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Phenomenal choice
As a former teacher, MN Governor Walz has:
Signed legislation protecting abortion rights
Signed an executive order protecting gender-affirming care
Banned conversion therapy
Restored voting rights to Minnesotans who are on parole, probation or community release due to a felony
Signed voting rights legislation
Signed legislation legalizing recreational cannabis
Signed legislation guaranteeing free school lunches to students
Expanded workers rights and is supported by unions
#politics#us politics#kamala harris#election 2024#government#the left#progressive#current events#news#democrats#good news#education#voting#lb#lgbt#lgbtq#abortion#Tim Walz#minnesota
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We have all been saying this was coming for years now. The UK is now introducing a new section 28.
This is a direct attack on the queer Community, stop accepting it.
#jess rambles#trans#trans rights#trans pride#transgender#uk#lgbtq community#uk politics#uk education#queer news#pinned post
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non-voters and third party voters going around claiming "voting to save yourself is privilege" is actual literal emotional manipulation. it is the epitome of privilege to throw your vote away in hopes that the rapture, excuse me the "revolution," will come faster because you think you're going to survive it.
it takes an INSANE amount of privilege to think you would survive a second donald trump presidency.
if anyone tries to shame you away from voting because you're afraid of dying if trump gets re-elected, just know they are certain they would survive a second trump presidency.
#personal#us politics#free palestine#kamala harris#donald trump#jill stein#rjk jr#jasmine sherman#leftism#voting education#voting
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What You Need to Know about Project 2025
The GOP's Radical Plans for America's Future
graphics from @/pinballwizardess on tiktok
#politics#maga morons#project 2025#election 2024#us elections#joe biden#donald trump#abortion#pro life#pro choice#epa#global warming#please vote#vote biden#vote democrat#vote blue#fuck the gop#gop#reproductive rights#reproductive health#reproductive justice#reproductive freedom#education#educate yourself#educate yourselves#head start#christianity#christian privilege#jesus christ#civil rights
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cersei lannister had about 3-5 business days of peace at the end of a game of thrones where it’s like. plan she singlehandedly concocted to murder her abusive terrible husband THE KING goes off without a hitch literally flawless execution most successful kingslaying in westerosi history. rhaegar outfit at his funeral. anyone who suspects foul play is in the dungeon or on her side. coup d’état equally successful. her bastard son installed as ruling king. ned stark in prison about to swear fealty to the lannisters and get ransomed cutting hostilities off at the pass. one stark kid in custody and littlefinger promised to take care of the second one. annoying brothers-in-law scattered to opposite ends of the kingdom away from her away from each other not a problem. lysa arryn doing fuck all. tyrion in enemy custody and not the walls. father and brother going to war for her. also jon arryn who she never liked is dead as a freebie. and then she never came down from this high but can you blame her
#asoiaf#if there hadn’t been like 4 different people going rogue on her could she have. swung it#all on like. negligible actual political education
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reblog if you think these are all valid reasons for a student or an employee to take a day off from their school or their job without their grades or paycheck being affected in any way:
- period cramps
- exhaustion, be it mental or physical
- depression, anxiety, and other mental health related issues
#mental health#mental health awareness#mental health support#mental health issues#student#students#education#education system#politics#positivity#self love#self care#important psa#psa#academia#healthcare#hygiene#health and wellness#school#student life
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I am so glad we mostly moved away from "you have no reason to be afraid of us calling out x (which is evil) if you aren't x yourself". It genuinely made it so fucking impossible to make people understand that they can be engaged in behaviors which are harmful without being malicious monsters or even know that they were doing that. It makes me so happy we're seeing less of that these days (although it is in part due to the fact that a lot of us got sick of engaging with normies at all and instead became actively hostile to them, which... The "don't engage with people who hold deeply harmful beliefs" thing applies to the opposition in specific contexts, but not to your fucking audience!)
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#politics#us politics#government#the left#progressive#education#twitter post#current events#public education
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"Stopping Trump is a short-term solution.
The long-term solution, and it will be more difficult, is fixing the educational system that created so many people who are ignorant enough to vote for Trump."
-- Andy Borowitz
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Paywall-Free Version
"Massachusetts’ so-called “millionaires tax�� appears primed to actually deliver billions.
State officials said Monday that the voter-approved surtax on high earners has generated more than $1.8 billion in revenue this fiscal year... meaning state officials could have hundreds of millions of surplus dollars to spend on transportation and education initiatives.
The estimated haul is already $800 million more than what Governor Maura Healey and state lawmakers planned to spend from its revenue in fiscal year 2024, the first full year of its implementation. Most of the additional money raised beyond the $1 billion already budgeted would flow to a reserve account, from which state policymakers can pluck money for one-time investments into projects or programs.
The Department of Revenue won’t certify the official amount raised until later this year. But the estimates immediately buoyed supporters’ claims that the surtax would deliver much-needed revenue for the state despite fears it could drive out some of the state’s wealthiest residents.
“Opponents of the Fair Share Amendment claimed that multi-millionaires would flee Massachusetts rather than pay the new tax, and they are being proven wrong every day,” said Andrew Farnitano, a spokesperson for Raise Up Massachusetts, the union-backed group which pushed the 2022 ballot initiative.
"With this money from the ultra-rich, we can do even more to improve our public schools and colleges, invest in roads, bridges, and public transit, and start building an economy that works for everyone,” Farnitano said.
Voters approved the measure in 2022 to levy an additional 4 percent tax on annual earnings over $1 million. At the time, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a left-leaning think tank, projected it could generate at least $2 billion a year.
State officials last year put their estimates slightly lower at up to $1.7 billion, and lawmakers embraced calls from economists to cap what it initially spends from the surtax, given it may be too volatile to rely upon in its first year.
So far, it’s vastly exceeded those expectations, generating nearly $1.4 billion alone last quarter [aka January to March, 2024 - just three months!], which coincided with a better-than-expected April for tax collections overall...
State Senator Michael Rodrigues, the state’s budget chief, said on the Senate floor Monday that excess revenue from the tax could ultimately come close to $1 billion for this fiscal year. Under language lawmakers passed last year, 85 percent of any “excess” revenue is transferred to an account reserved for one-time projects or spending, such as road maintenance, school building projects, or major public transportation work.
“We will not have any problems identifying those,” Rodrigues said. “As we all know, [transportation and education] are two areas of immense need.”"
-via Boston Globe, May 20, 2024
#boston#massachusetts#united states#us politics#ultrarich#taxes#tax the rich#millionaire#millionaires tax#public transportation#education#good news#hope
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The U.S. produces far more resources, including homes, than it needs. Capitalists have to blame other groups for our woes. Otherwise, we'll realize only they exploit the artificial scarcity we're living through.
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One of the most bizarre feelings imo is finding out about a prejudice you didn't know existed
Like. I only recently found out that there's areas IN MY OWN COUNTRY where discrimination against Italian people is a genuine problem
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I definitely know WHY I always assumed Racism was a prejudice more dependant on differences in skin colour but holy shit damn yeah okay so there's also ultraviolet racism too huh, we're all just drinking the shitty bitch water then
#I don't know why I'm surprised#And I fear I don't have the education yet to fully grasp this#But in my specific area colorism is the biggest visible aspect of our racist culture#So like#None of this stupid shit makes sense but now it makes EXTRA no sense#Like they ain't even scared cause you look different#But yeah dam n it does drive home that all this crap is politically driven huh#Like as much as fuckers pretending it's science to back up racist rhetoric about why a race is better or worse#It totally does prove that these biases are absolutely arbitrary with no grounds in reality#No heritage is fundamentally DIFFERENT when you get down to it#People is people#Why didn't we talk about this in social studies back in school it's a fascinating angle#It would really have driven it home to a room full of white kids too#We would have been blown away
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