By Mindy Fischer on August 8, 2018
amazing, and then they did something amazing, Bermudez, children, crying happy tears of gratitude, families, hard-working immigrant families, hungry, incredible, it's really nice to hear about something so wonderful, kids, Kimberly Bermudez, kindness, parents, provide basic necessities for their families, seatmate, Southwest Airlines flight to Florida, strangers, strangers overheard a teacher talking about her low-income students, students, students come from low-income households, teacher, the kindness of strangers, these parents are amazing, what's the most challengingn part of your job, winderful
education, Entertainment, great news, Human Interest, kids, Politics, Uncategorized, Women's issues

This story just made my day. We get so much bad news every day it’s really nice to hear about something so wonderful. First grade Chicago teacher Kimberly Bermudez loves talking to strangers – especially about her passion: her students. Miss Bermudez teaches young children who are homeless. And all of her students come from […]
By Mindy Fischer on July 2, 2018
a good news story, a kind anonymous man, an anonymous man just saved a family's home after the parents were deported, anonymous donor, Campos, Campos parents are now barred from returning to the U.S., children, CNN, college student, crossing the border illegally, deportation, family, foreign policy, great people who wanted to help, high school student, Humberta and Oscar Campos, immigrants, immigration, immigration policy, kids, migrants, neither of them has committed any crimes or broken any laws, pay the mortgage and house bills, siblings, students, successful lawn care business, the parents were deported, U.S. citizens, visit their parents in Mexico
Foreign Policy, great news, Human Interest, immigration, kids, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Resist, Trump administration, Trump hatred, Uncategorized, World News

Finally a good news story! These kids were really struggling to keep their family’s home after their parents were deported by the Trump administration. Then a kind anonymous man stepped in and saved the day. On Monday, CNN reported that an anonymous donor has come forward to pay the mortgage and house bills for the […]
By Mindy Fischer on May 14, 2018
activists, Cameron Kasky, civil terrorism, confused the American people, criminals, disgusting comments, father of one of the kids killed, Fred Guttenberg, frontal assault, gun control, gun safety, gun violence, Guttenbereg, intimidation and harassment and lawbreaking, kids, Lauren Hoggs, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Newsweek, North, NRA, Oliver North, Parkland, Parkland dad shreds new NRA president Oliver North after his disgusting comments, Parkland kids, students, terrorists, the new NRA president, Washington Times, we're people with a broken heart
Activism, gun control, kids, NRA, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Resist, Right Wing Hatred, Right wing lies, Uncategorized

Last week, Oliver North attacked the kids who survived a mass slaughter at their high school in Parkland, Florida. Now the father of one of the kids killed has a few things to say to the new NRA president. Oliver North is the new president of the NRA. And, last week, he said some hateful […]
By Mindy Fischer on April 12, 2018
a loaded Glock 9mm, bathroom, bullet his a wall, dangerous, Deerfield Beach Pier, drunk homeless man, gun control, gun violence, guns, irresponsible, loaded 9mm, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, mass shootings, Miami Herald, Parkland, Parkland teacher arrested after leaving loaded gun in public restroom, picked it up and fired, really fucking stupid idea to arm teachers, restroom, Sean Simpson, Simpson, students, teacher, tragic
Firearms, gun control, kids, NRA, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Uncategorized, Women's issues

This Parkland Chemistry teacher volunteered to carry a gun at the school following the shooting that left 17 dead. Then he left his loaded 9mm in a public bathroom stall. It is a really f*cking stupid idea to arm teachers. This story is a very good example of why. On Wednesday, the Miami Herald reported that […]
By Mindy Fischer on March 26, 2018
bat-shit-crazy, bullshit, children, Christian, Christian hatred, church, demonic Nazis, demonic spirits, evangelicals, evil, evil people, Francis Swaggart, George Soros, get rid of the guns, God, gun control, guns, hatred, Hitler, Jimmy Swaggart, kids, leftists, march, march for our lives, Nazis, Parkland students, pawns, protest, put in schools where there's no morals, religion, Satanic, school, students, Swaggart, televangelist, televangelist says that Parkland students are demonic Nazis who want to rape gun owners, tv, we've taken God out of the school, young people are screaming for their lives
Conservatives, Entertainment, GOP, gun control, kids, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Religion, Right Wing Hatred, Right wing lies, Trump supporters, Uncategorized, Videos, Weird News

This is bat-shit-crazy….even for the evangelicals. On Monday, televangelist Francis Swaggart, the wife of Jimmy Swaggart, said that the students who participated in Saturday’s March for our Lives were like “demonic Nazis” who want to “rape” gun owners. During the program Frances and Friends, Swaggart said, “People have got to address the fact that […]
By Mindy Fischer on March 24, 2018
alert, ALICE, barricade doors with desks and chairs, Blue Mountain School District in Schuylkill County, children, classrooms, counter, David Helsel, empower our students, evacuate, found a solution to combat gun violence, gun control, gun violence, Helsel, inform, kids, lockdown, mass shootings, passive targets, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania school district, Pennsylvania school district arms students with rocks to stop school shootings, protect the students, protocol, rocks, rocks in the classrooms, school schootings, schools, staff, stones, students, students lie down, superintendent, teachers, the rocks are a last resort, this is just insane, throw things at the shooter, yes seriously
Activism, education, Firearms, gun control, kids, NRA, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Uncategorized, Weird News

Come on Pennsylvania. This is just insane. A Pennsylvania school district thinks they have found the solution to combat gun violence in their schools. They’re giving the students rocks. Yes, rocks. According to the superintendent of the Blue Mountain School District in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, David Helsel, buckets of river stones have been placed in […]
By Mindy Fischer on March 23, 2018
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Activism, great news, gun control, Human Interest, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Resist, Uncategorized

I’m not even a Patriots fan, but this is super cool. On Friday, the Boston Globe reported that students and families from Parkland, Florida were flown to D.C. to take part in the March for our Lives on the official team plane of the New England Patriots. Patriots team owner Robert Kraft sent the plane […]
By Mindy Fischer on March 21, 2018
activists, Barack and Michelle Obama, beautiful, children, former First Lady, former president, gun control, gun violence, how inspired we have been, kids, letter, march for our lives, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, mass shootings, Mic, Michelle Obama, Obama, Parkland, president obama, protest, resist, safety of our children, school shooting, student survivors, students, the Obamas send beautiful handwritten letter to Parkland students, tragedy, we will be there for you, you've helped awaken the conscience of the nation, young people
Activism, Barack Obama, education, FLOTUS, great news, gun control, kids, Michelle Obama, NRA, Open Letters, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, President Obama, Resist, Uncategorized, Women's issues

Barack and Michelle Obama just sent a beautiful handwritten letter to the student survivors-turned-activists in Parkland, Florida. “You’ve helped awaken the conscience of the nation.” On Wednesday, Mic published a great letter written by former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. The letter was written on March 10th and was sent to the […]
By Mindy Fischer on March 16, 2018
being treated unfairly, Brandywine Heights High School, children, corporal punishment, demand common sense gun control, detension, discipline, for expressing their political beliefs, Greenbiar Public School, gun control, gun violence, kids, mass shooting, massacre, Park Hill High School, Pennridge High School, protest, protesting, punishment, school shooting, schools, some schools are not punishing students, some with corporal punishment, students, students who walked out of their schools to protest gun violence are being punished, suspended, the walk-out for gun control, ThinkProgress, walked out of their classes
Activism, education, gun control, NRA, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Resist, Uncategorized, Women's issues

Some schools are now punishing students who participated in the walk-out for gun control on Wednesday. One school is even using corporal punishment. On Wednesday, students at thousands of schools across the country walked out of their classes to protest gun violence and demand common sense gun control. The protest marked the one month point […]
By Mindy Fischer on March 15, 2018
arming teachers, Baltimore Sun, Barron, Barron Trump's school calls on Trump to do something on gun control, big idea to arm teachers, children, congress, dangerous, education, gun control, gun violence, kids, legislation, mass shootings, measures to reduce gun violence in our society, open letter, president's son, private school, resist, robuts system of registration and background checks, school administrators, schools, schools shootings, son, St. Andrews Episcopal, stronger mental health services, students, support gun control measures, teachers, weapons capable of firing a vast number of deadly shots, what we do not need is to arm our teachers with guns
Activism, Donald Trump, education, gun control, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Resist, Trump administration, Trump family, Trump lies, Uncategorized, Washington, Women's issues

I’ve been wondering why reporters haven’t been asking Trump and Sarah Huckabee Sanders whether or not Barron’s school agreed with arming teachers. Now we know. They definitely do NOT support Trump’s plan. On Wednesday, the private school that Donald Trump’s son attends joined with other area schools to push the Trump administration to do something […]