Ric Klinger

DOGE's death blow to education studies Researchers say students and schools will suffer without vital data

DOGE's death blow to education studies hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that 200,000 people lost their jobs this week, yet so many in this country don’t see them as their neighbors.

California’s Scary Product Warning Labels Might Be Working, Study Says Products must state if they contain chemicals tied to cancer or other risks. As a result, manufacturers have pulled back from using the chemicals, researchers found.

California’s right-to-know law, which requires companies to warn people about harmful chemicals in their products, has swayed many companies to stop using those chemicals altogether, a new study found.

All the Democratic leaders scrambling around, and all it took was one halftime performance from Kendrick to get me in revolutionary mode.

The author that some people love to hate has delivered one of the best books of 2024—a novel that examines love in all its forms.

Saturday Vista Matinee

- U.S. President Donald Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by U.S. and Guatemalan officials.
That is more than five times the $853 cost of a one-way first class ticket on American Airlines

Did I just hear that @npr.org calling trump’s opinion on the AA crash ideological??? When is the mainstream media going to get a backbone?

Welcome to America's new Gilded Age (RNS) — Trump’s praise for the 19th-century president answers the question so many have been asking: When does Trump believe America was great? It’s the Gilded Age.

OPINION: When does Trump believe America was great? According to his praise for President McKinley, it's the Gilded Age.

“Woe to our society if to be human becomes a heroic act”
Elie Wiesel

Eggs cost a dollar each, stocks are plummeting—are we having fun in Trump World yet?

Saturday Matinee at the Vista. The Thrill of Brazil.

How do you like those eggs now ?

Muriel Rukeyser once asked: "what would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? "The world' her poem responds 'would split open".

Trump's inauguration "was a display of mastery, a sign that none will dare defy his wishes. But a leader surrounded by sycophants cannot receive the advice he needs to avoid catastrophic error,” @jonathanchait writes:

Are we going to spend the next four years reporting on his supporters and voters expressing “reservations” on all the horrible things he is doing to this country and to them or we are going to show exactly why his actions have consequences on them? Start reporting @npr.org

We are Midnight Star
We’re gonna show you how to do it, yes we are
We’re got Freak-A-Zoids, robots, and asteroids
They won’t stop, don’t stop, rocking the floor
They say…

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The tone of the press regarding economic data and rising inflation seems much more optimistic than it was three months ago. I wonder what changed. 🤔

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