Kevin Thompson, Ph.D.
@kgthompson3404.bsky.social
Professor, writer, dog-lover, and Pokémon enthusiast.
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“I’m really mad so thank you for letting me vent.
Abolish ICE.
We keep us safe.”
@seandoolittle.bsky.social and other athletes opened up to us about the DHS murders and the campaign of state terror being waged in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Abolish ICE.
We keep us safe.”
@seandoolittle.bsky.social and other athletes opened up to us about the DHS murders and the campaign of state terror being waged in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘Fascism is here now’: the US athletes pushing back on Trump’s America
World Series winner Sean Doolittle, Super Bowl champion Doug Baldwin and college star McKenzie Forbes have strong opinions on a troubled era
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“I’m really mad so thank you for letting me vent.
Abolish ICE.
We keep us safe.”
@seandoolittle.bsky.social and other athletes opened up to us about the DHS murders and the campaign of state terror being waged in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Abolish ICE.
We keep us safe.”
@seandoolittle.bsky.social and other athletes opened up to us about the DHS murders and the campaign of state terror being waged in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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They detained an American citizen, questioned him about his beliefs and criticisms of Trump. This could be any of us who have public opinions the administration doesn't like.
“I could explain Hasan Piker’s politics to you, but that’s entirely irrelevant. The bold, all caps, underlined point is that a high profile, US-born American citizen was detained on Sunday by ICE for, it would seem, the crime of speech.”
Hasan Piker’s ICE detainment is a cautionary tale for multiple reasons
The progressive Twitch star's account of his experience shows unchecked power, and what *not* to do if detained.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
They detained an American citizen, questioned him about his beliefs and criticisms of Trump. This could be any of us who have public opinions the administration doesn't like.
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The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
April 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
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"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
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i honestly have never seen a political leader so thoroughly destroy their credibility so quickly and, on the other side, it is abundantly clear that if anyone can claim a genuine leadership of large parts of the democratic party, it is AOC.
Folks is it good when your own party's leadership in the House is dropping "listen to the women" and MLK quotes on you while swing state members of your caucus are talking about new leadership
March 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
i honestly have never seen a political leader so thoroughly destroy their credibility so quickly and, on the other side, it is abundantly clear that if anyone can claim a genuine leadership of large parts of the democratic party, it is AOC.
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Today would be yet another good day for university presidents to loudly, collectively, & publicly start defending our institutions & industry. The silence is deafening & frankly, incomprehensible. What exactly are you waiting for? How many Columbias, Maines, & Johns Hopkins will it take?
The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Today would be yet another good day for university presidents to loudly, collectively, & publicly start defending our institutions & industry. The silence is deafening & frankly, incomprehensible. What exactly are you waiting for? How many Columbias, Maines, & Johns Hopkins will it take?
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Trump tonight: “I brought back free speech in America. It’s back.”
Trump this morning:
Trump this morning:
March 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Trump tonight: “I brought back free speech in America. It’s back.”
Trump this morning:
Trump this morning:
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South Carolina Republican Members of Congress voted in favor of Trump's Billionaire Budget. This budget will gut heath care and make it harder for people to put food on the table, while giving tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy.
#Trump #SCPol #ElonMusk #billionaires
#Trump #SCPol #ElonMusk #billionaires
March 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
South Carolina Republican Members of Congress voted in favor of Trump's Billionaire Budget. This budget will gut heath care and make it harder for people to put food on the table, while giving tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy.
#Trump #SCPol #ElonMusk #billionaires
#Trump #SCPol #ElonMusk #billionaires
Plugging this article to all 125 of my students after discussing the dynamism and animation in James Baldwin’s Pin Drop speech. I’m trying my best to do my part to fight against fascism.
LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare.
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Plugging this article to all 125 of my students after discussing the dynamism and animation in James Baldwin’s Pin Drop speech. I’m trying my best to do my part to fight against fascism.
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If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
I’ll follow you wherever you report, @joyannreid.bsky.social because you’re one of the best in the biz. I literally use your clips as exemplary reporting in my classroom. This decision doesn’t make sense.
Joy Reid’s evening news show on MSNBC is reportedly being canceled in a major shake-up
MSNBC Cancels Joy Reid’s Show in Major Shake-Up
Ms. Reid’s 7 p.m. program will be replaced by a panel show co-hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I’ll follow you wherever you report, @joyannreid.bsky.social because you’re one of the best in the biz. I literally use your clips as exemplary reporting in my classroom. This decision doesn’t make sense.
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Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
February 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
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for sale: checks & balances, never used
February 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
for sale: checks & balances, never used
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The White House contended that The Post “lied” by writing that the NIH funding change would cut biomedical research funding.
Susan Collins, after hearing from her constituents: “these cuts … would be devastating, stopping vital biomedical research and leading to the loss of jobs.”
Susan Collins, after hearing from her constituents: “these cuts … would be devastating, stopping vital biomedical research and leading to the loss of jobs.”
February 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The White House contended that The Post “lied” by writing that the NIH funding change would cut biomedical research funding.
Susan Collins, after hearing from her constituents: “these cuts … would be devastating, stopping vital biomedical research and leading to the loss of jobs.”
Susan Collins, after hearing from her constituents: “these cuts … would be devastating, stopping vital biomedical research and leading to the loss of jobs.”
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that President Trump's repeated statements about annexing Canada and making it the 51st state is something to be treated as a serious threat.
Behind Closed Doors, Trudeau Says Trump Threat to Take Over Canada Is Real
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking to business leaders in Toronto, attributed Mr. Trump’s statements about making Canada a U.S. state to Canada’s wealth of critical minerals.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that President Trump's repeated statements about annexing Canada and making it the 51st state is something to be treated as a serious threat.
Higher ed needs a national strike.
Cutting NIH to a 15% indirect cost rate will devastate American universities and medical programs in absurd ways. It’s not even legal what’s happening and NIH is issuing guidance anyway.
Trump has within the same hour appointed himself head of the Kennedy Ctr.
Cutting NIH to a 15% indirect cost rate will devastate American universities and medical programs in absurd ways. It’s not even legal what’s happening and NIH is issuing guidance anyway.
Trump has within the same hour appointed himself head of the Kennedy Ctr.
February 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Higher ed needs a national strike.
Cutting NIH to a 15% indirect cost rate will devastate American universities and medical programs in absurd ways. It’s not even legal what’s happening and NIH is issuing guidance anyway.
Trump has within the same hour appointed himself head of the Kennedy Ctr.
Cutting NIH to a 15% indirect cost rate will devastate American universities and medical programs in absurd ways. It’s not even legal what’s happening and NIH is issuing guidance anyway.
Trump has within the same hour appointed himself head of the Kennedy Ctr.
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NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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Here’s a story with some numbers. The proposed cuts are unfathomable: a 60% reduction to NSF would be the end of American science as we know it.
February 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here’s a story with some numbers. The proposed cuts are unfathomable: a 60% reduction to NSF would be the end of American science as we know it.
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Trump just said with Netanyahu that he expects the United States to “own and develop Gaza.”
Speechless.
Speechless.
February 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Trump just said with Netanyahu that he expects the United States to “own and develop Gaza.”
Speechless.
Speechless.
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#BREAKING: President Donald Trump said "the U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip" during a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.
February 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
#BREAKING: President Donald Trump said "the U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip" during a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.
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Hear me out —
If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is.
Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone.
If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is.
Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone.
Musk staff have access to student aid data now.
February 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Hear me out —
If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is.
Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone.
If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is.
Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone.