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Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke
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Happening in 2018, in the wealthiest, the most powerful country. We've got to get our priorities straight and finally have the backs of our heroic public school teachers. time.com/longform/teach…
That starts by paying our teachers a living wage, providing affordable health care, ensuring they have the resources needed to spark a lifelong love of learning, and empowering them to teach to their students -- not standardized tests.
And if we want to recruit the best into education, we have to treat our retired teachers like the public servants they are. That means putting an end to the Windfall Elimination Provision, increasing TRS resources, and securing more affordable health care.
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Hundreds of migrant families released onto the streets of El Paso on Christmas Eve, without food, money or help. ICE says more will be released tomorrow and following day. If you would like to help - please donate to migrant shelter Annunciation House: annunciationhouse.org/financial-dona…
Grateful to everyone who has donated so far — and to all of those on the ground here in El Paso who are helping with temporary shelter, food & other help for these families. I will share volunteer opportunities in El Paso for those in the area as soon as they are shared with me.
I have also spoken with ICE, CBP, El Paso Office of Emergency Mgmt and incoming Congresswoman @vgescobar to see how we can better coordinate releases. My thanks to all those who are working on this.
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Where would they build the wall? Whose home or ranch or farm are they going to take to build it? Which communities and habitats are they going to destroy? Reply with your best pictures of the border - let the rest of the country see what’s at stake.
This was with Molly’s girl scout troop at Rio Bosque.
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Unacceptable for even one veteran to be waiting on their GI Bill housing payments. But more than 82,000 veterans are -- facing eviction, getting kicked out of school, going into debt as benefits are delayed.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/v…
At an urgent hearing, I called on the VA to come up with a concrete plan for when this will be fixed, how it will be fixed, and what we can do to expect better accountability going forward.
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A new textbook refuting global warming is set for release – just as a series of guides on teaching the human causes of climate change are poised to be published. Inside the political fight over climate change in classrooms, via @frontlinePBS & @groundtruth pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
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And in that context, bravo Ireland: joe.ie/news/ireland-b…. Except while it's been removed from the Constitution, there is a *new* law--2009--banning "publication or utterance of blasphemous matter." And that remains.
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36.— (1) A person who publishes or utters blasphemous matter shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €25,000.
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1. The following views to which I subscribe are disseminated with permission from the Combat Veterans for Congress PAC. This is Op Ed # 403. <quote>
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Time's new cover, for the July 2nd edition, to premier before Independence Day weekend. #FakeNews has hit an all time low.
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It's so much worse. Hours after Time goes public w/cover story, DailyMail today has exclusive with the Honduran father to the girl. Turns out the mother kidnapped the child!
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