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Mom. Wife. Teacher. Writer. Editor. 1A Defender. @teachersunify.bsky.social Co-Founder. Podcast Host. Activist. Gun Violence Survivor. Speaker. Badass. www.lifelonglerner.com
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Thank u Ari Melber 4 having me discuss why I’m spitting mad about the Ed Dept firings. It’s an attack on our students & public schools. They’re hurting people who can’t vote-our kids. It’s taking away opportunity. It’s not efficiency-it’s evisceration #ProtectOurKids www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF9i...

Get in loser, we're tanking the economy

After a lifetime of work, employees, deserve to retire w/ dignity. Social Security is a bedrock foundation for working people's retirement security, but Musk is spreading blatant lies about waste & fraud to give tax breaks to billionaires. apnews.com/article/elon...

Diverting billions from our children to pay for tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy is a callous decision that short-changes everyone. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Just curious: Is America great yet?

Instead of creating opportunity for students, the president wants to gut funding to public education and give the $ to the wealthy through tax cuts and vouchers. Thank you to @katiephangshow.bsky.social for having me on today. youtu.be/CwToTNO277E

No one likes bureaucracy + everyone’s in favor of more efficiency. Let’s find ways to accomplish that. But don’t use a ‘war on woke’ to dismantle the Ed Dept & attack kids living in poverty & kids with disabilities, to pay for vouchers and tax cuts for billionaires. www.aft.org/press-releas...

In a government (and country) filled with Donald Trump lemmings & sycophants… be an @algreen.house.gov, @repjasmine.bsky.social or @frost.house.gov. We need more people standing up, speaking out & making good trouble.

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war! How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!

Every worker deserves a safe a secure retirement. Just this week we saw Tesla stock continue to sink faster than a Cybertruck in quicksand. So we're asking asset managers to honestly look at their investments in Tesla. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/b...

From a guy who used to work there: Rachel is a remarkable person and the best TV news talent there is. If she says something is fucked up, it is. Getting rid of Joy, who dared to see through this fascism bullshit years ago and had the gall of occasionally being funny about it, is dumb.

A statement from a spokesperson for The New York Times on White House press coverage:

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BREAKING — NBC celebrates Black History Month by firing its most prominent primetime Black cable news host and its most prominent weekend Black cable news host, and pushing out its Black nightly news anchor.

This is what a deal with the devil looks like👇 @housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the  expense of the middle class.

Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.

What the actual eff is going on at @msnbc.com?

This is a ridiculous move, @msnbc.com

“I’ll see you and raise you one.”

This is a terrible move @msnbc.com. Terrible. The @joy.msnbc.com was a critical part of the evening line-up and @joyannreid.bsky.social brings trenchant political analysis that no one else in the evening line-up has brought. I urge you to reconsider this. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov

To avoid subtlety This was posted by the Trump White House.

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

Who is Musk to make these decisions??? Why is no one from either party stepping in to stop this?

It hasn’t even been 100 days. The whole system is falling apart with every stroke of his pen. What are @democrats-judiciary.house.gov & @senatedem.bsky.social doing to stop this?

Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance

More than 4,000 probationary workers lost their jobs in recent days as part of DOGE's ongoing purge.

The JFK Library in Boston is reportedly closed indefinitely because of federal job cuts

white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

Trump declared himself above the law today. Literally announced it. Pinned it to his feed for emphasis. The White House reposted it. All to underscore it’s not some passing thought, which would be bad enough. It’s not the top story on any news site that I can find. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, we’re nine seconds into the USA/CAN game & there have been three fights! LFG

If you liked the White House’s xenophobic Valentines Day card, please unfollow me and know that I wish you the absolute worst.

This is not a normal person 👇

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Thanks to everyone who reached out today. It means a lot to have so much support seven years later. 🧡

I’ll be on Instagram Live with @bradypac.bsky.social & @teamenough.org tonight at 7!

We will never forget. 🧡

My life changed forever seven years ago, along with my school, community, colleagues & students. I carry the 17 with me, think of them every single day & honor them as best I can.

NBC News: The Trump admin has started firing Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys — paving the way for deployment of Trump-aligned law enforcement officials. It’s unclear at this point how many U.S. attorneys have been fired. @msnbc.com

Mitch McConnell voting no on terrible cabinet picks because he doesn’t have to run for reelection is all the proof you need that we must have term limits. You shouldn’t only have a spine because you don’t have to run again. We are breeding chicken shit power hungry electeds.

Donald Trump's face color today registers as color hex #a98158, aptly named Dusty Amber. Definition: Dusty Amber is a muted and earthy shade of orange, reminiscent of sunbaked clay and dried leaves...