Tim Brixius

Communicator by day. History geek at night. Limey by birth. Coalcracker at heart.

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument @DaveMcCormickPA Also, what is the Legislature doing to do away with the nonsense of requiring a date on mailed ballots? If it doesn’t arrive by Election Day, it doesn’t get counted. Period. If it arrives earlier, the date is irrelevant.

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@SenatorAument @DaveMcCormickPA Please do better than citing Fox News. They are clearly a biased news source, and the fact that you are reposting this clip shows how much you yourself are willing to bend the truth.

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument @SenatorKimWard @DaveMcCormickPA @GovernorShapiro If the law calls for an automatic recount, please explain why we shouldn’t follow that.

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument Yet your party continues to paint immigrants as a problem 🧐

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@donnatalarico Don’t forget the new Vintage Candy Shop just down the block! https://t.co/EHseRX08g1

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@SenatorAument This is disingenuous and Republicans know it. Abbott’s showboating is an embarrassment for a country that was built by immigrants and has the capacity to do more for asylum seekers.

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@SenatorAument I’m guessing there is also data to show that a global pandemic has much to do with these decreases.

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@JStein_WaPo @kairyssdal @SenatorAument How does this news about immigration square with Republican posturing on the issue?

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument Supporting the ridiculous — and dangerous — stunts of Governor Abbott is not the way forward. Why aren’t you leaning on your counterparts in the U.S. House to get serious about realistic compromises?

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument @SenFrankFarry You say you oppose ranked choice voting on your site. Why? And how do you feel about opening up PA’s primaries?

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument Agreed. Equitable funding for PUBLIC education requires bold decision making like a new funding scheme and consolidation to countywide districts.

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument What you call “a better path” is simply an excuse to ignore real issues of funding for public education and children’s welfare. We do not want taxpayer-funded vouchers.

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument Fewer school districts and a funding structure that doesn’t rely on property taxes.

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument @RepJFleming @ExcelinEd Few disagree that parents should have some say, but SB7 is another indication that your party doesn’t trust librarians and teachers to do the work they have been trained to do.

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument @RepJFleming @ExcelinEd Have you considered not trying to demonize books and libraries and librarians?

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

A fellow Class of 2000 alum!

[Franklin & Marshall @FandMCollege]

It's #EarthDay and the start of #NationalParkWeek, so a perfect time to share a 🧵 about F&M alumna Janice Stroud-Settles ’00, the wildlife program manager for @ZionNPS in southern Utah.

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument Who gets to decide what’s on the list?

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@SenatorAument You want to redesign PA education? How about consolidating 500 school districts into a more manageable, more efficient county-based system. Watch the disparities between Hempfield and SDOL disappear overnight!

[Tim Brixius @brix11]

@SenatorAument Is the threat from TikTok not the same posed by Twitter or Meta? Or any other number of smartphone apps?

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@SenatorAument Education ≠ job training. If employers have trouble finding experienced employees, maybe they need to rethink the incentives they are offering the labor force. Are we not a capitalist economy?

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@SenatorAument “Student academic performance and readiness to enter our workforce has been declining for many years.” Cite your sources, please. I’m all for rethinking a system that prioritizes teaching to antiquated tests, but you seem to equate our children to cogs in a machine.