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@dianeravitch.bsky.social

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I write about the history and politics of education. I oppose the privatization of public schools. I support democracy, teachers, students, unions, liberal education, freedom to teach and to learn. Born in Houston, live in Brooklyn. Twitter refugee.

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Diane Ravitch🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🗽🇨🇱🏳️‍🌈✡️🇨🇦 @dianeravitch.bsky.social · Dec 1

Diane Ravitch: Bluesky Scribe Unmasking Education’s Villains
Mixing education advocacy with political satire, Diane is the kind of social media activist who would bring a red pen to a gunfight.
"Imagine if your grandmother could roast the Supreme Court while baking cookies—that's Diane on BlueSky"

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Man arrested by ICE, hospitalized for 37 days, no contact with lawyers. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Federal agents held him in a hospital for 37 days, at times shackled to his bed, without charging him

Bayron Rovidio Marin broke his leg when immigration authorities raided the car wash where he worked in Carson in August. He was surveilled for more than a month in his hospital bed at Harbor-UCLA Medi...

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marshalgrouchy.bsky.social @marshalgrouchy.bsky.social · 2d

Trump "Portland is burning to the ground." ??? We are so beyond Pinocchio's nose.

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Trump claims ‘Portland is burning’ while federal agents escalate ICE protest response

Federal officers used tear gas against Portland ICE protesters while Trump said "paid insurrectionists" were “burning” the city.

www.oregonlive.com

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ICE wanted to deport an 88-year-old immigrant. They couldn't. He died two years ago: link.latimes.com/view/6529c7f...

News Alert

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Resist peacefully! With style and humor!

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Texas Governor Abbott sends Texas National Guard to Illinois to help Trump dictatorship
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Texas National Guard headed to Illinois, as Pritzker decries 'authoritarian march' (ABC News)

As members of the Texas National Guard boarded a plane on Monday, state and city leaders in Illinois were holding a news conference asking them to stay away ...

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South Carolina judge ruled against Trump. Strangely, her house burned to the ground. Coincidence?
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Judge Who Ruled Against Trump Finds Her Home Burned to the Ground (The New Republic)

A South Carolina Judge who recently ruled against the Trump administration had her house go up in a massive cloud of flames on Sunday. Judge Diane Goodstein’...

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True Blue 🇦🇺🐨 @spbmckenna.bsky.social · 2d

🤬 Rick Scott ran the company CONVICTED of the largest Medicare FRAUD in the history of America.

He then took his money & ran for Govenor of Florida, where he PREVENTED the state from EXPANDING Medicaid for low income Floridians!

He also asked Trump for a PARDON!

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ginya1.bsky.social @ginya1.bsky.social · 2d

This guy’s company was indicted on 14 felony convictions, paid the biggest healthcare fraud settlement ever for events occurring under his tenure, but he was just allowed to resign & skate away unscathed & win Governor just 3 years later & Senate after that. How? All I can think of is: Florida.

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 2d

Who is Rick Scott? #Fraud #RickScott
Oversaw the largest Medicare FRAUD in US history
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwSf...

Who is Rick Scott? Republican Governor of Florida | NowThis

YouTube video by NowThis Impact

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Using massive Medicaid and Medicare fraud.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Daniel Prokop @danielprokop.com · 2d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

PEGGY NOONAN: “.. You know why people say something’s wrong with this guy? Because it appears something is wrong with this guy.”

@wsj.com
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Doocy: "So the Democratic position is that illegal immigrants should not have any access to taxpayer-funded health insurance?"

Sen. Mark Kelly: "Federal law is that undocumented individuals do not have access to medicare, medicaid, food stamps, or the ACA. That's the law."

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 2d

BOOM 🔥:

Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

somehow they managed to do the free press but worse

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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Justice Karen Immergut, a Trump appointee, ruled against Trump for the second time in two days. She ruled he cannot send troops to Portland. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland for second time

The ruling came in an emergency hearing Sunday night.

www.politico.com

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Barak-Har Elkin @barak-har-elkin.bsky.social · 4d

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Does she ever sleep at night. The people under her command are killing people, terrorizing communities. Shame on Noem.

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DanSkinnerArt @danskinnerart.bsky.social · 3d

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RFK Jr. is a threat to public health. People will die because he is firing experts and replacing them with people who share his whacko views.

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 3d

I missed this earlier this week, but the Directors of NIAID, NICHD, NIMHD, & NINR were all fired. The NIAID Director, Mazzaro, was likely fired in retaliation for speaking out against the anti-vaccine moves made by the administration.

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3d

News today that ICE shot a woman is chilling. The videos online show that there are some abusive, masked thugs masquerading as law enforcement.

Nobody deserves this. The courts need to step in.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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Of course, Trump will ignore laws he doesn't like.