Mike DeCillis
            
            @mikedecillis.bsky.social
          
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          Attorney, Special Ed Teacher, Former NYPD/Paramedic, NYS Assembly CoS, NYC Districting Commission Counsel, 3rd gen Union, 9/11 First Responder
      
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      Hi, we ran out of baseball and the sun went down at like 12:45 and it's hard to know where to start with the grocery crisis. TIL you can search Amazon's registry section by state for food banks' wishlists. If you can, buy a neighbor some soup or tea: www.amazon.com/registries/s...
    
      
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      Trump posts crazy stuff like this at times where he feels like he’s not getting enough attention and wants people to start talking about him again. It’s deranged, narcissistic behavior.
    
        
      If you read anything today, let this be it.
"Ending federal oversight of IDEA isn’t about giving control to the states," Pepper Stetler writes. "It is about denying the civil rights of all students with disabilities": www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
      
          "Ending federal oversight of IDEA isn’t about giving control to the states," Pepper Stetler writes. "It is about denying the civil rights of all students with disabilities": www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Slow Death of Special Education
          The government has abandoned its commitment to an equitable education for all children—if it ever had one.
        
          
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      Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
  Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
        
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      At Elmhurst Hospital just before midnight with the @nynurses.bsky.social, @1199seiu.org and @dc37nyc.bsky.social  workers who care for us, no matter the hour.
    
        
      My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
    
  
      President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an "equal basis" with Russia and China. n.pr/4oOwegG
    
      
          Trump suggests the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons
          President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an "equal basis" with Russia and China.
        
          
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      Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
  Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
      I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
        This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.