Rebeccah

older mom, lawyer, adoption, reproduction, race & rants

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

We are failing our children. Guns are now the leading cause of death for children in the U.S.

Michelle and I mourn with the students and families of the Covenant School today.

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

No person, no family, no community, no people should be made to suffer such trauma. #TyreNichols

[Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis @RevJacquiLewis]

This country consistently holds protesters to a higher standard than police.

[Legal Defense Fund @NAACP_LDF]

Tyre Nichols loved to take photos of sunsets. He was passionate about skateboarding. His dreams and aspirations will not be realized because of a traffic stop by Memphis Police Department officers.

Let us lift him up.

https://t.co/uA1nB8eldL

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Never, ever, ever tell me these bills "have no chance of passing."

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

"You cite deuteronomy, but me... I look to the new testament. And the new testament preaches love. What appears to me is that it appears you are putting a target on peoples backs. People have been cross dressing for centuries."

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

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You were off the floor when I’d tried to see you earlier. You were gone again when I came back after lunch.

Now it was late afternoon. I tapped on the wall next to your bed and was glad to see the mound of your feet under the covers.

You: “Heeeey. Come on in.”

So I did.

[Rebeccah @chasingachild]

@Tomashevski I'm so sorry to hear this. I am currently dealing with workplace bullying as well. Very glad you have a new job!

[Marjan Kamali @MarjanKamali]

This clip 😭😭😭 has me undone. And the tears we see are not from losing but from the heartbreak of players being used as pawns and for a country unable to even enjoy & cheer its own team due to the oppression of its government. The American player’s kindness is beautiful.

[Rebeccah @chasingachild]

I'll miss this place. I've learned so much here, particularly from listening to Black women, Indigenous people, therapists, doctors, citizen journalists, civil rights lawyers, and climate activists. Thank you all.

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

One thing that keeps me up at night right now is the possibility that Twitter’s potential death spiral will coincide with a major regional/national/global crisis. For better or worse, Twitter is a crucial disaster comms tool, and we don’t have a replacement for it. 1/

[Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle]

During the #SCOTUS oral argument in #Brackeen several Justices seemed to think #ICWA takes Native children from foster parents they attached to & that’s bad.

So here’s a list of every time the foster parents in this case moved a foster kid or fought for a kid to be moved:

[luna sea🌎 @luna_sea]

Disturbing that this #SCOTUS will decide on tribal sovereignty and could easily endorse white supremacy and adoption to be wielded as a tool for genocide. #Brackeen #ICWA

[Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle]

Update. Samantha was told her regalia was a political statement and she could face jail time for wearing it at SCOTUS. She stood her ground and was allowed to stay in the courtroom.

[Rob Maxim @robmaxim]

This piece by @rebeccanagle on Brackeen and ICWA is also a must-read. It gets at the pernicious motivation for bringing the case, as well as the stakes for Tribal sovereignty:

“If the Court strikes down ICWA, everything else could soon go with it.”
https://t.co/KilpoTPAJz

[Marjan Kamali @MarjanKamali]

Just had the most surreal voting experience. Volunteer asked for my name & I said it. She asked me to spell it. We began the rigamarole of me spelling out my “foreign” name. After I spelled out my first name, as I was starting my last name she looked up & said “Wait, the AUTHOR?”

[RailroadedUnderground @RailroadUnderg1]

My roommate was recently released after serving 27 years in prison for petty theft. He never broke the rules while inside, so that means he has never used a cellphone. He came home to find out our entire lives exist on this device. 📲🧵

[Rebeccah @chasingachild]

As an advocate for my kids, I often appear crazed. This weekend, I woke up the principal because the field trip chaperone wasn't allowing kiddo to bring an anti-anxiety med on the bus. The principal had kiddo's back and all was well. But who the heck makes that call? Crazy mom.

[Ms. Petey @MsPeteyAutLib]

"Trauma Informed" does NOT mean "I have trauma, so I can relate."

"Trauma Informed" does NOT mean "I'll be 'extra nice' because people have trauma."

"Trauma Informed" indicates:
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