Gayle Turner
@gmturnerphd.bsky.social
Philosopher of ed. Studies social and economic determinants of educational outcomes. Professor emeritus, Appalachian State University. Stories in books change lives. http://gayleturner.net
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The top leaders of a U.S. Senate committee showed a play-by-play video leading up to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti by federal officers, as they grilled the heads of two federal agencies about it during an oversight hearing Thursday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/12/r...
US senators denounce immigration agents’ use of force in deadly Minneapolis shootings • Ohio Capital Journal
The top leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee showed a play-by-play video leading up to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti by Customs and Border…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The top leaders of a U.S. Senate committee showed a play-by-play video leading up to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti by federal officers, as they grilled the heads of two federal agencies about it during an oversight hearing Thursday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/12/r...
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The top leaders of a U.S. Senate committee showed a play-by-play video leading up to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti by federal officers, as they grilled the heads of two federal agencies about it during an oversight hearing Thursday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/12/r...
US senators denounce immigration agents’ use of force in deadly Minneapolis shootings • Ohio Capital Journal
The top leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee showed a play-by-play video leading up to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti by Customs and Border…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The top leaders of a U.S. Senate committee showed a play-by-play video leading up to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti by federal officers, as they grilled the heads of two federal agencies about it during an oversight hearing Thursday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/12/r...
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"Hey, we were all Trump supporters, and we thought he was going to secure the border .. we just never thought that they were going to be coming after our folks ...”
🎵 Tale as old as time
True as it can be 🎵
🎵 Tale as old as time
True as it can be 🎵
“.. They’re builders, contractors, lumber companies ..
“.. They started off with, ‘hey, we were all Trump supporters, and we thought he was going to secure the border .. we just never thought that they were going to be coming after our folks ..”
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“.. They started off with, ‘hey, we were all Trump supporters, and we thought he was going to secure the border .. we just never thought that they were going to be coming after our folks ..”
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February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"Hey, we were all Trump supporters, and we thought he was going to secure the border .. we just never thought that they were going to be coming after our folks ...”
🎵 Tale as old as time
True as it can be 🎵
🎵 Tale as old as time
True as it can be 🎵
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If we’re going to use Denmark’s vaccine policy we also need their parental leave, health insurance, and other benefits that help prevent illness. We can’t use just one small part of their health plan.
The new childhood vaccine guidelines have a paid leave problem: letting diseases that are very dangerous to infants spread while, essentially, forcing working parents to leave young babies in daycare is harmful. www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/r... via @statnews.com @arianahendrix.bsky.social
The new childhood vaccine guidelines have a paid leave problem
Norway, Denmark, and other countries with fewer childhood vaccines have another thing in common: paid parental leave.
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February 14, 2026 at 7:49 PM
If we’re going to use Denmark’s vaccine policy we also need their parental leave, health insurance, and other benefits that help prevent illness. We can’t use just one small part of their health plan.
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Turns out “They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists…” was Trump introducing his own administration.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Turns out “They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists…” was Trump introducing his own administration.
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So much of the rot in this country stems from our failure to fund public goods and regulate private wealth. In that context, people who need your money won't care how terrible you are.
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Consultants Offered Epstein Access to Top N.Y. Democrats if He Donated
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February 14, 2026 at 3:28 AM
So much of the rot in this country stems from our failure to fund public goods and regulate private wealth. In that context, people who need your money won't care how terrible you are.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/n...
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Mistrial declared in case of students charged after Stanford pro-Palestinian protests reut.rs/3ZG3cVQ
Mistrial declared in case of students charged after Stanford pro-Palestinian protests
A judge declared a mistrial on Friday in a case of five current and former Stanford University students related to the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests when demonstrators barricaded themselves inside the school president's office.
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February 14, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Mistrial declared in case of students charged after Stanford pro-Palestinian protests reut.rs/3ZG3cVQ
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RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
Top FDA official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency’s reviewers--career scientists--when he refused to accept Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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What a perfect example of how these people are not just incompetent, they’re lazy.
February 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
What a perfect example of how these people are not just incompetent, they’re lazy.
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Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
February 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
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Just filed: @knightcolumbia.org mandamus petition—second one in this case—asking Eleventh Circuit to bar Judge Cannon from ordering the destruction of Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report, as Trump’s co-defendants have asked her to do. knightcolumbia.org/documents/z8...
February 13, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Just filed: @knightcolumbia.org mandamus petition—second one in this case—asking Eleventh Circuit to bar Judge Cannon from ordering the destruction of Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report, as Trump’s co-defendants have asked her to do. knightcolumbia.org/documents/z8...
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Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
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Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
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February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
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Federal officers appear to have lied about lead-up to immigrant shooting, ICE director says reut.rs/3ZVxWCx
Federal officers appear to have lied about lead-up to immigrant shooting, ICE director says
Two federal officers appear to have lied about the events that led up to the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis last month, acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Friday.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Federal officers appear to have lied about lead-up to immigrant shooting, ICE director says reut.rs/3ZVxWCx
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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Nearly 90% of the economic burden from tariffs in 2025 was borne by US companies and consumers, according to a new study by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found
US Firms Paid Nearly 90% of 2025 Tariff Costs, NY Fed Study Says
Nearly 90% of the economic burden from tariffs in 2025 was borne by US companies and consumers, according to a new study by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Nearly 90% of the economic burden from tariffs in 2025 was borne by US companies and consumers, according to a new study by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found
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When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.”
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
(Published Oct. 2025)
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
(Published Oct. 2025)
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.”
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
(Published Oct. 2025)
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
(Published Oct. 2025)
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A remarkable 99-year-old news organization is being gutted & "journalists being shown the door" so Bari Weiss can instead do MAGA coded podcasts with a Jeffrey Epstein pen pal, sketchy wellness bros & a historian who gets his history wrong.
As CBS News staff quietly brace for another round of layoffs, Status has learned key new details about the cuts executives are planning behind the scenes.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...
The Coming CBS News Cuts
As CBS News staff quietly brace for another round of layoffs, Status has learned key new details about the cuts executives are planning behind the scenes.
www.status.news
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 AM
A remarkable 99-year-old news organization is being gutted & "journalists being shown the door" so Bari Weiss can instead do MAGA coded podcasts with a Jeffrey Epstein pen pal, sketchy wellness bros & a historian who gets his history wrong.
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Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?
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Gift article: "We won’t get anything resembling democracy until we clear that widespread debris, and that means sending a bunch of these liars to prison, because they are the real criminals. America desperately needs truth and consequences."
The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison. | Will Bunch
The outrageous lies of the Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a commerce secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Gift article: "We won’t get anything resembling democracy until we clear that widespread debris, and that means sending a bunch of these liars to prison, because they are the real criminals. America desperately needs truth and consequences."
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Behold, the genetic superiority of the master race. bsky.app/profile/chri...
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Behold, the genetic superiority of the master race. bsky.app/profile/chri...
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All of these stories are terrible but it's the bigger picture that terrifies me even more.
The US only has 350m people. If you can't turn a profit without access to the US market that's ONLY because of our dysfunctional for-profit healthcare system.
Today it's vaccines.
The US only has 350m people. If you can't turn a profit without access to the US market that's ONLY because of our dysfunctional for-profit healthcare system.
Today it's vaccines.
February 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
All of these stories are terrible but it's the bigger picture that terrifies me even more.
The US only has 350m people. If you can't turn a profit without access to the US market that's ONLY because of our dysfunctional for-profit healthcare system.
Today it's vaccines.
The US only has 350m people. If you can't turn a profit without access to the US market that's ONLY because of our dysfunctional for-profit healthcare system.
Today it's vaccines.
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Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
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Wow imagine free riding on other people's content to train your AI
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Wow imagine free riding on other people's content to train your AI