Cate Eland
@romancingnope.bsky.social
Intrusive, intense, and annoying. she/her
A lot has horrified me this year, but not much has shocked me. Bill Kristol calling to *defund ICE* has rattled me a little.
January 25, 2026 at 7:24 PM
A lot has horrified me this year, but not much has shocked me. Bill Kristol calling to *defund ICE* has rattled me a little.
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What I want to hear from Dems: condemnations of what's happening, vows to punish the perpetrators, clear steps for what they'll do to end this if they regain the majority in the House and/or Senate.
January 25, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What I want to hear from Dems: condemnations of what's happening, vows to punish the perpetrators, clear steps for what they'll do to end this if they regain the majority in the House and/or Senate.
And he hates teachers and teachers unions for pushing back against his privatization schlock.
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM
And he hates teachers and teachers unions for pushing back against his privatization schlock.
Emanuel is no more a believer in public education and has no better plan to get to accountability and higher standards than any Republican of the last 70 years.
He believes, without evidence, that accountability and standards are driven by privatization, or partial privatization, of schools.
He believes, without evidence, that accountability and standards are driven by privatization, or partial privatization, of schools.
January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Emanuel is no more a believer in public education and has no better plan to get to accountability and higher standards than any Republican of the last 70 years.
He believes, without evidence, that accountability and standards are driven by privatization, or partial privatization, of schools.
He believes, without evidence, that accountability and standards are driven by privatization, or partial privatization, of schools.
Emanuel was fine with opening more charter schools, even while they sat with thousands of seats empty, and at the same time pushed policy that would result in 30+ kids in classrooms for elementary and middle schools.
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Emanuel was fine with opening more charter schools, even while they sat with thousands of seats empty, and at the same time pushed policy that would result in 30+ kids in classrooms for elementary and middle schools.
At the same time he was on a spree to shut down public schools--most in Black and brown neighborhoods--he signed a compact with the Gates Foundation to open 60 charter schools in 5 years, and succeeded in opening more than 40, further gutting neighborhood schools of resources.
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 PM
At the same time he was on a spree to shut down public schools--most in Black and brown neighborhoods--he signed a compact with the Gates Foundation to open 60 charter schools in 5 years, and succeeded in opening more than 40, further gutting neighborhood schools of resources.
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“That children and their parents would risk retribution under these conditions to speak up is a testament both to how courageous they are and how abysmal the conditions of this place is,” he said.
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:33 PM
“That children and their parents would risk retribution under these conditions to speak up is a testament both to how courageous they are and how abysmal the conditions of this place is,” he said.
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Meanwhile, red states have taken the maximalist position that local police and sheriffs MUST divert their resources to help ICE.
In Florida, DeSantis gave himself the authority to remove local elected officials from office if they don’t comply! boltsmag.org/florida-repu...
In Florida, DeSantis gave himself the authority to remove local elected officials from office if they don’t comply! boltsmag.org/florida-repu...
In Florida GOP’s New Immigration Crackdown, a Familiar Play of Overriding Local Democracy - Bolts
Florida Republicans spent weeks squabbling over rival immigration bills. Their conflict wasn’t over significant policy differences: They agreed on diverting hundreds of millions in state funds toward ...
boltsmag.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Meanwhile, red states have taken the maximalist position that local police and sheriffs MUST divert their resources to help ICE.
In Florida, DeSantis gave himself the authority to remove local elected officials from office if they don’t comply! boltsmag.org/florida-repu...
In Florida, DeSantis gave himself the authority to remove local elected officials from office if they don’t comply! boltsmag.org/florida-repu...