Edu entrepreneur in higher ed and K-12. Aspiring policy nerd. Irrationally defensive of Baltimore. tburck at bluesky.

Baltimore, MD
Joined October 2008
Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
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Elon immediately suspended this account that showed Nick Sortor’s recorded call to the mental health facility was AI generated and is preventing community notes on the Sortor post. It’s all hands on deck trying to make the fake Talarico story stick
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To be clear a ICE ran down a man on foot who has been in the United States for the last 34 years since he was 14. They broke both his legs and he wasn’t the person they were looking for. Terrorist organization
Man hospitalized after being hit by ICE vehicle in west Houston — Local media
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Hey MAGAs, the offer still stands, if you pay me $2000 now I will give you my $5000 Trump check when it arrives. You can't beat that deal
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“Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” The judge asked. “I don’t know,” Angel, 13, replied before bursting into tears. He stared ahead stoically and continued to cry, eventually saying: “I have no one. I have nothing.”
NEW: In a Texas courtroom Monday, 25 migrant children lined the pews — a 9yo rested her head on the table, a 6yo pretended to fly an airplane, and a 3yo played with the mic. Many in attendance didn't have an attorney — and a 13yo was ordered removed. A look inside, thru sketches.
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This is so brutal, so cruel, so horrifically unfair. There is nothing that shows the horror of the Trump administration in this country more than this.
CNN is granted access inside an immigration court hearing where dozens of children facing deportation, some as young as three years old, appealed to stay in the United States. Many of them facing the judge without an attorney representing them.
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The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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Replying to @NateSilver538
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This ad is the best evidence that @MaElviraSalazar knows she’s losing her reelection bid against @ERodforCongress. It’s too late, Maria Elvira Salazar. Everyone knows you are lying. You voted for this, you wanted this. Spare us the phony Alligator Alcatraz tears.
NEW: Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) just rolled out a straight to camera ad breaking with Trump. "Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far....The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today"
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These are the photos American servicemembers told me they want want the American public to see. They show extensive damage to US Middle East bases abcnews.com/Politics/photos-…
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House Republicans passed over 70 bills this week alone — that adds to our total of over 900 bills passed through the House so far this Congress. We’ve DELIVERED for Americans by: 🇺🇸 Enacting the largest middle and working class tax cut in US history 🇺🇸 Creating new incentives to build and hire American 🇺🇸 Adding the biggest boost to job creation in decades 🇺🇸 Establishing Trump accounts for every American child  🇺🇸 Restoring safety and order to our cities 🇺🇸 Stopping American deaths from the scourge of fentanyl 🇺🇸Closing the border By contrast, the Democrat agenda is very simple: grievance politics, bigger government, higher taxes, open borders, and zero security.
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The 119th congress was the least productive in history, no congress has enacted less legislation or laws. Johnson has cancelled a total 63 scheduled voting days in the house, granting members an extra 2 months PTO, with no house votes scheduled until after the election. govtrack.us/congress/bills… ms.now/news/dhs-shutd… snopes.com/fact-check/mik… cbsnews.com/news/house-can…
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Just a quick reminder that Jonathan Ross, who k!lled Renee Good after shoot!ng her in the face and then called her a “f*cking btch,” still has not faced any criminal charges. But you'll be arrested if you touch the botched "reflecting pool"
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The upper bound is .006%. That's how fake an issue this is.
Georgia state elections officials just finished a full review of their voter rolls. Out of 7.9 million voter registrations, there were 432 'potential noncitizens who have voted at some point since 1996.'
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Hey @google I’d like to report an error. The lake that borders New York and Ontario is an international body of water, and it is widely agreed by the entire world, except one rogue leader, that the name of this lake is “Lake Ontario” Grow a spine and fix it.
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The Trump owned and operated sketchy crypto firm, backed by Saudi and Qatari money has just been approved, by a Trump appointee... to become a bank... Days after the Treasury department ended the rule on reporting beneficial ownership of who owns US companies. These are levels of corruption that would seem brazen even in Putin's Russia.
Exclusive: World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s flagship crypto venture, says its trust company has received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to become a bank. on.wsj.com/3SA9lTt
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Just so people are really aware of what this means: A Trump appointee has approved Trump’s personal crypto firm to operate as a bank Corporations can conduct transactions in which the Trump family gets a cut The public will not have to be informed There’s no precedent for this
Exclusive: World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s flagship crypto venture, says its trust company has received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to become a bank. on.wsj.com/3SA9lTt
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Some brutal figures from Treasury's latest monthly statement, for the fiscal year to date —The U.S. deficit is at $1.8T, larger than the deficit for all of last year —$1.2 *trillion* spent on interest on the debt —Corporate tax receipts down 18% And still two months left to go!
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Lowest Munitions Stock In History. Lowest Petroleum Stock In History. Highest Nation Debt In History. Lowest Approval Rating In History.
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