Ja
@jany385.bsky.social
I’m a history teacher, toddler mom, lover of live music, movies and current events. Distressed but not surprised that we’re in the ‘finding out’ phase after the last decade of fucking around. 🤦🏾♀️ FREE 🇵🇸 🇨🇩🇸🇩 ✊🏾
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This administration aims to suppress truth about slavery.
The curriculum should include MORE, not less, about central role of slavery, resistance, & its legacy in U.S.
Join us on Monday for a class with Clint Smith on the new YA edition of his book. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/how-the...
The curriculum should include MORE, not less, about central role of slavery, resistance, & its legacy in U.S.
Join us on Monday for a class with Clint Smith on the new YA edition of his book. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/how-the...
How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America
Author and educator Clint Smith will discuss the new young readers edition of How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery and How it Shaped America. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’...
www.zinnedproject.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This administration aims to suppress truth about slavery.
The curriculum should include MORE, not less, about central role of slavery, resistance, & its legacy in U.S.
Join us on Monday for a class with Clint Smith on the new YA edition of his book. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/how-the...
The curriculum should include MORE, not less, about central role of slavery, resistance, & its legacy in U.S.
Join us on Monday for a class with Clint Smith on the new YA edition of his book. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/how-the...
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As the piece notes, the PragerU propaganda is being used in schools in Louisiana, Florida, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Montana, Arizona, South Carolina and Idaho.
Check with your district to see if they're using this garbage to brainwash your kids.
Check with your district to see if they're using this garbage to brainwash your kids.
Friendly reminder that school administrators tend to take complaints from parents much more seriously than the same complaints from teachers. So if your kids’ school district is using PragerU stuff, please speak up.
The White House has a preferred alternative to PBS: PragerU, a nonprofit organization that specializes in creating right-leaning educational short videos for adults and children. . It may already be in countless classrooms. www.vox.com/today-explai...
August 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As the piece notes, the PragerU propaganda is being used in schools in Louisiana, Florida, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Montana, Arizona, South Carolina and Idaho.
Check with your district to see if they're using this garbage to brainwash your kids.
Check with your district to see if they're using this garbage to brainwash your kids.
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Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
July 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
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the republican party is a modern day Slave Power and the only way forward for this country is to sweep it into the ash heap of history
July 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
the republican party is a modern day Slave Power and the only way forward for this country is to sweep it into the ash heap of history
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
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“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” — Minister Malcolm X
He was born 100 years ago today.
Rest in power.
He was born 100 years ago today.
Rest in power.
May 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” — Minister Malcolm X
He was born 100 years ago today.
Rest in power.
He was born 100 years ago today.
Rest in power.
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“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands
May 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands
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This kid runs circles around the reporter
May 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This kid runs circles around the reporter
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American Theater in Canton, NY: where the marquee has more backbone than a lot of CEOs right now.
May 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
American Theater in Canton, NY: where the marquee has more backbone than a lot of CEOs right now.
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Y’all — OKLAHOMA is going to require their schools to lie to their kids that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud.
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May 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Y’all — OKLAHOMA is going to require their schools to lie to their kids that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud.
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“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”
The Supreme Court is about to let religion ruin public education
Two recent cases suggest that the era of secular schools is coming to an end.
www.motherjones.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”
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these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
April 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
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Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?
April 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?
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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
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Not a single person saying this is going to work one of these jobs, nor have they likely ever worked these jobs in the past. But also, what made these jobs bearable was they were well-paying union jobs where you traded monotony, physical toil for a good middle-class life. They aren’t offering that.
White dudes are just bored, that’s why we need to destroy the economy.
April 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Not a single person saying this is going to work one of these jobs, nor have they likely ever worked these jobs in the past. But also, what made these jobs bearable was they were well-paying union jobs where you traded monotony, physical toil for a good middle-class life. They aren’t offering that.
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Soooooo we thinking old Pete was drunk or the job or what? It would be funny, if it wasn’t scary! Maybe we need some DEI (definitely earned it) hires to get this shit together because the incompetence is OVERWHELMINGLY problematic.
March 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Soooooo we thinking old Pete was drunk or the job or what? It would be funny, if it wasn’t scary! Maybe we need some DEI (definitely earned it) hires to get this shit together because the incompetence is OVERWHELMINGLY problematic.
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The Commerce Secretary is promoting a company’s stock on live TV, and not just any company’s - the company owned by a ‘special government employee’ and the president’s biggest donor.
The corruption is the point.
The corruption is the point.
On Jesse Watters’ show, Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, tells viewers they should buy Tesla stock.
“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again.”
“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla. It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap. It’ll never be this cheap again.”
March 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The Commerce Secretary is promoting a company’s stock on live TV, and not just any company’s - the company owned by a ‘special government employee’ and the president’s biggest donor.
The corruption is the point.
The corruption is the point.
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I can (and do) explain the "law" behind Mahmoud Khalil's unlawful abduction and rendition to a for-profit concentration camp.
But if you're waiting for the law to stop this, you've got it wrong. Dictators always make their crimes "legal"
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
But if you're waiting for the law to stop this, you've got it wrong. Dictators always make their crimes "legal"
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
We Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest
The only relevant question is not “How can the government do this?” It is “How can we who oppose this fascist regime?”
www.thenation.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I can (and do) explain the "law" behind Mahmoud Khalil's unlawful abduction and rendition to a for-profit concentration camp.
But if you're waiting for the law to stop this, you've got it wrong. Dictators always make their crimes "legal"
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
But if you're waiting for the law to stop this, you've got it wrong. Dictators always make their crimes "legal"
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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If you’re a Proud Boy or an Oath Keeper convicted for seditious treason by a jury of your peers, however, you get an invite to CPAC.
Q: What crime did Mahmoud Khalil commit to warrant his arrest?
JOHNSON: Let me tell you something. I faced down the angry mob at Columbia at the height of that stuff...if you're on a student visa and you're an aspiring young terrorist who wants to prey upon your Jewish classmates, you're going home
JOHNSON: Let me tell you something. I faced down the angry mob at Columbia at the height of that stuff...if you're on a student visa and you're an aspiring young terrorist who wants to prey upon your Jewish classmates, you're going home
March 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If you’re a Proud Boy or an Oath Keeper convicted for seditious treason by a jury of your peers, however, you get an invite to CPAC.
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The intelligence community is spying on student protesters, I reported last year. Today, the Washington Post reports that Homeland Security officials had been "gathering intelligence" on Mahmoud Khalil’s activities
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-intell...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-intell...
The Intelligence Community Is Spying on Student Protesters
Congress is pressuring the FBI to infiltrate college protests with informants.
www.kenklippenstein.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The intelligence community is spying on student protesters, I reported last year. Today, the Washington Post reports that Homeland Security officials had been "gathering intelligence" on Mahmoud Khalil’s activities
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-intell...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-intell...
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"I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to the whites in the endowments both of body and mind." - Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia
Glenn Youngkin takes a victory lap on Fox for University of Virginia ending DEI and says it's a step toward restoring the values of Thomas Jefferson
March 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to the whites in the endowments both of body and mind." - Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia
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Basel Adra, the co-director of Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” says his intention with the film was “not the award itself but … to get to people’s hearts.”
He wants the world to see what is happening in his community of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank.
He wants the world to see what is happening in his community of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank.
March 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Basel Adra, the co-director of Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” says his intention with the film was “not the award itself but … to get to people’s hearts.”
He wants the world to see what is happening in his community of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank.
He wants the world to see what is happening in his community of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank.
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Posting this from months ago because we DO have homegrown experience with autocratic regimes in this country.
In nearly half this country during the first 6 decades of the 20th century Black people lived under systems of cruelty, voter suppression, hate, state violence & corruption. Ask them!
In nearly half this country during the first 6 decades of the 20th century Black people lived under systems of cruelty, voter suppression, hate, state violence & corruption. Ask them!
February 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Posting this from months ago because we DO have homegrown experience with autocratic regimes in this country.
In nearly half this country during the first 6 decades of the 20th century Black people lived under systems of cruelty, voter suppression, hate, state violence & corruption. Ask them!
In nearly half this country during the first 6 decades of the 20th century Black people lived under systems of cruelty, voter suppression, hate, state violence & corruption. Ask them!