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Cheryl Binkley

@cheryldgb.bsky.social
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Retired teacher. Writer. Supporter of public schools. Lover of trees, dogs, and colors of light. Reader and voracious learner. Married with children and grandchild. Not looking for DMs.

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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Vouchers, Patriotism and Prayer: The Trump Administration’s Plan to Remake Public Education
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is bringing about a new era in education — and perhaps the end of public schools as we know them.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
One of the videos from Minneapolis shows that an ICE agent grabbed the door handle and the driver quickly pulled away. Another agent shot her There is NO evidence she was trying to harm them, or that lethal force was necessary State officials need to determine if criminal charges should be brought
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This week- Braddock District Fairfax School Board Election! patch.com/virginia/fai...
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Every Child Receiving World-Class Education A Priority For Alexa Krezel
Alexa Krezel is one of two school board candidates seeking the Democratic Party's endorsement in the Jan. 10 firehouse primary.
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The Education Department’s Forgotten Antiracist Origins www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...
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Opinion | The Education Department’s Forgotten Antiracist Origins
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Mark Little @marklittle.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
“Every creator whom Fortune spoke with said their reach had increased sharply after Meta’s January policy shift, which came just a few months after President Donald Trump threatened to imprison Zuckerberg.” fortune.com/2025/11/20/g...
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Mark Zuckerberg’s hate-speech gamble fuels Gen Z radicalization on Instagram as millions watch Hitler speeches and Holocaust denial clips | Fortune
The hottest far-right influencer right now isn’t Nick Fuentes—it’s Hitler. And his videos are appearing next to JPMorgan and U.S. Army ads
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
The special election for TN-07 is just around the corner on December 2nd, and we need to get out the vote! Want to join me for a special GOTV Zoom Rally with Aftyn Behn and the campaign team? It's happening on Sunday, December 1st. Sign up here to get the Zoom details: mobilize.us/s/hUJydt/n
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GOTV ZOOM Rally · Aftyn for Congress
Join us for our GOTV Zoom Rally with Rep. Aftyn Behn — your last chance to hear from Aftyn before Election Day! 📅 Monday, December 1 ⏰ 7:00 PM CT 📍 [Register Here](https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/reg...
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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Spanberger appoints former state education secretaries to transition team • Virginia Mercury
Two former state education secretaries and multiple education experts have been appointed to serve on Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger’s transition team, tasked with preparing the new gubernatorial admin...
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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Ed Department Sheds Several Offices, But Spares Special Education
As the Trump administration takes sweeping steps to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, the agency is still deciding what the future holds for special education.
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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Higher SOL cut scores coming, but not this year, Virginia board says • Virginia Mercury
Virginia will delay raising its academic benchmarks in reading and math until the following school year — a pause that gives teachers and school divisions a brief breather before higher proficiency st...
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
With Ginge Sivigny of 4 Public Education and Carla Okouchi FEA president listening to Dr Reid report to the Fairfax County school board.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/08/2025
The second amendment guarantees the right to a militia to guard against federal tyranny. But if a president can use that force against its own state, against the wishes of that state, then it is no militia at all and a clear violation of the second amendment.
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
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A Maryland charter school announces closure days before classes start
Excel Academy leadership announced the school will not open for the 2025-26 school year, which starts Tuesday in Prince George’s County.
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
@bluevirginia.bsky.social
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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The Facts Are Clear, as Is the Choice for Virginia’s Next Attorney General: Jason Miyares Has Repeatedly Misused His Office and Pushed an Extreme Right-Wing Agenda; Jay Jones Is Committed to Upholding...
by Marianna Burke of the VA Grassroots Coalition What happens when the chief legal officer of Virginia – the person sworn to uphold the law – breaks it, undermines the U.S. and Virginia Constitutions,...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Important www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/08/2025
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning. The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I have found these observations to be true. x.com/rancidginger...
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Jesse Hare 🐇 on X: "My uncle is a convicted pedophile and my family is MAGA, so I unfortunately know that republicans will forgive and forget even the most heinous crimes, as long as you claim to have found “Jesus.” A thread 🧵-" / X
My uncle is a convicted pedophile and my family is MAGA, so I unfortunately know that republicans will forgive and forget even the most heinous crimes, as long as you claim to have found “Jesus.” A thread 🧵-
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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The Idaho Teacher Who Refused to Back Down | NEA
The poster said, “Everyone is Welcome Here.” School officials told Sarah Inama to take it down.
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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Legal experts weigh in on the implications of the 2025 Supreme Court term for K-12 education | Brookings
Brookings scholars focusing on education policy explore the legal implications of the Supreme Court's 2025 term.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Depraved behavior. Just when you think they're at the lowest they can go...
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House GOP Raises Money Off 'Alligator Alcatraz' Merch That Jokes About Alligators Eating Migrants
Absolutely depraved.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 15 JULY 2025 MOSES MIKE WANTS PAM BONDI IN FRONT OF CONGRESS THIS VILE DISGUSTING CREATURE MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ALL OF THEM Republican, Democrat, and Royalty MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE Release the Epstein Files
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.” -Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi fires top Justice Department ethics official Source: ABC News
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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George Mason Is the Latest University Under Fire From Trump. Its President Fears an “Orchestrated” Campaign.
When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.” But there are signs it may b...
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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Beautiful mural! #NoICE #LAStrong @sonyboystudio @tristaneaton.bsky.social @shanejessup.bsky.social
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
#BookSky
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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PFPS and Allies Urge Montana Court to Strike Down Harmful Voucher Law
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Sens. Warner, Kaine accuse Trump administration of illegally withholding $108 million from Virginia K-12 schools Source: cvillerightnow.com
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Your source for the latest Charlottesville, Virginia news, weather, events, UVA sports, & WINA radio updates - stay informed with Cville Right Now
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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Rogue Citizen One @roguecitizenone.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Concentration camps on American soil. Masked agents terrorizing our neighbors and abducting people off the streets to fill them. As if that weren’t horrific enough—some so-called “Christians” are cheering it on like it’s some kind of twisted, dehumanization porn. What the hell have we become?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
What we learned yesterday. The Times They Are a-Changin'
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The name of Saturday’s parade: Welcome to Trumpistan!
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
4 Public Education June 6 News- Graduation Edition 4publiceducation.org/so/75PSmiR7Z...
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June 6, 2025
Graduation Edition Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Class of 2025 The Federal Scene Call to Action: Ask your Senators to Reject H.R. 1 US Department of Education Loses at Court and in Senate Hea...
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Watching Girl from the North Country on PBS, and realizing what a tragedy it will be if we lose the beauty & talent & ethos of who we are as a country, the stories of us all as ordinary people, pressing on, trying to get by, loving & struggling, letting the music live through us, and carry us on.
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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Happy Wednesday!
A photo of a mountain at dusk. 

Caption: call me crazy, but I love to see people happy in succeeding. Life is a journey, not a competition.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/05/2025
Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300. Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
ALT: A large, framed, yellowing document. Text reads: "Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original." Photo credit: Lorin Granger/Harvard Law School
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Yes, I'm pissed about the jumbo jet too. But this is actually the most important story today.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The president has covered the Oval Office in gold, is planning a massive military parade for his birthday, and is now accepting $400,000,000 luxury planes from foreign powers as personal presents. What the fuck are we doing here?
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
www.wavy.com/news/your-lo... I wish she hadn’t said that.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Housing: 225% increase. Wage: 18% increase. This is not sustainable!!! ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE The millionaires in power and their billionaire donors won’t fix these problems for us.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
It’s not deportations. It’s human trafficking.
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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Tell Congress: Keep ECCA Vouchers Out of the Federal Budget
The Educational Choice for Children Act (H.R. 833, S.292), or ECCA, would create a national voucher program by giving $10 billion in tax dollars each year to private school and homeschool families. At...
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
All Va. school divisions signed federal anti-discrimination certification forms, except for 2 Source: WTOP
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Cheryl Binkley @cheryldgb.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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