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@mdhelms.bsky.social

Teacher, politics nerd, worried about the country my kids will grow up in

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SUPERMAN NATION HOW ARE WE FEELING!!!!

I watched on Friday and LOVED it

So full of joy and hope. A really important message in a tough time. EXACTLY what Superman should be.

Corenswet, Hoult & Brosnahan are perfectly casted.

I can't wait to see what's next in Gunn's DCU.

WE ARE SO BACK πŸ¦Έβ€β™€οΈ

16.07.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2929    πŸ” 232    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 27
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β€œThe government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” β€” Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.

24.05.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 41309    πŸ” 11884    πŸ’¬ 2010    πŸ“Œ 631

Not many people know this, but the song 8675309 is actually threatening people who live in the zip code 75309

17.05.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 17539    πŸ” 2894    πŸ’¬ 753    πŸ“Œ 319

Tillis also was going to vote against Hegseth… until he didn’t. He has no scruples about saying one thing then reversing course.

06.05.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NCGOP has filed a Don’t Say Gay bill 2.0 πŸ™„

In addition to increased restrictions on content relating to β€œgender identity, sexual activity, or sexuality” in grades K-12, it also seriously contradicts itself.
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#ncpol #nced

03.04.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Right! Most of those reservations are on land that they would love to turn over to private businesses for drilling and mining.

10.03.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. Still, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with a long list and minimize the dangers by overlooking the particulars. One could look at the list and say β€œwow, that’s crazy” and miss considering the individuals in their life that fall under each single item.

10.03.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very good and fair point. My point, while meant to poke fun at the creators of the list, does unintentionally diminish the danger to women as a whole. My apologies!

10.03.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œMen who have sex with men” is in the list, but β€œwomen who have sex with women is not”. Guess we know what their adult time habits include.

10.03.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Now THIS is what I’m talking about πŸ”₯
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

09.03.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 12957    πŸ” 4416    πŸ’¬ 440    πŸ“Œ 329
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ContrabandCamp | Michael Harriot | Substack Smart. Bold. Brilliant. Black. Click to read ContrabandCamp, a Substack publication.

As a history teacher, I am always intrigued by connections made between multiple events, people, or perspectives. This has to be one of the best I have read.

@michaelharriot.bsky.social is a fantastic author. Definitely give follow him.

ContrabandCamp www.contrabandcamp.com?utm_source=n...

07.03.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember when you were a kid in elementary school studying history and thought: how could people have been so ridiculous back then?

Well...

04.03.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4198    πŸ” 470    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 25

And follow it up with a press conference live on YouTube or other platforms that people can turn to. Force the press to deal with that.

04.03.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Terms like β€œwoke”, β€œDEI”, and β€œliberal” have been co-opted and defined by the right so much that they appear as bad words. They should be reclaimed for their true meaning, just as the US flag should be taken back and not just used for a false patriotism.

28.02.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A teen with autism and his mom were getting help planning for college. Then came DOGE. A federally funded research program helped students with disabilities prepare for life after high school. DOGE’s sweeping Education Department cuts brought this and dozens of other studies to an abrup...

Teens with disabilities were getting help with life after high school. Then DOGE started cutting.

www.chalkbeat.org/2025/02/26/t...

26.02.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Those are brownshirts and concentration camps and the people writing these stories need to start calling them what they are.

25.02.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1992    πŸ” 629    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 10

The one good thing about Trump 2.0 is that more people are finding out all of the good things that government is doing rather than just accepting the narrative that government does nothing for you.

25.02.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not only did the people watch, many cheered. And anyone who cheered then wonders what they would have done in Nazi Germany, they have their answer.

23.02.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

False stories that can be proven fake should not be spread. But when the story can be verified, labeling it as false only muddies the waters between what is real and fiction.
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22.02.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s why this is important:
1- The info is not false.
2- By rating it as such, whoever rated it (and FB systems) cause the credibility of individuals to be questioned, and therefore disregarded.
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22.02.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The fact check was a foreign company in a foreign language. I disputed it and within minutes, they said the rating would not change.

22.02.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I shared a post on a different site recently that about the D0GE work and a cancelled contract for Reuters. The post I shared had verifiable facts and I had the same facts from outside reliable sources. This morning FB β€œadded context” from an β€œindependent fact checker” that said it was false.
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22.02.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly. We never address the price of healthy food, nor the income disparities that prevent people from buying healthier options.

20.02.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s the biggest flip-flop in the world

20.02.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But Michelle Obama does something similar and it’s β€œI don’t coparent with the government”.

20.02.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kansas City doesn't have enough jobs available for all the federal workers getting laid off Federal workers in Kansas City whose jobs were eliminated under the Trump administration's massive budget cuts will have a hard time finding comparable work in the area. Instability in the city's work...

www.kcur.org/podcast/up-t...

19.02.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3203    πŸ” 888    πŸ’¬ 243    πŸ“Œ 55
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School diversity efforts could face civil rights investigations under Trump Legal experts said an Education Department letter goes much further than the actual law in limiting how schools and colleges can consider race. Common practices that are part of diversity initiatives ...

School diversity efforts could violate civil rights, Trump administration says

www.chalkbeat.org/2025/02/17/t...

18.02.2025 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Reminds me of a Jefferson supporter writing about John Adams… β€œYe will judge without regard to the prattle of a president, … without regard to that hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman."

16.02.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

5 or 6 in and I’m torn between this is the greatest, craziest show and this is so unbelievably outrageous. Guess I gotta finish it out to decide for sure.

15.02.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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