Brad?
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If you want some hope, phonics is *definitely* back in right now.
When I first started teaching, it was all whole word.
Now it's phonics again. And man, is phonics better.
When I first started teaching, it was all whole word.
Now it's phonics again. And man, is phonics better.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you want some hope, phonics is *definitely* back in right now.
When I first started teaching, it was all whole word.
Now it's phonics again. And man, is phonics better.
When I first started teaching, it was all whole word.
Now it's phonics again. And man, is phonics better.
Yep. She's an idiot.
Who is the audience for this new CBS News? They are going to absolutely hemorrhage viewers except when 60 Minutes airs another embarrassing Trump "interview" directly after an NFL game.
Who is the audience for this new CBS News? They are going to absolutely hemorrhage viewers except when 60 Minutes airs another embarrassing Trump "interview" directly after an NFL game.
this is another data point for “Bari will run this place into the ground in embarrassing fashion”
yes, obviously, her turning CBS into a propaganda rag is terrible, but the main thing this is going to do is lead to humiliating retractions and lawsuits and endless high profile bungling
yes, obviously, her turning CBS into a propaganda rag is terrible, but the main thing this is going to do is lead to humiliating retractions and lawsuits and endless high profile bungling
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yep. She's an idiot.
Who is the audience for this new CBS News? They are going to absolutely hemorrhage viewers except when 60 Minutes airs another embarrassing Trump "interview" directly after an NFL game.
Who is the audience for this new CBS News? They are going to absolutely hemorrhage viewers except when 60 Minutes airs another embarrassing Trump "interview" directly after an NFL game.
Any Democrat who even THINKS about this is committing a far worse crime than the eight who voted to open the government.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Any Democrat who even THINKS about this is committing a far worse crime than the eight who voted to open the government.
This is very true but really everyone should get an antenna. They're neat! And cheap!
kinda blows my mind that every single sports fan doesn’t own a digital antenna. i get that lots of stuff is on cable but the one time purchase of an antenna has solved so many of my problems
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is very true but really everyone should get an antenna. They're neat! And cheap!
"You, the average Fox News viewer, are wrong. Your groceries are cheap, there are lots of jobs, and the economy is incredible."
That'll work.
That'll work.
She is trying to give him soft balls to hit here and he keeps whiffing.
TRUMP: The economy is as strong as it's ever been
INGRAHAM: Then why are people saying they're anxious about the economy?
TRUMP: I don't know they are saying that. The polls are fake. We have the greatest economy we've ever had
INGRAHAM: Then why are people saying they're anxious about the economy?
TRUMP: I don't know they are saying that. The polls are fake. We have the greatest economy we've ever had
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"You, the average Fox News viewer, are wrong. Your groceries are cheap, there are lots of jobs, and the economy is incredible."
That'll work.
That'll work.
[Yelling]
THE GOP AND MAGA ARE THE ACTUAL BAD GUYS HERE. PLEASE DON'T FORGET THAT.
THE GOP AND MAGA ARE THE ACTUAL BAD GUYS HERE. PLEASE DON'T FORGET THAT.
Man, there's an argument to be made that the eight Democrats who voted yes are in the wrong here, but that HAS to grapple with how real people are being really hurt and it fucking sucks that so many bloodthirsty assholes on this site who mistake their bloodlust for morality forget that fact.
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
[Yelling]
THE GOP AND MAGA ARE THE ACTUAL BAD GUYS HERE. PLEASE DON'T FORGET THAT.
THE GOP AND MAGA ARE THE ACTUAL BAD GUYS HERE. PLEASE DON'T FORGET THAT.
Can't be overstated how important it is going to be in 2026 to run an anti-GOP candidate EVERYWHERE. Yes, even in your little town where the GOP always wins. They don't have to!
Most local parties are run by people who've done the job for years because no one stepped up. So step up.
Be authentically you. Speak to your community.
There is a MASSIVE leadership vacuum at the local level almost everywhere outside major cities. Fill it.
Be authentically you. Speak to your community.
There is a MASSIVE leadership vacuum at the local level almost everywhere outside major cities. Fill it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Can't be overstated how important it is going to be in 2026 to run an anti-GOP candidate EVERYWHERE. Yes, even in your little town where the GOP always wins. They don't have to!
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And if we want anything really big, we need a comfortable majority that allows for defections
The 89th Congress (1964 election) started with 68 Senators and 295 House reps on the blue team. LBJ swinging his dick around helped, sure, but holy shit those numbers though.
The 89th Congress (1964 election) started with 68 Senators and 295 House reps on the blue team. LBJ swinging his dick around helped, sure, but holy shit those numbers though.
The thing about winning is that if you wanna win the policies you want you have to actually win elections. We lost elections in 24. So now we don’t get to win policies. Lots of folks seem to struggle with that. Gotta elect majorities.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
And if we want anything really big, we need a comfortable majority that allows for defections
The 89th Congress (1964 election) started with 68 Senators and 295 House reps on the blue team. LBJ swinging his dick around helped, sure, but holy shit those numbers though.
The 89th Congress (1964 election) started with 68 Senators and 295 House reps on the blue team. LBJ swinging his dick around helped, sure, but holy shit those numbers though.
Genuinely one the most cutting, devastating insults I have ever seen. Absolute art.
incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Genuinely one the most cutting, devastating insults I have ever seen. Absolute art.
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"AIPAC is why these senators caved" is not a normal statement. Neither is the general obsession with AIPAC to the exclusion of tens of other lobby groups. The anti-Semitism is in that every lobby tries to portray itself as more powerful than it really is, but with AIPAC it feeds into conspiracism.
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"AIPAC is why these senators caved" is not a normal statement. Neither is the general obsession with AIPAC to the exclusion of tens of other lobby groups. The anti-Semitism is in that every lobby tries to portray itself as more powerful than it really is, but with AIPAC it feeds into conspiracism.
Yeah. Oh, Thune's not lying l - that vote will happen.
...And then every Republican except maybe Collins and Murkowski will vote against it and the House won't even take it up if it somehow does pass.
...And then every Republican except maybe Collins and Murkowski will vote against it and the House won't even take it up if it somehow does pass.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yeah. Oh, Thune's not lying l - that vote will happen.
...And then every Republican except maybe Collins and Murkowski will vote against it and the House won't even take it up if it somehow does pass.
...And then every Republican except maybe Collins and Murkowski will vote against it and the House won't even take it up if it somehow does pass.
This is honestly my favorite thing Jeffries has done or said as leader yet haha
Q: So Dr Oz said that--
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is honestly my favorite thing Jeffries has done or said as leader yet haha
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The most insulting thing I can say about this Nate Silver tweet is that it’s something Elon Musk would find funny.
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The most insulting thing I can say about this Nate Silver tweet is that it’s something Elon Musk would find funny.
We don't want fucking "health savings accounts" or any other bullshit we have to jump through hoops and crunch the numbers for.
We want to be able to go to our fucking doctors without additional stress or fear. We want insurance that we can afford that actually covers what we need. That's it.
We want to be able to go to our fucking doctors without additional stress or fear. We want insurance that we can afford that actually covers what we need. That's it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We don't want fucking "health savings accounts" or any other bullshit we have to jump through hoops and crunch the numbers for.
We want to be able to go to our fucking doctors without additional stress or fear. We want insurance that we can afford that actually covers what we need. That's it.
We want to be able to go to our fucking doctors without additional stress or fear. We want insurance that we can afford that actually covers what we need. That's it.
This this this this.
Be mad. Be as mad as you want and yell at the Cave Caucus as much as you want.
But THERE ARE NO GOOD OPTIONS. Every choice between now and January 2029 is between "horrible" and "terrible."
Be mad. Be as mad as you want and yell at the Cave Caucus as much as you want.
But THERE ARE NO GOOD OPTIONS. Every choice between now and January 2029 is between "horrible" and "terrible."
also, like, the die for pain was cast a year ago. the pain will continue for, at minimum, another three years. every choice now is between only bad options, and people will suffer no matter what choice is made, and senators cannot and should not be immune to that.
two contradictory ideas that i hold in my head at the same time: 1) i think the threat to both SNAP recipients and federal workers is significant enough now that even bad deals are worth making to prevent further harm, and, 2) everyone who caves now should retire in shame
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This this this this.
Be mad. Be as mad as you want and yell at the Cave Caucus as much as you want.
But THERE ARE NO GOOD OPTIONS. Every choice between now and January 2029 is between "horrible" and "terrible."
Be mad. Be as mad as you want and yell at the Cave Caucus as much as you want.
But THERE ARE NO GOOD OPTIONS. Every choice between now and January 2029 is between "horrible" and "terrible."
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two contradictory ideas that i hold in my head at the same time: 1) i think the threat to both SNAP recipients and federal workers is significant enough now that even bad deals are worth making to prevent further harm, and, 2) everyone who caves now should retire in shame
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
two contradictory ideas that i hold in my head at the same time: 1) i think the threat to both SNAP recipients and federal workers is significant enough now that even bad deals are worth making to prevent further harm, and, 2) everyone who caves now should retire in shame
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I have a lot of friends who are federal employees whose fridges were getting pretty bare, and I haven't seen anyone on bluesky offering to pay their bills and buy their groceries.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I have a lot of friends who are federal employees whose fridges were getting pretty bare, and I haven't seen anyone on bluesky offering to pay their bills and buy their groceries.
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I continue to think one of the biggest divides on this site is between people who understand that the last time we had a good, relatively easy way out of all this was Nov 5, 2024, and people who still don’t.
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I continue to think one of the biggest divides on this site is between people who understand that the last time we had a good, relatively easy way out of all this was Nov 5, 2024, and people who still don’t.
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so, yes, primary the surrender caucus into the sun, but they aren’t the root cause here, every republican is a fucking monster forcing monstrous choices upon us all.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
so, yes, primary the surrender caucus into the sun, but they aren’t the root cause here, every republican is a fucking monster forcing monstrous choices upon us all.
He's not wrong but holy crap the British do not get to lecture us about this.
The US political system is just baffling viewed from abroad. Utterly baffling.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
He's not wrong but holy crap the British do not get to lecture us about this.
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If that's the deal, and the minibus stops RIFs, and we can just do this all over again in February if they renege... I think that's a viable outcome.
The bottom line is that if the GOP wants to break the ACA, they're going to be able to do it, and we should chain it to their necks in the midterms.
The bottom line is that if the GOP wants to break the ACA, they're going to be able to do it, and we should chain it to their necks in the midterms.
"More than enough" Senate Democratic Caucus members to pass shutdown deal led by Shaheen, King and Hassan, source familiar with deal says
- CR through Jan. 30
- ACA bill vote on bill of Dems' choosing in December
- Minibus has RIF reversals and "protections" against them in future
- CR through Jan. 30
- ACA bill vote on bill of Dems' choosing in December
- Minibus has RIF reversals and "protections" against them in future
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If that's the deal, and the minibus stops RIFs, and we can just do this all over again in February if they renege... I think that's a viable outcome.
The bottom line is that if the GOP wants to break the ACA, they're going to be able to do it, and we should chain it to their necks in the midterms.
The bottom line is that if the GOP wants to break the ACA, they're going to be able to do it, and we should chain it to their necks in the midterms.
[Ducks]
This isn't the end of the world.
It's bad. But SNAP being funded for the next year is a good thing.
And if ACA talks go nowhere we can do this again Feb 1.
[Also...the House gonna pass this?]
This isn't the end of the world.
It's bad. But SNAP being funded for the next year is a good thing.
And if ACA talks go nowhere we can do this again Feb 1.
[Also...the House gonna pass this?]
Welp, that’s the Senate side of the shutdown over, it seems.
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
[Ducks]
This isn't the end of the world.
It's bad. But SNAP being funded for the next year is a good thing.
And if ACA talks go nowhere we can do this again Feb 1.
[Also...the House gonna pass this?]
This isn't the end of the world.
It's bad. But SNAP being funded for the next year is a good thing.
And if ACA talks go nowhere we can do this again Feb 1.
[Also...the House gonna pass this?]
This.
I think folding is a bad strategic play.
...but I have a job and won't be going hungry if the shutdown continues.
I think folding is a bad strategic play.
...but I have a job and won't be going hungry if the shutdown continues.
there is some tension between the (correct) level of apocalypticism on this site about food aid running out and the unwillingness to make any compromises in service of making it not run out
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This.
I think folding is a bad strategic play.
...but I have a job and won't be going hungry if the shutdown continues.
I think folding is a bad strategic play.
...but I have a job and won't be going hungry if the shutdown continues.
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I hate to say this but the thing that’s probably pushing the worst D Senators to cave is flight delays affecting rich constituents.
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I hate to say this but the thing that’s probably pushing the worst D Senators to cave is flight delays affecting rich constituents.