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@GregAbbott_TX In many states school librarians teach media literacy. Guess this is the blowback from you ending so many school library programs. 😬

@HQNewsNow We always find the money to do things TO people just not FOR people. 😡

Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following: $510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research $82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated) $61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated) $240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated) $659 million - Community building grants $47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated) $449 million - Economic development grants for communities $1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA) $993 million - Scientific research and technology standards $150 million - Support for American exports and trade $2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs $8.5 billion - Funding for public schools $1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated) $2.7 billion - College access and higher education support $15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects $1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated) $1.1 billion - Scientific research funding $386 million - Environmental cleanup programs $150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research $4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated) $768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance $819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children $775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated) $5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention $5 billion - Medical research (NIH) $129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research $356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response $1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants $707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure $52 million - Airport and transportation security $40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats $53 million - Funding for homeland security operations $3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated) $1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated) $393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness $529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated) $489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities $50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated) $60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws $58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated) $45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated) $1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety $20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated) $1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated) $395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated) $234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs $101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws $46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad $2 billion - International humanitarian aid $1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated) $4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs $2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships $642 million - International economic and treasury programs $315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad $486 million - Grants for public transit projects $4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure $372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities $145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure $204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities $1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement $100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated) $1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection $2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds $90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated) $3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research $297 million - NASA technology innovation programs $1.1 billion - International Space Station operations $143 million - STEM education programs $309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs $170 million - Small Business Administration operations $158 million - Loans for small businesses

@KustomDLuX @LSPmatt @GregAbbott_TX Truly curious: what is a “ghoul-teacher”?

@LSPmatt @GregAbbott_TX I trust wealthy families keeping more of their own money, whoever they are or whatever their opinions are, infinitely more than I trust the public school system and its collection of ghoul-teachers and their failed-upwards managers receiving that money.

$1 billion from neighborhood schools to benefit wealthy families - which is exactly what white nationalist billionaires directed @GregAbbott_TX to do. Greg doesn't get much done, but he does deliver for his benefactors. texastribune.org/2026/04/01/tex…

@allenw111 @fredcantu The could have put an income cap on it which is what some legislators argued for in the legislative sessions. It was rejected.

Where in the law did it state that lower to middle income families, that are already sacrificing to put their children in private schools, disqualified from applying for a voucher? It’s comical to me that people think ALL private school students come from rich families. This is the problem with leftist ideology. It destroys critical thinking skills.

Remember, the Texas school voucher program was pitched to us as $1 BILLION to help low income & minority school children rise from failing public schools. That’s not who’s applying for the money.

@lessplastic85 @sweetbabyshan @pourfairelevide You know what’s funny I actually teach an information literacy class that would not say Substack was reliable source.😬 you can’t score above the 99th percentile on MAP tests. Like it’s just not possible.🙄

@sweetbabyshan @pourfairelevide Please read: futureofeducation.substack.com/p/alphas-mid-y…

I think everyone involved in this project should go to prison

@MisterHouse18 @WeinsteinEdu @HelpATeacher I truly don’t understand the hate for the education profession. As a kindergarten teacher I do not get a moment to breathe. And I don’t think it’s wrong for people to acknowledge that. It’s not a job everyone could do.

@WeinsteinEdu @HelpATeacher For those of you ripping on this post, feel free to sub at your local school for a few days. Don’t just babysit, actually teach. Clearly you’ll be surprised.

One of the hardest parts of being an educator is the lack of downtime. You have to be on all day long. This is mentally and physically draining.

@WeinsteinEdu Yep. One of the things I learned about trauma informed education is that our bodies were not made to be at a 10 out of 10 stress level all day long. You’re supposed to get stressed. Stress passes your body releases. You’re fine. But we have stressors literally all day long.

@DaisyOfDistance @pcbrynn Or trying to understand the slang. 😬 6-7 oh 67? 🤣

@pcbrynn And what will a robot do when a child bursts into tears or has a medical emergency? How good will they be at reading a child's facial expressions of sadness, hunger, grief, fear?

I remember parents absolutely losing it because teachers wore masks during Covid and their kids couldn’t read facial expressions. But replacing them with robots that have no face at all? Yeah, that’s fine.

@ModestTeacher The best engagement I ever have in my class is when I start a story with “when I was little”, or “when I was in college”. Hundred percent engagement. Making those real life connections is so important.

My favorite teacher taught social studies, but he also showed us Simpsons reruns, told us stories of when he was in a band in college, and was a civil war reenactor. Get lost with this nonsense.

@GinaHinojosaTX Meanwhile, Denmark is following the research and investing billions in textbooks again. Noting that screen time is affecting our kids’ brains.

This is M3GAN. It’s a horror movie. No one wants this but edtech profiteers. The commodification of our children is out of control.

@allenanalysis My fourth graders have figured out how to access ChatGPT during their math block. How long do you think it would take them to reprogram this?

🚨 Melania Trump this morning: Proposes an AI system—“Plato”—as a replacement for teachers. “Literature, art, science, mathematics, history… the entire corpus of knowledge… at home.” Replace teachers? With a machine? AI over teachers. That’s the idea. Instead of calling for better pay for our nation's educators/heroes. Sad day!

Jesse Jackson to children on Sesame Street: "I am somebody. I may be poor, but I am somebody. I may be young, but I am somebody. I may be on welfare, but I am somebody... My clothes are different. My face is different. My hair is different, but I am somebody."

Elana Meyers Taylor signs to her son: "Mommy won." 🥇 #WinterOlympics

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today. Change has never been easy. It takes persistence and determination, and requires all of us to speak out and stand up for what we believe in. As we honor Dr. King today, let’s draw strength from his example, and do our part to build on his legacy.

@teacher2teacher Don’t always contact for negative. Send regular messages highlighting the positives. You have to build trust.

What’s one piece of advice you’d give a new teacher about building strong relationships with students’ families?

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

12 hours ago, we announced a kickoff rally for our Senate campaign. 1,800 people showed up. This is how we win Texas.

I’m running for the U.S. Senate. Billionaires have taken over Texas and taken over America — but together, we can take power back for working people. Join this movement: jamestalarico.com

@sarahttay @owenbroadcast My dog is a rescue and before I got him I had a whole list of names. The name he came with was Henry and I couldn’t bear to change it. He is a Henry.😉

vet said my pets have the best names. flattering, she’s an expert. i ask, “all the animals here don’t have cool names?”. she says, “no, most are just named normal stuff like… horace”. pause. thats great. compliment instantly lost all effect. not even sure i can come back here.