@sanders.senate.gov Issues Report Criticizing Federal School Voucher Program www.forbes.com/sites... @palan57.bsky.social in @forbes.com ‪ @dianeravitch.bsky.social @delauro.house.gov @usrepkathycastor.bsky.social @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social

Arresting journalists. Fatally shooting protestors. Turning the military on citizens. Attempting to rig elections. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners. Decide. Who are you?

Some examples of folks sharing the truth related to schools, society, and what we see going on in the streets of Minneapolis. open.substack.com/pub/jwalcott...

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

The blanket day one pardons of Jan 6 convictions are *the foundation* of all of the lawlessness and political violence that has followed, and in a healthy democracy would have led to immediate impeachment and removal from office.

Not a wasted word. A must read for all of us: "If the American Experiment dies, it will be because we didn’t stop the immorality of a white supremacy that calls Somali refugees “garbage” and a patriarchy that mutters “f---ing bitch” as it murders a woman in ice-cold blood...."

Does the Trump regime's attempt to blame Renee Good for being murdered by an ICE agent sound familiar? snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...

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Of course by now we are all used to this - and that is part of the problem. Everyone should be alarmed! That there are still people who support this man as President is frightening.

here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"

What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.

Look folks - I get that talking about the history of racism and colonialism can be deeply uncomfortable. But do you know what’s way more uncomfortable than talking about the history of racism and colonialism? Enduring racism and colonialism. And it’s not even close.

The Trump Administration Is Quietly Preparing to Bring Back School Segregation prospect.org/2025/11...

I posted a montage of 19 clips last week of Trump making personal attacks against female reporters in just the last few months. Now we have #20.

@americanair.bsky.social I recognize flight delays are expected in air travel. But publishing false info should not be! Flying today and the board said “boarding soon” right up to the moment a 40 minute delay was announced. …..Then,

Curriculum Censorship and Book Banning open.substack.com/pub/jwalcott... Sharing some thoughts on how we respond to policies that threaten ednal equity. Grateful to include things learned from Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, Roberto and Lorena Germán, @imkcpodcast.bsky.social, @professorjvh.bsky.social .

It’s entirely possible that, just as John Paul II is remembered for standing up to authoritarian regimes in the East, Leo will be remembered for standing up to authoritarian threats in the West.

www.multiculturalclassroom.com/podcasts/our... I've learned from and am thrilled to share the work of Multicultural Classroom and Roberto and Lorena German. Thank you for the shout it in this episode. It was a thrill for me to meet Justin at my workshop and learn of his connection with you!

OPINION: Jesus preached that one of the two greatest commandments from God is to love one’s neighbor. Compare this to Kirk’s show of antagonizing transgender people, broadcasting anti-Blackness, stoking Islamophobia and more. religionnews.com/2025/10/14/k...

This billionaire is trolling hardworking educators—and making jokes about gutting supports for special needs kids.

"Whether you call it 'school choice' or vouchers, privatization of education socializes all of the costs of education, but it privatizes all the benefits." (Becky Glover). Great start to the article!

A call to engage open.substack.com/pub/jdsdemoc...

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A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach: Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone. … America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.

To insist that the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry “deserve those medals” is to frame the massacre at Wounded Knee as a moment of valor rather than atrocity. For Native communities, this declaration is not about honor, but erasure and cruelty that reopen and deepen a wound that has never healed.

The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops. Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.

The party of “family values” is attacking our kids.

One could say Trump has blown thru nation’s constitutional & political guardrails; more accurate assessment is both Congress and SCOTUS— who have rolled over and played dead when it comes to their constitutional duty to exert checks & balances — removed guardrails www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

We’ve said it repeatedly — the Trump assault on the Department of Education is an assault on kids with disabilities. This Ohio district is violating the clear letter of the IDEA but with the Dept of Ed eviscerated and the courts turning a blind eye, parents are on their own.

This is time-for-the-men-in-little-white-coats material. He is clinical

Why PragerU Doesn’t Belong in the White House open.substack.com/pub/jemartis...

Listening to @ibramxk.bsky.social on @revealnews.org. Clear statement of the battle we are in: "the battle is ... between equality and inequality ...between justice and injustice, between democracy and dictatorship. And we all have to figure out what side of that battle that we're going to be on."

Donald Trump talked a big game on the economy, promising a new “Golden Era.” But unemployment is up. Economic growth has slowed. Inflation is increasing. This is the ugly reality of Trump’s economy.

I took this picture of a quote by Erasmus of Rotterdam a couple of months ago. Unfortunately the accuracy of this statement is confirmed each day when observing Trump and his Republican enablers.

Another example of people in power in our country willingly supporting an administration that is sewing chaos and harm every day. This quote from "Racecraft" (Fields & Fields) seems really important: "Ultimately, the only check upon oppression is the strength and effectiveness of resistance to it."

Thank you @schoolfinance101.bsky.social for sharing - and for your commitment to our schools, and to honest research!

Since day one, the Trump administration has attacked public education, undermining both K-12 & higher education, and with it opportunity in America. This is another illegal usurpation of the authority of the Congress. Plus it directly harms the children in our nation. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The bill weaponizes working-class families’ reliance on debt to finance their college dreams with such intensity that not only will it push millions to the financial brink, it will push them out of higher education altogether. dianeravitch.net/2025/06/30/t...

Powerful start to the dissent in the case about opting out on LGBTQ+ topics in public schools. Someone gets it on the Court, but far too few.

I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...

Trump said you can measure a presidency by the wars you avoid, and for once he was right. Saturday's Iran bombing was the exclamation point on his abject failure Trump is copying dictators from Mussolini to Putin in seeking glory through pointless war. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dona...

Silencing Your Liberty: The De-Civil Rights Movement cloakinginequity.com/2025/06/19/s... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @marcelias.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @keithboykin.bsky.social

A tax credit proposal buried in the Big Beautiful Bill would create an unprecedented new tax shelter that could let billionaires save millions in taxes through donations to private school voucher funds, all paid for by the public. readsludge.com/2025/... #SchoolVoucherScam

“Every book that gets banned is another vocal cord being cut.” (A 15 year old speaker at the No Kings rally in Grand Rapids Michigan)