Read this @stevevladeck.bsky.social post on how today’s order looks really bad when compared w the Court’s handling of Biden‘s student-loan relief

The saga of the NYT's anti-Mamdani story taken from notorious white supremacist Jordan Lasker (they call him an "academic") gets even more amazing: Lasker's only impactful paper, which claimed white people are smarter, is infamous: it misused data so badly it got his tenured co-author fired. 2/

Can confirm this email is authentic — and about nothing in it is true. Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that. It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.

This week we return to @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social and @robgreeneii.bsky.social to talk about the role of mythmaking in the construction of an American national identity. THE PATRIOT drops NOW on Reckoning with Jason Herbert podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Justice Jackson taking on Gorsuch's "pure textualism" and arguing for a more holistic reading of Congress' handiwork—worth reading in full. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

DOJ under Trump is dismantling guardrails designed to stop political interference in criminal investigations involving politicians, federal judges and other public figures. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

President Trump's new pardon attorney, Ed Martin, described the men convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Whitmer as "victims just like January 6" and said that "on the pardon front, we can't leave these guys behind." www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Connection between internal efficacy and presidential approval ratings. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Can you imagine what a district IT person would say if an employee accepted a maxed out and incredibly valuable laptop with preloaded software from a private community member, conducted district business on it, then it became personal property of the employee after a few years?

The corruption here isn’t even my biggest concern. The security risk!?! The security risk is astronomical and totally unfixable. Listening devices? Tracking devices!? Software backdoors!? Intentional AND unintentional!? Unmeasurable risk.

“No big deal”

When you see someone in an institution and with agency actively missing the moment in real time.

Remove a letter, ruin a movie The Hunt for Ed October.

BREAKING: Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, issues a TRO blocking the Trump administration from "dissolv[ing]" the Institute of Museum and Library Services, placing any more employees on administrative leave, or terminating any grants in the coming days.

This week Historians At The Movies talks about Pope Francis and the history of the papacy. Join us on Prime Video at 8pm Eastern this Sunday, April 27 for CONCLAVE. Keep us growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!

I had a great time speaking with students at Barrington High School this week! These talented students demonstrated a great passion for civics and public service, and I know they all have bright futures ahead of them.

No one (except corporations) benefit from more Salmonella. 10 million food poisonings a year from it. www.cbsnews.com/news/usda-wi...

Glad to see @rwerenka.bsky.social doing the @cspanwj.bsky.social #Cram4TheExam on Saturday, 5/3 at 9 am EST (that’s 8 am for us IL folks!). Hope all my #apgov students set those alarms! Check out all the CSPAN Classroom resources for Gov here: sites.google.com/view/c-spanc...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

Here's Justice Alito's dissent to the order preventing the summary removals without due process of scores of Venezuelans to a terrorist prison from which there appears to be no mechanism for return. He cites procedural irregularities. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Think of an AP US Gov class where instead of a big test, AP would set a big theme in May for the next school year and teachers would design a course that would allow students to complete a rigorous and differentiated portfolio that demonstrates learning on the theme.

If you’re a school leader or teacher that mocks readers, hand in your letter today.

Now, I have school leaders asking me why they should pay for books when AI does everything for students anyway + that the jobs they'll have will probably be all AI. Reading is so 20th Century, they say. This is what happens when you skillify + standards align + science of an entire discipline.

Thinking about all these college coaches winning one bracket game then jumping ship to another school. What if teachers did that? What if districts actively recruited other schools’ teachers?

The Wilson Center — gone. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...

I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.

As a teacher that talks a lot (even for a social studies teacher), talking 25 hours is damn near superhuman, regardless of the content.

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

And they knew the *absolute shit* out of it! I’ve always found it ironic that folks advocating for scripted curricula frequently cite research on prior knowledge & expertise. Have they considered that de-skilled Ts without disciplinary & pedagogical knowledge might be worse at delivering lessons? 🫠

This is a good article for #apgov teachers but it also brings up something - I think we’re running out of cases for the SCOTUS FRQ. The ones that a hs student could reasonably be expected to work with are all gone, so how much of 2L work can AP expect kids to do? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...

Real strong “a man we can work with” sentiments here. What a roll over.

Earlier payments were for registering but this is for voting. A clear violation of the state’s election bribery law.

No one is helped by an empty stomach. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/03...

Yikes on bikes www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

I know this is an obvious point to make, but the fact that the General Attorney is so openly committed to going after Trump's enemies and shielding his supporters, that the Justice Department is being mobilized so explicitly and aggressively as an instrument of the regime, is really bad.

Freedom of speech and the right of due process - unless you "create a ruckus," then you'll be disappeared by masked agents of the state. Fundamental constitutional protections - officially suspended for foreign nationals. They'll remain in place for US citizens until the regime decides otherwise.

Not that you need a reason but this interview makes you never want to hear another word from college board ever again. He starts by insulting high school teachers and then just keeps digging. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

I know a teacher (from not my district) that got worse punishment that this for emailing the staff saying he was moving out of state and selling his car and would anyone be interested.

Same three steps over and over again: 1.) I don’t know 2.) Attack source 3.) Put onus on questioner

In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

My quick @economist.com preview of a big voting rights case at SCOTUS this morning

The grenades/fire bombs they throw are very reminiscent of the "magic" that the Persians use in 300, obv by the same director. #HATM

Folks the music coming up in this scene could not be better suited. I was leery about having Tom Holkenborg (aka JunkieXL) do the score for this but no one else could have written better score to this chase scene. #HATM

Maybe it's just me but @jakeh1565.bsky.social that looked a lot like Mel Gibson's Lethal Weapon Beretta P92 Max just pulled out from under the dash when Furiosa went to do the kill switches? #HATM

The spanner into a shank...everything in this universe is a weapon. #HATM

Good thing that shotgun misfires. They're going to need that hand later...#HATM

The storm here reminds me a lot of the storm at the beginning of The Martian. #HATM

The sound design as the camera flies over the Citadel convoy guitar guy, fading in as you come up from behind, then louder overhead, then absent as you get in front of it. Masterwork. #HATM

As a model-maker I am *desperate* for a kit maker to release a series of models from this universe! #HATM