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On X, Conservative Activists Find a Direct Pipeline to Musk’s Team
Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
via The New York TimesProminent conservative activists with a presence online have appeared to wield extraordinary access to Elon Musk's team, and the power to sway policy through it.
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Rep. Byron Donalds, backed by Trump, says he’s running for Florida governor
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
via The Associated PressU.S. Rep. Byron Donalds has announced that he's entering the race to succeed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2026.
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Teachers union files lawsuit over Trump’s crackdown on race, DEI in schools
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
via The Washington PostA new lawsuit accuses Trump Education Department of trying to rewrite civil rights law when it threatened to pull federal school funding over mentions of race.
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‘We’re in competition’: An East Texas school district faces hard choices as education options grow
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
via The Associated PressLUFKIN, Texas (AP) — The elementary schools' staff passed tissues to one another as they sat in the school board's chamber waiting for the vote that would close their schools.
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The FBI’s new deputy director is a popular podcaster — who has had plenty to say about the agency
Monday, February 24th, 2025
via The Associated PressAs a popular right-wing podcaster, President Donald Trump's new deputy FBI director, Dan Bongino, has made many public comments about the agency he's about to help lead.
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The Teacher in Room 1214
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025
via The New York TimesWhen a gunman killed two of her students, Ivy Schamis was the only adult in the room. Her journey through guilt and healing sheds light on the impossible role of American teachers.
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Montgomery schools weigh cellphone ban after mixed reviews for pilot
Saturday, February 22nd, 2025
via The Washington PostMontgomery County schools officials shared some of the outcomes from a pilot that banned cellphone use during the school day on Thursday.
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How Trump Rode a Wave of ‘Reactionary Nihilism’ to the White House
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
via The New York TimesA new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right movement seething in resentment, suspicious of reason and determined to dominate at all costs.
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Literacy advocates in Ohio defend difficult texts as they mark Toni Morrison Day
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The Associated PressOhio lawmakers and literacy advocates used the birthday of one of America's most frequently banned authors to defend difficult texts.
Book Bans
Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The Associated PressThe Trump administration is giving America's schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president's fight against 'wokeness' and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply.
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A Lonely Holdout Where Republicans Still Resist Trump: Utah
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
via The New York TimesBolstered by Mormon voters' distaste for MAGA politics, the center-right is trying to reassert itself in a ruby-red state.
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In plan to change Arlington governance, the county board is not on board
Monday, February 17th, 2025
via The Washington PostThe Arlington County Board is skeptical about a bill that could reshape how many people are on the governing body and how they are elected.
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The story is old, but the horror feels fresh
Saturday, February 15th, 2025
via The Washington Post'Blood on Satan's Claw,' by Robert Wynne-Simmons, is a novel by the screenwriter of the 1971 movie of the same name -- the first to be called 'folk horror'
Parents
The Latest: Zelenskyy says Trump is key to ending Russia-Ukraine conflict
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The Washington PostFederal workers all over the country have responded with anger and confusion Friday toward President Donald Trump's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce
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Sarah Jessica Parker to be honored this spring by PEN America
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The Associated PressSarah Jessica Parker will be this year's recipient of PEN America's 'Literary Service' award. The 'Sex and the City' star, a longtime advocate for reading and literacy, will be honored May 15 at the free expression organization's annual spring gala.
Book Bans
A (Very Sexy) Last-Minute Gift
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The New York TimesWe dish on a very good unexpected gift. Plus, other sexy things like the best underwear, vibrators, and lube.
Sex Education
14 States Sue to Challenge Musk’s ‘Unchecked Power’
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via The New York TimesSince President Trump's inauguration, Mr. Musk's team has inserted itself into at least 19 agencies, according to a tally by The New York Times.
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Trump’s education secretary may be asked to dismantle the Education Department. Here’s what it does
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via The Associated PressIf Linda McMahon is confirmed as education secretary, President Donald Trump has said he wants the former wrestling executive to 'put herself out of a job.'
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Trump cuts affect signature Youngkin lab school program in Virginia
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via The Washington PostA Virginia Commonwealth University program that helps teach computer skills to high schoolers was targeted as wasteful or discriminatory by the Trump administration.
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