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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 3h

Parallels with K-12 there. We have a HS freshmen now. If she hadn‘t been in K-8 all this time and I just listened to Moms/Liberty ragers I wouldn’t know public schools are still teaching roughly the same nuts/bolts, milquetoast curriculum I had in the 70’s. Just basic, necessary stuff.

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Jon Whooley @drwhoo.bsky.social · 3h

My wife is an elementary school teacher for the last 15 years. I've been teaching at the college level about the same amount. I was recently told by family that they wouldn't "kowtow" to our experience when it came to their knowledge about what was 'wrong' with schools. They knew better.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 5h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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LauraD-in-Indy @laurad-in-indy.bsky.social · 3h

I've said it dozens of times. City government should put up live cams around the ICE facilities, the downtown area, and have them broadcast live feed, 24/7, on the city's website so people can go look for themselves whenever they wish.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

If I lived in Portland I’d be filming daily videos of the reality there and sending them to every single person in my contacts.

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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 3h

I met this guy <https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/person/rod-dreher> at a Nexus Institute roundtable that my wife was participating in; at a reception, listened to him rail on endlessly about universities in decline, and not once did he ask me about my experience (35+ years). He knew it all in advance.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you, Jeff!

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 3h

This is my experience too. The lack of curiosity is stunning.

Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 4h

My experience is that these self-appointed critics and would-be reformers of the higher ed system *never* take the opportunity to talk to people in the higher ed sector. They’re just not curious and don’t ask questions. They know the answers in advance. They’re the antithesis of real scholars.

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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 4h

My experience is that these self-appointed critics and would-be reformers of the higher ed system *never* take the opportunity to talk to people in the higher ed sector. They’re just not curious and don’t ask questions. They know the answers in advance. They’re the antithesis of real scholars.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 6h

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 12h

I'm struck by the confidence that this person, not situated in academia, who apparently did not speak to any students--and my guess is that the number of other people he spoke to is not "countless" but can easily be counted--has in his bold claim that "the system is broken."/9

But the system is broken. Over the past year, I have spoken with countless university presidents, directors and advisers; scholars and academics; and lawmakers, policy experts and activists. The one thing they all agree on is that our university system, which was once one of the nation’s greatest strategic assets, has lost its way.

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 11h

Let's call out how bizarre it is that finance bros like Marc Rowan want to dictate what is taught in universities and overturn the free market. US students pick their schools -- MIT, or Oberlin, or Liberty -- and pay to attend. The right response to Rowan is, why do you want to reduce free choice?

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 8h

yes, it's simply false that international students crowd out US-born students

The Impact of International Students on US Colleges: Higher Education as a Service Export

Mingyu Chen

June 3, 2021

Abstract

Between 2005 and 2016, international enrollment in US higher education nearly doubled. I examine how trade shocks in education affect public universities’ decision-making. I construct a shift-share instrument to exploit institutions’ historical networks with different origins of international students, income growth, and exchange-rate fluctuations. Contrary to claims that US-born students are crowded out, I find that international students increase schools’ funding via tuition payments, which leads to increased in-state enrollment and lower tuition prices. Schools also keep steady per-student spending and recruit more students with high math scores. Lastly, states allocate more appropriations to universities that attract fewer international students.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

Along with the Antifa nonsense, the goal here is to reclassify any dissent as dangerous. Which is not something elected officials in a democracy do.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 12h

And the international students paying full tuition subsidize much lower tuition for in-state folks, increasing affordability & student body size.

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 12h

They know that the power they hold is illegitimate and they’re increasingly preparing themselves to justify doing whatever it takes to hold on to it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham.bsky.social · 12h

In 1776, a Scottish housepainter called James Aitken set out on a secret mission to destroy the British navy and win the War of Independence for the United States. His story is the core of my book, EMPIRE ABLAZE: The American Revolution and the Atlantic Working Class, out next summer with Verso!

The cover of "Empire Ablaze: The American Revolution and the Atlantic Working Class," which features an image of an eighteenth-century building on fire, with small sailing boats visible on a river in the foreground.

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gzt aka zoidberg @giziti.bsky.social · 12h

international students typically pay for domestic students. they aren't taking slots, they're expanding the pie. unless you're talking about the handful of universities that account for like 1% or whatever of college enrollment.

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 13h

3) I don't see the evidence that domestic students are being "crowded out" by international students. There are many excellent private and public universities desperate to increase (or even maintain) the size of their student bodies. The idea that there is not room for all rings false to me.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 12h

He and May Mailman, the Trump administration's point person on "deals" with elite universities, make broad generalizations about universities without direct knowledge and a small sample size of informants, many of whom, I imagine, are ideologically motivated./10

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 12h

I'm struck by the confidence that this person, not situated in academia, who apparently did not speak to any students--and my guess is that the number of other people he spoke to is not "countless" but can easily be counted--has in his bold claim that "the system is broken."/9

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 12h

Link to the opinion piece by Marc Rowan, Chief Executive of Apollo Global Management, who "played a part in the compact’s initial formulation, working alongside an administration working group."/8
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13h

Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 13h

Most of this laundry list of "overwhelming evidence" is tendentious. Let's go through them.
1) A big driver of high costs at public universities has been a decrease in state appropriations. Many public schools have been forced to act on a public/private model as a result..../1

The evidence is overwhelming: outrageous costs and prolonged indebtedness for students; poor outcomes, with too many students left unable to find meaningful work after graduating; some talented domestic students and scholars have been crowded out of enrollment and employment opportunities by international students; and a high degree of uniformity of thought among faculty members and administrators, which can result in a hostile environment for students with different ideas.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 13h

The University of South Carolina has frozen tuition for in-state students for the past 7 years, meaning it costs 25% less to attend than before that. We also guarantee free tuition for 4 years to in-state students in the top 10% of their high school classes with family incomes below 80k.

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 13h

Most of this laundry list of "overwhelming evidence" is tendentious. Let's go through them.
1) A big driver of high costs at public universities has been a decrease in state appropriations. Many public schools have been forced to act on a public/private model as a result..../1

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 13h

our discussion is about tensions in the text (say between small government and Goldwater's desire to have a strong military), about how the text links to or conflicts with others that we have read, say, Russell Kirk or Phyllis Schlafly, and about how it relates to the historical events we study./7

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