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Still Fuming Over a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Finds Some Numbers He Likes

“Unstable Man Uses Propaganda to Try to Fool Americans” would be a more accurate headline.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

Trump Administration Poised to Cut SSI Benefits for Nearly 400,000 Low-Income Disabled and Older People | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The average annual savings from these benefit cuts would barely pay for a single day of the massive tax cuts for the wealthy that are part of the Republican megabill enacted in July.

Trump’s plan will have more low-income disabled or elderly people experience homelessness or need institutional care. We are going backwards. This is harmful and outrageous.

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Juvenile and adult bald eagle sighting today. Enjoy! #🪶

Not one but TWO juvenile Cooper’s hawk’s in my backyard woods this weekend (they’ve been nesting in one of our white pines). Enjoy! #🪶

Pretty sure it’s a Cooper’s. Here are some other shots…see what you think.

Cooper's Hawk Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Among the bird world’s most skillful fliers, Cooper’s Hawks are common woodland hawks that tear through cluttered tree canopies in high speed pursuit of other birds. You’re most likely to see one prow...

CORRECTION: this is actually a juvenile Cooper’s hawk. #🪶
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cooper...

Juvenile Red Tail Hawk in my back woods today. #Birds #🪶

It will be easier to continue with their eugenics program this way.

Check out this Cooper’s Hawk that has been nesting in my back yard.
#addBirder #Birds #🪶

LFG!!!

If they want more people in the US, maybe they should stop deporting so many of its citizens. Just an idea.

I think you are giving them a lot of credit to assume there’s a thought process.

Ohio House GOP budget proposal slashes public school funding • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio House Republicans have announced their version of the state budget, dramatically slashing K-12 public school funding after months of uncertainty. The Fair School Funding Plan calls for a $666 mil...

“To be fully funded based on statistics…from 2021, schools would need $666 million. The proposed budget only gives them about $226 million. Based on 2025 numbers and inflation, the amount…would be closer to $800 million…”
#OhioEducation
#OhioSchools
#IHateOhio
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Good trouble. Thank you.

YouTube video by The Decemberists - Topic Everything Is Awful

Thinking this is the new theme song for the United States.

What's that crashing sound, follows us around?
That's the sound of all things good breaking.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=GCd5...

Right?!? Just because someone is holding your feet to the fire doesn’t automatically mean it’s a witch hunt. Sometimes you deserve to have your feet held to the fire. 🔥

Ohio Southeast Hocking Hills Garment Center, LLC, today announced an investment of over $140,000 in its Buchtel Village facility, creating 20 new jobs. This investment is supported by a $50,000 JobsOhio Small Busine...

Some good news coming out of southeast Ohio:

www.ohiose.com/life-here/wh...
#hhgc #HockingHillsGarmentCenter #SoutheastOhio #AthensCountyOhio

Ugh.
Glad you all are safe. I hope it stays that way.

Hey, Tim. Things any better out there?

Ohio House Republicans pass higher education overhaul to ban diversity efforts and faculty strikes • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio House Republican lawmakers voted to pass a massive higher education overhaul bill Wednesday that would ban diversity and inclusion efforts and prevent faculty from striking.

I fucking hate Ohio.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/19/o...
#Ohio #SB1 #DEI #HigherEducation #DiversityEquityAndInclusion #OhioPublicUniversities

What the Department of Education actually does America’s least understood and most efficient agency, explained

A great explanation of what USDOE actually does and how current cuts may affect their work moving forward: www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-d... #SpecialEducation #IDEA

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Up to 169 IES contracts have been canceled, threatening critical education research. This is a major setback for educators & children with disabilities who rely on evidence-based practices. Urge Congress to protect IES research! #4SpecialEducation

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Currently converting everything from Bb to Canvas. I feel like a dinosaur. 🦕 #AcademicSky

I feel this.

An adorable and very sleepy black and white dog resting her chin on a green bean bag.