Pragmatically, I don't think that publicly funded child care will work.
Specifically, it seems that we've got yet another iron triangle and people are saying something to the effect of "I want exactly what we have now, only cheaper".
The high quality day care you get at the $300/week place? We want that, only for $100/week.
All of the joys of sitting in a circle singing "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts", all of the costs of being given a seat on the couch and Cocomelon and Bluey marathons.
I'm pretty sure that the problem schools aren't the ones with the good teachers.
I went to very good schools and had very good teachers.
When people complain about the school districts that have 39% of students at proficiency (OR LOWER!!!), they're probably not thinking of the schools with the good teachers.
I've mentioned Marie Gluesenkamp Perez before and I will most assuredly mention her again. She's capable of holding down a blue seat in a red district in Warshington and she's capable of speaking like she's not online.
(She also absorbs an animal spirit from the forest early in the vid.)
The whole abundance/pragmatism thing that seems to be infecting parts of the Dems should be welcomed. This rejection of the perfect over the achievable is downright refreshing.
The advancements haven't made their way through the snake yet but Mississippi and California are tied.
Reading has similar numbers. 4th grade reading has Mississippi four points above the national numbers and California 3 points below (but California is 2 numbers below the national numbers and Mississippi is 3).
But Mississippi is really turning things around and we should probably take what they're doing and see if it can be made to work in other places.
I'm not suggesting what might be done, mind... Merely pointing out that "why do you care, they're only college students" has stopped working for a large number of carers.
It's more that the "why do you care? They're stupid college students and will grow out of it" has been demonstrated to be false for a non-zero number of the stupid college students.
Some of them gain power not over Israel, but over more local Zionists.
"Why do you care? They're only DAs." Will become "It's not like they're judges."
(In Lee's defense, "They're just college students! Why do you care?" has sort of evolved since the first time I heard it in the 90s. Not all of them turn into yuppies driving beemers. Some of them become DAs.)
Eight years ago, the Democratic Party was at one of the lowest points in its history. Not only did we fail to stop Donald Trump’s election, but we had lost the faith of Democratic voters. The DNC was besieged by accusations that it had favored one candidate over another during the presidential primary process. The controversy alienated even our party’s most loyal supporters who felt that party bosses, not Democratic primary voters, were deciding which candidate would emerge in the general election as the Democratic nominee. They threatened to leave the party for good.
And as we stared down the barrel of the Trump presidency, our party was weak at a moment when working families needed us to be strong. When you lose the trust of your voters, you lose your ability to fight for them. Indeed, 2016 was an existential moment for our party. To dig ourselves out of this crisis, we had to make structural changes.
I suppose I can see his POV... Hogg doesn't get to do this as a DNC Vice Chair. He can do it with his SuperPAC, if he wants (not like he can stop him), but he doesn't get to do it as Vice Chair.
The main thing that I'd wonder is whether Hogg's theories are correct. Would nominating some firebrand over the guy with seniority result in more votes where it counts?
All politics are national anymore. You can run against Nancy Pelosi and Elizabeth Warren in more places than just Massachusetts and California.
The Trumpers seem to be pretty faithful Israel supporters.
Maybe you should be better at seeing them as allies?
If your response is to sputter and point out that no matter how good they are on *THIS* issue, they're really bad on *THAT* issue, then why are you surprised that the DEI/Intersectional Omnicausers are the same way?
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025”
It's one thing to say such a thing in North Colorado Springs.
Quite another to say it in some parts of Baltimore.
Where are we saying it?
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I strongly dispute that 10 dollar a day daycare is a UMC welfare issue
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Pragmatically, I don't think that publicly funded child care will work.
Specifically, it seems that we've got yet another iron triangle and people are saying something to the effect of "I want exactly what we have now, only cheaper".
The high quality day care you get at the $300/week place? We want that, only for $100/week.
All of the joys of sitting in a circle singing "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts", all of the costs of being given a seat on the couch and Cocomelon and Bluey marathons.
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I'm pretty sure that the problem schools aren't the ones with the good teachers.
I went to very good schools and had very good teachers.
When people complain about the school districts that have 39% of students at proficiency (OR LOWER!!!), they're probably not thinking of the schools with the good teachers.
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You should primary her with someone who won't win against the Republican.
That'll show her.
It'll be like the Harris/Palestine thing, only for Congress.
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You don't care about childcare? HOW DARE YOU
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I've mentioned Marie Gluesenkamp Perez before and I will most assuredly mention her again. She's capable of holding down a blue seat in a red district in Warshington and she's capable of speaking like she's not online.
Check this out.
(She also absorbs an animal spirit from the forest early in the vid.)
The whole abundance/pragmatism thing that seems to be infecting parts of the Dems should be welcomed. This rejection of the perfect over the achievable is downright refreshing.
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"Pragmatic argument."
"HOW DARE YOU"
"Statement of the importance of achievable goals."
"HOW DARE YOU"
lather, rinse, repeat
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Let teachers teach. Pay them well. Give students the additional support. Stop trying to meet production quotas and quantitative rubrics.
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It's a failure to regurgitate on specific tests in a specific way?
It seems to me that that particular criticism indicates that 39% is too high.
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Play with the knobs on the website!
"At or above basic" and "At or above proficient" are both on there.
When it comes to Grade 4 match, at or above proficient for the national number is 39%. (Insert "that's practically half!" joke here.)
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Wait, you're describing a program where students who haven't earned the right to advance don't advance until they have the required skills to advance.
Except you're describing it as bad.
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Goodness! That's quite a claim!
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New education numbers are out and we're going to have to change our jokes about the Deep South because of how much Mississippi has advanced!
Here's fourth grade math according to Nation's Report Card:
Mississippi is two above the National Public and California is four below. That's right, Mississippi beats California at 4th grade math.
8th grade math?
The advancements haven't made their way through the snake yet but Mississippi and California are tied.
Reading has similar numbers. 4th grade reading has Mississippi four points above the national numbers and California 3 points below (but California is 2 numbers below the national numbers and Mississippi is 3).
But Mississippi is really turning things around and we should probably take what they're doing and see if it can be made to work in other places.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025”
I'm not suggesting what might be done, mind... Merely pointing out that "why do you care, they're only college students" has stopped working for a large number of carers.
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It's more that the "why do you care? They're stupid college students and will grow out of it" has been demonstrated to be false for a non-zero number of the stupid college students.
Some of them gain power not over Israel, but over more local Zionists.
"Why do you care? They're only DAs." Will become "It's not like they're judges."
On “Saturday Morning Gaming: Blue Prince”
On day 54, I finally had a floorplan with 45 rooms.
Doing so got me no closer to finding the 46th.
But I understand that now the game can actually begin in earnest.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025”
(In Lee's defense, "They're just college students! Why do you care?" has sort of evolved since the first time I heard it in the 90s. Not all of them turn into yuppies driving beemers. Some of them become DAs.)
On “Saturday Morning Gaming: Blue Prince”
Have you found the bank?!?
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025”
Another question floating around my head is "will firing Hogg have negative consequences for the DNC?"
Some have speculated that it will look like the party is the party of the olds rather than of the young firebrands.
The Chair is in a darned if you do, darned if you don't position.
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May we compare to the pro and anti Israeli/Jewish DEI/Intersectional movement?
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There is no doubt in my mind that the party needs it and I have similar skepticism to yours.
That said, it makes sense to me for the Chair to say "you don't get to officially do this in your official capacity as an official."
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Huh, he even wrote an op-ed yesterday...
Here's the money:
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The DNC Chair does, however.
I suppose I can see his POV... Hogg doesn't get to do this as a DNC Vice Chair. He can do it with his SuperPAC, if he wants (not like he can stop him), but he doesn't get to do it as Vice Chair.
The main thing that I'd wonder is whether Hogg's theories are correct. Would nominating some firebrand over the guy with seniority result in more votes where it counts?
All politics are national anymore. You can run against Nancy Pelosi and Elizabeth Warren in more places than just Massachusetts and California.
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The Trumpers seem to be pretty faithful Israel supporters.
Maybe you should be better at seeing them as allies?
If your response is to sputter and point out that no matter how good they are on *THIS* issue, they're really bad on *THAT* issue, then why are you surprised that the DEI/Intersectional Omnicausers are the same way?