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Retired educator. Curious about many things. Appreciate good journalism. Give peace a chance.
Speaker Mike Johnson wants to block the ethics report about Matt Gaetz sexually abusing a child, because when someone is innocent of sexual abuse, you definitely want to block the report exonerating him.
It came to me in a dream last night that charter schools here in AZ have divided communities - 20 years ago in my neighborhood, parents saw each other in the mornings when primary kids were waiting for the bus. A little chitchat - discuss local issues, school happenings. We saw each other at spelling bees and PTA. Now, most kids are driven to different charter schools and there isn't the opportunity provided by a local public school to build community. Thoughts, anyone/
#QuietPlease Can we just start a movement for #QuietTuesday in restaurants - no loud music - to allow for people who want to converse in normal tones and not shout?

Did you know that of all elected officials in America—97% of GOP are white (76% male) and 79% of Dems are white (65% male)?

Women and Black, Indigenous, & POC are more than 70% of American society—but represent less than 25% of those in public office.

Let’s change that, because representation matters.

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Immediate Evacuation Order for all of Montecito, parts of Carpinteria, Summerland & City of Santa Barbara. LEAVE NOW!
Details: https://bit.ly/3QyG06E

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/montecitofire/status/1612545112671658009

A Charity Tied to the Supreme Court Offers Donors Access to the Justices

The Supreme Court Historical Society has raised more than $23 million in the last two decades, much of it from lawyers, corporations and special interests.

The New York Times
The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN and Associated Press have all posted guides to using Mastodon, which in turn have been syndicated by numerous local news outlets. That matters. We're rapidly approaching a situation where the media will refer to things happening "on Mastodon" the way they referred to Twitter in, say, 2013.