@eesullivan.bsky.social
I remember it like it was yesterday 😢
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I remember it like it was yesterday 😢
😢💔
“Mr. Rodríguez, we’re going to miss you,” a girl told the teacher after singing.
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Fearing deportation, a beloved music teacher gives a final lesson
Jesús Rodríguez, a Venezuelan national whose U.S. humanitarian parole status is set to expire soon, decided to voluntarily leave the United States out of worry of being detained.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
😢💔
With an almost 16 year old boy, this was particularly interesting. TG he hates the Tate bros, Musk etc but it's scary how many young men are going this way. Where are the men, indeed...
at the risk of sound like bill bennett, where exactly are the men in these boy’s lives? the fathers? coaches? anyone genuinely concerned with their lives?
Essay: A senior at an all boys high school on the appeal of the Tate brothers: In a confusing time for young men, they offer “answers that are appealingly simple.”
May 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
With an almost 16 year old boy, this was particularly interesting. TG he hates the Tate bros, Musk etc but it's scary how many young men are going this way. Where are the men, indeed...
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The U.S. spends only 14 cents on the dollar helping Americans buy health insurance and only 12 cents on the dollar toward medical bill payments.
Cutting Medicaid spending won't reduce government waste and overspending, but it will put over 70 million Americans’ health insurance in jeopardy.
Cutting Medicaid spending won't reduce government waste and overspending, but it will put over 70 million Americans’ health insurance in jeopardy.
May 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The U.S. spends only 14 cents on the dollar helping Americans buy health insurance and only 12 cents on the dollar toward medical bill payments.
Cutting Medicaid spending won't reduce government waste and overspending, but it will put over 70 million Americans’ health insurance in jeopardy.
Cutting Medicaid spending won't reduce government waste and overspending, but it will put over 70 million Americans’ health insurance in jeopardy.
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ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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History always has a lesson.
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
History always has a lesson.
He deserves to be returned! - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/br...
Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia Home
Kilmar is not alone. He is one of over 250 immigrants deported without due process, as part of Trump’s $6 million deal with Bukele’s government—a plan to funnel immigrants, often with no criminal reco...
sign.moveon.org
April 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
He deserves to be returned! - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/br...
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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For those who don't understand the differences between a) spending, b) cost and c) efficiency. Simply cutting spending is not "reducing cost" or improving "efficiency." It is, in most cases, reducing quality as measured by outcomes (because money matters) schoolfinance101.com/2012/01/11/d...
Differentiating “cost savings” from “expenditure reduction”
Today, it’s time for a little School Finance 101, clarifying the difference between what is a “cost savings” versus what is an “expenditure reduction.” Cost savings means finding ways to reduce exp…
schoolfinance101.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
For those who don't understand the differences between a) spending, b) cost and c) efficiency. Simply cutting spending is not "reducing cost" or improving "efficiency." It is, in most cases, reducing quality as measured by outcomes (because money matters) schoolfinance101.com/2012/01/11/d...
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NEW from @marcelias.bsky.social: It seems that everyone is afraid — afraid that Donald Trump will target them next. But that's not a reason to cower and refuse to act.
We Can’t Give In to Fear
From Marc | No one wants to speak up. Everyone wants to hide or lay low.
www.democracydocket.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
NEW from @marcelias.bsky.social: It seems that everyone is afraid — afraid that Donald Trump will target them next. But that's not a reason to cower and refuse to act.
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
I was on campaign calls last year with @kim.senate.gov and now Senator Elissa Slotkin. Positive experiences. Voted for Kim. Now couldn't be more disgusted and dejected by their votes for Noem for DHS. WTAF?! Is @aoc.bsky.social the ONLY one fighting for us?!
January 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I was on campaign calls last year with @kim.senate.gov and now Senator Elissa Slotkin. Positive experiences. Voted for Kim. Now couldn't be more disgusted and dejected by their votes for Noem for DHS. WTAF?! Is @aoc.bsky.social the ONLY one fighting for us?!
Good luck to humans wanting to have any idea what is the truth, what is really happening with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Off to toss my journalism degree in the trash and wipe all my content moderation work off my resume...
Meta says it will end fact checking as Silicon Valley prepares for Trump
CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the company's previous content moderation policies "censorship," repeating talking points from President-elect Donald Trump and his allies.
www.npr.org
January 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Good luck to humans wanting to have any idea what is the truth, what is really happening with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Off to toss my journalism degree in the trash and wipe all my content moderation work off my resume...
This, this, 1000x this!!! TY @minakimes.bsky.social
Harassment, racism, and engagement farming are not “a difference of opinion.”
Had a chance to talk about BlueSky on Pablo’s pod—and why the echo chamber argument mischaracterizes what’s actually going on.
📺: youtu.be/DFBlec2Exrw?...
Had a chance to talk about BlueSky on Pablo’s pod—and why the echo chamber argument mischaracterizes what’s actually going on.
📺: youtu.be/DFBlec2Exrw?...
November 22, 2024 at 4:20 PM
This, this, 1000x this!!! TY @minakimes.bsky.social
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Pete Buttigieg is a badass.
November 18, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Pete Buttigieg is a badass.
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Excellent. More of this please.
There it is. Rep. Sean Casten just announced a privileged resolution to force a House vote on releasing the ethics committee report on Matt Gaetz.
November 20, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Excellent. More of this please.
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“McMahon has criticized DEI programs, writing in an op-ed published by Fox News this year that DEI provisions were ‘irrelevant to training skilled workers’ and that such policies ‘add costs and administrative burdens to all apprenticeship programs.’”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump names former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as his pick for education secretary
McMahon, who is a co-chair of Trump's transition team, led the Small Business Administration during Trump's first term.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:37 AM
“McMahon has criticized DEI programs, writing in an op-ed published by Fox News this year that DEI provisions were ‘irrelevant to training skilled workers’ and that such policies ‘add costs and administrative burdens to all apprenticeship programs.’”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
If you're in a Democratic state, don't assume your rep is voting against HR 9495. I was shocked and deeply disappointed to see my rep @donaldnorcross.bsky.social voted for this bill the first time. I've already called to let him know my displeasure and have shared this w/my friends. Do the same!
HR 9495 would give the Trump administration powers to pursue dissenting non-profits and other groups under counter-terrorism laws.
🚨 ☎️ Please call your representatives:
🚨 ☎️ Please call your representatives:
Call your rep NOW and demand they vote NO tomorrow:
November 20, 2024 at 9:57 PM
If you're in a Democratic state, don't assume your rep is voting against HR 9495. I was shocked and deeply disappointed to see my rep @donaldnorcross.bsky.social voted for this bill the first time. I've already called to let him know my displeasure and have shared this w/my friends. Do the same!
Some thought-provoking stuff if you're interested in trying to understand why more American men, especially younger men, are turned off by the Democratic Party specifically and more generally are unhappy. Via @onthemedia.bsky.social
pca.st/episode/0087...
pca.st/episode/0087...
Why Men And Boys Are Struggling - On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transp...
pca.st
November 20, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Some thought-provoking stuff if you're interested in trying to understand why more American men, especially younger men, are turned off by the Democratic Party specifically and more generally are unhappy. Via @onthemedia.bsky.social
pca.st/episode/0087...
pca.st/episode/0087...
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Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.
November 15, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.