The NY Times: DOGE Lied About Social Security
In a long and comprehensive article, three New York Times reporters document what happened when DOGE (or DOGS, as I prefer to say) arrived at the Social Security Administration to root out “waste,...
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Stephen Dyer: Vouchers in Ohio Are a Disaster! I Told You So!
Stephen Dyer is a public policy expert, a specialist in school finance, and a former legislator in Ohio. He warned 11 years that vouchers would drive the state budget over a fiscal cliff. The court...
View ArticleCarol Burris: Update on the School Funds in Trump’s Big Ugly Budget Bill
Most attention has focused on the horrible cuts to Medicaid and food assistance (SNAP) in the bill just passed by the GOP majority in the Senate. It has some differences with the version passed by the...
View ArticleRandi Weingarten: Trump’s Big Bad Bill Is Good for His Billionaire Buddies
The American Federation of Teachers released a statement by its President Randi Weingarten: Contact:Andrew Crook607-280-6603acrook@aft.org AFT’s Weingarten on Senate’s Big, Ugly Betrayal of America’s...
View ArticleDavid Dayen: What Else Is Included in the Big Ugly Budget Bill?
Since this is a mostly education blog, I have covered the budget debate by focusing on what the GOP is doing to maim public schools and enrich private (especially religious schools). In the past,...
View ArticleBillionaires Are Running Our Country, Says German Data Firm
The German data company Datapulse released a report showing the vast and growing power of billionaires in the U.S. The report confirms your and my suspicions about the rigging of our economy and our...
View ArticleJan Resseger: Administration Cancels Federal Funding on Short Notice
Jan Resseger reports on an unprecedented stoppage in federal funding of Congressionally authorized school programs. School districts across the nation were informed on June 30 that the funding for...
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DOGE Cuts to NOAA and National Weather Service Blamed for Deaths in Texas Floods
Among its many stupid decisions, Elon Musk’s DOGE cut the staff of NOAA and the Natuonal Weather Service. Experts warned that people would die without accurate warnings. Trump ignored the warnings; so...
View ArticleTed Cruz Slashed NOAA Funding for Weather Forecasting in Trump Budget
Since the disaster in Texas, where more than 100 lives were lost to a flash flood in the middle of the night, Senator Ted Cruz has been readily available to comment for every television camera. He has...
View ArticleTrump Budget Guts Scientific Research
William J. Broad, science writer for The New York Times, reports on the Trump administration’s draconian cuts to scientific research. As the U.S. cuts back on investments in basic research, China is...
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