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Rogue Cheerleader @ktierney47.bsky.social · 52m

As a parent and a special education teacher, I completely agree! Access to free public education is a right to all students! NEA needs to step up to support our students. It’s time to organize a nationwide teachers strike! ✊🏻🪧

@neatoday.bsky.social
#disabilityrights
#IDEA #FAPE

Noel Candelaria @noelcandelaria.bsky.social · 20h

The Dept. of Ed fired nearly everyone who protects students with disabilities.

As a parent & special ed teacher, I know what that means.
Without oversight, who protects our kids when systems fail?

Inclusion isn’t optional — it’s a promise.
👉 NEA.org/protect
#IDEA #WeAreNEA
#DisabilityRights

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Rogue Cheerleader @ktierney47.bsky.social · Sep 9

We got notice today that we lost our federal grant for supporting students that are DeafBlind. The reason? Our district supports Black student excellence. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE! This regime is disgraceful.
#DeafBlind
@neatoday.bsky.social
@altmomsroar.bsky.social

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Leah Bobeah @leahleahbobeah.bsky.social · Apr 26

Sobering

youtu.be/IrJPfGOTjd0?...

Al Gore draws parallels between Trump and early Nazi Germany

YouTube video by Guardian News

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John Bonifaz @johnbonifaz.bsky.social · Apr 22

Al Gore: “Our constitution, written by our founders, is intended to protect us against a threat identical to Donald Trump.” Yes, right. It is called the Impeachment Clause. www.impeachtrumpagain.org @fsfp.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Al Gore compares Trump administration to Nazi Germany

The former vice president said the administration was "insisting on trying to create their own preferred version of reality."

www.politico.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 2d

Stay Weird Portland! 🔥 Today Portland had an emergency naked bike ride to the ICE facility. IN THE RAIN.

It was around 50°. Thousands were fully nude, half nude, or wearing costumes.

Portland is VERY dedicated to exposing the absurdities of injustice.

Here are some photos & videos. 🧵👇🏼

Photo of thousands of half nude riders getting ready to ride.

Photo of half nude riders arriving in the rain outside of the ICE facility.

Photo of some half nude riders riding down the street.

Man's back says "From here? From there? All people deserve love. Butts against borders."

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 1h

"Of course, everyone can see the irony today in Judiciary Republicans demanding that Jack Smith come testify about so-called 'politically motivated prosecutions' just days after trump's handpicked Acting US Attorney indicted yet another one of the President's widely-proclaimed political targets."

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 1h

No, never. Just like Jimbo, a completely unbiased and non-partisan view is my motto, especially with regard to congressional oversight.

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 1h

Jamie Raskin: "In a completely unexpected & welcome twist, Chairman Jordan's letter today to Jack Smith clearly demands the release of Smith's full report & all accompanying records from his investigation into donald trump's hoarding of classified documents & obstruction of justice at Mar-a-Lago."

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 2h

"Nothing like what we see now has ever gone on," Jack Smith said. "Process shouldn't be a political issue, right? Like if there's rules in the department about how to bring a case, follow those rules. You can't say, 'I want this outcome, let me throw the rules out.'"

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, very German—oops! I meant "germane"

Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 2h

Jim is clearly sincere here about unbiased, non-partisan oversight:

"As the Committee continues its oversight, your testimony is necessary to understand the full extent to which the Biden-Harris Justice Department weaponized federal law enforcement," Jordan wrote in the letter to Smith.

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan calls on Jack Smith to testify over Trump investigations

Jim Jordan requested an interview with Jack Smith by Oct. 28.

abcnews.go.com

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 5h

Btw, this source uses the phrase "Judeo-Christian values" to describe Western society, which I don't accept as a valid concept—because there's no such thing as "Judeo-Christian." Christian and Jewish ("Judeo") are 2 entirely separate traditions, not an amalgam, or a combination of 2 unlike things.

Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 5h

About the O9A, an accelerationist neo-Nazi revival group, whose adherents believe Western civilization must be destroyed from within and replaced with the "Imperium"—a new militaristic social order of Fascism, Social Darwinism, Satanism, and the subsequent ascendancy of the "Aryan race."

The Order of Nine Angles

Overviews of issues, trends, narratives, platforms and actors.

www.isdglobal.org

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 5h

Btw, this source uses the phrase "Judeo-Christian values" to describe Western society, which I don't accept as a valid concept—because there's no such thing as "Judeo-Christian." Christian & Jewish ("Judeo") are 2 entirely separate traditions, not an amalgam, or a combination of 2 unlike things

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 5h

No, they aren't Christian Nationalists, or "Christofascist"—(I prefer the term Christian-supremacist myself)—rather, they believe everything Christian and/or Jewish is the problem in present-day Western civilization.

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 5h

About the O9A, an accelerationist neo-Nazi revival group, whose adherents believe Western civilization must be destroyed from within and replaced with the "Imperium"—a new militaristic social order of Fascism, Social Darwinism, Satanism, and the subsequent ascendancy of the "Aryan race."

The Order of Nine Angles

Overviews of issues, trends, narratives, platforms and actors.

www.isdglobal.org

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Kate Moss @notthatkatemoss.bsky.social · 5d

@therickwilson.bsky.social calls it out beautifully around the 20:25 mark. F these performative azzholes.

youtu.be/sCHRSOlzf64?...

He's In His Coup Era 🏰

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

The man was 77 years old and his wife previously organized one of the local ‘No Kings’ protests. All he did was write ‘You Lack Values’ and got an intimidation visit from Desantis’s Gestapo.

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 1d

And sadly, how I'm feeling this morning: It's too late for these kids. I fear that the moment of advocating on their behalf has passed. They're going to be pulling these kids out of the public schools. And it's all according to the plan, outlined here 👇🏽

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 16h

Good detail in this article about the criminal investigation into millions of dollars steered from a Florida Medicaid settlement to the DeSantis-created Hope Florida Foundation. The case entered a new phase on Tues, with key figures at the courthouse, appearing to have testified before a grand jury.

Hope Florida grand jury begins work as nonprofit leader, Rep. appear at courthouse

Amy Ronshausen, whose anti-drug nonprofit last year received $5 million from the Hope Florida Foundation, was called Tuesday to the Leon County Courthouse.

amp.miamiherald.com

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 17h

All workers except a small number of top officials are being fired at the office that implements the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the federal law that ensures millions of students with disabilities get support from their schools, the union said.

www.local10.com/news/politic...

Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement

www.local10.com

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 18h

Written in honor of all children who are deemed "different" and their families. Our world would be far less beautiful without them.

#poetry

Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 18h

Enough
(Pink Slip for B. Goode, esq.)

Ten inches of assessments already existed
and were in their possession
when they mysteriously went missing
just before the deposition
and still they wanted more.

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 18h

Hey! Look at me!
I’m living, breathing, growing,
loving, thinking, knowing--
an abstract consciousness.
It's unnerving, but it's true
he's as real and
defensible as you:
Immeasurable,
unyielding,
and undeniable.

~som (Magenta), 2007

#poetry

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 18h

Besides, a case review will show
you’ve got all you need to know
to put him closer into focus
for those not wired to notice
or to reveal a goddam plan to rework
intelligent design--
Every carefully wrought conception,
Every testament to creation,
Every silent scream and unheard sign:

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 18h

Not one
more
inch of observation
and no more trials of isolation
no more expert suppositions
on the depth of his perceptions
whether for scientific exploration
or for future litigation--

Enough.

Your services are no longer required.

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