Liz Renner (she/her)
@rennerfornebraska.bsky.social
📝 Member NE State Board of Education, District 4
📍Views expressed are my own and do not reflect the views or positions of the Board.
👉🏻“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.” - Alice Walker
📍Views expressed are my own and do not reflect the views or positions of the Board.
👉🏻“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.” - Alice Walker
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For folks not in DC:
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
August 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
For folks not in DC:
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
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"Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here, nor needed here."
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to President Trump's threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to President Trump's threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago.
August 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here, nor needed here."
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to President Trump's threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to President Trump's threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago.
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Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
August 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
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✨ Small acts of defiance, big waves of change. History shows that simple acts of noncompliance can ignite movements and reshape society. #50501movement
August 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
✨ Small acts of defiance, big waves of change. History shows that simple acts of noncompliance can ignite movements and reshape society. #50501movement
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Just me & fellow Nebraska State Board of Education members discussing how Marxism hasn’t infiltrated our public schools. Give it a listen!
#ilovepublicschools
#ilovepublicschools
Spilling Tea With State Board Of Education Members Deborah, Kristin, Liz & Maggie
Podcast Episode · Swing Left Nebraska · 08/24/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Just me & fellow Nebraska State Board of Education members discussing how Marxism hasn’t infiltrated our public schools. Give it a listen!
#ilovepublicschools
#ilovepublicschools
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"Any time while I was a slave, if one minute’s freedom had been offered to me, & I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it — just to stand one minute on God’s airth a free woman. . ." —Elizabeth (Mumbet) Freeman #tdih 1781 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...
Aug. 22, 1781: Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman Secures Her Freedom
Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman won her freedom after she got an attorney and filed a “freedom suit” under the 1780 State Constitution for Massachusetts.
www.zinnedproject.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"Any time while I was a slave, if one minute’s freedom had been offered to me, & I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it — just to stand one minute on God’s airth a free woman. . ." —Elizabeth (Mumbet) Freeman #tdih 1781 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...
(I now see there was news while I was away.)
August 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
(I now see there was news while I was away.)
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Reposted by Liz Renner (she/her)
If random men in masks claiming to be ICE agents try to grab me, and they’re *not* really ICE, I have the legal right to defend myself against them, yes? And if they are ICE, I don’t?
So how am I supposed to tell the difference? I’m supposed to give my masked kidnappers the benefit of the doubt??
So how am I supposed to tell the difference? I’m supposed to give my masked kidnappers the benefit of the doubt??
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
June 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If random men in masks claiming to be ICE agents try to grab me, and they’re *not* really ICE, I have the legal right to defend myself against them, yes? And if they are ICE, I don’t?
So how am I supposed to tell the difference? I’m supposed to give my masked kidnappers the benefit of the doubt??
So how am I supposed to tell the difference? I’m supposed to give my masked kidnappers the benefit of the doubt??
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This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
June 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
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Sneak peak at all of America tomorrow for “No Kings Day” 🍊🦅🇺🇸
June 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sneak peak at all of America tomorrow for “No Kings Day” 🍊🦅🇺🇸
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The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
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Their reward for serving their country is being punished for being punished for who they are by people who have never spent a day in public service, even if they are now in the government bsky.app/profile/eric...
A transgender soldier who’s being pushed out of Army checked herself into hospital for suicidal thoughts.
She arrived and found other suicidal transgender soldiers there too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
She arrived and found other suicidal transgender soldiers there too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
June 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Their reward for serving their country is being punished for being punished for who they are by people who have never spent a day in public service, even if they are now in the government bsky.app/profile/eric...
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The Olympic gymnast put the ex-college swimmer on blast over the reason behind her campaign against transgender women in sports.
Simone Biles Slams Riley Gaines' 'Truly Sick' Anti-Trans Talk: 'Straight Up Sore Loser!'
The Olympic gymnast put the ex-college swimmer on blast over the reason behind her campaign against transgender women in sports.
www.huffpost.com
June 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The Olympic gymnast put the ex-college swimmer on blast over the reason behind her campaign against transgender women in sports.
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Reposted by Liz Renner (she/her)
“This bill would introduce the most significant & costliest new federal ed program in decades. It has virtually no quality-control measures, transparency provisions, protections against discrimination, or evidence to suggest that it’s likely to improve ed outcomes.”
A+ Jon Valant ECCA explainer
A+ Jon Valant ECCA explainer
The Educational Choice for Children Act opens the door to waste, fraud, and abuse
Jon Valant examines how the proposed federal tax-credit scholarship program can be plagued by fraud and discriminatory practices.
www.brookings.edu
May 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
“This bill would introduce the most significant & costliest new federal ed program in decades. It has virtually no quality-control measures, transparency provisions, protections against discrimination, or evidence to suggest that it’s likely to improve ed outcomes.”
A+ Jon Valant ECCA explainer
A+ Jon Valant ECCA explainer
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There's an easy fix for this.
Start a nationwide project using AI to identify the people snarling in the background of all those old civil rights photos.
Problem solved.
Start a nationwide project using AI to identify the people snarling in the background of all those old civil rights photos.
Problem solved.
May 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There's an easy fix for this.
Start a nationwide project using AI to identify the people snarling in the background of all those old civil rights photos.
Problem solved.
Start a nationwide project using AI to identify the people snarling in the background of all those old civil rights photos.
Problem solved.
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My advice for journalists covering education via @thenation.com: pay attention to re-ascendancy of race science on the right and Trump's education moves make much more sense www.thenation.com/article/soci...
May 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My advice for journalists covering education via @thenation.com: pay attention to re-ascendancy of race science on the right and Trump's education moves make much more sense www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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International students on America's campuses are some of the world's brightest, most motivated, and most extraordinary people on earth.*
They are one of the things that "makes America great" - they represent what makes America a singular and remarkable place.
*Except me, I got in by mistake
They are one of the things that "makes America great" - they represent what makes America a singular and remarkable place.
*Except me, I got in by mistake
May 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
International students on America's campuses are some of the world's brightest, most motivated, and most extraordinary people on earth.*
They are one of the things that "makes America great" - they represent what makes America a singular and remarkable place.
*Except me, I got in by mistake
They are one of the things that "makes America great" - they represent what makes America a singular and remarkable place.
*Except me, I got in by mistake
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With the SCOTUS deadlock in the St. Isidore charter case, the lower court ruling will stand. The separation between church and state has dodged a bullet, at least for today. So has the right of states to defend &maintain that separation in their school systems. www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n... 1/12
Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma
The court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place.
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
With the SCOTUS deadlock in the St. Isidore charter case, the lower court ruling will stand. The separation between church and state has dodged a bullet, at least for today. So has the right of states to defend &maintain that separation in their school systems. www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n... 1/12
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Federal judge blocks Trump’s Education Dept. shutdown, orders reinstatement of laid off staff
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/22/federal-judge-blocks-trump-plans-to-eliminate-education-department/
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/22/federal-judge-blocks-trump-plans-to-eliminate-education-department/
In scathing ruling, federal judge blocks Trump’s moves to dismantle Education Department
A federal judge said the Trump administration must reverse mass layoffs of Education Department staff from earlier this year. The judge also blocked a Trump executive order aiming to dismantle the agency. The administration has appealed the ruling.
www.chalkbeat.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Federal judge blocks Trump’s Education Dept. shutdown, orders reinstatement of laid off staff
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/22/federal-judge-blocks-trump-plans-to-eliminate-education-department/
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/22/federal-judge-blocks-trump-plans-to-eliminate-education-department/
Fascinating higher ed history 🎓
In 1229, some students at the University of Paris were beaten up by a local shopkeeper and some of his friends (over a disputed bar tab apparently). Students returned the next day and beat up the shopkeeper.
In response, the monarchy sent in mercenaries...
In response, the monarchy sent in mercenaries...
May 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Fascinating higher ed history 🎓