@teacherken
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Ken Bernstein also @teacherken at the former bird @ kenneth.bernstein.9 at Facebook. Retired Social Studies teacher, Quaker, very progressive, interested in music, int'l football, literature, environment & lots of other stuff. Reachable at gmail.
Hi. I currently have a Donors Choose project going on, the link for which is below. Today any donations are receiving matches from some generous donors. Would you please consider helping my students and our school? www.donorschoose.org/project/vide...
Video Cameras for National History Day Projects, a project from Mr. Bernstein
Help me give my students the technology they need to complete projects for National History Day competitions, which they will all have to do. They will use these video cameras to film their project...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hi. I currently have a Donors Choose project going on, the link for which is below. Today any donations are receiving matches from some generous donors. Would you please consider helping my students and our school? www.donorschoose.org/project/vide...
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New - “Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.”
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...
Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics
Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.
www.cnn.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
New - “Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.”
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...
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Nothing for California or North Carolina after natural disasters, instead Trump is sending money to a long-haired libertarian in Argentina who already blew through $20 billion from the IMF.
September 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Nothing for California or North Carolina after natural disasters, instead Trump is sending money to a long-haired libertarian in Argentina who already blew through $20 billion from the IMF.
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Peter Alexander: "What struck me was the looks on the faces of a lot of the American, delegation here. Caroline Leavitt, Steve Witkoff, who came into the room, then left quickly. Leavitt appeared to be a bit stressed out, anxious. Their eyes were wide, almost ashen at times."
August 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Peter Alexander: "What struck me was the looks on the faces of a lot of the American, delegation here. Caroline Leavitt, Steve Witkoff, who came into the room, then left quickly. Leavitt appeared to be a bit stressed out, anxious. Their eyes were wide, almost ashen at times."
Back in the Saddle Again www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Back in the saddle again
No, I am not a 19th Century woman. And perhaps my title is a bit misleading, because I am not going to riding an equine or any other 4 footed creature. But after a full year off, as a result of moving...
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July 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Back in the Saddle Again www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Like watching someone dunk Prometheus's flame in a lake.
Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
zurl.co
July 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Like watching someone dunk Prometheus's flame in a lake.
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waste, fraud and abuse
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
waste, fraud and abuse
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Oh shit. Congrats and all.
But how did I vote for an Antonio's eater?
But how did I vote for an Antonio's eater?
June 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Oh shit. Congrats and all.
But how did I vote for an Antonio's eater?
But how did I vote for an Antonio's eater?
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A reflection fueled by almost 8 decades on this planet. I invite you to read and to comment on this posting at Daily Kos:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Peace
A reflection fueled by almost 8 decades on this planet. I invite you to read and to comment on this posting at Daily Kos:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Peace
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It was May 23, 1946, in a New York City Hospital, that 30 year old Sylvia Livingston Bernstein gave birth to the 2nd and final child of her marriage to Louis Morton Bernstein, then 35. I am that child...
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May 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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A reflection fueled by almost 8 decades on this planet. I invite you to read and to comment on this posting at Daily Kos:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Peace
A reflection fueled by almost 8 decades on this planet. I invite you to read and to comment on this posting at Daily Kos:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Peace
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... a reflection inspired by reading about the past
Deja Vu all over again?
I have been reading a book titled Time On Two Crosses: The collected writings of Bayard Rustin, much of which covers events of which I was aware at the time, including the August 28, 1963 March for Jo...
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May 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... a reflection inspired by reading about the past
Trump actually already can serve a third term www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump actually already can serve a third term
and even a fourth and a fifth …. so could Clinton, Bush 43, and Obama. There are no limits on how many terms a President can serve Here are the relevant words from the 22nd Amendment, and note what I ...
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March 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Trump actually already can serve a third term www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
I can imagine folks in the White House having at least a cow right now, learning of this
JUST IN: Judge James Boasberg has been assigned to the Signalgate lawsuit.
March 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I can imagine folks in the White House having at least a cow right now, learning of this
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You really can’t script this. The same week the Trump admin invokes the state secrets privilege to deny Boasberg info, he is assigned the lawsuit over the Trump administration’s apparent carelessness with state secrets.
March 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
You really can’t script this. The same week the Trump admin invokes the state secrets privilege to deny Boasberg info, he is assigned the lawsuit over the Trump administration’s apparent carelessness with state secrets.
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Confirming, as was obvious from context already, that this wasn’t a one-off. They are routinely using Signal to evade statutory record retention requirements.
March 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Confirming, as was obvious from context already, that this wasn’t a one-off. They are routinely using Signal to evade statutory record retention requirements.
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NEW: Eric and Donald Trump Jr. are advisors and investors in Dominari Holdings, and Don Jr. is advisor/investor in affiliated Unusual Machines, both firms have ties to people linked to what the SEC described as a long-running $27 million stock fraud. My latest:
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Trump's family, Dominari Holdings and ties to alleged $25M fraud
Don Jr. and Eric Trump are advisors/investors in Dominari Holdings, a Trump Tower tenant with ties to people linked to an alleged $25M fraud.
newstracs.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
NEW: Eric and Donald Trump Jr. are advisors and investors in Dominari Holdings, and Don Jr. is advisor/investor in affiliated Unusual Machines, both firms have ties to people linked to what the SEC described as a long-running $27 million stock fraud. My latest:
newstracs.com/the-trump-fa...
newstracs.com/the-trump-fa...
So Schumer has screwed the pooch and 4 now bailed out Trump/Musk, BC of him rather than market continuing 2 go down now up >500 points. TSLA also up. Why? BC Wall Street would have viewed shutdown as disastrous for this administration.
March 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So Schumer has screwed the pooch and 4 now bailed out Trump/Musk, BC of him rather than market continuing 2 go down now up >500 points. TSLA also up. Why? BC Wall Street would have viewed shutdown as disastrous for this administration.
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DOGE now shutting down volcano monitoring stations in Alaska and Hawaii as examples of big government overreach www.notus.org/health-scien...
DOGE Is Trying to Shutter Crucial Volcano Observatory Facilities
The Trump administration plans to terminate leases for buildings that are used to monitor active volcanoes close to population centers. Reductions in force could make relocating these facilities even ...
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March 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
DOGE now shutting down volcano monitoring stations in Alaska and Hawaii as examples of big government overreach www.notus.org/health-scien...
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Story update: it looks like the DOGE boys have been canceling “enumeration at birth” contracts between SSA and states because they think it’s DEI.
I don’t see Maine’s on the “wall of receipt” but several other states are there. The contracts apparently mention demographics.
Suspect a DOGE goof.
I don’t see Maine’s on the “wall of receipt” but several other states are there. The contracts apparently mention demographics.
Suspect a DOGE goof.
March 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Story update: it looks like the DOGE boys have been canceling “enumeration at birth” contracts between SSA and states because they think it’s DEI.
I don’t see Maine’s on the “wall of receipt” but several other states are there. The contracts apparently mention demographics.
Suspect a DOGE goof.
I don’t see Maine’s on the “wall of receipt” but several other states are there. The contracts apparently mention demographics.
Suspect a DOGE goof.
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Alt text: "Someone needs to tell Elon musk that the hair transplant, the jawline surgery and a supplemental testosterone he has [obviously used] are all examples of gender affirming care."
#philsky #academicsky #edusky
#philsky #academicsky #edusky
February 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Alt text: "Someone needs to tell Elon musk that the hair transplant, the jawline surgery and a supplemental testosterone he has [obviously used] are all examples of gender affirming care."
#philsky #academicsky #edusky
#philsky #academicsky #edusky