@govpritzker.illinois.gov's take on Kirk is the correct one: "Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it." On point. So glad Democrats are saying this.

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

"Rosemary Brosnan and Cynthia Leitich Smith at HarperCollins/Heartdrum have acquired MEDICINE WHEELS, a YA contemporary novel by Byron Graves (REZ BALL), set on the Red Lake Reservation...Bryce discovers skateboarding as a way to get through a world that is continually turned upside-down." #BookSky

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

RFK lied to my face. He said he hadn’t fired any scientists. RFK has fired over 3,000 scientists from HHS. It’s shameful. He must resign.

This is a great piece about how important it is to refute Trump's "emergency" narrative. He justifies a hell of a lot of unconstitutional orders on the basis of "emergencies" that don't exist. Violent crime is at historic lows and immigrants commit crime at lower rates than citizens.

Perfection.

This enormously pernicious and no one should still be on Substack - not just because of the Nazis, but for sheer practical business reasons.

All of our children deserve a “homeplace” (bell hooks). Maybe it’s at home, or a friend’s house, but it could also be our classrooms. libcom.org/article/home...

To Donald Trump and his administration: If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.

He’s wrong about everything, and thinks he’s right about everything. Hard to tell which is worse. The war will end when Russia decides no longer to fight. The US could make that happen with a few simple policies. Instead the Trump administration offers ridiculous analysis and pathetic excuses.

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Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year. Y'all this isn't sustainable.

Who’s next!? Look below.

In case there’s any doubt whatsoever of where this is heading.

If you have 30 minutes, I strongly recommend listening to my conversation with Professor Omer Bartov on why we must use the word genocide to describe Israel's actions. I hope Democratic leaders can listen to one of the most prominent experts on the issue. thelefthook.substack.com/p/why-its-ne...

How a group of Michigan parents fought back against right-wing activists in their school district | The New Republic

Washington Post: There is no literacy crisis in the U.S. Here’s what’s really happening radicalscholarship.com/2025/07/28/w...

Executing a few different strategies can foster supportive, empowering environments for teachers. @larryferlazzo.bsky.social

Educators, this is THE book we need right now. We teachers have the power to help our young ones turn into amazing leaders f tomorrow. This book will help us be the teachers they need. 📚❤️ Thank you @sjeducate.bsky.social @crystalmwatson.bsky.social #Edusky #Booksky #Books

Attacking culture. Erasing history. Authoritarianism is here. Organize. Not just online. In person. Silence is complicity. www.huffpost.com/entry/smiths...

Washington Post: There is no literacy crisis in the U.S. Here’s what’s really happening radicalscholarship.com/2025/07/28/w...

Stop what you're doing and listen to this warning from @marcelias.bsky.social about the real reason for Trump's National Guard deployment in DC.

My philosophy for getting students writing is that writing needs to be a desirable alternative to outsourcing to the automated syntax generation machine. There's lots of hurdles to clear, but the start is to convey that writing is about more than words. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...

Fun fact: even as UCLA is being extorted for $1B by a fascist government, its administration is requiring all faculty to install a “security” program that surveils everything we do and shares that information with the federal government.

The most frequently taught books in modern-day classrooms have barely changed in the past 35 years. 📚💙

An important read for all educators. Thank you @nrooks.bsky.social

“The scientific community can and must challenge pseudoscientific justifications for hate, racism and bias.” Thank you @medpage @gfriedman for inviting me to comment on the viral TikTok I made on eugenics and the American Eagle Jean campaign. www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/....

If the Justice Department wants to learn the names of Jeffrey Epstein's clients, they should be asking the girls who were victims, not Ghislaine Maxwell.

Then DO SOMETHING

Capitulation. Capitulation is one of many problems, especially in congress. We, the people, but fight back.

This regime told us what they would do when they took power. They’re doing it. Find your people. Organize.

Oh by the way, don’t forget you can ask your library to order nearly any book you want to read but don’t want to buy. And as authors we love libraries buying our books & readers being able to access them through libraries.

What we suspected about the treatment of immigrant detainees who are women is true & coming to light. PS Please save your comparisons to a certain fictitious book centered on White women. This is real—& has happened to Black women throughout history. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-de...

always good to see voters reject corrupt politicians' bids to divide and scapegoat www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamda...

The only way to respond to a bully is to stand up and say no. Sometimes with our words, songs and jokes. Sometimes with our actions, protests and solidarity. And sometimes, yes, by punching back. These are the only effective tools. Appeasement, cowering and grovelling have never, ever worked.

This is just Trump stealing another $1 billion. Call it out for what it is. This is why Trump classified the amount it's costing to refurbish the Qatar jet. Would love to see the interview of Jerome Powell asking Trump about the cost to the tax payers to renovate his new Lolita Express.

Given ICE brutality, it's unusual to get video evidence of how they operate. But here's chilling documentation that shows the indiscriminate and violent approach that ICE takes to arrests - here, including a US citizen: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is the school @colsonwhitehead.com's phenomenal Nickel Boys is based on and the trauma and abuse so well illuminated in that story, both in writing and on film, has ripples that are rocking individuals, families, and communities even today. Abuse is a societally shared trauma

“Lots of cheating can been avoided by daylight and surveillance.” Truth! That’s why I love the workshop model.

Once again, CBP's monthly border arrivals update did not include the total number of people deported from US, as it used to up to January 2025 DHS' statistics office also has not updated its deportation stats since 1/16/25 www.cbp.gov/newsroom/nat...

Three Wins Today (July 20, 2025) 1. Wed, 7/9 - @demgovs.org reserved an ad buy in NJ of over $20m in advance of the Nov gubinatorial election. 2. Mon, 7/14 - DE Governor @mattmeyerde.bsky.social signed four bills into law that help protect the DE immigrant community. 1/2

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NEW: The WSJ article is out. Here is a gift link. www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert tells studio audience CBS is canceling 'The Late Show,' to end in May 2026.

Breonna Taylor should be alive today. She was shot and killed while sleeping when officers fired into her home. By seeking a one-day sentence for her murder, Trump's DOJ is sending a cruel and disrespectful message: that they don't value her life or that of her loved ones.