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DJ
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History librarian, autistic, queer, polytheist, goth, Trek. Dem, but definitely not a moderate. #BLM
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Something else I’ve not seen mentioned here is that not only are they removing funding status from predominantly women-held positions, but these are also positions that have mandated reporter status. They want to protect their pedophiles, not students.
"The Trump administration unveiled a sweeping plan Tuesday to sidestep Congress and outsource large pieces of the U.S. Department of Education..."

This is a key vision of the Heritage Foundation.

There will be less oversight, less funding, and less education.

They love an uninformed electorate.
Trump administration shares new moves to dismantle more of the Education Department
Some of the responsibilities the administration aims to move were explicitly assigned to the U.S. Education Department by Congress, raising questions about the legality of these changes.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Something else I’ve not seen mentioned here is that not only are they removing funding status from predominantly women-held positions, but these are also positions that have mandated reporter status. They want to protect their pedophiles, not students.
"The Trump administration unveiled a sweeping plan Tuesday to sidestep Congress and outsource large pieces of the U.S. Department of Education..."

This is a key vision of the Heritage Foundation.

There will be less oversight, less funding, and less education.

They love an uninformed electorate.
Trump administration shares new moves to dismantle more of the Education Department
Some of the responsibilities the administration aims to move were explicitly assigned to the U.S. Education Department by Congress, raising questions about the legality of these changes.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Here is what Project 2025 proposed for where components of the Department of Education should go. The Trump administration has followed this document pretty closely so far.
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Trump & McMahon are lawlessly trying to abolish the Department of Education & tear down public education in America.

They know how unpopular this plan is—that's why despite Republican majorities in Congress, they're choosing to do this ILLEGALLY.
Senator Murray Statement on Trump’s Latest Steps to Keep Illegally Dismantling the Department of Education—Abandoning Students Nationwide - Senator Patty Murray
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member and former chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and P...
www.murray.senate.gov
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro

📝: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Available here! 📚: bookshop.org/a/110946/978...
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Timeline cleanse!

The Empire Strips Back - Yes, it’s Star Wars burlesque.
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Lt Commander Data - Fully Functional queer pinup tattoo
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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You know who else had statues of himself all through the country and his face on anything the people would see?

Saddam Hussein
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Remember when I kept saying he was trying to emulate Emperor Flavian? Yup
Trump is moving to immortalize himself with his name etched into coins, carved into pediments, and inscribed into marble. He wants to glorify himself in the most permanent ways possible.

We must not allow Trump to rewrite history with false tributes to himself.
The Verdict of History
Trump and his fascist glorification
robertreich.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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"don't worry, he's just into 15-year-olds" perhaps not as exculpatory as you think
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I go all Lois Lane on Lt. Ortegas’ brother and whether he’s a journalist in our review of “What is Starfleet?”.

And @mark2000.bsky.social helps me process my visceral reaction to the excellent WEAPONS. More over, Pennywise. Get out, Freddy and Jason. Aunt Gladys is in the hood.
#SNW documentary style episode “What is Starfleet” is less Ken Burns and more Project Veritas. We talk its journalistic merits as well as what side of a conflict should be scrutinize more. Then our discussion of the 2025 film Weapons goes from addiction to school shootings to… the housing crisis?
What is Starfleet — Weapons or Explorers?
Podcast Episode · Ship Full of Jerks · 11/11/2025 · 1h 17m
podcasts.apple.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Remember how Elon said that Trump was in the Epstein files and that’s why he won’t let them be released and he apparently knew all about that but then decided to be friends with Trump again a week later so he just deleted that tweet and doesn’t mention it and no one regards that as a bit of an issue
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thanks to a witch, MAGA Ken learns everyone deserves to eat.
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Friendly reminder that most Christians aren’t following Jesus. They’re following Paul, a man that wrote out ideas that directly contradicted the teachings of Jesus and the words of the original disciples. Paul’s teachings were based on hierarchy and power. They’re Paulists, not Christians.
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
She didn’t get the position or clout she thought she deserved for backing him like the men did, so she’s acting out and trying to play the victim, especially around other women.
No. I do not trust this “calmer” MTG.

There is an agenda.
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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“I’m not coming in to punch anybody in the face, but I’m not pleased that, in the face of this invasive species that is Donald Trump, who’s completely changed the rules of the game, that we’re still playing by the old rules of the game. “And in my core, I’m stunned.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/newsom...
Newsom Says The Eight Senators Who Struck Shutdown Deal Aren't Alarmed Enough About Trump
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning that eight senators' decision to break with Dems and end the shutdown shows they aren't alarmed enough about Trump.
www.huffpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Brought the big camera to work for the Aurora show this evening. A WSR-88D radar makes for an interesting urban foreground! #wywx #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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#USDemocracy #MomSky #feminism

Women factory workers ensured that the Allied forces won World War 2 by building everything from the bullets to the warplanes that the soldiers used.

Antifa in Indiana, 1943:
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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"Europe is hurtling toward digital vassalage. Under Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, EU laws to tackle tech giants have been either not applied or delayed, for fear of offending Donald Trump." - @johnnyryan.bsky.social and Georg Riekeles
The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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1944:
American, British, & Canadian soldiers stormed Normandy's beaches while many workers at home supplied soldiers by factory and raised their families.

We took on the Nazi occupiers and, to this day, many in our countries 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦 to tolerate fascists. 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧
They don't own us!

#USDemocracy #MomSky
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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On this Veterans Day, I pay special tribute to those who served, especially the trans service members, only to have Whiskey Pete Hegseth shit all over their service because he's an insecure, inadequate right wing white man.
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Happy birthday, Mr. Vonnegut
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM