Charlotte McHale
@camcteach.bsky.social
Wife, mother, educator, writer, word-processed text-formatting fanatic and believer in the power and majesty of humanity.
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Letters to Sports: Never remove the asterisk from Astros' 2017 World Series title
Letters to Sports: Never remove the asterisk from Astros’ 2017 World Series title
Readers of the L.A. Times Sports section give their thoughts and opinions on A.J. Hinch and the Astros, the Lakers, Clippers and Kings as well as college sports.
www.latimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Letters to Sports: Never remove the asterisk from Astros' 2017 World Series title
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Voice of America channels across the globe go music-only after director says "virtually the entire staff" was placed on leave by Trump administration: cnn.it/4irpORh
Voice of America channels fall silent as Trump administration guts agency and cancels contracts | CNN Business
The Voice of America may not live up to its ambitious name for much longer.
cnn.it
March 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Voice of America channels across the globe go music-only after director says "virtually the entire staff" was placed on leave by Trump administration: cnn.it/4irpORh
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Important to focus on how much would be lost with termination of Department of Education. Also consider following @pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social for more classroom news, including civics education.
NEW @pbsnews.org Classroom Educator Voice — Hear from teachers on the plans to dismantle the DoE. "It will be like going back in time to the 1960s, when children with learning differences and challenging behavior were not entitled to an education at all" #EduSky #sschat
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How shutting down the Department of Education would affect teachers and students
Hear from teachers what shutting down the Department of Education would mean for their classrooms
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March 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Important to focus on how much would be lost with termination of Department of Education. Also consider following @pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social for more classroom news, including civics education.
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With tariffs and their damaging effect on Americans top of mind for so many, I am glad to reintroduce the Pink Tariffs Study Act with @reppettersen.bsky.social to examine why women and working families pay so much more for products.
Learn more:
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Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher and Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen Reintroduce Legislation To Examine Impact of Tariffs on Products Used by Women, Underserved Communities
fletcher.house.gov
March 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
With tariffs and their damaging effect on Americans top of mind for so many, I am glad to reintroduce the Pink Tariffs Study Act with @reppettersen.bsky.social to examine why women and working families pay so much more for products.
Learn more:
Learn more:
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The carrier announced Tuesday that it will begin charging certain passengers to check their luggage on flights, a significant shift at the company long prized by consumers for its perks.
Bags fly for a fee: Southwest Airlines cancels its free checked luggage perk
The carrier announced Tuesday that it will begin charging certain passengers to check their luggage on flights, a significant shift at the company long prized by consumers for its perks.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The carrier announced Tuesday that it will begin charging certain passengers to check their luggage on flights, a significant shift at the company long prized by consumers for its perks.
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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees and outside groups are fighting an order from the agency’s leadership to shred and burn its classified documents as well as personnel records.
thehill.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees and outside groups are fighting an order from the agency’s leadership to shred and burn its classified documents as well as personnel records.
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On Saturday, with thanks to the Houston Passport Agency, Team #TX07 was able to help more than 200 of our neighbors with their passports!
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March 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On Saturday, with thanks to the Houston Passport Agency, Team #TX07 was able to help more than 200 of our neighbors with their passports!
Interested in future events?
Sign up at: fletcher.house.gov/newsletter
Need help with a passport now?
Visit: fletcher.house.gov/casework
Interested in future events?
Sign up at: fletcher.house.gov/newsletter
Need help with a passport now?
Visit: fletcher.house.gov/casework
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Breaking News: The S&P 500 fell 1.5% at the start of trading on Wall Street, adding to weeks of losses as businesses brace for the destabilizing effects of tariffs.
Stocks Drop as Recession Fears Surface
Investors fear that tit-for-tat tariffs could raise prices, slow growth and sow uncertainty among businesses.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Breaking News: The S&P 500 fell 1.5% at the start of trading on Wall Street, adding to weeks of losses as businesses brace for the destabilizing effects of tariffs.
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Columbia University has caved to outside forces attempting to silence pro-Palestinian speech at every turn, and look at where it's gotten them: raided by ICE and defunded by the federal government. hellgatenyc.com/columbia-uni...
Columbia University, Profile in Cowardice
And more news to start the week.
hellgatenyc.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Columbia University has caved to outside forces attempting to silence pro-Palestinian speech at every turn, and look at where it's gotten them: raided by ICE and defunded by the federal government. hellgatenyc.com/columbia-uni...
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President Trump’s plans to carry out mass deportations face a number of logistical obstacles. Any path to achieving his aims runs through Texas—where Governor Greg Abbott has been enacting some of the country’s harshest anti-immigration policies.
The Unchecked Authority of Greg Abbott
The Texas governor gained national attention by busing migrants to Democratic cities. Now he’s paving the way for President Trump’s mass-deportation campaign.
www.newyorker.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
President Trump’s plans to carry out mass deportations face a number of logistical obstacles. Any path to achieving his aims runs through Texas—where Governor Greg Abbott has been enacting some of the country’s harshest anti-immigration policies.
@tracynorton.bsky.social my Monday morning: grading papers about the self defense doctrine in various states…the law just never stops following me, but neither does the wisdom you imparted about good writing in your class. The legacy continues! 💙
March 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@tracynorton.bsky.social my Monday morning: grading papers about the self defense doctrine in various states…the law just never stops following me, but neither does the wisdom you imparted about good writing in your class. The legacy continues! 💙
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We took a deep dive into what contracts DOGE slashed — and what it left untouched. Most of the biggest contractors were unscathed. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We took a deep dive into what contracts DOGE slashed — and what it left untouched. Most of the biggest contractors were unscathed. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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February 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”- F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A government worker's message for Elon Musk
Since taking office, President Trump and his advisor, billionaire business owner Elon Musk, have worked to winnow the ranks of federal workers. At times questioning the contributions of some federal e...
www.cbsnews.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”- F. Scott Fitzgerald
www.cbsnews.com/video/a-gove...
www.cbsnews.com/video/a-gove...
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1. Scoop: DOGE staffers embedded in the Education Department plan a new role for generative A.I., interacting with kids and parents who have questions about student aid, and potentially replacing many human call center workers www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
DOGE Proposes A.I. Bot as Replacement for Financial Aid Help
A new chatbot would answer questions from student borrowers. The idea comes from staffers with ties to the tech industry as they push further into the agency’s work.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
1. Scoop: DOGE staffers embedded in the Education Department plan a new role for generative A.I., interacting with kids and parents who have questions about student aid, and potentially replacing many human call center workers www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
I don’t care if you hated studying Shakespeare as a young person…read this. 💙
February 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I don’t care if you hated studying Shakespeare as a young person…read this. 💙
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2/20
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 2/20
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
November 19, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2/20
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 2/20
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
“Books can cultivate a sophisticated form of empathy, transporting a reader into the mind of someone who lived hundreds of years ago, or a person who lives in a radically different context from the reader’s own.“
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:28 AM
“Books can cultivate a sophisticated form of empathy, transporting a reader into the mind of someone who lived hundreds of years ago, or a person who lives in a radically different context from the reader’s own.“
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Every young person should be able to go to school knowing that they will come home.
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"Portrait of a person who's not there": Documenting the bedrooms of school shooting victims
Over the past six years, the parents of school shooting victims opened their doors to CBS News' Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp, inviting them to see what it's like to live alongside their chi...
www.cbsnews.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Every young person should be able to go to school knowing that they will come home.
www.cbsnews.com/video/portra...
www.cbsnews.com/video/portra...
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 1/20
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 1/20
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
November 17, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 1/20
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 1/20
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
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Dear neighbors, Small Business Saturday is November 30! 😍
Join us for a day-long celebration of local business and community. We'll have Blind Date with a Book ARCs, personalized recommendations, gift bundles, afternoon drinks, gratitude jars at the registers, and more.
Join us for a day-long celebration of local business and community. We'll have Blind Date with a Book ARCs, personalized recommendations, gift bundles, afternoon drinks, gratitude jars at the registers, and more.
November 16, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Dear neighbors, Small Business Saturday is November 30! 😍
Join us for a day-long celebration of local business and community. We'll have Blind Date with a Book ARCs, personalized recommendations, gift bundles, afternoon drinks, gratitude jars at the registers, and more.
Join us for a day-long celebration of local business and community. We'll have Blind Date with a Book ARCs, personalized recommendations, gift bundles, afternoon drinks, gratitude jars at the registers, and more.
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