@sheilamack9.bsky.social
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Florida’s voucher audit is a warning: the state lost track of 30,000 students and hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars that should have supported public schools. Kids pay the price when there’s no oversight. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How Florida lost track of 30,000 students, a ‘cautionary tale’ for vouchers
The state’s auditor general found “a myriad of accountability problems” in the nation’s largest voucher program.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Florida’s voucher audit is a warning: the state lost track of 30,000 students and hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars that should have supported public schools. Kids pay the price when there’s no oversight. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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White House fires board that reviews presidential construction projects in Washington
White House fires board that reviews presidential construction projects in Washington
The move comes as the president plans to build a triumphal arch along the Potomac River, and a new ballroom on the White House grounds.
www.nbcnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
White House fires board that reviews presidential construction projects in Washington
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Hot here in DC, and people still gathering, but it’s a good crowd. Another 15-20 mins before the march is supposed to start. This, along with a Palestinian flag, is the biggest banner in the park.
September 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hot here in DC, and people still gathering, but it’s a good crowd. Another 15-20 mins before the march is supposed to start. This, along with a Palestinian flag, is the biggest banner in the park.
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Neguse: Only in Washington, D.C. could politicians come to the floor and brag about cutting $9 billion from rural radio stations while two weeks ago they voted to increase the deficit by $4 trillion. Spare us these lectures.
July 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Neguse: Only in Washington, D.C. could politicians come to the floor and brag about cutting $9 billion from rural radio stations while two weeks ago they voted to increase the deficit by $4 trillion. Spare us these lectures.
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum may sue the U.S. over immigration raids after a Mexican national died fleeing an ICE operation. “We are also looking at the possibility of reporting there because it is unacceptable. It is being reviewed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” she said.
July 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum may sue the U.S. over immigration raids after a Mexican national died fleeing an ICE operation. “We are also looking at the possibility of reporting there because it is unacceptable. It is being reviewed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” she said.
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Elon Musk has cut somewhere between 0% and 3% of what he promised—and most of what was cut was not waste or fraud or abuse, but simply expenditures Mr. Musk did not personally favor for partisan reasons.
DOGE is the biggest program failure in the history of American government.
DOGE is the biggest program failure in the history of American government.
April 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Elon Musk has cut somewhere between 0% and 3% of what he promised—and most of what was cut was not waste or fraud or abuse, but simply expenditures Mr. Musk did not personally favor for partisan reasons.
DOGE is the biggest program failure in the history of American government.
DOGE is the biggest program failure in the history of American government.
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Due to the freeze on credit card use, my laboratory (in the FDA) risks losing the contents of our liquid nitrogen tanks which store INVALUABLE samples-they cannot be replaced, so they are literally priceless, and reflect about 50 years worth of research.
February 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Due to the freeze on credit card use, my laboratory (in the FDA) risks losing the contents of our liquid nitrogen tanks which store INVALUABLE samples-they cannot be replaced, so they are literally priceless, and reflect about 50 years worth of research.
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US District Judge: Mass pardons “cannot whitewash the blood, feces, and terror that the mob left in its wake.” www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Federal judges in Jan. 6 cases slam Trump’s pardons
It's the judges' first substantive comments after Trump’s sweeping clemency and dismissals of the more than 1,500 Jan. 6 criminal cases
www.politico.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
US District Judge: Mass pardons “cannot whitewash the blood, feces, and terror that the mob left in its wake.” www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Wrong answer … cruel policies.
WELKER: Can you commit that California disaster relief won't have strings attached?
MIKE JOHNSON: No, I won't commit to that ... when state and local officials make foolish policy decisions that make the disaster exponentially worse, we need to factor that in.
MIKE JOHNSON: No, I won't commit to that ... when state and local officials make foolish policy decisions that make the disaster exponentially worse, we need to factor that in.
January 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Wrong answer … cruel policies.
Wow. Time for real transparency…maybe in 4 years. Sigh
"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.
fortune.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Wow. Time for real transparency…maybe in 4 years. Sigh
ALL about power and control, not care!
It was never about being “pro-life.”
It was always about controlling women.
It was always about controlling women.
Republicans are now blocking an effort to allow new mothers in Congress to vote remotely shortly after giving birth.
GOP Rep. Chip Roy says, “I don’t give a crap who you are or whether you just had a baby in the last six weeks.”
GOP Rep. Chip Roy says, “I don’t give a crap who you are or whether you just had a baby in the last six weeks.”
January 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
ALL about power and control, not care!
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If you perform at the Trump inauguration or at any related events you are endorsing him. Full stop. And it’s no more defensible than if you performed for Putin or Orban or in the 1930s for the German chancellor. You can dress it up all you want but that’s what it is.
January 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
If you perform at the Trump inauguration or at any related events you are endorsing him. Full stop. And it’s no more defensible than if you performed for Putin or Orban or in the 1930s for the German chancellor. You can dress it up all you want but that’s what it is.
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Just so everyone is clea
Los Angeles is under duress
Mexico sends help
Canada sends help
Ukraine sends help
Americans send help
Trump elect sends insults
Republicans send threats
MAGA sends conspiracies
MTG sends insanity
Who exactly loves America
Who exactly is the enemy of the people
Los Angeles is under duress
Mexico sends help
Canada sends help
Ukraine sends help
Americans send help
Trump elect sends insults
Republicans send threats
MAGA sends conspiracies
MTG sends insanity
Who exactly loves America
Who exactly is the enemy of the people
January 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Just so everyone is clea
Los Angeles is under duress
Mexico sends help
Canada sends help
Ukraine sends help
Americans send help
Trump elect sends insults
Republicans send threats
MAGA sends conspiracies
MTG sends insanity
Who exactly loves America
Who exactly is the enemy of the people
Los Angeles is under duress
Mexico sends help
Canada sends help
Ukraine sends help
Americans send help
Trump elect sends insults
Republicans send threats
MAGA sends conspiracies
MTG sends insanity
Who exactly loves America
Who exactly is the enemy of the people
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Gotta love ppl who work in book shops
January 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Gotta love ppl who work in book shops
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Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Homeland Security Department, chose not to deploy South Dakota's National Guard after historic flooding there last year. The move shocked residents after her earlier decisions to spend millions to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Kristi Noem Sent Troops to Border, but Not to Flood Victims in South Dakota
President-elect Donald J. Trump picked the South Dakota governor to head the Homeland Security Department, which includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Homeland Security Department, chose not to deploy South Dakota's National Guard after historic flooding there last year. The move shocked residents after her earlier decisions to spend millions to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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That Felony Guy makes zero sense and is only going to get worse.
January 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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This is getting old. The amount of purposely harmful disinformation is being spread like wildfire by MAGA regarding California and equipment being sent to first responders to fight #LAfires is absurd. Herewith, a statement from the Oregon State Fire Marshal:
#RESIST #Disinformation
#RESIST #Disinformation
January 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is getting old. The amount of purposely harmful disinformation is being spread like wildfire by MAGA regarding California and equipment being sent to first responders to fight #LAfires is absurd. Herewith, a statement from the Oregon State Fire Marshal:
#RESIST #Disinformation
#RESIST #Disinformation
Excellent alternative, act locally!
In the most poetically unjust coincidence in recent memory, Trump’s inauguration will be on MLK Day. We’re encouraging our groups across the country to use that holiday weekend to connect with their own communities in a day of service. 👇
Toolkit: Help Over Hate MLK Weekend of Service
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught us that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. As Trump and his allies prepare to attack our rights and divide our communities, we’re rising up with ac...
docs.google.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Excellent alternative, act locally!
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They want us to memory hole tearing down the American flag to fly Trump’s.
January 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Another excellent reason to stay away from McDonald’s. Leadership matters…be more like Costco!
McDonald's is retiring its goal for diversity in corporate leadership and shifting away from some diversity practices, citing a ‘shifting legal landscape’ in the United States in an open letter sent to employees and franchise owners reut.rs/3W3YVu4
McDonald's rolls back some diversity practices in head office
McDonald's is retiring its goal for diversity in corporate leadership and shifting away from some diversity practices, citing a "shifting legal landscape" in the United States in an open letter sent to employees and franchise owners.
reut.rs
January 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Another excellent reason to stay away from McDonald’s. Leadership matters…be more like Costco!
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Been saying this.
Trump won by only 1.4%—a 130,000-vote swing in 3 states and Harris is POTUS. The GOP kept the House by 7,000 votes in 3 districts. Democrats gained a House seat and kept Senate loses to a minimum against a terrible map.
Talk of a mandate was another Trump-Musk con media fell for.
Trump won by only 1.4%—a 130,000-vote swing in 3 states and Harris is POTUS. The GOP kept the House by 7,000 votes in 3 districts. Democrats gained a House seat and kept Senate loses to a minimum against a terrible map.
Talk of a mandate was another Trump-Musk con media fell for.
Maybe Democrats Didn’t Do So Badly After All
The party’s debate about reinventing itself after the election has gotten more complicated.
www.theatlantic.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Been saying this.
Trump won by only 1.4%—a 130,000-vote swing in 3 states and Harris is POTUS. The GOP kept the House by 7,000 votes in 3 districts. Democrats gained a House seat and kept Senate loses to a minimum against a terrible map.
Talk of a mandate was another Trump-Musk con media fell for.
Trump won by only 1.4%—a 130,000-vote swing in 3 states and Harris is POTUS. The GOP kept the House by 7,000 votes in 3 districts. Democrats gained a House seat and kept Senate loses to a minimum against a terrible map.
Talk of a mandate was another Trump-Musk con media fell for.
Worth a read. We cannot stop reporting the Thuth.
"If some of this looks to you like crossing the line from journalism into activism, you’re right. We cannot be neutral about this, by definition. A free press that doesn’t agitate for democracy is an oxymoron." - @glichfield.bsky.social
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...
The media becomes an activist for democracy
"We cannot be neutral about this, by definition. A free press that doesn't agitate for democracy is an oxymoron."
www.niemanlab.org
December 13, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Worth a read. We cannot stop reporting the Thuth.