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Britt. she/her. Literal girl on fire. ❤️🔥
Lawyer living with EDS & CRPS, living for disability justice.
https://myelasticheart.carrd.co
Lawyer living with EDS & CRPS, living for disability justice.
https://myelasticheart.carrd.co
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It may be the end of #DisabilityPrideMonth, but we’re not finished standing up for accessibility. To learn more about closing the disability turnout gap and protecting access to the ballot, read our latest blog post by @myelasticheart.bsky.social here: www.lwv.org/blog/celebra...
Celebrating Disability Pride Month with Britt Belwine | League of Women Voters
The League partnered with civil rights attorney and disability rights advocate Britt Belwine to create a message about the challenges faced by voters with disabilities and how tools like absentee ball...
www.lwv.org
July 31, 2026 at 4:09 PM
It may be the end of #DisabilityPrideMonth, but we’re not finished standing up for accessibility. To learn more about closing the disability turnout gap and protecting access to the ballot, read our latest blog post by @myelasticheart.bsky.social here: www.lwv.org/blog/celebra...
Obligatory "i am not your lawyer, nothing here is legal advice, and any views expressed here are my own and are not made in my professional capacity or on behalf of my employer" post!
July 19, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Obligatory "i am not your lawyer, nothing here is legal advice, and any views expressed here are my own and are not made in my professional capacity or on behalf of my employer" post!
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At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House.
At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents.
And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries.
The cruelty is endless.
At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents.
And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries.
The cruelty is endless.
July 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House.
At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents.
And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries.
The cruelty is endless.
At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents.
And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries.
The cruelty is endless.
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Vaccinations or not, we need to be wearing masks.
August 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Vaccinations or not, we need to be wearing masks.
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NEW:
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
August 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
NEW:
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
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As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
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Must read. The attack on disabled children is a feature, not a bug. It is gross, diminishes our humanity as a society and impoverishes our economy.
Disabled students are about to see deep cuts in their services through the republican tax and budget bill. Here are the top 5 ways they will be hurt, written by Weade James and I. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Top 5 Ways the Congressional Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation Bill Will Harm Disabled Students
Disabled students will be disproportionately hurt by the Republican budget reconciliation bill, losing access to essential services and resources that support their education and help them become cont...
www.americanprogress.org
June 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Must read. The attack on disabled children is a feature, not a bug. It is gross, diminishes our humanity as a society and impoverishes our economy.
Calling my reps especially annoyed today because they're making me take time away from bar exam prep to beg them to protect basic human rights.
Arguing with them over the phone is not enough, i need to argue with them in court.
#CallYourReps
Arguing with them over the phone is not enough, i need to argue with them in court.
#CallYourReps
June 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Calling my reps especially annoyed today because they're making me take time away from bar exam prep to beg them to protect basic human rights.
Arguing with them over the phone is not enough, i need to argue with them in court.
#CallYourReps
Arguing with them over the phone is not enough, i need to argue with them in court.
#CallYourReps
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act aims to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich at the expense of the lives of everyday people. It proposes reducing Medicaid funding by half, adding new work requirements for Medicaid & SNAP, and reducing the Child Tax Credit. Over 16M Americans would lose access to care.
June 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act aims to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich at the expense of the lives of everyday people. It proposes reducing Medicaid funding by half, adding new work requirements for Medicaid & SNAP, and reducing the Child Tax Credit. Over 16M Americans would lose access to care.
Take two minutes to tell your senators: #Don'tCutCare! Vote NO on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act! i've written up full call/email scripts here - including instructions and links to relevant statistics for each state!
callurreps.carrd.co#section06
callurreps.carrd.co#section06
Call Scripts
Call Your Reps!
callurreps.carrd.co
June 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Take two minutes to tell your senators: #Don'tCutCare! Vote NO on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act! i've written up full call/email scripts here - including instructions and links to relevant statistics for each state!
callurreps.carrd.co#section06
callurreps.carrd.co#section06
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what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested at a federal building in Manhattan as he was trying to accompany a person out of an immigration courtroom.
apnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word
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Lander has been released and says he’s fine, minus a missing button
He says he’ll get due process, but the man he was trying to protect will not
“He’s not gonna sleep in his bed tonight,” he said. “So far as I know, he has no lawyer. He has been stripped of his due process rights”
He says he’ll get due process, but the man he was trying to protect will not
“He’s not gonna sleep in his bed tonight,” he said. “So far as I know, he has no lawyer. He has been stripped of his due process rights”
June 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Lander has been released and says he’s fine, minus a missing button
He says he’ll get due process, but the man he was trying to protect will not
“He’s not gonna sleep in his bed tonight,” he said. “So far as I know, he has no lawyer. He has been stripped of his due process rights”
He says he’ll get due process, but the man he was trying to protect will not
“He’s not gonna sleep in his bed tonight,” he said. “So far as I know, he has no lawyer. He has been stripped of his due process rights”
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if you care to think of yourself as an ally to marginalized people, as a comrade of mine, but you are not wearing a respirator at a protest? you’re not wearing one on transit you took to and from? why?
who are your actions in alignment with?
who are your actions in alignment with?
June 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
if you care to think of yourself as an ally to marginalized people, as a comrade of mine, but you are not wearing a respirator at a protest? you’re not wearing one on transit you took to and from? why?
who are your actions in alignment with?
who are your actions in alignment with?
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My first @teenvogue.com piece is out. Transition services are essential for disabled students and they remain in limbo as the current administration tries to shut down the Department of Education. www.teenvogue.com/story/colleg...
How the Trump Administration Is Leaving Disabled College Students Behind
Disabled students already have to fight just to get basic accommodations.
www.teenvogue.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My first @teenvogue.com piece is out. Transition services are essential for disabled students and they remain in limbo as the current administration tries to shut down the Department of Education. www.teenvogue.com/story/colleg...
Please tell me someone has a clip of the woman on the NBC Vatican livestream being asked what she wants the world to know and saying "Free Palestine!" An icon!
May 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Please tell me someone has a clip of the woman on the NBC Vatican livestream being asked what she wants the world to know and saying "Free Palestine!" An icon!
When peers say they wish they had my accommodations on exams, i reply "i'll trade you - but you have to take my conditions too, and we never trade back."
The mood changes real fast.
The mood changes real fast.
May 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
When peers say they wish they had my accommodations on exams, i reply "i'll trade you - but you have to take my conditions too, and we never trade back."
The mood changes real fast.
The mood changes real fast.
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My ACLU colleagues who have been working 24 hours a day were definitely not sleeping and I am just so grateful for them!
While we were all sleeping:
The Supreme Court, in an order issued in the middle of the night, ordered the Trump administration to not remove anyone under the Alien Enemies Act until other legal steps play out in the lower courts.
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
The Supreme Court, in an order issued in the middle of the night, ordered the Trump administration to not remove anyone under the Alien Enemies Act until other legal steps play out in the lower courts.
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
April 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
My ACLU colleagues who have been working 24 hours a day were definitely not sleeping and I am just so grateful for them!
The White House's "Lab Leak" page has a lot of misinformation and disinformation and it seems to be designed to promote outrage for folks who don't know a lot about public health, pandemics, or disease transmission. Here's a few things i think are worth pointing out:
April 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The White House's "Lab Leak" page has a lot of misinformation and disinformation and it seems to be designed to promote outrage for folks who don't know a lot about public health, pandemics, or disease transmission. Here's a few things i think are worth pointing out:
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There are few things nigh all US politicians agree on—regardless of party—but one major area of lockstep is pandemic denial. You must understand that if you choose to go maskless in essential public indoor spaces at the very least, YOU are contributing to the environment that allowed this to happen.
April 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
There are few things nigh all US politicians agree on—regardless of party—but one major area of lockstep is pandemic denial. You must understand that if you choose to go maskless in essential public indoor spaces at the very least, YOU are contributing to the environment that allowed this to happen.
So much disinformation and questionable graphic design choices all in one place!
April 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
So much disinformation and questionable graphic design choices all in one place!
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For @motherjones.com, I wrote about how tariffs may soon hit medical devices and how it may affect disabled people on Medicaid. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Tariffs are about to hit lifesaving medical equipment
"It's really the most vulnerable of the most vulnerable...who need technologies to live."
www.motherjones.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For @motherjones.com, I wrote about how tariffs may soon hit medical devices and how it may affect disabled people on Medicaid. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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We are witnessing our government institutions — whose independence is vital for the fair functioning of our legal system — being compromised and their integrity undercut in real time. This is how tyrants undermine democracy.
April 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
We are witnessing our government institutions — whose independence is vital for the fair functioning of our legal system — being compromised and their integrity undercut in real time. This is how tyrants undermine democracy.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
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NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
March 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.