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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 1d

Adjusted for inflation, NEA funding was highest--$1.8 billion--over the four years of the first Reagan administration & has remained stagnate--about $750 million per presidential term--for the last 25 years.

Line graph visualizing the NEA budget by presidential administration from 1966 to 2024 adjusted for inflation

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 17h

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

It was never about “free health care for illegals.” This is always what it was about. They have no intention of “fixing” the ACA, they intend to defund it.

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 16h

This #BannedBookWeeks, commit to an #action to #DefendLibraries, like showing up to your library's board meeting, participating in your Friends of the Library group, or even getting on your library board. www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#bi...

Resources — For The People

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 16h

Other way to think about: If these numbers were in any way justified, DHS would be falling all over itself to make those assault numbers public. Instead they hide behind generalities and percentages.

NPR @npr.org · 17h

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 16h

Bingo

Philip Loring @philiploring.com · 16h

I think this is right: establishment dems are more afraid of the country becoming progressive than they are of it being fascist.

Why? Because progressives come for inequity at its root cause and that impacts elite’s power and portfolios while also benefitting the republican base.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Jun 20

The smears against Zohran coming from the Democratic establishment are also a sign of fear—they’re more scared of the party becoming progressive than they are of the country already being fascist. If Zohran wins, it signals a reckoning. If Cuomo wins, they can keep the failing status quo intact.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

"The whole world is watching you, right here in Broadview!"

State trooper/sheriff's officer Coachella over here just keeps growing, too. Gotta be at least a hundred of them occupying this lot now. SWAT watching the protesters.

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 1d

We got ours today!!

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 1d

The Emmett Till Interpretative Center will continue its “Remembering Emmett” series with events across Mississippi in October and November, including at Tougaloo College, in Gulfport and in Mound Bayou.
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Emmett Till Center to Honor His Legacy With Events Across State

The Emmett Till Interpretative Center will continue its “Remembering Emmett” series with events across Mississippi in October and November.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 1d

kinda obsessed with weird as fuck as strategy right now.

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 2d

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d

Faculty members, students and staff are registering our vehement opposition to this latest federal intrusion into university operations. The ultimate decision regarding the “compact” will rest with the Board of Visitors, who have received votes of no confidence from the major constituencies of UVA.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d

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UVA: No decision on Trump compact; faculty strongly oppose it

The University of Virginia’s faculty has voted to reject any cooperation with U.S. Department of Education on a proposed compact.

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, @democrats.org, do this!

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

If it were in charge, I'd be posting up billboards and mobile bus signage and YouTube ads to that effect esp in swing districts.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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Climate.us @climate.us · 17d

🚨 NCA5 is now LIVE! 🚨

They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us

Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏

This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 1d

NYT wants to hear from researchers who had their funding cut, form here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

www.nytimes.com

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 1d

This #BannedBooksWeek it is more important than ever to celebrate the freedom to read and step into roles that continue to fight for one of the last free spaces--libraries. We created a Friends of the Library zine so you can learn how! www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo...

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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · 1d

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨University of Arizona students, staff, and faculty are speaking out against Trumps demands in exchange for money. Let’s boost their voices! 1/2

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

No surprises here. Bari Weiss understands that her major mission is to use CBS News to effect urgent damage repair on the Netanyahu regime image with the US public. This is not consistent with running a news operation. Rather it is a political propaganda operation for the benefit of a foreign power

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Lorie @ppattycat2.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, ANTIFA means Anti Facist!

It is a concept, not a group or organization.

An anti-facist is a person who doesn't want power concentrated into a person or group, like Kings/Queens or monarchs.

We want democratic rule.

Got it?

#SheShed
#DefendersofDemocracy

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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · 1d

This is called colonization and genocide.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Gaza is gonna be slowly redone. You have tremendous wealth in that part of the world by certain countries and just a small part of what they make will do wonders for Gaza."

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 1d

What gets me is anyone depending on the NYT for any real info about what's going on.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 2d

Agree 100%. I find myself feeling more and more anxious and more and more frustrated with my inability to find ways to help people move to that space of recognition and willingness to take action.

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