James Horn

@schools-matter24.bsky.social

writer, musician, retired ed foundations professor, SJ activist, blogger, sailor. Author of WORK HARD, BE HARD: JOURNEYS THROUGH “NO EXCUSES” TEACHING and co-author of THE MISMEASURE OF EDUCATION. I block anyone who puts up Trump posts.

Canada is the greatest country on earth. A country where you are free to be who you want to be. To speak your mind. To worship as you choose. To live your life as you wish. That is independence. That is sovereignty.

Yesterday, we wiped out $17M in medical debt for 12,000 Memphians. Letters are hitting mailboxes now. Tennessee leads the nation in medical bankruptcies. As Governor, I’ll take this statewide to erase $1B for 100,000 Tennesseans. No one should go bankrupt just for getting sick.

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Join Jerri Green for Governor and Michaela Barnett for Congress for a Tennessee vs. Alabama tailgate THIS Saturday! We'll be on campus with special volunteer campaign gear and goodies. Hope to see you there.

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After a woman obtained public records indicating a Google datacenter would cover only one-third of the cost of a new solar plant to power the facility — contradicting its promises that ratepayers would not be on the hook — her electricity company sued her.

An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.

Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free speech.

theintercept.com

The Kennedy Center is on the verge of destruction; the members of its board, filled with foreign policy grifters and billionaire wives, serve as a kind of cheat code for understanding the crimes of Trump 2.0. A great taxonomy to the staging behind the scenes: prospect.org/2026/10/13/k...

The KC Mafia - The American Prospect

Behind Trump’s private equity–style bust-out of the Kennedy Center, a pack of billionaires and MAGA grifters have planned bigger heists, from Hollywood to Western Sahara.

prospect.org