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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 7h

It's utterly devastating to see decades of progress for the disability community being wiped out in just a few months.

There was of course much work to be done, but now that effort will have to be devoted to clawing back the gains now being ripped away.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 7h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 7h

My wife is collecting signatures for a sweet ballot measure in Michigan that would tax income over $1,000,000 to reduce class sizes while recruiting and retaining great teachers.

But they're way behind.

So she was tasked with bringing in someone who could help gather signatures.

Could it be you?

Invest in MI Kids

Putting kids first. Building a stronger Michigan for everyone.

investinmikids.org

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Dr. Tamar E. Granor @tamargranor.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks. Added to my "to read" pile

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 12h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Tamar E. Granor @tamargranor.bsky.social · 8h

#MostCorruptAdministration

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 9h

We have barely even sniffed around the insider trading crimes of the WH and its friends

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

Imagine that

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 10h

Trump went for a Covid shot and then set the CDC on fire.

If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 11h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Dr. Tamar E. Granor @tamargranor.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, I've been hearing that the diffusion of protests to so many places does make a difference, and apparently it makes the most difference in places that are strongly Republican

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11h

The only way this sort of thing makes sense is if they are against the entire concept of a “public good.” That is, something paid for by the public via taxes, owned by the public via government, and benefitting the public as a whole.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 13h

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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Dr. Tamar E. Granor @tamargranor.bsky.social · 10h

If Goldman, who is nowhere near the left side of the party is saying this, it's a good sign that the dams will stand strong

Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 11h

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.

Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

Dr. Tamar E. Granor @tamargranor.bsky.social · 10h

#MostCorruptAdministration

David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 10h

Meritocracy www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 15h

You can’t hate fascists and use AI slop generators. They’re the same thing: total destruction of truth at scale.

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Dr. Tamar E. Granor @tamargranor.bsky.social · 10h

I've been using #DeathCultAdministration

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12h

Right — “Bloody Sunday” in 1965 in Selma, but ALSO ABC interrupting ‘Judgment at Nuremberg’ to show Bloody Sunday to the nation

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12h

Turns out protest alone was never what changed things, it was protest *plus media coverage of protests*, which prompted officials to respond to protests, which increased public awareness of protests, etc.

If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.

ineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 14h

Six out of eight of the largest mass-movement protests in US history have happened since 2017. You wouldn't know this from most media reporting, and you sure af wouldn't know this from the way either major party has reacted.

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Grave Boneyard @dconrad.bsky.social · 12h

When I see a politician who stands up for trans rights, even though I am a cis white man, I know that is a politician who will stand up for the most oppressed group in America, and therefore will stand up for everyone, trans, gay, straight, Black, Latin, Asian, anyone.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 15h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 13h

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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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 16h

The autocrat's toadies destroy functioning governance and launch crisis after crisis in order to create a nation that runs on patronage in which he's the only one able to do anything for anyone.

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Dr. Tamar E. Granor @tamargranor.bsky.social · 17h

@npr.org Saying notices at TSA checkpoints "don't usually contain partisan messages" is an insufficient explanation. Including a partisan message is a violation of the Hatch Act and is illegal. Please be blunt about this administration's violations of the law

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 18h

Private equity gets its toothhold into firms through economic squeezing, devalues them, then breaks them into parts to sell off. This compact is the squeeze that will simultaneously advantage for-profit ed *and* make it easier to PE-ify non-profit ed. The ideological component is a means to an end.

Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 19h

an article with more context
www.republicreport.org/2025/billion...

Billionaire Behind Trump Pressure Campaign on Colleges Owns Predatory University of Phoenix - Republic Report

Private equity billionaire Marc Rowan was revealed last week to be the driving force behind a Trump administration campaign pressuring nine major U.S. universities, including Brown, MIT, and the Unive...

www.republicreport.org

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actsofconscience.bsky.social @actsofconscience.bsky.social · 18h

@swingleft.bsky.social has multiple ways for you to get involved

Swing Left @swingleft.bsky.social · 1d

These swing-district Republicans may represent some of the most flippable seats in Congress—but they vote with Trump 100% of the time.

That’s why we’re already working to replace them with Democrats in 2026—and every action we take between now and then will help decide control of Congress.

Graphic with the headline “These Republicans Vote With Trump 100% Of The Time” in bold white and red text on a black background. Below are ten black-and-white headshots in red circles, each labeled with a name and congressional district: Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Nick Begich (AK-AL), Gabe Evans (CO-08), Rob Bresnahan (PA-08), Tom Barrett (MI-07), Mike Lawler (NY-17), Zach Nunn (IA-03), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01).

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

Mike Johnson is so desperate to shield Republicans from questions about huge healthcare cuts and health insurance costs hikes that he keeps canceling House business so the GOP can hide.

Let’s keep the pressure on Republicans to stop hiding and end the Trump Shutdown: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

(next to an image of the Capitol and a hand holding a megaphone) STOP THE TRUMP SHUT DOWN

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actsofconscience.bsky.social @actsofconscience.bsky.social · 18h

Very handy way to show people that with the administration is saying about Portland is utter nonsense

Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 2d

It already exists too: isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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actsofconscience.bsky.social @actsofconscience.bsky.social · 18h

New Yorkers, check out this new collaboration

❌👑 Target Majority NYC: An Indivisible & Swing Left Group @targetmajoritynyc.bsky.social · 2d

American cities are under attack and We the people of New York say: HANDS OFF NYC!

We won’t stand by while our city and communities are targeted. We're getting prepared for what may come.

Join us: HandsOffNYC.com

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@ezralevin.bsky.social
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
@indivisible.org

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