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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 14h

Gross

Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 15h

I’m very fortunate that my son goes to a great school with a great principal and special education team. But I did the lottery to get him into that school, and the school board gave me a hard time about not putting him in his zoned elementary school and I was like

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 17h

No San Francisco area

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 17h

I’m one of these parents. They don’t want to fuck with me

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 18h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 21h

Off to California to attend a week long writing lab courtesy of @pagecraft.bsky.social. Very grateful for this opportunity! Back on 10/19, home for three days, and then off to Texas and AFF for four days. 🤪 Gonna be a busy month! #scriptsky

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Miji 🔞· ʀᴇɴᴍᴇɪ ʙʀᴀɪɴʀᴏᴛ ᴇʀᴀ @mijikaaitan.bsky.social · 1d

Yall have got to start spreading this like wildfire and start locking in

Otherwise if not, it will be too late and it’s goodbye to our internet safety and privacy forever

I am dead serious, please please PLEASE raise hell and spread awareness on this. Please don’t ignore this

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 1d

But that pastor who molested a twelve year old gets six months.

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 1d

wtf is this shit?

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 1d

a cartoon of snoopy sitting at a table with the words teehee on the bottom right

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 1d

Embarrassing

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

We live in a country where the government honors insurrectionists who sacked the Capitol, and defines peaceful protest, even before it occurs, to be terrorism.
They know their position is weak, they know they are unpopular, which is why they are seeking to stamp out dissent.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that they are still doing the "Soros-paid protestors" bit is just an incredible testimony to the durability of certain tropes to negate the popular will, regardless of the lack of evidence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 1d

It’s very sad that half of America really believes that someone is funding the other half of the country to go protest. It’s certifiably insane

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 1d

These people are nuts

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 1d

Wtf

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 1d

They’re doing this shit instead of reopening the government lmao

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 2d

This proclamation is batshit insane and i just want everyone to try to fathom, for one second, what is like being a Native person on their homeland with invaders and occupiers continuously spouting lies and threatening violence against those who defy it.

Also, this means we’re winning 💅🏽

The WHITE HOUSE
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus — the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth. This Columbus Day, we honor his life with reverence and gratitude, and we pledge to reclaim his extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory.

Just over 2 months later, on October 12, 1492, Columbus made landfall in the modern-day Bahamas. Upon his arrival, he planted a majestic cross in a mighty act of devotion, dedicating the land to God and setting in motion America's proud birthright of faith. Though he initially believed he had arrived in Asia, his discovery opened the vast frontier and untold splendors of the New World to Europe. He later ventured onward to Cuba and other islands in the Caribbean - exploring their coasts and engaging with their people.
Guided by steadfast prayer and unwavering fortitude and resolve, Columbus's journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas — paving the way for the ultimate triumph of Western civilization less than three centuries later on July 4, 1776.

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Outrageously, in recent years, Christopher Columbus has been a prime target of a vicious and merciless campaign to erase our history, slander our heroes, and attack our heritage. Before our very eyes, left-wing radicals toppled his statues, vandalized his monuments, tarnished his character, and sought to exile him from our public spaces. Under my leadership, those days are finally over — and our Nation will now abide by a simple truth: Christopher Columbus was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination.

The WHITE HOUSE
This Columbus Day, more than 500 years since Columbus arrived in the New World, we follow his example, we echo his resolve, and we offer our gratitude for his life of valor and grit. Above all, we commit to restoring a Nation that once again dares to tame the unknown, honors our rich cultural inheritance, and offers rightful praise to our Creator above.
In commemoration of Christopher Columbus's historic voyage, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, and modified in 1968 (36 U.S.C. 107), as amended, has requested the President proclaim the second Monday of October of each year as
"Columbus Day."

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 2d

a man with long hair is giving a thumbs up and saying he 's gonna fix the economy .

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 2d

🤮

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

DHS Fascism Barbie Tricia McLaughlin in response to a video of Pritzker literally walking the streets of Chicago: "Get out of your mansion. Go walk around Chicago. Go see the rampant crime."

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Stacey Russell (she/they) @staceycrussell.bsky.social · 2d

A baby in her what?

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