@4hodags.bsky.social
Educator. Kohl Fellowship Winner. Live in a small town, but not small minded.
I've been teaching elementary school for over 30+years. Recently asked: why do you still get stressed out about work? Because Karen, the fate of our society rests on the ability of our population to be well-rounded, critical thinkers. Things are NOT looking good.
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3w agocontext. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity.
Once you notice this, it's the most obvious double standard in the political press. Democrats have to answer for the smallest voice even if it has no actual tie to them, but Republicans never have to answer for the insanely racist billionaire donor driving their entire party.
Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · last mo.Democrats who have had absolutely nothing to do with Hasan Piker will be hounded about him, while Republicans who are directly benefitting from Musk funding will be asked about him in the most generic "money in politics" way, if at all.
Not The Onion.
The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com · last mo.HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. https://www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-cancels-infant-mortality-postpartum-grants-focus-infertility
Data-center Popularity Check: Jason Kelce wants you to send them your piss jar. @billboard.com www.billboard.com/culture/life...
Worth the 10 minute listen.
Sam Ulmschneider@samulmschneider.bsky.social · 2mo agoNormally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.
As of this morning, the WNBA has been mentioned on Fox News 163 times since last Monday. During that same timeframe, they have only mentioned Max Miller's name 5 times.
Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2mo agoEXCLUSIVE: Trump turns National Parks into "piggy bank" Funding shifts from parks to White House vanity projects macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/trump-turn...
"The BOP modified the rules of prison assignment in May.... The attorney general can now direct the BOP to transfer any particular inmate to any particular prison, based on the attorney general’s exclusive judgment," overriding any security formulas that would otherwise have governed placement. /1
The Attorney General as Prison Executive
Why should the attorney general personally decide which federal prison any convict should be assigned to?
cato.org
Very excited for this new essay at "Can We Still Govern?": The key claim is that planning for a progressive future cannot just focus on new policies. It also has to include - to start with - political power. What does a power-shifting perspective look like? 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/rebuilding...
Rebuilding Democracy Requires Rebalancing Power
What does a power-shifting agenda look like?
donmoynihan.substack.com
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
The message from Republicans is clear. If you want to enrich yourself and your family, to break laws with impunity, to punish your enemies and jail your critics, then the federal government is the place to be. But if you want to help ordinary Americans and try to keep them safe, well, fuck you.
He's running for Congress in my district. Doesn't even live here. Nepo baby.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 3mo agoSean Duffy's son-in-law accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from John Cafaro, the owner of the company responsible for the botched Reflecting Pool renovation.
Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
nytimes.com
John Prine mural, Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago
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