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The DUmpster / Re: Any crazy DUmmy 2026 midterm predictions?
« Last post by DefiantSix on November 03, 2026, 11:32:50 AM »What I can't figure out is that I've been getting political text messages on my phone on a daily basis. All of them are from DemonRat sources. I don't know what it is that makes them think that I'm braindamaged.I've gotten a few from the Rs as well. What amuses me, sort of, is that the noisiest D sources are in Colorado, some fromTheMasterNematode's JeffCo Democrats (or whatever they call themselves).
My wife has been getting them daily for races in Iowa (we live in Wyoming with "307" phone numbers).
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The DUmpster / Re: Any crazy DUmmy 2026 midterm predictions?
« Last post by SVPete on November 03, 2026, 11:26:09 AM »What I can't figure out is that I've been getting political text messages on my phone on a daily basis. All of them are from DemonRat sources. I don't know what it is that makes them think that I'm braindamaged.
I've gotten a few from the Rs as well. What amuses me, sort of, is that the noisiest D sources are in Colorado, some fromTheMasterNematode's JeffCo Democrats (or whatever they call themselves).
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General Discussion / Why is my A student failing algebra?
« Last post by SVPete on November 03, 2026, 11:22:20 AM »Why is my A student failing algebra?
https://www.joannejacobs.com/post/why-is-my-a-student-failing-algebra
Just for any DU onlurker not familiar with Joanne Jacobs, she is NOT conservative. She's just a non-CRAZY liberal ... and honest in reporting about education news.
Singapore Math and Saxon Math are not new. The former was popular among homeschoolers 25 years ago or so, fairly rigorous, but effective. (Hake-) Saxon Math was popular even earlier, similarly rigorous and similarly effective. It shows how pathetic that one family's PS had gotten that the Mom had to resort to one publisher's placement test to figure out where her son really was, and then after-school her son with the other publisher's textbooks to catch up the two years he was behind.
What are the odds: Reading proficiency is similarly terrible in NY; this lack of Math (and Reading) proficiency is a concealed problem on many states (look for the union label and the magic golden D). "Kicking the can down the road" is doubly reprehensible when the "can" is a child with 6 or 8 or## decades of life ahead.
https://www.joannejacobs.com/post/why-is-my-a-student-failing-algebra
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Adriana Aviles' son was an A student in math in New York City K-8 schools, she tells David Spector of the New York Post. He got into a top high school. But her honor-roll student is failing algebra.
She tried to help him study. "He stared blankly at the page, completely puzzled by the material. He was completely thrown off by equations that contained fractions." He scored a 10 out of 100 on the test.
Her son now spends four lunch periods a week getting math tutoring to learn the skills he didn't learn in elementary school. Aviles bought "math review books intended for first- through fourth-graders so I can see how much he actually knows, and in which grade he stopped learning."
They live in Queens District 26, considered one of the best in the city. She worked with teachers and administrators at her son's schools, served as PTA president and Community Education Council president, and sits on the Citywide Council on High Schools. Now she feels betrayed by the system that passed him along and the teachers who never told her he needed help.
"I failed too," she writes. "I didn’t scrutinize his work closely or check his performance on state test scores because I figured if his report cards were good then everything was fine." She trusted the grades.
Only recently did she check and realize he'd scored “not proficient” in math on a seventh-grade state exam. But he was getting A's.
Looking back, she sees signs that she missed. There was little homework and a "laidback attitude about missed assignments." Students could revise answers on tests to get a higher grade.
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This isn't just a New York City problem, tweets Catherine Johnson in response to Aviles. "The only reason this didn’t happen to us in our super-expensive suburban school district is that I happened to clean out my 4th grader’s backpack one day & discovered a math test with a grade of 68." The teacher said: “Don’t worry, he understands the concepts.” But he didn't. "I eventually realized my son didn’t have a freaking clue about the concepts or anything else." The next year I gave him the Singapore Math placement test, discovered he was 2 years behind, then bought the Saxon Math books & marched the two of us through them one lesson at a time." It worked, she writes. "He’s teaching algebra this year."
Just for any DU onlurker not familiar with Joanne Jacobs, she is NOT conservative. She's just a non-CRAZY liberal ... and honest in reporting about education news.
Singapore Math and Saxon Math are not new. The former was popular among homeschoolers 25 years ago or so, fairly rigorous, but effective. (Hake-) Saxon Math was popular even earlier, similarly rigorous and similarly effective. It shows how pathetic that one family's PS had gotten that the Mom had to resort to one publisher's placement test to figure out where her son really was, and then after-school her son with the other publisher's textbooks to catch up the two years he was behind.
What are the odds: Reading proficiency is similarly terrible in NY; this lack of Math (and Reading) proficiency is a concealed problem on many states (look for the union label and the magic golden D). "Kicking the can down the road" is doubly reprehensible when the "can" is a child with 6 or 8 or## decades of life ahead.
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The DUmpster / Re: If something is stopping you from voting, call 866-OUR-VOTE
« Last post by 67 Rover on November 03, 2026, 11:09:05 AM »Just back from voting in NH. Straight Repubican.
Horrors that I needed to present a license and for some strange reason nobody was claiming racism or voter suppression.
Ballots were filled out with #2 pencils. and placed into a cardboard box.
Horrors that I needed to present a license and for some strange reason nobody was claiming racism or voter suppression.
Ballots were filled out with #2 pencils. and placed into a cardboard box.
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The DUmpster / Re: Any crazy DUmmy 2026 midterm predictions?
« Last post by Texacon on November 03, 2026, 11:05:15 AM »I accidentally got polled last week. I’m having some medical issues and I’m waiting on several doctors to call from 3 different towns, so when I get a call that shows those areas I answer the phone.
The guy who polled me asked me questions and I answered. When he asked me if I was going to vote and when, I told him I was and I would vote on Election Day. He asked if I was Republican or Democrat and I told him Republican. He asked if I was a strong Republican and I said, yes.
He hung up on me. lol
KC
The guy who polled me asked me questions and I answered. When he asked me if I was going to vote and when, I told him I was and I would vote on Election Day. He asked if I was Republican or Democrat and I told him Republican. He asked if I was a strong Republican and I said, yes.
He hung up on me. lol
KC
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The DUmpster / Re: If something is stopping you from voting, call 866-OUR-VOTE
« Last post by Texacon on November 03, 2026, 10:53:00 AM »I just voted in Texas. Straight R ticket, but in Texas you can’t hit a button for a straight ticket so I had to hit the R button 31 times.
The reason this is significant is because I’ve been going through some neurological issues that have me using a walker to get around and I’m pretty unsteady when I’m vertical.
I had no problems voting!
Hopefully after my surgery on the 13th I can throw this walker away, or at least give it to someone else who needs it.
KC
The reason this is significant is because I’ve been going through some neurological issues that have me using a walker to get around and I’m pretty unsteady when I’m vertical.
I had no problems voting!
Hopefully after my surgery on the 13th I can throw this walker away, or at least give it to someone else who needs it.
KC
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The DUmpster / Re: Any crazy DUmmy 2026 midterm predictions?
« Last post by Tess Anderson on November 03, 2026, 10:08:24 AM »was on FB earlier this morning and this popped up:
https://www.facebook.com/alecwxforecaster
for those of you that don't know, that's Janey from hide5's retarded little son
https://www.facebook.com/alecwxforecaster
for those of you that don't know, that's Janey from hide5's retarded little son
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The DUmpster / If something is stopping you from voting, call 866-OUR-VOTE
« Last post by CC27 on November 03, 2026, 09:42:15 AM »Quote
Jillgirl (107 posts)
If something is stopping you from voting, call 866-OUR-VOTE
Are you getting turned away at the poll? Are armed federal agents keeping you from the poll? Are all the voting machines mysteriously down?
Folks at Election Protection are standing by to help. Call them at 866-OUR-VOTE . Learn more about them at 866OURVOTE.org
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SheltieLover (85,945 posts)
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https://democraticunderground.com/100221604958
Starting this already....
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 11/3
« Last post by SVPete on November 03, 2026, 09:19:07 AM »Ninth Circuit Rules Trump Admin Can Request Noncitizen Ballot Separation
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/11/03/ninth-circuit-rules-trump-admin-can-request-noncitizen-ballot-separation-n4958956
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/11/03/ninth-circuit-rules-trump-admin-can-request-noncitizen-ballot-separation-n4958956
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that the Trump administration can request that states separate out suspected noncitizen ballots in order to allow investigation. This was a much-needed win for election integrity right before Election Day.
More specifically, the circuit court granted a stay of a temporary restraining order that (allegedly) prevented the Trump administration from trying to ensure that officials could not count noncitizen ballots, or at least that they could not do so without legal consequences.