American teachers union boss Randi Weingarten's new book rings warning bell about opponents to public education
Jim DeFede talks with Randi Weingarten about the warning bell she rings in her new book, "Why Fascists Fear Teachers."
Attacking public education is a classic authoritarian tactic because schools teach critical thinking and foster pluralism. In my new book, "Why Fascists Fear Teachers," I talk about what this fight for public education means for our democracy.
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In addressing whether removing Senator Schumer as leader should be an issue in Democratic primaries, Senator Sanders broadens the focus: "We need to take on the Democratic establishment all over this country."
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Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.
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Trump Roasted for Reaction to Fainting Man in SNL Cold Open
βStand There and Stare Like a Sociopath!β SNL Roasts Trumpβs Reaction to Man Fainting in Oval Office Mediaite
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and thereβs no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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Please note this explainer
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MAGA likes to throw out their βChinese spyβ bs line against Swalwell every time he is winning an argument, meanwhile Trump has been pardoning convicted Chinese spies every month for personal benefit.
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Earlier this week, Mother Jones video correspondent @garrisonhayes.bsky.social visited a Nashville food bank where he talked to folks whoβd recently lost their SNAP assistance. Hereβs what they had to say.
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This sure looks like purges as part of a larger effort to politicize the military.
Hard to overstate the seriousness. A professional, non-politicized, civilian-controlled military is one of those historically amazing things 2020s Americans take for granted.
The alternative is considerably worse.
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Quick PSA for Trump supportersβ¦
Unless youβre a billionaire finding his campaign and enriching himβ¦
HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU!!!
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Woke means kind and tolerant and inclusive and generous of spirit and enlightened and morally sound. And itβs not back. It never left for most of us. The only ones doubting it and wanting us to renounce it were the haters and their appeasers.
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CNN Speaker Johnson I donβt know montage
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Video of a woman dancing in a giant glass at Trumpβs Mar-a-Lago party.
Some MAGA accounts falsely claimed this didnβt actually happen. They are wrong once again.
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Dear SINO,
Speaker In Name Only, remember when you compared yourself to Moses?
Yeah, well Mike, if Moses were anything like you, heβd have sold his soul to Pharaoh and danced in his ballroom while the people starved outside.
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House Republican Tells Food Stamp Recipients to βStop Smoking Crackβ
Millions of Americans are about to go hungry thanks to the government shutdown, but Representative Clay Higgins doesnβt seem to care.
GOP Representative Clay Higginsβwho, like most congressmen, receives up to $79 per day in meal compsβthinks SNAP recipients should shut up, stop complaining, and stop smoking crack. trib.al/Mu9OCQB
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I feel like thereβs momentum right now for Democratic candidates. But I also felt like there was momentum for Kamala Harris at the end & that she was likely to win, so what do I know? Anyway, vote!
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Indiana Jones is correct. Trump scares the s*it out of me too and everything comes in two week time frames
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Adam Mockler
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New video: "They EXPOSED by backstoryβ¦"
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VOTE NYC! findmypollsite.vote.nyc
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This is your reminder that millions of Americans will lose food benefits this weekend because Trump is refusing to tap his emergency fund.
Kids will go to school hungry because of this cruelty.
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Priority #1 for Republican Members of Congress: Billionaire tax breaks.
Priority #1 for Democratic Members of Congress: Working families health care and SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans.
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βIf you assault or obstruct law enforcement, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law--regardless of who you are. Abughazaleh assaulted law enforcement and obstructed officers by directly blocking the pathway of a federal law enforcement officer vehicle outside our ICE Broadview facility. She is now facing the consequences of her stunt to earn 15 minutes of fame. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.β
On or about September 26, 2025, at Broadview, in the Northern District
of Illinois, Eastern Division,
KATHERINE MARIE ABUGHAZALEH,
defendant herein, forcibly impeded, intimidated, and interfered with an officer of the
United States, namely, Agent A, while engaged in or on account of the performance
of his official duties;
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 111(a)(1) and 2.
Here is DHS making false allegations about @katmabu.bsky.social.
Read the affidavit and show me where it alleges that she assaulted anyone.
Spoiler: it doesn't.
The conspiracy charge / title of the statute is throwing people off / leading to a lot of bad faith attacks.
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βPeople who are eager for powerβ¦ leverage the idea of racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, sexism to consolidate power.β
John Harwood and Heather Cox Richardson compare the rise of the KKK in the 1920s to our current day, as they explain the economic push behind racism.
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Kristi Noem didn't "make sure kids are safe." Her goons tear-gassed a Chicago neighborhood to spoil a children's Halloween parade.
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Dems have a bill to fund SNAP and feed families through the shutdown. Yesterday, Senate Rβs blocked it.
Itβs needless and cruel to use hungry children as bargaining chips. Previous shutdowns did not cut SNAP. Release the funds.
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Mike Johnson photo with the words βno food for you until the democrats let us take away your healthcareβ.
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These accomplishments happened in 2024, before Trump was President.
Also, I doubt he wrote this because I don't think he knows how to spell quantum, much less explain the concept.
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