Beth Quick

As I checked into a hotel tonight, man ahead of me was complaining that somehow fox news was blocked on room TV. The front desk figured someone did it on purpose, then changed access code. They have to reset the whole thing. Petty part of me wants to do this in all future hotel rooms I stay in.....

Thankful that @corybooker.com is one of my Senators. (And he's #vegan too!)

WI to Elon: Womp Womp

Elon Musk: pours tens of millions into a race that has never seen even a fraction of that much money. bribes multiple voters with $1 million checks to vote. offers any Wisconsin voter who proves they voted $50. wears a fucking cheesehead

Wisconsin: votes against his candidate by historic margins

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.

What will you do?

I'm with you on that!

Thurmond was the same age as Booker when he set the record Senator Cory Booker just broke.

Thurmond was afforded a bathroom break and read from the encyclopedia. Booker held the floor the entire time and delivered a consistent, cogent speech for more than 24 hours.

Incredible.

Breaking News 3m ago Randy Fine, a state senator, easily won a House seat in Florida, adding to the G.O.P. majority.

This was a choice. Fine won by 8 pts in the district Mike Waltz won by 30 pts just 5 months ago.

That the NYT frames it as “easily won” is a leading reason we are where we are.

Headlines matter. Framing matters.

Yay!!

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

And what seems like the entire GOP is coalescing around the bully in chief's hurt feelings. They sacrificed their pride and honor to submit so he must submit as well.

Sometimes I think the WordleBot is lying. Or trying to show off. Or cheating. Anyone else find themselves talking back to it? No? Just me?

In response to Trump’s assertion, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” we say:

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

"I was told we each had three minutes to speak." Ten minutes later....

I'm at the laundromat and I forgot my headphones. The TV is playing Fox News, and I'm listening (unwillingly) to a discussion celebrating plastic straws. Save me!

You have questions. Mostly of the "What Can I Do to Resist This Coup?" variety. Choose Democracy has answers. Here's a really handy guide to the how/what/why of organizing... Share widely. Link here: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

Musk wouldn’t have taken questions in the Oval Office and looked like a cornered criminal if the pressure and attention wasn’t building.

Don’t stop highlighting that the richest man in the world is taking over government. Keep talking. Paper your city if you have to. Do not give in.

Okay, pals.

Time for action this month.

We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities.

These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.

Trump and Musk are recklessly and illegally dismantling USAID, an essential national security agency that saves lives, advances U.S. interests, and promotes peace.

@nytimes.com re: DC crash: "When asked how he could say [DEI] hiring was to blame for the crash .. he said, “Because I have common sense.” “For some jobs, we need the highest level of genius.”"

Instead of comfort in tragedy, Trump serves racism. This is why a pastor had to beg him to be merciful.

Today and in the coming days, remember

RFK Jr. Vows To Ban Soaps That Smell So Good You Eat A Little -The Onion

RFK Jr. Vows To Ban Soaps That Smell So Good You Eat A Little
theonion.com/rfk-jr-vows-...

I need your help w/my lesson plan:
My Death & Afterlife class is talking about grief tomorrow. What's something someone said/did for you that brought your comfort in a time of grief?
What's something that was said/done that was less-than-helpful?

#grief #bereavement #academia #adjunctlife

If you know you know!