Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Education Law Center @edlawcenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Read ELC Litigation Director/Director of PFPS Jessica Levin's statement on the Treasury Department's proposed regulations for the federal voucher scheme. pfps.org/statement-fr... 033
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Education Law Center @edlawcenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Join PFPS Director Jessica Levin and ELC Staff Attorney Patrick Cremin tomorrow, Oct. 2, at 12 pm ET for a timely discussion of the federal voucher program regulations and what steps public education advocates can take next. Share widely and register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 033
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Advocates for Public Education Policy @a4pep.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The new federal school voucher program (EFTC) shifts education dollars to billionaire-funded SGO's. It expands pathways to private and religious schools. This scam is another step toward privatizing education rather than strengthening public schools. docs.google.com/presentation... 023
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the MidtermsSee how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress. 5225481031
Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦 @mcolorado.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.creators.com/read/jim-hig... @thetnholler.bsky.social @democracydocket.com @npeaction.bsky.social @moreperfectunion.bsky.social @publiced412.bsky.social @publicedpartners.bsky.social @wiscednetwork.bsky.socialcreators.comGreg's Folly: Governor Abbott Gets Hoisted on His Own Petard, by Jim HightowerGreg Abbott, the right-wing hack who is governor of Texas, probably doesn't know what a 000
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Heritage Foundation is infamous for organizing Project 2025. As I was investigating Heritage, I found that it promotes a network of Christian nationalist schools to parents. That network was founded by Doug Wilson, who is well-known for his extreme views. Read my investigative report here:civildefenseinstitute.orgHow the Heritage Foundation Promotes Christian Nationalist Schooling — Civil DefenseTracing Heritage and Kevin Roberts’s ties to a growing network of classical Christian schools—and the policies steering public money their way. 411000555
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comEmpire of GriftFar-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction. 10129401299
Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦 @mcolorado.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Denver voters say the current Mayor isn't cutting it. "Johnston only enjoys 39% approval compared to 50% disapproval. That means half of his constituents want someone else." Will voters elect a progressive in April like Chicago, New York, Boston, and Seattle have? coloradosun.com/2026/08/30/m...coloradosun.comNicolais: Denver Mayor Mike Johnston needs to find some campaign urgency before it's too lateThe political environment ahead of April’s election is dramatically different than when Johnston won in 2023. None of it helps his chances 000
Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦 @mcolorado.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The TECH BILLIONAIRES have been DESTROYING PUBLIC EDUCATION for over a decade! NO gains in learning and RESEARCH shows more HARM in brain development. WHY? for PROFIT and CONTROL! BILLIONS could have gone to teachers and lower class size. @maddow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/b...nytimes.comHow Big Tech Captured American Schools (Gift Article)Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain. 043
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026🤔 15453861995
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Advocates for Public Education Policy @a4pep.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Guess which photo below shows the Colorado school district labeled “distinction” by CDE! paulanoonan.substack.com/p/public-edu... "Public Education hasn’t moved forward in a decade! 2026 Colorado test scores tell a story that won’t end until we acknowledge the story won’t end" 022
Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦 @mcolorado.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Cool rendition of Billy Joel's "Souvenir"! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPa1...youtube.comSouvenir - Billy Joel coverYouTube video by Shawn H 010
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Network for Public Education @network4pubed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026@carolburris.bsky.social in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social ‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families progressive.org/publ...progressive.org‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All FamiliesVoucher and charter school programs are taking funds that could make our public schools stronger. 0109
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Network for Public Education @network4pubed.bsky.social · 29/07/20266 Reasons to Reject Federal Vouchers www.nea.org/resource...nea.org6 Reasons to Reject Federal Vouchers | NEAState governors have the power to reject the first national voucher program and prevent a tidal wave of funding to unaccountable private schools. 076
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Network for Public Education @network4pubed.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The Pushback vs Ed Tech & Screentime in Schools One of the many amazing panels at our 2026 conference. For more info visit our website or scan the QR code networkforpubliceduc... Public Schools Build Democracy! 293
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Network for Public Education @network4pubed.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A New Federal Voucher Program Poised to Ramp Up School Segregation from @tcfdotorg.bsky.social tcf.org/content/comm... @carolburris.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.socialgoogle.com🔎 the century foundation on blue sky - Google Searchhttps://www.google.com/search?q=the+century+foundation+on+blue+sky&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1054US1054&oq=the+century+foundation+on+blue+sky&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigAdIBCDU5MTVqMWo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8 045
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Network for Public Education @network4pubed.bsky.social · 16/07/2026OPINION: Charter schools are the Trojan horse of school privatization thenevadaindependent...thenevadaindependent.comOPINION: Charter schools are the Trojan horse of school privatization - The Nevada IndependentOPINION: Charter schools are the Trojan horse of school privatization. Read more at The Nevada Independent. 053
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Advocates for Public Education Policy @a4pep.bsky.social · 17/07/2026"In a 2024 survey of third-to-eighth-grade teachers, more than 80 percent said that their students’ reading stamina had declined since 2019." This is a MUST READ! @network4pubed.bsky.social @publicedpartners.bsky.social @ilfps.bsky.social @publiced412.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe End of Reading Is HereOptimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. 022
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Things money can't buy: Love Happiness CO-1 CO Dem Gov nomination 1454470
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Andreessen, Andreessen, Andreessen. (He’s very close with Peter Thiel.) 1/ 1101158599
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Our Denver Our Schools @odoschools.bsky.social · 29/06/2026"Weiser also opposed Amendment 80, which would have opened the door to vouchers....Senator Bennet has a long record of support for the charter school industry, and his tenure as Denver Public Schools superintendent..left a legacy of tension." npeaction.org/npe-action-e...npeaction.orgNPE Action Endorses Phil Weiser for the Democratic Primary Candidate for GovernorNPE Action endorses Sue Woltanski for Monroe County School Board, District 5 142
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Our Denver Our Schools @odoschools.bsky.social · 28/06/2026"The most shocking outcome may be the possible failure of Sen. Michael Bennet’s campaign for governor... While polling gave Bennet a massive 31-point lead over Attorney General Phil Weiser last summer...Weiser...has a 9-point lead." www.huffpost.com/entry/colora...huffpost.comThe Democratic Insurgency Is Sweeping Through ColoradoProgressive candidates appear to have an edge in Colorado’s Democratic primaries next week. 042
Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦 @mcolorado.bsky.social · 28/06/2026"Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire who supports charter schools, has contributed more than $3 million to a pro-Bennet super PAC." His money LOST vs Mamdani in New York. coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/10/r... Weiser leads in recent polls. coloradosun.com/2026/06/25/p... www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/u...nytimes.comColorado’s Primary for Governor Pivots to Trump and Who Will Fight Him 042
Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦 @mcolorado.bsky.social · 27/06/2026UPDATE: June 27, 4:00 p.m. Kalshi betting site for Colorado Democratic Governor nominee- Phil Weiser69% Michael Bennet32% Ken Salazar0.1% kalshi.com/markets/kxgo...kalshi.com 033
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Advocates for Public Education Policy @a4pep.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Jane Fonda in Brighton sounding the alarm over data centers-"Find out where the candidate gets their money from." Bennet's billionaire backers-Tench Coxe and Steve Mandel-are funding data center expansion. www.aol.com/news/actress... jacobin.com/2026/04/demo... coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/01/b... 075
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Lynne Popkowski @pop-lynne.bsky.social · 26/06/2026@a4pep.bsky.social @odoschools.bsky.social @mcolorado.bsky.social #philforgovernor 131
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Our Denver Our Schools @odoschools.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Ken Ohmstede is the chair of the Colorado Democratic Party in Senate District 26, Arapahoe Party. Billionaire money should not be deciding the election for Governor. Bloomberg is only ONE of at least NINE billionaires who are trying to buy the election. coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/01/b... 033
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Our Denver Our Schools @odoschools.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Billionaires Tench and Simone Coxe donated $100K to Michael Bennet's campaign for Colorado's Governor. Tench Coxe serves on Nvidia's board. www.influencewatch.org/person/tench... "Nvidia is heavily invested in data center expansion." Bennet wants more Ai in schools. jacobin.com/2026/04/demo...jacobin.comThe “Moderate” Think Tank Pushing Dems to Loosen AI RulesAscendant DC think tank Searchlight Institute, pushing Democrats to the center, has ties to megadonor Simone Coxe, whose Nvidia-linked money could boost AI-backed efforts to defend data center build-o... 032
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Lynne Popkowski @pop-lynne.bsky.social · 18/06/2026@mcolorado.bsky.social @a4pep.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @odoschools.bsky.social 053
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 17/06/2026NEW: Colorado’s Democratic race for U.S. Senate between the incumbent, John Hickenlooper, and state Sen. Julie Gonzales features deep divides on policy and ideology — but no face-to-face events. Hickenlooper has chosen to skip a long list of forums and debates. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.socialcoloradonewsline.comFavored in Colorado Senate primary, Hickenlooper declines to debate challenger Gonzales | Colorado NewslineU.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, who is running for reelection, has chosen to skip a long list of forums and debates this year. 81910
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Lynne Popkowski @pop-lynne.bsky.social · 16/06/2026And Bennet claims to not know why pro-charter schools Bloomberg gave his campaign $4.6 mil. His pacs have dark money pro-charter school/voucher proponents. @mcolorado.bsky.social @a4pep.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @odoschools.bsky.social #copolitics 083
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Lynne Popkowski @pop-lynne.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Please read this from someone who was at DPS when #MichaelBennet was there. The devil is in the details and they're ugly. @a4pep.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @mcolorado.bsky.socialfacebook.com 066
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026”Crypto and AI political action committees have over $300 million on hand—more money than the party committees—and they're using it to buy favorable regulation.” Molly White 🗞️ @molly.wiki @tiffanymuller.bsky.social @endcitizensunited.bsky.social 5/13🧵 18646
Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦 @mcolorado.bsky.social · 10/06/2026This interactive source map traces the funds for Michael Bennet in his campaign for Governor in Colorado. The names, companies, connections flow from the wealthy promoting corporate education reform, tech, finance, real estate, and venture capital. subterrainsights.com/temp/bennet-...subterrainsights.comBennet Support Money Map: Source Context, Not Motive 021
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Advocates for Public Education Policy @a4pep.bsky.social · 07/06/2026electrobrogers.substack.com/p/the-tax-cr...electrobrogers.substack.comThe Tax Credit Pipeline Colorado Hasn't Built YetA $1,700 tax credit sounds modest. The system it could unlock is not. 011
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Advocates for Public Education Policy @a4pep.bsky.social · 09/06/2026www.a4pep.org/post/electio...a4pep.orgElection Day in Colorado is June 30! Don't Just Vote—Take Note 032
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Our Denver Our Schools @odoschools.bsky.social · 10/06/2026"Pro-Bennet group Rocky Mountain Way dominates Democratic ad spending with over $8 million raised." coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/10/r...coloradonewsline.comRecord-breaking fundraising, billionaire-backed super PACs shape Colorado governor's race | Colorado NewslineThe Democratic primary is a more evenly matched contest than the party's last competitive gubernatorial race in 2018. 022
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/06/2026NBC should sue this disgusting, lying maniac for billions of dollars for defamation. Stop playing nice with is vile idiot. Enough. 44642531140
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 07/06/2026This is a devastating interview. Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good. Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened. 7840341590
Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦 @mcolorado.bsky.social · 03/06/2026UPDATE: As of June 1, Bennet's super PAC has received over $8 million and more ultra-rich investors donated. coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/01/b...coloradonewsline.comHow billionaire money could influence Colorado’s Democratic primary election for governor | Colorado NewslineMoney is becoming a big factor in Democratic campaign for Colorado governor, primarily due to one group of funders: billionaires. 054
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.theguardian.comUS employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unions, report findsCritics say employers spend money hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers while not investing in workers 333115994730
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Church of the Raptor @churchoftheraptor.bsky.social · 29/05/2026 7389372398
Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦 @mcolorado.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Two of Bennet's bilionaire donors, Tench Coxe and Steve Mandel, are funding a new group, Majority Democrats, and a new think tank, Searchlight Institute, to slow down Ai regulation. Bennet is in the group along with Denver's Mike Johnston. jacobin.com/2026/04/demo... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorit...jacobin.comThe “Moderate” Think Tank Pushing Dems to Loosen AI RulesAscendant DC think tank Searchlight Institute, pushing Democrats to the center, has ties to megadonor Simone Coxe, whose Nvidia-linked money could boost AI-backed efforts to defend data center build-o... 065
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Advocates for Public Education Policy @a4pep.bsky.social · 26/05/2026dianeravitch.net/2026/05/26/c...dianeravitch.netColorado Parents and Educators Want an End to High-stakes TestingA group of activists in Colorado speaks out against standardized tests. Angela Engels’ article was printed in the Colorado Times Recorder. A Message from Judy Solano, Chair, A4PEP (Advoc… 032
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey.bsky.social · 27/05/2026NCLB never went away! It still affects how students learn, and also how the Democratic Party is viewed. #EduSky nancyebailey.com/2026/05/27/t...nancyebailey.comThe New York Times Mistaken Ideas About NCLB! - Nancy Bailey's Education WebsiteRecent reports lamenting poor test scores seem to suggest returning to the good old days of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The New York Times recently led the way, reporting, Why U.S. Test Scores Are in... 0127
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Advocates for Public Education Policy @a4pep.bsky.social · 24/05/2026“Human connection is at the heart of learning..Classrooms should be places where students and teachers build knowledge together through experience and dialogue,” particularly around “difficult, open-ended questions.” jacobin.com/2026/05/educ...jacobin.comThe EdTech Backlash Is Here, and It's Just Getting StartedTech vendors promised personalized, frictionless learning. What American schools got instead was mind-numbing, data-hungry junk software that devalues teachers and shortchanges students. A growing mov... 032
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Lynne Popkowski @pop-lynne.bsky.social · 22/05/2026@a4pep.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @odoschools.bsky.social 042
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦CarolCorbettBurris @carolburris.bsky.social · 22/05/2026this is what we need! @rweingarten.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @a4pep.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @neatoday.bsky.social youtu.be/BmLTj38muvc?...youtu.beLawmakers and Advocates Join NYSUT to Demand Charter School AccountabilityYouTube video by NYSUT 078
Reposted by Mike DeGuire 🏳️🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 21/05/2026NEW: The Colorado Democratic Party has formally condemned and censured Governor Jared Polis for granting clemency to Tina Peters. Polis is hereby banned from speaking or being honored at party events. 90% of CDP central committee members voted to reprimand Polis. 630221704530