Karen McMillan

5th Grade Teacher, Tech Coordinator, Google Certified Innovator.

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

@JoyKirr How are you friend?! I was thinking of you because we’re having a PD on Genius Hour. Hope you are well!

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

@RebeccaRomijn @StarTrek @paramountplus An excellent finale! Thank you!! Now I’m off to watch it again…

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

5th grade teacher here looking for some help with my @amazon wishlist. School starts in just a few days. https://t.co/EveZVHDmiT I hope all teachers have a wonderful school year! #ClearTheList2025

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

@ansonmount @paramountplus @StarTrek I have to admit, my brain hurt after this episode…perhaps because I stopped breathing for a bit.

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

@ClearTheList2 Thank you! I’ve spent so much money already, a bit of help for my 5th grade classroom would be very appreciated! https://t.co/EveZVHCOtl #clearthelist2025

[Shake Up Learning @ShakeUpLearning]

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[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

I am so saddened to hear this!!

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.

America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.

Watch and share his message.

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

@pagetpaget @lawandordertv @criminalminds You know what the world needs…a Criminal Minds/SVU crossover! Emily Prentiss and Olivia Benson together at last!

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

@Sl8er_Jax Thank you for letting us share our lists! Here’s mine for our 5th grade classroom: https://t.co/EveZVHCOtl

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

This little girl helping an autistic boy eat lunch at school will brighten your day 🥹❤️‍🩹

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

@kurkwoods I would love and appreciate some help with my wishlist: https://t.co/EveZVHCOtl Teaching 5th grade can be a lot of fun, but costly. Thank you! #ClearTheLists2025

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

This is the LAST thing parents and students should have to worry about!

[ABC7 News @abc7newsbayarea]

Recent ICE raids have prompted many undocumented parents in San Francisco to create plans for their children in case they are detained and separated. https://t.co/8ZgNeFwQZg https://t.co/8ZgNeFwQZg

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

I know my heart would start racing if I calculated how much of my own money I’ve spent on my students over the years. So, for the first time, I’m asking for help. Can you help me #ClearTheLists2025 ? #clearthelists

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

@melissaCnavia @StarTrek I’m currently rewatching (not for the first time) and trying to time it so that I can just roll right in to season 3! #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: The Catholic Church enrages MAGA world by coming out forcefully against the "big, beautiful bill" as twenty bishops sign an interfaith letter stating that its "passage would be a moral failure for American society as a whole."

There is nothing less Christ-like than cutting healthcare and food stamps or the poor....

"First, it provides tens of billions of dollars to the government to undertake a mass deportation campaign which will separate US families, harm US-citizen and immigrant children, and sow chaos in local communities," the letter reads. "It will spur immigration raids across the nation, harming hard-working immigrant families essential to our economy and causing widespread unrest like we recently witnessed in Los Angeles."

The legislation would funnel over $150 billion towards Trump's border policies and immigration crackdowns, with the ICE budget alone ballooning from $3.4 billion to $45 billion until the end of 2029. It amounts to a 365% increase which Professor Donald Moynihan of the University of Michigan has pointed out is more than the combined funding for all 50 federal prisons.

In addition to being a gross waste of taxpayer money, this funding will create a self-perpetrating deportation industrial machine just like our private prison system and military complex. Just like pouring money into military contractors incentivizes new wars, pouring money into this fledgling deportation industry will incentivize more crackdowns and family separations. The more you feed the monster, the bigger and hungrier it gets.

"This funding also will be used to target faith communities, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has removed places of worship from its sensitive locations list, allowing ICE agents to enter them for enforcement purposes," the letter continues. "We have already witnessed a reduction in attendance at many of our religious services in our denominations, as the threat of enforcement has deterred many families from practicing their faith."

The signatories include numerous prominent bishops such as Cardinal Robert McElroy, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Bishop John Dolan, Archbishop Paul Etienne, Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, and Bishop Jaime Soto.

In addition to the Catholic leaders, the letter was signed by the leaders of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas as well as respected faith leaders of the Episcopalian, Jewish, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Muslim communities.

"Moreover, the bill provides funding for a border wall along the US-Mexico border which we believe will drive migrants into the most remote regions of the border and lead to an increase in migrant deaths," the letter goes on. "It also would hurt the local environment along the border and force desperate asylum-seekers seeking safety to increasingly rely on human smugglers."

"As you should know, our faith organizations have long favored the creation of legal avenues for migration and a legalization program for immigrants who have lived in the US for years and contributed their hard work to our economy," the signatories wrote. "We believe the adoption of these policies, instead of the implementation of a mass deportation campaign, would not only benefit immigrant workers and their families, but be in the best interest of our nation."

"Second, the legislation makes severe cuts in health-care coverage and food assistance to millions of both low-income citizens and legal residents, including asylum-seekers and refugees, driving them deeper into poverty," the letter adds. "According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the bill transfers wealth from those in the bottom 10 percent of income to those in the top 10 percent of income in our nation, increasing the already large gap between the rich and the poor."

The bill will slash nearly $1 trillion in funding from Medicaid, a move that will directly result in the death and suffering of countless Americans. People will go blind, see their life expectancies cut in half, and end up bankrupt and homeless. Nursing homes and hospitals will shut down.

It also guts funding for crucial food programs like SNAP by roughly $186 billion by 2034. Americans are literally going to starve to death so that billionaires can afford a few new yachts.

"From our various faith perspectives, the moral test of a nation is how it treats those most in need of support. In our view, this legislation will harm the poor and vulnerable in our nation, to the detriment of the common good. Its passage would be a moral failure for American society as a whole," it concludes.

In a separate statement, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that the bill "takes from the poor to give to the wealthy."

"It provides tax breaks for some while undermining the social safety net for others through major cuts to nutrition assistance and Medicaid," he continued. "It fails to protect families and children by promoting an enforcement-only approach to immigration and eroding access to legal protections. It harms God’s creation and future generations through cuts to clean energy incentives and environmental programs."

"I underscore what my brother bishops said in their recent letter to find a better way forward and urge Senators to think and act with courage and creativity to protect human dignity for all, to uphold the common good, and to change provisions that undermine these fundamental values," he added.

Please retweet and ❤️ to thank these bishops for speaking out!

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

@pagetpaget @ajcookofficial @Vangsness @aishatyler @criminalminds I just watched episode 2…I’m not sure my heart will recover from that ending!

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

@bethhall @elonmusk Maybe DOGE should send some folks to my classroom for some 5th grade math. I’ll let the kids teach them. 🤓

[Karen McMillan @McTeach]

@pagetpaget @criminalminds @paramountplus I just saw the preview on Paramount Plus tonight!! I cannot wait!! #iMayHaveScreamed