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@chrisp16

Educator for 40 yrs|reading specialist|Reader|lifelong learner|tennis player|someone who is dedicated to education and the sciences of reading

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Following to see what @Netflix does regarding Susan Rice. Their decision may help ppl save money.

23.02.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Katyal: "I was able to go to court - the son of immigrants-- & say on behalf of small businesses, 'Hey, this president is acting illegally.' I was able to present my case, have them ask really hard questions, & at the end of it they voted & we won. That is something extraordinary about this country"

20.02.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 17120 πŸ” 4148 πŸ’¬ 542 πŸ“Œ 233
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Neal Katyal: "In America, the chief justice said only Congress can impose taxes on the American people, and that's what tariffs are. Tariffs are taxes."

20.02.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 21524 πŸ” 6308 πŸ’¬ 897 πŸ“Œ 389
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🚨 Trump: β€˜Republicans Should Run Elections’ The US president all but calls to end American democracy, Kristi Noem caves while on thin ICE, and the Epstein files pit Bari Weiss against her newsroom?

"Trump is a raging ball of racist, power-hungry id. He means what he says, he says what he means, no matter how ludicrous, monstrous, or completely untethered from reality. So, yes, Americans should be very, very concerned about his expressed desire to β€œnationalize” elections."
- Today's First Draft

03.02.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 1438 πŸ” 417 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 15
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

03.02.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 43244 πŸ” 19353 πŸ’¬ 2398 πŸ“Œ 1614

Every sentence a lie

25.01.2026 02:59 πŸ‘ 333 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 1
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25.01.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...

β€œAs of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death.”

25.01.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 2798 πŸ” 825 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 45
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Read Bondi’s Letter to Minnesota’s Governor Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota on Saturday that blamed him and other Democratic officials for allowing β€œlawlessness” in the state. It was not immediately clear ...

Now AG Pam Bondi is using ICE as leverage to extort MN Gov Tim Walz. This is Trump’s tried and true formula: inflict pain and then demand payment to make it stop.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

25.01.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 1136 πŸ” 456 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 23
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Minnesota protester has an emotional response after latest shooting: "I'm 70-years-old and I'm fucking angry"

24.01.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 624 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 16

Just finished Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness. Beautiful work and story. Highly recommend. It is now my fav of Vuong’s. Thank you for the work. #oceanvuong #worksoffiction #lit

01.11.2025 01:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It. Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.

The agency has sat on the report for months. β€œScientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.

01.11.2025 01:15 πŸ‘ 838 πŸ” 421 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 25
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Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims - Bucks County Beacon As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.

Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims | As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff & turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death, reports @patlamarche.bsky.social.

06.10.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plazaβ€”this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.

Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

30.09.2025 16:23 πŸ‘ 15318 πŸ” 6955 πŸ’¬ 749 πŸ“Œ 445
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Philadelphia Area Friends -- Come join us and please help spread the word!

An Activation of Hope -- Fighting Book Bans and Censorship

Next Tuesday evening October 7, @ellenoh.bsky.social and I will be at the Chestnut Hill Library for a special Banned Books Week program.

Books save lives.

29.09.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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ICE arrests leader of Iowa's largest school district, says he was living and working in US illegally Federal immigration agents have arrested the leader of Iowa’s largest school district in a targeted enforcement action that shocked students and educators. U.S.

This might be the wildest educational leadership story I have read in a while.

27.09.2025 03:14 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America … As we close the Dept of Education and provide funding to states, we're going to make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."

20.09.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 1481 πŸ” 563 πŸ’¬ 1132 πŸ“Œ 714

A 21 year old Black Man was founding hanging from a tree in MS and local law enforcement doesn’t seem to give a shit.

Does the name Emmitt still ring any bells?

Black people DO NOT hang themselves from trees, even if they have suicidal ideation. We know the trauma that causes other Black people

16.09.2025 09:48 πŸ‘ 6241 πŸ” 1934 πŸ’¬ 217 πŸ“Œ 99
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Yes, release the Epstein files!!!

16.09.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 35371 πŸ” 12588 πŸ’¬ 1026 πŸ“Œ 598
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β€œThe Atlantic” Announces That Every U.S. High School Get Get Free Subscription For All Students & Staff The Atlantic sometimes publishes some weird articles, but most of what do is pretty good. They just announced that all high schools can get free digital subscriptions: Starting today, The At…

β€œThe Atlantic” Announces That Every U.S. High School Get Get Free Subscription For All Students & Staff larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/16/t...

16.09.2025 22:53 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Jeff Hiller!!!!!!! Congratulations. #emmys

15.09.2025 00:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Identified as 22-Year-Old Utah Man Authorities have named Tyler Robinson as a suspect in the murder of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, citing Discord messages as evidence of his alleged role.

NEW: Authorities have named Tyler Robinson as a suspect in the murder of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, citing Discord messages as evidence of his alleged role.

12.09.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 374 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 17
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Gov. Spencer Cox: "There is a tremendous amount of disinformation…Our adversaries want violence. We have bots from Russia, China, all over the world that are trying to instill disinformation and encourage violence. I would encourage you to ignore those."

12.09.2025 02:20 πŸ‘ 1483 πŸ” 362 πŸ’¬ 174 πŸ“Œ 49
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Folks, share this instead of the inflammatory WSJ report that didn't list the important facts in the headlines.

11.09.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 618 πŸ” 264 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 17

Charlie Kirk called me a β€˜lunatic’ and a β€˜prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.

Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.

We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

10.09.2025 21:58 πŸ‘ 38969 πŸ” 6076 πŸ’¬ 2398 πŸ“Œ 459
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New Mexico becomes first state to offer no-cost child care to every family New Mexico will become the first state in the nation to guarantee no-cost child care for all families, regardless of income, when the program launches Nov. 1.

New Mexico will become the first state in the nation to guarantee no-cost child care for all families, regardless of income, when the program launches Nov. 1.

09.09.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Someone actually pushing back. Don’t see that very often.

09.09.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WAPO, Page One:

β€œIt’s the toughest time in years to be searching for work in America.”

@washingtonpost.com

08.09.2025 10:33 πŸ‘ 843 πŸ” 324 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 35
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Trump's Most Dangerous Executive Order Trump has always wanted his own muscle he can deploy to silence critics and intimidate his enemies. His new executive order could create just that.

New:

I wrote for Rolling Stone about the "rapid deployment units" Trump has ordered Hegseth to have at the ready.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

07.09.2025 14:15 πŸ‘ 726 πŸ” 322 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 21
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Ben Rhodes: War on Terror, Failed War on Drugs, Trump’s Authoritarian Militaristic Impulses Are Merging Just days after the U.S. military struck an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in the Caribbean, some of the highest-ranking officials in the American government have signaled they believe they are above the law, so long as whatever they are doing is in service of the wishes of Donald Trump. Former Deputy National Security Advisor to Pres. Obama and Co-Host of β€˜Pod Save The World,’ Ben Rhodes, says β€œWe are seeing the language of the war on terror and the multi-decade failed war on drugs merged together with Trump’s authoritarian militaristic impulses, and it’s scary, and it should scare people.”

Since the U.S. struck a boat in int’l waters, top officials suggest they’re above the law, as long as they are doing Trump’s bidding. Ben Rhodes says this is "the war on terror and the multi-decade failed war on drugs merged together with Trump’s authoritarian militaristic impulses. And it’s scary.”

07.09.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 363 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 8