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rhorvatek.bsky.social
Educator, Ph.D. in Comparative Education with focus on civics education, political socialization of students; work for educational non-for-profit, focused on access and retention in HE; mom to a kind and compassionate boy.
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My grocery store sells through their egg allotment by 10 am every day and the cost of a dozen white large eggs has risen from $3.49 to $4.99. Where are all the people who said they voted for Trump over egg prices (not facism) and all the journalists who wrote those stories with a straight face?

This is how many hours per week a person needs to work in order to escape poverty. The US is dead last. #Poverty #USA

In case you were wondering!

Good read! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

I don't know what to tell higher education. You can't both be "committed to democracy and intellectual freedom" and bending to the whims of authoritarians to "preemptively avoid fall out." At that point, you're just selling a mission you have no intention or capability of delivering on.

We are mobilizing. #50501movement #politicalrevolution #fiftyfiftyone

We will not bend the knee! Join the resistance at FiftyFifty.one. Also, did you know we are on TikTok! www.tiktok.com/@50501movement. #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #PoliticalRevolution #NoVoiceUnheard #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #VoicesUnheard #ImpeachTrump #NoKings @polrev.bsky.social

Trump and Musk’s takeover of the US government is a human disaster HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website bsky.app/profile/cram... Meanwhile in Texas, health officials are scrambling to get a handle on a measles outbreak and suspect 200-300 are infected

I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.

I have no issue with a sitting president attending an event with the American people. However, if your mantra is extreme efficiency and cutting waste—while labeling things like cancer research and veterans’ benefits as waste—you have no business participating in events like this.

This helps you understand why at Bolts we created a resource called "Who Runs Our Elections," which shows you the local & state offices that are responsible for all this in each & every state: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the... It is bafflingly decentralized... but you don't have to be baffled anymore!

Every member of the House is back on your home turf for congressional recess. We’ve got events scheduled across the nation to get their attention — because fighting back against the Trump-Musk coup is going to take all of us: indivisible.org/muskorus

I live in MAGA country. When I talk about what Musk is doing to the federal programs he is stripping of funding and employees, I get the same response: “He’s just pausing programs to find waste. No one will lose their job or grant or subsidy.” FAFO.

We’ve seen personal testimonials now from many of the DOGErs. The common thread is far-right/Yarvinite/fascistic political views/origin stories. It’s worth asking how/why you’d continue to attempt something at this scale with such a reliance on what literally seems to be one or at most ..

Honest question: Why are our former #Presidents, Vps and their spouses, and all those #celebrities who took the stage for Harris so silent instead of heading with #courage our, the People's, #resistance and #protests? Where are they??? @hcrichardson.bsky.social @politicsgirl.bsky.social

This is fascism.

The full understanding of just how Trump is now allied with Putin is dawning on people. Zelensky calls for a European army as the only way to defend the continent and states clearly that the USA can’t be trusted. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

So, they are - illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress - burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah - reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system - putting backdoors into Treasury This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.

U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs confirms it has dismissed more than 1,000 employees A once unthinkable concept for an agency that operates 100+ major hospitals and many hundreds more clinics And processes veterans benefits news.va.gov/press-room/v...

I thought they were all self-made rugged individualists who didn’t rely on socialism.

Judge blocks Trump from firing head of US agency that investigates corruption

“One day one”

BREAKING: The Senate has confirmed RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary in a 51-48 vote. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote no. God help us all.

Unbelievable the number of things happening under this administration

77% of the American people want to cap credit card interest rates. It is about time that we listened to them. Congress must provide financial relief to working families struggling to pay for the high price of groceries, rent, gasoline, and prescription drugs.

IMO, people don't fully appreciate the extent to which financial 'markets' depend on trust in the stability of the state. The State can be understood as capital's backbone. This contextualizes attacks on regs that prevent bank runs, reduce predatory lending, or even attacks on treasury bonds.

This. Unbelievable. Did he forget who actually started this war?

Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal is rallying outside VA HQ now, leading Senate Dems in a powerful stand against Musk’s takeover. “Elon Musk… 9 million veterans are watching you give them the middle finger, & we’re not going to stand for it!” 🔥 LFG for our vets 🫡 @blumenthal.senate.gov @votevets.org

We have a US AG who doesn’t know the difference between filing charges and filing a lawsuit. Of course, we do.

As Bad As It Gets: The dangerous co-optation of the Justice Department by the Trump White House continues in ways both substantive and symbolic. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...