Wow! HUNDREDS of business leaders are urging Congress to stand up against Trump’s attack on higher ed Research universities are the bedrock of U.S. innovation—we can’t let the Trump admin shred them over petty grievances Add your name to defend the vital role of our nation’s universities

The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to keep Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban in place which may have watershed consequences for all transgender Americans.

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.

History made

Senator Cory Booker concludes his record-breaking Senate Floor speech after 25 hours Massive applause for Booker

WashPo [Apr 2] -- In a key referendum on Trump/Musk influence, liberals won a majority on the WI Supreme Court in a lopsided 55-45 landslide. At $100m it was the costliest court race in history, with Musk giving $1m prizes to voters. The race will decide abortion in WI. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Elon Is A Bigger Loser Today Than He Was Yesterday. You Did That, Wisconsin. www.wonkette.com/p/elon-is-a-...

Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.

More: “Schumer & the rest of those that have enabled this week's fiasco need to be replaced immediately with those who understand the depth & urgency of this constitutional crisis.”

They're moving to classify constitutionally protected speech as terrorism. This is a five alarm fire.

When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme. Mad magazine published this in 1969.

dearlstephens.substack.com/p/there-will... Rather than bringing Ping-Pong paddles and groovy, little signs to a fascist hate-fest disguised as a State of the Union speech, it would be helpful if our meek, out-of-touch Dems pretended they understood the perilous moment we are standing in right now.

I think a lot of Democratic politicians tell themselves that when the history of this era is written, they will be remembered as valiantly, nobly adhering to principles and dignity—when, at this rate, they will be remembered for having done nothing at all.

🟡🟠🔴 When does the danger of staying in the US outweigh the uncertainty and pain of Getting The F*ck Out Before Its Too Late? (GTFO-BITL, for short). 🔴🟠🟡 Below are stages + warning signs for #trans people in the US. Please add ideas, this is not exhaustive!

On-the-job deaths climbed for the third year in a row, according to an annual report from a worker-safety group, raising alarms as city and federal watchdogs lose teeth.

Slim margins, climate disasters, and Trump’s funding freeze: Life or death for many US farms. Federal programs are a lifeline for farmers. Now many are questioning whether they can stay in business. grist.org/food-and-agr... #Food #Farms #Farmers #Trump #Agriculture

After Tuesday's address to a joint sessions of Congress, it's clear "the Trump administration has declared war on trans people," says journalist @imarajones.bsky.social of @translash.org. www.democracynow.org/2025/3/5/tru...

Not mentioned at the #SOTU: how cuts to USAID are affecting American farmers, by potentially undermining the billions of taxpayer dollars they receive to support conservation practices. www.wired.com/story/usda-l...

This is not normal.

Will just leave this here. (gift link)

Trans people have always been here — and we aren’t going anywhere.

Trump saying America will no longer be ruled by unelected bureaucrats right after spending half his speech honoring our actual functional president, the richest and most uncharismatic person on Earth

"The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over!" But the days of rule by unelected plutocrats are just beginning.

“Nazi conceptions of race, gender and eugenics dictated the Nazi regime’s hostile policy on homosexuality. Repression against gay men, lesbians and trans people commenced within days of Hitler becoming Chancellor.” -Holocaust memorial trust

President Trump's orders and rhetoric are intended to chill dissent and censor views he dislikes. Let's be clear: the government can't threaten funding to universities for simply doing their job to foster an environment of free speech and free inquiry.

Gonna go get MMR boosters tomorrow. You should really consider doing the same, very soon.

Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China are projected to cost U.S. households an average of $3,000 annually. Critics argue the policy functions as a tax hike on the working class, bypassing congressional approval.

BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights. Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.

If you're an REI member, you can vote to toss out the board that's endorsed Trump's candidate for Dept. of Interior and has worked to stop REI unions. Vote runs until May 2nd. Spread the word. vote.escvote.com/REI/

Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."

🟡🟠🔴 When does the danger of staying in the US outweigh the uncertainty and pain of Getting The F*ck Out Before Its Too Late? (GTFO-BITL, for short). 🔴🟠🟡 Below are stages + warning signs for #trans people in the US. Please add ideas, this is not exhaustive!

Calling your elected reps works. 👊❤️

🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨 I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk. My op-ed in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is the way

"The White House can lie all they want about how they're not stopping cancer research," the NIH source said, "but they're stopping cancer research on [NIH's] Bethesda campus." Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH.

So weird how everything Trump is doing seems to benefit the rich and powerful (and corrupt) www.icij.org/inside-icij/...

you can watch the stock market tank in the bottom corner of Fox's broadcast as Trump talks about tariffs

Looking at some survey data here. Trump/Elon cutting off all cancer cure research is the issue that freaks voters out more than any other, also the one they've heard the least about. Important for voters to hear more about this.

Constant attacks by Felon Trump & Fascist Musk on our institutions, government, democracy & on us can be stopped. Tomorrow, show the power of nonviolent civil resistance by joining the #EconomicBlackout Just 1 day will make a powerful difference 💪🏻💪🏽💪

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

Who could have seen this coming. 🧐

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

By @katherinejwu.com "The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,” The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America: