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It’s that time of year again.

Teachers, THANK YOU for what you do. If you need help stocking your room this year, please drop a link to your Classroom Wishlists in the comments!

I’ll get as much as I can, and there are always some great members of the community who chip in too!
July 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.”

So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…

It was always a lie.
June 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Your smile of the day.
just saw a group of masked men stuffing masked ICE agents into an unmarked car, who were saying "we're ICE we're ICE!" but the abductors shouted to the crowd "no we're ICE!" no one knew who was ICE, so no one in the crowd said anything.
June 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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"A miracle. This film is a balm for your soul."

THE LIFE OF CHUCK. In Select Cities Friday, Everywhere 6.13.

Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlN1...
June 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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We’re honestly on a fast timeline to exactly this.
April 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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John Oliver's new segment on trans people in sports is pretty good. On content I give it like 7 or 8 out of 10, but you should def go watch it. It's so surreal seeing a high production quality media team actually do some research and treating trans people as human

youtu.be/flSS1tjoxf0?...
Trans Athletes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
April 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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At one of his frequent press conferences (because he loves being on TV), I'd love it if some reporter piped up with, "What do you say to people who call you a know-nothing narcissistic asshole, Mr. President?"
April 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
April 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Also I hope we're all on this same page

EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole

they were ALL wrongfully deported.

I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'

but NO ONE should've been sent there
April 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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I, for one, welcome the “abundance” fight. It shows the left can fight Trumpism while wrestling with how we can be better than we’ve been.

I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.
March 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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March 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Folks always ask me how they can make a difference.

Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.

Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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What to know about how Trump's executive order will affect American education www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
What to know about how Trump's executive order will affect American education
While big questions about the agency’s future remain unanswered, here is everything to know about its history, and some of the plans conservatives have pushed for dismantling it.
www.nbcnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.

Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters

Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.

I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
February 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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US officials are reportedly threatening to revoke Starlink access for Ukraine if they don’t give us 50% of their mineral rights.

That’s not diplomacy, it’s extortion.

We’re also pushing them to kill a UN Resolution that blames Russia for starting the war.

Facts matter.
February 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way”

Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”

History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”
February 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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To be clear: the United States Government deployed this family to a country with substandard healthcare with the promise that help would be on the way if they ever needed it.

Now, Donald Trump twice denied this woman a potentially life-saving, embassy-requested medevac.
JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Monday thought:
February 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.
February 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Ron Howard FTW 🎯
February 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Trump starts pointless trade war.

Canada threatens to retaliate by withholding electricity from the US.

Trump’s press sec says this is fine because Jesus didn’t have electricity.

Literally the dumbest possible timeline.
February 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Retaliatory tariffs from both Mexico and Canada.

Trump says he’ll raise tariffs to 50% if they retaliate.

Naturally, they’ll retaliate again, and every day Americans (and Canadians) will pay for this crisis entirely of Trump’s making
February 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Happy Black History Month!
February 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM