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The Republican Party: replacing child lunches with child labor.
Rep. Rich McCormick defends the potential impacts of the White House's federal aid freeze on school lunch programs by suggesting that some children should be working instead of receiving free lunch.
Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald’s instead
Rep. Rich McCormick said that the freeze on federal funding would allow the government to do a top-down review of programs including free school lunches.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Republican Party: replacing child lunches with child labor.
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sorry for getting ✨️political✨️ on the good vibes and video games app again, but the human brain is not designed to withstand another 207 weeks of this shit so pace yourself and try to channel that anger, despair, and hopelessness into something productive. make some kick ass art, we will need it
January 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
sorry for getting ✨️political✨️ on the good vibes and video games app again, but the human brain is not designed to withstand another 207 weeks of this shit so pace yourself and try to channel that anger, despair, and hopelessness into something productive. make some kick ass art, we will need it
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Since Monday, Trump has: Halted civil rights investigations, suspended public health advisories, frozen infrastructure spending, rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors and another one aimed at lowering drug prices.
How does this help working people?
How does this help working people?
January 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Since Monday, Trump has: Halted civil rights investigations, suspended public health advisories, frozen infrastructure spending, rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors and another one aimed at lowering drug prices.
How does this help working people?
How does this help working people?
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Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
robertreich.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
the amount that ai is pushed onto us in my teacher education program is absolutely ridiculous. it’s an unending cycle of dumbing down our population from teachers to students
It is vital that we give big ai trillions of dollars and let them burn through billions of cubic feet of natural gas per day so that students are able to get a passing grade without having to learn anything
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the amount that ai is pushed onto us in my teacher education program is absolutely ridiculous. it’s an unending cycle of dumbing down our population from teachers to students
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“Danielle the real tea is that you haven’t given us $20 to boots the House of Congress down”
I can’t believe we have four more fucking years of “sign this petition to stop fascism”
January 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“Danielle the real tea is that you haven’t given us $20 to boots the House of Congress down”
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welp, time to fucken. Time to fucken build community or whatever. Fuckenn ok
January 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
welp, time to fucken. Time to fucken build community or whatever. Fuckenn ok
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President Trump issued a barrage of orders Monday targeting Biden-era initiatives on global warming. The decisions come on the heels of the hottest year ever recorded.
Trump is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement (again), reversing U.S. climate policy
President Trump issued a barrage of orders Monday targeting Biden-era initiatives on global warming. The decisions come on the heels of the hottest year ever recorded.
www.npr.org
January 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
President Trump issued a barrage of orders Monday targeting Biden-era initiatives on global warming. The decisions come on the heels of the hottest year ever recorded.
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Let's talk about how to report on right-wingers without amplifying their hateful rhetoric. Far-right extremists count on YOU to spread their messages for them. Here's a thread of resources.
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
The Oxygen of Amplification
New Data & Society report recommends editorial “better practices” for reporting on online bigots and manipulators; interviews journalists on accidental amplification of extreme agendas
datasociety.net
November 20, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Let's talk about how to report on right-wingers without amplifying their hateful rhetoric. Far-right extremists count on YOU to spread their messages for them. Here's a thread of resources.
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
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people who peddle the “x is a distraction from y” thinking are trying to scold you into focusing on y when all they need to do is just continue being focused on y so you have a reliable resource for that info as you explore x.
also it’s often a pipeline for very conspiratorial nonsense. skip it!
also it’s often a pipeline for very conspiratorial nonsense. skip it!
January 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
people who peddle the “x is a distraction from y” thinking are trying to scold you into focusing on y when all they need to do is just continue being focused on y so you have a reliable resource for that info as you explore x.
also it’s often a pipeline for very conspiratorial nonsense. skip it!
also it’s often a pipeline for very conspiratorial nonsense. skip it!