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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2h

🚨10am-12:30pm October 25th
Annual Halloween Parade and Party for families in the community get tear gassed by ICE in NW Chicago. This is a terror state; a police state. 1/2

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 9h

Ravitch has published two dozen books and countless articles. She is a historian—making her the Heather Cox Richardson of education history, someone who can remind you that when it comes to education policy, what goes around comes around. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/10/26/d...

Diane Ravitch Sums It All Up

My introduction to Diane Ravitch: I can’t remember precisely which education conference it was, but I was in graduate school, so it was between 2005 and 2010. Ravitch had just begun writing her Bri…

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 9h

“It’s the economy stupid” aged so badly. Look around, and you’ll see everything is expensive, and thanks to the shutdown, millions could go hungry during the holidays. White people voted for Trump and foolishly believed his policies wouldn’t impact them. It’s racism.

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 10h

ICYMI, the DOE is working with far-right groups to package white supremacist propaganda, pro-MAGA conspiracies, a false history, and Christianity as "civics."

U.S. Department of Education, AFPI, TPUSA, Hillsdale College, and Over 40 National and State Organizations Launch America 250 Civics Coalition

The U.S. Department of Education, alongside the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and more than 40 leading national and state-based organizations today announced th...

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 9h

The “No Kings” movement stands at a precipice. It can continue as a series of laudable but contained protests, or it can choose a more courageous and powerful path.
www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com/p/its-time-t...

It's Time To Shift From Protest to Civil Disobedience

No Kings Project Needs To Evolve

www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 9h

All that stucco, molding, and wood from the East Wing of the White House had to go somewhere. So @nancywalecki.bsky.social tried to find it.

My Quest to Find the East Wing Rubble

An entire part of the White House can’t just disappear.

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 9h

Large majorities of Americans are against the education censorship state laws MAGA pols have been passing; they are against book bans; they are for teaching a full history; they are for democracy; they are for separation of church and state.

Enter the Trojan Horse of "civics."

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 10h

Much fascinating, telling language in this piece for K-12 educators to be alert to as Trump's DOE pursues its "civics" initiative developed by deep-pocketed, far-right groups: America 250 Civics Coalition.

Why Schools of Civic Thought Matter

These programs teach students about the arts of self-government and are revitalizing liberal education.

www.city-journal.org

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Haters_gonna_hate (Princess Kim K) @princesskim.bsky.social · 1d

I’m Missy- I believe my parents were taken by ICE bc I was running loose w/my collar/leash! I’m scared in here! Where r my humans? Now I’m going 2b killed here bc I don’t like it here. NY NH NE NJ ME MA MI MD DE DC CT VT RI PA VA- transport/food/vet provided! Pls save me! Repost! #ICE #caturday

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19h

Praying for the Jamaican people tonight.

www.nbcnews.com/weather/stor...

Hurricane Melissa could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history

“There is nowhere that will escape the wrath of this storm,” said Evan Thompson of Jamaica’s Meteorological Service. Melissa is already blamed for four deaths.

www.nbcnews.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21h

In Chicago, an ICE Goon violently shoved a woman to the ground near a moving van.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20h

So much hand-wringing about SNAP fraud. Meanwhile the people scamming SNAP recipients have an operation that can scam nearly $23million in 2 days. JUST IN MARYLAND. Stealing info from EBT cards esp at gas stations is a real threat.

www.thebanner.com/economy/secr...

Feds find almost two-dozen ‘skimmers’ designed to steal credit cards at local retailers

The U.S. Secret Service, in collaboration with local law enforcement, spent time in and around Baltimore, checking over 3,000 card readers, gas station pumps and ATMs looking for illegal skimming devi...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"Mayors and governors are saying no to these invasions. But Trump insists that residents are saying yes. Once again, Trump is faking consent." ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's violations - and odd moment of honesty: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...

Trump Admits Americans Didn’t Vote for His Military Crackdowns

Yet he and his party keep pretending they have a mandate.

www.thebulwark.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

Well, Fam, just found out our health insurance is jumping from $1700 to over $3000 a month. And we still have to wait till Nov 1 to see more options—when the site will probably crash because everyone will be freaking out at the same time.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

UPDATE: This ad just ran again during the World Series 🇨🇦

You know why? BECAUSE IT IS NOT FAKE.

Reagan said it. Trump is lying.

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Honest Dog Books @honestdogbooks.bsky.social · 23h

We still have about 50 Voods stickers remaining (+ even more bookmarks & signature plates). Order tonight (Saturday) and your order will be counted in the first week’s tally of sales. As you all know, this is a critical week for boosting a book. Hike hike!

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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 2d

Mine came today from @honestdogbooks.bsky.social with my special Voods sicker 😁 from @thegoldenratio4.bsky.social

Kaejaymae @kaejaymae.bsky.social · 2d

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.

It's supposed to be payday for many federal workers. Instead, they're getting nothing

Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains. n.pr/3L5exuu

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI

Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.

In the rural South where Medicaid has been a lifeline, residents brace for cuts

With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.)

One of music's best kept secrets celebrates 100 years, quietly

For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.)

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 1d

This is Non and Asa. We do not know which one went into turbo mode first. But we do know it is highly contagious. 14/10 for both (IG: asa.n.kuroshiba)

two shibas, one red and one black and tan, whirl their heads and necks back and forth so quickly that their features are just a round blur.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d

🐱❤️‍🩹 Kitten rescued from ruins after shelling of Kyiv finds home in police station.

During the liquidation of the consequences of shelling in the Desnyanskyi district of Kyiv, a homeless kitten was found among the ruins of a warehouse.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans bowed to pressure from Donald Trump to midcycle gerrymander at the expense of minority voters — only to be sued by my law firm within hours or days.

If they expect us to eventually give up and back down, they are sorely mistaken. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/repu...

Republicans Keep Gerrymandering and I Keep Suing