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Hot Rod (2007) | Life Is Short: Stunt It - Bright Wall/Dark Room 'Hot Rod' is an activist text. It is not escapist; its weirdness calls attention to the flaws of our world instead of distracting from them.

"HOT ROD is an activist text. It is not escapist; its weirdness calls attention to the flaws of our world instead of distracting from them." - @frankfalisi.bsky.social

Rep. Bacon on Trump's aggression toward Greenland: "I feel like it's incumbent on folks like me to step up and say these threats and bullying of an ally are wrong. And on the weird chance he's serious about invading Greenland, I want to let him know it will probably be the end of his presidency."

Seven data-driven lessons from the 2025 elections Democrats outran their polls and swept statewide races from Georgia to New Jersey, on an agenda of affordability and a broad anti-Trump backlash

I’m taking a victory lap for my coverage of young voters over the last year. I’ve argued that Trump’s 2024 gains with voters <30 stemmed mostly from anti-incumbent sentiment from high inflation — and that “GOP gains” / a youth “realignment” was a mirage. Tuesday’s results suggest I was right.

She Shivers Inside

Stop. What you’re doing. I’m assigning you a task.

Get THIS on your HiFi. Now.

And don’t forget to breathe, and crush your weekend. Here’s @thechantepleures.bsky.social with a tune that just might save your life.

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Merkley, Wyden, Padilla, Bonamici, Bipartisan Colleagues Urge Administration to Release $52.1 Million in Federal Education Funds for Agricultural Farmworker Students - Merkley Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, California’s U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, and U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) today led 26 lawmakers to demand Office o...

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Trump’s Unprecedented Funding Freeze Hits Communities Across America | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

NEW: Trump continues to illegally block funding that Americans are counting on.

Click to view our updated tracker with @democrats-appropriations.house.gov detailing how the $410+ BILLION that Trump is holding up affects you.

A Kansas student reported her coach for harassment and touching. School leaders kept it quiet. • Kansas Reflector A student's allegation of sexual harassment against a Kansas superintendent raises alarms about safety of children and risk of districts awash in secrecy.

This in-depth story by @kansascarpenter.bsky.social examines allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted touching by a golf coach who was also the superintendent — and efforts by school board members and the high school principal to keep it quiet. #ksleg #ksed kansasreflector.com/2025/09/02/a...

Trump Cancels Dozens of Education Grants—With More Terminations on the Horizon More than $1 billion in already-awarded grant funding has yet to flow as expected.

New: The Trump administration in recent weeks has quietly begun cancelling dozens of competitive education grants for projects already in motion.

Hundreds more grant awards, worth more than $1 billion, appear delayed, and could be next on the chopping block. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Senators—Including Republicans—Reject All of Trump's Proposed Education Cuts The budget bill could go before the full Senate as early as September.

U.S. senators from both parties on Thursday decisively rejected virtually all the Trump administration’s proposals to slash K-12 education investments.

Additionally, they pushed back against its efforts to shrink the U.S. Department of Education and move its functions to other agencies.

Republicans Urge Trump to Release $6.8 Billion in School Funding He's Held Back The funds that were supposed to go out July 1 pay for teacher training, English learner services, after-school programs, and more.

New: Ten Republican senators wrote to the Trump admin. today urging the restoration of $6.8 billion for education Trump impounded earlier this month.

Cutting federal education funding with no notice runs counter to "returning education to the states," senators say. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

It’s a shame that so many Republicans vote for something they know will hurt their constituents & the country simply because they are afraid that Trump will threaten them if they don’t go along with it, & they are more concerned about his vindictiveness than they are about them.

Excellent work, sir

Russ Vought is already illegally withholding hundreds of billions in federal funding from our communities.

Now, he's refusing to rule out cutting off even more funding with a new, illegal end run around Congress.

He's ignoring common sense & the plain text of the law.

Derek Guy hats. Any hat - top hats, cowboy hats, ball caps. They just say Derek Guy in bold print.

A 'Tsunami' of Uncertainty Is Crashing Into Federal Funding for Schools The Trump administration has cut grants, terminated contracts, delayed funding estimates, and cut off communications to districts.

Federal investment in K-12 schools is in disarray:
-Grants canceled
-Contracts terminated
-Allocations delayed
-Rules changed
-Communications ceased
-Bigger cuts threatened
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“No Americans have ever applied… pick peaches in brutally hot Texas summers… if it weren’t for them there would be no peaches…” 🍑

The Trump Administration is breaking the law and has no inherent authority to unilaterally freeze appropriations – never has – and every day of Trump’s funding freeze is an unlawful attack on the resources Americans were promised and rely on.

I’m most not sad at Karine Jean-Pierre’s timing.

Watermelon trees

A special message from The Chantepleures:

The last paragraph about the 1% chance of things getter better is the most important part. They have dead-end futures, and Trump is the great lottery ticket.

These were amazing. My grandma always had them. I’m so old.

You just need to find whatever local place is owned by Kroger and you might find the pizzas. They’re pretty good.

Mushy peas at a certain yell-a-lot British chef’s place at Caesars were great.

Man, Adam Schlesinger could write some tunes.

My question is whether Wall Street understands that an important segment of the EV market customer base will not buy a Tesla at any price. It could teleport me places and I would not buy it. I would not drive one if you gave it to me for free.

HBD - enjoy your cake!

Lovely to see you all on here. Had to delete the twitter a few months ago. You guys are great.

Jackie Moon - ELE

Mark, I’m 100% on soft money (my grants are still in effect, so far). Are you asking about accepting a 30% total grant annual reduction or only for salaries? Definitely if it was total and possibly on salary as long as benefits stayed.