The government is saying that violence rules. That snatching foreign leaders and territories, and shooting US citizens in their cars at point blank range, is justified. That resistance is not only futile, it is dangerous. They can say these things. But they cannot force us to believe them.
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
Dems held out for 40 days for nothing?
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
SB318 addresses the profit-motive in Nevada’s charter school system. Currently, EMOs are largely unaccountable and not transparent as to their operations or performance. For profit companies like Academica take millions of Nevada tax dollars. #NVLeg
crazy that an influx of dense infill housing can lower prices and make homeownership more attainable
The most unpopular, unsuccessful president at the 100 day mark in American history.
Nevada is already feeling the impact of this administration’s ill-conceived economic choices and cruel agenda. Now, proposed cuts to per-pupil funding threaten to have catastrophic effects on our students.
Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?
"That is why two years ago NSEA asked what accountability in public education means. Does it mean holding school districts accountable? Absolutely. But it also means holding state leaders accountable to the plan they commissioned. #PassThePlan." #NVLeg
A great Special Op-Ed from @skaiser-nv.bsky.social
"The current #NVLeg Session presents an opportunity to work together as a coalition again to speak together for those who cannot, Nevada’s children. Nevada’s kids shouldn’t face another decade without adequate funding. It is time to #PassThePlan"
Today, we were joined by NSEA member Katie Vezina, 2nd grade teacher in Lander County. She spoke powerfully about why we should #PassThePlan
“We need to pass the plan because our kids are suffering at the hands of decision-makers who don’t work in the classroom.” #NVLeg
" When classes are too large, and resources are stretched thin, students don’t get the attention they need. And teachers? We push ourselves to the brink, to compensate for a system that isn’t giving us enough support."
#NSEA #PASSTHEPLAN #NVLEG
"You are meant to feel powerless. That is what a strongman wants: to make you feel as if nothing can stop the takeover of your country." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
The unitary executive theory is really just a way to cloak the morphing of a democratically elected president into a dictator with the appearance of legality. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
Can’t stop thinking about all the people who’ve lost their jobs. Losing your job in this country, it’s like annihilation—not least because it usually means losing health care, too. And for so many people, their entire sector has been eviscerated. I wouldn’t be able to feed my kids. It’s terrifying.
This isn’t about fixing bureaucracy in Washington. This is about defunding your local public school.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
As 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.
Want to use your voice to protect the Department of Education and public education? NEA has created messaging guidance and communications tools to get you started!
www.nea.org/resource-lib...
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
As I watch Democrats fold on rights for marginalized groups, it kind of makes me want to scream.
If you are willing to give any group up, I don’t trust you and I don’t want to know you.
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Don't confuse being a fast talker with being a deep thinker. Speaking quickly signals confidence, not complexity.
Don't mistake volume for expertise. Speaking loudly reflects conviction, not credibility.
Sometimes the best ideas come from the least assertive voice in the room.
My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like it’s more important to say, “What is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.”
i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated
I’m gonna spend 2025 reading books and thinking about them.
Exactly.
We don’t need billionaires. We need
- affordable housing
- universal healthcare
- living wages
- clean & reliable public transit
- affordable childcare
Imagine if the rewards of our hard work went back into our communities instead of being hoarded by a handful at the top.
