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Gary Stager, Ph.D.

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Progressive educator, journalist, speaker, author, book publisher. Founder & CEO of Constructing Modern Knowledge professorgarystager.com Expertise = edtech, 1:1 computing, teacher education, school reform, jazz cmkpress.com

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10h
53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.
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Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
CASE MOTHEREFFING KEENUM
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Massive Russian attack on #Kyiv continued throughout the night. Russia added missiles to the drones that are now attacking Kyiv almost 24/7. Residential buildings, vehicles, office building were damaged, transportation network damaged. In Kyiv region, private homes were on fire, two people injured
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"the best is yet to come"
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
During an address, Trump referred to U.S. Amb. to Greece Guilfoyle using a creepy nickname. "Kimberlay. Kimberly Guilfoyle. I love calling her Kimber-LAY. That's my little pet name, but you are the greatest. I hope you come back here in 12 years or whenever the term ends,"
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/09/2026
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned of an impending Hamas attack in 2023 by the UAE. The information wasn't passed on to Israeli security officials.
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Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials said.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our tax dollars are being spent to indulge the fantasies and to soothe the fragile ego of a narcissistic sociopath who is falling deeper and deeper into psychosis.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“I simply do not want to see innocent children being detained. Prisons are not a place for innocent children...” “We need to go to these board meetings... to all our other meetings, our city council. We need to be in all these spaces and insist upon being heard.” veritenews.org/2026/09/22/o...
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Opponents of Alexandria ICE detention facility hold community forum - Verite News New Orleans
The England Authority Board of Commissioners is slated to discuss the planned ICE detention facility at a meeting on Thursday.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"A group of pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere... to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men..." religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...
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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros
(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“'You don’t live here,' the crowd shouted like they were in a basketball arena...” kansasreflector.com/2026/09/18/u...
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US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Because of the Texas state government's error, Texas "counties are now dealing with nearly a year of backlogged voter registration tasks to process. They could include new registrations or simply updates to voters’ existing records, like a change in address..." www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
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Tens of thousands of Texas voter registration applications likely ensnared in state error
Democrats are calling for investigations into why voter registration applications submitted via a DPS portal weren’t forwarded to counties.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s up! Our new film “Kill.Bury.Print” is streaming now on Peacock #KillBuryPrint trailer here: youtu.be/ZLfo4At-stg?... and here’s a clip:
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“‘Ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants'... This is, of course, beyond alarming...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is crazy! How may direct, urgent warnings were there? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Egypt’s Warning to Israel
Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
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Chris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”
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Texas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.
Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/09/2026
Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy says Moscow launched nearly 4,000 drones, aerial bombs and missiles on Ukraine in past week.
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Russian strikes kill eight, injure dozens across Ukraine
Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy says Moscow launched nearly 4,000 drones, aerial bombs and missiles on Ukraine in past week.
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Gary Stager, Ph.D. @garystager.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
But the screens and the AI! #gaskighting
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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason."
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"What an odd moment in United States history.

A U.S. president is running an overtly political campaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.

Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Tafoya described herself on her podcast as 'sort of a Florida woman'..." www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/p...
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Republican Senate nominee said she was ‘embarrassed’ to be from the state she’s now running to represent | CNN Politics
In a local radio interview earlier this month, Michele Tafoya, the Republican Senate nominee in Minnesota and former sports broadcaster was asked about her past criticism of the state and whether she ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, bound, beaten with guns and shoved down a flight of stairs recently by police officers at a remote hotel where Trump administration deportees are being held indefinitely..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
$9.5 billion not to work… www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
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John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you
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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@aaup.org @biblioracle.bsky.social & Katie Rainwater nails what everyone misses. Heritage Foundation hates college full stop. They bash DEI to get in the door, but the point is to close the door on everyone. That's why they want to own accreditation. Say no today: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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With Proposed Federal Rules, Heritage Foundation Upends Higher Education
Who is up for a little Christian Nationalism embedded into our higher education system?
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tonight marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Wishing peace, hope, happiness, and health to all who celebrate in Michigan. Shana Tova!
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Too many people online seem to conflate left politics with being obnoxious and scathing and Mamdani is such a model for combining a principled ideological vision with civility and grace. You shake hands, you act like a grown up even whether others aren’t. You show up.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The only one who wasn’t at Ground Zero was Trump, because they wouldn’t let him tell his stories about rescuing firefighters.
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Gary Stager, Ph.D. @garystager.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Giuliani did not attend a single funeral of a Port Authority Police Officer. 37 of those officers died. Giuliani resented his lack of control over the PA and left the command post there after '93 attack. @jonlemire.bsky.social @mika-brzezinski.bsky.social
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Gary Stager, Ph.D. @garystager.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Woke up to buy Stevie Wonder tickets on Ticketmaster. They ALL sold out while I was choosing seats. This is a scam.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Inside Trump’s Nightmare for Haitians in Springfield: ‘We’re Following Our Orders’
The most urgent moral test in all of Trump’s America today is happening in a small Ohio city – and we as a country are failing it miserably.
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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Richard Alles, a New York Fire Department battalion chief on 9/11, told PolitiFact he had no knowledge of Trump being @ Ground Zero or sending hundreds of workers to help. "I was there for several months—I have no knowledge of his being down there" Alles said, adding "there would be a record of it."
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Fact Check: Did Donald Trump help clear rubble on 9/11?
Video from 2016 of Trump claiming that he helped at Ground Zero on 9/11 has gone viral.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is basically a push poll and Zohran still beat it.
12. Mayor Mamdani has faced intense scrutiny from critics regarding his political circle and
statements. Do you feel his administration represents the core values of the average New Yorker
or is his platform out of step with average New Yorkers?
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Represents core values of average New Yorkers-------301 60.20
Platform is too out of step with average New
Yorkers -----------------------------------------------------------140 28.00
Undecided --------------------------------------------------------- 56 11.20
Refused--------------------------------------------------------------- 3 0.60
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The first step in taking back Congress is making sure our neighbors are registered to vote. Join us this Thursday to learn how to engage, register, and turn out voters in your community ahead of National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 15: win.dnc.org/NVRDTraining
A graphic titled "ENGAGE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD." Text below reads, "Join us to learn how to run effective voter registration drives, break through traditional barriers to voting and registration, and help make our communities ready for November." The event is scheduled for September 10, 8–9 PM ET. Sign up at win.dnc.org/NVRDTraining. Bold text and illustrations of voting booths are included.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Since bus stops are fair game, I propose we make the 2029 arrests all take place at them.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ten years he's told this story. He has never once named the two men. If two firefighters had carried a future president out of danger, we would know their names. We don't. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Forbes @forbes.com · 08/09/2026
The show said its name change was “inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google,” both of which have complied with executive orders from Trump to change the names of places like Lake Ontario to Lake America.
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‘South Park’ Changes Branding To ‘South America’ In Latest Trump Trolling
The show said its name change was “inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google,” both of which have complied with executive orders from Trump to change the names of places like Lake Ontario to Lake America.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/09/2026
Congrats South Park team on the Emmy win!!
YOU FINALLY GOT YOUR EMMY*
SOUTH PARK
NEW EPISODES
SEPTEMBER 16
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The idea that making a sitting president answer for criminal charges would distract him from important official duties has never looked more ridiculous.
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Gary Stager, Ph.D. @garystager.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
NEW The legal agony of Wile E Coyote Coyote vs Acme may be one of the best films about civil litigation ever made By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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The legal agony of Wile E Coyote
Coyote vs Acme may be one of the best films about civil litigation ever made
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Lorraine Ali @lorraineali.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The bigoted rhetoric against Muslim American politicians is backfiring. Next up: Abdul El-Sayed www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Commentary: The bigoted rhetoric against Muslim American politicians is backfiring. Next up: Abdul El-Sayed
The bigoted rhetoric against Muslim American politicians is backfiring
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Bruce H. McCosar @bmccosar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem has passed away. Long ago, my parents used to force me to go to church each Sunday. One time the pastor made a comment about "people who were destroying America, like Carl Sagan and Gloria Steinem." I liked Carl Sagan. Gloria Steinem was new to me. I took it as a recommendation.
My original trade paperback of Gloria Steinem's "Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions" (1st edition, 1983).
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 28/08/2026
"If feminism means each of us finding our unique power, and helping other women do the same, Dolly Parton certainly has done both," wrote Gloria Steinem in 1987.
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Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (January 1987)
Woman of the Year Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (From the January 1987 issue of Ms. Magazine)
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was an uncredited producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When she learned the only female producer was making less than her male counterparts, Dolly cut her a check for the difference, on the spot.
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly made times less hard for a lot of people thoughtcatalog.com/nicolestawia...
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Dolly Parton Funded an Oscar-Winning AIDS Documentary in the 1980s When the Reagan Administration Wouldn’t Act
Parton lost friends to AIDS in the 1980s and put her production company Sandollar behind Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, the documentary about the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt that wen…
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Gary Stager, Ph.D. @garystager.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So great!
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Gary Stager, Ph.D. @garystager.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@chrislhayes.bsky.social Thanks for the best, most insightful, & historically relevant Gloria Steinem tribute I saw today. You and @rtraister.bsky.social truly captured her importance. The rise of pedagogical authoritarianism in schools, including the anti-screen/AI moves are a form of backlash. 1/2
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