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The unauthorized WH attack on Public Interest Loan Forgiveness program is meant to stymie protection of fund’l rights by taking away a program that’s made it affordable for Black, Brown and first gen ppl to do social justice work. The pen doesn’t have all the power thehill.com/homenews/edu...

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Please join my friend @profmmurray.bsky.social on @velshimsnbc.bsky.social at 10a w/ @kateshaw.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @calebsilver.bsky.social @algreen.house.gov @jbrownedianis.bsky.social @arneduncan.bsky.social #Velshi

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We knew Trump was coming for the Dept of Education. It was clearly outlined in Project 2025. Here’s some of the impact of that elimination . time.com/7261667/elim...

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These schools should dig into those endowments in the short term. Rich institutions acting like they’re not rich, protecting their assets and capitulating instead of fighting back and doing whats right is maddening. And Columbia went too far in punishing free speech www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

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So sad. RIP Congressman Sylvester Turner www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

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Tuesday 3-4 tune in #StateofthePeople all day. Your alternative news network for the day of the SOTU I’ll be on with the Sip Hour women from 12:30-1:30pm

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Department of Education sent out FAQs today about their anti-DEI Dear Colleague letter. School districts and universities really need to slow down in throwing true US History, students of color and women under the bus. Hold the line. www.ed.gov/media/docume...

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I'm genuinely disheartened by the lack of reviews/coverage for "Eyes on the Prize III," which premieres on HBO tonight. Sigh. This is, I guess, a "me" problem. But nothing you could watch this week is better. Anyway... ICYMI, my review:

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“The shift from forced labor… laid the groundwork for the contemporary reliance on incarcerated people to fill labor shortages, not just in prisons but in industries like agriculture” 7 in 10 US farmworkers are foreign born; 40+% are undocumented The Trump deportations will be BIG for prison labor

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We got into @upenn.edu but had to fight to be included and respected. Now the school is dropping DEI which wouldn’t have existed without Black students protesting. We will continue to fight. www.thedp.com/article/2025...

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"Gutting this department threatens to roll us back towards the worst days of school segregation. I believe this because, as historians will tell you, the Department of Education was created to address racial inequity." Read more in the op-ed by Advancement Project’s @jbrownedianis.bsky.social:

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Check out Eyes on the Prize III this weekend

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So Chief Justice Roberts thinks it’s ok to delay or not pay your bills? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

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Keep your Eyes on the Prize ✊🏾 You can now watch The HBO Original Documentary #EyesOnThePrizeIII with @jbrownedianis.bsky.social on @streamonmax.bsky.social!

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Tune in tonight! #WeNeedJoy

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Pay attention. First Amendment Rights are under an aggressive attack on all fronts.

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Joy “Tell It Like It Is” Reid is a gift to us all. She’s a true journalist. She does her homework and yes she has strong opinions and says what needs to be said. Melissa, Tiffany now Joy. Black women’s voices in media are necessary. Listening to the 92% is always smart. @joyannreid.bsky.social

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Last night my flight to LAX from DC was delayed an hour. The pilot announced it was due to a drone in the airspace at National airport. No flights in or out. Some flights were diverted. Smh

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Trump is once again trying to play king — this time threatening to revoke home rule and self-determination for 700,000 D.C. residents. This is why #DCStatehood is so vital and why I will never stop fighting for it and for the rights of Maryland’s neighbors in D.C.

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It’s maddening that they’re going to send us $5k and think we should feel good while the cuts they’re making are ruining families, harming communities here and abroad, putting us at risk in the sky and on the ground, endangering our health, and on and on… fortune.com/2025/02/19/e...

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This is awful. An 11 year old took her life under the pressure of bullying about her family’s alleged immigration status. The vitriol towards immigrants comes from the WH down. The children are watching & mimicking. So sorry for her family and community. RIP Jocelynn amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...

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Actions of someone whose been in bankruptcy several times. He knows the ropes www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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A documentary series to remind us thst we have power! #EyesonthePrize watch in HBO 2/25 deadline.com/video/eyes-o...

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Just bought my last ticket to a Kennedy Center event to see @wkamaubell.bsky.social I’m sure it will be 🔥

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Lots of talk on “law and order,” and “tough on crime” legislation, from both sides of ‘the aisle’. Why? As @prisonpolicy.bsky.social reports: 💣 Crime rates are historically low 💣 3/4 of all jail bookings are for nonviolent charges 💣 3/4 of people in jail have not been convicted of a crime

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House of cards…no diversity, equity and inclusion in “public” broadcasting. #PBS #DEI thehill.com/homenews/med...

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Call your Senators every day. 1 (202) 221-3121 www.thedailybeast.com/senator-says...

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Bull Conner 2025. #DOGE

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He shut down the refugee program but then gives priority to white South Africans seeking asylum. He’s hoping to attract white supremacists.

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The Trump administration moved quickly to dismantle protections for trans, nonbinary, and intersex people through one of the first of a flurry of Executive Orders issued right after the inauguration. While these attacks on transgender communities aren't shocking to anyone who know Project 2025 1/

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Please God, make it stop.

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Where are you? This FBI takedown is a huge problem.

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E-hall passes, cameras, online monitoring— school surveillance is so pervasive one study found that 89% of teachers surveyed used software to track their students’ activity. Learn how to spot the apparatuses of the school surveillance state and fight back with our new zine! #PoliceFreeSchools

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Accused… So much for innocent until proven guilty. Laken Riley Act will open the floodgates of undocumented people subject to deportation, which is what they intended. We see you Dems that voted for this. Not good.

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This federal funding freeze is a democracy stress test. He’s testing the powers of the presidency.

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BREAKING: Oklahoma's State Board of Education approved a proposal requiring parents to prove citizenship when enrolling kids in school. This direct violation of rights is a clear attempt to terrorize families across the state. We urge the OK legislature & governor to reject it.

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The Trump administration has no respect for democracy and wants to uphold white supremacy at any cost. Their intentions with a rapidly shifting Department of Justice are clear – abuse power to attack our election system, disenfranchise and criminalize voters, and target communities of color.

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Legislators in Mississippi and Missouri have proposed bills to reward bounty hunters $1k for finding and detaining, or providing info on, undocumented people. This harkens back to slave catchers. The bills are meant to instill fear. www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...

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Some corporations are holding the line on diversity, equity and inclusion and will continue to move our country forward while the federal government is no longer the protector of civil rights and in fact is its foe. #DEI

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Are we, the taxpayers, lining the pockets of the tr*mp family when R’s meet at his resorts? www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Well, well, well the Constitution matters. Hard to be a dictator in a democracy. #immigration #birthrightcitizenship www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

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A freeze on civil rights. DOJ civil rights division will probably withdraw, switch sides and seek dismissal of cases. Policing consent decrees are included. It’s a wrap for mall federal civil rights protection. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

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No place is safe from immigration raids. Schools, churches and hospitals no longer off limits. For children this is traumatic. They won’t be able to learn worried about whether ICE or the school resource officer will grab them or parents. They won’t go to school. www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...

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