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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 3h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
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Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨As Rutgers professor and anti-fascist researcher @Mark__Bray and his family tried to escape death threats, they found their tickets to Spain had been cancelled at their gate at Newark airport. apple.news/At9zbVrllRta...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport — Guardian US

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

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Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social · 2d

For years, the conversation on #tutoring has been stuck in catch-up mode: How quickly can we help students recover? But perhaps the most underreported story about tutoring is what it means for the future of teaching. #TFA @the74.bsky.social #EduSky www.the74million.org/article/tuto...

Tutoring Is the Teacher Pipeline We’ve Been Missing

Hooten: High-dosage tutoring delivers more than academic gains. It could redefine how we bring the next generation of educators into classrooms.

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 3d

Can someone please ask @AGPamBondi if ICE is now staffed by extremists organizations like Proud Boys, 3%ers, and the former Identity Evropa & League of the South. What about those who participated in the January 6th insurrection?

Many people are saying this is true.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

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Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social · 3d

How We Outperformed National Reading Scores – And Kept Students at Grade Level @the74.bsky.social #EduSky www.the74million.org/article/how-...

How We Outperformed National Reading Scores – And Kept Students at Grade Level

Steffan: While some schools are grouping readers by ability, our district has had success teaching students in their classroom cohorts.

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 4d

Reports raise red flags: Georgia spent $54M on admin costs for its #Medicaid waiver, nearly twice the $26M spent on care, while enrolling under 3,500 people. CMS still extended the costly program that ties coverage to work requirements. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

CMS Extends Georgia’s Medicaid Waiver Program, Despite GAO Report Raising Concerns with Costs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

September 23, 2025: A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) raising concerns about the cost of Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage Medicaid waiver program is a forewarning about how ex...

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 5d

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Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social · 4d

Brain Development Signals Reading Challenges Long Before Kindergarten @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/zero2eight/b...

Brain Development Signals Reading Challenges Long Before Kindergarten

Developmental trajectories of children with and without reading disabilities start to diverge around 18 months, rather than at 5 or 6 years old.

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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 4d

Piloting School Funding Equity: How the New Nevada Education Funding Pilot Impacted Student Outcomes direct.mit.edu/edfp/article...

Piloting School Funding Equity: How the New Nevada Education Funding Pilot Impacted Student Outcomes

Abstract. This study examines the impact of a weighted-student funding pilot program in Nevada, the New Nevada Funding Plan Pilot Program (NNFP), on school expenditures and student academic achievemen...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5d

Narrator: This is fascism.

The image is an X post by Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis
) from 19 hours ago, stating: "So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyone—including kids—and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?" The post includes a verified badge.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 8d

I am sickened by today’s attack in Manchester. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and we must do all we can to stomp it out. I am grateful to first responders and congregants who showed incredible bravery, and I am praying for those who were killed.

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Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social · 8d

Wow

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8d

Just try to imagine the public outcry and wall-to-wall media coverage if President Biden had cancelled $8 billion in funding to red states.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 10d

I missed this yesterday but Geogetown Law's Center on Poverty and Inequality did a very nice visualization of the impact of the OBBB act on state governments. As with Medicaid, the GOP foisted a lot of costs onto states to pay for their tax cuts.

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SNAP Changes Will Upend State Budgets - Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality

SNAP is a lifeline for more than 42 million people, providing food that stabilizes families and strengthens communities, but the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) of 2025 made seismic changes to the ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?

MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement

STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9d

Republicans control the shutdown. Top to bottom. For example, construction of Trump's ballroom will continue as "essential" during the shutdown. But the stuff that helps you will not. abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

Government shutdown updates: 'I don't think it's going to be that long of a shutdown', Vance says

Vice President JD Vance, while speaking at a White House press briefing, said that he does not think the government shutdown will be long.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?

JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.

S: Those are quotes

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Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social · 11d

Tylenol, Autism and the Perils of Basic-Level Literacy @the74.bsky.social phttps://www.the74million.org/article/tylenol-autism-and-the-perils-of-basic-level-literacy/

Tylenol, Autism and the Perils of Basic-Level Literacy

Pondiscio: When most Americans lack the reading skills to judge competing claims in critical debates, they are at the mercy of others.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13d

Portland is clearly a test run—your blue state is next. Any non-compliance with the demands of the fascist regime upon your local/state governments will be deemed Rebellion and will lead to federal troops being deployed to suppress you and your rights. So do not expect a free and fair 2026 election.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 13d

Portland sees the steepest DROP in homicides in major cities and Trump wants to send troops to do what exactly? More performative nonsense wasting taxpayer dollars from a weak dictator.

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Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social · 14d

I think DoD is exempt from the shutdown

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14d

In a genuine WOW moment, this administration publicly acknowledges (perhaps for the first time) that an ICE officer violated procedure and will be taken off duty and subject to an investigation. This is a step in the right direction — I just wish it wasn't only because of such an awful viral video.

Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:
"The officer's conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE. Our ICE law enforcement are held to the highest professional standards and this officer is being relieved of current duties as we conduct a full investigation."

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Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social · 14d

Goblins AI Math Tutoring App Clones Your Teacher’s Looks and Voice @the74.bsky.social @jonapolitano.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/new-...

Goblins AI Math Tutoring App Clones Your Teacher’s Looks and Voice

“If a little avatar of [me] opens and sounds like me, that could be another way of connecting with students,” one Pennsylvania math teacher said.

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