the Trump regime to detain her.
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Just enter your zip code and voilà: a list of local businesses that support forced birth, voter suppression, and the end of #dueprocess
PublicSquare, the MAGA loyalty app backed by Don Jr., where fascism meets five-star reviews. #tariffs #KetanjiBrownJackson
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PublicSquare, the MAGA loyalty app backed by Don Jr., where fascism meets five-star reviews. #tariffs #KetanjiBrownJackson
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
The Gold Standard of Stupidity
Trump’s $500 Million Bet on a 1940s Vaccine, Settling with Insurrectionists, and Making the Poor Pay Again.
open.substack.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Just enter your zip code and voilà: a list of local businesses that support forced birth, voter suppression, and the end of #dueprocess
PublicSquare, the MAGA loyalty app backed by Don Jr., where fascism meets five-star reviews. #tariffs #KetanjiBrownJackson
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
PublicSquare, the MAGA loyalty app backed by Don Jr., where fascism meets five-star reviews. #tariffs #KetanjiBrownJackson
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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So, covid.gov now redirects to, uh, this... www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19
THE ORIGIN “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak
covid.gov
April 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
So, covid.gov now redirects to, uh, this... www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
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NEW Businessweek feature: The US gives permission to pay people with disabilities below minimum wage. Biden tried to end program. Employers urging Trump preserve it say they've gotten private signals he will.
Based on 1000s of pages of records & 150 interviews: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Based on 1000s of pages of records & 150 interviews: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
It’s Legal to Pay US Workers With Disabilities as Little as 25¢ an Hour
Whether it stays that way is up to Trump.
www.bloomberg.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
NEW Businessweek feature: The US gives permission to pay people with disabilities below minimum wage. Biden tried to end program. Employers urging Trump preserve it say they've gotten private signals he will.
Based on 1000s of pages of records & 150 interviews: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Based on 1000s of pages of records & 150 interviews: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Spoke to autistic people about RFK Jr's recent claims about the lives autistic kids go on to lead & the idea that autism is something that needs to be eliminated or cured
“Autistic people know, we don’t need prevention. We need inclusion, awareness and acceptance"
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
“Autistic people know, we don’t need prevention. We need inclusion, awareness and acceptance"
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
RFK Jr.'s Obsession With Autism Is A 'Dangerous' Form Of Ableism. Here's Why.
News that autistic people can't pay taxes is news to autistic people who paid taxes Tuesday.
www.huffpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Spoke to autistic people about RFK Jr's recent claims about the lives autistic kids go on to lead & the idea that autism is something that needs to be eliminated or cured
“Autistic people know, we don’t need prevention. We need inclusion, awareness and acceptance"
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
“Autistic people know, we don’t need prevention. We need inclusion, awareness and acceptance"
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
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Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
April 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
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NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —
DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs
The youth volunteers who were working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms to distributing supplies for hurricane recovery were suddenly pulled from service. Why? DOGE cuts.
www.wired.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —
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The State Department concluded there's no evidence to support deportation of a Tufts student seized on a street near Boston. But Rubio revoked her student visa anyway.
fightthefire.substack.com/p/update-rub...
fightthefire.substack.com/p/update-rub...
UPDATE: Rubio needs to present proof or apologize
State Department memo shows there's no evidence against students seized on a street
fightthefire.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The State Department concluded there's no evidence to support deportation of a Tufts student seized on a street near Boston. But Rubio revoked her student visa anyway.
fightthefire.substack.com/p/update-rub...
fightthefire.substack.com/p/update-rub...
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All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
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He doesn’t remember because children with disabilities were segregated (and often still are). And we’re well on our way back to that world because people like him are letting Trump dismantle everything we’ve built to ensure disabled people aren’t treated like second class citizens-as less than human
Rep. Rich McCormick: "I grew up in Oregon where they had great drinking water, no fluoride added, and I don't remember having any people I knew had autism."
(McCormick is also a doctor.)
(McCormick is also a doctor.)
April 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
He doesn’t remember because children with disabilities were segregated (and often still are). And we’re well on our way back to that world because people like him are letting Trump dismantle everything we’ve built to ensure disabled people aren’t treated like second class citizens-as less than human
We all should be advocating for constitutional rights to due process!
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We all should be advocating for constitutional rights to due process!