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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · Apr 8

International students will stop coming to American universities if their visas are going to be at risk. This will make our intellectual community poorer and also make tuition more expensive for domestic students.

Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · Apr 8

UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.

Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · Apr 7

LATEST: At least 45 student visas across the state have been revoked by the Trump administration, California universities report, as numbers grow. A lawsuit has been filed in a Los Angeles federal court against DHS and Kristi Noem www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen @alixabeth.bsky.social · Apr 6

Congratulations!

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Apr 5

"Conservatives and socialists believed in the power and influence of institutions and regarded them as a necessary safeguard against the chaos, injustice and cruelty caused by uncontrolled individualism." Isaiah Berlin, 1949. Could have been written yesterday.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Apr 5

BREAKING: Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework.

Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session

The Senate plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework.

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · Apr 5

If "protests in all 50 states" wanted above-the-fold coverage in @nytimes.com, they should have been "seven random Americans" instead

NYT home page: more prominent coverage for "7 Americans React to Sweeping Tariffs" and "A Sticky Miso Salmon Bowl for Busy Weeknights" than for "Anti-Trump Protests in All 50 States"

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Brooke Wolford, PhD @bnwolford.bsky.social · Apr 4

If you or someone you know has been negatively affected by NIH-funded clinical trials being paused, disrupted, cancelled etc., I have a contact with the Senate HELP Committee eager to collect stories of everyday Americans affected by the NIH closures. Please DM me.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · Apr 3

It's getting buried, but Houston will almost certainly not have representation in Congress until January 2027.

Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died nearly a month ago and Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has simply decided not to call a special election to fill the seat.

Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election

One month after Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner's death, Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to call a special election to fill his seat.

www.nbcnews.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · Apr 3

I mean, yes, this is bad, but also, like ...

Baserates matter.

For most of the market's history, a 2000 point drop would have been like it just got evaporated.

Absolute drops aren't the right metric here.

(My loyalty to baserates transcends any sort of partisan affiliation.)

Graph of 100 yrs of the stock market. Most of the time, it's below 10,000, if not 5,000.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · Apr 3

Others have tried to capture the economic effects of the tariff bomb. Here’s another: Trump has destroyed US diplomacy. Forget the liberal international order. US diplomacy as we knew it is over. Thread: 1/

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Apr 3

In the midst of everything else, don’t miss this story. (Gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...

Republicans Plan to Skirt Senate Rules to Push Through More Tax Cuts (Gift Article)

G.O.P. leaders are planning to use the “nuclear option” to steer around the Senate’s in-house referee and allow the use of a gimmick that makes trillions of dollars in tax cuts appear to be free.

www.nytimes.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Apr 3

The plot thickens, maybe

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Apr 3

Princeton, Tufts, U Mich, Georgetown - some better responses starting to circulate

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Apr 2

NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

4. With her consent, the University can confirm that Ms. Oztürk is a third-year doctoral student in good academic and administrative standing. Her research focuses on how young adults can use social media in positive, prosocial ways and she is described by her faculty as a hard-working student dedicated to her studies and the Tufts community. The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention. The University has seen an outpouring of support for Ms. Öztürk over the last week from Tufts students, faculty and staff. These individuals have described Ms. Öztürk as a valued member of the community, dedicated to her academic pursuits and committed to her colleagues.

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · Apr 3

Every day cabinet members and GOP leaders are missing a chance to have their great-grandchildren read their names in history books.

They could simply say that the mad emperor has no clothes and walk away from a disaster, live on air.

And yes, they can afford security.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 3

BROWN: The EU and China have already vowed to retaliate. At what point would the administration consider pulling back on tariffs?

LUTNICK: I don't think there's any chance Trump is gonna back off his tariffs. This is the reordering of global trade.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · Apr 3

Everyone needs to call up their Republican members of Congress today & ask them why they’re raising taxes on their own constituents. Make them own this because they do.

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Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social · Apr 3

You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Apr 3

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · Apr 2

Two-thirds of both houses of Congress could undo this whenever they want by passing a bill over Trump's veto taking all power to set tariff rates away from him. Tariffs are set by law. The Constitution gives the president no power over tariffs--only our current laws do that.

Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · Apr 2

Tariffs are actually controlled by law. Trump can only raise tariffs because the current law says the president can declare an emergency and change rates. Congress could actually pass a law that repeals **all** presidential discretion on tariff rates.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Apr 2

A pivotal group of Senate Republicans is set to deliver a symbolic rebuke to President Trump's tariffs on Canadian products.

Support from four Republicans would give a Democratic resolution to block Trump's Canadian tariffs enough votes to pass in the Senate if all 47 Democrats also vote in favor.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Apr 3

The dam is starting to crack.

-4 GOP Senators joined the Dems to rebuke his tariffs

-a GOP Senator wrote a WaPo op-ed decrying his attacks on research and higher ed

-Rogan & Coulter are questioning his immigration policies

-his economic approval dropped to 40%

-his right-hand man lost big in WI

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Apr 3

The vote was 51-48, so couldn't pass a filibuster if it came to an actual bill and not a resolution, but it's a start.
apnews.com/article/cong...

Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports

The Senate has passed a resolution that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada.

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Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · Apr 2

What's absolutely wild about this is the way they've manufactured a global financial crisis for no reason at all. This isn't 2007-08, where it was a bubble bursting. This is taking a relatively thriving economy and deliberately destroying it in the first three months of your presidency.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · Apr 3

Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?

A tweet by "rohit" discusses the application of AI in geopolitics, specifically focusing on tariffs, and includes a table comparing tariff rates between China and the US.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · Apr 3

To put this in actionable terms: everyone with a connection to any college or university (alum, parent, student, faculty, works there) should send a letter to their president's office urging them to issue a statement calling for due process for student detentions. Do it now! #DueProcessForAll

Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · Apr 3

Every single university president should be asked, in public, why they are not speaking out this way to support all the students currently detained without due process, and all those terrified that they will be next, on every campus in this country. Yes, including Columbia's acting president.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Apr 2

NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · Apr 3

Every single university president should be asked, in public, why they are not speaking out this way to support all the students currently detained without due process, and all those terrified that they will be next, on every campus in this country. Yes, including Columbia's acting president.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Apr 2

NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

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Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen @alixabeth.bsky.social · Apr 3

Good thinking for folks who can do it.

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Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen @alixabeth.bsky.social · Apr 2

Costco is gonna be 🔥 🔥 🔥 this weekend

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