Rob Spirko

Everybody's cute, everybody's cute, even me. But in purple I'm stunning.

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

This is the woman the TN Legislature is trying to expel. Direct experience with a school shooting. Trying to make it better. Listen to the emotion in her voice. A game for Republicans, real for her. Also, why we need more teachers in legislatures. #TennesseeThree @VoteGloriaJ

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

MORE: "When you silence those voices, it's going to mean more lives."

@VoteGloriaJ recounts living through a school shooting herself in this powerful interview with @garrison_hayes.

"We can absolutely do something. We are the only country that has this situation."

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

No lies told. #TheTennesseeThree

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

And Jones is the one being sanctioned?? He's not the one accosting folks and stealing their phones.

[Rep. Justin Jones @brotherjones_]

Tonight as Tennessee House Republicans push forward to schedule vote on our expulsion, Speaker Sexton orders the gallery cleared as crowd chants “fascists.”

Media forced out at as well.

Then, Rep. Lafferty (R-Knox) pushes me and grabs my phone.

This is a sad day for Tennessee.

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

TN Republicans going full fascist. Partisan expulsion of elected representatives.

[Rep. Gloria Johnson @VoteGloriaJ]

Expulsion resolutions filed

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

@KenCape @TheRulesLawyer1 Why else? Non-disclosure agreements?

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

A thread that obliquely addresses the rampant ableism of Fetterman-Oz coverage. It is *glaring*, y'all. #Fetterman #MediaAbleism #DisabilityRights

[Tennessee Football @Vol_Football]

IT'S GOOD!!!!

IT'S GOOD!!!!

VOLS BEAT BAMA!!!!

VOLS BEAT BAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

@NewTeslaCoil @NBCNightlyNews @DashaBurns @DrOz He can very easily have captioning for all of his interactions in the Senate. He had it for this, didn't he? Nice ableism there, dude.

[Emily Johnson (is on Mastadon and Bsky) @emily_rj]

Nondisabled people:

Laws allowing forced sterilization against disabled people exist in 31 states plus Washington, D.C. 

My state, Iowa, passed a sterilization law in 2019

Some disabled people haven’t had reproductive rights, do not forget

@nwlc here: https://t.co/9xO79gjVNw

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

This is an amazing speech. We need to call out the lies, and the ulterior motives, for what they are.

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

Senator Lana Theis accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an attempt to marginalize me for standing up against her marginalizing the LGBTQ community...in a fundraising email, for herself.

Hate wins when people like me stand by and let it happen. I won't.

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

@RoMaFa27 @jbossy56 @notMrsVetoe @DavidCornDC But here's the thing: you never know if there's a gotcha waiting behind the question. "Oh, if you agree we should catch more murderers, then you're saying our police are no good! WHY DONT YOU SUPPORT THE POLICE?"

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

@Rasnorok @NymanShelley @msdawngordon @KatiePhang @MSNBC Hm. https://t.co/P8DLD1hVzp

[Moshe Schwartz @YWNReporter]

Russian soldier vs. Door.

Kherson, Ukraine.

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

@samriegel @Marisha_Ray I want this artfully painted in cursive on the wall.

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

Moms for Liberty in Williamson Co, who got Maus banned, have appealed to the state level about four other books. Hm, I wonder if they have anything in common?

[Meghan Mangrum @memangrum]

The four books cited in the complaint to the state include:

— Martin Luther King Jr and the March on Washington
— Ruby Bridges Goes to School
— The Story of Ruby Bridges
— Separate is Never Equal

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

@snickelsox Necrotificer

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

Well, at least I've got something to add to my eugenics lecture, I guess? I suppose I should get a tattoo that says "Unwell to begin with." #DisabilityTwitter #CripTheVote #NoBodyIsDisposable

[Steve Walden♿ @stevewalden]

Dr Rochelle Walensky @CDCDirector said on @GMA "the overwhelming number of death [sic] over 75% occurred in people who had at least 4 comorbidities, so really these are people who were unwell to begin with, and yes really encouraging news..."

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

Dolly Parton's wisdom from 1977 is still needed today. She has always been the Queen.

[Rob Spirko @RobSpirko]

Same

[Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire]

I grew up poor. My teeth are visibly gapped, and no amount of whitening will make them WHITE.

People treat me better when I don't have visible poor people teeth.