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God @thegodpodcast.com · 3d

Thou Shalt Not Declare War On Thine Own Country.

WendyMC 🏳️‍🌈💪🏻 @wendyphd.bsky.social · 3d

"This compact is a “reward” in exactly the same sense that it is “rewarding” to purchase protection from the Mafia. The compact is an open, explicit threat." balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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WendyMC 🏳️‍🌈💪🏻 @wendyphd.bsky.social · 4d

"The future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it. If any schools capitulate, the pressure will be enormous on all to fold. The only solution is solidarity and collective action against this effort at federal control over higher ed." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 6d

People are going to go back to reporting icy conditions on Waze

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6d

Apple agreed with the Trump admin’s demands that they remove apps that helped people track ICE agents from the Apple Store: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8d

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

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WendyMC 🏳️‍🌈💪🏻 @wendyphd.bsky.social · 8d

"Viral outrage, administrative investigations and threats to cut state or federal funding to schools can all contribute to an intensifying climate of fear of retribution that constrains educators’ ability to teach freely."
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McCarthyism’s shadow looms over controversial firing of Texas professor who taught about gender identity

The McCarthy era in the 1950s was another politically contentious time that raised questions about how politics influences what gets taught in the classroom.

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Stephanie Medley-Rath @smedleyrath.bsky.social · 10d

🎓 Thinking about adding a minor to your degree? Discover why sociology might be the perfect complement to your major! From enhanced critical thinking to better career prospects, learn what makes this minor so valuable. Read the full guide ➡️ sociologycoach.com/should-i-min... #College #Sociology

Should I Minor in Sociology? Your Complete Guide to Making the Right Choice 🤔

Wondering "should I minor in sociology?" Discover the benefits, career opportunities, and practical considerations of adding a sociology minor to your academic journey.

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WendyMC 🏳️‍🌈💪🏻 @wendyphd.bsky.social · 13d

Excellent article on how the No Kings movement can push beyond protesting to make a real difference! antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/from-spark...

From Spark to Sustained Fire

How the No Kings Movement Can Reach the Tipping Point

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WendyMC 🏳️‍🌈💪🏻 @wendyphd.bsky.social · 16d

"This disinvestment has contributed to NJ having the fourth-highest college attendance costs nationally at $29,392 annually for in-state students at public institutions. NJ grads carry the sixth-highest debt burden nationally, averaging $39,709 in 2020." www.theeduledger.com/demographics...

New Jersey Advocacy Group Calls for Major Higher Education Funding Increases Amid Federal Attacks

The report warns that the state's higher education system faces a critical crossroads as the Trump administration moves to eliminate the Department of Education, restrict student debt relief, and ban ...

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NPR @npr.org · 20d

Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.

Ousted CDC director testifies she was fired for resisting pressure from RFK Jr.

Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 21d

Higher ed folks, if you're not involved now is the time. J

oin your campus union or @aaup.org chapter, or if you don't have one start a @standhighered.bsky.social chapter: www.standtogetherhighered.org

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 21d

The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

Advisory to Academic Workers

In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21d

We're 7 months in and Trump and the oligarchs have completely seized control of the media. If you criticize them, your show will be pulled from the air.

This is what dictators do. Fascism isn't coming, it's here.

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 25d

"America did not get to the bad place it is in today by accident. We are here as a result of the combination of a political system that serves money, and a half-century long explosion of economic inequality that has produced an oligarchy."

3 Crises Facing the Labor Movement

The slogan "Organize or Die" has become uncomfortably relevant.

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WendyMC 🏳️‍🌈💪🏻 @wendyphd.bsky.social · 25d

"We need a labor movement that protects the First Amendment rights of members to speak on public issues, whatever they may be,without fear of retaliation or recrimination. Labor leaders condemning the new McCarthyism would set an example for the rest of the movement." academeblog.org/2025/09/12/t...

The New McCarthyism Reaches Organized Labor: Who Will Speak Out?

BY THE COALITION FOR ACTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION On Tuesday this week, a subcommittee of the House Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing titled “Unmasking Union Antisemitism.” Subco…

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26d

No, Charlie Kirk wasn't practicing politics the right way.

His assassination deserves full condemnation writes @davidcorn.bsky.social, but his full impact should not be sidestepped. 👇

No, Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way

YouTube video by Mother Jones

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WendyMC 🏳️‍🌈💪🏻 @wendyphd.bsky.social · 27d

Do not dismiss any of this bc it's Texas. This could happen anywhere to any of us. The professor wasn't even in class-- he was speaking at a Revolutionary Socialism Conference. They're coming for us in higher ed.
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Texas State terminates history professor over comments made at conference

Texas State University terminated Associate History Professor Thomas Alter on Sept. 10, after videos of him speaking at an online socialism convention were published online. The conference was the Rev...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28d

Another professor in Texas is fired, this time after a selectively edited video of a talk he gave was posted on X, with the bogus claim that he was inciting violence www.texastribune.org/2025/09/10/t...

Texas State fires professor accused of trying to incite political violence in video

Thomas Alter is the second professor in the state to be terminated for allegedly violating university policy after a video was posted on social media.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 27d

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

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Academe @academemagazine.bsky.social · 27d

New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/09/10/t...

Texas A&M University Caves to Political Pressure, Violating Faculty Rights to Academic Freedom and Due Process

BY THE TEXAS CONFERENCE OF THE AAUP This week’s events are the clearest example yet: We are bargaining away Texas’s future so politicians can have material for fundraising emails and viral social m…

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 28d

The slogan “Organize or Die” has become uncomfortably relevant.

The latest from @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social on the legal, political, and organizing crises ahead.

3 Crises Facing the Labor Movement

The slogan "Organize or Die" has become uncomfortably relevant.

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WendyMC 🏳️‍🌈💪🏻 @wendyphd.bsky.social · 28d

"The best way forward is to organize in groups that are 100% oriented around protecting faculty rights.
No one is coming to preserve the conditions that allow the work of teaching, learning, and research to continue to happen for us. It’s a dark time, but the needs of the moment seem quite clear."