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Oh look the party that screams “family values” every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But they’ll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.
Robert Reich says Trump is looking to create a situation where he can invoke the Insurrection Act ... certainly is plausible. #fascismintheUSA
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
Trump's Plan
To invoke the Insurrection Act
robertreich.substack.com
by Robert B. Reich — Reposted by: E. Wayne Ross
Turning the military on citizens.
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Reposted by: E. Wayne Ross
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons
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“International travel is way down. People are not coming to the United States,” Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley said recently. “We have a rather large market with the Canadians. It’s gone from, you know, a faucet to a drip.”
vancouversun.com/news/canada/...
vancouversun.com/news/canada/...
Canadians are staying away. U.S. tourism states are feeling it
Some Canadians say Donald Trump's behaviour is convincing them to spend their vacations elsewhere.
vancouversun.com
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday warned he would strip “billions” in state funding from any university that signs onto a Trump administration compact, which ties priority access to federal dollars to the adoption of conservative campus policies.
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www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom...
Gavin Newsom issues ultimatum to colleges over Trump deal
The Trump administration’s proposal, sent to 9 major universities, calls on campuses to adopt sweeping conservative policies.
www.newsweek.com
Global academic freedom group warns Trump is dismantling US higher education -- Report from Scholars at Risk counts some 40 attacks against academic freedom in the US in the first half of 2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Global academic freedom group warns Trump is dismantling US higher education
Report from Scholars at Risk counts some 40 attacks against academic freedom in the US in the first half of 2025
www.theguardian.com
by Robert B. Reich — Reposted by: E. Wayne Ross
The Trump regime has ordered nine top universities to agree to its demands or lose access to federal funds.
Reminder for any school dealing with Trump's extortion: You can't appease a tyrant.
Reminder for any school dealing with Trump's extortion: You can't appease a tyrant.
www.nytimes.com
A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE’s deportation apparatus
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The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine - Little Sis
A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE's deportation apparatus
littlesis.org
Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
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They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out
As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.
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After the Supreme Court gave the American Gestapo a pass to do whatever the fuck they are doing and it involves more than just racial/ethnic profiling. Invasions where every resident, citizens are cuffed during raids and held outside while the ransack apartments. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
The first term of Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might there be a way out?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
The first term of Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might there be a way out?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...
www.theguardian.com
Universities without borders: In Gaza, studying “means we’re still alive”
Canadian professors build a humanitarian corridor through Israeli army’s blockade.
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Canadian professors build a humanitarian corridor through Israeli army’s blockade.
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Universities without borders: In Gaza, studying “means we’re still alive” - University Affairs
Canadian professors build a humanitarian corridor through Israeli army’s blockade.
universityaffairs.ca
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I just want all my anti-vax MAGA friends to see how much Trump praised Pfizer today for all their work on the Covid vaccine.
Two Years After His Suspension, SAU Fires Faculty Member Who Supported Protesting Students
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Two Years After His Suspension, SAU Fires Faculty Member Who Supported Protesting Students
Former professors and students believe that the university has lost its regional character, and is using the immunity granted to it by law as impunity to target those like Snehashish Bhattacharya who ...
thewire.in
Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler: The First Amendment as a Racist Weapon
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The First Amendment as a Racist Weapon
The debates over the protection of free speech have been raging since before the killing of Charles Kirk. The killing of Charles Kirk has taken this discussion into another realm. Jimmy Kimmel was a h...
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Charlie Angus: "And so, the march of gangster fascism has unfolded as planned."
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charlieangus.substack.com/p/james-come...
James Comey, the Fascist Playbook and the Trail of Dirty Russian Money
Are you shocked by the arrest of former FBI director James Comey?
charlieangus.substack.com
Child abuse by ICE in Texas
Children left short of clean water and sleep amid ‘prolonged’ detention by Ice, watchdog groups allege
Legal experts speak of ‘cruel’ and harmful deprivations for families held in Texas immigration facility
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Children left short of clean water and sleep amid ‘prolonged’ detention by Ice, watchdog groups allege
Legal experts speak of ‘cruel’ and harmful deprivations for families held in Texas immigration facility
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Children left short of clean water and sleep amid ‘prolonged’ detention by Ice, watchdog groups allege
Legal experts speak of ‘cruel’ and harmful deprivations for families held in Texas immigration facility
www.theguardian.com
In 2025, there have been more than 324 mass shootings in the USA
www.gunviolencearchive.org/mass-shooting
www.gunviolencearchive.org/mass-shooting
Gun Violence Archive
Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is a not for profit corporation formed in 2013 to provide free online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the United States. GVA will collect...
www.gunviolencearchive.org
Stoking residential school denialism, Lindsay Shepherd calls flag at BC legislature ‘a disgrace.’
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BC Conservative Staffer Slams Truth and Reconciliation Flag | The Tyee
Stoking residential school denialism, Lindsay Shepherd calls flag at BC legislature ‘a disgrace.’
thetyee.ca
"The speed of the decline of American dominance in agriculture is unprecedented. But it was all so predictable."
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charlieangus.substack.com/p/trump-deli...
Trump Delivers Farmaggedon
I used to look forward to the first shipments of Iowa sweet corn at the grocery store.
charlieangus.substack.com
Global research collaboration with Israel sharply down this year: Preprint data suggests that boycotts over the country’s war on Gaza are beginning to take effect
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Global research collaboration with Israel sharply down this year
Significantly fewer academics, particularly in Europe, are authoring preprints with researchers in Israel this year, a sign that academic boycotts could be starting to scientifically isolate the count...
sciencebusiness.net
Monika Steinel: What can Europe and its universities do to halt the erosion of academic freedom?
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Viewpoint: What can Europe and its universities do to halt the erosion of academic freedom?
Much has been said and written about the global decline of academic freedom in recent years. But the warning bells have now turned into emergency sirens.
sciencebusiness.net
