Agnes Mazur
@aemazur.bsky.social
College teacher, Director of the Inland Area Writing Project, mom, dog and cat lady, and supporter of public education.
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If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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A single word can be a lie. For example, journalists are still calling what Musk and his child army have been doing an operation in pursuit of government efficiency.... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/to-use-their...
To Use Their Language Is to Endorse Their Lies
Every crisis is in part a storytelling crisis, and the current one here in the US is also a language crisis. How we use the language and how we listen for lies that are in single words and phrases as ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A single word can be a lie. For example, journalists are still calling what Musk and his child army have been doing an operation in pursuit of government efficiency.... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/to-use-their...
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Posted around NYC, Chicago, DC and other cities. Be creative. Do something!
February 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Posted around NYC, Chicago, DC and other cities. Be creative. Do something!
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"Inge saw his potential early on and encouraged him to refine his skills. He placed a thesaurus in Lamar’s hands, circling words that could expand his vocabulary and enhance his storytelling." ❤️🥹
#EduSky
#BlackEduSky
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#EduSky
#BlackEduSky
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Meet the Compton Teacher Who Sparked Kendrick Lamar’s Love for Words - Because of Them We Can
Black teachers matter! Kendrick Lamar just put on an outstanding performance at Super Bowl LIX, featuring appearances by Samuel L. Jackson, SZA, and tennis icon Serena Williams. But before Kendrick La...
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February 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Inge saw his potential early on and encouraged him to refine his skills. He placed a thesaurus in Lamar’s hands, circling words that could expand his vocabulary and enhance his storytelling." ❤️🥹
#EduSky
#BlackEduSky
www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/the-fe...
#EduSky
#BlackEduSky
www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/the-fe...
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Democrats are literally locked out of the Department of Education. But that doesn't mean we stop fighting. Keep making calls, keep using your voice, do not back down.
February 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Democrats are literally locked out of the Department of Education. But that doesn't mean we stop fighting. Keep making calls, keep using your voice, do not back down.
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Elon Musk’s 20-year-old staffers are not only demanding access to highly restricted information but are also displaying aggressive behavior—shouting at anyone who stands in their way, resorting to name-calling, throwing tantrums, and even hitting objects in anger.
February 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Elon Musk’s 20-year-old staffers are not only demanding access to highly restricted information but are also displaying aggressive behavior—shouting at anyone who stands in their way, resorting to name-calling, throwing tantrums, and even hitting objects in anger.
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Judy Chu is my rep, and she's awesome. She doesn't make the rounds on the talk shows, but she does her job for her constituents, and has done it well for a long time.
Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) barged into House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office unscheduled on Wednesday and challenged him about Elon Musk's team gaining access to a sensitive payment system at the Treasury Department.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker's office in backlash against Musk
Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE's access to a vast government payments system.
www.politico.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Judy Chu is my rep, and she's awesome. She doesn't make the rounds on the talk shows, but she does her job for her constituents, and has done it well for a long time.
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This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.
NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites
"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.
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Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
Opinion | There Is No Going Back
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
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Hey @schumer.senate.gov. Get out of the grocery store & pretend you are Mitch McConnell. Max out debate time / deny quorum / revoke unanimous consent. No more nominees rubber stamped. No Russell Vought at OMB. No Project 2025.
Home | U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Chuck Schumer of New York
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February 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov. Get out of the grocery store & pretend you are Mitch McConnell. Max out debate time / deny quorum / revoke unanimous consent. No more nominees rubber stamped. No Russell Vought at OMB. No Project 2025.
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Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
February 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
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I want to share with you some thoughts about the second horrific week of Trump II.
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
The Fu*king Nightmare
Trump II, week 2
robertreich.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I want to share with you some thoughts about the second horrific week of Trump II.
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
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Pretty damning evidence tipping the scales on the question of whether Musk is pro-apartheid.
Musk is calling USAID “evil” and saying it must die.
Trump is suddenly interested in cutting off funding to South Africa.
For those wondering why the sudden focus on this, might we suggest digging into the role USAID played in ending apartheid? —> adst.org/2021/06/amer...
Trump is suddenly interested in cutting off funding to South Africa.
For those wondering why the sudden focus on this, might we suggest digging into the role USAID played in ending apartheid? —> adst.org/2021/06/amer...
February 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Pretty damning evidence tipping the scales on the question of whether Musk is pro-apartheid.
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If you haven’t already, you need to watch this.
God help us all.
God help us all.
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
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February 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If you haven’t already, you need to watch this.
God help us all.
God help us all.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
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This should be 25th amendment level conduct. The president ordered water to be released from a random dam in California nowhere near the wildfires and then claimed it would help. That’s literally Mad King behavior.
They posted an update confirming it was from Trump's order. sjvwater.org/trumps-emerg...
Trump’s emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes – SJV Water
The sudden announcement Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Kaweah and Success lakes would immediately begin dumping water was in response Trump’s emergency water order responsible for w...
sjvwater.org
February 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This should be 25th amendment level conduct. The president ordered water to be released from a random dam in California nowhere near the wildfires and then claimed it would help. That’s literally Mad King behavior.
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I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and-
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
January 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and-
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Our beloved Canada is under threat.
The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….
The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….
January 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Our beloved Canada is under threat.
The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….
The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….
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We did not have a FAA administrator to respond to the tragic crash last night in DC. Why? Because Elon Musk pushed the head appointed under Biden to resign after he fined SpaceX for failing to follow safety license requirements. www.theverge.com/news/603113/...
The FAA is facing a major crisis without a leader because Elon Musk pushed him out
FAA chief Michael Whitaker resigned earlier this month after facing criticism from Musk.
www.theverge.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We did not have a FAA administrator to respond to the tragic crash last night in DC. Why? Because Elon Musk pushed the head appointed under Biden to resign after he fined SpaceX for failing to follow safety license requirements. www.theverge.com/news/603113/...
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P.S. Also let’s not forget that Hitler and Nazi legal scholars modeled their Nuremberg Laws of 1935 after America’s segregation laws (read Hitler’s American Model by James Q. Whitman)
January 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
P.S. Also let’s not forget that Hitler and Nazi legal scholars modeled their Nuremberg Laws of 1935 after America’s segregation laws (read Hitler’s American Model by James Q. Whitman)
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We keep saying they want 1930s Germany, but a reminder about the USA in the 1920s:
-Tulsa Massacre as well as Rosewood
-Resurgence of the KKK
-Immigration Act of 1924
-Resurgence of Lynching
-Continued strict enforcement of Jim Crow Laws
- The Scopes Trial where teaching science was put on trial
-Tulsa Massacre as well as Rosewood
-Resurgence of the KKK
-Immigration Act of 1924
-Resurgence of Lynching
-Continued strict enforcement of Jim Crow Laws
- The Scopes Trial where teaching science was put on trial
January 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
We keep saying they want 1930s Germany, but a reminder about the USA in the 1920s:
-Tulsa Massacre as well as Rosewood
-Resurgence of the KKK
-Immigration Act of 1924
-Resurgence of Lynching
-Continued strict enforcement of Jim Crow Laws
- The Scopes Trial where teaching science was put on trial
-Tulsa Massacre as well as Rosewood
-Resurgence of the KKK
-Immigration Act of 1924
-Resurgence of Lynching
-Continued strict enforcement of Jim Crow Laws
- The Scopes Trial where teaching science was put on trial
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President Trump issued an executive order to find out what education funds he can legally rescind based on curriculum he doesn’t like. Existing law already answers that question —nothing.
January 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
President Trump issued an executive order to find out what education funds he can legally rescind based on curriculum he doesn’t like. Existing law already answers that question —nothing.