So weird how party of the working class keeps accidentally rewarding wealthy investors. Case in point: the voucher program that was smuggled into the big beautiful bill - & which just happens to provide stockholders w/ a new loophole for avoiding capital gains taxes

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem eyes $50 million for new DHS jet trib.al/MZC7QcY

Yes, Jesus talked a lot about hurting the poor to help the rich. He would def love the Medicaid and kids nutrition cuts.

A school voucher program being pushed by House Republicans is a massive transfer of public funds to the ultrarich donors behind the school-privatization movement, Jennifer Berkshire writes: jacobin.com/2025/05/gop-sc…

Jeb, always looking to profit off of education 🙄

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President Donald Trump shared a video in which a supporter asked him to resurrect the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act to hold the media “accountable for lying.” But it was only amended, not repealed, and that’s not what the law did. buff.ly/bFrsrWh

A ProPublica analysis revealed a stark pattern across the Deep South, where about 200 majority-Black public school districts educate 1.3 million students. Alongside those districts are private academies filled almost entirely with white students. propublica.org/article/segreg…

Secretary Linda McMahon This is why Linda and Republicans are pushing the Educational Choice for Children Act, which would allocate $136.3B in public funds to private school voucher programs over the next 10 years. Here’s how billionaires behind it profit from the new federal tax shelter scheme.

“These voucher expenditures have grown so exponentially” Dollard said. “They obviously threaten public schools and most of them go to folks who are already in private school, anyway.” #Florida floridapolitics.com/archives/76766…

CURMUDGUCATION: Trump Is Not Sending Education Back To The States curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2025/12/trump-…

"The regime may be trying to hamstring and privatize education, but they aren't sending it anywhere. It's an unserious lie from unserious people. Stay tuned."

"Erika Donalds... defended millions paid to vendors she was tied to." "The confusion the parents faced, according to experts, is not unique within a charter school industry that often operates with less transparency than traditional public schools." projects.cbsnews.com/2025/fl-charte…

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GOP Rep Lauren Boebert is again claiming credit for spending projects in her district after voting against them. In 2024, she told me she'd vote no even if she was the deciding vote.

This Black History Month, I want to remind you of who we are. As Earth, Wind & Fire sang, “We are people of the mighty.” As my father said, “Yes, I’m Black. I’m proud of it. I’m Black and beautiful.” We are human beings of varying roles who descend from a diverse people. Not

In my last post, I reminded us of who we are. Now, I want to encourage you: We must be close to something righteous and humane. Because racist tropes are used to galvanize what my father called the “white backlash” against social change. Don’t stop putting pressure on elected

John McCain responding to a racist comment made about Obama in 2008: "He's a decent family man that I happen to have disagreements with. That's what this campaign is all about."

Once upon a time, GOP leadership rejected racism outright. Today, the party’s leader amplifies it.

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