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NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
www.propublica.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
Trump announced his administration is removing homeless encampments around DC.
It’s just one part of a new approach Trump is using to deal with homelessness—and it could have serious consequences for unhoused people around the US.
The latest from @revealnews.org: tinyurl.com/yc7h7rnf
It’s just one part of a new approach Trump is using to deal with homelessness—and it could have serious consequences for unhoused people around the US.
The latest from @revealnews.org: tinyurl.com/yc7h7rnf
August 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Palestinians who escaped the horrors of Gaza face a new trauma: the dislocation of exile from our homeland. By @mohamhawish.bsky.social:
We Left Gaza. But Our Pain Came With Us.
Palestinians who escaped the horrors of Gaza face a new trauma: the dislocation of exile from our homeland.
www.thenation.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Palestinians who escaped the horrors of Gaza face a new trauma: the dislocation of exile from our homeland. By @mohamhawish.bsky.social:
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Yeah, They Need Reminding…!
August 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Yeah, They Need Reminding…!
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On Monday, a 15-year-old boy with disabilities was detained by ICE outside a Los Angeles Unified School District high school at 9:30 am when he was registering for classes.
He was only released after both school staff and the Los Angeles Police Department intervened.
He was only released after both school staff and the Los Angeles Police Department intervened.
ICE detained a teen with disabilities outside a Los Angeles school
"The trauma will linger."
www.motherjones.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
On Monday, a 15-year-old boy with disabilities was detained by ICE outside a Los Angeles Unified School District high school at 9:30 am when he was registering for classes.
He was only released after both school staff and the Los Angeles Police Department intervened.
He was only released after both school staff and the Los Angeles Police Department intervened.
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"Police moved in to quash false rumours after an online video claimed to show ‘immigrants’ being moved into the camp in Newbridge, South Wales - and scout leaders were warned of the "racially-aggravated incident targeting under-18".
Under 18s? You mean children!
Under 18s? You mean children!
This w/e Rupert Lowe-Life caused a bunch of vigilantes to gather on Great Yarmouth beach intimidating 4 charity rowers he said were migrants..
Then a gang formed at a village & abused 30 Scouts believing they were migrants
This is the result of hate & fear created by Farage & Co & must be stopped❗️
Then a gang formed at a village & abused 30 Scouts believing they were migrants
This is the result of hate & fear created by Farage & Co & must be stopped❗️
Angry Welsh locals abused 30 Scots scouts after mistaking them for immigrants
BLUNDERING villagers mistook a group of Scottish scouts at a summer camp for an influx of illegal immigrants as cops are investigating “offensive language” against the innocent teens. A…
www.thescottishsun.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Police moved in to quash false rumours after an online video claimed to show ‘immigrants’ being moved into the camp in Newbridge, South Wales - and scout leaders were warned of the "racially-aggravated incident targeting under-18".
Under 18s? You mean children!
Under 18s? You mean children!
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Christo-fascism makes Jesus weep.
August 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Christo-fascism makes Jesus weep.
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Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office.
August 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office.
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Clearly this is not about making DC, or any of us, safer.
August 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Clearly this is not about making DC, or any of us, safer.
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Trump betrays Modi, whose abject toadyism failed to save India from tariffs, writes @jeetheer.bsky.social. The only way to beat a bully is to create a counter power that can push back.
Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker
The Indian prime minister discovers that the world’s biggest bully sees fawning as weakness.
www.thenation.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trump betrays Modi, whose abject toadyism failed to save India from tariffs, writes @jeetheer.bsky.social. The only way to beat a bully is to create a counter power that can push back.
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We are facing the greatest threat to civil rights in recent U.S. history.
August 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We are facing the greatest threat to civil rights in recent U.S. history.
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Working-class Americans have grown more progressive over the past two decades—not just on economic justice but also on immigration and civil rights. Today’s working class stands farther to the left than when it helped elect Barack Obama in 2008.
Democrats Keep Misreading the Working Class
Many in the party see workers as drifting rightward. But new data show they’re more progressive than ever on economic issues—if Democrats are willing to meet them there.
www.thenation.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Working-class Americans have grown more progressive over the past two decades—not just on economic justice but also on immigration and civil rights. Today’s working class stands farther to the left than when it helped elect Barack Obama in 2008.
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Trump is rushing toward a new style of economy, with deals that some worry don't look much like the red-blooded capitalism that defines America.
Trump's command capitalism playbook signals a new economic era
Unlike years past, President Trump's moves are receiving little public pushback from global leaders and CEOs.
www.axios.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Trump is rushing toward a new style of economy, with deals that some worry don't look much like the red-blooded capitalism that defines America.
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Sorry Keir Starmer - there's something a lot more terrifying than Palestine Action, and you seem to be it.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'It's not Palestine Action that's terrifying - it's the stupidity of banning it'
Outlawing Palestine Action has sparked mass civil disobedience. Fleet Street Fox points out there's something far more terrifying at work
www.mirror.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sorry Keir Starmer - there's something a lot more terrifying than Palestine Action, and you seem to be it.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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“I’m cleaning the bathroom on a weekly basis now because there’s no one else to do it,” said one park superintendent.
Trump's ruthless cuts have left our national parks in "survival mode"
"They are America’s best idea. Why would you mess with them?’”
www.motherjones.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I’m cleaning the bathroom on a weekly basis now because there’s no one else to do it,” said one park superintendent.
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The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”: Climate Change is Already Forcing People From Their Homes
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
www.propublica.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
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I've said this many times over the years, but the panic created by the 24-hour news cycle, made worse by the internet, and sent into overdrive by algorithmic social media has done untold damage to society
Generations of people living in unprecedented fear of historically safe times
Generations of people living in unprecedented fear of historically safe times
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.
popular.info
August 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I've said this many times over the years, but the panic created by the 24-hour news cycle, made worse by the internet, and sent into overdrive by algorithmic social media has done untold damage to society
Generations of people living in unprecedented fear of historically safe times
Generations of people living in unprecedented fear of historically safe times
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So Many Amendments Should Have Already Been Made To Our Constitution….
August 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So Many Amendments Should Have Already Been Made To Our Constitution….
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Starting in September, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers will make it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides, and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people
Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.
www.motherjones.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Starting in September, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers will make it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides, and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“A constitutionally enumerated power of Congress is to regulate trade with foreign nations. Congress, in its absent minded way, has now become a spectator of government.”
—George Will
—George Will
August 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“A constitutionally enumerated power of Congress is to regulate trade with foreign nations. Congress, in its absent minded way, has now become a spectator of government.”
—George Will
—George Will
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