Chris Conzen
@chrisconzen.bsky.social
Pronouns: He, Him, His. Community College professional and advocate for student success.
"Work funded by the canceled grants included technical support for farmers using climate-friendly practices like planting cover crops, local food purchases for schools and improving nutrition for people receiving federal food aid." www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Work funded by the canceled grants included technical support for farmers using climate-friendly practices like planting cover crops, local food purchases for schools and improving nutrition for people receiving federal food aid." www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
The current $473 million price tag now includes $172 million spent in LA, almost $270 million for the occupation of D.C. nearly $15 million for Portland, Oregon; and more than $3 million for Memphis, Tennessee, and almost $13 million for Chicago, which both began last month.
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
theintercept.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The current $473 million price tag now includes $172 million spent in LA, almost $270 million for the occupation of D.C. nearly $15 million for Portland, Oregon; and more than $3 million for Memphis, Tennessee, and almost $13 million for Chicago, which both began last month.
“The Trump administration has developed plans for a shift in homelessness policy that would slash support for long-term housing programs, and critics say it could quickly place as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people at risk of returning to the streets.”
Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“The Trump administration has developed plans for a shift in homelessness policy that would slash support for long-term housing programs, and critics say it could quickly place as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people at risk of returning to the streets.”
“As the number of children diagnosed with autism rises in New Jersey, Rutgers University is launching a new federally funded program to prepare the next generation of special education administrators.”
Autism rates are rising. Rutgers aims to strengthen special education leadership.
Rutgers University is launching a new federally funded program to prepare the next generation of special education administrators amid rising autism rates.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
“As the number of children diagnosed with autism rises in New Jersey, Rutgers University is launching a new federally funded program to prepare the next generation of special education administrators.”
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Rutgers University is launching a new federally funded program to prepare the next generation of special education administrators amid rising autism rates.
Autism rates are rising. Rutgers aims to strengthen special education leadership.
Rutgers University is launching a new federally funded program to prepare the next generation of special education administrators amid rising autism rates.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Rutgers University is launching a new federally funded program to prepare the next generation of special education administrators amid rising autism rates.
"Four in five New Jersey parents who want afterschool child care can’t enroll their children, according to a new survey."
For parents, cost biggest hurdle to child care | NJ Spotlight News
Survey says nearly all parents have difficulty enrolling children in programs
www.njspotlightnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Four in five New Jersey parents who want afterschool child care can’t enroll their children, according to a new survey."
This is long overdue. Charter school governance is the Wild West and there needs to be greater transparency and accountability.
New Jersey weighs biggest update of charter school rules in 30 years • New Jersey Monitor
A bill in the Legislature would ban for-profit charter schools and require them to post a range of documents online, among other things.
newjerseymonitor.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is long overdue. Charter school governance is the Wild West and there needs to be greater transparency and accountability.
“The $80 million campaign aims to contact 10.5 million voters nationwide, through canvassing, digital advertising, voter contact mail and an early vote campaign. That includes knocking on 4.5 million doors across four Senate battleground states — Iowa, Georgia, Michigan and North Carolina.”
Prominent anti-abortion group announces $80 million midterm investment
The investment is the latest example of the anti-abortion movement’s resiliency in the face of repeated ballot box losses after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“The $80 million campaign aims to contact 10.5 million voters nationwide, through canvassing, digital advertising, voter contact mail and an early vote campaign. That includes knocking on 4.5 million doors across four Senate battleground states — Iowa, Georgia, Michigan and North Carolina.”
“Nearly 3.6 million New Jerseyans cast ballots in last week’s Nov. 4 election—representing approximately 54% of registered voters—the highest turnout for a non-presidential election in the state since at least 1998.”
Voter turnout in New Jersey sets high watermark • New Jersey Monitor
More New Jerseyans cast ballots in this year's elections than they did in any non-presidential race since at least 1998.
newjerseymonitor.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
“Nearly 3.6 million New Jerseyans cast ballots in last week’s Nov. 4 election—representing approximately 54% of registered voters—the highest turnout for a non-presidential election in the state since at least 1998.”
A U.S., European or Arab policy that says no to formal annexation but does nothing to stop de facto annexation will be interpreted by Israel as an invitation to continue apace. Israel has made life in the West Bank increasingly unbearable for the approximately three million Palestinians living there
Opinion | There Is No Cease-Fire in the West Bank
Violence in the occupied territories continues even if hostilities in Gaza have cooled.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A U.S., European or Arab policy that says no to formal annexation but does nothing to stop de facto annexation will be interpreted by Israel as an invitation to continue apace. Israel has made life in the West Bank increasingly unbearable for the approximately three million Palestinians living there
Yet another reminder that this administration does not care about everyday people.
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal
The decision, disclosed in a court filing, puts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on track to shut down in ‘early 2026’ when its remaining cash runs out.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Yet another reminder that this administration does not care about everyday people.
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
“Alongside the faculty reductions, all Rider employees will see a 14% pay cut starting December 1. The university is also suspending retirement contributions indefinitely and requiring remaining faculty to teach more classes per semester.”
NJ Rider University to Lay Off 25% of Faculty as Financial Crisis Deepens
Rider University faces a financial crisis, laying off 25% of faculty, cutting salaries by 14% and ending tuition benefits.
thedigestonline.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“Alongside the faculty reductions, all Rider employees will see a 14% pay cut starting December 1. The university is also suspending retirement contributions indefinitely and requiring remaining faculty to teach more classes per semester.”
“Despite having shed all sorts of woke baggage like qualified faculty, library books, and gender studies, New College somehow costs the state much more. Much, much more. In the 2020-2021 school year, New College’s total spending was $53 million. Now? $93 million.”
Florida college goes broke—but at least it’s not woke
Perhaps you recall that Florida has its own mini Department of Government Efficiency, because Gov. Ron DeSantis is the most juiceless man alive—so maladapted to actual governance that he does ...
www.dailykos.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“Despite having shed all sorts of woke baggage like qualified faculty, library books, and gender studies, New College somehow costs the state much more. Much, much more. In the 2020-2021 school year, New College’s total spending was $53 million. Now? $93 million.”
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Really cant understand how badly the Dems messaged this fold. The easy out was to say "we never expected Trump would illegally starve children and when SCOTUS stepped in to illegally help him we couldn't put kids at risk."
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Really cant understand how badly the Dems messaged this fold. The easy out was to say "we never expected Trump would illegally starve children and when SCOTUS stepped in to illegally help him we couldn't put kids at risk."
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No, no, no. Senate Democrats secured the concepts of a plan for a handshake for a promise to hold a vote they will lose.
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
No, no, no. Senate Democrats secured the concepts of a plan for a handshake for a promise to hold a vote they will lose.
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Just utter abject failure. Unbelievable.
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Just utter abject failure. Unbelievable.
“Democrats may have been more surprised than anybody to discover their shutdown strategy was actually drawing political blood. Their instinct was to withdraw the knife anyway.”
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“Democrats may have been more surprised than anybody to discover their shutdown strategy was actually drawing political blood. Their instinct was to withdraw the knife anyway.”
Where’s the states rights folks on this one?
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Where’s the states rights folks on this one?
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Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."
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“Energy Innovation found that repealing tailpipe standards could cost households an extra $310 billion by 2050, mainly through more spending on gasoline. Undoing standards would also increase air pollution & shrink the job market for US electric vehicle manufacturing due to lower demand.”
Trump’s Hatred of EVs Is Making Gas Cars More Expensive
Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car, period.
www.wired.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“Energy Innovation found that repealing tailpipe standards could cost households an extra $310 billion by 2050, mainly through more spending on gasoline. Undoing standards would also increase air pollution & shrink the job market for US electric vehicle manufacturing due to lower demand.”
So, I ran for my local BOE. We lost to the M4L backed candidates. The difference was, they were more stealth about it. They stayed behind the scenes and were only more overt in their safe circles.
All 31 Moms for Liberty candidates lost the 2025 election.
November 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
So, I ran for my local BOE. We lost to the M4L backed candidates. The difference was, they were more stealth about it. They stayed behind the scenes and were only more overt in their safe circles.
"With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions in tax cuts. Treasury & IRS are giving breaks to giant private equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real estate investors, insurance providers, and a variety of multinational corporations."
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions in tax cuts. Treasury & IRS are giving breaks to giant private equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real estate investors, insurance providers, and a variety of multinational corporations."
“Grokipedia isn’t just a string of AI generated slop, it is a weapon. The launch of "grokipedia" is a calculated, strategic escalation by the billionaire oligarch class to seize control of knowledge production itself and with that, control of reality.“
Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself
Grokipedia, the copycat of Wikipedia launched by Elon Musk isn’t just a string of AI generated slop, it is a weapon. The launch of "grokipedia" is a calculated, strategic escalation by the…
www.thedissident.news
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“Grokipedia isn’t just a string of AI generated slop, it is a weapon. The launch of "grokipedia" is a calculated, strategic escalation by the billionaire oligarch class to seize control of knowledge production itself and with that, control of reality.“
“The report states that U.S. employers announced some ‘153,074 job cuts in October, up 175% from the 55,597 cuts announced in October 2024. It is up 183% from the 54,064 job cuts announced one month prior.’”
October Layoffs Were the Worst in 22 Years and Hit Tech Workers Hard
For coders, October royally sucked.
gizmodo.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“The report states that U.S. employers announced some ‘153,074 job cuts in October, up 175% from the 55,597 cuts announced in October 2024. It is up 183% from the 54,064 job cuts announced one month prior.’”