Donald Trump said “quiet piggy” to a female reporter because she dared to ask about the Epstein files, and as bad as that is, the fact that none of her colleagues defended her, is even worse.

Using A.I. to vet library materials flags many titles that are not accurate and matches titles against "challenged" books or reviews which could include anything. This practice is problematic. Districts should not be using A.I. to vet materials, since A.I. does not include the context or full text.

How Assessment and Data are Used to Stigmatize Children as Failing - Nancy Bailey's Education Website School districts continue to purchase high-cost commercialized tests that depersonalize teaching, stigmatize children and schools as failing, and build public distrust. Assessment should inform educat...

How can it be considered that so many kindergartners are already behind before they even start their academic journey? Could the expectations be wrong? #EduSky nancyebailey.com/2024/12/07/h...

The way our constitutional republic works is that the supreme court is supposed to strike down actions by the executive when they perform an act that is exclusively granted to congress in the constitution. Whether it is a "signature policy" is irrelevant. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Wow, who knew the Dems were so powerful?? 🙄

Realizing that the massive funding boost for secret police is going to be undercut by the inherent corruption and graft in this administration is a weird feeling

We absolutely won't raise income tax. Unless we do. But we now won't. Can you U turn on a rumour. Apparently so.

Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”

The result was “institutionalized hunger.”

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Jeffries: "The notion that the No Kings rallies are anything but a patriotic act consistent w.the 1A right to express yourself & petition the govt for change in policy continues to reveal that Republicans are clueless as it relates to the Constitution, or they continue to lie for political reasons."

What a fucking idiot!

Democrats MUST NOT agree. There is no compromise with the GOP. The GOP always reneges. Democrats must stand on principal, the common good, and create a Brick Wall! Let the GOP vote to shut down. Let people see them for who they really are!

Elderly white hippies are Americans too and they have every right to be out there protesting if they want to and it doesn't matter if they live in DC or not. We have freedom of travel in this country and we can protest anywhere. Who doesn't Miller hate? Perhaps he even hates himself.

Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?

Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out

Priorities matter. Focus on the kids, not the test scores.

"Competitive authoritarianism" and America's slide toward it You can still vote. It just might not mean much.

New in PN: The slide toward "competitive authoritarianism"

"Orbán subverted Hungary’s democracy with gerrymandering and by creating a nationwide right-wing media network. He put loyalists in the public prosecutor’s office, ensuring the judicial system would go after his enemies. Sound familiar?"

Our military has NOT been in cities around the world "fighting crime." Saying so is a stretch so far that it's essentially meaningless.

The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.

Look at all the ways the #BrokenPost tiptoes around calling fascism fascism. Mussolini said fascism is the merger of government and industry. Il Dumbo is "CEO of America," taking a "personal approach to running the economy," which "departs from traditional conservatism," a "risky role."

My God.

This hit so hard.

Because you know what they're going to choose.

And it makes you feel like, as a species, we may be irredeemable. So many of us find just doing the basic decent thing an utter impossibility.

Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

One of nearly 50 documented instances of immigration agents breaking vehicle windows ProPublica identified from sm, local news accounts, lawsuits & interviews since Trump took office 6 months ago. Using the same methods, we found just 8 in the previous DECADE projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

The folks who lie about the efficiency of renewable energy must be some of the most gullible in the country. Legislators who make stupid comments about the sun going down, and the sun unreliability are lying.

Op-Ed: FEMA Policy Rollbacks Leave Local Communities Vulnerable "We can do better. We must do better."

Op-Ed: FEMA Policy Rollbacks Leave Local Communities Vulnerable
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YouTube video by Hounds - Topic The Ballad of Jeff and Donny

(🚨) The first-ever pop song about Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is now on all major streaming platforms.

Be warned: It is explicit, it goes extremely hard, and it is a banger.

You can listen to it for free below.

Let's make this go viral.

I really think Noem’s plans to “liberate” California from its democratically elected government with military force should not have gotten lost in the news cycle but that appears to be exactly what is happening

Early voting for the 2025 #Virginia general election begins 14 weeks from today: Friday, September 19.

Early voting for the primaries ends tomorrow: Saturday, June 14. Primary day itself is June 17.

Reminder: anywhere you live in Virginia has Democratic primaries for LG and AG. Go vote! #valeg

FIRST ON MSNBC: "I introduced myself and said I had a question. Look, they said I wasn't wearing my pin — my polo says 'United States Senate.'"

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks about forcible removal from Department of Homeland Security press conference.

“There’s no recording allowed out here.” I just grabbed this uncredited off Facebook. Does anyone know who recorded it? I want to make sure they get proper credit.

If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him?

No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.

Fascism is here.

~ Robert Reich