retired educational consultant, early childhood education nerd, and child development nerd. (the last two are probably the same thing...)
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"Not only can one person make a difference, but every person does make a difference... Everyone contributes to someone else’s experience, Like the prehistoric butterfly, your absence would be felt in unimaginable ways. You might not see your impact, but it’s definitely there." William Spivey
"Who would buy a token that has no meaningful purpose and cannot be resold? Initially, not many people did... In the meantime, Trump won the 2024 presidential election. Now, purchasing the tokens was a way to put cash directly in the pocket of the president-elect of the United States."
Last week marked a shift. Is it because governors from blue states, CDC staff, and Lisa Cook spoke out against the Trump regime? His rumored death drew mockery. Momentum is building, but we must keep fighting: rally, speak out, call your MoC, volunteer, and defend our freedoms because it’s working!
Just an astonishing, powerful op-ed that drives home what we are losing and what's already been lost. We are so incredibly fortunate to live with the advances modern medicine and health science. Destroying and stymieing it is just unforgivable. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
This. Anti-DEI is pure racism.
Pretty much was, though. Black women certainly didn't vote for him in any great numbers.
But, doesn't it matter that he controls the USPS, re: mail-in voting?
Yep, pretty much what happened...
"The posters and signs [on] school walls speak volumes. The enforced positivity - informing kids that structural barriers don't exist: All they need is perseverance and a dream. Nothing preserves the current arrangements of power more than messages that ignore the current arrangements of power."
Phenomenal! "Be careful of the stories on offer; test them for who they tell you you can be and we can be. Look for the liberatory ones, the ones that open doors and take you through the gates, not the ones that slam them." #WeAreAmerica
About that 'plan': Trump doesn't have a great track record of even paying his own bills; who'd trust him to actually pay Gazans anything even if it wasn't a ridiculous idea?
AND, @briantylercohen.bsky.social, don't believe what our mayor and others are saying about how 'crime is lower' since the deployment...check this out:
#wriringandbooks #speclist #Writingcommunity #Authors&writing Good morning, and behold this message from our sponsors:
I applaud your efforts..the only time I've ever purged like that is when I have to because I'm moving!
Where's the lie?
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
What is apophasis? OK, I'll take Greek Rhetorical Devices for 800
"Losing loudly!" Yes! Play the game, do the work, win or lose, but do it LOUDLY! Does it look performative? Maybe, but performance gets attention and makes a statement!
Important note: states have the power to override federal vaccine guidelines!
I started teaching just after 7/7 in a mainly Muslim school. At the time, Islamaphobia was running high. I remember asking a Yr8 girl how it affected her and the nonchalantly delivered answer still chills: “*shrugs* We get spat on more now, I guess” MORE. That’s what racism does. To young girls.
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
Hope this happens..watching..
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
Dear Americans, welcome to the thrilling game of ‘Did this dictator die or just disappear for a day?’ We’ve been playing it with Putin and Lukashenko for decades. Enjoy the suspense.
Question! "Over the next decade, they are projected to reduce additions to the electric grid by half compared to projections from before his cuts." Why cut them? Wouldn't 'additions to the grid' mean more dependence on fossil fuels like they want?
Sometimes you don't know whether to laugh or applaud this guy.. Rock on, Andy Borowitz! "I’ll admit that this idea was inspired by multiple episodes of The Brady Bunch but they were very educational." (FB comment from Andy)
...and if they DID create a body double for Trump, it would break the body double industry into pieces. (Just as it would if they tried to dupe you!)
"...the dog that caught the car." Thanks for sharing that! (And thank you, @thebulwark.com)
Instead of governing, "Trump and his cronies are simply declaring emergencies and then announcing policies they claim will address those emergencies. When their policies backfire or raise opposition, they claim they are being sabotaged by the deep state or that statistics are wrong."
Very important perspective from @dahlialithwick.bsky.social!
We dead.
On the right track!
Watching!
ATLANTA: “The city is opening a grocery store to clear up a downtown food desert… City leaders say the market will help those in the area who have not previously had easy access to healthy food.” (cc: everyone acting like @ZohranKMamdani is crazy🤔) www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
...in 'local' news:
Far-flung powers trying to exert authority over Boston haven't fared well historically
you mean "we're all going to die" wasn't polling well?
As you begin to read this, you might think it's just some random history....it's not! Chicano history is American history, and inspires us still! #WeAreAmerica
Well, now, this about sums it up...thanks, Bryan...
tinyurl.com/DCSituationalUpdate
Yes, the National Guard is only gardening here in DC. BUT in DC AND Maryland, ICE, along with Park Police, etc. is grabbing people of color out of their cars at checkpoints while waving white people through. AND ICE is busy all over DC stopping people. It's not all for show, friends!
He told her to go jump in a Lake.
..and others (Park Police, ICE, HNI, etc) in DC and Maryland are grabbing people of color out of their cars at checkpoints while cars with whites are waved on by. ICE is very busy here; it's scary... ...and it's not where law enforcement is needed. Listen to Betty!
Democrats are considering one, too, apparently...wonder what it's all about...??
Maybe. Probably easier just to provide funding for vaccines...doctors CAN prescribe and administer drugs off label, but insurance may not cover it.
I did promise that Republican states that capitulate to Trump's demands to illegally gerrymander their maps will be sued. And history shows I never bluff and usually win. I also said that there are only two types of GOP officials -- proud MAGA and scared MAGA. That is true.
'Rock bottom': Internet mocks Jeanine Pirro for 'failing to prosecute a ham sandwich'
So, if Trump et al can refuse to follow the law or the courts, etc., so can Cook and Monarez refuse to 'be fired'. Perhaps it's a trend! Make it so! #WeAreAmerica
I wonder if it also means doctors could give the shots at a free clinic???
The Florida government has signed contracts with at least $245 million of taxpayers' money for this this short-lived un-American photo-op cruelty.
Yes - and I wonder if Pirro will keep trying twice more like she did the first time, lol! (Though it doesn't reflect very well on my integrity, it would be fun to watch!)
Tried to pull a quote to represent this LFA so even more people would notice it. Had to give up...it's ALL important.. Just read it, please!
"The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer... Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated."
You have LOTS of experience talking to LOTS bigger audiences on YouTube - every time you and Heather are on, especially! Yes, it feels different in person, but your experience will rise to drive you!
“To accept Texas' arguments that it need only demonstrate ‘the potential for a breach of the peace,’ and that every flag burning necessarily possesses that potential, would be to eviscerate our holding in Brandenburg,” the majority wrote. “This we decline to do.” SCOTUS - Texas v. Johnson, 1989
He also cannot escape infirmity, and not just physical weakening; he also knows he's mentally losing it..most people do on some level. Rage follows. This is not a strategy! Fab thread!
This DJT history reminded me that objectification of human beings always leads to depravity, whether it's rape, slavery or fraud. (usually all 3, plus) Objectification also cannot coexist with democratic principles. Hence Project 2025, the Trump admin. & the tech bros. Thanks, William Spivey!
The White House (or Hassett, at bare minimum) appears to be conceding that Lisa Cook is still a Federal Reserve governor. She can’t take leave from a job if she doesn’t have it. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/t...
Read it and heed it! "while Trump may want to be a king, it is still up to us, as Americans, whether we treat him like one."
Enjoy!
To Pete Hegseth and all the white christian nationalists: #WeAreAmerica, and we won't let you take it away from us!
THIS Congress? Fat chance.
The new order being imposed on American industry doesn’t come from a vast authoritarian bureaucracy. It’s personal and arbitrary. A single so-called “strongman” is beginning to control everything. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/whatss-fascist-capitalism-and-which
Exactly! Came here to say this..sheesh!
I don't know about 'polite'! Did you ever see that Cocoa Puffs commercial with the crazy little bird jumping all over the place screaming, "Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs" over and over? Lol!
...and border security hasn't been in the news much lately!
Exactly! Distractions can be distractions and still be dangerous...
Huge!
If your government subscribes to the conservative belief that you deserve nothing, then nothing is what you will get. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
I'm with her!
These days, we're in opposite land - only MAGA thinks any presumption of regularity can apply. “Courts assume that the president and his administration act in good faith, that their actions are lawful, their statements truthful and their motivations honest. (Don’t laugh, this used to be true.)"
They didn't sign up for this! “It is insulting to their integrity and to the extraordinary sacrifices they make to serve in the guard, to use them as a political prop, where they could be put in situations where they will be at odds with their local communities, the ones that they seek to serve.”
Re: Trump's attempt to fire Lusa Cook, the first Black woman to serve as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors: The Federal Reserve Act of 1913, provides that he can only do so “for cause.” And:
"On every front, Trump is trying to take hold of power that belongs to others—to Congress, to the courts, to independent agencies like the Fed, most importantly, the power that belongs to us, the American people, the power to vote. It’s time for all of us to stand up." #WeAreAmerica
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
🚨BREAKING: 3rd Circuit REJECTS RNC motion to pause ruling requiring Pennsylvania counties to count undated/wrongly dated ballots. This means counties cannot reject undated and wrongly dated ballots while the case continues on appeal. Congrats to our clients DSCC and DCCC!
I'm with them!
We asked DHS for records — including texts — regarding the June deployment of the National Guard to LA. DHS told us it can no longer search for text messages. And that it hasn’t maintained that data since April. This is alarming and unlawful. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Between Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the DOJ official who tried to extort a plea out of him with threats of trafficking him to Uganda, there is someone who committed a crime. But that someone isn't Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Nope. For the first time in 30 years I'm afraid to 'use the parks and walk on the streets'. What law enforcement is doing in our neighborhoods and to my neighbors is as terrifying as the January 6th attack on the Capitol! #WeAreAmerica Get out of D.C.!
Go, Betty! "Hegseth is making civilian employees and military personnel attend prayers at work. Fortunately, there's an organization fighting for the Constitution & its mandated separation of church and state. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation, MRFF, takes Christian nationalists to court."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
An oral order was not sufficient for Drew Ensign on March 15.
Beyond glad to see this.. Watching:
..and this same 'point' applies to all of our own push-backs and protests, too, right? Symbolic action empowers others. We are not alone, people... #WeAreAmerica!
Yes, @hcrichardson.bsky.social. And, there's a big hole in most media coverage about his actions where THIS national emergency should be!
Relevant, indeed! I could almost swear it was written this week! And here's the gift link - the one below was updated: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
And, by "the impact of academic training", you mean like having multiple sources for everything and getting good at fact-checking? That academic training? Nope, that's still all there. Check out HCR's sources, sometime.
"Their writings seem liberal because they were always liberal people" is a way too tautological for me. No, I'm going with "professional historians are committed to the truth", which is actually evidence-based, just like their work!
