CheesemonkeySF
@cheesemonkeysf.bsky.social
HS math teacher, Voice of SF columnist, SF Dems Everyday Hero 2024, Buddhist, ex-NeXT, Jew. #IHRA. Protecting clarity is the antidote to gaslighting.| SF, CA || she/her
cheesemonkeysf.blogspot.com & https://thevoicesf.org/author/elizabeth-statmor
cheesemonkeysf.blogspot.com & https://thevoicesf.org/author/elizabeth-statmor
Will the @neatoday.bsky.social exec board finally vote to admit that the entire 3-million member teachers union officially embraces Jew-hate as union policy?
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The National Education Association Representative Assembly votes to cut ties with the ADL
Over 6000 public school teachers attend the NEA annual Representative Assembly - this year, they voted to cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League
k12trackers.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Will the @neatoday.bsky.social exec board finally vote to admit that the entire 3-million member teachers union officially embraces Jew-hate as union policy?
k12trackers.substack.com/p/the-nation...
k12trackers.substack.com/p/the-nation...
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The people have spoken. Voters in Wisconsin rejected Elon Musk and MAGA style extremism. Susan Crawford - an incredibly well qualified jurist was just elected!! Great news tonight!!
April 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The people have spoken. Voters in Wisconsin rejected Elon Musk and MAGA style extremism. Susan Crawford - an incredibly well qualified jurist was just elected!! Great news tonight!!
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Now you can read the Signal group chat texts and decide for yourself whether this is information that should have been classified
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Now you can read the Signal group chat texts and decide for yourself whether this is information that should have been classified
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Castro: "The idea that this information, if it was presented to our committee, would not be classified, you all know is a lie. That's ridiculous."
March 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Castro: "The idea that this information, if it was presented to our committee, would not be classified, you all know is a lie. That's ridiculous."
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Chris Matthews Declares WH Attack Plan Leaks Moved From ‘Blunder’ to ‘Cover Up’ After Texts Drop: ‘There Is No Accident Here!’ https://twp.ai/1VHQju
Chris Matthews Declares WH Attack Plan Leaks Moved From ‘Blunder’ to ‘Cover Up’ After Texts Drop: ‘There Is No Accident Here!’
Chris Matthews declared the White House attack plans leak chaos has moved from "blunder" to "cover up" following the full texts being released.
twp.ai
March 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Chris Matthews Declares WH Attack Plan Leaks Moved From ‘Blunder’ to ‘Cover Up’ After Texts Drop: ‘There Is No Accident Here!’ https://twp.ai/1VHQju
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“Is Elmo now or has Elmo ever been a member of the Communist Party?” Rep Garcia treats the hearing with the level of concern it deserves, showing various muppets and asking about their hidden agendas.
March 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Is Elmo now or has Elmo ever been a member of the Communist Party?” Rep Garcia treats the hearing with the level of concern it deserves, showing various muppets and asking about their hidden agendas.
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The most disturbing thing to me about the national security group chat was that Tulsi Gabbard responded to Hegseth's war plans with "lol lmao."
March 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The most disturbing thing to me about the national security group chat was that Tulsi Gabbard responded to Hegseth's war plans with "lol lmao."
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Probably best not to lie about things like this when you know a journalist documented the whole thing.
Gabbard: "My answer yesterday was based on my recollection or the lack thereof of the details that were posted there. What was shared today reflects the fact that I was not directly involved with that part of the Signal chat."
(Note that Jim Himes isn't buying it.)
(Note that Jim Himes isn't buying it.)
March 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Probably best not to lie about things like this when you know a journalist documented the whole thing.
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Today at 12:30 pm ET, @benjaminwittes.bsky.social will talk to @shaneharris.bsky.social about the decision to release the attack plans that Trump’s advisers shared in the Signal group chat that included the Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
Watch their discussion here:
Watch their discussion here:
Lawfare Live: Attack Plans Shared on Signal Released by the Atlantic
YouTube video by Lawfare
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March 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Today at 12:30 pm ET, @benjaminwittes.bsky.social will talk to @shaneharris.bsky.social about the decision to release the attack plans that Trump’s advisers shared in the Signal group chat that included the Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
Watch their discussion here:
Watch their discussion here:
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This is really, really bad.
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss the now released war plans texts and why it's such a big deal
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss the now released war plans texts and why it's such a big deal
Worse Than We Thought! War Plans TEXTS RELEASED! Did Russia Get The Info? (w/ Michael Weiss)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is really, really bad.
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss the now released war plans texts and why it's such a big deal
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss the now released war plans texts and why it's such a big deal
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DNI Gabbard testified she maintains her "First Amendment rights" to post comments through personal accounts regarding views that might be different from her official work positions.
Yet law firms & lawyers (incl me) are being targeted by Administration for excercising their 1st Amendment rights. 🤦♂️
Yet law firms & lawyers (incl me) are being targeted by Administration for excercising their 1st Amendment rights. 🤦♂️
March 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
DNI Gabbard testified she maintains her "First Amendment rights" to post comments through personal accounts regarding views that might be different from her official work positions.
Yet law firms & lawyers (incl me) are being targeted by Administration for excercising their 1st Amendment rights. 🤦♂️
Yet law firms & lawyers (incl me) are being targeted by Administration for excercising their 1st Amendment rights. 🤦♂️
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What you have to understand about Pete Hegseth copying and pasting war plans into Signal is that it almost certainly means he’s got classified documents on his personal UNSECURE devices. Signal isn't on a secure device...are our war plans on his personal devices? @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
March 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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To the folks curious about their vaccination status:
💉If you're born before 1957, and you're not sure if you had measles: Get a booster or ask your doctor to screen you with bloodwork.
💉If you're born between 1957 & 1989, and you don't have documentation of 2 shots: Get a booster.
💉If you're born before 1957, and you're not sure if you had measles: Get a booster or ask your doctor to screen you with bloodwork.
💉If you're born between 1957 & 1989, and you don't have documentation of 2 shots: Get a booster.
March 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
To the folks curious about their vaccination status:
💉If you're born before 1957, and you're not sure if you had measles: Get a booster or ask your doctor to screen you with bloodwork.
💉If you're born between 1957 & 1989, and you don't have documentation of 2 shots: Get a booster.
💉If you're born before 1957, and you're not sure if you had measles: Get a booster or ask your doctor to screen you with bloodwork.
💉If you're born between 1957 & 1989, and you don't have documentation of 2 shots: Get a booster.
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There’s always that one person in the group chat who communicates 50% in emoji. We made that person the National Security Adviser.
March 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
There’s always that one person in the group chat who communicates 50% in emoji. We made that person the National Security Adviser.
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OFT President Melissa Cropper on Governor DeWine's support for the Executive Order for the closure of the Dept of Education:
“We strongly agree with Mike DeWine when he talks about the importance of improving student wellness, literacy and math skills, and career technical education in Ohio..." 🧵
“We strongly agree with Mike DeWine when he talks about the importance of improving student wellness, literacy and math skills, and career technical education in Ohio..." 🧵
In a sweeping executive order signed Thursday, President Donald Trump called on Education Secretary Linda McMahon “to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure” of the U.S. Education Department. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was present for the signing.
Trump signs order directing Education secretary to shut down her own department • Ohio Capital Journal
In a sweeping executive order signed Thursday, President Donald Trump called on Education Secretary Linda McMahon “to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure” of the U.S. Education…
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March 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
OFT President Melissa Cropper on Governor DeWine's support for the Executive Order for the closure of the Dept of Education:
“We strongly agree with Mike DeWine when he talks about the importance of improving student wellness, literacy and math skills, and career technical education in Ohio..." 🧵
“We strongly agree with Mike DeWine when he talks about the importance of improving student wellness, literacy and math skills, and career technical education in Ohio..." 🧵
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Excellent statement from a number of Con Law scholars--including some notably conservative ones--on the government's funding cutoff at Columbia/ www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole
We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the
www.nybooks.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Excellent statement from a number of Con Law scholars--including some notably conservative ones--on the government's funding cutoff at Columbia/ www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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March 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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NEW at The Voice of San Francisco
"SFUSD can learn from Boston’s track record of excellence in early childhood mathematics."
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"SFUSD can learn from Boston’s track record of excellence in early childhood mathematics."
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Transitional kindergarten is counting on us - The Voice of San Francisco
The 4-year-olds steady themselves in a raggedy circle around their veteran teacher, box braids and crew cuts and fluttering hands wiggling in anticipation of what comes next. All eyes are on the teach...
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March 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NEW at The Voice of San Francisco
"SFUSD can learn from Boston’s track record of excellence in early childhood mathematics."
thevoicesf.org/transitional...
"SFUSD can learn from Boston’s track record of excellence in early childhood mathematics."
thevoicesf.org/transitional...
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It’s not so fun to be a Jew in America right now.
I keep thinking they're using you all as both a scapegoat and a weapon at once and it's such a uniquely bizarre and difficult position to be put in.
March 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It’s not so fun to be a Jew in America right now.
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After a lifetime of work, employees, deserve to retire w/ dignity. Social Security is a bedrock foundation for working people's retirement security, but Musk is spreading blatant lies about waste & fraud to give tax breaks to billionaires.
apnews.com/article/elon...
apnews.com/article/elon...
Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraud
Elon Musk says Social Security and other federal benefit programs will be targeted in his hunt for fraudulent spending.
apnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
After a lifetime of work, employees, deserve to retire w/ dignity. Social Security is a bedrock foundation for working people's retirement security, but Musk is spreading blatant lies about waste & fraud to give tax breaks to billionaires.
apnews.com/article/elon...
apnews.com/article/elon...
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It’s an illegal attack on millions of dedicated public service workers who placed their faith in PSLF’s bipartisan promise, only to see it ripped away. AFT won’t stop fighting, in court and in Congress, until every single public service worker gets the help the law affords them.
Advocates Blast Trump Plans to Sign Executive Order to Weaponize Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Stifle Free Speech Across America
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Trump signaled his intent to sign an executive order to revoke eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) from borrowers employed at non-profit organizati...
www.aft.org
March 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It’s an illegal attack on millions of dedicated public service workers who placed their faith in PSLF’s bipartisan promise, only to see it ripped away. AFT won’t stop fighting, in court and in Congress, until every single public service worker gets the help the law affords them.
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You want to see some "fraud," just wait until Republicans create their multi-billion-dollar federal school voucher program
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
GOP voucher plan would divert billions in taxes to private schools
Donations to scholarship programs would be fully reimbursed through a new tax credit, creating the largest federal tax incentive for charitable giving.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
You want to see some "fraud," just wait until Republicans create their multi-billion-dollar federal school voucher program
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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All of that and more. In the book that I co-wrote on teaching math, we devoted two chapters to teaching math as a language...because math is a language, and we should teach it like one.
March 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
All of that and more. In the book that I co-wrote on teaching math, we devoted two chapters to teaching math as a language...because math is a language, and we should teach it like one.