Sandra Waltman
@livinginthered1974.bsky.social
Workaholic, Road Warrior, Crazy Aunt, Sporadic Runner, Recovering Political Hack and Hopeful Vikings Fan! Author of many random musings! Opinions are my own.
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Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants."
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
March 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants."
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
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I explain in The Privateers, “the case against vouchers isn’t one-sided but it’s as one-sided as social science gets.”
Bigger, newer vouchers do worse (see @ceepiu.bsky.social 👇)
If the voucher lobby really thought results would be better now they’d insist states collect data to show it.
Bigger, newer vouchers do worse (see @ceepiu.bsky.social 👇)
If the voucher lobby really thought results would be better now they’d insist states collect data to show it.
February 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I explain in The Privateers, “the case against vouchers isn’t one-sided but it’s as one-sided as social science gets.”
Bigger, newer vouchers do worse (see @ceepiu.bsky.social 👇)
If the voucher lobby really thought results would be better now they’d insist states collect data to show it.
Bigger, newer vouchers do worse (see @ceepiu.bsky.social 👇)
If the voucher lobby really thought results would be better now they’d insist states collect data to show it.
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Boom!! That’s how it’s done!! 🇲🇽 🇨🇦
February 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Boom!! That’s how it’s done!! 🇲🇽 🇨🇦
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February 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Ed researcher Ezra Howard shows private schools raise tuition when vouchers let them: x.com/ezrahowru/st...
#LeesVoucherScam
#LeesVoucherScam
January 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Ed researcher Ezra Howard shows private schools raise tuition when vouchers let them: x.com/ezrahowru/st...
#LeesVoucherScam
#LeesVoucherScam
Can a Super Bowl end in a tie? 🤷♀️ Asking for a nation that is less than enthusiastic about this matchup 😒
January 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Can a Super Bowl end in a tie? 🤷♀️ Asking for a nation that is less than enthusiastic about this matchup 😒
In a world full of assholes, be like this @buffalo-bills.bsky.social fan. And don’t threaten someone over a dropped ball. Come on people grow up!
Bills fans have donated more than $50,000 to charity Mark Andrews supports.
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Bills fans have donated more than $50,000 to charity Mark Andrews supports
Ravens tight end Mark Andrews is getting support from Buffalo fans this week, after his two costly miscues helped propel the Bills to the AFC Championship Game.
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January 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In a world full of assholes, be like this @buffalo-bills.bsky.social fan. And don’t threaten someone over a dropped ball. Come on people grow up!
Some weird shit is happening over on the Meta platforms - Like some serious Orwellian shit -
January 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Some weird shit is happening over on the Meta platforms - Like some serious Orwellian shit -
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If the voucher lobby guys really believe parents are happier with their school voucher, why are they against showing parents a side-by-side comparison of public vs. voucher academic results?
Voucher transparency is a parents’ rights issue and a consumer fraud problem.
Voucher transparency is a parents’ rights issue and a consumer fraud problem.
January 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If the voucher lobby guys really believe parents are happier with their school voucher, why are they against showing parents a side-by-side comparison of public vs. voucher academic results?
Voucher transparency is a parents’ rights issue and a consumer fraud problem.
Voucher transparency is a parents’ rights issue and a consumer fraud problem.
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We're thinking of our Rams friends, their community and the first responders during this time 💜💛
January 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We're thinking of our Rams friends, their community and the first responders during this time 💜💛
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Appreciate the chance to talk with Idaho business leaders, a bipartisan group of legislators, parent and stakeholder groups about education policy solutions beyond predatory vouchers schemes.
Great people and a gorgeous state.
Great people and a gorgeous state.
January 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Appreciate the chance to talk with Idaho business leaders, a bipartisan group of legislators, parent and stakeholder groups about education policy solutions beyond predatory vouchers schemes.
Great people and a gorgeous state.
Great people and a gorgeous state.
Do you want to see an example of someone who is radicalized? May I present exhibit A, and he’s in charge of Oklahoma’s education system.
OK Schools Chief Ryan Walters says that public school teachers are the ones responsible for domestic terrorism. He says teachers have turned classrooms into “terrorist training camps” by indoctrinating students to “hate America.”
January 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Do you want to see an example of someone who is radicalized? May I present exhibit A, and he’s in charge of Oklahoma’s education system.
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The voucher lobby says vouchers don’t cut public school $ because they’re paid by other state budget lines.
That’s like saying gas price hikes don’t hurt a family’s ability to pay a mortgage.
And relies on fantasies that below-COLA increases aren’t real dollar cuts (they are).
That’s like saying gas price hikes don’t hurt a family’s ability to pay a mortgage.
And relies on fantasies that below-COLA increases aren’t real dollar cuts (they are).
December 20, 2024 at 1:11 AM
The voucher lobby says vouchers don’t cut public school $ because they’re paid by other state budget lines.
That’s like saying gas price hikes don’t hurt a family’s ability to pay a mortgage.
And relies on fantasies that below-COLA increases aren’t real dollar cuts (they are).
That’s like saying gas price hikes don’t hurt a family’s ability to pay a mortgage.
And relies on fantasies that below-COLA increases aren’t real dollar cuts (they are).
I’m nervous. @scheels.bsky.social kept tempting me with this sweatshirt-So, I gave in and bought it - When I buy @vikings.bsky.social gear during the season it usually spells trouble-so if things go wrong on Monday night don’t blame me - it’s @scheels.bsky.social fault 🤷♀️😂
47 Brand Women's Minnesota Vikings Premier Crewneck
SCHEELS.com
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December 15, 2024 at 9:02 PM
I’m nervous. @scheels.bsky.social kept tempting me with this sweatshirt-So, I gave in and bought it - When I buy @vikings.bsky.social gear during the season it usually spells trouble-so if things go wrong on Monday night don’t blame me - it’s @scheels.bsky.social fault 🤷♀️😂
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December 8, 2024 at 8:52 PM
🧵As someone who lives in a ruby red state with very limited early childhood education options, cutting Head Start will be devastating to rural and Native communities -
Musk and Ramaswamy have already identified $516B dollars in government savings — it includes cutting all of Veteran’s Affairs health care, eliminating the NIH, and ending funding for federal prisons. @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 7:52 PM
🧵As someone who lives in a ruby red state with very limited early childhood education options, cutting Head Start will be devastating to rural and Native communities -
Let this sink in - a former speechwriter for George Bush will likely never be invited back to MSNBC because of a flippant comment he made about FOX News? We are living in very interesting times. Will the Fourth Estate survive? Hope so - MSNBC and @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social doubtfully.
“It is a very ominous thing if our leading forums for discussion of public affairs are already feeling the chill of intimidation and responding with efforts to appease.”
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David Frum Says MSNBC’s ‘Efforts to Appease’ Trump by Apologizing for His Joke About Pete Hegsesth’s Drinking Are ‘Very Ominous’
The former George Bush speechwriter made the comment during a recent appearance on "Morning Joe" The post David Frum Says MSNBC’s ‘Efforts to Appease’ Trump by Apologizing for His Joke About Pete Hegs...
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December 5, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Let this sink in - a former speechwriter for George Bush will likely never be invited back to MSNBC because of a flippant comment he made about FOX News? We are living in very interesting times. Will the Fourth Estate survive? Hope so - MSNBC and @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social doubtfully.
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This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Sound of Fear on Air
It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.
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December 5, 2024 at 2:29 AM
This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Guessing that @atrupar.com probably doesn’t have time to cover the Today Show but he really should really check out this morning’s interview with @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social - in a nutshell 2 rich white guys say no worries about Elon using govt to enrich himself or his businesses truly a WTF moment
December 5, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Guessing that @atrupar.com probably doesn’t have time to cover the Today Show but he really should really check out this morning’s interview with @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social - in a nutshell 2 rich white guys say no worries about Elon using govt to enrich himself or his businesses truly a WTF moment
I'm pleased that he has made his way to this platform. It's much easier to share his posts. This is just little ole' me trying to raise the alarm on what Project 2025 will do to education in rural South Dakota communities.
Trump’s OMB director pick co-authored Project 2025, which recommends eliminating Head Start. The DOGE leaders have proposed the same thing.
That spells trouble for the ~40M children served by the program.
That spells trouble for the ~40M children served by the program.
December 3, 2024 at 9:46 PM
I'm pleased that he has made his way to this platform. It's much easier to share his posts. This is just little ole' me trying to raise the alarm on what Project 2025 will do to education in rural South Dakota communities.
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In GOVERNING a DeVos-backed voucher bill sponsor calls voter opposition “irrelevant.”
And I note that many communities reject today’s vouchers because they see them as garden-variety cash transfers to wealthier parts of their states.
www.governing.com/policy/the-f...
And I note that many communities reject today’s vouchers because they see them as garden-variety cash transfers to wealthier parts of their states.
www.governing.com/policy/the-f...
The Future of School Choice in the States That Rejected It
Voters in three states rejected ballot measures promoting school choice. But they didn’t reject the legislators who favor it.
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November 26, 2024 at 5:08 PM
In GOVERNING a DeVos-backed voucher bill sponsor calls voter opposition “irrelevant.”
And I note that many communities reject today’s vouchers because they see them as garden-variety cash transfers to wealthier parts of their states.
www.governing.com/policy/the-f...
And I note that many communities reject today’s vouchers because they see them as garden-variety cash transfers to wealthier parts of their states.
www.governing.com/policy/the-f...
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Folks know about Betsy DeVos and school vouchers.
But casual observers may not get how many fake “parents” groups pushing vouchers are actually Koch fronts.
As I write in The Privateers, the Kochs don’t have culture war obsessions per se. They’re means to an end
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
But casual observers may not get how many fake “parents” groups pushing vouchers are actually Koch fronts.
As I write in The Privateers, the Kochs don’t have culture war obsessions per se. They’re means to an end
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
www.kansascity.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Folks know about Betsy DeVos and school vouchers.
But casual observers may not get how many fake “parents” groups pushing vouchers are actually Koch fronts.
As I write in The Privateers, the Kochs don’t have culture war obsessions per se. They’re means to an end
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
But casual observers may not get how many fake “parents” groups pushing vouchers are actually Koch fronts.
As I write in The Privateers, the Kochs don’t have culture war obsessions per se. They’re means to an end
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
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I’ve written that the school voucher push echoes schemes to privatize social security.
Vouchers going 0-3 on state ballots this election—with NE (57% against) and KY (65% against) coming in Trump states—shows opposition is bipartisan too @joshtpm.bsky.social
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Vouchers going 0-3 on state ballots this election—with NE (57% against) and KY (65% against) coming in Trump states—shows opposition is bipartisan too @joshtpm.bsky.social
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Get Off the Floor and Keep It Simple
Today I read this piece in Vox comparing the 2004 and 2024 elections and what Democrats today can learn about how the Democrats came back from defeat. Author Nicole Narea says Democrats did three…
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November 25, 2024 at 1:37 PM
I’ve written that the school voucher push echoes schemes to privatize social security.
Vouchers going 0-3 on state ballots this election—with NE (57% against) and KY (65% against) coming in Trump states—shows opposition is bipartisan too @joshtpm.bsky.social
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/get-o...
Vouchers going 0-3 on state ballots this election—with NE (57% against) and KY (65% against) coming in Trump states—shows opposition is bipartisan too @joshtpm.bsky.social
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/get-o...
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But they do want to give that special ed funding to RFK Jr and let him have at it at HHS—that’s in the bill
Sen. Mike Rounds provides empty reassurances to parents who are worried that funding for education for special needs kids will be gutted after Republicans do away with the Department of Education: "Nobody wants to take away funding for special ed."
November 22, 2024 at 4:34 PM
But they do want to give that special ed funding to RFK Jr and let him have at it at HHS—that’s in the bill
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Linda McMahon, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for education secretary, has been accused in a lawsuit of failing to stop a ringside announcer for World Wrestling Entertainment from grooming and sexually abusing children in the 1980s and 1990s.
Linda McMahon, Trump’s Education Secretary Pick, Named in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
Linda McMahon, who ran World Wrestling Entertainment for decades, was accused in the lawsuit of not preventing one of the organization’s employees from victimizing children who helped set up wrestling...
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November 22, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Linda McMahon, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for education secretary, has been accused in a lawsuit of failing to stop a ringside announcer for World Wrestling Entertainment from grooming and sexually abusing children in the 1980s and 1990s.