Josie
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We are hearing that almost all of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) has been let go. This is devastating news for both the employees, who are being treated as nothing more than political pawns, and for K–12 education in this country—both deserve better.
October 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We are hearing that almost all of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) has been let go. This is devastating news for both the employees, who are being treated as nothing more than political pawns, and for K–12 education in this country—both deserve better.
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THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE. WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD???? They are going to kill so many people including children. What a FUCKED UP DECISION!
Florida is moving to eliminate all vaccine mandates, including for school children, which would make it the first state to do so.
Florida Seeks to End State’s Vaccine Mandates
The move would make Florida the first state in the U.S. to get rid of immunization requirements.
on.wsj.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE. WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD???? They are going to kill so many people including children. What a FUCKED UP DECISION!
No shit, Sherlock.
Trump Crime Strategy May Work for Now, but Not for Long, Experts Say www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Trump Crime Strategy May Work for Now, but Not for Long, Experts Say www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Trump Crime Strategy May Work for Now, but Not for Long, Experts Say
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
No shit, Sherlock.
Trump Crime Strategy May Work for Now, but Not for Long, Experts Say www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Trump Crime Strategy May Work for Now, but Not for Long, Experts Say www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Federal collective bargaining is in the U.S. national interest www.govexec.com/management/2...
Federal collective bargaining is in the U.S. national interest
COMMENTARY | The president's recent executive orders on collective bargaining are a solution in search of a problem, and without a solid premise to stand on.
www.govexec.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Federal collective bargaining is in the U.S. national interest www.govexec.com/management/2...
“The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor.” - Thomas Donahue
September 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor.” - Thomas Donahue
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights
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September 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
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The executive branch is refusing to distribute funding that was appropriated by Congress to be distributed in accordance with formulas laid out in statute. This violates, as they say in the legal world, a fuckton of laws.
Trump Tells States He's Holding Back $6.8 Billion for Schools
Schools nationwide won't see funding earmarked for English learners, migrant students, professional development, and more.
www.edweek.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The executive branch is refusing to distribute funding that was appropriated by Congress to be distributed in accordance with formulas laid out in statute. This violates, as they say in the legal world, a fuckton of laws.
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This is particularly disgusting given that Elon could end world poverty any time he wanted and simply doesn’t.
🚨Meals on Wheels is dead
www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
March 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is particularly disgusting given that Elon could end world poverty any time he wanted and simply doesn’t.
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All those right-wingers who claimed the First Amendment was under attack because they couldn’t say racist shit without consequence are strangely silent now that the First Amendment is actually under attack.
We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
March 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
All those right-wingers who claimed the First Amendment was under attack because they couldn’t say racist shit without consequence are strangely silent now that the First Amendment is actually under attack.
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Release Rumeysa. Release Mahmoud. Release Badar. Release every single wrongfully detained person.
This is fascism, pure and simple. We must stand up for them, we cannot sit idly by. If we remain silent, we are complicit.
#politicalrevolution #releaserumeysa #releasemahmoud #releasebadar
This is fascism, pure and simple. We must stand up for them, we cannot sit idly by. If we remain silent, we are complicit.
#politicalrevolution #releaserumeysa #releasemahmoud #releasebadar
March 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Release Rumeysa. Release Mahmoud. Release Badar. Release every single wrongfully detained person.
This is fascism, pure and simple. We must stand up for them, we cannot sit idly by. If we remain silent, we are complicit.
#politicalrevolution #releaserumeysa #releasemahmoud #releasebadar
This is fascism, pure and simple. We must stand up for them, we cannot sit idly by. If we remain silent, we are complicit.
#politicalrevolution #releaserumeysa #releasemahmoud #releasebadar
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I've been assured by the adults in the room who understand how things work in the real world that barring criminal politicians from running again is actually destabilizing, which is why we now enjoy such stability and probity in our own government here in the U.S. www.thelocal.fr/20250331/bre...
Breaking: French far-right leader Le Pen banned from running for office after conviction
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her eight co-defendants have been found guilty of embezzlement, and the court has imposed a ban on holding public office - to take effect immediately.
www.thelocal.fr
March 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I've been assured by the adults in the room who understand how things work in the real world that barring criminal politicians from running again is actually destabilizing, which is why we now enjoy such stability and probity in our own government here in the U.S. www.thelocal.fr/20250331/bre...
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Dept of State has sent hundreds of international students an email telling them their visas have been revoked and asking them to leave the country. The email did not just go to students who physically participated in campus activism but also those who shared or liked “anti-national” posts.
March 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Dept of State has sent hundreds of international students an email telling them their visas have been revoked and asking them to leave the country. The email did not just go to students who physically participated in campus activism but also those who shared or liked “anti-national” posts.
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DC people: come down to 400 Maryland Ave SW this morning to show your support for recently fired ED employees as they walk out of the building!
March 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
DC people: come down to 400 Maryland Ave SW this morning to show your support for recently fired ED employees as they walk out of the building!
Really didn't have "defend big law" on my 2025 bingo card.
March 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Really didn't have "defend big law" on my 2025 bingo card.
If you’re a MAGA person with a leftist family thinking well my family disagrees with my politics but they still respect me, no we don’t.
March 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If you’re a MAGA person with a leftist family thinking well my family disagrees with my politics but they still respect me, no we don’t.
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On April 3 at 6pm EST: How to Fight for the Department of Education.
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March 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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From Fox’s Chief National Security reporter. Who can’t seem to get any airtime lately. For some reason.
March 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
From Fox’s Chief National Security reporter. Who can’t seem to get any airtime lately. For some reason.
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There is no waiver authority that would allow the Secretary of Education to turn Title I funding into block grants or allow states to ignore civil rights requirements.
Explanation below...
Explanation below...
March 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
There is no waiver authority that would allow the Secretary of Education to turn Title I funding into block grants or allow states to ignore civil rights requirements.
Explanation below...
Explanation below...
Nope, can't do that.
Republican states are requesting the Trump Administration "waive" their obligation to follow civil rights laws.
If these waivers are approved, Republicans are signaling, once again, that they have little regard for the irreparable harm inflicted on our students. apnews.com/article/educ...
If these waivers are approved, Republicans are signaling, once again, that they have little regard for the irreparable harm inflicted on our students. apnews.com/article/educ...
GOP-led states push for control of school aid as Trump promises a smaller federal role in education
Governors in several Republican-led states are pressing the Trump administration to cut the strings attached to their federal education aid, a goal conservatives have long dreamed of that now appears ...
apnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Nope, can't do that.
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The attacks on the U.S. Department of Education have nothing to do with efficiency or with returning education authority to the states. For starters, states and school districts (NOT the federal government) already control what's taught in schools.
March 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The attacks on the U.S. Department of Education have nothing to do with efficiency or with returning education authority to the states. For starters, states and school districts (NOT the federal government) already control what's taught in schools.
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The geniuses at DOGE are bringing us insights like "I'm not really sure why the tax agency for a country of 330 million people has a larger staff than a midsize bank"
March 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The geniuses at DOGE are bringing us insights like "I'm not really sure why the tax agency for a country of 330 million people has a larger staff than a midsize bank"
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The Department of Education’s RIF’ed lawyers are collecting their personal belongings Monday 12-1pm, at 500 12th street SW — not the main building. Let's steer some folks their way for a clap out. Right now they’re assuming no one will show up for them and planning to make their own signs 😢
March 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Department of Education’s RIF’ed lawyers are collecting their personal belongings Monday 12-1pm, at 500 12th street SW — not the main building. Let's steer some folks their way for a clap out. Right now they’re assuming no one will show up for them and planning to make their own signs 😢
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“tHeY cAnT dO tHat!!!!!”
ok well they are babe, idk what to tell you
ok well they are babe, idk what to tell you
March 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“tHeY cAnT dO tHat!!!!!”
ok well they are babe, idk what to tell you
ok well they are babe, idk what to tell you