Pax Linson
@paxll.bsky.social
retired educational consultant, early childhood education nerd, and child development nerd. (the last two are probably the same thing...)
..and for the trifecta: a sweeping Politics Chat! What can I say, HCR was busy today!
(I vote for a photo tonight, friend!)
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
(I vote for a photo tonight, friend!)
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Politics Chat, December 4, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
..and for the trifecta: a sweeping Politics Chat! What can I say, HCR was busy today!
(I vote for a photo tonight, friend!)
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
(I vote for a photo tonight, friend!)
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Marc Elias and HCR give us history and SCOTUS hearings and advocacy, oh my!
American Conversations: Marc Elias
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Marc Elias and HCR give us history and SCOTUS hearings and advocacy, oh my!
Mark Warner and HCR! Great mini-education on US intelligence...I'll watch this one again!
American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Mark Warner and HCR! Great mini-education on US intelligence...I'll watch this one again!
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Admiral Bradley is set to brief Congress tomorrow on the boat strikes—
Which brings Admiral Holsey’s recent resignation to mind, after he informed Hegseth that he had no intention of carrying out an illegal order after 40 years of service in the U.S. Navy—
I’d like to hear Holsey’s testimony too
Which brings Admiral Holsey’s recent resignation to mind, after he informed Hegseth that he had no intention of carrying out an illegal order after 40 years of service in the U.S. Navy—
I’d like to hear Holsey’s testimony too
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Admiral Bradley is set to brief Congress tomorrow on the boat strikes—
Which brings Admiral Holsey’s recent resignation to mind, after he informed Hegseth that he had no intention of carrying out an illegal order after 40 years of service in the U.S. Navy—
I’d like to hear Holsey’s testimony too
Which brings Admiral Holsey’s recent resignation to mind, after he informed Hegseth that he had no intention of carrying out an illegal order after 40 years of service in the U.S. Navy—
I’d like to hear Holsey’s testimony too
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everyday i learn about a new empty headed idiot who happily gobbles up the administration's slop in defense of the utterly indefensible
Batya might be just fine with a dudetrustme basis for a terrorist designation, but Americans with a functioning moral compass actually expect a plausible public rationale for who is to be treated as a terrorist in our name.
December 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
everyday i learn about a new empty headed idiot who happily gobbles up the administration's slop in defense of the utterly indefensible
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I asked the mothers of kids who overdosed and they said “why are you talking to us about random boats, our kids died from opiates, getting hooked on prescription meds, what are you doing about that?”
Batya might be just fine with a dudetrustme basis for a terrorist designation, but Americans with a functioning moral compass actually expect a plausible public rationale for who is to be treated as a terrorist in our name.
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I asked the mothers of kids who overdosed and they said “why are you talking to us about random boats, our kids died from opiates, getting hooked on prescription meds, what are you doing about that?”
Lest we forget...
The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Lest we forget...
"Incidentally"
Right...
Right...
Hmm. Ghislaine Maxwell is filing a habeas petition challenging her incarceration PRO SE (no lawyers). I guess even David Markus has his limits? Incidentally, she's worried that the release of the Epstein files would be devastating to her case.
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"Incidentally"
Right...
Right...
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This is a beautifully written piece.
"Fractures have emerged in the Maga coalition," writes Guardian columnist Moira Donegan. "Republicans are beginning to imagine what the country – and more importantly, their own careers – will look like without him."
Cracks have emerged in the Maga coalition | Moira Donegan
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is a beautifully written piece.
So inspiring..
1. "The culture of 'no' vs. the culture of 'how?'"
2. "Agency."
Both missing in many places - PreK-12 education, for example.
Let's get to work on that!
1. "The culture of 'no' vs. the culture of 'how?'"
2. "Agency."
Both missing in many places - PreK-12 education, for example.
Let's get to work on that!
American Conversations: Zohran Mamdani
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So inspiring..
1. "The culture of 'no' vs. the culture of 'how?'"
2. "Agency."
Both missing in many places - PreK-12 education, for example.
Let's get to work on that!
1. "The culture of 'no' vs. the culture of 'how?'"
2. "Agency."
Both missing in many places - PreK-12 education, for example.
Let's get to work on that!
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"Live in the along."
I met Gwendolyn Brooks in 1974 at an English dept gathering at my college. She was very gracious, but of course I really had no idea who she was, lol! (Not an English major!)
Love being inspired by her 50+ years later!
I met Gwendolyn Brooks in 1974 at an English dept gathering at my college. She was very gracious, but of course I really had no idea who she was, lol! (Not an English major!)
Love being inspired by her 50+ years later!
RIP Gwendolyn Brooks, first African American poet to win Pulitzer prize, died this day in 2000.
“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.”
“Live not for Battles Won.
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.”
“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.”
“Live not for Battles Won.
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.”
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"Live in the along."
I met Gwendolyn Brooks in 1974 at an English dept gathering at my college. She was very gracious, but of course I really had no idea who she was, lol! (Not an English major!)
Love being inspired by her 50+ years later!
I met Gwendolyn Brooks in 1974 at an English dept gathering at my college. She was very gracious, but of course I really had no idea who she was, lol! (Not an English major!)
Love being inspired by her 50+ years later!
The history of US billionaires and wealthy men is strangely (ha!) applicable today...it certainly rhymes!
And Spivey is doing a whole series on them...
Enjoy this one on our first billionaire, Rockefeller, who was even wealthier than today's weathiest!
And Spivey is doing a whole series on them...
Enjoy this one on our first billionaire, Rockefeller, who was even wealthier than today's weathiest!
The Billionaire Boys Club and the Rules that Govern Them: Part One of a Series
John D Rockefeller Jr., America's First Billionaire, and How He Obtained His Wealth.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The history of US billionaires and wealthy men is strangely (ha!) applicable today...it certainly rhymes!
And Spivey is doing a whole series on them...
Enjoy this one on our first billionaire, Rockefeller, who was even wealthier than today's weathiest!
And Spivey is doing a whole series on them...
Enjoy this one on our first billionaire, Rockefeller, who was even wealthier than today's weathiest!
Way cool and so true!
🩵I always think art is such a powerful outlet. Rather its photography, sketching, painting, writing-ect. What matters is you are creating or capturing something only you can. It doesn’t matter if its good or bad. Just as long as you enjoy it🩵
#Macro #naturephotography #photography
#Macro #naturephotography #photography
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Way cool and so true!
I'd been wondering about a FB commenter's sighting of Gaetz at a presser...
Apparently it's true!
Apparently it's true!
That Pentagon *press corps* performance with Matt Gaetz and Laura Loomer among those asking questions feels like a pretty good indicator of how far over the cliff we are. Worth checking out. 🇺🇸
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I'd been wondering about a FB commenter's sighting of Gaetz at a presser...
Apparently it's true!
Apparently it's true!
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Starbucks settles New York City worker scheduling violations. "Fast food employers must give workers regular schedules..., must provide schedules 14 days in advance and cannot reduce hours by more than 15% without ‘just cause or a legitimate business reason’." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Starbucks to Pay $39 Million in Landmark N.Y.C. Labor Law Settlement
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Starbucks settles New York City worker scheduling violations. "Fast food employers must give workers regular schedules..., must provide schedules 14 days in advance and cannot reduce hours by more than 15% without ‘just cause or a legitimate business reason’." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
My faves:
"The Cabinet appeared to applaud, although it is not clear whether they were agreeing or hoping to stop him from talking like a Nazi."
And:
"George Will noted in the Washington Post: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”"
"The Cabinet appeared to applaud, although it is not clear whether they were agreeing or hoping to stop him from talking like a Nazi."
And:
"George Will noted in the Washington Post: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”"
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
My faves:
"The Cabinet appeared to applaud, although it is not clear whether they were agreeing or hoping to stop him from talking like a Nazi."
And:
"George Will noted in the Washington Post: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”"
"The Cabinet appeared to applaud, although it is not clear whether they were agreeing or hoping to stop him from talking like a Nazi."
And:
"George Will noted in the Washington Post: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”"
Well said!
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Well said!
Stellar Letter!
"Conspicuously absent from the memo was any reference to the president’s brain."
Also, the word "underbussing" appears here for the 1st time in my life.
Read on, folks, and enjoy!
"Conspicuously absent from the memo was any reference to the president’s brain."
Also, the word "underbussing" appears here for the 1st time in my life.
Read on, folks, and enjoy!
December 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Stellar Letter!
"Conspicuously absent from the memo was any reference to the president’s brain."
Also, the word "underbussing" appears here for the 1st time in my life.
Read on, folks, and enjoy!
"Conspicuously absent from the memo was any reference to the president’s brain."
Also, the word "underbussing" appears here for the 1st time in my life.
Read on, folks, and enjoy!
...all because of the National Guard invasion, I'm sure...
The DC homicide rate dropped sharply in 2025, with roughly 30% fewer killings compared to last year, and police data shows that DC authorities have closed nearly four homicide cases for every five opened, on schedule to mark the highest homicide case clearance rate since 2013. wapo.st/4paDMKX
Fewer killings, more arrests: D.C. homicide closures spiked this year
D.C. police have arrested 101 people suspected of homicide in 2025. If this persists through the end of the year, it would mark the city’s highest homicide arrest rate in over a decade.
wapo.st
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
...all because of the National Guard invasion, I'm sure...
It'd definitely be a conundrum for me....
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It'd definitely be a conundrum for me....
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
Congrats! A win for democracy!
BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Congrats! A win for democracy!
Right on the money!
"When Trump is cogent enough to understand what is happening, he commits one grotesque atrocity after the next, and when he is not, a bunch of scheming viziers elbow each other out of the way to commit their own." prospect.org/2025/11/21/r...
The Right-Wing Legal Movement Made Trump a King - The American Prospect
John Roberts created a monster: Donald Trump compressed a solid millennium or two of monarchical misrule into a mere ten months.
prospect.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Right on the money!