I had the pear dream again…
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“But as it turns out, the parents most likely to apply for these vouchers are the ones who were already sending their kids to private school or homeschooling. They use the dollars to subsidize what they were already paying for.”
Ope! Didn’t see that one coming, did they? 🤭
Ope! Didn’t see that one coming, did they? 🤭
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
“But as it turns out, the parents most likely to apply for these vouchers are the ones who were already sending their kids to private school or homeschooling. They use the dollars to subsidize what they were already paying for.”
Ope! Didn’t see that one coming, did they? 🤭
Ope! Didn’t see that one coming, did they? 🤭
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Rob Reiner and his wife are dead.
A family tragedy is not a political act.
Knife violence is not gun violence.
Celebrating death is moral rot.
This piece calls out cruelty, shreds the “ban knives” lie, and honors decency in an age addicted to dehumanization.
READ FULL ESSAY HERE ⬇️
A family tragedy is not a political act.
Knife violence is not gun violence.
Celebrating death is moral rot.
This piece calls out cruelty, shreds the “ban knives” lie, and honors decency in an age addicted to dehumanization.
READ FULL ESSAY HERE ⬇️
Rob Reiner and his Wife are Dead. If You’re Celebrating, You’re the Problem.
Knife violence is not gun violence — and family tragedy is not a political assassination.
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Rob Reiner and his wife are dead.
A family tragedy is not a political act.
Knife violence is not gun violence.
Celebrating death is moral rot.
This piece calls out cruelty, shreds the “ban knives” lie, and honors decency in an age addicted to dehumanization.
READ FULL ESSAY HERE ⬇️
A family tragedy is not a political act.
Knife violence is not gun violence.
Celebrating death is moral rot.
This piece calls out cruelty, shreds the “ban knives” lie, and honors decency in an age addicted to dehumanization.
READ FULL ESSAY HERE ⬇️
Chag Sameach to my Jewish friends and neighbors 🕎
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Chag Sameach to my Jewish friends and neighbors 🕎
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the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver
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Wait, SCOTUS said states can’t be told what to do re: abortion. But they can be told they can’t ban ai? Which is it?
December 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Wait, SCOTUS said states can’t be told what to do re: abortion. But they can be told they can’t ban ai? Which is it?
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Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
Finally caught up on the current South Park episodes and they didn’t disappoint 🤣
December 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Finally caught up on the current South Park episodes and they didn’t disappoint 🤣
Burr gets it. Why do so many others dig their heels in and buck the idea? Oh that’s right, oligarchs pushing zero-sum ideas…
BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Burr gets it. Why do so many others dig their heels in and buck the idea? Oh that’s right, oligarchs pushing zero-sum ideas…
The whole banning red dyes and stuff was a smokescreen so they could allow capitalism to dismantle these kinds of consumer protections… 🤦🏻♀️
Trump's F.D.A. just withdrew a rule to require testing cosmetics made with talc for asbestos, a known carcinogen. That people will be putting on their bodies.
Where are the MAHA moms now?
Where are the MAHA moms now?
December 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The whole banning red dyes and stuff was a smokescreen so they could allow capitalism to dismantle these kinds of consumer protections… 🤦🏻♀️
"We have to be unified.," said Trump, "China is unified because they have one vote, that's President Xi. He says do it, and that's the end of that."
Um, sir, that’s not a unified vote…that’s totalitarianism.
Um, sir, that’s not a unified vote…that’s totalitarianism.
Trump is trying to preempt state AI laws via an executive order. It may not be legal
The executive order is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to hold back state-level AI rules. But many Republicans are also uncomfortable with the effort.
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"We have to be unified.," said Trump, "China is unified because they have one vote, that's President Xi. He says do it, and that's the end of that."
Um, sir, that’s not a unified vote…that’s totalitarianism.
Um, sir, that’s not a unified vote…that’s totalitarianism.
I love how he continues going to the same places he did before he became president. 💜
I couldn’t leave Chicago without getting a cut from my old barber, Zariff!
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I love how he continues going to the same places he did before he became president. 💜
You know what really sucks? Norovirus in the busiest month of the year. 🤮🚽🧻
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
You know what really sucks? Norovirus in the busiest month of the year. 🤮🚽🧻
While my popcorn is ready for the show, I’m also reserving my energy for the long-haul rebuilding that is going to take all of us years to decades to accomplish and I plan on becoming a little old lady so my ghost can haunt so many. 👻
If you’re taking some satisfaction from the MAGA crackup, don’t let your guard down. It’s when Trump feels he’s in trouble that he does the biggest and craziest things to deflect attention. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-really-truly-the-end
Sunday thought: Really, truly, the end of Trump is near
MAGA is cracking up, but beware
robertreich.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
While my popcorn is ready for the show, I’m also reserving my energy for the long-haul rebuilding that is going to take all of us years to decades to accomplish and I plan on becoming a little old lady so my ghost can haunt so many. 👻
I love my governor. It’s a shame there are others who aren’t out there rolling up their sleeves to help people in their states.
Spent some time this week volunteering with my team at the @fooddepository.bsky.social.
This holiday season and beyond, we’re making sure that all of us in Illinois can thrive. If you have the opportunity, get out and volunteer — we’re all in this together.
This holiday season and beyond, we’re making sure that all of us in Illinois can thrive. If you have the opportunity, get out and volunteer — we’re all in this together.
December 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I love my governor. It’s a shame there are others who aren’t out there rolling up their sleeves to help people in their states.
I get to try aerial yoga in today’s YTT200 class
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I get to try aerial yoga in today’s YTT200 class
Embrace AI, they said. It will be fun, they said. Meanwhile without guardrails, we get stuck with this kind of slop from porn to peddling miracle cures to outrageously asinine politicians…oh wait, the politicians are real 🫠
AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media
AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media
Hundreds of videos on TikTok and elsewhere impersonate experts to sell supplements with unproven effects
TikTok and other social media platforms are hosting AI-generated deepfake videos of doctors whose words have been manipulated to help sell supplements and spread health misinformation.
The factchecking organisation Full Fact has uncovered hundreds of such videos featuring impersonated versions of doctors and influencers directing viewers to Wellness Nest, a US-based supplements firm. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Embrace AI, they said. It will be fun, they said. Meanwhile without guardrails, we get stuck with this kind of slop from porn to peddling miracle cures to outrageously asinine politicians…oh wait, the politicians are real 🫠
Be on the lookout for the public comment window when it opens in 2026 and be sure to lodge your comments on just how misguided and discriminatory this is towards BIPOC and women and that everyone deserves an education regardless of how lucrative their profession may be in the eyes of capitalism.
What is All the Buzz About Nursing No Longer Being Designated as a Professional Program? - Protect Borrowers
Here is what students and borrowers need to know about the U.S. Department of Education’s new proposed definition of professional degrees and what YOU could do to push back.
protectborrowers.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Be on the lookout for the public comment window when it opens in 2026 and be sure to lodge your comments on just how misguided and discriminatory this is towards BIPOC and women and that everyone deserves an education regardless of how lucrative their profession may be in the eyes of capitalism.
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FDA Approves New Drug That Reverses Effects Of Narcan
FDA Approves New Drug That Reverses Effects Of Narcan
SILVER SPRING, MD—Praising the drug’s ability to quickly and effectively increase fatalities amongst the nation’s opioid users, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new nasal spray Wednesd...
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
FDA Approves New Drug That Reverses Effects Of Narcan
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What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
So far the Springfield IL area has had over 10” of snow dumped on it in the past 12ish hours. So glad it was over a weekend and not a workday 🥴☃️❄️
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
So far the Springfield IL area has had over 10” of snow dumped on it in the past 12ish hours. So glad it was over a weekend and not a workday 🥴☃️❄️
“It’s ok, so many people confuse a Phillips head and flathead screw. Heck, I don’t even have opposable thumbs, so you’re doing better than I am.”
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“It’s ok, so many people confuse a Phillips head and flathead screw. Heck, I don’t even have opposable thumbs, so you’re doing better than I am.”
Shop local, shop small business. Period. It’s that important.
Cannot emphasize this enough.
If you shop on Black Friday, shop only at small biz, minority owned biz, women owned biz, or support independent media.
Do not give Big Box Retailers your money! #WeAintBuyingIt
If you shop on Black Friday, shop only at small biz, minority owned biz, women owned biz, or support independent media.
Do not give Big Box Retailers your money! #WeAintBuyingIt
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Shop local, shop small business. Period. It’s that important.
Even more reason to take care of your brain and make good choices…turns out it takes even longer for your brain to develop those connections to the frontal lobe than previously thought. Also, look how many of us derail that process with alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs in the teen years…
Four pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study
Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Even more reason to take care of your brain and make good choices…turns out it takes even longer for your brain to develop those connections to the frontal lobe than previously thought. Also, look how many of us derail that process with alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs in the teen years…
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Musk: refuses to buy a mattress for the mother of his kids, hoards $500 billion, calls people on government aid “parasites.”
Billie Eilish: donates $11.5 million to charity, asks billionaires to have empathy.
Musk: “She’s not very smart.”
America: 🧐
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Billie Eilish: donates $11.5 million to charity, asks billionaires to have empathy.
Musk: “She’s not very smart.”
America: 🧐
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Musk: refuses to buy a mattress for the mother of his kids, hoards $500 billion, calls people on government aid “parasites.”
Billie Eilish: donates $11.5 million to charity, asks billionaires to have empathy.
Musk: “She’s not very smart.”
America: 🧐
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Billie Eilish: donates $11.5 million to charity, asks billionaires to have empathy.
Musk: “She’s not very smart.”
America: 🧐
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...