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“Some will leave the profession, others will leave and move elsewhere,” said one high school English teacher. “But I think the bigger danger is that a lot of them are going to get beaten to submission because they don’t want to lose their jobs.”
https://trib.al/WOqdPGh
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July 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“Some will leave the profession, others will leave and move elsewhere,” said one high school English teacher. “But I think the bigger danger is that a lot of them are going to get beaten to submission because they don’t want to lose their jobs.”
https://trib.al/WOqdPGh
https://trib.al/WOqdPGh
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📌Epstein–Barr virus?
July 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
📌Epstein–Barr virus?
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com:
“The cruelty of these cuts is matched only by their stupidity,” writes Lawrence Summers about the domestic policy bill President Trump signed into law on Friday. “Medicaid beneficiaries will lose, but so will the rest of us.”
“The cruelty of these cuts is matched only by their stupidity,” writes Lawrence Summers about the domestic policy bill President Trump signed into law on Friday. “Medicaid beneficiaries will lose, but so will the rest of us.”
Opinion | Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country
A focus on economics misses the human brutality that is the most problematic aspect of this legislation.
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com:
“The cruelty of these cuts is matched only by their stupidity,” writes Lawrence Summers about the domestic policy bill President Trump signed into law on Friday. “Medicaid beneficiaries will lose, but so will the rest of us.”
“The cruelty of these cuts is matched only by their stupidity,” writes Lawrence Summers about the domestic policy bill President Trump signed into law on Friday. “Medicaid beneficiaries will lose, but so will the rest of us.”
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The folk band Lord Buffalo has had to cancel their European tour due to the arrest by ICE of their drummer, a legal permanent U.S. resident, as they were boarding their flight. He has not been heard from since.
May 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The folk band Lord Buffalo has had to cancel their European tour due to the arrest by ICE of their drummer, a legal permanent U.S. resident, as they were boarding their flight. He has not been heard from since.
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I know there's a lot going on, but I would like to highlight that Mike Johnson slipped language into an otherwise routine House procedural vote yesterday that now blocks Democrats from forcing an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s Signal scandal, through October.
April 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I know there's a lot going on, but I would like to highlight that Mike Johnson slipped language into an otherwise routine House procedural vote yesterday that now blocks Democrats from forcing an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s Signal scandal, through October.
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No due process means he decides your guilt or innocence. Not the courts. Not a judge or a jury.
No longer will you be deemed innocent until PROVEN guilty.
You’ll be declared guilty and snatched off the streets with no recourse.
Is the wisdom of the Constitution kicking in yet?
No longer will you be deemed innocent until PROVEN guilty.
You’ll be declared guilty and snatched off the streets with no recourse.
Is the wisdom of the Constitution kicking in yet?
"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
April 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
No due process means he decides your guilt or innocence. Not the courts. Not a judge or a jury.
No longer will you be deemed innocent until PROVEN guilty.
You’ll be declared guilty and snatched off the streets with no recourse.
Is the wisdom of the Constitution kicking in yet?
No longer will you be deemed innocent until PROVEN guilty.
You’ll be declared guilty and snatched off the streets with no recourse.
Is the wisdom of the Constitution kicking in yet?
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House Speaker Johnson is eyeing big cuts to Medicaid.
Nearly 40% of the people in his district in Louisiana rely on it
Nearly 40% of the people in his district in Louisiana rely on it
House Speaker Johnson is eyeing big cuts to Medicaid. In his Louisiana district, it's a lifeline.
Nearly 40% of the people in House Speaker Mike Johnson's district in Louisiana rely on Medicaid.
www.cbsnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
House Speaker Johnson is eyeing big cuts to Medicaid.
Nearly 40% of the people in his district in Louisiana rely on it
Nearly 40% of the people in his district in Louisiana rely on it
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Spread this everywhere.
April 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Spread this everywhere.
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He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.
April 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.
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Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
WASHINGTON—Lambasting the current program as wasteful, bloated, and entirely unnecessary, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for steep cuts Monday to the number of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous...
theonion.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
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Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.
March 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.
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A Maryland man who was in the U.S. legally was deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there because of an “administrative error,” Trump administration officials said in a court filing on Monday. The man has lived in the U.S. since 2019 and his wife and 5-year-old child are both U.S. citizens.
U.S. Says Deportation of Maryland Man Was an ‘Administrative Error’
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was in the U.S. legally, is now in prison in El Salvador, and federal courts have no jurisdiction to order his release, the Trump administration said in a court filin...
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A Maryland man who was in the U.S. legally was deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there because of an “administrative error,” Trump administration officials said in a court filing on Monday. The man has lived in the U.S. since 2019 and his wife and 5-year-old child are both U.S. citizens.
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Not being allowed to hand water to people in line to vote no matter who they are voting for, while being allowed to hand people million dollar checks to get their vote, is the most American thing ever.
March 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Not being allowed to hand water to people in line to vote no matter who they are voting for, while being allowed to hand people million dollar checks to get their vote, is the most American thing ever.
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US president Donald Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes in the US, especially in government offices, claiming that they were discriminatory.
US demands that EU companies comply with anti-diversity order
US president Donald Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes in the US, especially in government offices, claiming that they were discriminatory.
l.euronews.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
US president Donald Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes in the US, especially in government offices, claiming that they were discriminatory.
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New in PN: John Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him.
"After all, how can the rightwing justices expect a future president — particularly a Democratic one — to accept rulings limiting the exercise of their power from a Court that served as the judicial stooge of an aspiring dictator?"
"After all, how can the rightwing justices expect a future president — particularly a Democratic one — to accept rulings limiting the exercise of their power from a Court that served as the judicial stooge of an aspiring dictator?"
John Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him.
The Supreme Court faces an existential dilemma of its own creation.
www.publicnotice.co
March 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New in PN: John Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him.
"After all, how can the rightwing justices expect a future president — particularly a Democratic one — to accept rulings limiting the exercise of their power from a Court that served as the judicial stooge of an aspiring dictator?"
"After all, how can the rightwing justices expect a future president — particularly a Democratic one — to accept rulings limiting the exercise of their power from a Court that served as the judicial stooge of an aspiring dictator?"
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Many Democrats want more fight from their party leaders. These attorneys general are “punching back” against President Trump in court--and winning.
The Democrats Who Are Fighting—and Winning—Against Trump in Court
State attorneys general have brought 11 lawsuits against the president and his administration. In swing states, the strategy carries political risk.
www.wsj.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Many Democrats want more fight from their party leaders. These attorneys general are “punching back” against President Trump in court--and winning.
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Marine Le Pen Verdict Live: French Far-right Leader Banned from Public Office CC: Merrick Garland ... this is how it's done. #smdh www.reuters.com/world/europe... h/t @reuters.com
Marine Le Pen Verdict Live: French far-right leader banned from public office
Far-right leader Le Pen and other French MEPs were found guilty of misappropriating EU funds.
www.reuters.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Marine Le Pen Verdict Live: French Far-right Leader Banned from Public Office CC: Merrick Garland ... this is how it's done. #smdh www.reuters.com/world/europe... h/t @reuters.com
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1. The Social Security Administration and DOGE are GASLIGHTING AMERICANS.
They are telling millions of beneficiaries that reports they were closing SSA field offices were fake news.
Actually, these closures were PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED and LEASES WERE CANCELED.
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They are telling millions of beneficiaries that reports they were closing SSA field offices were fake news.
Actually, these closures were PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED and LEASES WERE CANCELED.
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How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans
The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.
popular.info
March 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
1. The Social Security Administration and DOGE are GASLIGHTING AMERICANS.
They are telling millions of beneficiaries that reports they were closing SSA field offices were fake news.
Actually, these closures were PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED and LEASES WERE CANCELED.
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They are telling millions of beneficiaries that reports they were closing SSA field offices were fake news.
Actually, these closures were PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED and LEASES WERE CANCELED.
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We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence
We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence
Only 1 in 5 Fortune 500 companies made strong racial justice commitments in response to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Those companies were more likely to have DEI staff.
theconversation.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence
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“My opponent Elon Musk” is perfect.
Vote, Wisconsin!
Vote, Wisconsin!
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford in Waukesha this morning: “I need to talk for a few minutes about my opponent…Elon Musk”
“He has spent over $25 million trying to ensure that I don't end up on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He is trying to buy votes in Wisconsin”
“He has spent over $25 million trying to ensure that I don't end up on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He is trying to buy votes in Wisconsin”
March 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“My opponent Elon Musk” is perfect.
Vote, Wisconsin!
Vote, Wisconsin!
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Kristi Noem billed South Dakota taxpayers more than $640,000 in personal travel-related costs, including a six-day trip to Paris, a bear hunt in Canada, a trip to Houston for dental work to fix her smile, and a book tour. But she can afford a $50,000 Rolex for a prison porn photo op in El Salvador.
Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was taxpayers who were on the hook
An Associated Press analysis of recently released travel records found more than $150,000 in expenses tied to Noem’s political and personal activity.
apnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Kristi Noem billed South Dakota taxpayers more than $640,000 in personal travel-related costs, including a six-day trip to Paris, a bear hunt in Canada, a trip to Houston for dental work to fix her smile, and a book tour. But she can afford a $50,000 Rolex for a prison porn photo op in El Salvador.
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BREAKING: Trump's billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won't care if they don't get their Social Security checks — and that anyone who does complain is a fraudster.
March 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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