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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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The Trump administration's vague & clearly unconstitutional memo is a grave attack on students, our profession and knowledge itself. It would hamper efforts to extend access to education, and dash the promise of equal opportunity for all. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Educator coalition sues to block Trump anti-diversity orders: ‘A grave attack’
American Federation of Teachers and others say in lawsuit that new DEI guidelines would ‘hamper’ education efforts
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Trump administration's vague & clearly unconstitutional memo is a grave attack on students, our profession and knowledge itself. It would hamper efforts to extend access to education, and dash the promise of equal opportunity for all. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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We know student loan servicing has been bad, but the Trump administration is going to make it a nightmare. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration quietly shutters online form for student debt repayment
Removal comes after court decision pausing Joe Biden’s Save program, leaving millions of Americans in the lurch
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
We know student loan servicing has been bad, but the Trump administration is going to make it a nightmare. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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McMahon goes on record saying private schools funded by taxpayer vouchers—including a federal voucher scheme—do and should have the right to turn children away if those children don’t fit those private schools’ needs.
It’s not parent choice. It’s the school’s choice.
It’s not parent choice. It’s the school’s choice.
February 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
McMahon goes on record saying private schools funded by taxpayer vouchers—including a federal voucher scheme—do and should have the right to turn children away if those children don’t fit those private schools’ needs.
It’s not parent choice. It’s the school’s choice.
It’s not parent choice. It’s the school’s choice.
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A worker at an intelligence agency says unidentified outside staffers arrived to sweep the office of anything they felt was related to DEI.
That included a plaque, confiscated from a supervisor’s desk, that read, “Be kind to everyone.”
That included a plaque, confiscated from a supervisor’s desk, that read, “Be kind to everyone.”
Elon Musk's midnight takeover
The world's richest man and his allies are “avoiding office hours at all costs” as they take a wrecking ball to the US government.
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
A worker at an intelligence agency says unidentified outside staffers arrived to sweep the office of anything they felt was related to DEI.
That included a plaque, confiscated from a supervisor’s desk, that read, “Be kind to everyone.”
That included a plaque, confiscated from a supervisor’s desk, that read, “Be kind to everyone.”
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February 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Businesses will pass these higher costs onto consumers—costing the average family almost $830 MORE this year.
That’s BEFORE we account for the cost of retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada, which could launch us into a trade war and recession.
taxfoundation.org/research/all... (3/3)
That’s BEFORE we account for the cost of retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada, which could launch us into a trade war and recession.
taxfoundation.org/research/all... (3/3)
Tracking the Economic Impact of the Trump Tariffs
The Trump administration imposed nearly $80 billion worth of new taxes on Americans by levying tariffs on thousands of products in 2018 and 2019, amounting to one of the largest tax increases in decad...
taxfoundation.org
February 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Businesses will pass these higher costs onto consumers—costing the average family almost $830 MORE this year.
That’s BEFORE we account for the cost of retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada, which could launch us into a trade war and recession.
taxfoundation.org/research/all... (3/3)
That’s BEFORE we account for the cost of retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada, which could launch us into a trade war and recession.
taxfoundation.org/research/all... (3/3)
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As democracy is being dismantled and the economic and political status of the US is being trashed, people who get their info from Fox News have no idea.
![Current Fox News web page headlines:
* Musk rips 'fraudulent' taxpayer handouts as DOGE team uncovers shady financial secrets
* Newly elected Dem Party leader [David Hogg] called for defunding the police, abolishing ICE
* Dem melts down after Harris loss: Trump is 'psychotic,' 'white supremacy' underlines it all
* DNC lambasted for 'beyond parody' leadership vote that included singing, gender rules](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7odhgjrqjyqrjqvzxxmqzlz6/bafkreig3s5aojectq6exworhrre6kawaglmx7sceasnkjovcrhqv6inytm@jpeg)
February 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
As democracy is being dismantled and the economic and political status of the US is being trashed, people who get their info from Fox News have no idea.