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Major scandal in Ohio!
Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars sent to a for-profit organization that claimed to be helping Ohio kids, but later, turns out they couldn’t account for a bunch of the kids they claimed and were paid for.
“Ghost” students, they were called.
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Major scandal in Ohio!
Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars sent to a for-profit organization that claimed to be helping Ohio kids, but later, turns out they couldn’t account for a bunch of the kids they claimed and were paid for.
“Ghost” students, they were called.
1/
a red light with a silhouette of a person in it .
ALT: a red light with a silhouette of a person in it .
media.tenor.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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Major scandal in Ohio!
Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars sent to a for-profit organization that claimed to be helping Ohio kids, but later, turns out they couldn’t account for a bunch of the kids they claimed and were paid for.
“Ghost” students, they were called.
1/
Major scandal in Ohio!
Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars sent to a for-profit organization that claimed to be helping Ohio kids, but later, turns out they couldn’t account for a bunch of the kids they claimed and were paid for.
“Ghost” students, they were called.
1/
Shut up! Shutupshutupshutup! May you get what you deserve.
December 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Shut up! Shutupshutupshutup! May you get what you deserve.
Thanks for this great conversation! @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @amyactonoh.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thanks for this great conversation! @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @amyactonoh.bsky.social
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The @washingtonpost op-ed page on Friday, October 5, 2018
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The @washingtonpost op-ed page on Friday, October 5, 2018
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13. #OHIO ~568,000 ACA enrollees
Avg gross rate change: +19.8% (FINAL)
Avg gross 2026 premium: $695/mo
NET 2026 increase for 64-yr old couple earning $90K/yr if the enhanced tax credits expire: +314%
(this would be more than 25% of their gross income)
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
Avg gross rate change: +19.8% (FINAL)
Avg gross 2026 premium: $695/mo
NET 2026 increase for 64-yr old couple earning $90K/yr if the enhanced tax credits expire: +314%
(this would be more than 25% of their gross income)
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
October 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
13. #OHIO ~568,000 ACA enrollees
Avg gross rate change: +19.8% (FINAL)
Avg gross 2026 premium: $695/mo
NET 2026 increase for 64-yr old couple earning $90K/yr if the enhanced tax credits expire: +314%
(this would be more than 25% of their gross income)
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
Avg gross rate change: +19.8% (FINAL)
Avg gross 2026 premium: $695/mo
NET 2026 increase for 64-yr old couple earning $90K/yr if the enhanced tax credits expire: +314%
(this would be more than 25% of their gross income)
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
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Imagine the future history books:
“In 2025, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to consider race in helping a Latino student get into college, but totally awesome to consider race when throwing their dad into a concentration camp.”
“In 2025, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to consider race in helping a Latino student get into college, but totally awesome to consider race when throwing their dad into a concentration camp.”
September 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Imagine the future history books:
“In 2025, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to consider race in helping a Latino student get into college, but totally awesome to consider race when throwing their dad into a concentration camp.”
“In 2025, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to consider race in helping a Latino student get into college, but totally awesome to consider race when throwing their dad into a concentration camp.”
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Washington DC has 702,000 people, is 45% Black and has 0 senators
Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators
DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover
Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators
DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover
August 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Washington DC has 702,000 people, is 45% Black and has 0 senators
Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators
DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover
Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators
DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover
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I still don't understand why a consortium of university libraries doesn't give a few million bucks to a few university presses to publish journals at cost, and then unsubscribe from the for-profit ones. It would save them money even in the short term, and ... (1/2)
Academics (including the journal’s founder) told Wiley to pound sand, started an open access journal, and Wiley just surrendered. I think more academics should tell academic publishers to pound sand. They are vampires.
Wiley officially closes the Journal of Political Philosophy, which was abandoned by its editorial team and shunned by academics after Wiley attempted moves that would have compromised the journal's editorial independence.
July 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I still don't understand why a consortium of university libraries doesn't give a few million bucks to a few university presses to publish journals at cost, and then unsubscribe from the for-profit ones. It would save them money even in the short term, and ... (1/2)
This is the journalism we need.
Hot off the @propublica.org presses: We're publishing bios of all 238 of the Venezuelan men who Trump sent to CECOT in an interactive database: projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
projects.propublica.org
July 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is the journalism we need.
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Tomorrow is it: the #GoodTroubleLivesOn National Day of Action.
John Lewis told us:
"Never be afraid to get in good trouble, necessary trouble."
It's necessary now, if we're going to save our country.
Find your event at goodtroubleliveson.org.
John Lewis told us:
"Never be afraid to get in good trouble, necessary trouble."
It's necessary now, if we're going to save our country.
Find your event at goodtroubleliveson.org.
July 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Tomorrow is it: the #GoodTroubleLivesOn National Day of Action.
John Lewis told us:
"Never be afraid to get in good trouble, necessary trouble."
It's necessary now, if we're going to save our country.
Find your event at goodtroubleliveson.org.
John Lewis told us:
"Never be afraid to get in good trouble, necessary trouble."
It's necessary now, if we're going to save our country.
Find your event at goodtroubleliveson.org.
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Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
July 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
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About that record-high share of Americans saying immigration is good for the country: The surge is primarily driven by *Republicans* changing their tune. Rs have become much more positive on immigration than they had been before Trump took office.
July 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
About that record-high share of Americans saying immigration is good for the country: The surge is primarily driven by *Republicans* changing their tune. Rs have become much more positive on immigration than they had been before Trump took office.
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Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
July 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
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🚨 REMINDER: There are 29 GOP-held House seats where the Republican won by 12 points or less.
Here's how many residents of each who WILL either lose healthcare coverage entirely or be faced w/MASSIVE premium hikes and/or ongoing paperwork to keep it:
acasignups.net/25/07/03/how...
Here's how many residents of each who WILL either lose healthcare coverage entirely or be faced w/MASSIVE premium hikes and/or ongoing paperwork to keep it:
acasignups.net/25/07/03/how...
How many could lose healthcare via the #MAGAMurderBill in the 29 most vulnerable GOP-held House districts?
There are 29 House districts where Republicans won by 12 points or less. Below I've posted district-wide enrollment in ACA exchange-based Qualified Health Plans (QHPs), ACA Basic Health Plans (BHPs) a...
acasignups.net
July 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🚨 REMINDER: There are 29 GOP-held House seats where the Republican won by 12 points or less.
Here's how many residents of each who WILL either lose healthcare coverage entirely or be faced w/MASSIVE premium hikes and/or ongoing paperwork to keep it:
acasignups.net/25/07/03/how...
Here's how many residents of each who WILL either lose healthcare coverage entirely or be faced w/MASSIVE premium hikes and/or ongoing paperwork to keep it:
acasignups.net/25/07/03/how...
“We stay in the fight, not because we’re guaranteed to win it, but because it’s the right fight."
After 26 hours of fighting on the Senate floor, Republicans voted to rip health care from millions of people and let little babies go hungry. And they cheered.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“We stay in the fight, not because we’re guaranteed to win it, but because it’s the right fight."
Gutting! 😞
June 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Gutting! 😞
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My statement on today’s decision in Trump v Casa:
June 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My statement on today’s decision in Trump v Casa:
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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i am simply asking the press to cover the government sending masked thugs to rip people from their crying children and shipping them to a foreign concentration camp with the same ferocity they cover a trans kid playing jv tennis in sheboygan
June 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
i am simply asking the press to cover the government sending masked thugs to rip people from their crying children and shipping them to a foreign concentration camp with the same ferocity they cover a trans kid playing jv tennis in sheboygan
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Have you signed the petition to repeal #Ohio's Higher Education Destruction Act (SB 1) yet??
You're almost out of time!
ohsb1petition.com
Find a petition to sign this weekend:
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You're almost out of time!
ohsb1petition.com
Find a petition to sign this weekend:
airtable.com/appZeT72s1eh...
OH SB 1 Petition
Let Ohioans decide the future of higher education.
ohsb1petition.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Have you signed the petition to repeal #Ohio's Higher Education Destruction Act (SB 1) yet??
You're almost out of time!
ohsb1petition.com
Find a petition to sign this weekend:
airtable.com/appZeT72s1eh...
You're almost out of time!
ohsb1petition.com
Find a petition to sign this weekend:
airtable.com/appZeT72s1eh...
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
Every podcast has one person who knows way too much about Lord of the Rings
June 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Writing is thinking.
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Writing is thinking.
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🚨 After the #NoKings protests, a reminder that Republicans rammed the #MAGAMurderBudget through the House.
All that energy is meaningless if people don't actually VOTE FOR DEMS UP & DOWN THE BALLOT.
FLIPPING THE HOUSE BLUE is critical. Donate today. #Blue26
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All that energy is meaningless if people don't actually VOTE FOR DEMS UP & DOWN THE BALLOT.
FLIPPING THE HOUSE BLUE is critical. Donate today. #Blue26
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Chip in!
Show your support with a contribution.
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June 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
🚨 After the #NoKings protests, a reminder that Republicans rammed the #MAGAMurderBudget through the House.
All that energy is meaningless if people don't actually VOTE FOR DEMS UP & DOWN THE BALLOT.
FLIPPING THE HOUSE BLUE is critical. Donate today. #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/house...
All that energy is meaningless if people don't actually VOTE FOR DEMS UP & DOWN THE BALLOT.
FLIPPING THE HOUSE BLUE is critical. Donate today. #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/house...