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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

‪Walter Olson‬ goes through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talks about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what he describes as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 4h

This is the way. Never cut deals with fascists.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 8h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 5h

Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!

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☀️what the bitch☀️ @huma.bsky.social · 3h

There’s always an Israel connection it seems

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 3h

A public health insurance option was an unrealized dream of Obamacare. Years later, Nevada is about to start offering its variation of the concept. Here’s what consumers need to know: thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3h

Consequences!

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 8h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 5h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Ben Bellows @benbellows.bsky.social · 3h

Why the f*ck is Kid Rock checking out college kids? It’s his name, isn’t it. He’s a kid, not at heart, but in a brand name kind of way. That or he’s a sad sack of beyond best by date.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 4h

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 7h

In DC there are social media accounts that immediately alert people to blockades and raids, for instance. Stuff like that would be really helpful here.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 8h

Turns out lawyers are on Bluesky

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13h

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

Mamdani: I run against a disgraced former governor who, in this moment, has chosen to issue a statement in which he cannot even say the name Tish James, nor the name Donald Trump.

If you cannot say Trump’s name today—how will you stand up to him tomorrow?

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Ben Bellows @benbellows.bsky.social · 7h

Mas postcards!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

The man was 77 years old and his wife previously organized one of the local ‘No Kings’ protests. All he did was write ‘You Lack Values’ and got an intimidation visit from Desantis’s Gestapo.

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Ben Bellows @benbellows.bsky.social · 7h

Schedule the post, queue up some trades, and buy the dip. So easy even grandpa could do it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Hours after posting that "there seems to be no reason" to meet with President Xi, Trump now says "I would assume we might have" a meeting after all

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 11h

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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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 8h

A Least Bittern facing forward in no-neck mode and then facing to the left in maximum-neck mode.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10h

“So we fight on just the same. With Dylan Thomas, we refuse to go quietly into that good night, but rather rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Or, as another poet put it, ‘Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.’”

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Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like?

What if the Constitution *is* a suicide pact?

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 11h

When Fox News lies, people die | We explain on PBS Newshour how the antiscience disinformation spread by the Murdoch media empire and especially Fox News, likely lead to hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths in the U.S. And that's just COVID-19. Their fossil fuel disinformation is as deadly.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 3d

"Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science" | My #ScienceUnderSiege co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I spoke with @wbrangham.bsky.social of the @pbs.org #Newshour:
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Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science

From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 10h

It’s Hamas
It’s antifa
It’s Soros
It’s terrorism
It’s…
It’s…

It’s Americans who will be peacefully marching with signs and supporting democracy—and don’t want a King.

#WeAreTheMajority
And they know it.

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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 11h

Yes, I'm always amazed when people complain about how much COBRA costs. It's literally what your insurance already cost,* it's just no longer being subsidized by your employer.

*+2% for admin fees

Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 12h

The reason people THINK employer coverage is significantly less expensive than ACA coverage is because around 75% of the premium cost is typically PAID BY THE EMPLOYER.

ACA tax credits effectively take the place of the employer's share of ESI premiums.

KFF.org: Avg. annual worker & employer premium contributions

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David Thornton (Pilot Pundit) @captainkudzu.bsky.social · 11h

Give them the Kristi Noem Award

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13h

Family says Border Patrol agents shot and killed their dog after being given permission to search the house for undocumented immigrants.

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El Paso family claims Border Patrol killed their dog during search, CBP reviewing incident

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they are reviewing a "use of force incident" in El Paso, after a family says a Border Patrol agent unjustifiably shot...

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 12h

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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