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ProPublica @propublica.org · Mar 18

The lawsuit may be the most substantive legal effort to require the Education Department to enforce civil rights since 1970, when the NAACP sued the agency for allowing segregation to continue.

By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social & @jodiscohen.bsky.social

Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division

The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of discrimination at school — violating the equal protection clause of the Fifth…

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Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

47: We support Greenland’s right to determine their own destiny.
Next breath: We’re gonna get it, one way or another.

Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

47: Here kid, you get a badge!

Here, other kid! You get accepted to college (a kid with a 4.4 GPA — he was getting in anyway 👀)

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · Mar 5

Wow DJ's cancer was likely caused by a chemical he was exposed to?

Trump admin this week:

Justice Department is poised to drop suit over alleged cancer-causing pollution
The Justice Department is preparing to drop a landmark lawsuit alleging that emissions from a Louisiana petrochemical plant poses a danger to nearby communities.
March 3, 2025 at 10:10 p.m. EST

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · Mar 5

Trump just gave a shout out to a child with cancer. But Trump's cuts to medical research undermine the research that will save kids like him. democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...

Trump Team Dismantles Efforts to Find a Cure for Cancer and Other Deadly Disorders and Diseases

President Trump’s Administration is imposing a new policy to cap indirect costs for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants at 15 percent, which would cut billions of dollars in funding fo...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Mar 5

"We have to take care of our law enforcement," says Trump, standing inside the building where law enforcement were brutally attacked by a mob of his supporters that he sent to the Capitol.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 5

Trump accuses teachers of secretly turning students trans

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Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

47: you’re perfect the way God made you… [unless you’re Trans or nonbinary].

Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

Some kid’s mom is being applauded for ignoring her child’s identity…. My thoughts go out to that child. 🥺

Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

We have to rid our environment of toxins — the guy who is defunding the EPA and repealing environmental regulations…

Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

Kid lived after cancer diagnosis - WONDERFUL!!!!! Everyone applauds - even the people who have just defunded the NIH…. 👀

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Sarah Kate Ellis @sarahkateellis.bsky.social · Mar 5

The invited guests being deployed to smear transgender people are paid spokespeople for anti-LGBTQ groups that demand schools dangerously out LGBTQ students without their consent, (2/4)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Mar 5

"Party of law and order." www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence

Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.

www.npr.org

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Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

47: Bad guys don’t respect the law….

Me: 👀 Uhm…. You’re a FELON…. 😏🤔🙄

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helena hind @cynicalzoomer.bsky.social · Mar 5

i don't understand why the dems aren't raising hell and getting kicked out one by one rn

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · Mar 5

Oh, now we're dragging people out of the SOTU.

Democrats, your job is not to be quieter because Al Green got dragged out. It's your job to get LOUDER.

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Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

Here’s a source for when your newsfeed pops off with claims of 300 year old folk on social security…

apnews.com/article/soci...

Tens of millions of dead people aren't getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims

apnews.com

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Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

Could’ve made some noise first…

Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

Yeah, but they could have followed Rep Green’s lead and done something more than just leave… 🤔

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · Mar 5

If you want to see Dems fight back, celebrate the Dems who are fighting back like this.

Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · Mar 5

We just walked out of the state of the Union. My shirt showed Trump an important message: NO KINGS LIVE HERE.

In the spirit of student protestors from the Civil Rights Movement, I’m proud to have protested and walked out with many of my colleagues. This is NOT a normal time.

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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · Mar 5

Trump claims he “brought free speech back” after removing a man from exercising his free speech.

#StateOfTheUnion

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Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

Wonder what her fashion police boyfriend thinks of MTG wearing a hat in chambers against the dress code? 😏🤔

Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · Mar 5

Sycophancy on full display. #SOTU

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Jennifer Bryant — she/her @mntnmama.bsky.social · Mar 5

Pipeline gas “trillions of foreign dollars in investments”. 10 minutes later, we’ve seen an investment of (some number less than 2trillion)…. 👀🤔

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Mar 5

Trump whining that Democrats wouldn't applaud him even if he cured a disease and then a second later bragging about withdrawing from the World Health Organization

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Mar 5

Just going to leave this here...

"Efficiency."

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · Mar 5

Donald Trump just admitted Elon Musk leads DOGE after telling a federal court that Elon Musk does not lead DOGE.

Judge Chutkan, the DOJ lied.

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