MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.

Inside Higher Ed's article on what's happening at Texas A&M. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up. Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.

This is what gender solidarity & collective action to oppress women looks like, Part 4: Jeffrey Epstein funding conferences specifically to exclude & disadvantage women scientists. Many men knowingly participated in this & it wasn't out of class solidarity--physicists aren't billionaires.

New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.

🔥 “I’ve never seen this level of grift” @RepMcGovern on the @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty self-dealing money grab, giving themselves MILLIONS for being investigated in connection with Trump’s attempt to undo our democracy.

If there are any @nytimes.com subscribers still around today might be the time to cancel, finally 🤮

C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

High end wealth inequality allows for shit like this

It's the first thing people say because 'people' think we spend about ~25% of our federal budget on aid, when it's less than 1%. So maybe instead message about the incredible fucking value we get spending almost nothing? It's like they are addicted to being losers.

Wow, norms matter. Who knew? 🤷‍♀️ www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Insurance companies aren’t just players in the fight with doctors over money; they’re also the referees. They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions. (Published April) By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social

This headline asks a question that makes investor-owned utilities squirm. Nice work from my colleague @blancabegert.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...

The nominee to lead the BLM *actively hates the BLM* — He’s a shill for ranching, logging and Big Oil, a rabid anti environmentalist and conspiracy nut. He’s featured in this list of Public Lands Enemies www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pub... Nominees can be blocked. Call your reps.

I saw this earlier this week but needed time to have a public conversation about it. Goddard has always been one of my favorite NASA centers. The work they do is so cool and the folks there are incredible. This truly gutted me. 😢

As COP30 approaches, policymakers must ensure that the integration of climate and biodiversity action by non-state and subnational actors is anchored in spatial data. #UNFCCC #ClimateAction #CBD @sanderchan.bsky.social @tlustym.bsky.social @conresglobal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Some thoughts on what our book Stability and politicization means for COP30. theconversation.com/why-even-pro... @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

“…, a group of U.S. data scientists published a list of “dearly departed” datasets that have been axed, altered or had topics scrubbed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House earlier this year.” apnews.com/article/cens...

This was horrific to watch. Agents entering a daycare, wrestling with and abducting a teacher in front of small screaming children. I just… what the fuck are we doing here.

This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers

This story isn't just important, it's lucrative as Teen Vogue has been consistently engaging readers with political coverage across ages. So...you'll never guess what Conde Nast did next? Fired the entire political team. Capitalism loves profit but not as much as power.

Agents forcibly opened the woman's car door and pulled her out by her legs, dragging her through the street. They did not identify themselves or tell her that she was under arrest. The citizen was held for hours before being released without charge. trib.al/tYMBPec

ON THE LITERAL EVE OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR BEING ELECTED, ANNA WINTOUR KILLS PROGRESSIVE AND PROFITABLE TEEN VOGUE POLITICS DESK WHICH HAD JUST INTERVIEWED HIM *That’s* the headline. (Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)

This is my point again that the electorate has no idea of what's actually going on. Not in some ideological way, so you can argue whether it's good or not, just in a fact way.

Do not miss this stunning investigation that reveals how a Koch-funded machine and Silicon Valley's new found interest is behind the dangerous advanced nuclear hype in the US. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.

DC tried to celebrate Halloween. Instead it looked like occupied territory, with federal troops stalking the streets. When even costumes and candy are treated as a threat, you are now living in an authoritarian dystopia.

This is very, uh, not great. Just fyi. Especially for those of us in the direct path of a major tsunami from Alaska. 🙃

(9/9)This article details the administration’s ongoing destruction of NASA science. Here Press Secretary Bethany Stevens clearly violates the Hatch Act, as Acting Administrator Duffy has done. If they’re not held accountable, NASA’s integrity may never be restored. www.space.com/space-explor...

Back to the future. Administration is trying to hold on to 19th century energy sources.

“a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute.” GASLIGHT GATEKEEP GIRLBOSS

Things are pretty grim here in Chicago, but we at least have the advantage of getting a lot of national coverage. There are other places that aren't... like this case in Durango, CO. coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/p...

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.

The Senate has voted to end the national emergency that President Trump declared to impose tariffs on imports from Canada.

Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming. Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:

This morning federal agents arrested two hard working immigrants on my street because they didn’t have their papers on them, and tried to arrest my neighbor because his green card was in his house rather than on his person. We are now a “show me your papers” state, and it is outrageous. Get angry.

Pirro’s now the U.S. Attorney for D.C. and she’s holding a “community talk” at the Fifth District. If you believe in democracy, show up. This is a rare chance to speak truth to power.

One food bank in Virginia saw a 65% increase in visitors since last year, more than at the height of the pandemic. “We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.” (Published Oct. 3)

NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is. Very proud of my pal’s public work. open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

What happened to all the art, furniture and priceless historical treasures that were in the East Wing? Did Trump just give it away to his buddies? Is it at Mar-a-Lago? Did Jared and Ivana just help themselves to it? No one knows

They claimed they statistically proved moderation wins elections, but didn’t control for funding or incumbency? Not good. Controls aren’t hard to explain. “We zeroed out known advantages, such as money, to see if there’s an effect caused by moderation specifically.” Persuasive criticism here:

The American public is on the side of academic freedom, with solid majorities opposing the Trump regime's efforts to install political commissars that censor ideas he doesn't like, and force ideas he does, whether or not the evidence merits it. Leaders of higher education institutions take note.

This document is … insane? Incredible? In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus. It is un-American

Project 2025 is finally on full display and God has zero to do with it.💀☠️👺💩

"“the Bush admin tried to keep the torture secret, and that secrecy acknowledged the norm that these things were wrong...T, as he often does when he is breaking law or norms, is acting publicly and without shame or unease. This is a very successful way to destroy the efficacy of law and norms.”

Pro-apartheid apparently is back in style for MAGA but no surprise (Musk, faux-refugees, etc) ⬇️

Ah. “Mellon, the 77-year-old … who poured $30 million into 3 GOP super PACs in 5 months, wrote that black people were ‘even more belligerent’ after the expansion of social programs in the 1960s and 1970s and that Americans who rely on government assistance were ‘slaves of a new Master, Uncle Sam.’”