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[Higher Learning @Higher_Learning]

Van and Rachel sit down with Representative Ilhan Omar to talk AIPAC and Jasmine Crockett’s recent comments seemingly in support of candidate Wesley Bell in Saint Louis

#higherlearningpodcast #ilhanomar

[sara yasin @sarayasin]

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Tucker Carlson and other right-wing figures vocally criticizing Israel: "These people will turn on you in a second" https://t.co/LZgWFhvpSc

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

This is nuts, Trump really did do exactly what Ryan Grim suggested he do hours earlier: pretend Iran's ten-point plan is a new proposal, counting on the fact that the media hasn't been reporting on Iran's demands to make it look like a new offer Tehran put forward in desperation.

[middleclassparty @middle_class_us]

We normalized struggle so much we think it’s success.

Two jobs?=“Hustle.”

Roommates in your 30s?=“Smart financial move.”

$50K in debt?=Just life.”

No. It’s broken.

And they want you too tired to notice.

[Sam Seder @SamSeder]

A. How is it possible that this is a job of the Senate Majority Leader

B. How out of it do you have to be to not know that you are not the Senate Majority Leader but the Senate Minority leader

C. Maybe A. Is related to him not being Senate Majority Leader

Resign now please.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

this is how you talk about trans issues w the median voter btw.

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

30% of renters were behind on rent at the height of the Great Depression

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

There is always a tweet.

[Matt Lech @MattLech]

We all have an obligation to bring an end to Israel.

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

The term “preemptive” is pure propaganda. The U.S. once again used the veneer of negotiations as a cover to bomb Iran. Tehran had just offered terms that went far beyond the 2015 nuclear deal. What was preempted was diplomacy. The same propaganda tactics used in 2003 Iraq war.

[Grip Skylark 💕✨ @talleyberrybaby]

Congress be tweeting us like we work there BITCH GO DO SOMETHING

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

Reminder: If Bernie's Social Security bill was signed into law, Social Security would be solvent for the next 75 years, benefits would go up by $2,400 & the bottom 91% of Americans would not pay a penny more in taxes.

Instead, Dr. Oz wants you to work until you drop dead.

[Saagar Enjeti @esaagar]

This is America

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

There are obviously a lot of shameful moments in American history, but Mexico being forced to send militarily protected humanitarian relief to a Cuban population we are starving for now reason, while we all stuff our faces with chicken wings, has to rank among our low moments

[Oliver Weilein, Iowa City Councilor @Ollie_XVX]

All we gotta do is prevent 20 trans students from playing sports and we’ll fix this

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

If you want a sense of how dire the situation is in Cuba now, here is a list of the measures the Cuban president says the nation has started taking to try to keep people in nursing homes and hospitals alive while Trump and Rubio choke the island of essentials, which the Cuban government is now referring to a "genocidal blockade" -- which is absolutely will be if it is allowed to persist.

Cuba is not at war with anybody yet we are starving them...because why? Because Marco Rubio wants to?

From the office of the Cuban presidency:

This Friday, measures adopted by the country’s leadership were announced in response to the nation’s current situation, amid the intensification of the #GenocidalBlockade.

⚡| Energy Sector
•Prioritize available fuel for essential services: public health, water supply, food production, defense, and hard-currency-generating activities.
•Continue and accelerate the installation programs for solar photovoltaic parks and solar modules for households.
•Speed up the delivery and installation of solar modules sold to Health and Education workers.
•Install 5,000 solar modules in isolated homes and plan an additional 5,000 for social centers (nursing homes, children’s homes).
•Expand incentives for the installation of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in companies and households.
•Concentrate core administrative activities from Monday to Thursday.
•Adjust fuel sales to the public until the situation normalizes.
•Continue developing domestic oil production.

🚚| Transport Sector
•Ensure fuel for port and airport operations, imports/exports, and the transport of vital cargo (food, fuel, medical supplies).
•Reduce the Nueva Gerona–Batabanó ferry frequency to two trips per week (Tuesdays and Saturdays).
•Extend the frequency of national passenger trains to once every 8 days (starting February 8). Temporarily suspend other rail services.
•Reduce national bus departures, maintaining a basic daily service from Havana. Suspend the waiting list service.
•Offer full refunds within 30 days for tickets for canceled services (rail or maritime).
•Maintain guaranteed Medibus services (for patients) and transportation for students and teaching staff.
•Reorganize local public transportation according to fuel availability in each territory.
•In Havana, establish a new transportation service specifically for Health personnel.
•Strengthen the electric mobility strategy: install solar charging stations and distribute electric vehicles.

👩‍🏫| Education Sector (General Education)
•Prioritize early childhood: maintain the operation of daycare centers (possibly with reduced hours).
•Maintain in-person classes in Primary Education with flexible schedules, allowing early dismissal due to transportation needs.
•For Lower Secondary, Pre-University, and Technical Education:
•Implement blended-learning or condensed schedules (by days or subject blocks), decided locally.
•Give special attention to grades marking the start and end of cycles (e.g., 7th and 9th grade, 12th grade).
•Temporarily redistribute enrollment from some IPVCE schools to urban pre-university schools.
•For students in the final years of technical/pedagogical programs, shift to a training model in schools near their homes, with periodic in-person sessions.
•Resume and adapt the “essential content” experience used during COVID-19.
•Accelerate the delivery of solar panels to teachers.

👨🏾‍🏫| Higher Education Sector
•General transition to blended learning, adapted by degree program and university.
•Transport students back to their provinces of origin.
•Support teaching activities through institutions in the student’s territory (CUM, branch campuses, workplaces).
•Strengthen faculty in municipalities by relocating professors from central campuses.
•Use telework as the main modality, with limited ICT support due to the energy situation.
•Prioritize strategic research and development projects remotely.
•Ensure completion of studies (final exams, thesis defenses) for students close to graduation.
•Reorganize the admissions process for Higher Education.
•Postpone the “University 2026” event.

👩🏿‍💻| Labor and Social Security Sector
•Issue no new labor regulations, applying existing contingency rules.
•Promote telework and remote work modalities.
•Adjust work schedules according to the needs of each workforce.
•Reassign workers to key economic activities or areas of social interest.
•If necessary, apply temporary work interruption with guaranteed pay equivalent to the basic salary during the first month.

🚜| Food and Water Sector
•Increase food production at the territorial level, prioritizing productive hubs with the greatest potential.
•Promote alliances among all forms of productive management (state and non-state) to address commercialization and prices.
•Use Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in food production.
•Allocate fuel to guarantee essential water pumping.
•Concentrate industry on producing and supplying chemical products for water treatment.

➕| Other Sectors
•Tourism: Design a plan to reduce energy consumption and consolidate facilities, taking advantage of the high season.
•Culture and Sports: Make adjustments to programs and activities.
•Science, Technology, and Environment: Guarantee resources for early warning systems.
•Special Education: Do not modify its operation; create a special scheme to guarantee services due to its high sensitivity.

[Matt Lech @MattLech]

Todays billionaires are less religious and cultured with even more money and power. The Gilded Age, in 2026, is quaint.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Trump deciding to sue his own administration for $10 billion, is basically Trump stealing $10 billion from taxpayers.

But somehow, poor people getting a soda with SNAP is the scandal.
https://t.co/R9HSQ5675w

[Matt Lech @MattLech]

The Big ICE Lie:

ICE insists they're going after criminals because this is what they're actually doing because they're nazi cowards and that people will understand they deserve everything they're getting from residents of cities they occupy