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Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 9h

For tonight's game, I'm "Go Blue" all the way 💙

But, when it comes to faculty organizing, it's MSU for the win! 💚

MSU tenured faculty unionizes, gets recognized by university

Tenured faculty at Michigan State University were recognized as a union this week. Approval for the union comes after arbitration between MSU faculty and administration.

www.michiganpublic.org

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 1d

Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...

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Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 2d

This is not a "press corp," this is a propaganda machine sanctioned by an authoritarian regime

Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout

A new crop of conservative media and influencers signed an agreement with the Pentagon, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

I know some might be tired of me repeating this, but it bears mentioning again and again....

Trump is not leaving office.

They are going to go for martial law if it looks likely that the GOP will lose the House.

You just have to listen to them.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3d

This thread lists donors who are buying access to Trump by helping him demolish the East Wing of the White House to build his monstrous monument to himself.
#BoycottsArePatriotic

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 4d

Who are the private donors funding the disgusting demolition of the East Wing of the people's house for Trump's $250M gilded ballroom?

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25News WEEK @25newsnow.com · 3d

With Supreme Court ruling still pending, judge extends block on Guard in Chicago indefinitely

DETAILS: https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/10/22/opening-arguments-begin-trial-sean-grayson/

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.

Threads post from julieceye

At my local Home Depot today in Evanston, IL. They abducted 5 people in my immediate area.

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Emily @emilyyour8.bsky.social · 3d

Decidedly un-Fun Fact: 1,481 UVA graduates served as officers in the Confederate Army. Including Confederate Secretary of State RM Hunter and Dr. Charles Pepper of Dr. Pepper soda fame.

In total about 1/3 of all antebellum UVA graduates served in the Confederate Army.

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Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 3d

What, huh, UVA?

Somehow it's hard to believe that killing DEI comports with "upholding academic freedom"

UVA bends the knee on DEI to get the Trump DOJ off its back

The University of Virginia is trying to claim victory in the matter of the five sham Justice Department investigations into the school’s DEI policies.

augustafreepress.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

The New York Times writes 21 paragraphs about the Warner Brothers sale without a single mention of the fact that this company has a 25 year history of disastrous mergers (AOL, AT&T, Time Warner, Discovery) resulting in endless layoffs and price hikes and shittier product

Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Is Considering a Sale

www.nytimes.com

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 3d

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

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Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 4d

IU journalism students for the win 💙

IDS editors’ attorney alleges censorship in RCFP letter to IU administrators

The letter urged administrators to restore the paper’s editorial independence.

www.idsnews.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 5d

While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.

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Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 5d

"Dialogue" with a tyrant...? Gross 🤢

Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 5d

Vanderbilt is not rejecting the Compact on higher education.

Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 5d

A single word "no" would be better than this hogwash.

Dan Liebler @dliebler.bsky.social · 5d

Vanderbilt response to the Trump ‘compact’ is too clever by half. Dodging the immoral dominance play and pretending it’s a reasoned conversation. Vandy wishes to play ball as an elite institution on a level with MIT, Penn and UVA. Struck out looking.

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 5d

Vanderbilt has arrived, late to the chat, with this shambles of a response. While technically true, this is a clear abdication of any moral responsibility. They even work in a mention of their commitment to "institutional neutrality" later in the email.

Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 5d

More than a metaphor 😭

Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 5d

More than a metaphor 😭

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5d

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 5d

Negotiating with a tyrant is a fool's errand

But one of these in$titutions will inevitably take the bait

Who will bite first?

Exclusive | White House Meets With New Colleges About ‘Compact’ After Rejections

Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Kansas and Arizona State University are invited to weigh in after MIT, others turned down the proposal.

www.wsj.com

Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 5d

Way to Go! 💙 California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and Guam

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 5d

In a clear rebuke of recent federal health policy, 15 Democratic governors announced today they’ve formed a public health alliance that breaks with guidance from the Trump administration and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Democratic governors launch multistate public health alliance to counter Trump, RFK Jr. • Ohio Capital Journal

In a clear rebuke of recent federal health policy, 15 Democratic governors announced today they’ve formed a public health alliance that breaks with guidance from the Trump administration and U.S.…

ohiocapitaljournal.com

Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 5d

Earth to academe:

Universities need to stop turning a blind eye to this threat

Espionage 101: Don’t Enroll 600,000 Chinese Communist Party Spies at American Colleges

What is most troubling about the specter of a record-breaking 600,000 PRC students inundating our college campuses is that their presence here is a key component of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP)...

cis.org

Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 5d

“Let’s be crystal clear: The President is trying to hijack a nutrition program to fuel his mass surveillance agenda”

Georgia and at least 26 other states turned over sensitive data about food stamp recipients to USDA

Georgia and at least 26 other states have shared sensitive data with the Trump administration on millions of people who receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SN...

www.wabe.org

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Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 7d

Sometimes solidarity looks like buying all the tamales 💙

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 8d

Chicago cyclists are buying out tamale carts to keep vendors home and safe from ICE. blockclubchi.co/42KQ57O

Prof Williams @aewillia.bsky.social · 7d

"Please Show Up"

Ariel Parrella @arielparrella.bsky.social · 8d

Despite fear and uncertainty in the area, business owners are trying to stay positive and hope outsiders will come patronize their shops: “One less dinner in Roscoe Village and Wrigley and out in this neighborhood that needs help will make a huge difference. blockclubchi.co/4ouCMAR

Belmont Cragin Business Owners Beg For Support As ICE Fears Devastate Sales And Closures Loom

Despite fear and uncertainty in the area, business owners are trying to stay positive: "One less dinner in Roscoe Village and Wrigley and out in this neighborhood that needs help will make a huge diff...

blockclubchi.co

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10d

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

"The book is called, Read This When Things Fall Apart. I read it when things fell apart. It cradled me when I fell apart ... This book will have wisdom for you. May it hold you the way it held me."

I Read This When Things Fell Apart and You Should, Too

You don’t have to be an organizer or activist to read this book. It will have wisdom for you.

whogivesafocal.ghost.io

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