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traubwest.bsky.social
@traubwest.bsky.social
Once an educator, always an educator. Pro-Ukraine, pro-choice, pro critical thinking. Editor of “Beyond Civics: The Education Democracy Needs” by Sandra Dean Ed.D. (Oh, and Go, Eagles!)
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‼️ Friends, this is very important. Please share to whoever this may concern, especially if you are in the United States.

Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.

THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
October 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
No one should attend.
Trump announces that next year’s G20 will be held at Doral, a club he owns and profits from
September 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
@wajali.bsky.social is anybody doing a daily page-by-page , but-by-bit Substack analysis of Project 2025? Folks don’t really understand how comprehensive this manual for fascism is.
August 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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“Because of the congressional instinct for political survival, the Medicaid cuts are backloaded beyond the 2026 midterms. Cynicism may have a silver lining. As more people realize what is coming, there is time to alter these policies before grave damage is done.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
Opinion | Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Name them and shame them.

#FlipCongressBlue
July 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Of course, due process is important. But more important is the moral injustice of man-handling and traumatizing people.
A reminder: The Trump administration violated the due process rights of at least 261 people in March alone. With few exceptions, the administration got away with it. Trump has said more than once that citizens are next.

All persons on U.S. soil have a right to due process under the Constitution.
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
July 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Even for those who understand little about economics (thanks to our education system), this seems nutty to me.
Listen to the whole thing— it’s impressively deranged. “Jobs down, economy softening, here’s why that’s great news for Trump” stuff.
Lonski on Bartiromo's show: "Our big surprise today had to be that ADP report on private sector employment. Down by 33k jobs! Labor market is softening, flattening out. That tells me companies can increase prices in response to higher tariffs but I don't think consumers are gonna respond positively"
July 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
First time my congressman has taken the lead.
PALLONE: With regard to vaccines, are you just afraid to receive public comments on proposals? There's been no public process

RFK JR: We have a public process for regulating vaccines. It's called the ACIP committee.

PALLONE: You fired the committee!
June 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
@repfrankpallone.bsky.social Remember our conversation at Mikie Sherrill’s event in Asbury Park? You could have been the first one!
Lander and Padilla have set the standard that absolutely every Democratic politician should meet or exceed if they don't want to get primaried.
June 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.

But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.

That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Listen to this great American. This nation is privileged to have a man of this character in the United States Senate. Thank you @padilla.senate.gov. We stand with you.
June 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed fellow Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as her first choice for New York City mayor.
AOC backs Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor
The progressive standard-bearer endorsed the DSA upstart as he closes the gap with front-runner Andrew Cuomo.
www.politico.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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"Jacob M. Miller, who in 2023 served as the student president of Harvard’s Hillel chapter...said Harvard’s Jewish community rejects the Trump administration’s narrative...'We will not allow the administration to wield our identities as a pretextual prop.'”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump’s Attacks Have Helped Heal a Deeply Divided Harvard
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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🎪 🤡 MUST-WATCH: Jim Jordan interrupted at a Republican lawyers conference by someone playing 🎵 “Send In the Clowns” 🎵 and circus music and 🎵 “You Ain’t Nothin’ But A Liar” 🎵 on the ballroom speakers

Incredible stuff.
May 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Spencer Foundation joins Kapor Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch a rapid response bridge funding program (up to $25,000) for education scholars impacted by the abrupt grant cancellations by the National Science Foundation (NSF)!

#AcademicSky
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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The Trump regime keeps upping its Big Lie about wrongly deported Maryland dad Kilmar Abrego Garcia because their entire dictatorial enterprise hinges on proving their ability to crush this one human

Until Kilmar is free, no one in America is free. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/kilm...
Why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the Jenga piece that could topple the American Experiment | Will Bunch
The Trump regime lies about a Salvadoran laborer and dad because the truth of his humanity could unravel their dream of autocracy.
www.inquirer.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Feeling especially hopeless today.
Translated from the original German
Homan: "We're gonna target every foreign national public safety threat in this country. We won't rest until every single one of them are eradicated from this country."
April 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Amplify this report please. Be their voice.

#Ukraine #UkrainianView
32 people died in Sumy, 2 kids among them
84 people got injured, 10 children among them
Sunday, middle of the day, city centre
Russia just continues the terror of civilians
#UkrainianView
April 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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April 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Breaking, per NBC News @garygrumbach.bsky.social --

Judge Paula Xinis in the District of Maryland has ruled that the United States Government must return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by April 7 at 11:59p
April 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs are not reciprocal. His branding is a lie. There are Americans who hear Trump say he is just doing onto other nations as they do unto America. That’s not true.

NBC News played a clip this AM of Trump calling them “reciprocal” tariffs - no correction. Millions watched.
April 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Trump and Musk believe our country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring us to stop them. On Saturday, we're taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!

Please join us: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM