Goldie Blumenstyk
@goldiestandard.bsky.social
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I created The Edge newsletter on innovation in & around higher ed for The Chronicle of Higher Education. And I wrote the bestseller: American Higher Education in Crisis? What Everyone Needs to Know
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Dan Vock
@danvock.bsky.social
· Sep 8
Historic peace vigil partially dismantled after Trump orders: ‘Take it down’
On Sunday, law enforcement officials removed parts of the Peace Vigil, which is widely considered to be the longest continuous act of political protest in U.S. history.
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![In a combative appearance before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, Kennedy bristled when Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire) accused the Trump administration of taking steps that deny people vaccines.
"Everybody can get the vaccine. You're just making things up," Kennedy said. "You're making things up to scare people, and it's a lie."
In Virginia, Elaine Cox said she and her husband asked their doctor for a prescription before leaving Saturday for a vacation in Italy. The office declined because it hadn't received CDC guidance. Cox, 68, suffers from chronic lung disease, and her nephew died of the viral infection in 2022.
"I was crying this afternoon about this," she said on Thursday. "My family takes [covid] very seriously."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6wwty6iar2ya7heph6d25cw3/bafkreicubujwawlbrb2fadzes7dsqupwbvejopcwwfyut7qji6aogbs2je@jpeg)
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Dr. Lucky Tran
@luckytran.com
· Sep 4
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Robert Kelchen
@robertkelchen.com
· Aug 27
Why the Unlikely Leader of Trump’s Antisemitism Task Force May Be the Perfect Man for the Job
As a Black, Christian, former Democrat with little previous engagement with Jewish causes, Leo Terrell seemed an improbable pick to eradicate anti-Semitic harassment in higher ed. But his zeal and foo...
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The Associated Press
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· Aug 22
Hegseth fires general whose agency's intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iran nuclear sites from U.S. strikes angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision.
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