Todd Wolfson
@proftwolf.bsky.social
Professor, Union Leader, Dad, Against Fascism
I love this quote about Marc Rowan:
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I love this quote about Marc Rowan:
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
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“Students, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Students, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
What word describes this behavior by the Federal Government and their quasi secret police force?
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Neighbor shares video of Border Patrol detaining two people outside their home in Charlotte. 🎥 Submitted 🔗 Visit our website for more coverage.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
What word describes this behavior by the Federal Government and their quasi secret police force?
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8U1QPvS/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8U1QPvS/
More evidence that they HATE us and they hate working families. It’s a grift
www.newsweek.com/trump-disman...
www.newsweek.com/trump-disman...
Trump dismantles Education Department, here's what happens to student loans
Six newly signed agreements represent the most sweeping transfer of the department’s responsibilities in its 45-year history.
www.newsweek.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
More evidence that they HATE us and they hate working families. It’s a grift
www.newsweek.com/trump-disman...
www.newsweek.com/trump-disman...
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IF YOU LIVE IN TN-07, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO VOTE???
Early voting is open NOW through Nov 26th.
Election day is Dec 2nd.
The numbers to a Behn victory are there...but only if we Get Out The Vote!
#AftynFTW
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Get in the fight: www.standupforscience.net/tennesseans-...
Early voting is open NOW through Nov 26th.
Election day is Dec 2nd.
The numbers to a Behn victory are there...but only if we Get Out The Vote!
#AftynFTW
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Get in the fight: www.standupforscience.net/tennesseans-...
SUFS Supports Aftyn Behn for TN-07 — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
The Stand Up For Science movement is growing because of you. Let's get more momentum going!
www.standupforscience.net
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
IF YOU LIVE IN TN-07, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO VOTE???
Early voting is open NOW through Nov 26th.
Election day is Dec 2nd.
The numbers to a Behn victory are there...but only if we Get Out The Vote!
#AftynFTW
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Get in the fight: www.standupforscience.net/tennesseans-...
Early voting is open NOW through Nov 26th.
Election day is Dec 2nd.
The numbers to a Behn victory are there...but only if we Get Out The Vote!
#AftynFTW
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Get in the fight: www.standupforscience.net/tennesseans-...
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AAUP TV — WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AAUP TV — WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
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WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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NEW: Jenna Norton, an NIH employee who is openly critical of Trump & RFK Jr, has been put on "non-disciplinary" administrative leave. She says the administration is trying to "scare and silence me." An HHS official, asked to comment, called her a radical leftist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
NEW: Jenna Norton, an NIH employee who is openly critical of Trump & RFK Jr, has been put on "non-disciplinary" administrative leave. She says the administration is trying to "scare and silence me." An HHS official, asked to comment, called her a radical leftist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
That is right @psuaaup.bsky.social
“[The decision] forces the university to respect the concept of shared governance...It’s a reminder to the university that they can’t simply make arbitrary administrative decisions without involving the faculty.”
— Bill Knight, President of AAUP Portland State University
@psuaaup.bsky.social
— Bill Knight, President of AAUP Portland State University
@psuaaup.bsky.social
Portland State Ordered to Reinstate Some Laid-Off Faculty
An independent arbitrator ordered Portland State University to reinstate 10 faculty members after determining the university violated its collective bargaining agreement with the Portland State Univer...
www.insidehighered.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
That is right @psuaaup.bsky.social
Tonight at 7p et @chenjerai.bsky.social and I are doing @aaup.org TV to discuss building a broad and militant coalition fighting for the future of higher education. Join us!
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Tonight at 7p et @chenjerai.bsky.social and I are doing @aaup.org TV to discuss building a broad and militant coalition fighting for the future of higher education. Join us!
Everyone should be out in the streets until this is resolved
This just into the newsroom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Everyone should be out in the streets until this is resolved
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A coalition of AAUP chapters in Atlanta stood up today for the future of higher education and marched from Morehouse College to Clark Atlanta University!
@neatoday.bsky.social
#defendacademicfreedom
@neatoday.bsky.social
#defendacademicfreedom
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Hear @proftwolf.bsky.social: “OUR compact is: higher education as a public good—that means free college for all; that means an end to student debt; that means work with dignity for everyone on our campuses; it means freedom to teach and freedom to learn without Big Brother on our back!”
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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What’s so painful about the attacks from the Jewish community on Zohran Mamdani in NYC—beyond the naked Islamophobia—is how they betray our own history. 1/4
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What’s so painful about the attacks from the Jewish community on Zohran Mamdani in NYC—beyond the naked Islamophobia—is how they betray our own history. 1/4
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Congrats to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and the grassroots movement of supporters for an inspiring, historic campaign. Working people in NYC rejected Cuomo/Trump/Musk to support someone they know will make this city we call home a safer, more affordable place for all families to thrive.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Congrats to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and the grassroots movement of supporters for an inspiring, historic campaign. Working people in NYC rejected Cuomo/Trump/Musk to support someone they know will make this city we call home a safer, more affordable place for all families to thrive.
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Best political news in a very, very long time.
Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens, will be the 111th mayor of New York. He will be the first Muslim to ever lead the city, as well as its first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor in more than a century.
nyti.ms/47O4mT0
nyti.ms/47O4mT0
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Best political news in a very, very long time.
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I've been a member of @aaup.org for years, and I couldn't be more pleased, now that we've affiliated with @texasaft.org, to say I'm a union member too.
I'm glad to see our organizing with @AAUP.org is giving more colleges the courage to stand up to the Trump administration. Trump's offer to give preferential treatment to colleges in exchange for allegiance to his ideological agenda is entirely corrupt. www.wesa.fm/identity-com...
University of Pittsburgh professors push back against Trump 'compact' for higher education
University of Pittsburgh professors have asked their school to reject a Trump "compact" that promises more access to federal resources to schools that sign on to his agenda
www.wesa.fm
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I've been a member of @aaup.org for years, and I couldn't be more pleased, now that we've affiliated with @texasaft.org, to say I'm a union member too.
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I'm glad to see our organizing with @AAUP.org is giving more colleges the courage to stand up to the Trump administration. Trump's offer to give preferential treatment to colleges in exchange for allegiance to his ideological agenda is entirely corrupt. www.wesa.fm/identity-com...
University of Pittsburgh professors push back against Trump 'compact' for higher education
University of Pittsburgh professors have asked their school to reject a Trump "compact" that promises more access to federal resources to schools that sign on to his agenda
www.wesa.fm
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I'm glad to see our organizing with @AAUP.org is giving more colleges the courage to stand up to the Trump administration. Trump's offer to give preferential treatment to colleges in exchange for allegiance to his ideological agenda is entirely corrupt. www.wesa.fm/identity-com...
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Trump is quite literally the biggest union buster in American history. Every single Republican who supports Trump is anti-union, including Vance and Hawley and the other mythological “we love workers” ones. You are all lying rat cowards.
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Trump is quite literally the biggest union buster in American history. Every single Republican who supports Trump is anti-union, including Vance and Hawley and the other mythological “we love workers” ones. You are all lying rat cowards.
If they are not paying SNAP benefits, and they won’t give people healthcare, and they are giving Elon Musk and his ilk tax breaks then riddle me this:
WHY SHOULD I PAY TAXES?
WHY SHOULD I PAY TAXES?
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
If they are not paying SNAP benefits, and they won’t give people healthcare, and they are giving Elon Musk and his ilk tax breaks then riddle me this:
WHY SHOULD I PAY TAXES?
WHY SHOULD I PAY TAXES?
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Trump gave Amazon a $16 billion tax break to accelerate its investments this year.
Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses.
No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will.
Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses.
No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will.
October 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Faculty, students & staff are joining together to defend & advance higher education on 11/7. Plan your action & register it here: docs.google.com/.../1bhu9QLt....
This event is in collaboration with studentsriseup.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aft.org
This event is in collaboration with studentsriseup.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aft.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Faculty, students & staff are joining together to defend & advance higher education on 11/7. Plan your action & register it here: docs.google.com/.../1bhu9QLt....
This event is in collaboration with studentsriseup.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aft.org
This event is in collaboration with studentsriseup.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aft.org
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Man they are really scared of poor people having affordable access to food and transportation.
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Man they are really scared of poor people having affordable access to food and transportation.
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WE HEARD YOU!
After some serious brainstorming, we will be launching an initiative that addresses these problems by looping in support from Blue districts to help build out activist hubs in target red districts.
So, go follow @standupforscience.bsky.social and stay tuned!
After some serious brainstorming, we will be launching an initiative that addresses these problems by looping in support from Blue districts to help build out activist hubs in target red districts.
So, go follow @standupforscience.bsky.social and stay tuned!
October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
WE HEARD YOU!
After some serious brainstorming, we will be launching an initiative that addresses these problems by looping in support from Blue districts to help build out activist hubs in target red districts.
So, go follow @standupforscience.bsky.social and stay tuned!
After some serious brainstorming, we will be launching an initiative that addresses these problems by looping in support from Blue districts to help build out activist hubs in target red districts.
So, go follow @standupforscience.bsky.social and stay tuned!
Join us in the fight
This image aptly captures this feeling of the walls closing in, a shrinking of freedoms in the academy over 10 years.
We can’t let these ideologues win. If you’re not a member of the @aaup.org, we need you to join now and take up the fight for #academicfreedom.
academic-freedom-index.net
We can’t let these ideologues win. If you’re not a member of the @aaup.org, we need you to join now and take up the fight for #academicfreedom.
academic-freedom-index.net
October 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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