He’s “fighting crime” by pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez — who was convicted of conspiring to traffic over 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.   More Trump BS.   Something must be in it for him or his family… www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

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"It feels like all of the men who really have Trump’s ear are on drugs, right?"

It’s now official: Trump has pardoned one of the world’s most notorious drug traffickers. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking last year in the U.S. and sentenced to 45 years in prison. 1/

My Dad was born in October of 1955, one year after Brown vs Board of Education and during the Trial of Emmett Till. He has 5 older siblings—my aunts and uncles—who are still alive RIGHT NOW. Several ppl in my family remember where they were when MLK was assassinated; some volunteered w/ SNCC

Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record, newly released federal data shows. @joemahr.bsky.social and @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social report www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/o...

"And because these fully funded grants commit all of their money up front, it means that the agency’s annual budget is divided into fewer projects, instead of being spread among a larger number of scientific bets."

TODAY IS THE DAY! GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM WE GOT THIS!!!!!!

Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.

“She actually deleted the video recording of whatever the president said about Butler that I made sound incriminating last week & I don’t know what was on it. I definitely didn’t just realize Florida is a 2-party consent state for recording & might’ve opened everyone up to felony investigations.”

If you don't already consider adding @chrisgeidner.bsky.social to the outlets you support.

"The lawsuits allege USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport were told about “inappropriate and abusive behaviors”...including that Gardner was hugging and kissing girls and engaging in other grooming behaviors..." And then they did nothing. Protecting abusers more than girls is systemic.

So, to recap: Washington Post story breaks on Hegseth. Pentagon says fake news. White House confirms the story roughly 12 hours later - and defends it. Press Sec confirms that Hegseth personally ordered the execution of the two stranded men. This isn’t going well.

“That sounds illegal”

That’s not the right shoe for you.

I’ll be following this closely.

“the 54-year-old did not understand that as a Mexican immigrant, he was not eligible to vote in U.S. elections, which he has been doing since 1991.” Elected mayor twice, but either assumed that he was a citizen or thought he was exempt.

If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.

She was a "triple threat." The judge "alleges that despite top performance reviews, she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat." www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...

I’m Janet Mills — a lifelong Mainer who’s spent my career standing up to bullies and fighting for the people they try to push aside. I’m running to bring steady, practical problem-solving to the U.S. Senate and put Maine people at the center of every decision, every day.

Last week: In response to WaPo’s story on the Sept. 2 boat strikes, the Pentagon says “This entire narrative is completely false.” Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”

New reporting confirms it: the Ukraine “deal” is more about making money for Trump’s cronies than it is about a lasting peace in Europe. Is there ANYTHING that this administration won’t exploit for their own personal gain?

Let’s support this amazing human who does so much for others all the time. She would be the first one to step up for others.

"Each of the six preachers opposes women in ministry and teaches that men should be in charge of families." Important work done here by Brian, important read: ⬇️

A reminder that political terrorism in the US is overwhelmingly a right-wing phenomenon www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Jeffries on the WH's explanation of Hegseth's reported double tap strike: "The White House is lying, but that's no surprise, because they lie for a living and the American people know it."

Treat yourself! Treat a friend!

Haven’t shopped since the boycott began and won’t ever return. Nope. No thanks.

This is HUGE news, that was reported right before Thanksgiving. I just looked online and, sure enough, all the grants that our PhD students normally apply for are not accepting applications this cycle. Maybe they will come back, maybe they won't. But right now, this is a devastating set back.

This should be a scandal. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/t...

In case you needed even more motivation to vote in the Midterm elections... #AccountabilityIsComing

"So I listened to her with a kind of anthropological detachment and fascination—essentially as a reporter—as she shared what she learned about him." sociopath

REPUBLICAN MAYOR IN KANSAS FACING DEPORTATION OVER VOTER FRAUD Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for. Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj

I’ll just say, you are more than welcome to get a paid subscription to Law Dork, where I actually do journalism, rather than paying Lizza to do this shit. www.lawdork.com/blackfriday

Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.

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If you've been following the OU paper scandal of 2025, I pass this along without comment: www.friendlyatheist.com/p/she-turned...

The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories. So we made that list for you 👇

With an appearance from my mother. 😉

This is just my opinion, but I don't think departments need to change their strategy for reading or grading student work. Departments need a strategy for responding to harassment and attacks.

"As one senior researcher told me, decades of painstaking work vanished overnight in an attack by an inexperienced and ideologically driven staff intent on dismantling the bureaucracy without understanding its purpose."

A lot has happened this year. If you'd like a recap of what's happened to education research and statistics, here's my attempt. This might be a good one to listen to on your commute today. (Audio play button below headline. 16 minutes long.) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

50,000 more have died in only three weeks. The majority of them are children.

The impact counter of cuts to USAID has passed 650,000 deaths. 50,000 more deaths and the majority children, since the last time I posted on it on November 11th. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

On World AIDS Day, we honor those affected by HIV/AIDS, remember lives lost, & reaffirm our commitment to prevention, treatment, & ending the stigma.

"This situation presents the example the manual uses. ... It will be difficult, if not impossible, for anyone, especially at the command level, to claim ignorance & say they were not obligated to inquire into the legality of an order to do what the manual prohibits." -- @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

Took me a second to find it, but it’s in 18.3.2.1 in page 1075 of the manual. ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...

In college, I had to read the Department of Defense’s Law of War manual. I kid you not when I tell you that firing at the shipwrecked is quite literally provided as an example of an illegal order.