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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 17h

Welcome news.
(But why do higher-ed reporters always call these schools "elite"? Seems like a lazy formulation and sounds too close to "elitist," which they are not.)
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MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 19h

They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 18h

WTF???
Why would Qatar want a base on US soil? And why the hell would we even consider it???

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18h

Qatar gave Trump the luxury 747 that he wanted and now we are LETTING THEM BUILD A MILITARY BASE ON US SOIL

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

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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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 18h

The real test, of course, will be how well both news organizations put these fine principles into practice.
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Bari Weiss’s CBS News and MSNBC both just laid out their new journalistic principles — and they’re fascinatingly different

CBS: "America," "American," "all of the tools of the digital era," and speed. MSNBC: Press freedom, the First Amendment, and ethics.

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 20h

"Again I tell you," Mr. Thiel, "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
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Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 1d

This fall, LEAVE THE LEAVES!
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Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 1d

Higher ed needs its own version of NATO, including Article 5, which makes an attack on one an attack on all.

Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 2d

Campus Leaders Mobilize to Battle Trump's Anti-Education 'Compact' Tooth and Nail www.commondreams.org/news/trump-u...

Campus Leaders Mobilize to Battle Trump's Anti-Education 'Compact' Tooth and Nail | Common Dreams

Campus activist groups unite against Trump's proposed university compact, fighting to protect academic freedom and resist political interference.

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 1d

Are we any closer to knowing what ICE commander Tom Homan did with that bag of cash??? Where is it now?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 1d

Hah!

Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 2d

Love you #Portlandia! #resist #iceicebaby

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 1d

Why wait for Congress to investigate Jeffrey Epstein and his pals? The NY State Assembly could start right now! Issue subpoenas, get people under oath, get to the bottom of things.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois judge blocks ICE from using force against peaceful protesters, clergy and journalists. Also requires visible ID. An overdue victory for the First Amendment.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

(🚨) ICYMI: Rooftop Trump Sniper Shoots Unarmed, Peacefully Protesting Priest in Head in Shocking Video

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 1d

Uh-oh. This is ominous.

Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller Says ‘Quiet Part Out Loud,’ Claims Trump Has Unlimited ‘Plenary Authority’ Before Going Silent in Interview www.commondreams.org/news/stephen...

Stephen Miller Says ‘Quiet Part Out Loud,’ Claims Trump Has Unlimited ‘Plenary Authority’ Before Going Silent in Interview | Common Dreams

During an ominous interview, Trump's deputy chief of staff argued that Trump has "plenary authority"—essentially limitless power—to use the military in US cities. He then abruptly went silent, prompti...

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone name a theocracy that ever ended well? NYT should not be amplifying and legitimizing this guy.
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Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

Just one grifter winking at another.

Remember, Musk is the largest GOP donor in American history.

He donates 1000% more money to the GOP than a man (George Soros) who Republicans preposterously claim is the puppeteer of the Democratic Party rather than just a donor.

So what does that make *Musk*?

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2d

“He’s incredible at everything he does. We need 200 Elon Musks,” the president’s 41-year-old son said.

Eric Trump Insists U.S. Needs ‘200 Elon Musks’

The president’s son also weighed in on the volatile relationship between his father and the tech billionaire.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

The man with the nuclear codes is like your grandpa struggling with the TV remote

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 2d

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 2d

Resist!

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 2d

Military officials are pushing forward with new restrictions on the Pentagon press corps despite objections from news organizations and watchdog groups. News outlets are signaling that they don't intend to sign >>> www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/m...

Pentagon charges ahead with press restrictions ‘designed to stifle a free press,’ media orgs say | CNN Business

Military officials are pushing forward with new restrictions on the Pentagon press corps despite objections from news organizations and watchdog groups.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 2d

Oy!

Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 2d

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 2d

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 2d

It's also a tactic of Trump adviser Steve Bannon: "Flood the zone with shit"!

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

This powerful JB Pritzker response to Trump's lawless threats is another reminder of what I tried to argue this morning: Pritzker understands Stephen Miller's theory of this moment, and he's responding accordingly:

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 2d

Brava/bravo!
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MacArthur Fellows - MacArthur Foundation

The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ...

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Chris Daly @profdaly.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe we could do payback first, followed by reform!

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