Constance
@drconstance.bsky.social
Education policy researcher, DC sports lover, Duke Delta, and reality tv watcher. Working behind enemy lines
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Efficiency subject to a certain set of constraints. The purpose is a social safety net
"The purpose of entitlements is not to spend as much as possible," the Editorial Board writes.
"It is to make sure the truly vulnerable get the help they need without becoming dependent on government handouts. Scrutinizing food stamp rolls is a small step in that direction."
"It is to make sure the truly vulnerable get the help they need without becoming dependent on government handouts. Scrutinizing food stamp rolls is a small step in that direction."
Opinion | Scrutinizing food stamp rolls will ensure the truly needy get benefits
Amid Minnesota fraud scandal, Democratic governors are refusing to share SNAP details with the feds.
wapo.st
January 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Efficiency subject to a certain set of constraints. The purpose is a social safety net
This doesn’t even make sense
"JD Vance responded to accusations of illegality by pointing out that Maduro has been accused of violating U.S. laws (like possession of guns that are banned in the U.S."
But have reporters, even one, asked why the actual fuck our laws from a country of 900 million guns, would ever apply elsewhere?
But have reporters, even one, asked why the actual fuck our laws from a country of 900 million guns, would ever apply elsewhere?
The Coup In Venezuela Is An Assault on the Whole World
Donald Trump's overthrow of Nicolás Maduro sets a terrible precedent that severely erodes international sovereignty. Can other countries depose any leader they accuse of a crime?
www.currentaffairs.org
January 4, 2026 at 11:22 PM
This doesn’t even make sense
They’re literally just taking our lunch. Where is the dignity??!
January 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
They’re literally just taking our lunch. Where is the dignity??!
Just go ahead and end the game. We’ll see everybody next year
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Just go ahead and end the game. We’ll see everybody next year
Same
I'm absolutely going to watch this meaningless game... save your judgment lol
Commanders.
January 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Same
That part
I’m wondering how he gone run Venezuela … when he can’t run America
January 4, 2026 at 2:23 PM
That part
At least they cared enough to come with plausible lies and evidence
It’s sobering to look back on the run-up to the Iraq war—a period of unceasing chattering-class debate, elaborate official lies, media complicity, unavailing global protest, in the end a giant stitch-up—and have it seem like some sort of paradise of public deliberation compared to these gangsters.
January 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM
At least they cared enough to come with plausible lies and evidence
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Lord have mercy
The Venezuelans will greet us as liberators.
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Lord have mercy
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Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
They’re bragging on finding somebody who wasn’t hiding and was in bed
January 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
They’re bragging on finding somebody who wasn’t hiding and was in bed
They have Rachel in on a Saturday 😳
January 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
They have Rachel in on a Saturday 😳
I saw it in the middle of the night and went right back to sleep
Well what the hell did I wake up to
January 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I saw it in the middle of the night and went right back to sleep
Me and my RA both are sick from "ripping and running"
January 2, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Me and my RA both are sick from "ripping and running"
The online Edd students start Monday. Somebody please help
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The online Edd students start Monday. Somebody please help
Just put in your mind that anything that happened in the past 50 years. They want to take away
The nonprofit National Links Trust has been in charge of managing the courses and had a 50-year lease agreement with the federal government, but the Trump administration is ending the lease after just five years.
Trump administration terminates DC public golf lease
For junior golfer Faris Smith, the public courses in D.C. have become like a second home. She’s been caddying at the Langston golf course for four years now. “My first ever golf lesson was at Rock Cre...
www.nbcwashington.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Just put in your mind that anything that happened in the past 50 years. They want to take away
My word. What a day of
College football
College football
January 2, 2026 at 4:47 AM
My word. What a day of
College football
College football
Why are we starting next week? Shouldn’t it be the week after that???!
January 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Why are we starting next week? Shouldn’t it be the week after that???!
Michael Irvin and Ray Lewis doing God knows what
January 1, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Michael Irvin and Ray Lewis doing God knows what
That shot of Michael Irvin made me scream laugh 😂
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 AM
That shot of Michael Irvin made me scream laugh 😂
Oh dear this poor Ohio state kicker
January 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Oh dear this poor Ohio state kicker
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A tidbit from yesterday's negotiated rulemaking data release: 18 programs of study saw students borrow $100 million in federal loans in FY25. Some programs are huge with small borrowing amounts (hi, SNHU!), and others have fewer students take out more debt.
www.ed.gov/laws-and-pol...
www.ed.gov/laws-and-pol...
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A tidbit from yesterday's negotiated rulemaking data release: 18 programs of study saw students borrow $100 million in federal loans in FY25. Some programs are huge with small borrowing amounts (hi, SNHU!), and others have fewer students take out more debt.
www.ed.gov/laws-and-pol...
www.ed.gov/laws-and-pol...
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This !@#$% year in review: the wrecking ball that was February 2025 brought the abrupt end to many Institute of Education Sciences contracts for data collection, evaluation and research. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut... 🧵
Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient | Brookings
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
www.brookings.edu
December 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This !@#$% year in review: the wrecking ball that was February 2025 brought the abrupt end to many Institute of Education Sciences contracts for data collection, evaluation and research. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut... 🧵
I saw 3 friends books there, idk what that says lol
December 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I saw 3 friends books there, idk what that says lol