Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
@effie-mom.bsky.social
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It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
Trump admin going after special education with a hatchet in the dark of night seems like an issue the Dems could run with
October 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump admin going after special education with a hatchet in the dark of night seems like an issue the Dems could run with
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No one is safe from gun violence in America.
We do not have to keep living like this.
Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.
We do not have to keep living like this.
Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.
September 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
No one is safe from gun violence in America.
We do not have to keep living like this.
Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.
We do not have to keep living like this.
Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor
September 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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An 18-year-old U.S. citizen was violently detained by Border Patrol and told he had no rights here.
He happened to record the encounter, which captured immigration agents joking about using stun guns and getting bonuses.
It was always about cruelty. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He happened to record the encounter, which captured immigration agents joking about using stun guns and getting bonuses.
It was always about cruelty. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
An 18-year-old U.S. citizen was violently detained by Border Patrol and told he had no rights here.
He happened to record the encounter, which captured immigration agents joking about using stun guns and getting bonuses.
It was always about cruelty. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He happened to record the encounter, which captured immigration agents joking about using stun guns and getting bonuses.
It was always about cruelty. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days.
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone
A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.
apnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days.
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
“Maybe your kid gets just 2 dolls instead of 30”.
May 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“Maybe your kid gets just 2 dolls instead of 30”.
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Looks like we're barrelling down the path towards *funding public schools means states have to fund religious schools* followed by *publicly-funded religious schools have to be able to discriminate or it's a violation of their religious freedom* www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...
Supreme Court Seems Open to a Religious Charter School in Oklahoma
The justices have allowed vouchers for religious schools and required equal treatment in tuition programs. But direct government payments to religious public schools pose a new test.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Looks like we're barrelling down the path towards *funding public schools means states have to fund religious schools* followed by *publicly-funded religious schools have to be able to discriminate or it's a violation of their religious freedom* www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
The so-called “moderate” GOP position on Medicaid cuts is no cuts above $500 billion.
Hello? That would mean 18 million children and 2 million adults with disabilities lose health care coverage, according to the latest estimates.
What’s “moderate” about that?
Hello? That would mean 18 million children and 2 million adults with disabilities lose health care coverage, according to the latest estimates.
What’s “moderate” about that?
April 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The so-called “moderate” GOP position on Medicaid cuts is no cuts above $500 billion.
Hello? That would mean 18 million children and 2 million adults with disabilities lose health care coverage, according to the latest estimates.
What’s “moderate” about that?
Hello? That would mean 18 million children and 2 million adults with disabilities lose health care coverage, according to the latest estimates.
What’s “moderate” about that?
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
I’ve done a lot of things in my lifetime, but I’ve always come back to teaching. When I decided to retire, I wanted to do it quietly.
Instead, my colleagues at @imcivicaction.bsky.social decided to make a film about my last class. Learn more here. robertreich.substack.com/p/my-last-cl...
Instead, my colleagues at @imcivicaction.bsky.social decided to make a film about my last class. Learn more here. robertreich.substack.com/p/my-last-cl...
My last class
Coming to you
robertreich.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’ve done a lot of things in my lifetime, but I’ve always come back to teaching. When I decided to retire, I wanted to do it quietly.
Instead, my colleagues at @imcivicaction.bsky.social decided to make a film about my last class. Learn more here. robertreich.substack.com/p/my-last-cl...
Instead, my colleagues at @imcivicaction.bsky.social decided to make a film about my last class. Learn more here. robertreich.substack.com/p/my-last-cl...
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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“He came to the United States seeking safety, and he did everything right… Then, one day, he disappeared.” Michael Franklin on the quiet cruelty that made Andry Hernandez Romero’s dissapearance possible.
‘One hairdresser' is the voice of complicity in 2025
Andry Hernandez Romero and the others whose names we don't know are another victims of state-sponsored violence.
contrarian.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“He came to the United States seeking safety, and he did everything right… Then, one day, he disappeared.” Michael Franklin on the quiet cruelty that made Andry Hernandez Romero’s dissapearance possible.
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Greg Abbott and his pro-voucher donors may have won the battle but at what political price? My latest on why vouchers in Texas will end up being fuel for the *Fighting Oligarchy* fire educationwars.substack.com/p/it-aint-ov...
It Ain't Over in Texas
Abbott and the pro-voucher movement just won a huge short-term victory, but at what political price?
educationwars.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Greg Abbott and his pro-voucher donors may have won the battle but at what political price? My latest on why vouchers in Texas will end up being fuel for the *Fighting Oligarchy* fire educationwars.substack.com/p/it-aint-ov...
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
Big one for military folks ...
Hegseth's Pentagon looking to hand on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money to the private sector.
Story by @ktoropin.bsky.social + @tomnovelly.bsky.social
Hegseth's Pentagon looking to hand on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money to the private sector.
Story by @ktoropin.bsky.social + @tomnovelly.bsky.social
Privatized Commissaries? Pentagon Looking to Turn Over Retail, Recreation Services to Companies
The Pentagon’s newest push to trim its workforce and spending could mean that on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money could ultimately be sold off to...
www.military.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Big one for military folks ...
Hegseth's Pentagon looking to hand on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money to the private sector.
Story by @ktoropin.bsky.social + @tomnovelly.bsky.social
Hegseth's Pentagon looking to hand on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money to the private sector.
Story by @ktoropin.bsky.social + @tomnovelly.bsky.social
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
I think it's bad that the country is led by people who haven't had a real problem in their entire lives and couldn't get a regular job due to being too weird
April 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I think it's bad that the country is led by people who haven't had a real problem in their entire lives and couldn't get a regular job due to being too weird
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
In the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social we explore the Department of Defense schools - the best in the land as it turns out. They’re also explicitly integrated by race and class: diverse, equitable & inclusive. A model or no longer permissible?https://on.soundcloud.com/EtcCRBqLt8LsMagy9
#196 The Best Schools You’ve Never Heard Of
The best schools in the country may be run by - wait for it - the Defense Department. But as education researcher Kenneth Wong tells us, the schools’ success is a fairly recent development, reflecting
on.soundcloud.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social we explore the Department of Defense schools - the best in the land as it turns out. They’re also explicitly integrated by race and class: diverse, equitable & inclusive. A model or no longer permissible?https://on.soundcloud.com/EtcCRBqLt8LsMagy9
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
Trump has cut the part of the FDA that notifies doctors and the public when there is a safety problem with a drug or a medical device.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Trump has cut the part of the FDA that notifies doctors and the public when there is a safety problem with a drug or a medical device.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
Raskin: We even have the right to call the president deranged for crashing our economy, destroying $6 trillion of wealth and turning our 401(k) Into a 201 (K). And the press has the right to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.
April 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Raskin: We even have the right to call the president deranged for crashing our economy, destroying $6 trillion of wealth and turning our 401(k) Into a 201 (K). And the press has the right to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
Trump administration acknowledges it wrongfully deported a man to El Salvador terror prison but argues to the judge that he lacks the ability to order the man’s return www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump administration acknowledges it wrongfully deported a man to El Salvador terror prison but argues to the judge that he lacks the ability to order the man’s return www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtu.be
March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
Reposted by Amy Kilpatrick, Ph.D
BREAKING—Trump HHS has abruptly canceled $12 billion in grants to states used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment—discontinued grants include $11.4 billion from CDC, as well as around $1 billion from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services
States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/health/trump-state-health-grants-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare…
March 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
BREAKING—Trump HHS has abruptly canceled $12 billion in grants to states used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment—discontinued grants include $11.4 billion from CDC, as well as around $1 billion from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration