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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Tess Neal @tessneal.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciated the opportunity to do this talk. It's available online now for a couple of weeks if you are interested!

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Here's more information about the lecture itself and the true crime series of which it is part: www.lectures.iastate.edu/event/insani...

Insanity Cases that Shaped Popular Culture

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 2d

Before the U.S. declared independence, Thomas Paine declared war on kings, and on blind faith in authority.

His 1776 pamphlet ‘Common Sense’ still speaks to preserving skepticism as a core American value.

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In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings − and for being skeptical

‘In America, the law is king!’ ‘No King! No Tyranny!’ For a skeptical Thomas Paine, every day was ‘No Kings Day.’

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American Psychology-Law Society @ap-ls.org · 4d

Interested in learning about leadership in AP-LS? Consider joining the Embracing Leadership program! Applications are due December 15. Apply now here- buff.ly/c1NBRQs @aplssc.bsky.social

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Six former surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. wapo.st/3VTALll

RFK Jr "endangering the health of the nation."

"...the profound, immediate & unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored."

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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American Psychology-Law Society @ap-ls.org · 5d

Are you a graduate student member of AP-LS with an active IRB-approved research project? Apply now for the graduate student grants-in-aid! For more information and to apply- buff.ly/wkGIaSU @aplssc.bsky.social

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

The number of international students arriving in the U.S. in August fell by 19% this year compared with last year — the largest decline on record outside of the pandemic.

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August

The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 6d

"For me as a veteran, this is more than just a personal injustice—it’s a constitutional affront." #KavanaughStop

Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 6d

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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Ted McConnell @tedmcc.bsky.social · 6d

The latest from the Great Ann Telnaes...a reflection on what ICE did, in all our names, in Chicago and elsewhere...

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Christian A. Meissner @cameissner.bsky.social · 6d

Despicable political rhetoric for this context.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 6d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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NPR @npr.org · 6d

North Carolina and Idaho have cut their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new federal tax-and-budget law takes effect.

States are cutting Medicaid provider payments long before Trump cuts hit

North Carolina and Idaho have cut their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new federal tax-and-budget law takes effect.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 8d

Camouflaged agents.
Ziptying women and kids.
In the middle of the night.

Many were US citizens.

This is Trump’s America—and next it could be YOU.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9d

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 12d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 13d

"Data manipulation by the US Gov...makes crucial datasets untrustworthy and unusable. If the US Government secretly changes datasets for political reasons, researchers relying on the data might erroneously recommend ineffective or counterproductive interventions."
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Data manipulation within the US Federal Government

A US Department of Veterans Affairs dataset compiling veteran health-care use in 2021 was quietly amended on March 5, 2025. A column titled gender was renamed sex, and the words were also switched in ...

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 13d

Broadview Police have opened an investigation into an attack from federal agents on a CBS crew at Broadview, per BPD Chief Mills.

The following statement can be attributed to Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills:

“The Village of Broadview Police Department has launched a criminal investigation into an allegedly unprovoked attack on a CBS Chicago TV news reporter’s vehicle on Sunday by a chemical munition fired from the direction of U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facility. The victim declined medical attention. The Broadview Police Department expects the full cooperation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security into our criminal investigation.”

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 15d

Making us more secure daily 🙄

"Some of the warnings, most notably on climate change, had become politically inconvenient, according to former officials."

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Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 14d

New report says:
💸"20 CEOs...[all] said they're reducing their hiring ambitions at dawn of AI."
💻AI CEO Dario Amodei stated "AI could wipe out half of U.S. entry-level white-collar jobs + send unemployment soaring."
👨‍💼CEOs at Walmart + Amazon expect hiring freezes. www.axios.com/2025/09/27/j...

Jobs crisis in plain sight

Mike Allen and I spoke with 20 CEOs. All said they're cutting hiring plans as AI takes hold.

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APA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · 15d

Why #misinformation must not be ignored - A new, open access article by @ulliecker.bsky.social and colleagues, published in American Psychologist bit.ly/4pJ20fY

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 15d

Breaking: Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities.

Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities

Advocacy groups say the new state law, presidential executive order and gubernatorial letter Tedd Mitchell cited do not prohibit classroom discussions of particular LGBTQ+ identities.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 15d

NSF GRFP is out 2.5 months late w/key changes

1. 2nd year graduate students not eligible.

2. "alignment with Administration priorities"

3. Unlike prior years, they DO NOT specify the expected number of awards... that is a BIG problem.

a brief 🧵 w/receipts

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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WordScientist @wordscientist.bsky.social · 15d

Yes everything not ok despite heroic efforts by remaining NIH grants mgmt staff

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15d

New article from the Washington Post

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NIH pulled off a ‘near miracle.’ Scientists say there’s still a problem.

The National Institutes of Health is on track to give away all of its grant money to labs, but research on cancer, aging and diabetes is still being left behind.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15d

Today’s shameful shadow docket decision from the Supreme Court—allowing Trump to unilaterally cancel $4 billion in aid—is not behavior that any healthy democracy tolerates of its judiciary. It is a sign of constitutional rot that precedes the rule of law’s collapse. slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Constitution to Give Trump Terrifying New Powers

The conservative supermajority's lawless shadow docket decision let the president unilaterally cancel $4 billion in foreign aid.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 15d

More people should be talking about this.

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