Alyson Beecher
@beecheralyson.bsky.social
Book lover. Cat mom. Educator. Advocate for children. Crocheter with a yarn addiction.
#Frontierairlines I paid for my carry on bag and they had so many people in zone one that half of us had to gate check. What a scam. Also both flights were delayed. #neveragain #poorcustomerservice
June 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
#Frontierairlines I paid for my carry on bag and they had so many people in zone one that half of us had to gate check. What a scam. Also both flights were delayed. #neveragain #poorcustomerservice
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Teachers! Librarians!
Looking for a fun whole-school activity to celebrate nonfiction and kids who love it? Try March Madness Nonfiction.
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#edusky #kidlit @steamteambooks.bsky.social
Looking for a fun whole-school activity to celebrate nonfiction and kids who love it? Try March Madness Nonfiction.
tinyurl.com/2y9hjjjc
#edusky #kidlit @steamteambooks.bsky.social
Getting Ready for March Madness Nonfiction
Inspired by the annual March Madness basketball tournament, in 2016, literacy coach Shelley Moody worked with instructional coach Valerie G...
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February 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Teachers! Librarians!
Looking for a fun whole-school activity to celebrate nonfiction and kids who love it? Try March Madness Nonfiction.
tinyurl.com/2y9hjjjc
#edusky #kidlit @steamteambooks.bsky.social
Looking for a fun whole-school activity to celebrate nonfiction and kids who love it? Try March Madness Nonfiction.
tinyurl.com/2y9hjjjc
#edusky #kidlit @steamteambooks.bsky.social
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Several years ago I posted that for every book of oppression we give a kid we need to give them 20 books of joy. Then Reycraft published my story about a family reunion that goes off the rails. Join the Johnson family in ‘The Get Together.'
Buy→ hubs.ly/Q0348KKL0
Buy→ hubs.ly/Q0348KKL0
The Get-Together Trade Book (Hardcover)
When the Johnson family gathers for a family reunion to celebrate the birthday of Uncle Wesley, the family’s patriarch, it becomes a day filled with fun and games, favorite foods, a little arguing, an...
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February 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Several years ago I posted that for every book of oppression we give a kid we need to give them 20 books of joy. Then Reycraft published my story about a family reunion that goes off the rails. Join the Johnson family in ‘The Get Together.'
Buy→ hubs.ly/Q0348KKL0
Buy→ hubs.ly/Q0348KKL0
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Tariffs will shut down North American auto production within a week, the industry warns.
Canada’s auto sector exported $51 billion worth of vehicles in 2023 and 93% of them went to the U.S. Within days, the entire industry could shut down.
Canada’s auto sector exported $51 billion worth of vehicles in 2023 and 93% of them went to the U.S. Within days, the entire industry could shut down.
Tariffs will shut down North American auto production within a week, industry warns - The Logic
Canada’s auto sector exported $51 billion worth of vehicles in 2023 and 93 per cent of them went to the U.S. Within days, the entire industry could shut down.
thelogic.co
February 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Tariffs will shut down North American auto production within a week, the industry warns.
Canada’s auto sector exported $51 billion worth of vehicles in 2023 and 93% of them went to the U.S. Within days, the entire industry could shut down.
Canada’s auto sector exported $51 billion worth of vehicles in 2023 and 93% of them went to the U.S. Within days, the entire industry could shut down.
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Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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One thing for Senate Democrats to do is announce they will use every tool at their disposal to block Bondi’s nomination until DOJ appoints a special counsel (ideally with beefed up firing protections) to investigate the widely reported crimes committed this week by Musk and his band of DOGE goons.
February 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
One thing for Senate Democrats to do is announce they will use every tool at their disposal to block Bondi’s nomination until DOJ appoints a special counsel (ideally with beefed up firing protections) to investigate the widely reported crimes committed this week by Musk and his band of DOGE goons.
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CDC Researchers Ordered to Retract Papers Submitted to All Journals www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Opinion | CDC Researchers Ordered to Retract Papers Submitted to All Journals
Banned terms must be scrubbed from CDC-authored manuscripts
www.medpagetoday.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
CDC Researchers Ordered to Retract Papers Submitted to All Journals www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
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Here's a list of the members of the senate finance committee. They have oversight over the Dept of the Treasury. If one of these people is your senator, please contact them & remind them you didn't vote for Musk, they didn't approve Musk, & he has no business taking over ANY government entity.
February 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Here's a list of the members of the senate finance committee. They have oversight over the Dept of the Treasury. If one of these people is your senator, please contact them & remind them you didn't vote for Musk, they didn't approve Musk, & he has no business taking over ANY government entity.
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"...a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
FDR 1938
FDR 1938
February 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"...a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
FDR 1938
FDR 1938
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If I see one more democrat talk about bipartisanship bs, I’m gonna lose my mind! There is no such thing when dealing with autocrats! 😡 Are you listening, elected Dems? @housedemocrats.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If I see one more democrat talk about bipartisanship bs, I’m gonna lose my mind! There is no such thing when dealing with autocrats! 😡 Are you listening, elected Dems? @housedemocrats.bsky.social
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The "Is this a successful coup??" question revolves in some ways around if Musk has diehard loyalists outside of a few teenage boys he wanted to impress in a Discord. Trump obviously has loyalists, but Musk?
I don't have high hopes, but I don't think this question is fully answerable right now.
I don't have high hopes, but I don't think this question is fully answerable right now.
Idk I just think it's important to draw a little distinction here in this case, it's not just "trump and musk are seizing power they shouldn't have" it's "musk is seizing power that trump does not have" & how long is trump going to be OK with that
February 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The "Is this a successful coup??" question revolves in some ways around if Musk has diehard loyalists outside of a few teenage boys he wanted to impress in a Discord. Trump obviously has loyalists, but Musk?
I don't have high hopes, but I don't think this question is fully answerable right now.
I don't have high hopes, but I don't think this question is fully answerable right now.
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BREAKING NEWS: 4:07
Anti-deportation protesters are blocking traffic on 101 Freeway in Los Angeles.
They want to stop Trump’s deportations of illegal migrants
Anti-deportation protesters are blocking traffic on 101 Freeway in Los Angeles.
They want to stop Trump’s deportations of illegal migrants
February 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
BREAKING NEWS: 4:07
Anti-deportation protesters are blocking traffic on 101 Freeway in Los Angeles.
They want to stop Trump’s deportations of illegal migrants
Anti-deportation protesters are blocking traffic on 101 Freeway in Los Angeles.
They want to stop Trump’s deportations of illegal migrants
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This is not true, and it’s very important to understand that it’s not true because it lessens the difficulty of what was achieved and the effort it took to achieve it. Have you ever seen how many exhibits were involved in the litigation of Brown v Board? Over 1000. Change was a push, not a gift.
February 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is not true, and it’s very important to understand that it’s not true because it lessens the difficulty of what was achieved and the effort it took to achieve it. Have you ever seen how many exhibits were involved in the litigation of Brown v Board? Over 1000. Change was a push, not a gift.
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Teen librarian Karen Jensen shares the disturbing erasure of government websites.
Sunday Reflections: When the Information Just Disappears
Teen librarian Karen Jensen shares the disturbing erasure of government websites
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February 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Teen librarian Karen Jensen shares the disturbing erasure of government websites.
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okay but you aren’t
again, you could be shutting down all senate business by denying every single unanimous consent request, you could be down at Treasury with cameras, you could be doing something other than issuing strongly worded statements
your actions have to match what’s happening
again, you could be shutting down all senate business by denying every single unanimous consent request, you could be down at Treasury with cameras, you could be doing something other than issuing strongly worded statements
your actions have to match what’s happening
No one elected Elon Musk.
As Donald Trump allows Musk to access people’s personal information and shut down government funding, Republicans in Washington will also own the consequences.
We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.
As Donald Trump allows Musk to access people’s personal information and shut down government funding, Republicans in Washington will also own the consequences.
We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.
February 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
okay but you aren’t
again, you could be shutting down all senate business by denying every single unanimous consent request, you could be down at Treasury with cameras, you could be doing something other than issuing strongly worded statements
your actions have to match what’s happening
again, you could be shutting down all senate business by denying every single unanimous consent request, you could be down at Treasury with cameras, you could be doing something other than issuing strongly worded statements
your actions have to match what’s happening
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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Curious how we keep hearing about people surprised by this and not the many who saw this coming a mile away.
"No one ever thought that this would happen. I thought that the administration was going after violent criminals, but these people are innocent, honest, hardworking people. These are human beings." www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
ICE raided his family’s North Philly car wash. Here is Jeffrey Lee’s account of what happened.
"They weren’t rude or anything, but they basically just told me 'We are here to take some illegals. If you don’t hear from us then don’t worry about it,'" said the car wash owner.
www.inquirer.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Curious how we keep hearing about people surprised by this and not the many who saw this coming a mile away.
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"No one ever thought this would happen" is dishonest and journalists not pointing that out are doing you all a disservice. Many people said word for word this would happen. You just didn't respect those people. And you need to be honest instead of the feigned surprise for sympathy.
February 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"No one ever thought this would happen" is dishonest and journalists not pointing that out are doing you all a disservice. Many people said word for word this would happen. You just didn't respect those people. And you need to be honest instead of the feigned surprise for sympathy.
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Democrats aren’t powerless against Trump’s blitzkrieg power-grab.
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
February 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Democrats aren’t powerless against Trump’s blitzkrieg power-grab.
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
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An interesting thing about coups that I remember @naunihal.bsky.social telling me years ago:
Coup plotters never say “we are taking control of the government”.
They say “we are ALREADY IN CONTROL of the government”.
It’s a crucial lie.
Coup plotters never say “we are taking control of the government”.
They say “we are ALREADY IN CONTROL of the government”.
It’s a crucial lie.
February 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
An interesting thing about coups that I remember @naunihal.bsky.social telling me years ago:
Coup plotters never say “we are taking control of the government”.
They say “we are ALREADY IN CONTROL of the government”.
It’s a crucial lie.
Coup plotters never say “we are taking control of the government”.
They say “we are ALREADY IN CONTROL of the government”.
It’s a crucial lie.
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
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@warren.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov
WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER STATEMENT. WE NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND DO SOMETHING!!
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov
WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER STATEMENT. WE NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND DO SOMETHING!!
February 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
@warren.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov
WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER STATEMENT. WE NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND DO SOMETHING!!
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov
WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER STATEMENT. WE NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND DO SOMETHING!!
This thread 👇🏻
This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x
February 1, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This thread 👇🏻
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this
"DOGE does not have power over established government agencies, and Musk has no role in government. It does not matter that he is an ally of the President. Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
February 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
this
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Soon, and very soon, they’re going to feel the crushing weight of objective reality come smashing down upon their red hats, as the truth that cannot be covered over by Fox News fictions or GOP spin doctors becomes terrifyingly clear: they have lost, too.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/magas-lost...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/magas-lost...
MAGAS Lost the Election, Too. They Just Don't Know it Yet.
There is joy in MAGAville right now.
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February 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Soon, and very soon, they’re going to feel the crushing weight of objective reality come smashing down upon their red hats, as the truth that cannot be covered over by Fox News fictions or GOP spin doctors becomes terrifyingly clear: they have lost, too.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/magas-lost...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/magas-lost...