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The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context.
I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
September 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context.
I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
Every Democrat should be running on reimposing the oil export ban.
September 22, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Every Democrat should be running on reimposing the oil export ban.
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After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that "we want honesty in our elections," he led them in a pledge to "cheat like hell" and "go out and vote" in the midterm elections. https://to.pbs.org/4yTjfzl
WATCH: Trump leads RNC in pledge to 'cheat like hell' in November elections
After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that “we want honesty in our elections,” he led them in a pledge to “cheat like hell” and “go out and vo...
to.pbs.org
September 11, 2026 at 10:14 PM
After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that "we want honesty in our elections," he led them in a pledge to "cheat like hell" and "go out and vote" in the midterm elections. https://to.pbs.org/4yTjfzl
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Florida is about to run a real-time experiment by kicking out immigrant workers. Spoiler: everyone loses.
Kick them out and you don't just lose labor, you lose the people buying stuff that keeps other people employed.
Kick them out and you don't just lose labor, you lose the people buying stuff that keeps other people employed.
August 22, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Florida is about to run a real-time experiment by kicking out immigrant workers. Spoiler: everyone loses.
Kick them out and you don't just lose labor, you lose the people buying stuff that keeps other people employed.
Kick them out and you don't just lose labor, you lose the people buying stuff that keeps other people employed.
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John Roberts insists that the Supreme Court remains nonpartisan. But as Chief Justice, he has found ways to align his legal reasoning with his policy preferences “in many, many cases,” Margaret Talbot writes. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Delusions of John Roberts
The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward.
www.newyorker.com
August 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
John Roberts insists that the Supreme Court remains nonpartisan. But as Chief Justice, he has found ways to align his legal reasoning with his policy preferences “in many, many cases,” Margaret Talbot writes. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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you'll never believe it but bluesky has decided that me being alarmed by this extremely antisemitic joke makes me a transphobe
July 21, 2026 at 9:09 PM
you'll never believe it but bluesky has decided that me being alarmed by this extremely antisemitic joke makes me a transphobe
At best, Schumer is setting up to nibble around the edges, protect funding for Israel (and probably not Ukraine btw) then fold anyway.
In reality, without a new War Powers Act with teeth, the Pentagon budget needs to be cut in half to help prevent presidential abuse.
In reality, without a new War Powers Act with teeth, the Pentagon budget needs to be cut in half to help prevent presidential abuse.
Senate Democrats are actually doing things thehill.com/policy/defen...
Senate Democrats block $1.15 trillion defense authorization bill
Senate Democrats on Tuesday defeated a motion to proceed to the $1.15 trillion annual defense authorization bill, legislation that usually enjoys strong bipartisan support but this year has become …
thehill.com
July 15, 2026 at 5:13 AM
At best, Schumer is setting up to nibble around the edges, protect funding for Israel (and probably not Ukraine btw) then fold anyway.
In reality, without a new War Powers Act with teeth, the Pentagon budget needs to be cut in half to help prevent presidential abuse.
In reality, without a new War Powers Act with teeth, the Pentagon budget needs to be cut in half to help prevent presidential abuse.
Y'all early people can deal with it. I'm done with the sun going down by 5pm in the winter. You aren't supposed to wake up that early anyway. What are we, farmers?
People are gonna fucking hate this if it actually happens. Enjoy all these post 8am sunrises
July 15, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Y'all early people can deal with it. I'm done with the sun going down by 5pm in the winter. You aren't supposed to wake up that early anyway. What are we, farmers?
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Those fleeing persecution deserve the chance to have their asylum claims heard, and Congress established a process to determine who qualifies for that protection.
June 25, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Those fleeing persecution deserve the chance to have their asylum claims heard, and Congress established a process to determine who qualifies for that protection.
My problem is centrism becomes entirely about style not substance. I'm open to centrists who are actually pragmatic - identify problems and solve them evem if they step on ideological toes, but more important entrenched interests. But it seems centrists lack pragmatism the most.
Centrist Americans being mystified by Kier Starmer's unpopularity despite him doing everything they're always telling Democrats to do is so funny. Just the biggest dumbasses around.
June 22, 2026 at 5:43 PM
My problem is centrism becomes entirely about style not substance. I'm open to centrists who are actually pragmatic - identify problems and solve them evem if they step on ideological toes, but more important entrenched interests. But it seems centrists lack pragmatism the most.
You need to break out social vs. economic issues. Populist issues are popular in these states, but the Democratic brand is so associated with culture war issues it either pulls focus or prevents electable candidates from advancing from the primary.
look, I wish that running progressives/socialists was the One Simple Trick to winning red states. that would be awesome if it was true.
unfortunately we do not live in that world, and it’s remarkable how many people are shooting the messenger
unfortunately we do not live in that world, and it’s remarkable how many people are shooting the messenger
Hey Sam! Eat shit
June 19, 2026 at 4:46 AM
You need to break out social vs. economic issues. Populist issues are popular in these states, but the Democratic brand is so associated with culture war issues it either pulls focus or prevents electable candidates from advancing from the primary.
The easiest way to deal with this is lifting the income cap for payroll taxes as Bernie Sanders has proposed for at least a decade now. Every month or year we wait, the harder it's going to be to pull the fund back into a solvent path.
A trust fund that helps to finance Social Security benefits is expected to run out of money in less than seven years — unless Congress acts to patch the system before that. n.pr/4fATttc
Social Security funds could run short by 2032, program's Trustees warn
A trust fund that helps to finance Social Security benefits is expected to run out of money in less than seven years — unless Congress acts to patch the system before that.
n.pr
June 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The easiest way to deal with this is lifting the income cap for payroll taxes as Bernie Sanders has proposed for at least a decade now. Every month or year we wait, the harder it's going to be to pull the fund back into a solvent path.
Going back to Reynolds v. Sims, the Supreme Court dismissed arguments in favor of one man, one vote based on the 'republican form of government' clause. But gerrymandering is so egregious and offensive to the principle of citizens choosing their representatives I think it needs renewed attention.
Its redistricting rulings demonstrate that the Roberts Court's is "way more attentive to the concerns of protecting power than they are to the Constitution’s attention to assuring that voters have their say,” says @kareemcrayton.bsky.social.
Gerrymandering Is Only Going to Get Worse
Legal experts warn that the current partisan redistricting efforts could signal the beginning of the end for fair representation.
newrepublic.com
June 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Going back to Reynolds v. Sims, the Supreme Court dismissed arguments in favor of one man, one vote based on the 'republican form of government' clause. But gerrymandering is so egregious and offensive to the principle of citizens choosing their representatives I think it needs renewed attention.
I'm not sure getting oneself elected as the leadership of one's party in a chamber of Congress is 'by default' getting thrust into the position of standard-bearer. It's more damning that Congressional Democrats chose to vote for those jokers.
it is especially untenable because there is no current standard bearer for the democrats and so, by default, jeffries and schumer get thrust into that position
the worst people in the world are attempting to implement a fascist kleptocracy and schumer's focus is pissing off his own base
the worst people in the world are attempting to implement a fascist kleptocracy and schumer's focus is pissing off his own base
June 1, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I'm not sure getting oneself elected as the leadership of one's party in a chamber of Congress is 'by default' getting thrust into the position of standard-bearer. It's more damning that Congressional Democrats chose to vote for those jokers.
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“If you, as a leftist, think [MTG] is better than AOC in any way, then I think you need help.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social breaks down the double standard that holds AOC to endless scrutiny while overlooking MTG’s years of extremism and conspiracy theories.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wqg...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social breaks down the double standard that holds AOC to endless scrutiny while overlooking MTG’s years of extremism and conspiracy theories.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wqg...
May 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
“If you, as a leftist, think [MTG] is better than AOC in any way, then I think you need help.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social breaks down the double standard that holds AOC to endless scrutiny while overlooking MTG’s years of extremism and conspiracy theories.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wqg...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social breaks down the double standard that holds AOC to endless scrutiny while overlooking MTG’s years of extremism and conspiracy theories.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wqg...
A DEMOCRAT IS NOT WINNING NEBRASKA. AN INDEPENDENT IS 100% BETTER THAN A REPUBLICAN.
the Democrat you're running to spoil wants to defund ICE, you want to deport "illegal immigrants."
nah man I'm cool.
nah man I'm cool.
May 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
A DEMOCRAT IS NOT WINNING NEBRASKA. AN INDEPENDENT IS 100% BETTER THAN A REPUBLICAN.
The voter blue no matter who people had better show up...
Graham Platner Will Be Maine’s Democratic Senate Nominee
The anti-war, anti-Israel oysterman is Democrats’ presumptive Senate nominee in Maine, after Governor Janet Mills suspended her candidacy, @andrewperez.bsky.social reports.
Read:
zeteo.com/p/graham-pla...
The anti-war, anti-Israel oysterman is Democrats’ presumptive Senate nominee in Maine, after Governor Janet Mills suspended her candidacy, @andrewperez.bsky.social reports.
Read:
zeteo.com/p/graham-pla...
Graham Platner Will Be Maine’s Democratic Senate Nominee
Zeteo broke the news of Platner’s campaign launch. Now the anti-war, anti-Israel oysterman is Democrats’ presumptive Senate nominee in Maine, after Governor Janet Mills suspended her candidacy.
zeteo.com
April 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The voter blue no matter who people had better show up...
The Platner test on here kind of proves that too many so-called progressives are just interested in a performative, self-gratifyiny symbolic exercise and can't even be bothered to engage in the substance of the issues and people they claim to care about.
April 22, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The Platner test on here kind of proves that too many so-called progressives are just interested in a performative, self-gratifyiny symbolic exercise and can't even be bothered to engage in the substance of the issues and people they claim to care about.
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Alzheimer’s drugs that target the buildup of the amyloid protein on the brain don’t meaningfully help patients, a major review found, raising questions about medicines developed by the likes of Eli Lilly and Eisai
Alzheimer’s Drugs Targeting Amyloid Don’t Help, Review Finds
Alzheimer’s drugs that target the buildup of the amyloid protein on the brain don’t meaningfully help patients, a major review found, raising questions about medicines developed by the likes of Eli Lilly & Co. and Eisai Co.
bloom.bg
April 16, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Alzheimer’s drugs that target the buildup of the amyloid protein on the brain don’t meaningfully help patients, a major review found, raising questions about medicines developed by the likes of Eli Lilly and Eisai
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All I'm saying is: DHS has been shut down while we're at war in the Middle East and...nothing has happened.
President Donald Trump said he’d sign an order to pay all DHS employees, leading House Republicans to shelve talk of cutting short their Easter recess to try to end DHS’s record-long partial shutdown
Trump to Pay DHS Workers, Prompting House to Stay on Recess
President Donald Trump said he’d sign an order to pay all Department of Homeland Security employees, leading House Republicans to shelve talk of cutting short their Easter recess to try to end DHS’s record-long partial shutdown.
bloom.bg
April 3, 2026 at 4:21 AM
All I'm saying is: DHS has been shut down while we're at war in the Middle East and...nothing has happened.
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I just did 2.5 hours in an MRI and I’ve had COVID19 vaccines numbering in the double digits, so I think we can confidently conclude that the vaccines don’t, in fact, magnetize a person.
March 27, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I just did 2.5 hours in an MRI and I’ve had COVID19 vaccines numbering in the double digits, so I think we can confidently conclude that the vaccines don’t, in fact, magnetize a person.
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We gave Amazon a $17.5 BILLION tax break last year.
Meta got $13.7 BILLION.
Citigroup didn't pay a penny—we gave them a tax REFUND.
Those tax breaks didn't do anything to create jobs, let alone save them.
We have got to stop with the corporate tax giveaways.
Meta got $13.7 BILLION.
Citigroup didn't pay a penny—we gave them a tax REFUND.
Those tax breaks didn't do anything to create jobs, let alone save them.
We have got to stop with the corporate tax giveaways.
March 23, 2026 at 7:11 PM
We gave Amazon a $17.5 BILLION tax break last year.
Meta got $13.7 BILLION.
Citigroup didn't pay a penny—we gave them a tax REFUND.
Those tax breaks didn't do anything to create jobs, let alone save them.
We have got to stop with the corporate tax giveaways.
Meta got $13.7 BILLION.
Citigroup didn't pay a penny—we gave them a tax REFUND.
Those tax breaks didn't do anything to create jobs, let alone save them.
We have got to stop with the corporate tax giveaways.
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I generally really like what Hell Gate is doing, but this post is just flat wrong. I wrote about the problems with this "major new housing study" here: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/there-i...
March 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I generally really like what Hell Gate is doing, but this post is just flat wrong. I wrote about the problems with this "major new housing study" here: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/there-i...