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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 18h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 13h

I vote brain damage.

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 13h

WTAF. We are officially in the upside down.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 13h

He is so, so good at this.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 13h

Interesting take, especially if people are taking these jobs out of desperation. The job market sucks right now and is likely to get worse.

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 14h

Right?

jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 14h

Depends on the narrator? Get your lazy a** on the ground in Portland and you can observe objective reality.

jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 14h

It’s like so many broken brains. And not just here. The crazy that we’re witnessing is global. Sometimes I feel like I’m in a simulation with wrong prompts. Like, observing reality shouldn’t be this hard, and yet …

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 14h

Serious Black overseer vibes.

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 14h

Valid. Just like fully spelling out diversity, equity and inclusion instead of the acronym which can be wielded as a slur.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 18h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 15h

I am sick, sick, sick of this! They just wrap it in a bow called “congress” to avoid taking a real position or simply being factual.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 15h

The mansion boy?

jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 15h

After all this time, the question remains: why are these thugs masked? No one who believes what they’re doing is legal would be afraid to show their face.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

It's official:

-2025 is now a more threatening year for the survival of the republic than 1968.

-John Roberts will now go down in history as a worse chief justice than Roger "Dred Scott" Taney.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 15h

Late to this party but 😂😂😂

Matt Kim @lawoftd.bsky.social · 1d

The innings will continue until morale improves.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16h

We need a Senator Emeritus role where they still get to go to events and feel important but that gives them a graceful retirement route

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 15h

#WarRavagedPortland: this you?

jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 15h

This is about yt!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

Nice recap

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 17h

A big deal for inflation and also whether you’ll have reliable food supplies, due to Trump policy choices.

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 1d

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

wapo.st

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 18h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

"Forty-two judges went so far as to say that the Supreme Court’s emergency orders had caused 'some' or 'major' harm to the public’s perception of the judiciary[,] [including] nearly half of the Republican-nominated judges."

gift link 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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