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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 1h

MIT President Kornbluth announced on Friday the university “cannot support” Trump’s compact, saying the university disagreed with a number of the principles laid out in the document, including policies that would limit freedom of expression and institutional independence.

MIT President Says ‘We Cannot Support’ Trump’s Compact

The institution’s president, Sally Kornbluth, wrote: The proposal “is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 3h

Wtf? We're allowing foreign countries to build military bases on US soil?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Mnmeditor @mnmeditor.bsky.social · 16h

I think I heard a collision with Wiseman ?

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Mnmeditor @mnmeditor.bsky.social · 16h

I don’t like this Jaden news

Mnmeditor @mnmeditor.bsky.social · 17h

Keep it goin

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Mnmeditor @mnmeditor.bsky.social · 18h

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18h

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

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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Mnmeditor @mnmeditor.bsky.social · 18h

FYI Tree Trust in St Paul has a matching donor going now so monthly donations are tripled for first year. treetrust.org 🌲 🌳 🌳

Transforming Lives and Landscapes

Tree Trust helps young people build sustainable careers, plants trees, and provides professional tree care & landscaping through Tree Trust Landscape Services.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23h

Chicagoans won a temporary restraining order today that prevents federal agents from using tear gas, pepper spray and other weapons against journalists and peaceful protesters.
We’re fighting back peacefully in Chicago because — unlike Trump — we believe in the rule of law.

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray...

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."

Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.

In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.

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USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment

Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Our farmers want trade, not aid.

This is a band-aid solution to a problem Trump caused single handedly.

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Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Mnmeditor @mnmeditor.bsky.social · 1d

Well done!

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Farm Aid @farmaid.org · 1d

We were very proud to learn this week that Farm Aid 40, which took place last month in Minneapolis, was the first-ever Zero Waste event at Huntington Bank Stadium! That means we reached a 90% diversion rate.

In these photos, hay bales are donated to a local farmer:

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Women’s March Minnesota @womensmarchmn.bsky.social · 1d

📣Location Update! Meet at #TheCommons in downtown Minneapolis for #NoKings #TwinCities on Sat., 10/18 at 1 pm and then we march!📣

Additional details:
indivisibletwincities.org/no-kings-twi...

@indivistwincities.bsky.social @mn50501.bsky.social @mnaflcio.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: TN National Guard veteran Rachel Davis is headed to Memphis to protest the Trump-Lee troop deployment.

She is joining a veteran-led movement launched by @jollygoodginger.bsky.social to protest against military operations in American cities.

Via WSMV www.wsmv.com/video/2025/1...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Reverend David Black, other faith leaders, journalists, and protestors have joined a class action lawsuit alleging ICE violated their First Amendment rights during protests outside a detention center.

The brutality of this regime is on full display.

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Mnmeditor @mnmeditor.bsky.social · 1d

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 1d

Maddow: "Since Trump has been back in office, he has just been destroying the top leadership of the U.S. military."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

We must all stand up and speak out.

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