Pax Linson
@paxll.bsky.social
retired educational consultant, early childhood education nerd, and child development nerd. (the last two are probably the same thing...)
Pinned
Pax Linson
@paxll.bsky.social
· 13d
"Not to like little children, or find them interesting and enjoy their company, is no crime. But it is surely a great misfortune and a great loss, like having no legs or being deaf or blind."
How Children Learn
John Holt
How Children Learn
John Holt
Good one!
A 1985 Supreme Court ruling says that police can't open fire on someone who is fleeing unless they pose a serious danger to the officer or others. But that was authored by activist judges appointed by woke presidents like Nixon and Reagan.
- Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett
- Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett
January 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Good one!
Reposted by Pax Linson
From CBS News where the C is now silent.
Rep. Robin Kelly filing paperwork to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem - CBS Chicago share.google/4cUWLRsmQ8E7...
Rep. Robin Kelly filing paperwork to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem - CBS Chicago share.google/4cUWLRsmQ8E7...
Rep. Robin Kelly filing paperwork to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
She outlined three articles of impeachment, including obstruction of congress, violation of public trust, and self-dealing, accusing Noem of steering federal money to associates.
share.google
January 8, 2026 at 11:48 AM
From CBS News where the C is now silent.
Rep. Robin Kelly filing paperwork to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem - CBS Chicago share.google/4cUWLRsmQ8E7...
Rep. Robin Kelly filing paperwork to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem - CBS Chicago share.google/4cUWLRsmQ8E7...
"The primary function of slave patrols was to capture and return enslaved people who had escaped.
"The primary function of ICE is to capture and return undocumented immigrants within American borders. They ride day and night to hunt for the undocumented." to deport or rendition them.
"The primary function of ICE is to capture and return undocumented immigrants within American borders. They ride day and night to hunt for the undocumented." to deport or rendition them.
How Does ICE Compare to the Slave Patrols Back When America Was Great?
The Old Tactics Never Died — They Just Got Federal Badges
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
"The primary function of slave patrols was to capture and return enslaved people who had escaped.
"The primary function of ICE is to capture and return undocumented immigrants within American borders. They ride day and night to hunt for the undocumented." to deport or rendition them.
"The primary function of ICE is to capture and return undocumented immigrants within American borders. They ride day and night to hunt for the undocumented." to deport or rendition them.
This is right on - forcing transparency asap is crucial!
(From a FB comment)
"...they end the PBS report with the White House disputing that it would go into offshore accounts and saying no final decision has been made. That means it's time to call your Senators and Representatives folks!"
(From a FB comment)
"...they end the PBS report with the White House disputing that it would go into offshore accounts and saying no final decision has been made. That means it's time to call your Senators and Representatives folks!"
January 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
This is right on - forcing transparency asap is crucial!
(From a FB comment)
"...they end the PBS report with the White House disputing that it would go into offshore accounts and saying no final decision has been made. That means it's time to call your Senators and Representatives folks!"
(From a FB comment)
"...they end the PBS report with the White House disputing that it would go into offshore accounts and saying no final decision has been made. That means it's time to call your Senators and Representatives folks!"
Reposted by Pax Linson
There’s a video of ICE shooting a woman in the head.
What else do you need to see?
What else do you need to see?
Let's wait for the facts to come out and demand ICE/CBP end their terror.
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
There’s a video of ICE shooting a woman in the head.
What else do you need to see?
What else do you need to see?
Reposted by Pax Linson
Wait what⁉️
The United States has seized another Russian tanker, Sophia, in the waters of the Caribbean, according to U.S. Southern Command 👀
The United States has seized another Russian tanker, Sophia, in the waters of the Caribbean, according to U.S. Southern Command 👀
January 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Wait what⁉️
The United States has seized another Russian tanker, Sophia, in the waters of the Caribbean, according to U.S. Southern Command 👀
The United States has seized another Russian tanker, Sophia, in the waters of the Caribbean, according to U.S. Southern Command 👀
Reposted by Pax Linson
The route of Bella 1/ Marinera tanker.
Source: The Telegraph
Source: The Telegraph
January 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The route of Bella 1/ Marinera tanker.
Source: The Telegraph
Source: The Telegraph
Ditto!
To be crystal clear, I am a taxpayer and would NOT like my tax dollars to be used to “acquire” Greenland, through purchase or military force.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER‼️
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER‼️
January 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Ditto!
One takeaway: "Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group in ICE detention..."
One question: Why is ICE, with its huge, big-bonus ad campaign, having so much trouble recruiting that they're taking lots of personnel from other LE agencies?
What's that about, do you think?
One question: Why is ICE, with its huge, big-bonus ad campaign, having so much trouble recruiting that they're taking lots of personnel from other LE agencies?
What's that about, do you think?
US abandons child exploitation and drug cases to prioritize ICE, Democrats allege
Exclusive: Letter decries ‘stunning abdication of basic responsibilities’ and demands to know how many officers diverted
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
One takeaway: "Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group in ICE detention..."
One question: Why is ICE, with its huge, big-bonus ad campaign, having so much trouble recruiting that they're taking lots of personnel from other LE agencies?
What's that about, do you think?
One question: Why is ICE, with its huge, big-bonus ad campaign, having so much trouble recruiting that they're taking lots of personnel from other LE agencies?
What's that about, do you think?
Today is the fifth anniversary of the violent insurrection attempt to prevent the legitimate transfer of presidential power.
Your neighborhood Democracy Frog made appearances in DC, Takoma Park, and Silver Spring, Maryland to remind people:
NEVER FORGET!
Your neighborhood Democracy Frog made appearances in DC, Takoma Park, and Silver Spring, Maryland to remind people:
NEVER FORGET!
January 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Today is the fifth anniversary of the violent insurrection attempt to prevent the legitimate transfer of presidential power.
Your neighborhood Democracy Frog made appearances in DC, Takoma Park, and Silver Spring, Maryland to remind people:
NEVER FORGET!
Your neighborhood Democracy Frog made appearances in DC, Takoma Park, and Silver Spring, Maryland to remind people:
NEVER FORGET!
Reposted by Pax Linson
"I doubt Senator Kelly will see this blog, and if he does see it, I imagine he will not be pleased with it. He’ll probably find it embarrassing. His humility likely makes him bristle at stuff like this. Well, that’s just too damn bad, Senator."
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:13 AM
"I doubt Senator Kelly will see this blog, and if he does see it, I imagine he will not be pleased with it. He’ll probably find it embarrassing. His humility likely makes him bristle at stuff like this. Well, that’s just too damn bad, Senator."
To me, Miller's rant sounded like a losing HS debate performance; all the responder would have to say is, "Dude, sovereign country!"
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 2:05 AM
To me, Miller's rant sounded like a losing HS debate performance; all the responder would have to say is, "Dude, sovereign country!"
Reposted by Pax Linson
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
Interesting interview - hope the book lives up ĺto it!
J6. Never forget.
J6. Never forget.
24 Hours at the Capitol...
A conversation with author Nora Neus
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Interesting interview - hope the book lives up ĺto it!
J6. Never forget.
J6. Never forget.
THIS is what democracy looks like!
(I'd love to see the curriculum for their 3 year-olds, however.)
"[Media literacy] skills are so ingrained into the culture that the Nordic nation of 5.6 million people regularly ranks at the top of the European Media Literacy Index. "
(I'd love to see the curriculum for their 3 year-olds, however.)
"[Media literacy] skills are so ingrained into the culture that the Nordic nation of 5.6 million people regularly ranks at the top of the European Media Literacy Index. "
For decades, Finland has woven media literacy, including the ability to analyze different kinds of media and recognize disinformation, into its national curriculum for students as young as 3 years old. Teachers are now adding artificial intelligence literacy to their curriculum.
Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
apnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:41 AM
THIS is what democracy looks like!
(I'd love to see the curriculum for their 3 year-olds, however.)
"[Media literacy] skills are so ingrained into the culture that the Nordic nation of 5.6 million people regularly ranks at the top of the European Media Literacy Index. "
(I'd love to see the curriculum for their 3 year-olds, however.)
"[Media literacy] skills are so ingrained into the culture that the Nordic nation of 5.6 million people regularly ranks at the top of the European Media Literacy Index. "
Yep. Absolutely nothing...
Random thoughts:
Turn to doctors for vaccine advice. Government health is now partisan-fueled, not patient-driven.
Think hard about what you read & where you read it. There’s lots of complicity in the legacy media. Never forget it.
Believe nothing the DJT regime says w/o checking it.
Nothing.
Turn to doctors for vaccine advice. Government health is now partisan-fueled, not patient-driven.
Think hard about what you read & where you read it. There’s lots of complicity in the legacy media. Never forget it.
Believe nothing the DJT regime says w/o checking it.
Nothing.
January 6, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Yep. Absolutely nothing...
I wonder how far in advance some of the Republicans in Congress knew about the invasion of Venezuela.
It might explain why more of them haven't been speaking out about the Epstein files.
Republicans have a history of thinking a war will save them, I've heard.
It might explain why more of them haven't been speaking out about the Epstein files.
Republicans have a history of thinking a war will save them, I've heard.
After attacking Venezuela, Sen Lindsey Graham standing next to Trump on Air Force One, "You just wait for Cuba"
January 6, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I wonder how far in advance some of the Republicans in Congress knew about the invasion of Venezuela.
It might explain why more of them haven't been speaking out about the Epstein files.
Republicans have a history of thinking a war will save them, I've heard.
It might explain why more of them haven't been speaking out about the Epstein files.
Republicans have a history of thinking a war will save them, I've heard.
Tomorrow is the 5 year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection.
What are people around the country doing to recognize/protest it, if anything?
What are people around the country doing to recognize/protest it, if anything?
January 6, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Tomorrow is the 5 year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection.
What are people around the country doing to recognize/protest it, if anything?
What are people around the country doing to recognize/protest it, if anything?
Reposted by Pax Linson
Stand tall Senator, you've got my shoulders underneath you and I don't mind the weight.
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Stand tall Senator, you've got my shoulders underneath you and I don't mind the weight.
Reposted by Pax Linson
Reposted by Pax Linson
Yup.
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Yup.
I guess I should give up on the idea that these guys are only going along to get along, or get rich, or...
Nope, they seem to be true believers:
Walsh, "Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?"
Because, Matt, it's a sovereign nation!
Nope, they seem to be true believers:
Walsh, "Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?"
Because, Matt, it's a sovereign nation!
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I guess I should give up on the idea that these guys are only going along to get along, or get rich, or...
Nope, they seem to be true believers:
Walsh, "Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?"
Because, Matt, it's a sovereign nation!
Nope, they seem to be true believers:
Walsh, "Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?"
Because, Matt, it's a sovereign nation!
True. Not even if you try to gussie it up by calling it 'trickle-down economics'.
One common theme throughout history is that empire often isn’t straightforwardly profitable the way you’d expect
TRUMP: MAY SUBSIDIZE OIL COMPANIES REBUILDING IN VENEZUELA: NBC
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 AM
True. Not even if you try to gussie it up by calling it 'trickle-down economics'.
True, but Kristol's speculation that a different president could have said something that would have given him a bit of hope is also seriously bad;
We invaded a sovereign country, Dude! Get real!
We invaded a sovereign country, Dude! Get real!
"Very hard to see how this doesn't end badly."
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss Trump's Venezuela operation on today's Bulwark Podcast.
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss Trump's Venezuela operation on today's Bulwark Podcast.
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
True, but Kristol's speculation that a different president could have said something that would have given him a bit of hope is also seriously bad;
We invaded a sovereign country, Dude! Get real!
We invaded a sovereign country, Dude! Get real!