Gary Obermeyer

Why Block Grants Are Bad News for Students | NEA If federal education funding is converted to block grants to the states, the most likely result is less money for public schools and more money for private school vouchers.

Trump and Elon Musk's plan to "move education back to the states" would gut federal protections, especially for students with disabilities, English learners, rural kids, and low-income families.

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Court Docs Reveal Citibank Froze Nonprofits’ Accounts on FBI’s Request Citibank was following requests from the Trump White House when it froze the accounts of several nonprofits last month.

Recently disclosed court documents reveal that Citibank was following requests from the FBI, the EPA, the EPA Inspector General, and the Treasury Department when it froze the accounts of several nonprofit organizations and state agencies in February.

Chuck Schumer needs to step down as leader. He clearly isn't lock in step with majority of democrats. This is bad. Im so angry with his caving. Listen shutdowns suck but this "CR" sucks even more and it's not even a clean funding bill. Pathetic.

Just learned about 18F…. Please share widely!

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org

Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

Jayapal Unveils Bill to End “Citizens United,” Slamming “Shadow President” Musk The impact of “Citizens United” is clearer than ever with Elon Musk buying his way into power, Jayapal said.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduced a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United, as an out-of-control billionaire informally appointed by President Donald Trump has set out to destroy the federal government in the wake of the most expensive election in U.S. history.

Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”

Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!

Musk wouldn’t have taken questions in the Oval Office and looked like a cornered criminal if the pressure and attention wasn’t building.

Don’t stop highlighting that the richest man in the world is taking over government. Keep talking. Paper your city if you have to. Do not give in.

CFPB just got a complete stop work order from Vought. Order to cease all supervision, examination, and investigations into consumer complaints. They are attempting to shutter this agency that protects regular people from corporate exploitation.

Hillary’s email server would like a word

My response to Trump’s remarks in the Capitol Visitor’s Center:

When Donald Trump takes the oath, everything he says will be a lie. He will not uphold the Constitution. He will try to transform our country into his dark vision.

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Preemptive Pardons? I think the preemptive pardon issue—the idea that President Biden should use pardons for people who have not been charged yet but may be at risk under the Trump Administration—is a very difficult one ...

Reupping this piece from when preemptive pardons first came up now that Biden has issued them, explaining recipients have to accept them before they’re effective. joycevance.substack.com/p/preemptive...

The deck has been stacked against hardworking families for decades.

It’s time to redeem the American dream.

For everyone.

Highly recommend waiting a good four hours post-ketamine before giving a major speech.

Trump’s war on the press is straight out the Putin playbook The incoming president and his acolytes are promising retribution, trials and incarceration for critical journalists. It is already having a chilling ...

The incoming president and his acolytes are promising retribution, trials and incarceration for critical journalists. It is already having a chilling impact, writes Alan Rusbridger.
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My statement on the January 6, 2021 Violent Insurrection:

I know, you’re basically “whatever Trump says today” MAGA. But some chunk of MAGA is about to pretty disappointed.

Over on the blue bird app, they are so embarrassed that Trump cancelled the inauguration and screwed them out of money, that they are making up reasons like assasination attempts etc.

It’s going to be a big letdown for them these four years when they realize how weak Trump really is

Joe Biden is right. There is an oligarchy forming in America

About "Growing Into Schools of the Future" A blog about the transformation of schools from industrial-age factories to learning communities where both teachers and students have growing room.

About "Growing Into Schools of the Future"
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No, five Republicans on the Supreme Court say this would be "free speech" rather than a bribe...

@aclu.bsky.social when can we expect to begin seeing ACLU posts on Bluesky?

My wife worked for a senior care home for a short time and had to leave due in large part to the effects she saw from corporate cost-cutting.

Unions Brace Themselves as Trump Prepares to Defang Labor Board Trump’s NLRB will likely be filled with lawyers from the union-busting world hell-bent on rolling back workers’ gains.

Trump’s NLRB will likely be filled with lawyers from the union-busting world hell-bent on rolling back workers’ gains.

Federal law prohibits federal contractors from donating to federal elections (like president). So, what's up with Musk/SpaceX? What am I missing here?

When Profits Kill: The Deadly Costs of Treating Healthcare as a Business “The scariest sentence in the English language is: ‘I’m a billionaire, and I’m here to help.’”

The scariest sentence in the English language is: ‘I’m a billionaire, and I’m here to help.’

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