Over US$1 billion spent on European anti-gender initiatives

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Matt Wuerker from Politico: all you need to know about the mega bill.

Searching for "Slavery", "racism" "Human Rights" no longer returns any results under 'resources for educators'
on the web site of the Nat'l Museum of American Diplomacy.

Trump administration's "pure white" rewriting of American History is in full swing.
Website of the National Museum of American Diplomacy has deleted all materials for teachers, and has deleted all mention of any diplomatic efforts by people of color.

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Who knew gutting America's security could be so much fun?

Elon Musk and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laugh at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025 in this screengrab obtained from a video. REUTERS/Idrees Ali

this is shameful
the "Living with HIV" page on the CDC

Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish satirical cartoon of Bezos and Trump

The ‘Mississippi Appendectomy’ was the medical practice that provided involuntary sterilization to poor, black, women who were deemed unfit to reproduce. These practices were not limited to Mississippi. An estimated 100,000 to 150,000 poor people were sterilized annually

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Such comprehensive coverage

Louisiana currently is tied with DC for the highest rate of flu in the U.S. In 2022 alone, flu killed 586 people in Louisiana.

Sometimes, some bits of history are worth repeating. The country was founded on rejecting Kings and the need for an Aristocracy, and the same is true today.

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neither do I

December 10, 2024
Today is Human Rights Day,
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Really important article for those who teach:

"Paper-based reading yields better comprehension outcomes than digital-based reading."

Don't throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Letters from an American:
"when Donald Trump ran for the presidency this year, he “wasn’t running to do anything. He was running to stay out of jail. The rest he doesn’t care about.”"

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I love the current form of Thanksgiving: a time to celebrate and give thanks for family and friends.

Honoring that good intention does not mean I must ignore history.

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A much more visually honest way to show the 2024 election results. No mandate, just a very, very slim majority.

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