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Retired educator. Grandmother to 4 adorable little people. Passionate about schools being nurturing and caring places for all kids. Concerned about our country’s current trajectory with the new administration.
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Wouldn’t you think that Musk, who built a highly successful electric car business, who runs SpaceX, and who is actively growing his AI platform, would be able to oversee the implementation of a secure on-line system to allow the SSA to continue operating in the interests of its recipients?

SSA is in complete chaos. Buried in this article is a service worker noting that "the phone never stops ringing" and **retirement claims aren't being processed**. Hard to overstate the significance of that. End goal is to privatize the agency. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Let’s call it what it was… Trump failed at his negotiation with Zelensky and he doesn’t like not succeeding in a negotiation. No one does but here’s the other thing…don’t negotiate in public.

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

Yes! My representative has been AWOL…part of the 95% m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

One thing I'd add to that segment: we tracked GOP town halls all over the country last week. We counted only 8! So 95% of GOP members are hiding from their constituents. If we're going to pressure them publicly, local groups are going to have to get creative. Stay tuned for more on that front soon!

If this doesn’t raise the level of concern for Trump supporters, I don’t know if anything will.

Wow. The Teamsters are even bending the knee.

Ready, fire, aim. To state the obvious, this policy is dangerous. www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Encouraging everyone with every fiber of my being to read this entire substack by @hcrichardson.bsky.social — it is, written in fact without doubt to be read in horror by those of us who believe in the principles and values of the United States of America. 1 of 2 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

Sarah Longwell and I discuss the awful speech by JD Vance in Munich—a humiliation for the U.S., and a confirmation that this administration isn't on the side of the democracies. And a coda on the contrasting admirable behavior by several attorneys at DOJ & SDNY. www.thebulwark.com/p/jd-vance-h...

Roses are red Violets are blue

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This is the suit I’ve been waiting for! Musk’s authority at DOGE is unconstitutional www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

That’s nothing. I found 13 contracts awarded to SpaceX since December totaling $77M. 1/

"[Musk is] already very clearly operating here as an independent actor whose actions the President blesses after he’s found out what’s happened. This is a parallel overlaying of authority over the entire structure of the US government. We’re in dystopian quasi-science fiction territory here."

Wow.

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

Can’t see how it can be anything but

Finally! www.citizen.org/news/advocac...

Sharing in the event there might be more interest. social.redwine.blue/s/qOAHtGT

Anybody else just cringe when the idiot in chief speaks? Wow. I imagine the professionals at NTSB are cringing as well. Yikes!