Ira Socol
@irasocol.bsky.social
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Education Innovation Leader. Believer in Children. Ex-Public School CTO. Ex-NYPD. UDL+ champion. Author of Designed to Fail [education] and The Drool Room [fiction]. Co-author of Timeless Learning [education].
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emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social
· Jul 12
Further context: If you’ve never dealt with FEMA after a disaster I can tell you they answer within 30 seconds. No hold times. Real live wonderful people who help while you cry and can’t even figure out what questions to ask. They walk you through it all. Every call.
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FOR ICE
Ira Socol
@irasocol.bsky.social
· Jul 12
Stormont minister criticises bonfire at asbestos site as Kneecap effigies and Irish language signs destroyed
Environment Minister Andrew Muir has said he is disappointed that an Eleventh night bonfire was lit in south Belfast despite warnings over asbestos on the site.
m.independent.ie
Ira Socol
@irasocol.bsky.social
· Jul 11
U.S. customs duties collections top $100B US in same fiscal year for 1st time | CBC News
U.S. customs duty collections jumped again in June as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs gained steam, topping $100 billion US for the first time during a fiscal year and helping to produce a surpr...
www.cbc.ca
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· Jul 11
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· Jul 11
Doe he stand by his claim that immigration has caused "incalculable damage" to public services/the economy?
This is far worse and far less defensible either factually or politically than the clumsy/stupid but not fundamentally malign "island of strangers" phrase.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3580587...
This is far worse and far less defensible either factually or politically than the clumsy/stupid but not fundamentally malign "island of strangers" phrase.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3580587...
Now Keir insists he ‘stands by’ sentiment of 'island of strangers' warning
SIR Keir Starmer has insisted he still believes in the sentiment behind his infamous “island of strangers” warning – saying Britain must be an “integrated society”. The PM said he “didn’t dis…
www.thesun.co.uk
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Ira Socol
@irasocol.bsky.social
· Jul 9
This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why | Owen Jones
In Britain’s increasingly authoritarian society, any sort of protest can find itself at odds with the law. You might even go to jail, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
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@irasocol.bsky.social
· Jul 4
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"An absolute moral failure."
Around one in three disabled people are on Medicaid. I spoke to disability advocates about how devastated they are that the House passed the budget bill that will slash close to a trillion from Medicaid at @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Around one in three disabled people are on Medicaid. I spoke to disability advocates about how devastated they are that the House passed the budget bill that will slash close to a trillion from Medicaid at @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"An absolute moral failure": Disability advocates react to Trump's Medicaid cuts
"At the end of the day, this Congress lacks the courage to do the right thing."
www.motherjones.com
Ira Socol
@irasocol.bsky.social
· Jul 3
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David Roberts
@volts.wtf
· Jul 2
• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
www.rollingstone.com
Ira Socol
@irasocol.bsky.social
· Jul 1
There’s no way to tell the difference between an ICE agent and a criminal when they wear masks, show no badge, won’t identify themselves—then beat, detain, and disappear you. That’s not law enforcement. That’s state-sanctioned abduction.
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