estokebrand
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Newly retired educator… Husker Fan… Moving past the trauma of ‘Decision ‘24’ and the loss of what Twitter was and what ‘X’ became…
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In a year in which the VP argued that "America is not just an idea," it's worth returning to the Gettysburg Address, delivered on this day 162 years ago.
"We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."
"We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
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November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In a year in which the VP argued that "America is not just an idea," it's worth returning to the Gettysburg Address, delivered on this day 162 years ago.
"We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."
"We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."
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Let's make IEP meetings authentically student-focused! 🚀 What are the student's dreams and how can we support them in reaching their goals? #LeadInclusion #IEPs #SpecialEd #EdChat #UDL
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Let's make IEP meetings authentically student-focused! 🚀 What are the student's dreams and how can we support them in reaching their goals? #LeadInclusion #IEPs #SpecialEd #EdChat #UDL
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Republicans have been calling the “No Kings” protests a “Hate America rally.” So, we asked protestors what they thought about it. Here are their responses.
October 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Republicans have been calling the “No Kings” protests a “Hate America rally.” So, we asked protestors what they thought about it. Here are their responses.
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"What the Heck Just Happened" with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social
This talk felt empowering & positive, which is such a relief after so much doom.
There has been a shift. They discuss when shifts in history have made a difference in the past.
www.youtube.com/live/L2-IA04...
This talk felt empowering & positive, which is such a relief after so much doom.
There has been a shift. They discuss when shifts in history have made a difference in the past.
www.youtube.com/live/L2-IA04...
What the Heck Just Happened
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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August 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"What the Heck Just Happened" with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social
This talk felt empowering & positive, which is such a relief after so much doom.
There has been a shift. They discuss when shifts in history have made a difference in the past.
www.youtube.com/live/L2-IA04...
This talk felt empowering & positive, which is such a relief after so much doom.
There has been a shift. They discuss when shifts in history have made a difference in the past.
www.youtube.com/live/L2-IA04...
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Writing is just a stray sentence of two between bouts of pacing.
August 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Writing is just a stray sentence of two between bouts of pacing.
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YES 🔥🔥🔥🔥
We are the real Americans!
Nicole Collier is a real American!
We are the real Americans!
Nicole Collier is a real American!
August 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
YES 🔥🔥🔥🔥
We are the real Americans!
Nicole Collier is a real American!
We are the real Americans!
Nicole Collier is a real American!
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Thank you, teachers. 🧡
🌐 teachergoals.com
🌐 teachergoals.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Thank you, teachers. 🧡
🌐 teachergoals.com
🌐 teachergoals.com
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A lot of people are talking about whether Trump is going to go to war with Iran but not enough people are talking about the fact that Trump has no legal authority to do so without Congressional authorization
June 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A lot of people are talking about whether Trump is going to go to war with Iran but not enough people are talking about the fact that Trump has no legal authority to do so without Congressional authorization
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For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from:
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert.
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert.
June 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from:
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert.
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert.
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Considering that his bosses are desperately caving to Trump, a brave speech by Pelley. And some important words. A very democratic message that carefully avoids being Democratic. We need more folks in civil society sounding like this.
May 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Considering that his bosses are desperately caving to Trump, a brave speech by Pelley. And some important words. A very democratic message that carefully avoids being Democratic. We need more folks in civil society sounding like this.
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Once again, people with disabilities are at the front lines defending everyone's ability to access health insurance.
New blog from me at @motherjones.com: 25 people were arrested today during a Congressional hearing while protesting Medicaid cuts. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
25 arrested while protesting GOP Medicaid cuts
"You will kill me."
www.motherjones.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Once again, people with disabilities are at the front lines defending everyone's ability to access health insurance.
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Yes, I'm pissed about the jumbo jet too. But this is actually the most important story today.
May 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Yes, I'm pissed about the jumbo jet too. But this is actually the most important story today.
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Wow - I knew cutting Medicaid is unpopular. I didn't know it is *this* unpopular.
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.
May 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wow - I knew cutting Medicaid is unpopular. I didn't know it is *this* unpopular.
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This is still part of the Constitution, FYI: "[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust... shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
May 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is still part of the Constitution, FYI: "[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust... shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
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🚨 Produced in partnership with @marcus4georgia.bsky.social and Hold The Line PAC 🚨
When the cameras turn off, the truth is clear: Trump uses our service members as props while gutting the programs they rely on.
youtu.be/XZW9kD80WBA
When the cameras turn off, the truth is clear: Trump uses our service members as props while gutting the programs they rely on.
youtu.be/XZW9kD80WBA
BETRAYING THE BRAVE MASTER
YouTube video by The Seneca Project
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March 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
🚨 Produced in partnership with @marcus4georgia.bsky.social and Hold The Line PAC 🚨
When the cameras turn off, the truth is clear: Trump uses our service members as props while gutting the programs they rely on.
youtu.be/XZW9kD80WBA
When the cameras turn off, the truth is clear: Trump uses our service members as props while gutting the programs they rely on.
youtu.be/XZW9kD80WBA
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Please watch this ad.
Please share this ad.
Please follow @senecaproject.us.
Please JOIN them.
Please stand up for our vets.
The draft dodger hates our troops.
And that is un-fucking-acceptable.
MAGA no longer supports our troops.
But WE do.
So let’s fucking go.
Please share this ad.
Please follow @senecaproject.us.
Please JOIN them.
Please stand up for our vets.
The draft dodger hates our troops.
And that is un-fucking-acceptable.
MAGA no longer supports our troops.
But WE do.
So let’s fucking go.
🚨 Produced in partnership with @marcus4georgia.bsky.social and Hold The Line PAC 🚨
When the cameras turn off, the truth is clear: Trump uses our service members as props while gutting the programs they rely on.
youtu.be/XZW9kD80WBA
When the cameras turn off, the truth is clear: Trump uses our service members as props while gutting the programs they rely on.
youtu.be/XZW9kD80WBA
BETRAYING THE BRAVE MASTER
YouTube video by The Seneca Project
youtu.be
March 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Please watch this ad.
Please share this ad.
Please follow @senecaproject.us.
Please JOIN them.
Please stand up for our vets.
The draft dodger hates our troops.
And that is un-fucking-acceptable.
MAGA no longer supports our troops.
But WE do.
So let’s fucking go.
Please share this ad.
Please follow @senecaproject.us.
Please JOIN them.
Please stand up for our vets.
The draft dodger hates our troops.
And that is un-fucking-acceptable.
MAGA no longer supports our troops.
But WE do.
So let’s fucking go.
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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
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TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
February 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
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It’s all smoke & mirrors.
What disturbs me is how many decades Republicans have managed to pull off this “fiscal conservative” masquerade to a never-questioning public.
#Sociologists: is there something in the human psyche that correlates hateful & cruel with “economic savvy?”
What disturbs me is how many decades Republicans have managed to pull off this “fiscal conservative” masquerade to a never-questioning public.
#Sociologists: is there something in the human psyche that correlates hateful & cruel with “economic savvy?”
Turns Out, Trump and DOGE Haven’t Actually Saved Any Money.
The Trump administration spent $710 billion between January 21 and February 20, nearly a billion more than Joe Biden spent in a similar time period last year.
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The Trump administration spent $710 billion between January 21 and February 20, nearly a billion more than Joe Biden spent in a similar time period last year.
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Turns Out, Trump and DOGE Haven’t Actually Saved Any Money - NewsBreak
Donald Trump and Elon Musk claim they’re saving billions through the Department of Government Efficiency’s mass purge of federal bureaucracy, but governme
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February 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It’s all smoke & mirrors.
What disturbs me is how many decades Republicans have managed to pull off this “fiscal conservative” masquerade to a never-questioning public.
#Sociologists: is there something in the human psyche that correlates hateful & cruel with “economic savvy?”
What disturbs me is how many decades Republicans have managed to pull off this “fiscal conservative” masquerade to a never-questioning public.
#Sociologists: is there something in the human psyche that correlates hateful & cruel with “economic savvy?”
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🏗️ Universal design is like a ramp: necessary for some, helpful to all. Embed it into every lesson, and watch everyone thrive. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #InclusiveEd #EdLeaders
February 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🏗️ Universal design is like a ramp: necessary for some, helpful to all. Embed it into every lesson, and watch everyone thrive. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #InclusiveEd #EdLeaders