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Educator turned public education researcher and advocate. Research & Data Director for Good Reason Houston. Formerly Rice Kinder HERC. Miserable sports fan. Skeets my own.
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Terrifying, infuriating, and inhumane. In a word, evil. Also, this is truly incredible investigative reporting by @propublica.org

FOH Army:

BREAKING WAPO: Elon Musk's DOGE is seeking access to a heavily-guarded IRS system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country — sparking alarm within the tax agency. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Lots of great insights here, especially the connection between how damaging the decades-long project of undermining teachers has been to student outcomes and how catastrophic the long-term effects of doing the same to public sector workers generally will be to all facets of life.

I moved across the country, uprooting my family, for the promise of a stable future and the chance to serve the country and make weather forecasts better. I don’t even know what else to say.

Me: *puts on I Fought The Law by The Clash* 4yo: "What's the law?" Me: *explains about not stealing, speed limits, etc." 4yo: "Is the law real?" Me: ... Too real right now, kid.

This is how a democracy collapses: "A senior official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency instructed subordinates to freeze funding for a wide array of grant programs Monday, just hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration — for the second time — to stop such pauses."

A bit of light corruption to go with the rest of the coup

Can’t believe I’m typing this but… FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC. If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.

I keep sharing this newsletter but this really is it

Fucking *all of them*??!??

Yeah man I don't know what this is but it's way past crisis

Scanned @nytimes.com and @cnn.com - nothing about this

These are the clowns Congress refuses to stop.

CNN reporting that DOGE personnel attempted to access security systems and classified information at USAID, threatened to call US Marshals to intervene on their behalf. USAID security officials now on leave after standing their ground.

Shocked, SHOCKED to find gambling is going in here, etc etc www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/p...

An elementary school. 5 year olds.

I can't believe this team fought its way back, and against those monsters on defense of all teams. What a game. What a team. What a season.

Lol they showed the Backer on the broadcast

OMG

This sucks but this is still the best Notre Dame season of my lifetime. We won the Orange Bowl AND the Sugar Bowl! Who cares about this one!

RILEY LEONARD

Riley Leonard?!

I was going to give the Vikes one drive to see if they'd score and then Darnold made *that* throw. I'm done.

At least I've got the Irish

Vikings fans can't have nice things

So Darnold forgot how to throw the ball away or

We sure that one wasn't a pass too

Jacobs was NOT getting denied on take 2

I can't decide if the Chargers Chargersing this hard terrifies me for how the Vikings will figure out a way to top it or reassures me because surely all the cursed mojo for this playoffs is happening here in this game and there won't be any left for us

Wait are the Kings back??

How convenient for the Browns

WAKE UP THE FUCKING ECHOES

Some of the most cleared-eyed media criticism and analysis of the dangers ahead you'll find

Nothing in football more terrifying and deflating than the Lions offense in the 4th quarter when your defense is gassed

This is true but if Darnold looks like that in the postseason I don't think the Vikings can bring him back

Can't miss Jefferson in the end zone three different times, can't miss a surefire pick 6. Can't get beat up by the zombie Lions d line all night long. Ugly loss.