Opinion | How to Measure Real Progress in Education

My @nytimes LTE in response to Nicholas Kristof’s column. The literacy gains in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana deserve attention—they show this isn’t about red or blue, it’s about what works for kids. We should celebrate this progress and build on it.
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Two-day jail stay on misdemeanor charge was harrowing for transgender detainee Conditions in the City Justice Center were reportedly dire for Archer Mallon, a non-binary transgender person held there for more than two days on misdemeanor charges stemming from a dispute with a la...

Two-day jail stay on misdemeanor charge was harrowing for #transgender detainee

“Somebody’s going to die,” said their attorney

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US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone, lawmakers say Members of Congress say the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone.

Resign.
Resign.
Resign.

Have some basic decency: resign.

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Not that it means anything anymore, but surely starting a shooting war without going to Congress should be something worthy of another impeachment to add to his collection.

> @covie93.bsky.social

Kamala Harris just threw her weight behind Jasmine Crockett in the Texas Senate race 🔥

Cornyn on Trump's strikes on Iran: "I don't know what the-- what's, uh -- I'm learning like you are as the news unfolds exactly what's happening"

I served in the military for 20 years. Afterwards, I devoted another 25 years directly supporting the military, as contractor and civilian.

For those serving now, you are either participating in or supporting an illegal war. The orders to commit were illegal. You have an obligation to resist.

The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day.

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

Homeland Security wants Social Media sites to expose Anti-ICE Accounts!!!!

The Government is trampling on our CIVIL LIBERTIES!!!!!

#ICE

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

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“Fascism is a most ferocious attack by capital on the mass of the working people; Fascism is unbridled chauvinism and annexationist war; Fascism is rabid reaction and counter-revolution; Fascism is the most vicious enemy of the working class and of all working people!”

– Georgi Dimitrov

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.

We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote.

Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?

Suddenly, a New Pro-Trump Mega Media Monopoly Trump and Larry Ellison have built it

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i thought sex offenders weren’t supposed to live in government housing

Clinton: It then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate. One of the most vile bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet.

The dumbing down of America.

After Lauren Boebert leaked a photo, Hillary Clinton halted her deposition Rep. Lauren Boebert leaked a photo of Hillary Clinton's closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee, resulting in an immediate halt. Clinton testified in Chappaqua, New York, about potential ties between the Clintons and late financier Jeffrey Epstein. About an hour into questioning,...

Rep. Lauren Boebert leaked a photo of Hillary Clinton's closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee, resulting in an immediate halt.

This is different than when the military used a laser to take out a party balloon.

Trump CANNOT regulate elections by executive order February 27, 2026

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Investigative Post obtained video of Border Patrol abandoning Nurul Shah Alam, the Buffalo refugee.

Border Patrol claimed the shop was open. The doors, however were locked. Agents never notified family or lawyers. Shah Alam died 5 days later.

TIMELINE:
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Catholic bishops beg Supreme Court to stop Trump: 'Protect God-given human dignity' The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court this week, urging the justices to strike down President Donald Trump's executive order dismantling the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship.Trump's order would require anyone born in the United...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court this week, urging the justices to strike down President Donald Trump's executive order dismantling the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship.

For CNN, a Change in Ownership Means a Suddenly Uncertain Future

Nothing uncertain about it: CNN is fucked. This is the last nail in the coffin of American mass media as a legitimate actor.
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Politics crowding out justice.

It’s hard not to notice how the conversation keeps drifting away from the people who were actually harmed.

It's like an episode of Orange is the New Black, but real.

A Private Prison Falsified Death Records. ICE Gave Them More Money. ICE has continued to work with GEO Group even after its employees failed to meet federal standards of work.

ICE discovered that GEO Group, the country’s largest private prison company, falsified the death records of an inmate—but that didn’t stop them from throwing even more money at them.

GEO staff ignored orders from the man's physician—and then lied about it.

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Border Patrol’s Shameful Lies About Leaving Blind Man to Die Exposed Surveillance footage shows the Rohingya refugee was not left in a “warm, safe location.”

The U.S. Border Patrol shared false information about its abandonment of a nearly blind refugee who later died on the street.

“I’m not here to talk about my feelings” is the most Hillary Clinton statement of all time. 😂

Who the fuck did they think they were talking to?

Posting this every damn day!