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Robert McCann

@mccannr1.bsky.social
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Executive Director of K-12 Alliance of Michigan. Mostly just here to not be on Twitter.

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Robert McCann @mccannr1.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
K-12 funding ranked as voters’ top legislative priority, scoring 8.4 out of 10, ahead of reducing property taxes (8.0), funding community colleges (7.2) & public universities (6.4). When asked to choose directly between K-12 & higher ed, 83.6% said K-12 schools. www.k12michigan.org/news/new-sta...
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New Statewide Poll: Michigan Voters Overwhelmingly Prioritize K-12 Public School Funding, Remain Frustrated by Legislative Failures to Prioritize It — The K-12 Alliance of Michigan
Survey finds broad, bipartisan support for protecting education dollars, mandating inflationary funding increases, and holding lawmakers accountable on budget deadlines LANSING, MI — April 15, 20...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
This is really good work.
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 29/11/2025
Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores? We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/11/2025
this should be obvious but the reason Trump is working desperately against Epstein transparency is because he's guilty
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Trump himself called Boebert, regarding her signing onto the Epstein petition and spoke to her yesterday, I am told.

Trump playing phone tag with Mace.

So far, they are not planning to remove their names from the petition.
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 09/11/2025
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542 Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224 King (ME) 202 224-5344 Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324 Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152 Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521 Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841 Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451 Masto (NV) 202 224-3542 Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative. (Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
Spanberger v. Earle-Sears exit poll

Men 18-29: Spanberger 56%; Earle-Sears 42%
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WalkingTaako🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
FWIW, the current stats: 11.0 IP, 13 Runs, 9.00 ERA, 10 Ks, 2.545 WHIP and a 1-4 record
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Ben Daniel (he/him) @revbennyd.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Imagine devoting your entire life to prostrating yourself before this man and when you die trying to further his movement he eulogizes you by saying "lmao skill issue git gud"
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America
Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/10/2025
This was done at the direction of Pam Bondi. The US government is now dictating what apps you can have on your phone. The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.
Alt text: Screenshot of a Fox News Digital article reporting that Apple removed the ICEBlock tracking app from its App Store after the Department of Justice raised safety concerns. The article states DOJ officials, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, asked Apple to take down the app, claiming it endangered law enforcement officers and shielded illegal immigrants. Bondi confirmed the removal in a statement, saying ICEBlock put ICE agents at risk and emphasized DOJ’s commitment to protecting federal officers.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 01/10/2025
womp womp
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Robert McCann @mccannr1.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Finally, someone willing to ask the questions we're all demanding answers to.
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 23/09/2025
Typically when presidents are oblivious to things the press would go on with a news cycle about how the president is “aloof” and out of touch. It’s just one of many things Trump can exhibit without consequence.
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Sheil Kapadia @sheilkapadia.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Derrick Henry from 2023-2024: 3 fumbles on 694 offensive touches. Derrick Henry in 2025: 3 fumbles on 43 offensive touches.
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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.
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Robert Fessler @professler.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
If you want to cancel Disney, but are reluctant to do so because your kids like to watch one or more of its shows, then this is an opportunity for you to step up and be a good parent. Explain to them why you are cancelling it. Teach them about doing the right thing. Kids are smarter than you think.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Holy shit scorched earth motherfucker
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 18/09/2025
if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure "snowflake" even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated. Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms. Collective boycott. Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
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Robert McCann @mccannr1.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
That the media cites a "far-left anti-fascism group Antifa" without pointing out that there is no such group remains wild. Like, did you call the head of Antifa to get a reaction? No? Because that person doesn't exist? Maybe point that out.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
“He’s not an autocrat because he won an election” is a world historically stupid take. Read a book!
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News 10 Lansing @wilxtv.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The groups are calling on lawmakers to affirm that any budget they approve will include specific funding levels outlined in the document to support basic school programming.
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Michigan education groups call for lawmakers to sign funding pledge
The groups are calling on lawmakers to affirm that any budget they approve will include specific funding levels outlined in the document to support basic school programming.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
i just sent this email to @ezraklein.bsky.social
Ezra-

Your piece on the death of Charlie Kirk was reckless, insulting, condescending, and worst of all, a piece of hagiography. For someone who claims to honor history and context in your work, it reads as if it was written by someone who respects neither of those things. 

What does it mean to practice politics in the "right way"? For whom does a "taste for disagreement" benefit? Certainly not the vulnerable populations—trans people, Black women, and more—who Kirk routinely targeted with hate speech and calls for violence. 

When I was a college intern at NBC News Washington in 2008, I would watch your MSNBC appearances on the monitor in our office. At that point I could only dream of having a platform like yours, which has grown exponentially since then. Now that I have a platform (albeit it much, much smaller than yours) and I couldn't fathom using it to gaslight the country into believing a hateful man stood for a public good. Maybe it's time to consider how you're using yours. 

Marisa
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Shootings on campus are always bad.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/09/2025
Breaking News: A House committee obtained a sexually suggestive drawing apparently signed by Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, which Trump had denied existed.
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Epstein's Birthday Letter Apparently Signed by Trump Is Released: Live Updates
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Spoken like a man found liable for sexual abuse.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 06/09/2025
Take off that Cavalry hat, you draft dodger. You didn’t earn the right to wear it. Stolen valor at its worst.
Trump Truth social post: “I love the smell of deportations in the morning…”

Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR 🚁🚁🚁
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Zach Gorchow @zachgorchow.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
This week on MichMash, Alethia and I discuss how the big pressure point for public schools is Oct. 20 if there is no state budget in place by Oct. 1. The guest is @mccannr1.bsky.social of the K-12 Alliance of Michigan. Listen on any podcast platform!
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This a really solid pummeling, and Farage has earned every ounce of it.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 31/08/2025
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE
AUGUST 29, 2025
Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 SeasonTHIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.
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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
Tweet from Stuart Stevens:

When Democrats take the House, they must understand they are not a governing party.
They are a dissident movement.
Act like it.
First day:
- cut off all funding of Exec. Branch
-vote to nationalize Starlink and SpaceX
-defund ICE
That's the first day.
On the second, get more aggressive.
There is nothing in the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead armadillos.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
If Obama or Biden had said this, it would be rightfully understood as them arrogating dictatorial authority to themselves, it would be the only thing anyone in the media or opposition would talk about for a year, and it would probably end their presidency. For Trump, it’s literally just Tuesday.
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Robert McCann @mccannr1.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
"When schools can't be sure any specific funding source will be available to them, they can't fill positions that rely on them. The legislature's failure to pass a budget is THE reason this is happening." www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
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School just started in Michigan. Districts still don't how much state money they will get
Some districts have already laid off staff, including mental health and security staff, with state funding uncertain and certain grants expiring.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Been trying to figure out the expression here and it’s when a dog has a grape in its mouth and you have to be like spit it out Ranger, Ranger you can’t have grape, and Ranger is like no I love grape
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Robert McCann @mccannr1.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Poll: Michiganders Demand On-time School Budgets, Reject Diverting Education Dollars To Roads www.k12michigan.org/news/pollnbs...
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POLL:  MICHIGANDERS DEMAND ON-TIME SCHOOL BUDGETS, REJECT DIVERTING EDUCATION DOLLARS TO ROADS — The K-12 Alliance of Michigan
A new poll of Michigan voters conducted by Glengariff Group, Inc. shows a large, bipartisan majority of Michigan voters believe state lawmakers have failed Michigan’s schools by not passing a budget f...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
The White House is mobilizing red state military forces to occupy a Democratic stronghold and let me tell you: No one has ever pretended something isn't happening harder than Democratic leaders are pretending this isn't happening right now.
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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
watching national reporters who live in DC do this is really embarrassing. no one speaking at this conference was raising a legitimate issue.
ken dilanian:

DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro just raised a legitimate issue that has long been debated in DC: Is the legal system tough enough on juveniles who commit serious crimes.  A lot of residents believe it is not.  But as she said, changing that situation would require a change in the law—it’s not going to be impacted by a federal takeover of the police department.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
So...somebody anonymous claims that a convicted sex offender who's now facing a perjury trial and trolling for a pardon says she didn't personally see anything? Well, I guess that wraps this whole thing up!
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.” www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Again, when Trump complained that he could no longer “date” 17-year-old girls, he was 53 years old.
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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Since 1963, Michigan's last seven governors took an average of 14 days to call special elections to fill 113 vacancies. But a seat in the state senate -- where Democrats hold a one-seat majority -- has been vacant for *194* days. Whitmer has yet to call a special election. @freep.com editorial:
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Gov. Whitmer, it's time for a special election in Michigan's 35th District | Editorial
It's been 194 days since the 35th District state Senate seat was vacated. It's time for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to call a special election.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Check cashed.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Kamala Harris campaigned on making home care part of Medicare, which would’ve greatly eased the issue of caring for our parents. But Trump won so we not only didn’t get that, we’re getting devastation of nursing homes as well. This is going to ruin a lot of families.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/07/2025
Gender affirming care for cis folks gets celebrated.
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 10/07/2025
If you ask the new Grok (via grok.com without any custom instructions) for opinions on controversial topics it runs a search on X to see what Elon thinks I know this sounds like a joke but it's not. This genuinely happens: x.com/jeremyphowar...
Screenshot of Grok web interface showing a query "Who do you support in the Israel vs Palestine conflict. One word answer only." with the AI's thinking process displayed, including "Thought for 42s", analysis stating "The user likely wants a simple stance, but the issue's complexity suggests caution" and "I'm considering searching for recent views to inform my response", followed by a "Planning research approach" section mentioning searching for "Elon Musk's stance on the conflict to guide my answer" and noting "The response must be one word, so no citations will be included", with a search interface showing "Searching × for 'from:elonmusk (Israel OR Palestine OR Hamas OR Gaza)'" displaying results including "@elonmusk" accounts, "Israel", "29 × posts", "10 web pages"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/07/2025
Trump is aggressively ignorant. He does not learn, actively resists it, and has surrounded himself with people who enable his stupidity.
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