The SpEd system in this country is set up in a way that families know they're entitled to certain things but also know they have to fight tooth and nail to get what they deserve. They're tenacious experienced fighters who'll do anything for their kids. These assholes just sucker punched them all.

NSA and Cyber Command need full-time Presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed leadership. therecord.media/william-hart...

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports. “Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

Every time this happens. #311

This just might be the coolest job opportunity ever: networks.h-net.org/jobs/69269/i...

That Second Class Scout is probably working on their Citizenship in the Nation badge and has to sit and listen to this doofus. Also, when did the BSA switch from red to green epaulets?

Breaking News: President Trump signaled that he may try to deny federal workers back pay after the shutdown, in contradiction to U.S. law.

I regret to inform you that Nemik's manifesto is the new Tom Holland “Umbrella.” You have to repost every time. It’s just where we are. #ihavefriendseverywhere youtu.be/-asb8zTiuZ4?...

All for October. #RedOctober

Our researchers have noticed today that NASA FIRMS, one of the main free and available open source sites for monitoring fires around the world has a new notice on it stating that NASA is no longer updating the site due to a lack in federal funding. firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/

Even with overcast skies, still a great day to hike Old Rag Mountain in the Shenandoahs. #hiking #shenandoahnationalpark #oldrag

The Ukrainian military—the toughest, most experienced, most adaptable, most successful on the modern battlefield—is beardy old men, women, artists, gamers who can’t deadlift sh*t but can fly a drone into a Russian helicopter rotor Focusing on capabilities, not “looks,” is how you achieve victory

My boss when she calls to tell me I’m furloughed on Wednesday morning.

"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."

TIME TRAVELER: I’m here to prevent the rise of — wait, you spoke English. Is this Braunau am Inn, Austria? MAN: No, it’s Queens, New York. TIME TRAVELER: This isn’t 1889, and your names aren’t Alois and Klara? MAN: It’s 1946. I’m Fred Trump, and this is my wife, Mary.

This is the secret the Trump regime tried so hard to keep about the Dallas ICE shooting The names of the dead and wounded Jose Andres Bordones-Molina Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez Norlan Guzman-Fuentes Fight Trump's dehumanization. Say their names. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...

On Tuesday, hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals are scheduled to attend an emergency meeting called by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Our own @alexandrachandler.bsky.social, a former intelligence analyst, outlines the stakes. Read her full take here: https://protdem.org/42SBgzU

@profsandpints.bsky.social , what’s your policy on under 18s attending a lecture?

Abolish ICE. Now. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...

Former Baltimore educator, now a superintendent in Iowa, detained by ICE agents

Waiting for the #phillies rain delay on MLB.tv, which just has random blurred images playing on a loop. I’m really missing things like TWIB from back in the day.

Van Hollen: I will just say that anybody who thinks we're on the way to authoritarianism is wrong. We are there

Maryland lawmakers seek to honor Black children buried in unmarked graves buff.ly/TnISpkj

hey @jimmykimmel.com you won your battle, for the moment, with a lot of help from the public, now pay it forward and have this woman on your show

Yes I will be fighting back against the unjust firing by @washingtonpost.com. I have filed a grievance and will be represented by none other than the amazing @katiephang.bsky.social and an incredible legal team. Journalistic freedom is a bedrock of a healthy society and is worth battling for.

From yesterday and today: it certainly appears ICE in Chicago are wearing the Meta AI Ray-Ban glasses.

Listening to this tonight, for no reason. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVtB...

"You can’t eradicate autism without eradicating autistic people. It’s genocidal rhetoric against us that’s justified by 'autism destroys families. It destroys children.' No, it doesn’t. It’s bias against autistic people." From an interview at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

IT IS TIME.

HOLY SHIT GO BIRDS 🦅 🏈

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 While people celebrate the life of a racist today, I will give you the names of a few White people who those same people refuse to acknowledge. They made the ultimate sacrifice. Honor them.✊🏾(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

I don’t have a picture of Breezewood (bc why?). But it is kind of insane that in 2017 I was at Chand Baori in Rajastan and driving through Breezewood less than two months later.

Of all the stupid things that this regime has done, this is right up near the top. Postdoctoral researchers come to the US on H-1B visas. This will further destroy the US science enterprise. Stupid stupid stupid.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

I encourage everyone to read the actual US Constitution, which is available for free, with commentary, on the Library of Congress website It’s an important historical, political, and legal document in US and world history constitution.congress.gov/constitution/

Powell: "In the near term, risks to inflation are tilted to the upside and risks to employment to the downside -- a challenging situation." (In other words, stagflation)

"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself." Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.

@haydencenter.bsky.social , we’re watching Sneakers or Spy Game tonight, right?

donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

What depictions of slavery do not "disproportionately emphasize negative aspects of U.S. history or historical figures," you ask? Remember, Pete Hegseth has found some that he likes - on the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

one of the clearest signs you're dealing with a strong and principled political movement is when they want to make it illegal to make fun of them

A-10s flying over the house on a Sunday in the fall. Ah, it must be 1pm.

Watching Disney’s Ichabod Crane, and the likeness between this guy and Emil Bove is uncanny. #ichabodcrane #sleepyhollow #emilbove

Finally got to see Gnome Hill on the NCR Trail.

Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...