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@theatre211.bsky.social

Labor and community organizer / political commentator based in the Great State of Maine. Proud progressive. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡©πŸ‡° πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡¦

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James Carville needs to retire. He no longer has his finger on the pulse of Democratic politics and he's damaging the party.

28.04.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

@democrats.org @kenmartin.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

It wasn't bad enough the DNC took all the wind out of Bernie's sails in '16, lost in '24, played possum during a coup in '25, now you're trying to silence @davidhogg.bsky.social ? Newsflash - the voters want more like David Hogg.

28.04.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok, they're defying court orders now. We need to be in the street.

18.03.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool. Gavin Newsom is a full blown nazi now? That was quick.

12.03.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@democrats.org @democraticparty.bsky.social

Please, please don't screw this up.

Shut it down.

12.03.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*Title I and SpEd funds.

11.03.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The SAVE Act Would Force Many Rural Americans To Drive Hours To Register To Vote Under the SAVE Act, many rural Americans would be forced to drive hours and cross hundreds of miles to show documentation of citizenship, in person, in order to register to vote. Some would be forced...

If the SAVE Act passes into law, it could prevent rural voters from accessing the ballot box with long drives.

10.03.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

So my question for @democrats.org @democraticparty.bsky.social is this: why is no one educating the public about what closing DOE would actually look like on the ground in rural America. Why is no one out there explaining the real world cost of the cuts? It's a price many voters wont want to pay.

09.03.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And for the towns that can shoulder the burden of losing Title I funds, class sizes will explode. Think DOE closing won't affect your high achieving kid? Think again. How will your kid fare when the teacher to student ratio is 1:45.

09.03.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The answer is: kids are going to die. That sounds alarmist, but it's just the truth. Children will die of neglect and abuse who didn't have to suffer that way.

Towns will be hollowed out. Custodians, bus drivers, food service workers, paras, and teachers will be financially devastated.

09.03.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And what happens to the kiddos who don't have support at home? What happens to those kids who have such traumatic home lives that school is their reprieve from severe abuse? Or the only place where they have consistent food and heat? That's a much more common story than most people know.

09.03.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

More broadly, if IDEA and other laws are not enforced by DOE, kids with high needs will be sent home when schools aren't able to pay staff to provide services. In Maine, at least, there are VERY few alternative places for these kids to go. Parents will have to quit their jobs to take care of them.

09.03.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Take Maine, for instance. We get $300 million in Title I funding from DOE. W/out that money, there are schools in Maine that would just close. In Maine-like many rural states-schools are not only the heart of small communities, they're also often the largest single employer. This will kill towns.

09.03.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

🧡 I feel like no one is talking about how massively devastating it would be for Americans if this regime closed the Dept of Ed.

It's not just student loan chaos; it's not just civil rights laws & FERPA (privacy) laws not being enforced. It's millions of jobs cut. It's millions of kids sent home.

09.03.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Character limits 🀣 but yes, exactly. The progressives in this party are the only ones standing up to tyranny, and we are being shouted down by the leadership who keeps losing.

09.03.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@democrats.org FFS...

09.03.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Know what would be great, @democrats.org ? How about you educate the country about what is happening to student loan borrowers right now. How about you educate families of kids with disabilities and behavioral challenges about what will happen if federal funds are cut off?

09.03.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. And @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social shamed members of his own party for demonstrating during the State of the Union?

Meanwhile, @sanders.senate.gov is out there speaking to crowds of thousands who are demanding actual leadership -- he's listening and taking action to meet the moment.

09.03.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

The European Federation of Journalists representing 300,000+ journalists have announced they are leaving Elon Musk's X and will no longer be posting.

09.03.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 16258    πŸ” 3736    πŸ’¬ 518    πŸ“Œ 464

"Shut it down." - Jed Bartlett

07.03.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Musk calls social security a β€˜Ponzi scheme’. The real con is what Trump’s peddling | Robert Reich Social security is a highly efficient safety net. But the president’s crypto plans and job cuts leave Americans holding the bag

Musk calls social security a β€˜Ponzi scheme’. The real con is what Trump’s peddling | Robert Reich

07.03.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 591    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 9
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Women in Power Are Gumming Up the Trump Machine As President Donald Trump and his team seek to secure yet more power by eroding American structures and norms, these women government officials have been fighting back.

β€œAs President Donald Trump and his team seek to secure yet more power by eroding American structures and norms, these women government officials have been fighting back.”

thestoryexchange.org/women-in-pow...

06.03.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

What's going to happen to my student loans? I am still in SAVE plan forbearance and a little worried about my loans being privatized or payments getting so high that go into default and lose everything. You know, just a regular Thursday in Trump's America.

06.03.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Constituents across the country have voiced their disappointment with the Democratic party’s opposition to the Trump administration so far. Many people don’t think the party is doing enough to combat ... TikTok video by MSNBC

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

Time to wake πŸ‘ up πŸ‘.

05.03.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Democratic party is basically run by a Hustle bot at this point. The Democrats am bot.

05.03.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They're too stupid, TLP. They're just too stupid.

05.03.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salariesβ€”sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.

Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.

05.03.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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04.03.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Yes!!!!!

05.03.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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