Dominique Behague
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Teacher, learner, writer, activist | anthropology, STS, history, psychiatry, Brazil @Vanderbilt @KCL
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Statement by the Vanderbilt AAUP Executive Committee on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
Vanderbilt’s AAUP chapter stands firmly against Trump’s “Compact,” which aims to control nearly every aspect of university operations. The compact contravenes federal law an…
https://vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/06/statement-by-the-vanderbilt-aaup-executive-committee-on-the-compact-for-academic-excellence-in-higher-education/
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Tim Onion
10 months ago
ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed. No one knows why he was detained.
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Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-03-14/green-card-holder-from-new-hampshire-interrogated-at-logan-airport-detained
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Brandon Friedman
10 months ago
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position. Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
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James Sims
10 months ago
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
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The Washington Post
10 months ago
The Trump administration’s arrest of Mahmoud Khalil over his protests at Columbia University against Israel’s war in Gaza has alarmed First Amendment attorneys who see it as an obvious violation of Khalil’s rights but also an effort to intimidate others.
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Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest violates First Amendment protections, lawyers say
Trying to deport Khalil for demonstrating against Israel is an obvious violation of his rights and an attempt to intimidate others, they say.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/13/khalil-columbia-trump-arrest-anti-semitism/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Rob Hatch-Miller
10 months ago
If any of these people represent you in the Senate, find their office number and CALL THEM. And absolutely everyone should call Schumer and tell him just say no to cloture before he caves: 202-224-6542
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
10 months ago
I’ll be on CNN at 6 with
@jaketapper.bsky.social
to discuss Senate Democrats’ responsibility to protect the federal government and vote NO on cloture and the GOP spending bill
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Eric Michael Garcia
10 months ago
Grijalva and Turner’s death means there are now four vacancies in the House. Waltz and Gaetz’s seats are still open. Stefanik will soon vacate her seat
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George Monbiot
10 months ago
It's clear that Trump's policies seek to shut down what remains of democracy in the US. It seems highly likely that they will also cause economic collapse.
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/dethroning...
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Dethroning Congress
America First Has a Playbook
https://firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/dethroning-congress
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Isaac Dovere
10 months ago
NEW from me - Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
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Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans, some of whom have stopped holding town halls amid the raucous receptions their colleagues...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/politics/tim-walz-national-tour-town-halls/index.html
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The Tennessee Holler
10 months ago
“The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration… targeted harassment…”
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
10 months ago
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law: “It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-03-11/nhs-new-id-requirements-send-some-would-be-voters-home-to-grab-passports-birth-certificates
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Mother Jones
10 months ago
“My husband was kidnapped from our home, and it’s shameful that the US government continues to hold him because he stood for the rights and lives of his people.”
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The many misrepresentations of Mahmoud Khalil
I talked with Columbia student activists. Here's what they said about Khalil—and what politicians are getting wrong.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-arrest-columbia-student-activists-misrepresentations/
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Dean Chahim
10 months ago
Pls share: Trump using immigration detention to clamp down on political dissent - most recently, DHS detained Palestinian student organizer at Columbia Uni - link to petition below
www.dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detain...
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BREAKING: DHS Detains Lead Negotiator of Columbia Gaza Solidarity Encampment After Online Campaign by Pro-Israel Groups
Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained on Saturday, is being held at an ICE detention facility.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detains-columbia-university-student-gaza?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Adam Kinzinger
10 months ago
The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster. Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔
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Bookshop.org
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www.betterworldbooks.com
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www.biblio.com
ThriftBooks -
www.thriftbooks.com
IndieBound -
www.indiebound.org
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The Tennessee Holler
10 months ago
🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up
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"Don’t underestimate the effectiveness of consumer boycotts. Corporations invest heavily in their brand names and the goodwill associated with them." "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/24/trump-fascism-what-to-do
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Aatish Bhatia
10 months ago
We took a deep dive into what contracts DOGE slashed — and what it left untouched. Most of the biggest contractors were unscathed.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑
10 months ago
Join us tonight from anywhere for 50501 DC’s Virtual Event 🔴 LIVE at 8:30pm EST: The People’s State of the Union – A Real Discussion on America’s Future. Link to watch:
bit.ly/psotu
#Politics
#Economy
#Healthcare
#ReproductiveRights
#Education
#CoalitionBuilding
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Hank Green
10 months ago
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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Jess Piper
10 months ago
Missouri has been running the pilot for Project 2025 for a couple of decades. With a GOP Supermajority, over 30% of our schools are on a four-day week. We fund vouchers for private religious schools. Our starting teachers are 50th in the nation for pay and they pay for their own supplies.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH
10 months ago
Measles spreads incredibly fast due to its R0 (basic reproductive number.) 1 person can infect up to 18 people. Before the vaccine became available, hundreds of thousands of people had it. It also causes immune amnesia, which ERASES both natural & acquired immunity in the body.
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Zach D Roberts
10 months ago
If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You’re a part of this now.
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Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷
10 months ago
NSF reinstatement letter with alt text
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NPR
10 months ago
The lawsuit says there is no legitimate reason to send migrants to Guantánamo because the U.S. has an ample detention facility.
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ACLU and other advocates sue to block migrants from being sent to Guantánamo Bay
The lawsuit says there is no legitimate reason to send migrants to Guantánamo because the U.S. has ample detention facility.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/01/g-s1-51567/aclu-sue-trump-migrants-guantanamo
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH
10 months ago
In situations of catastrophe, white people revert to racism almost immediately - During Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Anna Pou made the decision to euthanize Black patients of her own volition. - During COVID’s peak, white doctors rationed ventilators to white patients only
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whet moser
10 months ago
"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer
apnews.com/article/tree...
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$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that's over
The U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees.
https://apnews.com/article/trees-arbor-day-grants-cut-trump-heat-shade-environmental-justice-5909d4f102ac0de9cc5be313b4fbd399
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Republicans Against Trumpism
10 months ago
WOW. After yesterday’s Oval Office ambush of President Zelensky, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway’s leading marine fuel providers, announced that it will no longer refuel U.S. Navy vessels, urging other European firms to follow suit. The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.
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"Homan appears to be using division, fear and chaos in a way to pad his friends’ pockets" ..... one might edit: "division, fear, chaos, and blatant fomentation of eugenics"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘They worship death’: Trump ‘border czar’ reveals extremist views in interview
The ‘great replacement’ theory, human sacrifice and torture videos: Tom Homan’s talk with Tucker Carlson offered a grab bag of far-right talking points
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/02/tom-homan-tucker-carlson-interview
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Mueller, She Wrote
10 months ago
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his)
10 months ago
Hi, former White House intern, DNC communications staffer, and re-election team partner here: One does not ‘slip’ into the Oval Office. Does not. Period, ever. That’s not a thing.
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Tomás Criado
10 months ago
Espero que la UE empiece por fin a trabajar en algo diferente a ser un bloque vasallo de estos matones de saloon del salvaje oeste. Más nos valdría pensar desde nuestra soberanía tecnológica. Yo por lo pronto comienzo el proceso de dejar de usar Gmail, Dropbox y Amazon para siempre jamás.
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
10 months ago
Disgusting. Immoral. Betrayal. Traitorous. Trump and his fascist henchmen planned to humiliate Zelenskyy. They humiliated themselves and our nation. Trump serves Putin, not the United States. He is the enemy of democracy. Will our institutional press cover fascism now?
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
10 months ago
Today I am deeply ashamed of my nation. That we--the citizens who did not work hard enough, the citizens who did not vote, and the media that did not warn--allowed this surrender to fascism and betrayal of our allies is disastrous.
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Rachel Ernst
11 months ago
One of the actions I'm taking at the moment is trying to divest as much as possible from tech companies based in the US. This website has a good list of companies that are EU-based and have to follow EU laws regarding privacy and access.
european-alternatives.eu
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Homepage | European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
https://european-alternatives.eu/
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Sam Wang
10 months ago
Tesla stock is down 14% since close of markets last Friday. What happened during that time? One answer: mass protests. I describe what it was like at one such protest. What I saw fulfills what I describe as neuroscience-based requirements for effective action.
samwang.substack.com/p/the-effect...
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The effects of anti-Tesla action
Activists find an effective target for their energy. Also, you're not too late to help.
https://samwang.substack.com/p/the-effects-of-anti-tesla-action
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NPR
10 months ago
On Tuesday, 21 DOGE employees resigned. NPR spoke to one of them who says she felt the new administration was causing "harm to the American people."
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DOGE work could 'cross extreme ethical and legal lines,' says former employee : Consider This from NPR
On Tuesday, 21 DOGE employees resigned. NPR spoke to one of them who says she felt the new administration was causing "harm to the American people." As Elon Musk and the Department of Government Effic...
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/1234145488/doge-work-could-cross-extreme-ethical-and-legal-lines-says-former-employee
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The Washington Post
10 months ago
A handful of Republican senators have joined their Democratic colleagues in expressing alarm over the Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze and gutting of USAID, writing to Marco Rubio that they believe the State Department is not operating in accordance with the law.
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Behind the scenes, GOP senators challenge legality of Trump’s aid cuts
A handful of Republican senators, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, joined Democrats to quietly express alarm about how President Donald Trump is freezing foreign aid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/27/usaid-senators-graham-rubio/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️
10 months ago
Holy crap. When the Native groups are scrubbing the word Native from their websites, we are in fricking deep trouble. Also **** the UA BOR. That was a cowardly move and they should be ashamed.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑
10 months ago
March 4th For Democracy!! 🚨 Get more info, resources, or find a protest:
fiftyfifty.one
(check back next week for protest listings). 50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.
#50501Movement
#FiftyFiftyOne
#March4thForDemocracy
@polrev.bsky.social
FAQs + talking points + other ways to act next. 🪡🧵
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POLITICO Europe
10 months ago
Ahead of today's vote, AI-generated content online has helped Germany’s populist, anti-immigration AfD party present both sides of its vision. One is the idyllic, nostalgia-driven future it promises to bring. The other is a dystopian warning should it not win the election. 🔗
ow.ly/GQvj50V4ULc
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Caroline Dodds Pennock
10 months ago
Better advertising to come, but I’m excited to announce that registration is now live for our very heavily subsidised Teaching Indigenous Histories & Perspectives Conference on 28 June! Bursaries for travel are available plus free follow-up support. Please do share with all your teacher networks!
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Teaching Indigenous Histories and Perspectives in Schools | University of Sheffield
Teacher conference at the University of Sheffield, 28 June 2025 Open to all educators, this day conference will support teachers in developing their skills
https://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-arts-and-humanities/school-of-history-philosophy-and-digital-humanities/teaching-indigenous-histories-and-perspectives-in-schools
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Karen Attiah
10 months ago
The Trump regime's segregationist agenda is clear. I argue that having a Black man as president of white America enraged a portion of this country so much, that they decided to destroy any pipeline to Black advancement in academia, government, & workplaces.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...
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Trump's segregationist agenda is a reaction to Obama
And we need to talk about it.
https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-segregrationist-agenda-is
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Dahlia Lithwick
10 months ago
The King and I: With
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on challenging monarchic theories of power in federal court
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Long Live The King?
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 02/22/2025 · 52m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/long-live-the-king/id928790786?i=1000694748393
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PLOS Biology
10 months ago
PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
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PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
https://plos.io/3D4O8cH
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Jeremy Koster
11 months ago
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
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ACLU
10 months ago
The pocket book to last you through the ages. Grab yours at
aclu.org/pocketconstitutions
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Greg Sargent
11 months ago
Elon Musk is cratering in polls: WaPo: Only 34% approve of Musk's role, 63% worry about his data access CNN: 54% say it's bad Musk was given a big role Majorities disapprove of Trump in CNN, WaPo, Gallup. On the pod,
@juliaazari.bsky.social
is great on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
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Trump Suddenly Slips in 3 Brutal New Polls—and Musk Looks Even Worse
As several national polls offer bad news for Donald Trump and Elon Musk, a leading political scientist explains why conditions are ripe for Democrats to run harder against their authoritarian overreac...
https://newrepublic.com/article/191793/trump-suddenly-slips-3-brutal-new-pollsand-musk-looks-even-worse
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