JOBS PLUMMET: The U.S. private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, payrolls processing firm ADP says.

Sickening, revealing stuff from someone with the president’s ear

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That’s Nashville, **Indiana,** folks.

Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)

happy bday poet Nikki Giovanni, b.1943, Knoxville, TN.

“i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live”

“We love because it's the only true adventure.”

“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well...

Your reminder that none of this shit is fucking normal.

A win for truth and history: A National Park Service page(removed by Musk) on the Underground Railroad has been restored to prominently feature Harriet Tubman, after her image and quote were removed earlier this year. Now, her legacy as a fearless champion for freedom has rightfully been restored. ✊

Cover of How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers)

How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers) will be out September 2nd and is now available for pre-order. Can’t wait for you all to read it. Shout out to teachers. This is for y’all.

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/clint...

SAVE THE PENGUINS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.

Study shows growing link between racial attitudes and anti-democratic beliefs among White Americans A new study reveals anti-democratic beliefs among white Americans are strongly linked to racial resentment and perceived white status threat. This connection has grown stronger over the last decade.

We keep writing about this destruction without getting to the core of it. “White Americans who are racially resentful towards Blacks, hold negative views of immigrants, and believe that whites are being discriminated against are especially likely to hold anti-democratic beliefs.”

Dear media,
It’s not:
“President Trump Discusses Possible Third Term.”

It’s: “Kleptocratic Wannabe Dictator Says He Can Serve ‘Third Term’ In Blatant Disregard Of The Constitution He ‘Swore’ An Oath To Defend.”

You’re welcome.

They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

Pure fascism: the put down of the freedom of assembly.

I think it's important to remember, with everything extremely fucked up and dumb right now, that at the root of it, fuck fuck fucking fucking fuck.

As designed

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.

Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who agrees that a bunch of fucking 19-year old randos named "Big Balls" should not have access to our most sensitive information, and that should be a bipartisan issue.

This is a national security crisis waiting to happen.

Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number The billionaire and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.

Must read.

“Elon Musk is not a federal employee, nor has he been appointed by the President nor approved by the Senate to have any leadership role in government.”

Who else is really looking forward to not watching the Inauguration?

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If the government shuts down Saturday, the richest man in the world will be largely to blame.

You may not get access to services you depend on just before the holidays because an unelected billionaire shadow president wanted it that way.

If this isn’t oligarchy, I don’t know what is.

The Best and Worst Education News of 2024 (Opinion) There was plenty to celebrate in public education this year, but not all was rosy.

Best and worst education news-- in a year that we may look longingly back on, as the best of times, come 2025. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY

After the shooting, someone said a lot of the CEO’s are afraid to return to work.

Read that and now think about how our school-aged kids feel!

Four photos of James Baldwin

"I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually"

~ James Baldwin, who passed 37 years ago today, and whose voice is needed now more than ever

School choice is a scam.