@menakad.bsky.social
Thank you, BABA. babainfo.org/newsletter/h...
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We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)!
What does IDEA mean for students?
✅ Individualized learning plans
✅ Early intervention
✅ Inclusive classrooms
✅ Protections & advocacy
✅ Pathways to independence
#IDEA50 #ProtectOurKids
Trump calling for the impeachment of a judge who ruled against him. Calling him “crooked.” If this isn’t fascistic, what is?
(Also, the media will sanewash this but anyone else who talks or writes like this would be sent to one of the mental asylums Trump thinks migrants are coming from!)
Not surprisingly, Trump’s overall tax and tariff proposals would make the very rich much richer and working families poorer.
If you earn less than $360,000 a year, your taxes are going to go way up.
If you’re in the top 1%? Don’t worry. You’ll save big.
The University of Oregon has the chance to set the example for other universities by bargaining a fair contract with @uauoregon.bsky.social and investing in the staff and resources students need to succeed.
To learn more about what UA-Oregon is fighting for, visit www.uauoregon.org.
“The victim is accused of violence.”
—Malcolm X
Rings true today, especially for Black victims, for Muslim victims. #malcolmx #malcolmlives
That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history!
Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.
Drop everything you’re doing and read this piece. It’s that good and that important.
“We’re in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of the US gov’t… [but it’s] not yet an
accomplished fact.”
-@joshtpm.bsky.social
1/5
WTF?!? Elon Musk reposted this on X before quietly deleting it:
“Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”
Remember:
THEY WORK FOR US.
The PEOPLE still have incredible POWER.
As workers.
As citizens.
As consumers.
STAY LOUD. When we get quiet, the oligarchy fills the vacuum and steals our rights, health & wealth.
NEW: The class-action lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of discrimination at school — violating the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and @jodiscohen.bsky.social
I’m sure all the people who shared NYT’s ‘Screams Without Words’ and Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Screams Before Silence’ will be sharing this new UN report on Israel’s systematic sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinian men and women, right?
Right?
Excuse us for a second:
This is illegal as fuck.
Executive branch records are the property of the public, not of these scoundrels and con men.
•••••BREAKING•••••
The measles outbreak in western Texas is rapidly growing, with 25 new cases confirmed in just the last five days. In West Texas alone, there are now a total of 223 confirmed cases, according to new data released by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
Watch..
The House just passed a funding bill that would provide ICE with a nearly $10 billion blank check to detain and deport immigrant communities with few guardrails.
Senators have the power to stop this cruel waste of taxpayer dollars. They must use that power.
Everything about this is dangerous nonsense but much like the university of california system, UNC is a state system of schools, not an individual entity, all of which had varying levels of response to student protests, last year. Terrible in content *And* form
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BUSD officials, community orgs and parent leaders have been hosting community info-sessions, "know your rights" trainings and more.
11.03.2025 14:06 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Spare a thought for your green-card holding and naturalized colleagues, many of whom are now doing risk-benefit calculations before speaking on anything that could be considered remotely political
10.03.2025 13:09 — 👍 1595 🔁 430 💬 27 📌 33When you hear Trump & his supporters defend the detention of a Green Card holder by pretending to care about 1) antisemitism on campus, and 2) trespassing on college property, remember that Trump 1) hosted a Holocaust denier for dinner & 2) pardoned violent insurrectionists.
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"Black Americans are more willing to participate in medical studies led by Black doctors and researchers, perceiving them as more trustworthy, finds a new study co-authored by a Cornell economist."
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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The President has politicized the Department of Justice and threatens to unleash the power of the federal government on his political enemies. For example, he has promised to punish law firms that provide legal support for his opponents, Now, many are no longer willing to do so. Critics who once held security clearances or security details have them removed. Organizations fearful of threats from the President preemptively erase ideas, or silence dissenting voices. The President has suggested that critics are supporters of terrorism, using vague language that allows him to threaten nonprofits, or promise to deport protest leaders. Words and ideas are banned. Censors rifle their way through government documents and websites to remove them. Federal spaces, like schools on military bases, are purged of books that even mildly hint at the idea that diversity is a good thing. Executive orders that purge these ideas tend to be ambiguous, leading organizations to respond broadly and to self-censor. Funding of research ideas is being taken away from research experts and handed to political appointees who are defunding the ideas they dislike. Campus officials are trying to decide how to respond to government orders to remove ideas.
I wanted to put, in one place, a documented list of all of the ways that speech is being threatened.
The list is admittedly incomplete. It is also overwhelming.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/real-chill...
Mr. Musk plans to layoff 83,000 workers at the VA. That means lower quality care for our vets. Unacceptable.
I agree with the VFW: The VA must “reconsider its planned reduction of 83,000 employees & thoroughly review any proposed cuts prior to rolling out further announcements.”
Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.
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Every single Democratic Senator voted for Marco Rubio as Sec of State!
09.03.2025 22:43 — 👍 13156 🔁 2904 💬 572 📌 159Berkeley, CA
07.03.2025 04:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
