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Partly cloudy with sunny skies ahead in Gowanus, Brooklyn @StormHour @ThePhotoHour @NY1weather @News12BK @nycgo @brklynbes @JimCantore

The practice of having kindergartners start school a year late peaked during the pandemic. Those students’ academic head start has already petered out, a new study says. chalkbeat.org/2026/03/24/red…

@cnnbrk 🤮

Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin as Donald Trump's next DHS secretary, elevating the US senator to lead the agency in a time of turmoil cnn.it/4uNQNNU

ICE detain mother at airport—traveling with young daughter. First reported kidnapping at airport since Trump ordered ICE agents to report—refuse to show ID. "I don't know who you are!" witness yells. "You could be someone kidnapping her!" Agent continue to refuse to show ID until bystanders agree they should call police to report a kidnapping. Incident occurred at the San Francisco International Airport Gate E2 on March 22, 2026, at 10pm. #DemsUnited

As school psychologists, we’ve all been there😄

@SenFettermanPA What a disappointment. What happened? You are not a voice of the Democratic Party.

This mayhem came from a very specific choice to shut DHS down. Pure mass chaos that I refuse to vote for. Can you imagine what this must be like for the UNPAID TSA employees and people that are desperate to make their flight??

So important! 🙌

As a therapist and former school principal, I believe this deeply, supporting school staff mental health is not extra. It is essential. The adults who care for everyone else need support too. Here are 10 meaningful ways to support school staff mental health and wellness: 1.Lead with empathy. We never fully know what someone else is carrying. A little more grace, patience, and understanding can change someone’s entire day. 2.Make people feel seen. A sincere thank you can go a long way. People need to know their effort, heart, and sacrifices matter. 3.Honor their time. Time is one of the most meaningful ways to show respect. Protect planning time, reduce unnecessary meetings, and be thoughtful about after-hours expectations. 4.Remove barriers that make the work harder. When staff are constantly fighting red tape, unclear expectations, or unnecessary obstacles, stress rises fast. Support them by simplifying systems and clearing the path where you can. 5.Create a culture where asking for help feels safe. Strong people need support too. Schools should be places where staff can be honest without fear or shame. 6.Make wellness visible, not just verbal. If mental health matters, show it in schedules, policies, support systems, and leadership decisions. 7.Encourage real breaks. Even the most dedicated people cannot pour from an empty cup. A few moments to breathe, reset, and regroup can make a big difference. 8.Remind them they do not have to be perfect. So many educators and school staff are carrying impossible expectations. They need to hear that being human is okay. 9.Build connection, not just collaboration. Staff need more than teamwork. They need belonging. A school feels different when the adults feel connected to each other. 10.Remind school staff of the difference they make. On the hardest days, people need to be reminded that their presence matters, their kindness matters, and their work is changing lives in ways they may never fully see. When we support school staff well, everyone benefits. Healthy adults help create healthy schools.

For the amount of money the Pentagon is requesting for this insane war we could eliminate hunger in America for a decade. The problem in our country is not a lack of money, it’s a lack of moral clarity.

@mashabani @tparsi We have a lunatic running this country

Good chance that Houthis will join the war early next week.

This opens so many doors for the students in NY. When we talk about college ready the portrait captures the competencies students will need to thrive as future members of a democratic, global society. These conversations are so exciting for the future! @DOEChancellor

Piece of garbage racist president

Abominable

Art show, behind the scenes @AAFNYC @ThePhotoHour #photography #blackandwhite

THE U.S. IS SENDING MARINES TO TAKE KHARG ISLAND. THERE'S ONE PROBLEM: IT'S A SUICIDE MISSION. 🚨🚨🚨

Tucker Carlson asked the question tonight that should have been asked before the first bomb dropped. “Was Iran about to get a nuclear weapon?” Joe Kent — Trump’s own Director of the National Counterterrorism Center: “No. They’ve had a religious ruling against nuclear weapons since 2004. We had no intelligence that ruling was being disobeyed.” No nuclear program. No intelligence of a threat. A religious ruling against it since 2004. Hegseth told his 13-year-old son: “They died for you so your generation doesn’t have to deal with a nuclear Iran.” There was no nuclear Iran. Kent confirmed it. Warner confirmed it. Murphy confirmed it from a classified briefing. Kent resigned over it. 14 Americans dead. $21 billion spent. An F-35 hit for the first time in history. 175 schoolgirls killed. Zero allied warships. Pearl Harbor invoked to Japan’s face. And the former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center just said on camera: We had no intelligence justifying this war. None. Never stop connecting the dots.

NEVER FORGET: John Fetterman's reply to then President Joe Biden in 2021. The internet NEVER forgets & NEITHER DO WE! Today Senator Fetterman PROVED that he LIED his way into Congress by being the one vote for Markwayne Mullin.🤬

@donwinslow Hero to zero.

...A massive and epic fucking disappointment.

@cnnbrk Fetterman went from hero to zero and is a disgrace.

Markwayne Mullin's nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security advances to full Senate after Democrat John Fetterman votes with GOP. Follow live updates: cnn.it/40G5eWw

Rand Paul is making sure that everyone who votes to nominate this completely unqualified person to head DHS knows exactly what they are getting: a person who thinks violence is a joke and will provide no oversight over an out-of-control department

When Trump leaves office: The Department of War will go back to being the Defense Department. The Trump Kennedy Center will go back to being the Kennedy Center. The Gulf of America will once again be the Gulf of Mexico. The unfinished East Wing (it won't be finished by the end of Trump's term) will be rebuilt by the next president, and it will not be a ballroom. Federal agencies packed with unqualified loyalists will fire those people and rehire the career experts Trump fired. The Department of Justice will go back to enforcing the law instead of protecting the president. Scientific agencies like NOAA, the EPA, and the CDC will go back to publishing research without political interference. The U.S. will re-align with its allies and not with its enemies. The presidential pardon power will stop being used as a rewards program for loyalists. Inspectors General will go back to investigating corruption instead of getting fired for it. The White House press room will go back to having briefings, with real journalists and not podcasters. U.S. foreign policy will stop revolving around flattering dictators. And the world will progress as though Donald Trump never existed.