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Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post' The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.

What an absolutely incomprehensible decision...! The Washington Post just fired its entire Middle East desk. I hope WP's competitors snatch up every single one of them: www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...

This is a really detailed and extensive report.

tldr - immigrants' fiscal impact is so positive that it would be absolutely foolish to adopt anti-immigrant policies (which of course this administration is doing bc of racism)

US contractor sent Gaza plan to White House that would secure 300% profits Exclusive: Gothams LLC’s draft proposal, obtained by the Guardian, suggests seven-year trucking and logistics monopoly

“A US disaster response firm submitted a plan to White House officials that would guarantee 300% profits and a seven-year monopoly over a new trucking and logistics plan for Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza” - what’s Trump cut? Corruption all the way down.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Whit Barringer, AHA program and data analyst, is posting live updates regarding the Texas State Board of Education social studies standards on her Bluesky account. Follow this thread for updates. 🗃️

Public pushes for inclusion as Texas Board of Education overhauls social studies standards - Texas News Beep More than a dozen speakers asked Texas’ State Board of Education to include the contributions of people from all cultures, faiths and backgrounds as the board

Public pushes for inclusion as Texas Board of Education overhauls social studies standards

https://www.newsbeep.com/us-tx/142818/

More than a dozen speakers asked Texas’ State Board of Education to include the contributions of people from…

Speakers push inclusion in Texas social studies standards Last year, the board approved a chronological framework that places greater emphasis on Texas and U.S. history and downplays world history and geography.

More than a dozen speakers at a Wednesday board meeting asked Texas’ State Board of Education to include the contributions of people from all cultures, faiths and backgrounds as the board revises state standards for social studies.

This week, the State Board of Education is considering revisions to social studies K-12 TEKS. TSTA's ally, the Texas Freedom Network, found several problems with the new TEKS developed by board-appointed content advisors who have never written curriculum standards before.

Trump’s censors hit Grand Canyon and 16 other national parks A new wave of takedown orders from Trump officials targets signs about climate and Native Americans at several national parks, including Grand Canyon, Big Bend and Glacier.

"At Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, exhibit text that described the United States being “hungry for gold and land” and breaking promises to Native Americans was ordered changed or removed." #NationalParks 🗃️ www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Beyond devastating

Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods 404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant

“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

YouTube video by The Chicago Thinker Official VENEZUELA ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE? UChicago Prof. Robert Pape on Trump's engagement in the country

In this interview, Professor Robert Pape breaks down the latest and most dramatic developments in U.S. policy toward Venezuela

Drawing on decades of research in international security and political behavior to help you understand not just what happened, but why it matters

youtu.be/fMNdKd3Wczw?...

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"This act of war [in Venezuela] is about regime change in the United States."

Every time I see one of these posts, my mind goes to future history teachers.

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On this day, massive raids during the Red Scare | Constitution Center The Constitution faced a major test on this day in 1920 when raids ordered by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer saw thousands of people detained without warrants merely upon general suspicion.

During the “Red Scare,” a period of anti-Communist fervor, the Constitution faced a major test when Attorney General Mitchell Palmer ordered thousands of people to be detained without warrants #OnThisDay in 1920.

Learn more on #ConstitutionDaily: https://ow.ly/7k5Q50XNh4V

Had a similar winter break project!

#HistoryEducation

Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...

www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...

Comptroller asks to bar some Islamic schools from Texas voucher program The comptroller has asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to weigh in on whether schools linked to the Muslim advocacy group CAIR can be excluded.

For years, opponents of school vouchers worried that the program could be exclusionary. Now, as they roll out the new program, Texas officials are looking to bar funds from going to some schools with links to China or the Council on American Islamic Relations.

Those of us in Texas dealing with Islamophobic threats from our state leadership every day can sure agree with that one!

AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.

As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”

—FDR, 1944

Meet the Christian nationalist from Texas advising Mike Johnson Barton has been a staple of Texas’ Christian conservative movement, offering crucial support to politicians and frequently being cited or called on to testify in favor of bills that critics say would ...

Texas activist David Barton wants to end separation of church and state. He has the ear of the new U.S. House speaker. www.texastribune.org/2023/11/03/d...

Yes.

Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona

Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...

“I share these stories not to victimize the Muslim community or seek sympathy. In fact, I see these perpetrators as victims as well— victims of isolation, stereotypes, single narratives, and narrow perspectives.”

Thank you for this.

What a world we live in that they have to make an ad about this...