Reposted by Gwen
Because it’s a smash and grab.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Because it’s a smash and grab.
Reposted by Gwen
Silencing smart people so dumb people won’t be offended is like unplugging the smoke alarm so the fire won’t feel bad.
September 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Silencing smart people so dumb people won’t be offended is like unplugging the smoke alarm so the fire won’t feel bad.
Reposted by Gwen
I’ll say this and then I’m gonna step back b/c 2026 IS THE ONLY NATIONAL ELECTION THAT’S IMPORTANT NOW.
No Dem presidential candidate wins w/o high Black turnout & vote.
So stop making it like Black voters are expendable or that you can serve up any candidate chosen by Pelosi, Clooney or MSM & win.
No Dem presidential candidate wins w/o high Black turnout & vote.
So stop making it like Black voters are expendable or that you can serve up any candidate chosen by Pelosi, Clooney or MSM & win.
May 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I’ll say this and then I’m gonna step back b/c 2026 IS THE ONLY NATIONAL ELECTION THAT’S IMPORTANT NOW.
No Dem presidential candidate wins w/o high Black turnout & vote.
So stop making it like Black voters are expendable or that you can serve up any candidate chosen by Pelosi, Clooney or MSM & win.
No Dem presidential candidate wins w/o high Black turnout & vote.
So stop making it like Black voters are expendable or that you can serve up any candidate chosen by Pelosi, Clooney or MSM & win.
Reposted by Gwen
anyone who would rather scream at democrats for dying than scream at republicans for killing people has lost the whole fucking plot.
you know what the perfect thing to message on the morning House Republicans pass the Break Everything Bill is? how bad House Dems are for dying.
great work there guys, keeping your eye on the ball
great work there guys, keeping your eye on the ball
May 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
anyone who would rather scream at democrats for dying than scream at republicans for killing people has lost the whole fucking plot.
Reposted by Gwen
As in the 14th Amend Sec. 3 insurrection case, & the Trump immunity case, this Court when dealing w/Trump continues to rule as though they are facing a hypothetical scenario rather than ruling in the context of an actual executive whose conduct demonstrates the worst case scenario of abuse of power.
How is SCOTUS going to ensure that every individual, before the govt puts them on a plane to a foreign prison, is notified they’re subject to rendition, and has the opportunity to challenge it?
The government isn’t providing that notice now.
Many people in immigration detention don’t have lawyers!
The government isn’t providing that notice now.
Many people in immigration detention don’t have lawyers!
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
As in the 14th Amend Sec. 3 insurrection case, & the Trump immunity case, this Court when dealing w/Trump continues to rule as though they are facing a hypothetical scenario rather than ruling in the context of an actual executive whose conduct demonstrates the worst case scenario of abuse of power.
Reposted by Gwen
You use the officials USGovt secure channels to hide communications from bad actors. You use Signal to hide communications from the USGovt.
As I explain here, security isn't even the biggest part of the Signal Scandal. This is to keep actions secret from the US government. It's how to do crimes, bribes and more. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/signa...
SignalGate Is Bad; But OPSEC Isn’t Even the Worst Part Of It
I haven’t had time to comment on the Jeff Goldberg story about...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You use the officials USGovt secure channels to hide communications from bad actors. You use Signal to hide communications from the USGovt.
Reposted by Gwen
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
Reposted by Gwen
Every Democrat who is in DC returned in time to vote against the bill (the lone NV is Rep. Grijalva, who is fighting cancer). The vote shenanigans did not make the difference in the end, Dems made sure they all got to vote.
Your anger is best direct at the people who actually do the bad things!
Your anger is best direct at the people who actually do the bad things!
February 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Every Democrat who is in DC returned in time to vote against the bill (the lone NV is Rep. Grijalva, who is fighting cancer). The vote shenanigans did not make the difference in the end, Dems made sure they all got to vote.
Your anger is best direct at the people who actually do the bad things!
Your anger is best direct at the people who actually do the bad things!
Reposted by Gwen
The legendary Roberta Flack, who sang “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," “Killing Me Softly," "The Closer I Get to You," "Feel Like Making Love," and "Where Is The Love," has died at 88.
Roberta Flack, ’70s R&B Vocalist Known for ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88
Roberta Flack, best known for her '70s hits 'Killing Me Softly' (later covered by the Fugees) and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' has died.
variety.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The legendary Roberta Flack, who sang “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," “Killing Me Softly," "The Closer I Get to You," "Feel Like Making Love," and "Where Is The Love," has died at 88.
Reposted by Gwen
A bit in the weeds but people should be thinking about this. Civil Service law is complicated. And there's an exception to almost every rule somewhere in the govt. But in most cases the following is true. Probationary employees include those in their first year of service and those who have ...
February 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A bit in the weeds but people should be thinking about this. Civil Service law is complicated. And there's an exception to almost every rule somewhere in the govt. But in most cases the following is true. Probationary employees include those in their first year of service and those who have ...
Reposted by Gwen
For all you who continually whine “I’m not racist, I just think we need to have standards,” this is absorb this.No Black man could become head of the Joint Chiefs without meeting the standard. What they want is to harden a system of affirmative action for white guys.They what their grandfathers had.
Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
For all you who continually whine “I’m not racist, I just think we need to have standards,” this is absorb this.No Black man could become head of the Joint Chiefs without meeting the standard. What they want is to harden a system of affirmative action for white guys.They what their grandfathers had.
Reposted by Gwen
Please stop saying it saved money until you understand the value of what was cut. They are downsizing, and if the stuff getting cut had real value, its not a saving.
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Please stop saying it saved money until you understand the value of what was cut. They are downsizing, and if the stuff getting cut had real value, its not a saving.
Reposted by Gwen
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
Reposted by Gwen
Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
February 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
Reposted by Gwen
After #SCOTUS blocked Biden's student loan program, he attempted to achieve similar results through a program based upon a *different* statute.
That's not "defying the courts" any more than Congress did when it relied upon the Commerce Clause, not 14A, to enact Title II of the Civil Rights Act.
That's not "defying the courts" any more than Congress did when it relied upon the Commerce Clause, not 14A, to enact Title II of the Civil Rights Act.
February 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
After #SCOTUS blocked Biden's student loan program, he attempted to achieve similar results through a program based upon a *different* statute.
That's not "defying the courts" any more than Congress did when it relied upon the Commerce Clause, not 14A, to enact Title II of the Civil Rights Act.
That's not "defying the courts" any more than Congress did when it relied upon the Commerce Clause, not 14A, to enact Title II of the Civil Rights Act.
Reposted by Gwen
do i roll my eyes at a lot of DEI stuff? yeah, i wrote a whole essay about why i thought it was bullshit back in 2020. but trump et al aren’t saying, “corporate DEI policies mainly exist to protect corporate interests from discrimination lawsuits.” they’re saying “get the blacks out”
February 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
do i roll my eyes at a lot of DEI stuff? yeah, i wrote a whole essay about why i thought it was bullshit back in 2020. but trump et al aren’t saying, “corporate DEI policies mainly exist to protect corporate interests from discrimination lawsuits.” they’re saying “get the blacks out”
Reposted by Gwen
Ahhhh.
South Africa’s coalition clashes over Starlink as Elon Musk attacks equality laws
Government divided over whether to exempt US satellite company from post-apartheid Black empowerment rules
archive.ph/qbG4h
Government divided over whether to exempt US satellite company from post-apartheid Black empowerment rules
archive.ph/qbG4h
February 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Ahhhh.
Reposted by Gwen
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
Reposted by Gwen
they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.
February 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.
Reposted by Gwen
Bullshit. The public backlash is just too much to handle.
Some might be asking if they are either liars or incompetent. They are both.
Some might be asking if they are either liars or incompetent. They are both.
January 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Bullshit. The public backlash is just too much to handle.
Some might be asking if they are either liars or incompetent. They are both.
Some might be asking if they are either liars or incompetent. They are both.
Reposted by Gwen
hi. sorry if you're getting sick of me talking about nonvoters and 3rd party voters. please understand i hate them with the fire of one billion suns.
January 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
hi. sorry if you're getting sick of me talking about nonvoters and 3rd party voters. please understand i hate them with the fire of one billion suns.
Reposted by Gwen
Democrats can't message empathy into people.
December 5, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Democrats can't message empathy into people.