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This move by the current administration hurts our country in more ways than one. Defund the schools. Defund the nation. All to make the rich even richer than they already are. #SaveOurPublicSchools #SaveDeptOfEd #SaveOurDemocracy @rbreich.bsky.social #TBATs #BATs

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How many Signal chats with sensitive information about military operations are ongoing within the Pentagon right now? Where else are war plans being shared with such abject disregard for our national security? We need answers. Right now.

I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.

#SaveOurPublicSchools #SaveDeptOfEd #TBATs #BATs

I’m old enough to remember when Secretary Hegseth tried to publicly mock Judge Reyes—suggesting that she didn’t know what she was doing when it comes to protecting our national security. It was … two days ago.

Exclusive: Louis DeJoy Resigns as Postmaster General time.com/7271271/loui...

Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

Defund, Degrade, Demonize, and Privatize - that's their game plan. We can't let them win. Public Schools are the backbone of our Democracy. #SupportPublicSchools #SayNoToVouchers bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-lo... @coopmike48.bsky.social

The Sunday shows are keeping it real—Schumer gave away the game for nothing. Jen Psaki lays out what he could have done. He played this wrong on every level. And with a Social Security, Medicare, and a tax cut fight coming, do you really want @schumer.senate.gov leading the fight?!

So Any Spending Approved by Congress is Fraud?!!! This is the language the Trump administration is using to make their federal purge seem like a positive thing. “Fraud” is everything from medical research funding, to Veterans care, to Habitat for Humanity. newrepublic.com/post/193021/...

Presented with evidence that innocent people who are not members of any gang were wrongly deported to a slave prison in El Salvador, Homan flatly insists that all of them were in fact gang members (but he's unwilling to detail any evidence showing it)

Like they're the same right? Right? #SaveDeptOfEd www.cnbc.com/2025/03/21/s...

It's also why they are dismantling the Department of Education. They don't like those pesky Civil Rights laws. #SupportPublicSchools #SaveDeptOfEd

Sanders: You have a president who is suing ABC and CBS and the Des Moines register. He is threatening to investigate PBS and NPR. He loves media that fawns on him.. If you cannot take the criticism, get the hell out of politics

He's bragged about punching his music teacher in the face. Don't know if that happened or not. But it was something he felt proud to say.

Can’t add much, beyond my personal open-mouthed horror, to wall-to-wall political coverage available. However. Here’s one inane Trump declaration where I have considerable expertise: Touring Kennedy Center, Trump Mused on His Childhood ‘Aptitude for Music.’ teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/03/20/t...

Public Schools have open meetings and have to post their financials and test data online. They are accountable to the community they are in. Private or Charter schools are accountable only to themselves. #SupportPublicSchools #SayNoToVouchers

"Their vision for America seems to involve dismantling every public institution & replacing it with blockchain-powered alternatives. Because nothing says “quality education” like paying your tuition in cryptocurrency." bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-... @coopmike48.bsky.social

NYT: “Judge Finds Musk’s Role in Dismantling U.S.A.I.D. Likely Violated Constitution It appears to be the first time a federal judge has acted to constrain Elon Musk, a top adviser to President Trump.” FFS.

Weakening Child Labor Laws seems to be going hand in hand with Voucher programs. The same states are doing both, and it's not healthy for our children. @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social #SupportPublicSchools #SaveDeptOfEd #SayNoToVouchers

When you erase the history of the code talkers, you are erasing the history of the Second World War. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Beshear: When I vetoed the nastiest anti-LGBTQ+ bill during my election year, I explained why I did it. My faith teaches me that all children are children of God. I wanted those children, who were being hated on, to know their governor cares for them… my faith tells me that’s my job

No teacher ever said, "Cut our funding!" All children deserve a well resourced school. @readdoctor.bsky.social #SupportPublicSchools #SaveDeptOfEd

The only thing Trump should’ve said to Putin is get the hell out of Ukraine. Period.

The U.S. Marine Band judged a contest for teenage musicians. The winners would get to perform with the band. Thirty students were chosen. Trump canceled the concert because the young musicians were Black, Hispanic, Indian & Asian. See what happened next: www.cbsnews.com/news/concert...

The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% of the country controls $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?

As justification for dismantling the Dept of Ed, Trump has repeatedly claimed that U.S. schools are “ranked 40 out of 40” in educational outcomes compared with other countries, while the U.S. “ranked No. 1 in cost per pupil.” Neither claim is accurate." www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trum... #SaveDOE

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, according to documents reviewed by Democrats on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...

It's why they are trying to silence teachers. Knowledge is power. Use it. #SaveOurDemocracy #SaveDeptOfEduc #SupportPublicSchools #SayNoToVouchers @governorwalz.mn.gov

Public schools serve the community. Private schools serve themselves. #SupportPublicSchools #SayNoToVouchers #SayNoToProject2025 #TBATs #BATs

Quite the headline.

18 states offer Vouchers. 12 states have universal vouchers with very few restrictions on who gets the money or how it is used. They've blown billion $$$ holes in their budgets. Nationwide Universal Vouchers is a goal of Project 2025. #SayNoToVouchers #SaveDeptOfEduc @jamestalarico.bsky.social

No matter how heavy your burdens, no matter how dark your hours, and no matter how heavy your load...just remember to take heart in the fact that you're not Ted Cruz.

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did in J6!!!!

All of these programs are vitally important and help millions of children. We can't let them be taken away. This will hurt red states more than blue states, because they get more federal funding. #SaveTheDeptOfEd #SupportPublicSchools #TBATs #BATs

Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."

In all the turmoil we're facing, it's important to remember why we became teachers. And fight for it. #SupportPublicSchools #SaveDeptOfEd

We’re in the Midst of an Authoritarian Takeover’ Lee Bollinger on Trump, Columbia, and why capitulation won’t work. www.chronicle.com/article/were...

Sec. of Ed. Betsy DeVos didn't know what IDEA was either in Trump's first term. We saw how that turned out. Trump's new pick, Linda McMahon was the former CEO of the WWE. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was enacted in 1975. Most schools didn't offer Spec Ed before then. #SaveTheDOE

Get ready, everyone. The real headline here is that Trump has launched a test operation for attacks on Panama, Greenland and, later Canada. He vowed to use "overwhelming lethal force" against Yemen's Houthis. But guarantee this all just a test for what he's really planning.

This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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