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What makes special education teaching jobs so hard to fill? NPR set out to find some answers by talking to more than a dozen teachers who do this work every day. n.pr/4zRuUyO

President Trump intensified his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday, portraying him as a threat to national security and questioning his loyalty to the United States. n.pr/3UgeaCc

Serbia just kicked out their authoritarian leader. Voting matters. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Attn: The Trump administration is attempting to violate a judge’s order again. A judge blocked the reorganization of the Forest Service. Now Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration is “full-bore ahead” with its sweeping Forest Service reorganization.

The same US president who treats our friend Canada as an enemy is trying to give Alaska to Russia, a country whose absolutely overt foreign policy is to destroy us. This superpower suicide has to be stopped. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...

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A win! A federal judge has put the brakes on the Trump regime’s taxpayer-funded TV ad campaign. The order blocks further spending on the challenged ads and requires scheduled airings to be canceled including tonight’s. The administration has 24 hours to confirm compliance with the court.

"Weakness is dangerous, and Trump is dangerously weak. And, as weaklings do, he blames others for his own failures, and thereby makes everything worse." My latest essay: "War Through Weakness: Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia" snyder.substack.com/p/war-throug...

Europe and America matter, but Ukraine has no backup country. “We will defend ourselves because otherwise, we will lose our life and homes, our freedom, independence, Ukraine,” - President Zelenskyy That is the stake behind every argument over Western unity: Ukraine still has to survive.

No one is arguing the Fort Hood shooter shouldn’t be punished for the horrific crime he committed. The point is that the execution shouldn’t be live streamed on national television, because of the damage that does to us. 

A bipartisan group of six senators on Sunday called for President Donald Trump's administration to "immediately reverse course" on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices. https://to.pbs.org/4rZjAOk

Good news and a thank you to Ukraine! Bot traffic from Russian tech company Yandex’s network has plunged following Ukrainian strikes on its data centers.

Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers.

A sitting president has welcomed attacks on Los Angeles multiple times last week instead of keeping us safe.   We know the best way to clap back is to make a plan to vote and make our voices heard.

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U.S. hiring slowed in September as employers added just 29,000 jobs. The disappointing jobs report has wide-reaching implications for consumer prices and interest rates, and it came a month before Americans head to the polls for midterm elections. https://to.pbs.org/4hzS2KJ

Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org

Can you imagine the anguish and anger of the families whose service members have gone unacknowledged? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...

The bottom line on administration policy. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...

“The secretive, close relationship between the son of a sitting U.S. President and a member of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s inner circle raises serious national security and public corruption concerns,” Rep. Robert Garcia wrote.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social offers an excellent take on Bacon's Rebellion on the anniversary of the burning of Jamestown. This one has special meaning for me as I'm a descendant of John Ingram who became the leader when Bacon died. He was hung when the rebellion failed. youtu.be/VXtAWUihfCU?...

One-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250 Cripple Creek Miners' Strike Narrated by @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social #WeAreAmerica250 #OrganizingWorkers #Unions #SafeWorking youtu.be/EHGGdpzdifI?...

The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.

Just so I understand: immigrants (and their children) are bad for America because they don’t “assimiliate.” But loving college football and going nuts when your team wins is…just a bridge too far? Just trying to keep up

Roughly 5 million kids are competing on travel or club sports teams. Many benefit from that participation, including some who get college scholarships. But youth travel sports also come with increasing costs and challenges. https://to.pbs.org/4ieKYVZ

I discussed this this morning with Heather. When it comes to motivation for resistance and opposition, immorality matters much less than personal impact. m.youtube.com/watch?v=8fTE...

A photo of Donald Trump inspecting the scale model of the Trump arch with drones, snipers, and golden statues was unavailable due to reporters being banned from the briefing. So, here is Hitler and other top Nazis inspecting a scale model of a planned Triumphal Arch in Berlin, circa 1939.

A documentary explores the realities of motherhood in America, from the high cost of child care to the latest culture wars over parenting and raising a family. https://to.pbs.org/3S2Mtf7

Fox Corp. must turn over hundreds of documents that could shed light on how founder Rupert Murdoch handled some of his media companies' biggest scandals. n.pr/3Vor80V

‘The rules have changed’: has Russia begun to order assassinations on US soil?

State officials say the new SpaceX site will be a $100 billion investment and launch thousands of rockets. Lawmakers helped ease regulations and negotiations were covered under nondisclosure agreements. n.pr/3SRyE3O

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Just like with the ballroom, another scam by Trump to turn this into a “military complex” to prevent the courts from intervening by using “national security” as his excuse for vanity projects.

Unsettling www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Let's talk about public safety. What I want is for everyone to get home safe at night.

Trump and Vance to Zelenskyy 18 months ago: You are losing this war. You have no cards. Meanwhile, while Ukraine is kicking a much larger country’s ass who invaded it, Trump and Vance are losing to Iran.

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1/When you learned Trump banned MS NOW, CNN & Politico from the WH, the first thought that crossed your mind was probably, “That has to violate the First Amendment.” You would not be wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...

Among the thousands of public comments submitted about Trump’s monumental arch was an overwhelming wave of negative feedback: Some called it “authoritarian” Those comments came before Trump suggested jamming snipers and ammo on to the project

If this right is quashed what about the rest of the Bill of Rights ? joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...

Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house last month. The state medical examiner on Thursday ruled Fortune’s death a homicide. Jackson police chief RaShall Brackney-Wheelock

But the superheroes Spider-Man identified in the chaos did not wear capes. They wore hats that said “FDNY” and “FEMA” and “POLICE.” —Letters from an American 🇺🇸 @hcrichardson.bsky.social 👉🏼 Inherent goodness is our greatest contribution to society heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...

Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story?

This was always the end game— to ban trans people from public life.