What Closing the Education Dept. Would Mean for Mississippi
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to close the U.S. Department of Education without a clear plan for what will happen next.
Trump abolishing the U.S. Department of Education would have broad-reaching ramifications for states with high childhood poverty rates like Mississippi.
@trjackson.bsky.social explains what all it could affect:
www.mississippifreepress.org/what-trumps-...
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Normal is boring.
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Over the coming months, keep in mind that multiple studies have shown that immigrants β both those in the U.S. legally and those who are undocumented β commit crimes at LOWER rates than U.S. citizens.
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Trump defense secretary nominee Pete Hegsethβs mother called him βan abuser of womenβ
Email from mother, published in the New York Times, said he mistreated women and displayed a lack of character
HIS OWN EFFIN MOTHER: Trump defense secretary nominee Pete Hegsethβs mother called him βan abuser of womenβ. Email from mother, published in the New York Times, said he mistreated women and displayed a lack of character www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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This is Buddy. He has perfected the art of peekaboo. But despite his expertise, graciously doesn't make his human search for too long. 14/10
25.11.2024 23:47 β π 6402 π 461 π¬ 62 π 33
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
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Relatable
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HOLY COW.
Pam Bondi was involved in a custody battle with Hurricane Katrina victims over a St. Bernard she adopted in 2005 after the dog was separated from his family during the storm.
The family had been trying to find the dog and Bondi refused to return him.
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a big dog with a white head and pink and black nose tilts his head up to sniff the teeny newborn kitten whoβs being held in his humanβs palm.
This is Todd. He found a newborn kitten abandoned in his backyard. Immediately got to work caring for her and made sure she felt safe until she was able to be fostered. 13/10
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a little gray and white puppy in a light blue collar sits in a fluffy fleece dog bed inside a shopping cart. the cart is filled to the brim with little soft toys, and the aisle behind her is decked out with even more. but sheβs staring at the camera with a little closed-mouth smile and her ears flopping backwards as she looks at you with love.
This is Stormi. Her new forever family is taking her to pick out some toys. But everything she could ever want is already right in front of her. 12/10
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Our new secretary of education
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Screenshot:
How to build a better life
Headline: Are you tired all the time? Me too - but I think I've worked out why
Is it the horrors? I bet itβs the horrors
20.11.2024 15:12 β π 1953 π 467 π¬ 25 π 14
YouTube video by MSNBC
RFK Jr., anti-vaxxers, and a measles outbreak: Mehdiβs deep dive
Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
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Definition of βkakistocracyβ as a government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.
Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.
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Anyone else remember when Dr. Oz said that it was fine for 2β3% of schoolchildren to die?
Yeah, heβs in charge of Medicaid and Medicare now.
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RFK Jr. attacks "red state people" in recently unearthed footage: "Red state people are more likely to murder you, to impregnate your teenage daughter, to commit a violent crime against you..."
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All this catastrophizing Iβm hearing about the next four years is starting to get to me. Time for a TNG rewatch.
19.11.2024 16:40 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
From Hugh Grant's interview with Vanity Fair. He's fast approaching national treasure status.
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I open my Bluesky feed and it is full of really cool people saying really smart things and being really passionate about really interesting stuff.
I like this version of social media, and the world.
Thanks, folks.
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Autism is not a disease to be cured. Pass it on.
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Sometimes the DMs just hit it
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This should terrify every American. It doesnβt matter where you stand on immigration. Using our military as a domestic law enforcement tool at mass scale will destroy its core purpose, turn the American people against them, and damage the institution for decades.
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Trying to find a happy medium between not knowing anything that's happening in the world and being pissed off all the time
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Itβs 6pm but it could also be midnight
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Why do Trumpers want to abolish the Department of Education? Because itβs in charge of prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race and sex in schools that get federal funding, a policy Congress set in 1975 through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
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Vaccines do not cause autism.
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
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