Nancy Flanagan 🎼
@nancyflanagan.bsky.social
Lifelong public school educator and advocate. Michigan Teacher of the Year, 1993. National Board Certified Teacher. Musician. Prodigious reader. Gardener. Ardently Blue. #Resist! https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/
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“What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children. Any other idea for our schools is narrow and unlovely; acted upon, it destroys our democracy.” John Dewey
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Guys like Cassidy were alright with it when it was teachers, librarians, and students who were subject to governing by conspiracy—but doctors? They’re men who know stuff!
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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'We’re seeing a transfer of wealth — away frm public sphere toward private systems. It’s shift in who gets opportunity. Public ed has always been a public good. When you weaken the fed role, strip away resources, you don’t create freedom; you create inequity' joshcowen.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
"We need to prepare kids for their future, not our past."
I talk with Dr. Jill Underly, Wisconsin's elected state schools chief, about her battle with Elon Musk, Trump's plans for the US Department of Education, and building a new vision for public schools.
joshcowen.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
'We’re seeing a transfer of wealth — away frm public sphere toward private systems. It’s shift in who gets opportunity. Public ed has always been a public good. When you weaken the fed role, strip away resources, you don’t create freedom; you create inequity' joshcowen.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
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FYI, there are over 300,000 pages of Epstein files.
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
FYI, there are over 300,000 pages of Epstein files.
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When you shoot your own puppy and become the head of HLS… 🫢
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
When you shoot your own puppy and become the head of HLS… 🫢
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Chris Murphy: "This is potentially the biggest scandal in presidential history ... I'm sure they are meeting in the White House right now trying to decide how they can get around complying with the law."
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is potentially the biggest scandal in presidential history ... I'm sure they are meeting in the White House right now trying to decide how they can get around complying with the law."
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
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'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.'
h/t @cocacolakid
h/t @cocacolakid
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.'
h/t @cocacolakid
h/t @cocacolakid
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Slotkin leads Democrats in efforts to curb Trump’s executive power. Haley Stevens joins Slotkin in seeking to end presidential pardons. michiganadvance.com/2025/11/19/s...
Slotkin leads Democrats in efforts to curb Trump's executive power • Michigan Advance
In recent weeks, U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin has led the call to curb President Donald Trump’s executive powers, with one of her Michigan colleagues echoing that cry after voting to release the Epstein f...
michiganadvance.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Slotkin leads Democrats in efforts to curb Trump’s executive power. Haley Stevens joins Slotkin in seeking to end presidential pardons. michiganadvance.com/2025/11/19/s...
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Corruption at every level of government. Inconvenient truths are eradicated.
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Corruption at every level of government. Inconvenient truths are eradicated.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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"Mr. Trump’s signature does not guarantee the release of all the files. The bill contains significant exceptions, including a provision protecting continuing investigations, which could mean many documents would stay confidential."
#AsPredicted (NY Times)
#AsPredicted (NY Times)
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Mr. Trump’s signature does not guarantee the release of all the files. The bill contains significant exceptions, including a provision protecting continuing investigations, which could mean many documents would stay confidential."
#AsPredicted (NY Times)
#AsPredicted (NY Times)
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Mary Bruce is a superstar. She could give a shit when the President tries to demean her. She really got him flustered over and over.
He hates strong women.
He hates strong women.
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Mary Bruce is a superstar. She could give a shit when the President tries to demean her. She really got him flustered over and over.
He hates strong women.
He hates strong women.
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Page One in Iowa.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Page One in Iowa.
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BREAKING: Epstein survivors say they don’t care whether their names are redacted, they want the full Epstein files released as-is, with every perpetrator exposed, per CNN.
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BREAKING: Epstein survivors say they don’t care whether their names are redacted, they want the full Epstein files released as-is, with every perpetrator exposed, per CNN.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails exchanged between TX Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk’s companies, state officials released nearly 1,400 pages to The Texas Newsroom. The records reveal little--all but 200 pages are entirely blacked out. www.propublica.org/article/greg...
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s i...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Months after fighting to keep secret emails exchanged between TX Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk’s companies, state officials released nearly 1,400 pages to The Texas Newsroom. The records reveal little--all but 200 pages are entirely blacked out. www.propublica.org/article/greg...
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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He's a disgusting disgraceful demagogue
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He's a disgusting disgraceful demagogue
Headline of the Day: This is what you get when incompetence meets ignorance and tips the hat to arrogance luciantruscott.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
This is what you get when incompetence meets ignorance and tips the hat to arrogance
James B.
luciantruscott.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Headline of the Day: This is what you get when incompetence meets ignorance and tips the hat to arrogance luciantruscott.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
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HAYES: “2 female reporters asking obviously totally newsworthy Q’s — one gets called ‘PIGGY’ the other gets called ‘INSUBORDINATE’ because she didn’t bow and scrape to the Saudi King.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
HAYES: “2 female reporters asking obviously totally newsworthy Q’s — one gets called ‘PIGGY’ the other gets called ‘INSUBORDINATE’ because she didn’t bow and scrape to the Saudi King.”
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