Lori Crouch

The "meritocracy" exposed: Internal emails reveal how the Trump administration hires legal interns “You MUST be aligned politically with President Trump… GPA is not a strong factor.”

1.Internal emails from Liberty University Law School, obtained by Popular Information, reveal how the Trump admin hires interns.

Students were informed about "exciting" legal internships at Labor Department.

“You MUST be aligned politically with President Trump… GPA is not a strong factor.”

I reluctantly kept Twitter after Musk bought because I had a great curated news feed. But I felt more and more like I needed a shower every time I viewed it. The last straw for me was on Trans Day when rightwing bots kept wishing “Big Mike” happy Trans Day. It was ugly, puerile, nasty.

Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran, according to two sources familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/3OKIl1o

ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools Under Secretary Linda McMahon, the work of the Office for Civil Rights, which aims to protect students from discrimination, is cloaked in secrecy.

ProPublica has sued the U.S. Department of Education
W/ @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

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It would be nice if they read both documents in their entirety.

FBI raids LAUSD Supt. Alberto Carvalho's home, office Federal authorities are raiding the home and office of Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Alberto Carvalho, the FBI confirmed.

FBI raids Los Angeles Unified offices and the home of Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. Not much additional information at this point. www.latimes.com/california/s...

How ICE Enforcement Affected Schools After Renee Good Journalist Elizabeth Shockman details covering ICE enforcement and its impact on Minnesota schools after Renee Good killing.

Excited to see @edwriters.bsky.social highlighting @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social excellent coverage of ICE's impact on Minnesota schools! The @mprnews.org team has done stellar work in incredibly trying circumstances.

Here's an @emilysays.bsky.social Q&A with Elizabeth.

Education Department reorganization continues with programs moving to HHS The Trump administration is moving more Education Department programs to other agencies. This time, it’s shifting oversight of community schools, family engagement, and emergency response grants.

The piecemeal dismantling of the Education Department continues.

www.chalkbeat.org/2026/02/23/e...

I’ve made it and it is awesome!

ICE surge hits MN's international students with added impact - MinnPost Though many international students feel safer hiding in their dorm rooms or apartments, they know they must risk arrest to attend class.

Though many international students feel safer hiding in their dorm rooms or apartments, they know they must risk arrest to attend class.

easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”

Texans born without traditional sex traits worry law will force them to choose gender they don’t identify with Intersex Texans fear House Bill 229, which defines gender based on the reproductive system, could increase surgeries on intersex children and create challenges to obtaining sex changes on government documents.

Intersex Texans fear House Bill 229, which defines gender based on the reproductive system, could increase surgeries on intersex children and create challenges to obtaining sex changes on government documents.

I spent the money for #Peacock so I could watch the #Olympics. In the past 90 minutes I’ve only successfully watched one male skater’s short program because the feed keeps failing. Thanks for nothing, @nbcolympics.bsky.social

Minnesota Districts, Teachers Union Sue Federal Government for Targeting Schools Educators demand reinstatement of a decades-old policy prohibiting most immigration enforcement near ‘sensitive locations’ like schools and bus stops

My latest: Minnesota school districts, @educationmn.bsky.social go to court seeking reinstatement of the 'sensitive locations' rule, which would keep immigration enforcement actions away from schools, bus stops, churches, healthcare facilities, etc. Was the rule of the land for 30+ years

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Ok, I’ll bite. My sister and I as college students were traveling and watched The Champ with Jon Voight and a wee Ricky Schroeder in our hotel room. We were crying and we were like “damn, this is so manipulative, shallow and crap so why are we crying? “

Umm, DC once had an absolute ban on handguns that SCOTUS overturned at the behest of Republican operatives, so that’s quite an about face.

Tommy Lee Jones even badder guy. Lots of great jazz. And Sean was fine in his youth. www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/u...

Stormy Monday, set in Newcastle, came out in the 80s. In his very young years. Co-stars Melanie Griffith and Sting as the bad guy drug lord.

He’s really gonna put in those marble armrests, isn’t he?

ICE illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and sending them to Texas within hours — in at least two cases against a judge’s order. ...

This horrifying @mprnews.org @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social story should shake you to your core.

It’s a tremendous piece of journalism.

Majorities of Americans say it’s important to talk about the country’s historical successes and failures Wide majorities of Republicans and Democrats alike view both the positive and negative aspects of the nation’s history as important to focus on.

With the United States set to mark its 250th anniversary this summer, most Americans say it is important to have public discussions about the country’s historical successes – as well as its failures.

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

“Supercharging this law enforcement agency and at the same time you have oversight being eliminated?” said a former DHS official. “This is very scary.”

(Published Oct. 2025)

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"MPR News reached out to approximately 90 of Minnesota’s more than 300 public school districts this week to ask whether student attendance was being affected by the presence of federal enforcement officers throughout the state...."

Judge blocks government from searching data seized from Post reporter Government officials may not examine electronic devices seized from a Post reporter until litigation stemming from the search of her home is settled, a judge rules.

Hannah Natanson is a legacy @edwriters.bsky.social member, and an outstanding journalist. wapo.st/4jUxQEe

4 paragraphs of a declaration. They describe that when the FBI took Natanson's devices, she was logged into Proton, Google, draft stories, and Slack.

Another paragraph of the declaration, describing that she had Signal messages with 1,200 people on her phone.

This declaration from WaPo journalist Hannah Natanson describing what the FBI took is utterly devastating.

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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...

"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."

surreal times

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RFK Jr.’s Next Move Is What Anti-Vaxxers Have Been Waiting For Nothing seems to be stopping the health secretary from driving America over a vaccine cliff.

With his overhaul of the childhood-vaccine schedule, RFK Jr. has brought the U.S. to a precipice—and now seemingly nothing is stopping him from driving the country over the edge, Tom Bartlett reports.

Minnesota child care centers accused of wrongdoing were operating as expected, report says | CNN Minnesota child care centers at the center of widespread fraud allegations fueled by a viral video were operating as expected when visited by investigators, the state Department of Children, Youth, an...

Minnesota child care centers at the center of widespread fraud allegations fueled by a viral video were operating as expected when visited by investigators, the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families said in a news release.

I spent much of this year reporting on the chaos and disruption that resulted from policy changes and funding cuts the Trump administration implemented.

Here's a quick roundup 🧵of some of the students and educators affected:

We caught up with one of the kids who sang on 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.' He's 72 now Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.

Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.