Yep a good-faith critique of learning loss would lead to proposals for a massive, New Deal-scale investment in public education. The people pushing the narrative are doing precisely the opposite.
Yep a good-faith critique of learning loss would lead to proposals for a massive, New Deal-scale investment in public education. The people pushing the narrative are doing precisely the opposite.
* Trump Family Amasses $6 Billion Fortune After Crypto Launch @wsj.com
Remembering when the NYT went on a weeks-long bender covering a decades-old real estate deal the Clintons were involved in, in which they *lost money*.
wow
The pre-vaccine era was HELL for kids. We have already failed them on gun safety, we cannot fail them on the issue of vaccines. #VACCINES cause Adults!
Trump's BFF is running amok. "Russian obstruction and sabotage have expanded over continental Europe. Intelligence officials have tracked Russia’s covert efforts, including targeting undersea cables, warehouses and railways.'
By William Foege, William Roper, David Satcher, Jeffrey Koplan, Richard Besser, Tom Frieden, Anne Schuchat, Rochelle P. Walensky and Mandy K. Cohen 👇🏻
Nine former CDC directors basically said RFK Jr is a threat to public health.
Texas Blocks Law That Would Ban Gun Stores From Operating Inside Psych Wards http://theonion.com/texas-blocks-law-that-would-ban-gun-stores-from-operating-inside-psych-wards/
The funeral home had to sign an NDA -- Non-Decomposure Agreement.
Well, USA Today was never that great to start with....
I love Have I Got News for You. Devastating humor -- Roy and Amber Ruffin do not hold back much. I always wonder if anyone at CNN is watching. 😈And the guest mix is interesting.
I thought Waffle House was just a drunk tank with hash browns.
Ukraine needs to name its military bases after Vladimir Putin and his generals. by Pete Hegseth
Whether it’s Michelle Obama suggesting kids exercise instead of watching tv or RFK Jr. telling kids to drink raw milk instead of taking vaccines, both figures took a controversial approach to children’s health.
You know all those slasher-horror movies where they go in the haunted house or down the basement? And you scream, "OMG, how TF could they be so dumb!?" Yeah, well – that's America right now, with RFK jr as the head of HHS, including the CDC, NIH, etc. No good endings. Insane AF.
After Donald Trump nominated RFK Jr to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services, 75 Nobel Laureates and more than 17,000 doctors publicly urged the U.S. Senate to oppose Kennedy's confirmation. EVERY REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATOR EXCEPT FOR MITCH MCCONNELL ignored all the warnings and confirmed him.
There is so much fuqqery going on that I only just learned about this one. Tulsi Gabbard is a fool and corrupt AF. A whole MAGA troll/bot army turned out for the comments section. Who knew the WSJ was left-wing now? (Gift link.) www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Another "journalist" accepting the Republican framing. Crime is down in El Salvador, you wanna live there with no rights under Bukele?
As a retired former DHS U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Supervisory federal officer, my advice to other federal officers is this... "A badge is not a license to dehumanize."
The Constitution provides Congress the power to override a Presidential veto. They aren’t co equal on law passing. Congress is the superlative body.
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Why is the Draft Dodger-in-Chief trying to drag us into a war with Venezuela? The claim is that drug cartels are so out of control they’ve been designated an international terrorist organization, so we need to send warships. But we’re denying Venezuelan’s asylum claims who fled for their lives. 🤔
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
Brought to you by the same "humanitarians" who engineered the assassinations of starving people, including children, by deliberate mismangement of aid. Absolutely monstrous. And of course Jared is involved. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"Getting to the root cause of Trump’s ignorance, which appears to be as broad as it is deep, is complicated by his tireless mendacity."
Anna has had excellent coverage of this developing case in which the Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children.
He and Vought are always running the government. Like Mark Burnett ran The Apprentice. They're the twisted brains. Donald is merely the talent.
Ripping children from homes and families and sending them into danger is Stephen Miller's idea of a happy holiday.
Get well, Mr. Mayor. Whoever did this is dethpicable.
If Gavin Newsom can make fun of DJT, so can I. 8pm CT WWNO.org
Make no mistake, everything that’s happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media. Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are. Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
Trump isn’t just axing the Constitution. He’s axing something we all love. Watch. https://youtu.be/HS7IJaB5NDc?feature=shared
It's a good thing Trump isn't 50 years old or he'd try to stay in office long enough to pave over every national park not suitable for fossil fuel or mineral extraction.
"Nobody wants to be a cop [in DC]. They were abused. They were spit on." "When you when you say they were abused and spit on, I'm assuming you're talking about January 6th, correct?" "All you guys want to do was bring up J6 about the answer to everything."
Yes, but "cute" is not the word I would use ...
Not you, too.... 😹
“It was like being prosecuted in front of my family — my work family,” Dr. Carr said in an interview. “It was like I was being taken out like the trash, the only difference is I was being taken out the front door rather than the back door.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
It's pretty clear to most people. "The new measures affect visas for medical treatment, university studies, visits to friends or relatives and business travel, at least temporarily. It was not clear what prompted the visa curbs" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Please read my paper citing my research on how giving millions of dollars to me will solve the deficit problem. "While some personal citing is normal, relying solely on your own work to prove your argument suggests that there’s not much evidence in your corner."
"Every dollar spent relitigating the disproven vaccine-autism link is a dollar stolen from research that could actually help people with autism'
🦋 US Health Secretary RFK Jr. says he wants to understand what causes Autism - a goal that reputable scientists have been pursuing for decades Bringing in vaccine critic David Geier as top researcher on the large federal study should be a shocking choice - he is infamous for flawed studies 🦋 #MMR
MAGA seizing on CDC comms bumbling to fuel propaganda caused the anti-mask drive. And now Donald's masked storm troopers are kidnapping people and MAGA is thrilled.
RFK Jr. 😂🤣 🔊🆙
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!
As a doctor, I am disturbed by what RFK Jr. is doing to America’s public health system. It is time for medical associations, Republican doctors, and all who believe in science to step up and speak out about the lack of science behind these moves.
In the respect of banning Democrats? GTFO “We can’t get rid of vote by mail because we’ve got military serving,” Eschenbaum said. “So we can’t ban it, but I think it should be limited in the respect that it is somewhat ripe for fraud.”
POTUS taking election advice from Russia's dictator ought to give Republicans pause, but.... "'Your election was rigged because you have mail-in voting,” Trump — quoting advice he said he received from Russian President Vladimir Putin — said in a recent interview" www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
“When reached by phone on Friday… O’Hanlon confirmed he was the officer in the videos and said he was just doing the job he was told to do.” EVERY NAZI: “I was just following orders.” Please congratulate Patrick Jude Michael O’Hanlon for his dedicated service to the Reich.
Anyone think these yahoos could ever make money honestly? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I just appreciate that Trump is such a pressoholic that not being in front of a camera for 24 hours stirs up death rumors.
The thing about Vance is he doesn’t have decades of mobnobbing to draw upon when coercing Congress. Who knows if Trump would even leave him the blackmail files and bribe records?
What do you call mass hysteria but that is the opposite of panicking? Mass wishteria?
At some point in the not too distant future the conventional wisdom will be that this was a period where the US focused on dumb shit while China took the lead in multiple domains
I think if it does happen while he’s in office, far from it being kept hidden, JD Vance will be on TV within 5 minutes of calling it, squeezing Peter Thiel’s hand.
These signs everywhere are so much more aesthetically pleasing than a rainbow crosswalk, right?
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
I saw him on the TV out of the corner of my eye and thought "He's got mitochondrial challenges all right."
🔥 Russia: Massive warehouse fire in the Moscow suburb of Balashikha.
🕯️ Kyiv bids farewell to two-year-old Angelina and her mother, whose lives were cut short by a Russian missile on August 28.
“This is information that the taxpayers have already paid for,” said @relindsey.bsky.social. “This administration is trying to hide it and take it away from us. It’s an abuse of government. It’s a waste of resources. People should be indignant.” Meet @climate.us: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
💀 Video of the destruction of Russian elevator from which they launched drones at people on the right bank of the Kherson region.
Excellent source of information on the bugs going around -- COVID is surging again, screwworm segment will delight horror fans 😱-- and an appropriately scathing condemnation of RFK Jr. youtu.be/rZIwo9rvB7o?...
Not sure that JD Vance is ready but confident he’s rested.
Funny how they can't think long-term with regards to anything else, like Trump's tax policy or -- heaven forfend -- the climate.
How long before the Republicans in Congress start telling us inflation is AWESOME, actually?
President Stephen Miller is out of control.
It's not a purity test, it's saying he's got flaws, which is allowed. He's not going to switch parties because we criticize a vote on BlueSky.
"This guy is barking mad, and he’s gutting the health institutions Americans rely on to stay healthy and safe." www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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"Hydrate, Little Marco! Hydrate before battle!"
Joni Ernst saw the writing on the wall. Iowans are fed up with rising costs and unchecked corruption. And next year, we're going to flip this seat.
Quelle catastrophe. 🤬
At 3 pm Wed., a woman was stabbed just off a busy intersection on H Street, NE. National Guard members were dining al fresco at a taqueria DIRECTLY across the street, yet the suspect got away. "So safe," a local texted us. Our postcard from an Occupied D.C.: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Probably our best hope is if Miller and Vought engage in a mutually destructive battle over which one is the Prince Regent for King Dementia.
Target should do it as reparations for running away from equity, diversity and inclusion.
The problem is Republicans have no hearts and lost their minds.
This isn't just a political claim, it's an empirical one. If "the problem is not guns" then we shouldn't see any correlation between gun ownership and oh wait platform.vox.com/wp-content/u...
“Meta says its own AI created inappropriate images, violating its policies” what the fuck
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
I don't think they thought through what happens when an already restive populace can't afford coffee...
Hope SCOTUS enjoys being treated like Trump’s lapdog
I feel like maybe we should leave Post-Its on grocery store price signs saying "Thanks for the price hike DJT."
I thought he was just a coward and a fool when he voted for Bobby the Butcher, but he appears to be a confederate.
Is Cassidy trying to kill us, too? "Senator Bill Cassidy has called for the meeting to be “indefinitely” postponed. That could mean many people’s access to shots will remain hamstrung well into the fall, when infections from respiratory viruses normally spike." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
I would like some of the leaders in Congress to take a 6th grade civics lesson.
Our leaders in Washington could learn a thing or two from some of the best elementary school students here in Illinois.
Those myriad rulings on the shadow docket offer no guidance for the lower courts, so good on them for not treating those decisions as precedential! I think it was this episode where I heard a good discussion about it. share.google/u3Dv42owc8j3...
I just checked here in Wisconsin at Walgreens: Covid shots now require a doctor's prescription. Unfortunately as discussed in this (gifted) article, vaccine availability will probably get worse: wapo.st/3HyUlQv
🤬🤬🤬🤬 Bobby the Whale Butcher is a threat to humanity.
We're in a full-blown constitutional crisis, with Article I completely inoperative & Article III not clearly operative. Whatever one wants to call our current political regime, it's neither a democracy nor a republic at this point.
I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
Excellent question.
Rudely Van Gelder 