WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Teachers at Passages Charter unionize and win their first contract. 

Rahm Emanuel asked if Clinton should run again.

"It's not a good question. OK? So the question is, it's not a good question." -- CNN 

Gina Mengarelli, a member of Passages Charter School’s bargaining team

“Had we not unionized, we could never have gotten to this tentative agreement tonight — and taken such strong steps to begin to improve classroom conditions and win fair pay for our members.” -- Sun-Times

Multnomah County GOP chair James Buchal

Asked if he was considering right-wing militia groups as security providers, Buchal said: “Yeah. We’re thinking about that. Because there are now belligerent, unstable people who are convinced that Republicans are like Nazis.” -- Guardian

Charles Pierce

 Betsy DeVos does not know anything about public education except that she doesn't believe in it as a concept. -- Esquire

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

“You don’t want to be sitting too comfortably in Trump’s boat, or in Trump’s boat at all, because Trump’s not liked here."  -- AP Wire