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Educator by day. Rambling, (g)rumbling writer by night.
This is not my country. This is not who we are.
A 10-day hunger
strike persists at
Florida's Alligator Alcatraz detention facility for undocumented immigrants, according to NBC. Stories of Multiple detainees are refusing food, following Governor Ron DeSantis' disclosure inhumane living
conditions
strike persists at
Florida's Alligator Alcatraz detention facility for undocumented immigrants, according to NBC. Stories of Multiple detainees are refusing food, following Governor Ron DeSantis' disclosure inhumane living
conditions
August 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is not my country. This is not who we are.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today that it will begin phasing out its operations, following Congress’s recent decision to revoke previously allocated federal funding. CPB said it is initiating an “orderly wind-down” after nearly six decades.
August 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today that it will begin phasing out its operations, following Congress’s recent decision to revoke previously allocated federal funding. CPB said it is initiating an “orderly wind-down” after nearly six decades.
As a teacher of over 20 years experience, I can attest to the changed brain, learning style, social skills and attention level of my students and their decline in all. They don’t even want to read when I remember kids reading 400 page tomes. That explains the skinnier books being published now.
The director says the camp is about “70 percent boys, 30 percent girls, from ages 13 to 17. Most of the boys are gamers. Most of the girls are addicted to social media.”
The campers are “socially stunted”: eye contact and full sentences are hard for them.
The campers are “socially stunted”: eye contact and full sentences are hard for them.
Life Without Screens: This Camp Is a Teen’s Worst Nightmare
Hidden burner phones. Hunger strikes. Runaways. The director of a digital detox program for kids spills about how hard it is to tear kids away from their devices.
www.wired.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
As a teacher of over 20 years experience, I can attest to the changed brain, learning style, social skills and attention level of my students and their decline in all. They don’t even want to read when I remember kids reading 400 page tomes. That explains the skinnier books being published now.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Niall Maher. #NewYorkerCartoons
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July 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
July 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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UPDATE: This just got worse. Donald Trump apparently cut a secret side deal for MILLIONS in pro-Trump ads.
That would mean Paramount and its soon-to-be owner are shelling out $30 MILLION+ to support Trump—all while trying to get his approval on their merger.
Is this bribery?
That would mean Paramount and its soon-to-be owner are shelling out $30 MILLION+ to support Trump—all while trying to get his approval on their merger.
Is this bribery?
July 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
UPDATE: This just got worse. Donald Trump apparently cut a secret side deal for MILLIONS in pro-Trump ads.
That would mean Paramount and its soon-to-be owner are shelling out $30 MILLION+ to support Trump—all while trying to get his approval on their merger.
Is this bribery?
That would mean Paramount and its soon-to-be owner are shelling out $30 MILLION+ to support Trump—all while trying to get his approval on their merger.
Is this bribery?
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The president is hawking fragrances while the State of Florida is celebrating its first concentration camp by handing out swag.
I'm rooting for the asteroid now more than ever.
#DontStopBelieving 🤞
I'm rooting for the asteroid now more than ever.
#DontStopBelieving 🤞
July 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The president is hawking fragrances while the State of Florida is celebrating its first concentration camp by handing out swag.
I'm rooting for the asteroid now more than ever.
#DontStopBelieving 🤞
I'm rooting for the asteroid now more than ever.
#DontStopBelieving 🤞
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A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
So You Want to Be a Dissident?
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
nyer.cm
June 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
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Cognitive dissonance is the least controversial thing I can say about his garbage answers. He is a danger to the democracy of our country, and is out for only himself and his cronies. His “presidency” has gone on interminably, and it’s only been 3 months. #notmypresident
Cognitive dissonance is the least controversial thing I can say about his garbage answers. He is a danger to the democracy of our country, and is out for only himself and his cronies. His “presidency” has gone on interminably, and it’s only been 3 months. #notmypresident
Read the Full Transcript of Trump’s ‘100 Days’ Interview
President Trump discussed his trade war and the economy, immigration, presidential power, and more
time.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Cognitive dissonance is the least controversial thing I can say about his garbage answers. He is a danger to the democracy of our country, and is out for only himself and his cronies. His “presidency” has gone on interminably, and it’s only been 3 months. #notmypresident
Cognitive dissonance is the least controversial thing I can say about his garbage answers. He is a danger to the democracy of our country, and is out for only himself and his cronies. His “presidency” has gone on interminably, and it’s only been 3 months. #notmypresident
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Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name.
It is blatantly unconstitutional.
It is blatantly unconstitutional.
April 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name.
It is blatantly unconstitutional.
It is blatantly unconstitutional.
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Breaking News: The IRS agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show. This is a fundamental change in the IRS, which had gained the trust of migrants and encouraged them to file their taxes.
I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants’ Tax Information with ICE
The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Breaking News: The IRS agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show. This is a fundamental change in the IRS, which had gained the trust of migrants and encouraged them to file their taxes.
So… now the U.S. is modeling itself after countries reminiscent with, say, Iron Curtains? Cool. Cool.
#notmypresident
#notmypresident
They fired Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield—not because she couldn’t do the job, but because she wouldn’t hang up pictures of Trump and Hegseth. This ain’t about merit—it’s about ego.
Trump fires a top US military official to NATO
Conservative media has targeted Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield for comments she made about diversity.
www.politico.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
So… now the U.S. is modeling itself after countries reminiscent with, say, Iron Curtains? Cool. Cool.
#notmypresident
#notmypresident
Sweet Baby Jesus and everything that is holy. This man shouldn’t be in ANY public office. Now he wants to climb another rung on the ladder? Of course he does. He has POTUS showing him that ethics don’t matter. A LACK of ethics is in your best interest if you want to run right now.Make it make sense.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has officially announced that he is running for Senate. So here's everything you need to know about him—if you care about reality.
Let's start with the fact that he had to take literal ethics classes after he was indicted for securities fraud. (1/5)
Let's start with the fact that he had to take literal ethics classes after he was indicted for securities fraud. (1/5)
Ken Paxton is going to take some classes on how to be more ethical
He could use some tips.
www.motherjones.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Sweet Baby Jesus and everything that is holy. This man shouldn’t be in ANY public office. Now he wants to climb another rung on the ladder? Of course he does. He has POTUS showing him that ethics don’t matter. A LACK of ethics is in your best interest if you want to run right now.Make it make sense.
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#currentlyreading
Eye-opening how folks can get manipulated and turned into the sheep they constantly call the other side.
Eye-opening how folks can get manipulated and turned into the sheep they constantly call the other side.
April 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
#currentlyreading
Eye-opening how folks can get manipulated and turned into the sheep they constantly call the other side.
Eye-opening how folks can get manipulated and turned into the sheep they constantly call the other side.
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Again, worth at the last considering the possibility that he’s a malevolent idiot who has no idea what he’s doing.
April 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Again, worth at the last considering the possibility that he’s a malevolent idiot who has no idea what he’s doing.
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Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
Republicans can’t NOT keep cheating. You lost, so you make up #*^~ to change legitimate results. When is it going to stop?! #notmypresident
Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
April 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Republicans can’t NOT keep cheating. You lost, so you make up #*^~ to change legitimate results. When is it going to stop?! #notmypresident
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Fun fact: the Boston Tea Party was a protest against a tariff.
April 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Fun fact: the Boston Tea Party was a protest against a tariff.
apnews.com/article/trum... Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'
What in the actual Nazi ideology is this?
#notmypresident
What in the actual Nazi ideology is this?
#notmypresident
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
apnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
apnews.com/article/trum... Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'
What in the actual Nazi ideology is this?
#notmypresident
What in the actual Nazi ideology is this?
#notmypresident
This has been the longest presidential term. It’s been three months. Three months! I don’t think I can watch anymore of this unraveling for three years and nine months. #notmypresident
March 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This has been the longest presidential term. It’s been three months. Three months! I don’t think I can watch anymore of this unraveling for three years and nine months. #notmypresident
I teach nine year olds how to accept responsibility and make amends with sincerity thx to SEL (social emotional learning). Perhaps Hegseth and the other Repubs need to sit in an elementary classroom. Looks like there’s a lot to learn. #notmypresident
March 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I teach nine year olds how to accept responsibility and make amends with sincerity thx to SEL (social emotional learning). Perhaps Hegseth and the other Repubs need to sit in an elementary classroom. Looks like there’s a lot to learn. #notmypresident
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Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
March 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
Really efficient.
#notmypresident
#notmypresident
"IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA"
"in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
"in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Really efficient.
#notmypresident
#notmypresident