Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.

It’s a loss for our field. #Bioethics

none of this "what are you proudest of in your life Mr. Mayor Sir," I don't know why people stop being reporters and become gracious servants the second it feels like there are no stakes (there are always stakes)

if I HAD been in town today I probably would have asked outgoing Mayor Harrell why his budget for next year sets up a huge fiscal cliff for incoming ,ayor Wilson, using one-time funding for long-term needs and assuming nine-figure deficits starting in next year's budget cycle

The goal of this, btw, is to reduce the independence conferred by tenure. Tenure is designed to prevent *exactly this kind* of political interference. I think they've decided that they can't get rid of tenure, so this is the next best thing.

Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals. This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.

This is horrific

“a nothing burger” lol

Ending my evening with an email to Director Bhattacharya regarding @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social 1/3

Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

It's going great, why do you ask?

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.

New age of proliferation feels inevitable *LEE:WIN US SUPPORT TO EXPAND SKOREA'S URANIUM ENRICHMENT RIGHTS

And given how often I see people linking to straight-up election denial sources in AltNPS's comments (like to the Election Truth Alliance or the blog This Will Hold), I worry that the Alt National Park Service will make a pivot into that space. It's a very hungry market, with a passionate audience.

Crockett, (who, again, I think is cool) made what I think was a fairly irresponsible statement (at around the 03:55 mark in the podcast) without evidence. Then AltNPS runs with it and makes it worse. People call everything "BlueAnon," but it's hard to think of a better example than this.

I want to say that in general, I think Jasmine Crockett rules, and I agree that we should be skeptical of Liberty Vote. But I am deeply, deeply uncomfortable with an account as large as AltNPS calling for what is essentially widespread paranoia and pre-emptive election denial.

Mixed feelings here. Dominion Voting Systems having a GOP-aligned new owner is cause for concern, but I'm not quite comfortable with the way AltNPS is talking about this. Let's (quickly) talk about why 🧵:

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"Emails reviewed by The Associated Press show that Fannie Mae executives were unnerved about what one called the 'very problematic' disclosure of data by Lauren Smith, the company’s head of marketing, who was acting on Pulte’s behalf." apnews.com/article/fann...

“Donald kills four more people to distract from his own crimes” FTFY www.cbsnews.com/news/us-20th...

they are desperately fighting to prevent the release of other stuff

these are not even the files lol

I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back! linkletter.org/update-33-th...

The destruction of the Goddard Space Flight Center campus continues apace with nary a peep out of Democrats in Congress about the unlawful rescissions. www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...

The DOJ is suing California over Prop 50, saying it's a "brazen power grab that tramples on civil rights and mocks the democratic process." Nothing mocks democracy like a president ordering red states to gerrymander while prosecuting a blue state for letting its voters decide.

Baby formula linked to an outbreak of infant botulism was distributed to programs serving homeless mothers and other struggling families in multiple states, but it’s unclear what actions are being taken to alert those families to the recall. www.healthbeat.org/2025/11/13/b... #medsky #publichealth

See my recent @lawfaremedia.org piece on indictment of a purported Texas "antifa cell" and how these terrorism statutes work. Rubio's actions mean that anyone who provides "material support"—defined *very* broadly—to these foreign groups has committed a felony. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...

She became a citizen this fall, and her first vote was to oust a Republican sheriff who had just contracted with ICE. And the sheriff lost. Powerful example of how it feels to make a difference:

“.. Ingrassia made a number of racist remarks in a text message chain from 2023 and 2024. In one of them, he remarked, ‘I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it,’ according to the texts.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Crop data "blackout during the government shutdown" has led to the widest range of analyst estimates in a decade for corn and soybean yields, as an "information vacuum" at harvest time and during critical trade negotiations distorted the market for the country's two most valuable crops.

Canadian parliamentary secretary for combating crime Vince Gasparro LIED when he said all of Kneecap was banned from Canada, per CBC. Only one member was prohibited. This is an incredible overreach of power and violation of public trust and the rights of these men. He must be held to account.

This is the man who was detained last March in Sedro-Woolley.

Fortunately, PTSD is a condition whose treatment is covered under the essential health benefits that remain in place thanks to the progress of the Affordable Care Act.

People in those institutions -- who often do not have the power *of* the institution -- will often protest that this isn't fair, or that people are willing to believe shit about the institution that flatly isn't true. It isn't. They do. And none of that matters, either. The trust has been lost.

NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."

New Jersey Democrats came *very* close to an extra pick-up just now: after provisional ballots were counted + updated in Atlantic County, Democrat Joanne Famularo missed out on ousting GOP incumbent Donald Guardian by just 190 votes.

This is why specific defenses of the institution are so often beside the point, whether or not they're valid. People on the inside say "Wait, here's what's going on. (we are trustworthy.)" Outsiders are saying "Broadly? From what I've seen? Regardless of the specifics? You institutionally are not."

People in institutions facing a legitimacy crisis fail to understand that while their individual actions can often be reasonable and well-considered, it *does not matter,* because a long series of larger actions have wholly eroded people's willingness to believe the institution is a good actor

Charlotte is a growing city that votes consistently Democrat with a Black mayor, many Black political leaders, and a majority non-white population. It's pretty obvious what is going on here!

They are coming to Charlotte literally because of a few right-wing propaganda accounts on X and I am livid.

"There should be body-worn camera footage for these incidents, and at least one E-Star report is being completed. Plaintiffs have asked the Defendants repeatedly to provide documentary or video evidence...supporting their account and have not received any documents as of the time of this filing."

BREAKING: Here we go with the first allegations of violations of the preliminary injunction Judge Ellis issued on November 6 in Chicago Headline Club v. Noem: "As this Court was issuing the Preliminary Injunction on November 6, federal agents shot pepper balls at a moving car"

we prevented them from getting enough signatures in 2016, we can do it again www.seattlepi.com/local/politi...

With 42 news measles cases, US total tops 1,700 Last year the United States had 285 measles cases. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

The House is lining up some big bills for next week

Welp here we go.

What US media should have done.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just took the bench for this status hearing in the case dealing with use of force against protesters and journalists in Chicago.

Basically there's only so long a paper can piss on people's leg and tell them it's raining