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“Why not just hire Americans?”

🧑‍🌾“We’d love to. We can’t find the numbers. This is hard work lots of people won’t do… Trump’s policies are definitely impacting the labor force and hurting our farmers. 50-60% of the labor force is undocumented.”
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Good morning bluesky!
June 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
And AI knew it was wrong. O, what a tangled web we weave.
May 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined.
wapo.st/4luJyph
Opinion | Trump is killing one of our strongest exports
The president wants to balance U.S. trade deficits? He can’t do it without this industry he hates.
wapo.st
April 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Trump approval rating dips; many wary of his wielding of power, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds.

“...Some 59% of respondents - including a third of Republicans - said America was losing credibility on the global stage.” www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump approval rating dips; many wary of his wielding of power, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
President Donald Trump's public approval rating edged down to its lowest level since his return to the White House, as Americans showed signs of wariness over his efforts to broaden his power, a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday found.
www.reuters.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Someone explain to me, based on the elevated risks to the financial markets, stock market, bond market, etc, the increase in prices on just about everything, the loss in American trade and loss in goodwill around the world, why a tariff war was a good idea?

Is it Liberation Day or Liquidation Day?
April 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
In the middle of our MPA Capstone class, we decide to check up on NJ @booker.senate.gov Senator Cory Booker @corybooker.com #StillStanding 🇺🇸 #SaintPetersUniversity
April 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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To our public servants, I’m sorry you are being threatened. You deserve so much better. I remember how proud I was when I first swore my oath as a civil servant. Honor of a lifetime. Remember why you chose to serve. Stay strong. I and many others will be right by your side.
February 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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The 9th Circuit DENIES the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of the Washington court order blocking Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order.
New filing: "State of Washington v. Trump (Birthright Citizenship (Appeal))"
Doc #37: ORDER FILED. (William C. CANBY, Milan D. SMITH, Jr., Danielle J. FORREST, Circuit Judges.)  Order by Judges CANBY and M. SMITH;…

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February 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Regretfully, 6 more weeks of winter, unless of course it can remediated by an executive order from the White House.

nypost.com/2025/02/02/u...
Here’s Punxsutawney Phil’s Groundhog Day weather report
Punxsutawney Phil woke up from his den in western Pennsylvania early Sunday with his yearly weather report.
nypost.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Most immigrants Trump targets have been here 10+ years, paying taxes, raising families, contributing to our communities.

Mass deportation would devastate our economy and tear apart the social fabric of America.

https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/
January 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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“Judge Coughenour emphatically agreed with the states: ‘I’ve been on the bench for over four decades …. I can’t remember another case where the question presented was as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order. Where were the lawyers when this decision was being made?’”
Seattle Judge Blocks Trump’s Executive Order to End Birthright Citizenship
A federal judge in Seattle has issued a temporary order halting the president’s plan.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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“Preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.”

Beautiful mission statement that every public servant must hold dear.
January 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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When Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter moved to DC in 1977, they enrolled their 9-year-old daughter Amy at a public school founded in 1868 for Black children and named after abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens.

Carter remains the only president since Teddy Roosevelt to send a child to public school in DC.
Educating Amy: The incredible history of a DC public school that taught a president’s daughter - WTOP News
Forty years ago, President Jimmy Carter enrolled his daughter in a public elementary school a few blocks from the White House. WTOP revisits the fascinating history behind the D.C.
wtop.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.

Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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The Empire State Building shines red, white, and blue in tribute to the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter.
December 30, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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From Meet the Press, Trump says there was "no inflation" while he was POTUS45:

TRUMP: "...pre-Covid, we had the greatest economy in the history of our country...we had no inflation. In fact, when I handed it over, they didn’t have inflation for a year and a half."

See graph, this is false.
December 8, 2024 at 5:10 PM
This is not fake news. How the Finnish have been able to ensure a robust media literacy curriculum that has contributed to a high level of political awareness, media standards, and reading at a national level.
December 3, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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Saint Peter’s University and Yonkers Partners in Education have launched a partnership to assist Jersey City high school students in preparing for college and improving their chances of economic mobility.
jcitytimes.com/saint-peters...
Saint Peter’s University Partners with YPIE to Support Students’ Path to College
Saint Peter’s University and Yonkers Partners in Education have launched a partnership to assist Jersey City high school students in preparing for college and improving their chances of economic mobil...
jcitytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Lots of people say they are tough on China. Supporting Ukraine is the one easy and safe way to deter China. Those who don’t support Ukraine can’t be taken seriously on China.
⚡️Taiwan’s former president urges US to prioritize aiding Ukraine over Taiwan, Politico reports.

"A Ukrainian victory will serve as the most effective deterrent to future aggression," former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said during the Halifax International Security Forum.
Taiwan’s former president urges US to prioritize aiding Ukraine over Taiwan, Politico reports
"A Ukrainian victory will serve as the most effective deterrent to future aggression," former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said during the Halifax International Security Forum on Nov. 23.
kyivindependent.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Portugal is rapidly losing its young people. Will this new scheme convince them to stay? | Adam Almeida
Portugal is rapidly losing its young people. Will this new scheme convince them to stay? | Adam Almeida
Studying in Lisbon, I found most of my peers were planning to emigrate. Now the government is turning to taxes to stop the brain drain In the autumn of 2018, I moved to Lisbon for a month-long course at the Universidade de Lisboa. I struggled to find any…
dlvr.it
November 20, 2024 at 7:04 AM
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Pleased to share this policy paper that I coauthored with Joana Varon from @codingrights.bsky.social & Timnit Gebru of dair-institute.org!

"Fostering a federated AI Commons ecosystem"

www.t20brasil.org/media/docume...
November 15, 2024 at 7:57 PM