Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career. Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV. My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

Reading “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson, which chronicles the mass exodus of 6 million Black Americans from the South to northern & western cities between 1915-1970. It has an interesting connection to the Pleasy v Ferguson ruling for those familiar. A fabulous read.

Right wing media might hate it, but we will never stop fighting for voting rights. "Plaintiffs working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm oppose the deal, according to a court document filed Monday." www.carolinajournal.com/gop-groups-n...

Unacceptable…except to Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem and Tom Homan who all want to see more of this behavior from ICE, not less.

OUR BATHROOM MIRRORS ARE VITAL TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression on Trump admin's latest move against Harvard warns that more students could end up deported for their free speech www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

The moon, Venus and the star Regulus this morning from Montreal...

The only comedian left on TV. (Thanks Andy Borowitz)

Off politics for a quick minute… Chris Martin/Coldplay at wet Wembley putting on an awesome show 9/6

BREAKING: Turns out the problem isn’t the BLS Commissioner. It’s Trump’s failed policies. Another terrible jobs report. The U.S. economy added just 22,000 jobs in August, far below the 75,000 expected. Unemployment ticked up to 4.3%.

The best birthday pic

a decade ago was my first day as a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. There's been grants and rejections of grants. Publications, promotions, and conferences. Industrial action and committee meetings. Most of all, there have been students that I've been lucky to teach and learn from.

Bloomberg: "It’s only the third day of a much-feared month of September and sobering US economic news is already piling up....Today it’s job openings falling in July to the lowest in 10 months....[The] once-robust post-pandemic jobs landscape continues to darken." www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

They are lying about the numbers! Unemployment is going to skyrocket.

Why do women always have to work harder to prove their worth and their point?

The term “anti-establishment” was redefined the same way as “working class.” Both now mean “person of any income, education level, or type of work who holds right-wing culture war views.” By contrast, “elites” means “holds broadly left-wing views on cultural issues.”

No matter the situation, women always have to prove themselves.

Rather than collecting tariffs on delivery, the US is making foreign postal services collect tariffs at lodgement and send the money to the US. More isolation from the world.

🚨BREAKING: One day after Texas passed its new map, my law firm, in partnership with @redistrictfdn.bsky.social, has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to block the use of the new congressional map for the 2026 election. www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-...

Postal services in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Italy said they will stop shipping most merchandise to the U.S. effective immediately. France and Austria will follow on Monday. The U.K.'s Royal Mail said it would halt shipments to the U.S. on Tuesday No paywall

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He take from the poor to give to the rich - disgusting! #Pinks #ProudBlue

We’re not getting there. We are there. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

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With 16 and 17-year-olds set to vote in the next general election, a study reveals the long-term effects of lowering the voting age north of the border ⬇️

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna announced they’d kickstart a longshot procedural maneuver to force a vote on releasing all Jeffrey Epstein-related files. The discharge petition would force a floor vote on the release of the materials — provided it gets 218 lawmaker signatures.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum may sue the U.S. over immigration raids after a Mexican national died fleeing an ICE operation. “We are also looking at the possibility of reporting there because it is unacceptable. It is being reviewed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” she said.

There it is. Republicans just BLOCKED the release of the Epstein Files.

Rules voted 5-7 to deny my amendment calling for a FULL release of the Epstein file a vote in the House.

🚨 BIG day in court tomorrow: 📍Arizona: Judge to decide if officials can override local refusals to certify election results — and crack down on voter intimidation. 📍North Carolina: Court hearing will examine GOP-backed barriers to voter registration.

NEW: The DNC blasted North Carolina’s State Board of Elections over its controversial plan to remove nearly 100,000 voters from the rolls unless they submit additional forms of ID, calling it a violation of federal law.

The DOJ is demanding Minnesota’s full voter roll and details on how it screens for noncitizens, despite at least two questions having no clear basis in federal law. The move raises serious concerns about federal overreach. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨Senate Democrats have released messages supporting claims that senior DOJ official and 3rd Circuit nominee Emil Bove encouraged staff to defy court orders during Trump’s deportation push. Republicans are still set to advance Bove’s nomination next week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨Georgia is ramping up another voter purge. The state just launched an audit targeting people with P.O. boxes, those living in group homes, and even voters over 105 years old. If flagged, voters risk being kicked off the rolls. Keep your vote safe. Read more here:

NEW: Last night a federal court temporarily blocked the federal government from racial profiling and denying access to counsel for individuals targeted by immigration enforcement in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.

The most comprehensive daily summaries of events/decisions affecting our country July 6, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Why are folks mad at the working mom with kids on Medicaid and SNAP rather than companies like Walmart that refuse to pay her a living wage and provide health insurance?

Trump’s DOJ forced UVA President Jim Ryan to resign. Wesleyan President Michael Roth calls it what it is: an assault on academic freedom and a warning sign of tyranny. A must-read for anyone who cares about democracy:

It’s time to open the books. An investigation needs to be opened into just how much has been spent on the deportations, the detainments, the unknown Stasi. The hotels, per diems. I want to know how much of taxpayer money has been spent to date. How they’re being paid, how much they’re being paid.