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High school English Teacher and journalism adviser. Be kind. Be honest. Be bold. (My opinions are mine and don’t reflect anyone else’s opinions)

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First story of the new year. Well done!

06.09.2025 22:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey other 49 states‼️‼️ Got that? #resist

31.08.2025 04:04 — 👍 38    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 2

indict. Still and forever.

31.08.2025 04:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

West Po journalism students are awesome. You couldn’t sponsor a better group.

06.08.2025 16:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Well…. teacher week starts in just a few days here in Fairfax County…. how’s everyone doing?

06.08.2025 16:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Motivated kids at jCamp writing some great stories!

09.07.2025 20:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Haven’t posted in a while! Proud of my student journalists at jcamp this summer!

06.07.2025 22:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

THIS IS THE GREATEST THING!!!! CONGRATS!

12.05.2025 22:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ah…. Eric…. if the same guys gave you that plane—would your bosses let you cover the the energy industry? Should they?

12.05.2025 21:57 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Censorship Threatens Papers Throughout ACPS and FCPS Censorship has been rearing its ugly head across the nation. For instance, earlier in the year, The Washington Post editorial writers were instructed to focus the paper’s opinion page only on stories ...

thewpwire.org/10230/opinio... @SNO @splc.org

06.05.2025 02:25 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Their school can censor the student press. They are trying to change that. Student journalists at Alexandria City High School want the school system to change a policy allowing their principal to review stories before publication.

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

@splc.org @sno

11.05.2025 13:22 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Don’t forget tomorrow is the nationwide May Day protest. 50501 has been doing an incredible job organizing, and a lot of our coalition members will be joining events across the country.

30.04.2025 19:14 — 👍 3863    🔁 1097    💬 51    📌 68

The rest of the year we will have metal detectors at Doors 1 and Door 19 at the start of the day.

30.04.2025 20:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Take a Gamble on Prom: Show up This Saturday This Saturday, hundreds of West Po students will make their way to the Torpedo Factory for an unforgettable night. From 8-11 pm, juniors and seniors will be dancing, socializing, and just having fun i...

thewpwire.org/10189/news/t...

24.04.2025 20:09 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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West Potomac Heightens Security in the Wake of Stabbing Incident This morning, West Po students had to go through metal detection scanners to enter the building. Students were required to go to Door 1, 5, 19, which were filled with the scanners and security personn...

thewpwire.org/10183/news/w...

24.04.2025 20:08 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Proud of my students. Glad they are all safe.

23.04.2025 16:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You are not holding back these days.

22.04.2025 03:54 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No it wasn’t.

21.04.2025 15:11 — 👍 2611    🔁 355    💬 542    📌 53

I am being told that wearing an AR-15 rifle lapel pin is indicative of Tren de Aragua membership.

21.04.2025 22:14 — 👍 14728    🔁 2577    💬 473    📌 130

An excellent piece written by a teenager wise beyond her years.

05.04.2025 03:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wisconsin and, Strangely, Alabama Everything old is new again.

Why the election in Wisconsin on Monday should matter to all Americans: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

30.03.2025 15:48 — 👍 8398    🔁 2560    💬 192    📌 80
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Opinion | For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump (Gift Article) The time has come to defend the oath we took when we became officers of the court.

Senior partners at Keker, Van Nest & Peters, a firm of 115 lawyers, write: "partners at big firms — who often earn millions a year — must be willing to take financial risks when the fate of our nation, the future of our profession & the rule of law itself is at stake. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...

30.03.2025 21:54 — 👍 9381    🔁 2460    💬 175    📌 91
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The Week Ahead March 30, 2025

This week: Elections, immigration & SCOTUS. "So far, the courts have been holding. But many of us are holding our breath to see if that continues when Trump gets back to the Supreme Court." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

31.03.2025 01:06 — 👍 1653    🔁 344    💬 44    📌 9

oh yes…. some much of those horrible Gatsby-esque people around these days…

25.03.2025 03:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Is this the same guy who was complaining about Joe Biden using an autopen and not knowing what he was signing when he was president just a few days ago?

22.03.2025 01:31 — 👍 6516    🔁 1651    💬 382    📌 71

He looks like an Ompah-Lumpah

22.03.2025 13:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump just encouraged DOJ to seek discipline for attorneys who appear to violate professional conduct rules "particularly in cases that implicate ... election integrity"

which is sort of why many of his attorneys were punished over the last four years.

22.03.2025 02:48 — 👍 877    🔁 214    💬 39    📌 9

Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools.

They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.

21.03.2025 15:04 — 👍 20171    🔁 6321    💬 939    📌 407

Well, I’m sure completely capitulating to the fascist goons will be the end of this story. They certainly won’t be back with additional demands.

21.03.2025 20:38 — 👍 1427    🔁 229    💬 54    📌 5

Journalists working for Voice of America & U.S. international media risk everything to report the truth—often facing threats, reprisals from foreign regimes, and serious hardship. Given the abrupt closing of this agency—please consider supporting them here: secure.givelively.org/donate/usagm...

22.03.2025 13:29 — 👍 347    🔁 91    💬 7    📌 2

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