Dom Kelly
founder, president and ceo of @newdisabledsouth.org | husband to catie and dad to mahalia | triplet with cerebral palsy | anti-zionist ashkenazi jew | irish/US dual citizen | speaking: @collectivespeakers.bsky.social | atlanta based
- if this is not the country you know then you’ve never known this country how nice of her to let you sleep so long while so many people could never go to bed
- maybe now if you’re awake all those dreams you had with the safety of your comfort can be what you fight to make real so she can finally let the tired rest and it can be your turn to open your eyes
- Reposted by Dom Kelly"What can I do?" I think we often ask ourselves that, not knowing each of us matters. Some of us rally, some speak -- some run for Congress. Join @thetattooedjew.com and me tomorrow to help get @hartzell.bsky.social to DC! We're featuring speakers fighting for disability justice.
- Reposted by Dom KellyMinneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
- Reposted by Dom KellyThis! Including masking up with high-quality N95 or better respirators during marches and rallies to protect yourself and your comrades. We can’t march or get much done if we are down with flu, long COVID, etc. Eugenics and ableism does not belong in progressive circles.
- fascism will disabled a lot of people, particularly folks who are organizing and resisting. so what will it take for the left to actually care about disabled people?
- Reposted by Dom KellyYou aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.
- Reposted by Dom KellyHey, y'all! Come join me on Sunday, Jan 25, at 3 pm Central for a virtual campaign fundraiser for @hartzell.bsky.social! We'll be focusing on disability justice, and I'm proud to co-host with @thetattooedjew.com. Let's rock this vote and get Hartzell to DC!
- Reposted by Dom Kelly🚨🇵🇸 Gaza Strip | The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Gaza overnight has risen to 14, with 17 others injured, according to medical sources.
- Reposted by Dom KellyIt’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
- Reminder that two weeks ago, the US government had $900 billion to give to the military to be able to do things like commit war crimes in Venezuela, but they cut precisely the same amount in healthcare for poor and disabled folks in July, and millions more people are losing healthcare as we speak.
- Reposted by Dom Kelly"The impact of ending the subsidies, alongside the myriad other attacks on health care access, is hard to overstate." My latest for @prismreports.org: prismreports.org/2025/12/10/a... Thanks to @thetattooedjew.com @jz-or-not.bsky.social @seemiaroll.bsky.social for your comments and advocacy!
- Reposted by Dom KellyOver 12 million people across the United States are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare, a status called “dual eligible”. Meet Kayla R., a young disabled woman in Georgia navigating life, work, and the complex reality of being dual-enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid- youtu.be/xLsbvujX7oo?...
- what a gift it was to have @sfdirewolf.bsky.social as a friend in this life. her wisdom, her genuine care for her people, her thoughtfulness, her deep deep love for community. i am really not sure how the world keeps turning without her, but knowing her, she’ll figure out a way to keep us going.
- i love you, alice. i’m gonna watch some degrassi tonight in your honor. thank you thank you thank you for everything. and thank you for being my friend.
- shoutout to all the Dems who sold out the American people tonight, but a huge “fuck you” goes to Senator Fetterman for being an especially giant, unbreakable piece of shit from the dehydrated ass of the Democratic Party 🥰
- Reposted by Dom Kelly‘A shutout for parents’: Looming SNAP, WIC, and Head Start cutoffs threaten children’s health, advocates say www.healthbeat.org/atlanta/2025... by @rgrapevine.bsky.social via @healthbeat.org CC: @mbinderman.bsky.social @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social @thetattooedjew.com
- Reposted by Dom Kellywe closed this application yesterday. we got an unbelievable 18,588 applications totaling $4,157,600 in $100 and $250 requests. we have sent $53,000 to 224 people and will continue to send more. if you are able to donate, you can do so at ndsdj.org/snapdonate thanks to EVERYONE who has donated!
- We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp. If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate We take care of each other ❤️
- Doing this work is the honor of my life. The state ain’t gonna save us. We save us.
- We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp. If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate We take care of each other ❤️
- Reposted by Dom KellyWe are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp. If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate We take care of each other ❤️
- Reposted by Dom KellySo proud to be part of this collective working toward accessible futures. Thank you @sfdirewolf.bsky.social for making this possible and thank you @drsamischalk.bsky.social and the wonderful folks at @newdisabledsouth.org for organizing what I hope will be one of many events to come.
- You actually don’t have to hand it to Donald Trump. You don’t have to give him credit for anything. He’s a horrible human being who has never known a day of suffering in his life. Nor does he care an ounce about the suffering of anybody else. Hope that helps.
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- Reposted by Dom KellyHappy Bisexual Visibility Day to all the bisexuals who did not get raptured.
- you should be asking yourself why you want a cure for autism. be honest with yourself. what is it that makes you believe autism and autistic people should not exist. and side note: tylenol does not cause autism
- Reposted by Dom KellyOver the last 5+ years, the COVID-fighting “toolkit” should’ve expanded, not narrowed. Now, RFK Jr's attacks on the COVID vaccines throw into harsh relief the reality that we only have one "tool" left. Where is the institutional mitigation? My latest: www.thegauntlet.news/p/with-rfks-...
- Reposted by Dom KellyThe Earth is so beautiful and majestic yet some humans want to destroy it to make imaginary money. Sickening.
- I don’t have much to say about the Georgia political news except this: a lot of y’all expected near perfection out of a Black woman but seem to give every bit of grace and a pair of wide open arms to a white man who was an active part of so much harm in our state. Maybe you should think about why 🤗
- Reposted by Dom KellyImagine people holding up Charlie Kirk as some type of shining example for your religious faith. Embarrassing. lol 💀
- we really need to do something about white on white crime huh
- Dozens of husbands and fathers were murdered today in Gaza with your tax dollars. Goodnight.
- How many Palestinians in Gaza were shot and killed today? How many of them were children? How many of them didn’t ask for nor celebrate nor perpetuate the kind of violence they’re subjected to on a daily basis? How many of you care?
- Come join my team! We at @newdisabledsouth.org are looking for a digital fundraising manager. Apply at go.newdisabledsouth.org/digi-fundraising
- Reposted by Dom KellyThere are four questions on the federal background check that every federal employee/candidate must answer. We've got a big problem, don't we. 1/5
- when i was 6 years old, i woke up on september 2nd and found my triplet brother paul — my best friend since we shared a womb and truly one of my soulmates in life — had died in his sleep. 28 years later, there has never been a single day since that i haven’t thought about him.
- today in my daily meditation i thought about 6-year-old dom and i told him i loved him. i sent him peace in the midst of difficulty. he was in so much pain for so long. if only he knew that one day he’d think of his brother and smile instead of cry, even though it took a while.
- if only he knew that everything he’ll do in his life, from how he parents to what he does in his career, would be for paul.
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View full threadi think that would have made him feel like everything was gonna be okay. i think that’s what paul would have wanted him to know, too.
- we at @newdisabledsouth.org dropped some new merch. the last shirt is a reference to trump’s executive order that said disability diagnoses “poses a dire threat to the american people and our way of life.” store.newdisabledsouth.org
- I didn’t actually believe it was true but for a brief moment I had this feeling. It was kind of like the moment I experienced love at first sight. Butterflies fluttering. A clear vision of the future. A warmth like a long hug in the bitter cold of winter. What was this feeling? It was hope.
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- Reposted by Dom Kellytoday 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."
- For @teenvogue.com, I wrote about America’s favorite bipartisan pastime: starving people at home and abroad. As officials confirm what we already know, that there is a famine in Gaza, I hope we can all remember that none of this is unavoidable. It is a choice.
- Reposted by Dom Kelly"At home and abroad, the U.S. government is participating in starving people, particularly children, and calling it policy. It’s more than policy, though. It’s woven into the fabric of this country since its inception." Read our latest op-ed from @thetattooedjew.com ⤵️
- Reposted by Dom KellyThrilled for this convo with terrific guests Dom Kelly, @thetattooedjew.com and Patrick Cokley this Thursday night at 7pmET! Sign up here: bit.ly/FairFightTog...
- We’re excited to invite you to the next installment of our Fair Fight: Together virtual conversation series. This time, we’re talking healthcare. 🩺 Join us on Thursday, Aug. 21 for a powerful discussion on how healthcare connects to equity and justice! bit.ly/FairFightTog...
- So excited for this conversation on Thursday night!
- We’re excited to invite you to the next installment of our Fair Fight: Together virtual conversation series. This time, we’re talking healthcare. 🩺 Join us on Thursday, Aug. 21 for a powerful discussion on how healthcare connects to equity and justice! bit.ly/FairFightTog...
- Reposted by Dom KellyTake 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."
- we have to stop letting these disabled people live on government healthcare forever and leech off taxpayers.
- JUST IN: President Donald Trump is diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition impacting the veins in his legs, the White House says. cnn.it/4o9mPAK
- Reposted by Dom KellyJuly is Disability Pride Month! In a recent episode of the Solidarity Is This podcast, our BMP colleague Adaku Utah spoke with Dom Kelly (@thetattooedjew.com) from @newdisabledsouth.org about lessons from disability justice movements:
- also y’all are talking about disabled, Black, other POC, and queer folks because our region has the most of all of those groups out of anywhere in the country.
- anybody who says people, particularly and especially children, in the South deserve to die because they’re in “red states” can get fucked.
- they tell you you don’t need to wear a mask or do anything to protect yourself from a disabling airborne disease, they “end the pandemic” which means back to work in the office, and then they cut a trillion dollars from medicaid. are you getting it now?
- It doesn’t have to be like this. We don’t have to die at the hands of corrupt politicians, billionaires, and wealthy corporations. We can build a different world. While we do that, we have to care for each other and help each other survive this. We’ve done it before. @newdisabledsouth.org
- 🥹 Thank you so much, that means the world!!
- Under @thetattooedjew.com’s leadership, we’ve had so much support for the #disability community, & we were so happy to get help on ASL from @newdisabledsouth.org. Congrats, Dom! This is a well-earned shout out! 💜💜💜 #DisabilityRightsOrHumanRights #DisabilityJustice
- Reposted by Dom KellyCongrats to Dom Kelly @thetattooedjew.com and @newdisabledsouth.org, and also everything Dom said.
- My reflections on me and @newdisabledsouth.org being named to the Forbes Accessibility 100 list. This took me a few days to write, and even though it may come with consequences, I think it’s important. Thanks for reading y’all.
- My reflections on me and @newdisabledsouth.org being named to the Forbes Accessibility 100 list. This took me a few days to write, and even though it may come with consequences, I think it’s important. Thanks for reading y’all.
- Reposted by Dom KellyExcited about this
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- We’re excited to announce Disability Unbound: A Lecture Series! Join us via zoom, June 17, with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha to explore Care Webs—what they are, why they matter, and how we build them together!🫂 Register for FREE here: www.newdisabledsouthrising.org/lectureseries
- Reposted by Dom KellyJoin us on Monday, July 14th to learn about organizing for change at a local level with @thetattooedjew.com! Details and registration: www.disabilityvictory.org/events/71425...
- Reposted by Dom KellyWe’re excited to announce Disability Unbound: A Lecture Series! Join us via zoom, June 17, with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha to explore Care Webs—what they are, why they matter, and how we build them together!🫂 Register for FREE here: www.newdisabledsouthrising.org/lectureseries
- Nobody working a full time job should be paid below $70,000 a year. Ideally, in the wealthiest country in the world, I don’t think anyone should make below $100,000 a year. It’s the billionaire class that has convinced us that the working class expects too much. That’s a lie. We all deserve more.
- And I also believe everyone should get guaranteed basic income. Regardless of whether or not they work. We can afford it and then some.
- For @mondoweiss.net, I wrote about how those claiming to do the work of disability rights and justice while staying silent on the genocide of Palestinians are actually doing no such thing.
- Liberals Stop Stanning Anybody and Everybody Who Turns Against Trump But Especially The Literal Worst People Ever 2025 Challenge
- Reposted by Dom KellyThank you, @thetattooedjew.com for talking about disability justice! I especially appreciate you mentioning those with invisible disabilities. #mecfs 'Closer Look with Rose Scott' on the WABE app! Now at www.wabe.org. bit.ly/44aAa28 Brought to you by your WABE
- Reposted by Dom KellyIt pains me that the Star of David, whose origins in Jewish history lie with the shields of King David’s army and was re-invoked to represent the decolonial Judean revolt against the Romans, has now been warped by Zionists to be associated with colonial oppression against our Palestinian cousins.
- Reposted by Dom KellyY'all refuse to accept that MAHA is a eugenicist project. You want to ascribe to ignorance what is actually malice.
- There is no disability justice without a free Palestine. You cannot claim to do the work of disability justice if you’re not fighting for Palestinian liberation.
- Peter Singer was honored by TIME on the TIME 100 Philanthropy list as an "innovator", and I dream of the day when we stop awarding eugenicists like Singer and start awarding those who are in the crosshairs of the attempt to erase disabled people but fight back against it with everything they have.
- Reposted by Dom KellyIf you're going to call your Representative, if you're going to ask anyone else in your network to call their Representative, you have to do it now. We expect a floor vote relatively soon — we're down to the final few hours.
