Is this really what we’re considering, Texas??? “An Arizona grand jury has indicted two out-of-state residents for allegedly applying to the state’s private school voucher program as parents to 50 children – 43 of whom did not exist – and receiving more than $110,000.”
AP News
Arizona grand jury indicts pair for alleged school voucher fraud
An Arizona grand jury has indicted two out-of-state residents for allegedly applying to the state’s private school voucher program as parents to ...
Many people may not know that Taiwanese Americans exist, that we have a distinct culture and language from that of the Chinese, that the first wave of migrants here fought to end a dictatorship back home and are still fighting to maintain their freedom there. I wrote about my family’s and others’ journey here in Houston. #AAPI #Asianamericanhistory #taiwaneseamerican
The Texas Observer
Texas’ Hotbed of Taiwanese Nationalism
For decades, Houston families like mine have helped keep the flame of independence burning.
What?! Even fluoride in our water’s at risk?! “FL surgeon gen., Joseph Ladapo, on Fri recommended that communities in the state stop fluoridating their water- a move that could be a sign of more public health shifts to come under the incoming Trump administration.”
STAT
Florida's surgeon general wants to stop water fluoridation. Will more states follow?
Florida’s surgeon general Joseph Ladapo is recommending that communities in the state stop fluoridating their water.
Trump selected TV doc Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Svcs. Oz wants to “move seniors and most Americans into private insurance plans that have been raising premiums and denying roughly one in ten medical claims.”
The Lever
Trump Picks Oz, Champion Of Medicare Privatization
Trump says he will nominate the TV doctor, who has been paid to push Medicare privatization while investing in health care giants.
This is a 2012 documentary but still very relevant as a reminder of how U.S. intervention in Latin America- its efforts to topple democratic reforms and prop up dictatorships, led to mass migrations from those countries to the U.S.- including from the Dominican Republic in the 60s, El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1980s, and from Mexico after NAFTA in the 90s, putting into perspective the more recent wave of migration from Cuba and Venezuela.
When asked how Trump’s mass deportation plan can avoid family separation, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said, “Families can be deported together.”
“The former and now future U.S. president’s demagogue genius got him so far, but the Democrats offered him yet again the opening because they’ve increasingly lost touch with their traditional constituents: working class and lower-middle-income voters… The Democrats have consistently failed to understand the reasons for working-class disaffection — let alone find remedies to offer them.”
Democrats keep forgetting the working class – POLITICO
A data report by @matt_zdun shows that Californian migrants to Texas are not creating a blue wave: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2024/california-texas-politics/?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vcHJvamVjdHMvMjAyNC9jYWxpZm9ybmlhLXRleGFzLXBvbGl0aWNzLw==&time=MTczMDU4NDEzNzQzMQ==&rid=MmQzYmVhOGEtNjQ5Zi00YTg3LTg0MzktYjY1OWJkZDlkY2Ji&sharecount=MQ==
“Trump, Preparing to Challenge the Results, Puts His 2020 Playbook Into Action”
Trump, Preparing to Challenge the Results, Puts His 2020 Playbook Into Action (Published 2024)
Step by step, Donald J. Trump and his allies are following the strategies that caused chaos four years ago. Election officials say they are ready t...
Pro Publica found low income parents in AZ used school vouchers much less than rich families bc of barriers to private schools, demystifying the narrative of “parental choice” around private school vouchers.
ProPublica
In a State With School Vouchers for All, Low-Income Families Aren’t Choosing to Use Them
Working-class parents often express interest in vouchers. But in Arizona, the nation’s school choice capital, these families aren’t using them ...