Just a reminder that U.S. military personnel, whether in the National Guards or the Marines, are not trained for law enforcement.

They are trained to kill, they are remarkably effective at it, and that is why there are such strict legal prohibitions on deploying military inside the United States.

Being priced out of the neighborhood you grew up in is a loss many young people in our country are experiencing. We are collectively grieving the American Dream we were promised

The current administration's description of the Department of Education's existing grant priorities compared to the actual titles of the priorities - Sec. McMahon is moving to replace these priorities BUT is required to take public comment until June 20th www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Some words get tossed around politically until they lose meaning and definitional power, think socialism. We can not let this pattern repeat with the words diversity, equity, and inclusion

I would like a receipt for what my federal tax dollars bought. I would like a refund if it’s going to a nationalist birthday party and corporate subsidies, and not to Head Start or maintaining our public lands

I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.

www.wwltv.com/article/news...

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... After the shooting of the teen in Pocatello there needs to be some serious reassessment of police training in Idaho. In my work as a behavior support specialist in special education, we are trained to only use physical intervention for safety, not compliance

Not a single “nay” vote should get another term. How do you justify spending $50 million for private school vouchers but not $3 million for a fund for high-needs special education students?

www.idahopress.com/news/local/s... really cool that we could find and justify $50 million for private school students but not do the same with $3 million for high-need special education students

youtube.com/watch?v=JIje... I miss this. When we could disagree about policy without attacking the person

@idahoednews.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/neutral-bu... Boise Education Association members will be holding a community poster making event today to start a conversation about the values we share in public education and what is appropriate for classroom walls

Really rough/good semester to be taking the policy and research classes in my MSW program

We are shredding the bootstraps these kids are expected to pull themselves up by

Interesting data in light of current events. More about welfare queen Elon Musk: www.profgalloway.com/elon-musk-we...

call it what it is: a military leadership purge

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

Greg Abbott and his billionaire mega-donors know private school vouchers are unpopular in Texas.

So they’ve paid for a poll-tested rebrand to sell their scam.

Here’s how to debunk their “school choice” slogan in 60 seconds…