Salon has a great piece out about how U.S. Senate candidate, John James (R. MI), has been trying to distance himself from the abysmal Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, as he tries to unseat U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D. MI). Except that James can’t stop taking her family’s money and doing them favors: The Senate…
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Krugman Sums Up Trump's Handling of the Pandemic – Mostly
I love Paul Krugman. Reading his columns, even the gloomier ones, is one of the things I look forward to at the start of the day. Today’s column starts with a short blunt summary of how the Mangled Mago-face has responded to the virus: America Drank Away Its Children’s Future A brief history of the…
Sensing Americans are not yet dumb enough, Trump threatens university funding
Yes, I remember the field trip we all took to Weather Underground HQ. It was eye-opening, and some of us got ice cream afterwards as a reward for making the best fertilizer bombs. So let’s go after the universities now! You know, if all those eggheads who invented these annoying COVID tests had worked at…
Trump continues to lose the suburbs
Trump is losing the sprawl vote as he doubles down on empty threats, demanding schools reopen even as he has little actual authority. There is slippage even as Trump ads threaten the loss of police, since most people understand that police do need to change how they operate, even in the age of “Karens”. x…
Will governors open schools “beautifully” for Trump scorched earth in a retreat to the bunker
Why open them back up, they’re only going to cheat anyway…. x The director of Homeland security #Gaslighted CNN's Brianna Keilar, suggesting she is delusional for thinking #Trump's tweet about schools opening, is serious, and as simple as he wrote..or what #TrumpSupporters call #TrumpDerangementSyndrome Gaslighting is what sociopaths do pic.twitter.com/LsabfynY6v— The Carboraider in an Evil…
The Koch machine is taking over college campuses, but one group is determined to stop them
For the few who don’t know the Koch brothers, they are Charles and his brother, David. (The latter passed away in 2019.) The boys inherited multiple billions of dollars from their oil baron father and were raised to believe in their own superiority. For their entire lives, they justified their selfishness through their fanatical devotion to Ayn…
Things really important to me
First an apology. My post yesterday on my decision to vote for Warren (which I did at about 9:45 AM) and to contribute to her campaign ($100 online) was my first posting here in more than a month. Some may remember that in mid-November I suffered a stroke, later had surgery to relieve the stenosis…
Good Hair?
The recent case of DeAndre Arnold, a black Texas teen of Trinidadian extraction, who is not being allowed to walk the stage to celebrate his graduation because of a hairstyle is not as unique as you might think. I have a personal stake in this argument because my grandson’s Mom and Dad [my son] have…
Some Good News Out of Kentucky.
Between the SCOTUS decision to let stand Kentucky’s anti-abortion law and former Governor Matt Bevin’s middle finger to the justice system (see Meteor Blades’ diary on Bevin’s corrupt pardonfest), I wanted to let you all know about some good political news out of Kentucky. Democratic Govenor Andy Beshear shit canned the Kentucky Board of Education…
Elections Have Consequences Good News: Governor Elect Andy Beshear of KY to Issue Executive Orders.
I admit that I am a skunk at any garden party, but I thought I would write about what Kentucky Governor Elect Andy Beshear’s plans are for when he takes office next week. Beshear has a short list of executive orders that he will issue to undo some of the damage inflicted upon Kentuckians by…
Houston activist Kandice Webber breaks down the fraud that is Charter Schools
Houston activist Kandice Webber describes the fraud that is the charter school system. Most importantly she provides a path for the community to take back their public schools vie engagement. Charter Schools fraud deconstructed Watch the entire episode here. Webber appeared on Politics Done Right recently where she discussed her confrontation with Democratic Presidential candidate, Senator Cory…
TN legislator called for ridding US of higher education in order to “end a liberal breeding ground”
In September, State Senator Kerry Roberts (R-Springfield, BS, Lipscomb U.) declared that he wanted to eliminate higher education (presumably only for women, because abortion) which would save America. His excuse: he was on talk radio. He (still) hasn’t apologized. OMG, Tennessee lawmaker @kerryeroberts calls for abolition of education. Says we need to move back into caves like…
Fail: the barbarism of #beckywiththebadgrades lawyer exploiting Asian-American students' claims
x A federal judge just ruled that Harvard's admissions policy doesn't discriminate against Asian American students https://t.co/3EcdGOKybz — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 1, 2019 Today’s ruling represents a cynical use of white-privilege for a “model minority” to recuperate the mission that failed in the case of Abigail Fisher. The charges that de facto quota systems for Asian-Americans might…
KY-Gov: Andy Beshear (D) Goes After Bevin's (R) Labor Secretary's Attacks On KY's Teachers
Received this e-mail today from Attorney General Andy Beshear’s (D. KY) gubernatorial campaign: Friend, Kentucky’s teachers are under attack. Matt Bevin’s Labor Cabinet Secretary, David Dickerson, has been threatening our teachers with $1,000 fines for standing up for themselves against Matt Bevin’s attacks. On Friday, Dickerson backed down from issuing those fines, but he’s still telling…
This Virginia politician forgot to put his name on ballot, making a Democratic majority very likely
The balance of power in the Virginia House of Delegates is 49 Dem/51 GOP. Since Virginia has off-year elections, the big one is actually this upcoming November. The blue team has recruited a slew of top progressive candidates for 2019 to fight in multiple battle districts, but one that was not supposed to be competitive…
TN-Sen: James Mackler (D) Goes After Gov. Bill Lee's (R) Latest Assault On TN's Public Schools
Received this e-mail from James Mackler’s (D. TN) U.S. Senate campaign: James Mackler (D. TN) My mother was a devoted public school teacher for 40 years. Thinking about her and everything she did to help so many children learn always brings a smile to my face. I’m a proud product of public schools as well…
Trump dislikes DeVos, but she survives because he doesn't care about education
Well, there’s nothing really surprising about this. Trump doesn’t like anyone but Trump, and of course he doesn’t care about education — his or anyone else’s. The Washington Post: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos remains so disliked in certain circles that her very name is a punchline. She mostly lands in the news for the wrong…
Year-round Daylight Savings Time would negatively impact Americans
Earlier today, President Donald Trump said that year-round daylight savings time (DST) in the United States “is O.K. with me!”: x Making Daylight Saving Time permanent is O.K. with me!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 11, 2019 Year-round DST is NOT O.K. with me! In many parts of the country, particularly in the northwestern corner…
Arkansas bill cuts National School Lunch funding for the state's struggling school districts
Arkansas State Rep. Alan Clark proposed a bill, currently being considered by the State Senate committee on education, that will punish school districts by cutting their National School Lunch funding if they’re struggling with reading over a period of time. Do I have to tell you the party he belongs to? Alan Clark (R-Lonsdale, AR) To be clear, there is a difference between…
NV-Gov: HuffPost, “Education Funding Never Recovered From The Recession. Dems Want To Change That.”
The Huffington Post has a great piece out about how increasing education spending has become a key issue for Democratic candidates running for Governor in states like Nevada, Michigan, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. The reason being is that since the 2008 great recession, many states have made deep cuts to education spending and…
