Terry Stout Anderson

In advance of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year, the Trump White House sent a letter to the Smithsonian, announcing its intention to conduct an extensive review of all semiquincentennial plans. nyer.cm/vYIAkWB

Alarm Over Trump Administration’s Attempt to Rewrite History and Strip Truth from Exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution - PEN America PEN America said today it was alarmed by the Trump administration’s sweeping review of exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution, fearing it will rewrite history and strip truth from exhibits ahead of t...

PEN America on White House review of exhibits at the Smithsonian: "The administration’s efforts to rewrite history are a betrayal of our democratic traditions and a deeply concerning effort to strip truth from the institutions that tell our national story." Full statement: pen.org/press-releas...

This has not aged great

Despite protests already being managed by the Los Angeles Police Department, President Trump is escalating the situation by threatening to deploy roughly 500 active-duty Marines to the streets of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles: Remain peaceful. Don’t fall into the trap that extremists are hoping for.

AI and the Teaching of Writing Six core principles

Smart take: erichudson.substack.com/p/ai-and-the...

Thank you.

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

AARP Urges Outreach to Congress to Protect Social Security Older Americans continue to raise concerns about payments, customer service

AARP has created an easy way to contact your lawmakers and tell them Social Security must be protected. Learn more.👇

BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration for threatening funding cuts to schools that engage in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

The federal government cannot force schools to follow their political agenda.

The President is lying about Social Security as an excuse to gut Social Security after promising not to touch it.

Why? To pave the way for more tax cuts for the rich.

Know our history. No matter what you’re taught — or allowed to be taught.

Donald Trump: “America is back”

Opinion | A Day of American Infamy (Gift Article) A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.

Strong words from Bret Stephens: “Roosevelt and Reagan must be spinning in their graves, as are Churchill and Thatcher. It’s up to the rest of us to reclaim America’s honor from the gangsters who besmirched it in the White House.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.

Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.

Please note the logical fallacies and loaded language in this official US Department of Education DEI portal.

U.S. Department of Education Launches “End DEI” Portal The U.S. Department of Education launched EndDEI.Ed.Gov, a public portal for parents, students, teachers, and the broader community to submit reports of discrimination based on race or sex in publicly...

Academic freedom and students’ right to read are under attack.

www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

Trump's Social Security Administration commissioner just called for a 50% staff reduction.

This would gut SSA field offices and make it harder for millions of seniors to access benefits. 

Make no mistake: this is an attack on Social Security itself.

Jocelyn Benson: Requiring proof of citizenship to vote would disenfranchise Michiganders Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson warned the federal proposal would especially create barriers for married women who have changed their surname.

📢Did you know GOP leaders are shopping around proposals that would make it harder for married women to vote?

I’m not joking, but I wish I was. The proposal would change our laws to require the name you vote with to match your birth certificate.

Is this 1825 or 2025?

www.mlive.com/politics/202...

If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. But a groundswell of opposition is growing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reasons-for-optimism

The U.S. DOE announced they are eliminating $600 million in grants related to PD on social justice activism, white supremacy, anti-racism, DEI -- and programs to recruit teachers of color.

We'd like to hear from programs directly impacted by these draconian cuts. Email zep@zinnedproject.org

“Michigan's top education official said Tuesday the state Department of Education will continue to support diversity in literature, comprehensive history instruction and broad programs that recruit students and staff to become teachers.”

Trump administration order to ax DEI programs in schools has Michigan educators scrambling The U.S. Department of Education says it "intends to take appropriate measures to assess compliance" to ensure DEI programs end in public schools.

www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Maryland National Guard out of Frederick Douglass parade after DoD order Strict guidance from the national defense department crushed plans for a parade held in honor of Frederick Douglass’ 207th birthday because it was being held during Black History Month.

“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said.

Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.

Beyond the Ashes: Fire Made These Tiles, But Couldn’t Take Them In the quiet aftermath of a wildfire, when the embers have cooled and the smoke has cleared, what remains is often nothing more than dust and memory. But sometimes, amid the wreckage, something endure...

The fire took nearly everything—but not this. In the ashes of his home, Dominick Ciarimboli found fragments of his Motawi tiles—now a link to his past and a story that survived. Read his journey of loss, resilience, and meaning that endures. #ArtsAndCrafts #MotawiTile. www.motawi.com/blogs/the-ti...

Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’ Agency says its reporter wasn’t allowed into event in effort to ‘punish’ style guide on upholding use of Gulf of Mexico

Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America.’ News agency says its reporter wasn’t allowed into event in effort to ‘punish’ style guide on upholding use of Gulf of Mexico, by @ohheyjenna.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... via @us.theguardian.com #journalism

Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data…

NEW: DOGE is behind the abrupt cancellation of $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, a Department of Education division responsible for much of what we know about the state of U.S. schools.

By @jodiscohen.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.

The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal. https://buff.ly/42NeEl6

Michigan Attorney General joins coalition taking legal action over funding freeze LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is now one of more than twenty attorneys general taking legal action in challenging the pause of nearly $3 trillion in federal funding …

Read more here: www.wlns.com/news/michiga...