today concedes that his son met with Russian operatives at trump tower with Russian operatives to get dirt on his opponent. Ben Rhodes Verified account @brhodes 3h3 hours ago More Ben Rhodes Retweeted Donald J. Trump I worked on the Obama campaign and we would never, ever, have held a meeting with a foreign […]
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Caught on tape, Sean Spicer explains why the New York Times, CNN and others were banned from Friday’s White House press conference: “We’re going to aggressively push back.”
As we were just discussing, the White House banned reporters from the New York Times, CNN, and Politico from this past Friday’s scheduled briefing with Sean Spicer. At the time, the administration assured us that it was nothing out of the ordinary, and that we shouldn’t read too much into it. Audio just released from […]
Posted in Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged CNN, Donald Trump, fake news, freedom of the press, future of journalism, New York Times, Politico, Russia, Sean Spicer, threats to journalists 12 Comments
5th grade charter school teacher Mika Yamamoto, fired from Michigan’s Renaissance Public School Academy, where she was the only teacher of color, claims she was told by her principal, “The community is not ready for your voice.”
Since this past November, when I interviewed the mother of Josie Ramon, the 12 year old Royal Oak Middle School student who taped classmates chanting “Build the wall” at her and other Hispanic students, I occasionally get notes from people, asking that I help get the word out about similar things taking place within Michigan’s […]
Posted in Education, Michigan Also tagged accusations of racism, Beloved, Betsy DeVos, Central Michigan University, Charter School Partners, charter schools, Children’s Protective Services, dismantling of public education, domestic violence, Donald Trump, Elie Wiesel, for-profit charter schools, getting fired, horror, insider dealing, John Engler, John Engler Center for Charter Schools, lawsuits, Los Angeles, Mary Kay Shields, Mika Yamamoto, Mt. Pleasant, oppression, public education, racism, Renaissance Public School Academy, safety, Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance, threats to public education, Toni Morrison 149 Comments