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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3h

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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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 2h

Whoa, Judge Perry says the Feds’ declarations about unrest at ICE facilities are not credible because some of the incidents they cite in their declarations were separately no-billed by grand juries

The Court therefore must make a credibility assessment as to which version of the facts
should be believed. While the Court does not doubt that there have been acts of vandalism, civil
disobedience, and even assaults on federal agents, the Court cannot conclude that Defendants' declarations are reliable. Two of Defendants' declarations refer to arrests made on September 27,
2025 of individuals who were carrying weapons and assaulting federal agents. See Doc. 62-2 at
19; Doc. 62-4 at 5. But neither declaration discloses that federal grand juries have refused to
return an indictment against at least three of those individuals, which equates to a finding of a lack of probable cause that any crime occurred. See United States v. Ray Collins and Jocelyne Robledo, 25-cr-608, Doc. 26 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 7, 2025); United States v. Paul Ivery, 25-cr-609

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 5h

The NYC Department of Correction is extremely serious about projecting an image of reform, lawfulness, and considered, sober judgment these days, so it has decided to rename its Lower Manhattan jail complex after... multiply disgraced criminal Bernie Kerik.

hellgatenyc.com/city-jail-na...

Adams Administration Quietly Renames the Tombs for Disgraced Criminal Bernard Kerik

The Lower Manhattan jail facility briefly bore Kerik's name once before, until he was convicted of corruption.

hellgatenyc.com

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 2h

How to do something useful with a nazi flag.
books.google.co.uk/books?id=3Ek...

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 2h

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June.

With Hector now out on bond, the family faces mounting legal fees and the fear of deportation.

"He's my role model," his son says. "My biggest supporter. I rely on him a lot."
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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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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 2h

Excellent thread outlining the significance of recent attacks on professors and academic freedom. I would just add that this targeted harassment and doxing has been happening for quite some time to K-12 educators caught up in the "Rainbow Panic" over the discussion of LGBTQ+ topics in schools.

Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 8h

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 2h

Wyoming is the state that Trump carried by the largest margin in 2024.

And a 60 year-old couple living in Cody, Wyoming, earning $60,000 a year will see their ACA premium rise from $268 a month to $473 a month in January if the ACA subsidies are not extended as Democrats are demanding they be.

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, Trump voters want the ACA subsidies extended. Which is what the shutdown is over and what Republicans are resisting.

Because they’re going to get screwed severely if nothing changes. And we aren’t even talking about the rural hospital closings yet.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 8h

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Rebecca Bodenheimer @rmbodenheimer.bsky.social · 7h

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As for her call for non-academics to get involved: one thing you should do if you see attacks on academic freedom or administrators capitulating to Trump's extortion at your alma mater is to write the uni/college president & express your outrage. They need to hear from alumni ASAP. Template👇

Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 8h

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

Authoritarian systems tend towards corruption because they a) attract people disinterested in maintaining public goods, and b) systematically remove guardrails and accountability to enable private capture of those goods

Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 7h

How a New Firm With DHS Ties Won a $915 Million Contract to Help Immigrants "Self-Deport."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 5h

@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact."

President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."

The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

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T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, also sidewheel steamships were just cool.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6h

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 · 6h

"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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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 4h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 6h

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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Charlotte Canning @cmcanning.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly

PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 3h

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Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social · 3h

Virginia Senate leaders say UVa should cease considering the “compact”:

“The conditions outlined … are fundamentally incompatible with the mission and values of a premier public research university.”

www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

Virginia Senate leaders express “unequivocal opposition” to Compact

The letter calls upon the University to immediately cease consideration of the Compact, and if not, the state will work to negatively impact the University’s funding.

www.cavalierdaily.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3h

Ive always hated math, but somehow used to make As in every math course all the way up to Intermediary Calculus. Also I know how to use a calculator.
I do therefore might know enough to know that if you reduce the price of drugs by 650%, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3h

This eugenicist fucker

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Apr 3

Flashback to 2020, peak of COVID pandemic when Dr. Oz said "...the opening of schools may only cost us 2-3% in terms of total mortality... it might be a tradeoff some folks would consider."

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to lead Medicaid and Medicare

Oz will assume the role as administrator of the CMS with little to no experience in government health policy.

www.msnbc.com

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 7h

Two things about fascism I didn't really grasp until it became our reality:

1) it's not all-or-nothing. You can have more or less fascism. (Which means even though that's where we are, we can still push back, resist, make many things less bad for many people.

2) It isn't *everywhere* +

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 3h

For the immigrant community in Dallas, the shooting is yet another instance of the violence and fear they have endured under President Donald Trump’s nearly $30 billion “deportation-industrial complex” and a continuation of the lack of transparency and accountability from the government.

In Dallas, Organizers Mourn the Immigrant Victims of Recent ICE Shooting

At a vigil outside city hall last week, advocates gathered to “center the victims” and to condemn the “dehumanization” of migrants by the federal government.

www.texasobserver.org

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 6h

So they are adding new wrinkles to the #KavanaughStops

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 4h

New Mexico paying out $400,000 because agents for the attorney general and BCSO's deputies raided David McGhee’s home, destroying cameras, damaging the premises, assaulting his dog with a fire extinguisher & “unreasonably” seizing property and cash in a fruitless search for evidence of a crime

State pays Albuquerque's 'Mr. Discount' $400,000 to settle claim over home raid

Law enforcement assaulted his dog with a fire extinguisher and seized property and cash, according to David McGhee's tort claim notice.

www.santafenewmexican.com

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