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1/5 THIS: "How do you silence children in the home, censor them in the classroom, shame them in the church, police them in the street, lie to them in textbooks, & then expect them to become courageous defenders of truth?" You can't. "That is why authoritarian movements always go after children."

The Democratic Mayors Association: "[F]ederal law prohibits the presence of federal immigration agents, the FBI or other investigative personnel... federal agents are not allowed to be armed at the polls, nor are they allowed to interact with voters or handle ballots or election equipment."

The whole nutshell: "...they're doing nothing to make us safer, more prosperous, or more free." Thank you, Rep. Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire!

Surprised?

"Fear only works as a political weapon when people believe they’re powerless. And that’s exactly why participation matters." (from a FB comment)

Have you voted early?

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” ~Frederick Douglass, 1857. Image: Library of Congress.

Interventions to promote risk-taking will never succeed until grades are eliminated. As long as the goal is to get an A (or its equivalent), students' rational response will be to *minimize* risk. (And then we blame *them* for lacking a "growth mindset" or some such.) tinyurl.com/27nch2vt

2/2 ...And it's really stupid to rank * countries' education systems (see screenshot) * high schools, esp. based on A.P. courses: tinyurl.com/mtb59esz * students within a school: is.gd/ZwzLZN * colleges, as by US News & World Rpt: is.gd/oWU40h --> tinyurl.com/yc6kdy37 * hospitals: is.gd/oIfumN

I dislike it when dead people read my mind, but what're ya gonna do?

El-Sayed: "We had a little debate. Or I had a debate and he just pointed at me and said, 'He's Muslim.'"

Yep.

100%. I keep thinking of the video I did with Chris Jones of Arkansas and it seems like a miracle to see a person of that caliber running for Congress when we’ve all had to listen to Tommy Tuberville for 14 hundred million years. Jones is literally a rocket scientist (and personable and funny, too).

What she says - and we can't say it enough!

Finland ordered the suspension of Google's data center plans after discovering a series of fraudulent representations in its permit submissions. Now Finns are fuming over Google's illegal felling of 250,000 trees to clear land for the project. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thank you to my mama, Ms. Earline Nixon, and every grandma (and a couple of grandpas) who pulled up to Cafe Resistance to call and text voters across Florida.  These are the folks who raised our communities, and they’re still out here fighting for them. #AngieForFlorida

"Ordinarily, moving historical items within the building is a deliberate process overseen by trained curators. Instead, Hegseth’s staff dispatched its own team to relocate an Eisenhower globe. They lost control of the artifact and dropped it, sending the globe crashing onto its base..."

I had NO idea! Would have assumed the opposite..kind of scary? "Why it matters: Democrats outraised Republicans by $84 million in 2024 and $74 million in 2022. " (In House elections) @hcrichardson.bsky.social

The German government has been accused of "sacrificing climate targets for..AI. But countries across Europe [are] pulled between these same two poles, under simultaneous pressure to cash in on rapid growth in the energy-intensive AI sector—and limit dependence on the US—and to protect the climate."

This guy, y'all! The way he explained nuclear energy, wow. He'll be able to explain and represent all the complicated legislative issues with no problem! Share with your Arkansas 2 peeps! Chris Jones is just who we need in Congress! Thank you, @hcrichardson.bsky.social for bringing us Chris Jones!

I so did not know this! Very helpful!

It is particularly disconcerting to me that so much of PreK-12 education is based on this assumption! "It was particularly disconcerting for me to realize that when the priorities of adults and kids diverge, we simply assume that ours ought to displace theirs."

“The earlier [that schools try] to inculcate so-called ‘academic’ skills, the deeper the damage and the more permanent the ‘achievement’ gap.” — Deborah Meier

Attempts to falsely claim that D.I. is "evidence based" began in the '60s with its use on young children in Project Follow Through. The original study's findings bear almost no relationship to the claims about its success made by Engelmann and other behaviorists: www.alfiekohn.org/article/earl...

Pretty astute summary of the moment for "not a real letter"! A must-read, in fact!

Zuckerberg shut down No Kings on Meta Trump banned news outlets from the White House Now TikTok wants to erase the “Musk” documentary Billionaires wants to control our information, because they believe uninformed masses are compliant-and more profitable for them This will backfire Spectacularly

The answer is SIX. Inflation has outpaced wage growth for 6 consecutive months.

Yes, this is a joke, but it's not Andy Borowitz's Trump Furious After "Pro Kings" Rally Draws Sparse Crowd

Stand with Zelensky and against Putin. Stand with Pope Leo XIV and against ICE. Stand with No Kings and against Meta. Stand with the people and against the oligarchs. Stand with liberal democracy and against Trump.

"Not only should every Palestinian be able to pick their own olives on their land without fear of losing their lives, but they should be able to live free of oppression."

Different state laws. NAL, but IIRC, FL law says you can vote as a felon if you can vote in the state in which you’re convicted. Trump was convicted in NY, which says anyone not incarcerated to serve a sentence can vote. But… yeah.

Scaramucci was fired for being competent; Zachariah for being incompetent in a swarm of incompetence. How far this admin has fallen..apart!

THIS is the way. The grit. The determination. The gumption. A model for all of us. If ever there was a moment to use your right to speak up—and vote—it’s now.

I am hair-on-fire alarmed. Particularly as a Jew. We’ve been in that place…

Thoughtful and thorough...and very helpful.

"...matters of national importance"...to what nation?

REMINDER: Today by 12 pm ET, Todd Blanche shall submit, in REDACTED form, to the Court for in camera review the FBI interview notes for the South Carolina woman who alleges she was 13 years old when she was sexually and physically abused by Donald Trump. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Take. This. Advice. Push back. Be loud.

“.. Today, Skydance has a market cap of under $40 billion — less than half the predecessor companies’ combined value.” @variety.com $SKYD variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Speechless.

Great!

Does anybody else ever wonder where we'd be if Trump hadn't been mentally declining for the last 10 years or so? Would the oligarchs be succeeding even more? His dementia seems almost like a gift sometimes! Maybe something to keep in mind when we're building back guardrails in the future!

October 15, 2026 There is an old saying about rats and sinking ships. There’s also an old saying about how a democratic system taken over by a single party quickly becomes corrupt because the ruling party lacks oversight…. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-15...

SO true! "[M]yths of a halcyon past are wielded by right-wing demagogues and are used to justify authoritarian, "Because I said so!" [methods]. "Schools are getting worse and worse; young people today can barely read and write!" Except...social scientists have shown that none of this is true..."

Good teachers ask good questions. Great teachers use student questions. WAY too many teachers do neither in this Every Child Left Behind Act climate.

Thank you!

"The Supreme Court on Tuesday took up the Trump administration’s bid to prevent a watchdog group from seeking information about the Department of Government Efficiency... The court agreed to hear a Justice Department appeal that sought to prevent [the group] from obtaining the records."

A must read! Scott MacFarlane gives us a Month-of-News-in-a-Day this morning! Thanks, @macfarlanenews.bsky.social!