Played him like a fiddle.

Seeing just how easily Trump is manipulated, it’s just a further indictment on current Dems. How do you let him run roughshod on you when all you need is to get in the room with him and compliment him while smiling.

Of note: Mamdani did seemingly go on the record, again, in the White House, next to Trump - affirming that he thinks the dude's a fascist. He said "yes" to the reporter, after Trump said "I don't mind". We are living in the strangest of timelines.

This seems terrible. Also “geographic balance” of funding decisions? Talk me down on this

The media attention brought a lot more eyes, including active service members & veterans, to something a pissant Hegseth flunky had slipped into a new edition. We did our job helping to raise attention, and they responded. The meter moved a step in the right direction if brief. Take the small win.

At this stage there’s literally no reason to believe the admin, even if it releases more than you’d expect, are being forthcoming. It’s the opposite of conspiracy theory to look at the proudly lawless pattern of deception and raw power that this trump admin has engaged in then to conclude they’d…

The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...

WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.

BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!! We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org

Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/

The Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University.

"This could take down Democrats, too." I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office. Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.

This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.

“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein

Capitol Hill is basically unrecognizable along Broadway since I lived here, but at least Dick’s still rules and Cal Anderson still smells overwhelmingly of weed, just the way I like it 😂

DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie] SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in

Sheesh zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...

This isn’t about left vs. right. This is about fighting back vs. losing. The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. In this moment when fascists are on the march, we need leadership with a spine.

It’s almost like if people tell you that to win you have to turn your back on poor people, or Muslims, or trans people, or immigrants, you can just say, “no, that’s immoral, we’re not doing that,” and keep doing good old fashioned organizing and campaigning and things will be ok

The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!

Decision Desk is projecting Zohran Mamdani to win the New York City Mayor election.

Decision Desk HQ already calling Zohran Mamdani the winner.

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the New York City Mayoral election, reports @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social

Don’t forget the prize:

As millions of American children are about to starve and million more Americans are going to lose their health insurance bc this guy and his party have shut down the government they control ...

The PIs of third floor Old Vet / Rosenthal @montserrat-anguera.bsky.social @themodzlab.bsky.social @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social

Eliminating DEI & hiring your friends www.science.org/content/arti...

WashU in STL just announced, in a university-wide email, that we will NOT be signing The Compact. This statement, I believe, exists thanks to the tremendous energy generated w/in our community by, among others, the Faculty Senate, the revived AAUP, and student journalists. I'm proud of everybody.

Seen at the protest in Philly today @jamesgunn.bsky.social

Dartmouth joins the chorus of rejecting the compact!

Dartmouth is OUT! Thank goodness... a friend at U of A and I have been playing "Who will be the last of the 9 standing?" and it's not gonna be us!

BOOM! After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe, UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH! ✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾 M.I.T. ☑️ BROWN ☑️ PENN ☑️ USC☑️ UVA ☑️ This is People Power in Action. #DefendHigherEd

Fanboying a bit for my state rep Rick Krajewski, who just gave a powerful call to arms at our AAUP teach-in today. Couldn’t be happier to have such a true progressive representing me.

If you think you won't be affected by the ACA because you have coverage through your employer, you might want to see if they are doing it through the ACA established Small Business Health Options Program, which is ACA for companies of 1-50 employees.

Let’s fill in the snake!!!

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Proud of the Penn faculty!!! www.inquirer.com/education/up...

Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans

Proud to have been part of this vote. www.inquirer.com/education/up...

This is the lesson of 2025

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The universities are: MIT, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, University of Texas, Vanderbilt University, University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.