@laurabratt.bsky.social
Education advocate, school board trustee, parent of 4 almost adults, hopeful and naive
Today would be a good day to release the Epstein Files.
Unredacted.
In their entirety.
I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC
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08.07.2025 11:12 β π 27987 π 6048 π¬ 174 π 203The ridiculousness of these distractions is staggering...
05.05.2025 13:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Like before the proposed removal of Roe vs Wade and Project 2025......
19.04.2025 21:45 β π 8114 π 1602 π¬ 109 π 46Geography lesson at todayβs Pro-Due-Process rally.
19.04.2025 18:34 β π 11071 π 2401 π¬ 162 π 86The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.
15.04.2025 11:45 β π 14361 π 4547 π¬ 1089 π 583Universities, which are defined by academic independence yet depend on government support, are extremely vulnerable to government bullying. Harvardβs decision suggests that some, at least, have a limit to how far theyβre willing to be pushed.
16.04.2025 00:09 β π 380 π 65 π¬ 12 π 2A top adviser of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday as part of an investigation into an unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, a U.S. defense official said.
16.04.2025 03:55 β π 2208 π 576 π¬ 256 π 71Don't let Donald's tariff stupidity distract you from talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon that put our troops in danger. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not. And we can multitask our criticisms.
14.04.2025 01:28 β π 3980 π 1263 π¬ 85 π 49Read this to understand what just happened with the Supreme Court: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
11.04.2025 01:12 β π 63 π 15 π¬ 4 π 1Seen in San Ramon, CA #handsoff
07.04.2025 01:37 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Book banning, anti-LGBTQ, anti-DEI school board candidates lost big last Tuesday as well!
06.04.2025 22:33 β π 348 π 52 π¬ 2 π 0That was quick ππΊπΈπ₯
30.03.2025 20:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The think tank is laying off nearly all of its staff, as its former board sues to stop what it calls a "takeover" by the Trump administration.
30.03.2025 20:12 β π 957 π 229 π¬ 30 π 16President Trump took aim at California six times in 24 hours with a barrage of challenges to diversity, transgender rights and immigration.
28.03.2025 22:44 β π 212 π 75 π¬ 53 π 16This is illegal: Musk announced in an overnight post on X that heβll hand out million-dollar checks at a Sunday night event in Wisconsinβbut only to those who voted in the stateβs Supreme Court election.
Why is Elon so invested in this race? Tesla is facing legal challenges in Wisconsin.
"I stopped at a QuikTrip in Texas to use the restroom. As I entered, I heard a voice from one of the stalls call out, βHello, I have a question for you.β Then she asked, βAre you a woman or a man?β
The question hit me like a slap."
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/gender...
Empower independent media
28.03.2025 16:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0These are the two idiots crashing the economy like a self-driving Tesla.
12.03.2025 15:59 β π 2874 π 377 π¬ 153 π 27A blessing from the felon in chief did not pan out π€
13.03.2025 04:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As someone who grew up during the Cold War, I never would have imagined a headline like this.
04.03.2025 05:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thereβs a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.
03.03.2025 14:58 β π 18850 π 6519 π¬ 1136 π 72910% of NASAβs workforce has been laid offβguess thatβll be a boost for SpaceX.
18.02.2025 19:35 β π 18887 π 4222 π¬ 598 π 224Remember when they mocked us for saying that democracy is on the ballot?
15.02.2025 22:13 β π 7994 π 1675 π¬ 332 π 75They fire hundreds of thousands of Americans, shut down cancer research, meds for HIV positive people around the world, nutrition for starving babies but 400 million for Musks Tesla contract. When Americans got pissed off they removed the word Tesla. But its taxpayers money for Muskβs company
15.02.2025 15:27 β π 492 π 176 π¬ 36 π 3You have questions. Mostly of the "What Can I Do to Resist This Coup?" variety. Choose Democracy has answers. Here's a really handy guide to the how/what/why of organizing... Share widely. Link here: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
12.02.2025 02:44 β π 1503 π 696 π¬ 51 π 51