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17 February 1900 | A Pole, Józef Podgórski, was born in Tarnów. A lawyer.
In #Auschwitz from 25 February 1941.
No. 10797
He perished in the camp on 23 May 1942.
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🎧/📖 Registration photos in Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/4adWOeJ
In #Auschwitz from 25 February 1941.
No. 10797
He perished in the camp on 23 May 1942.
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🎧/📖 Registration photos in Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/4adWOeJ
February 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
17 February 1900 | A Pole, Józef Podgórski, was born in Tarnów. A lawyer.
In #Auschwitz from 25 February 1941.
No. 10797
He perished in the camp on 23 May 1942.
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🎧/📖 Registration photos in Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/4adWOeJ
In #Auschwitz from 25 February 1941.
No. 10797
He perished in the camp on 23 May 1942.
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🎧/📖 Registration photos in Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/4adWOeJ
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16 February 1928 | German Jewish girl, Renate Chaim, was born in Kaiserslauter. She emigrated to the Netherlands.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1943. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/4ryCOJe
🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/3O8yeDh
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1943. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/4ryCOJe
🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/3O8yeDh
February 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
16 February 1928 | German Jewish girl, Renate Chaim, was born in Kaiserslauter. She emigrated to the Netherlands.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1943. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/4ryCOJe
🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/3O8yeDh
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1943. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/4ryCOJe
🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/3O8yeDh
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📷 The “Arbeit macht frei” gate of the Auschwitz I camp. The inscription “work makes one free” was a cynical promise and a lie given to all the prisoners who entered the camp.
▶ Watch a video about the history of the gate of Auschwitz I: https://bit.ly/4axOaGM
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Photo: https://bit.ly/4asgU3D
▶ Watch a video about the history of the gate of Auschwitz I: https://bit.ly/4axOaGM
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Photo: https://bit.ly/4asgU3D
February 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
📷 The “Arbeit macht frei” gate of the Auschwitz I camp. The inscription “work makes one free” was a cynical promise and a lie given to all the prisoners who entered the camp.
▶ Watch a video about the history of the gate of Auschwitz I: https://bit.ly/4axOaGM
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Photo: https://bit.ly/4asgU3D
▶ Watch a video about the history of the gate of Auschwitz I: https://bit.ly/4axOaGM
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Photo: https://bit.ly/4asgU3D
Keeping OSEP and OSERS within the U.S. Department of Education is critical because these offices safeguard the federal oversight, accountability, and civil-rights protections that ensure students with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
McMahon's education plan breaks the law and denies students' rights | Opinion
What Linda McMahon dismisses as 'micromanagement' is, in reality, the implementation of our nation's special education law.
www.usatoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Keeping OSEP and OSERS within the U.S. Department of Education is critical because these offices safeguard the federal oversight, accountability, and civil-rights protections that ensure students with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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CEC joins more than 375 national and local organizations in sounding the alarm over the sweeping layoffs at the Department of Education. These cuts target critical agencies and threaten decades of progress protecting the rights of students with disabilities.
exceptionalchildren.org/blog/departm...
exceptionalchildren.org/blog/departm...
October 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
CEC joins more than 375 national and local organizations in sounding the alarm over the sweeping layoffs at the Department of Education. These cuts target critical agencies and threaten decades of progress protecting the rights of students with disabilities.
exceptionalchildren.org/blog/departm...
exceptionalchildren.org/blog/departm...
video.snapstream.net/Play/2rOR29A.... I stand with Council for Exceptional Children
CNN News Central - Trump Administration's Mass Firings Impact Special Education Services
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October 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Please re-share, this is an urgent call to all those who care about educating infants, toddlers children, and youth with exceptionalities. Over the weekend the US Department of education issued massive layoffs that virtually dismantling OSEP & RSA exceptionalchildren.org/takeaction
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exceptionalchildren.org
October 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Please re-share, this is an urgent call to all those who care about educating infants, toddlers children, and youth with exceptionalities. Over the weekend the US Department of education issued massive layoffs that virtually dismantling OSEP & RSA exceptionalchildren.org/takeaction
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Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education. n.pr/48stHUo
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education
Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
n.pr
October 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education. n.pr/48stHUo
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The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.
October 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.
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9 October 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Judit Erdos, was born in Miskolc.
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
9 October 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Judit Erdos, was born in Miskolc.
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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PODCAST | Criminal pseudo-medical experiments in Auschwitz
German doctors conducted experiments on concentration camp prisoners. Listen about the medical crimes in Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/criminal-pseudomedical-experiments-in-auschwitz/
German doctors conducted experiments on concentration camp prisoners. Listen about the medical crimes in Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/criminal-pseudomedical-experiments-in-auschwitz/
October 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
PODCAST | Criminal pseudo-medical experiments in Auschwitz
German doctors conducted experiments on concentration camp prisoners. Listen about the medical crimes in Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/criminal-pseudomedical-experiments-in-auschwitz/
German doctors conducted experiments on concentration camp prisoners. Listen about the medical crimes in Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/criminal-pseudomedical-experiments-in-auschwitz/
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In Ghislaine Maxwell’s Justice Department interview, she comes off as pathetic, loathsome, and utterly lacking in remorse. The entire operation was damage control—an attempt to exculpate President Trump from his own involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.
What Ghislaine Maxwell Told the Justice Department
Listening to the convicted sex offender’s lengthy interview reveals that she and her interviewer had one goal—to satisfy Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In Ghislaine Maxwell’s Justice Department interview, she comes off as pathetic, loathsome, and utterly lacking in remorse. The entire operation was damage control—an attempt to exculpate President Trump from his own involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Hurricane forecasts are now much more accurate, 20 years on — largely because of federal government research.
Hurricane science has come far since Katrina. That progress is now at risk
Hurricane forecasts are now much more accurate, 20 years on — largely because of federal government research.
n.pr
August 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hurricane forecasts are now much more accurate, 20 years on — largely because of federal government research.
Check out this article from The Palm Beach Post:
Jeffrey Epstein victims in Palm Beach County schools: Board may post sex trafficking fliers
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/e...
Jeffrey Epstein victims in Palm Beach County schools: Board may post sex trafficking fliers
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/e...
Jeffrey Epstein victims in Palm Beach County schools: Board may post sex trafficking fliers
Information fliers on human trafficking would be placed in private areas of middle and high schools in Palm Beach County.
www.palmbeachpost.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Check out this article from The Palm Beach Post:
Jeffrey Epstein victims in Palm Beach County schools: Board may post sex trafficking fliers
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/e...
Jeffrey Epstein victims in Palm Beach County schools: Board may post sex trafficking fliers
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/e...
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24 August 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Ivonne Stern, was born.
In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
August 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
24 August 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Ivonne Stern, was born.
In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.
Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case
The voting system manufacturer claimed the news channel made false statements about the company.
www.politico.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.
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Members of the Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy, the closest crime we have to treason itself
Federal Agent in D.C.: “Proud Boys? They’re great guys. They love the United States.”
This is who Trump is sending into our cities to terrorize Black & Brown communities.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DNZldGb...
This is who Trump is sending into our cities to terrorize Black & Brown communities.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DNZldGb...
August 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Members of the Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy, the closest crime we have to treason itself
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18 August 1912 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Maria Friedländer-Koen, was born in Watergraafsmeer.
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her son Max Arnold. They were both probably murdered together in a gas chamber after the selection.
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her son Max Arnold. They were both probably murdered together in a gas chamber after the selection.
August 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
18 August 1912 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Maria Friedländer-Koen, was born in Watergraafsmeer.
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her son Max Arnold. They were both probably murdered together in a gas chamber after the selection.
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her son Max Arnold. They were both probably murdered together in a gas chamber after the selection.
Source: Education Week
August 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Source: Education Week
Check out this article from The Palm Beach Post:
Housing help: The Breakers unveils renderings for 8-story apartment complex for its workers
It would be nice if this could be done for beginning and early career teachers.
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/l...
Housing help: The Breakers unveils renderings for 8-story apartment complex for its workers
It would be nice if this could be done for beginning and early career teachers.
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/l...
Housing help: The Breakers unveils renderings for 8-story apartment complex for its workers
The Breakers, the iconic Palm Beach hotel, wants to house more than 100 of its temporary workers in a new apartment complex it’s proposing to build.
www.palmbeachpost.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Check out this article from The Palm Beach Post:
Housing help: The Breakers unveils renderings for 8-story apartment complex for its workers
It would be nice if this could be done for beginning and early career teachers.
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/l...
Housing help: The Breakers unveils renderings for 8-story apartment complex for its workers
It would be nice if this could be done for beginning and early career teachers.
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/l...
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14 August 1941 | Saint ft. Maximilian Kolbe OFM was killed with a phenol injection in a starvation cell of Block 11 of the German #Auschwitz I camp. On 29 July 1941, he offered his life to save a person selected for starvation death after an escape of a prisoner.
Our podcast: youtu.be/lo4FEfUFXAo
Our podcast: youtu.be/lo4FEfUFXAo
August 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
14 August 1941 | Saint ft. Maximilian Kolbe OFM was killed with a phenol injection in a starvation cell of Block 11 of the German #Auschwitz I camp. On 29 July 1941, he offered his life to save a person selected for starvation death after an escape of a prisoner.
Our podcast: youtu.be/lo4FEfUFXAo
Our podcast: youtu.be/lo4FEfUFXAo