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Mrs. D. room C-14
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Wife to the surfing chaplain.
Mom to 3 amazing adults.
Teacher to middle school humans.
Lover of beaches, walking, reading, thrifting, and polka dots.
Act justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly.
Those who never missed a chance to hurt or demean
will never be heard of again:
Gone the people who corrupted the courts,
gone the people who cheated the poor,
gone the people who victimized the innocent.

-Isaiah 29
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A trusting life won’t topple. - Isaiah 28
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"The moral measure of an economy is how the “least of these” experience it. That’s how we measure whether the economy is healthy and morally functional."
An interview with Chuck Collins, who gave away his half-a-million-dollar trust after being exposed to the violence caused by economic systems and has spent the past 40 years advocating for a more moral economy.
sojo.net/magazine/dec...
Billionaires Are a National Disaster
Chuck Collins on how income inequality undermines everyone’s quality of life—even the most wealthy.
sojo.net
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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We Ain’t Buying It Day 1! Spend time with your family, tell them you ain’t buying it and why! #weaintbuyingit
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat

We must get big money out of politics.

It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Here’s a disheartening glimpse inside Dept of Ed—lost morale, locked out of accounts,etc.

“What is being done to the systems that support kids, students, families, adult learners and our country’s future is worse than anything they can do to us.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Workers inside Department of Education say Trump’s latest bid to dismantle agency ‘makes no sense’
‘Morale is completely lost,’ say workers as Trump administration strips some programs and transfers others
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For Good
YouTube video by Cynthia Erivo - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Only 50 years....
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The Trump administration is breaking the law by transferring critical work to federal agencies that lack the expertise to lead education policy.

Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
US education department reassigns many powers to other federal agencies
Move marks further dismantling of the department and Democrats criticized administration for ‘slashing resources’
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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ICYMI: I took a shot at explaining why Democrats have been slow to put forward a positive vision for education—and the opportunity there if they do.

We need to resist the urge to make policy on—rather than with—parents and educators.

With comments from @rweingarten.bsky.social & others.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education doesn't streamline or reform education - it abandons America's students.

Tell your lawmakers to protect public education for all.
Tell your lawmaker: Protect public education!
Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education doesn't streamline or reform education - it abandons America's students. Tell your lawmakers to protect and strengthen American public educ...
actionnetwork.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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What’s happening now with Trump’s plan to disperse the Dept of Education isn’t about slashing red tape. Teachers know how to make the federal role more effective, efficient and supportive of real learning—if only the administration would listen. www.aft.org/press-releas...
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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"He who obtains has little. He who gives away has much."
— Lao Tzu.

Wishing you a lovely evening and a fantastic start to the new week with this adorable, edible, orange pansy.🧡

#ColorADay #OrangeSun

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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May the God of love fill Your heart with peace and send You into the world to live it.
And the blessing of God Almighty, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, be with You and those You love, this day and always.
Amen.
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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"There's a storm coming across California, but the storm I'm talking about is being fueled by decades of disinvestment in public education and decades of top-down decision making..."

CTA President David Goldberg on the moment we're in and the fight ahead.

#WeCantWaitCA #WeCantWait #WeAreCTA
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
THIS!!!👇👇👇
When I ask my 8th grade students if they need help on their homework...
It's okay, Miss. I'll just use AI. 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

We are going to have an entire generation that will not have effective critical thinking skills.
The ability of the tech bros to indoctrinate children while making them illiterate via genAI doesn't get enough discussion.
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Wiggins says that the gravedigging was so traumatising that no one talked during the day, except for the few who would pray over the graves and some who quietly cried."
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Doom to you who legislate evil,
who make laws that make victims—
Laws that make misery for the poor,
that rob my destitute people of dignity,
Exploiting defenseless widows,
taking advantage of homeless children.
-Isaiah 10
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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If you’re ok with vouchers being used for ski trips or piano lessons but not ok with SNAP benefits being used for pizza or cupcakes, it’s not the use of public money you have a problem with.

It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
November 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM