1st presidency - withdraws US from Iran nuclear deal; reinstates sanctions; Iran says “fuck it then.” 2nd presidency - bombs Iran for saying “fuck it then.”

Surprised more folks aren't pointing out that either Netanyahu deliberately started a war he *literally didn't have the resources to finish* and just *wished on a star* that Trump would bail him out or that's *fully insane* and the fact that he started the war means he already knew Trump would help

I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.

Frederick the Friend

As a teacher of rhetoric, I frequently use commencement speeches in the classroom to not only analyze but uplift. Steve Jobs. Toni Morrison. David Foster Wallace. This one is so not those ones.

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Macron shook one hand.

DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance. Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.

Wow!!!!

Pause for a poem. It’s poetry month.

These aren't tariffs. They are a horse's head in the bed of (almost) every world government and business leader.

Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

Republicans have controlled the Supreme Court since before I’ve was born and conservatives have generally dominated the judiciary since Reagan, yet the “liberal” legal academy has been corrupting the judiciary the entire time? Delusional stuff. They’re just mad that law exists at all.

CRAWFORD: “Wisconsin stood up and said justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale.”

My favorite Senator Cory Booker story has always been when he saved a dog in the freezing weather after he read a tweet from a reporter about it. That changed today. My man has long had heart, tho ✊🏼❤️

Yasssss he is

I changed my lessons today to give a brief history re: filibuster before students watched a bit of live feed from @booker.senate.gov then a discussion - last block we were just in time to hear him read Rose’s “The Unknown Soldier.” My students were amazed. So am I. It was beautiful. ✊🏼❤️

Senate floor is the people’s floor; the press is the people’s press. This deserves coverage. Watching live in the corner of my screen. Speak on, Senator. ✊🏼

Absolutely. “Triggered” is not used lightly here.

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Happy Caturday. Trying to match Frederick’s energy on this Saturday and take a beat. #Caturday #catsky

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“What we’re deciding is … illegal activity essentially” is one helluva fascist slip.

The fuck?

Saddam Hussein said something similar about Kuwait in 1991. Vladimir Putin said something similar about Ukraine in 2022. Presidential desires for territorial expansion... only this time its the US President.

A reminder of what war planning and sitreps looked like in a legitimate Presidential administration. It was done in an actual secure space with competent leaders.

“If America hasn’t broken your heart, you don’t love her enough, you probably don’t love her enough.” ~ Sen. Cory Booker. Whew this shit hurts, y’all.

"Creating a ruckus" is his euphemism for wrote an op-ed in a newspaper. The Constitution protects all people under U.S. jurisdiction (not just citizens) from government actions penalizing them for speech, use of the free press, or peaceful assembly.

I mean absolutely no kings, but this queen right here…

Fuck. Yes. Treat it like the clown show that it is.

First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime. Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide. Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.

Shout out to Himes for answering an asinine question instead of just turning around and banging is head into the wall behind him. (How were American lives put at risk?!)

“They don’t deserve it” sounds an awful lot like going from all men are created equally to three-fifths compromise type shit: Hypocrisy…only humans when we have something to gain from their humanity and even then, not really.

BENNET: Did you know that the president's Middle East adviser was in Moscow on this thread while you were as director of the CIA participating in this thread? Were you aware of that?! RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that BENNET: It's am embarrassment

Spots available to people who repost. If you "follow all," you will be connecting with people who say this bullshit cannot stand. Fact: no German citizens in the 1930s ever connected with each other online. Many had no idea what was happening or how to fight it. We do. go.bsky.app/8TbHM9N

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @MatttDavies)

When I am teaching I am not tapped in to the days’ happenings and then I get to that spot in the evening where I check in on the days fuckery and…whew. RESIGN.

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Woke up this morning to an affirming email from a parent. I teach AP so do have more curriculum control but some days the last bell rings, and I wait. Know the educators in your community who resist the administration’s directive to censor history and support them; drop a note.

When I am feeling low, all I have to do is study my cat and my courage returns. ~ Charles Bukowski

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Exactly. This comes as no surprise. Where the fuck are the Dems?

“This is not a partisan issue. This is a question of law…Of constitutional law and whether the president must abide it like everyone else.”

I mean, I knew this already but to see the numbers…

“Pardoned patriots” - I suppose this sets precedence and the storming and rooting of our People’s House is acceptable?

I asked my students to write about what they believed to be the most pressing issue. Students wrote about fear/ignorance, lack of empathy, erasure of history, human/civil rights, the economy…and the impact of said shit on their mental health. They’re listening; they’re scared. Let’s fight for ‘em. ✊🏼