Justin Parmenter
@justinparmenter.bsky.social
RPCV, public school teacher, 🍎 advocate
Education is a human right.
Charlotte, North Carolina
https://notesfromthechalkboard.com
Education is a human right.
Charlotte, North Carolina
https://notesfromthechalkboard.com
Pinned
This one is definitely going in the "save for days when nothing is working" folder ❤️
The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters
The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Oh wow. Who could've ever seen this coming?
"Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies"
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"Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies"
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Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies
abcnews.go.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Oh wow. Who could've ever seen this coming?
"Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies"
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
"Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies"
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit
fortworthreport.org/2025/11/10/f...
fortworthreport.org/2025/11/10/f...
A Texas church’s online class trains Christians to run for office. Now it may go national
Fort Worth’s Mercy Culture Church aims to get more conservative Christians elected through its online Campaign University.
fortworthreport.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit
fortworthreport.org/2025/11/10/f...
fortworthreport.org/2025/11/10/f...
I was elected 6 weeks ago. Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me in.
It’s time for House Speaker Mike Johnson to end his vacation and get back to the work that the American people elected us to do.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
It’s time for House Speaker Mike Johnson to end his vacation and get back to the work that the American people elected us to do.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I was elected 6 weeks ago. Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me in.
Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me into office, an unprecedented and starkly undemocratic position that sets a very dangerous precedent.
www.usatoday.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I was elected 6 weeks ago. Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me in.
It’s time for House Speaker Mike Johnson to end his vacation and get back to the work that the American people elected us to do.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
It’s time for House Speaker Mike Johnson to end his vacation and get back to the work that the American people elected us to do.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Families ‘horrified’ after daycare teacher pulled out of preschool by armed federal agents
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Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Families ‘horrified’ after daycare teacher pulled out of preschool by armed federal agents
www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
How severe will SNAP disruption be for NC families?
President Trump promises partial payments in response to court rulings. Disruption, lower SNAP food program payments will affect many in NC. #ncpol
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President Trump promises partial payments in response to court rulings. Disruption, lower SNAP food program payments will affect many in NC. #ncpol
carolinapublicpress.org/73218/how-se...
How severe will SNAP disruption be for NC families?
President Trump promises partial payments in response to court rulings. Disruption, lower SNAP food program payments will affect many in NC.
carolinapublicpress.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
How severe will SNAP disruption be for NC families?
President Trump promises partial payments in response to court rulings. Disruption, lower SNAP food program payments will affect many in NC. #ncpol
carolinapublicpress.org/73218/how-se...
President Trump promises partial payments in response to court rulings. Disruption, lower SNAP food program payments will affect many in NC. #ncpol
carolinapublicpress.org/73218/how-se...
Report: ICE Shot a US Citizen Trying to Help Kids
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Report: ICE shot a US citizen trying to help kids
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
www.motherjones.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Report: ICE Shot a US Citizen Trying to Help Kids
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Why this former Republican education secretary wants to keep, not kill, the Education Department
Margaret Spellings, who led the agency under George W. Bush, says scrapping it would be ‘inefficient.’
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Margaret Spellings, who led the agency under George W. Bush, says scrapping it would be ‘inefficient.’
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The former Republican education secretary who wants to save the Education Department
Margaret Spellings, who led the department under George W. Bush, says scrapping it would be "inefficient."
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Why this former Republican education secretary wants to keep, not kill, the Education Department
Margaret Spellings, who led the agency under George W. Bush, says scrapping it would be ‘inefficient.’
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/the-former...
Margaret Spellings, who led the agency under George W. Bush, says scrapping it would be ‘inefficient.’
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/the-former...
With rising healthcare costs and no raise, this NC teacher's family sells scrap metal and plasma #nced
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
With rising healthcare costs and no raise, this NC teacher's family sells scrap metal and plasma
WUNC's series "From Politics to Paychecks" explores how political decisions are affecting NC educators' finances. This teacher is paring back because the state offers no raise to veteran teachers.
www.wunc.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
With rising healthcare costs and no raise, this NC teacher's family sells scrap metal and plasma #nced
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state. #ncpol
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state. #ncpol
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
www.propublica.org/article/paul...
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ICYMI: This week, I published my story about text messages I exchanged with Lindsey Halligan — the prosecutor now pursuing criminal cases against Letitia James and James Comey.
It’s a wild ride, and I’m still trying to make sense of it all.
Your Sunday read: ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
It’s a wild ride, and I’m still trying to make sense of it all.
Your Sunday read: ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
ICYMI: This week, I published my story about text messages I exchanged with Lindsey Halligan — the prosecutor now pursuing criminal cases against Letitia James and James Comey.
It’s a wild ride, and I’m still trying to make sense of it all.
Your Sunday read: ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
It’s a wild ride, and I’m still trying to make sense of it all.
Your Sunday read: ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
Very grateful for the opportunity to serve on the NCCAT Board of Trustees as an appointee of Governor @roycoopernc.bsky.social from 2019-2025, working closely with Executive Director Brock Womble, Board Chair Terry Worrell and Deputy ED Karen Sumner (among many others). #nced
October 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Very grateful for the opportunity to serve on the NCCAT Board of Trustees as an appointee of Governor @roycoopernc.bsky.social from 2019-2025, working closely with Executive Director Brock Womble, Board Chair Terry Worrell and Deputy ED Karen Sumner (among many others). #nced
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Justin Parmenter
Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
When Trump Says Jump
Hoping to preserve a razor-thin majority in the U.S. House, the White House has ordered red states to redraw congressional districts. North Carolina Republicans plan to oblige. #ncpol
www.theassemblync.com/politics/tru...
Hoping to preserve a razor-thin majority in the U.S. House, the White House has ordered red states to redraw congressional districts. North Carolina Republicans plan to oblige. #ncpol
www.theassemblync.com/politics/tru...
When Trump Says Jump
The White House has ordered red states to redraw congressional districts. North Carolina Republicans have been happy to oblige.
www.theassemblync.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
When Trump Says Jump
Hoping to preserve a razor-thin majority in the U.S. House, the White House has ordered red states to redraw congressional districts. North Carolina Republicans plan to oblige. #ncpol
www.theassemblync.com/politics/tru...
Hoping to preserve a razor-thin majority in the U.S. House, the White House has ordered red states to redraw congressional districts. North Carolina Republicans plan to oblige. #ncpol
www.theassemblync.com/politics/tru...
Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
How Trump is Building a Repressive, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
October 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
Waiting for Leandro
It’s been more than 600 days since the state Supreme Court heard arguments in the latest round of legal wrangling over funding for public schools. Can the court put it off forever? #nced
www.theassemblync.com/education/wa...
It’s been more than 600 days since the state Supreme Court heard arguments in the latest round of legal wrangling over funding for public schools. Can the court put it off forever? #nced
www.theassemblync.com/education/wa...
Waiting for Leandro
It’s been 601 days since the state Supreme Court heard arguments over funds for public schools. Can they put off a decision forever?
www.theassemblync.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Waiting for Leandro
It’s been more than 600 days since the state Supreme Court heard arguments in the latest round of legal wrangling over funding for public schools. Can the court put it off forever? #nced
www.theassemblync.com/education/wa...
It’s been more than 600 days since the state Supreme Court heard arguments in the latest round of legal wrangling over funding for public schools. Can the court put it off forever? #nced
www.theassemblync.com/education/wa...
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ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. #ncpol
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North Carolina Is Latest GOP-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. #ncpol
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Sweeping layoffs announced by the Trump administration landed another body blow to the U.S. Department of Education, this time gutting the office responsible for making sure states provide special education services to the nation's 7.5 million children with disabilities.
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education
Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
www.npr.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Sweeping layoffs announced by the Trump administration landed another body blow to the U.S. Department of Education, this time gutting the office responsible for making sure states provide special education services to the nation's 7.5 million children with disabilities.
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
www.propublica.org/article/educ...