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Kevin Carey is an American higher education writer and policy analyst. He serves as Director of the Education Policy Program… more

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“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time
Senator Jim Banks V @SenatorBanks Follow g.. The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states. It included illegal immigrants and handed Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it. Zinited Statcs SScnate MASHNORON DEYNN October 6, 2025 an. Thow arewutn Socretary U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DXC 20230 Dear Secretary Lutaick: I urge you to investigate and correct erroes from the 2020 Census that handed disproportionntd political power to Democrats and illogal alicns. The Census Burcau adoptod a now and opaque voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral xx conwuu tmora uy, toc taroro tu mot đoo tnn Cunu lc pung t imber of votine districts. And the reoorts de aniovety inchaded ilecnl nhens widhout track those aliens' citiz enship status, If left uncorrected, these erroes will coetinue diluting the political power of American citizens. Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in tum clabaabod by a consttubocalty-mandalcd dcccacaal ccavas. Pcual agcco nely on census data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funding, much of which hinges ee opulation. And states use consus data to deaw congrossicnal and voting districts, »hich the The it eiy of tie soaren alie n tor dur at ce hor inc ae oam toy ee n nght wilbout statsica ly signilicant ciroo. Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…
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This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.
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It describes the compact as a "Mafia protection racket" and a "shakedown."

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My latest: Why early interventionists -- who provide critical therapies and care for developmentally disabled babies and toddlers -- may be the only professionals in America who haven't gotten an absolute pay raise in 30 years: www.the74million.org/zero2eight/3...
30 Years Without a Real Raise: New York’s Early Intervention Pay Crisis
New York’s early intervention providers haven’t seen a substantive raise in three decades — and vulnerable young children are losing out.
www.the74million.org
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The compact defines "benefits" as access to loans, grants, and contracts, research funding, student visas, and preferential treatment by the tax code. It then says "Institutions..are free to develop models and values other than those below, if the institution elects to forego federal benefits."
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Donald Trump is offering nine universities funding if they sign a compact that’s a “complete adoption of the MAGA high-education agenda,” Kevin Carey writes. The document is “shot through with the tensions that mark Trumpism in its latest form”:
A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.
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In a just and normal world, billionaires with opinions about restructuring all of American higher education would be not-so-politely told to pipe down and go back to Wall Street. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities
www.nytimes.com
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“The administration is inviting universities to voluntarily put on a yoke and hand it the keys.“

From @kevincarey1.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
www.theatlantic.com
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by Kevin Carey — Reposted by: Sean P. Corcoran

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I wrote about Trump’s new higher education “compact” for @theatlantic.com. It’s bad!

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
www.theatlantic.com
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adamhsays.com
Setting aside the philosophical questions about the relationship between higher ed and democracy, accepting this compact is to accept lies about the history of higher education. I wrote a whole book about it. adamhsays.substack.com/p/a-raw-new-...
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The Trump administration compact with higher education turns a manifesto of conservative grievances into policy, sprinkled with cost-cutting measures, and violates the very principles it claims to protect. I wrote about it here. It's free: adamhsays.substack.com/p/a-raw-new-...
A Raw New Deal
The administration’s proposed compact would seek to remake higher education in its own image
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I also noted to Inside Higher Ed that the compact may be a bigger deal than individual campus settlements. The government could easily declare signatories out of compliance and use the arrangement to punish whole universities, specific programs, or individual faculty members.
White House Floats Compact for Preferential Treatment
Advocates condemned the proposal, which asked nine universities to overhaul admissions, hiring and speech policies and to suppress criticism of conservatives in exchange for more federal money.
www.insidehighered.com
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I went to pull up a list of land-grant universities...and was greeted by the following statement on the USDA website. This isn't a typical government shutdown.
A disclaimer saying "Due to the Radical Left Democrat shutdown, this government website will not be updated during the funding lapse. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people."
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What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties. Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go. “I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”
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It was obvious from the start that turning over a public institution of higher education to dimwit ideologues would end in tears. These people are a bunch of incompetents who can't do anything but tweet.

www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida
Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.
www.insidehighered.com
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After increasing spending to $134,000 per student (!!!) and facing retention problems, the New College of Florida is apparently having discussions about privatization or closure after DeSantis leaves office.
Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida
Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.
www.insidehighered.com
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I hear you but hope we don't have to maintain public services that grossly advantage the rich in order to keep the rich from exiting the public sphere altogether.
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9/ Many of these rich and poor districts are *right next to one another,* as the report below shows.

This is not a matter of moving students or money over long distances. It's about making a foundational public service fair for everyone, at the local level.

www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Segregation and Resource Inequality Between America's School Districts
In America, it’s not uncommon for children living just one mile apart to experience radically different educational outcomes. Why? Historic segregation.
www.newamerica.org
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8/ Unequal school districts don't just reinforce inequality -- they accelerate it. Rich people buy their way into expensive, property-rich districts, generating more money for better schools, which in turn drives up prices. For poor districts, the cycle runs in the opposite direction.
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7/ School district boundaries might seem permanent and unchangeable, but they're not. In 1940, America had 117,000 school districts, for less than half as many students as we have today. Decades of consolidation followed, often in ways that were deliberately discriminatory.
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6/ Our interactive web tool lets you select any state and compare the current district map to three alternatives: A completely new map with all-new boundaries, a map that improves equality by consolidating existing districts, and a map that uses county boundaries.

redrawingthelinesmap.org
Redrawing the Lines
redrawingthelinesmap.org
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5/ Just by changing the school district boundaries, Iowa could achieve 82% more tax wealth equality between districts, 58% more racial integration, and 77% better economic integration.

That's without any students changing where they go to school.
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4/ It doesn't have to be that way! School district boundaries are just another public policy choice. They can be changed. Iowa's districts could look like this instead:
Improved school district boundaries in Iowa
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3/ Here, for example, is a school district map for the state of Iowa -- lots of rich (dark colored) districts right next to poor (light colored) districts.
Current map of public school districts in Iowa
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2/ The geographic boundaries defining our 15,000 public school districts were created by a combination of historical happenstance and deliberate discrimination.

Many low-income students and people of color are segregated into districts that don't have enough money to provide a good education.
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1/ Check out this brand-new, very cool analysis from my colleagues at New America's Education Funding Equity Initiative.

In short: It's time for America to un-gerrymander its public school districts.

www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Redistricting School Systems Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation
A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.
www.newamerica.org
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Fuckin yikes, man
Some comics were transparent about their willingness to ignore their moral convictions in order to play at the festival. “So what, they have slaves?” asked Tim Dillon in a podcast segment that led to his firing from the festival. “They’re paying me enough money to look the other way.” Pete Davidson offered a similar take, acknowledging in a chat with Von that people have asked him why, given his father’s death on 9/11, he would take a paycheck from the Saudi government. He did not address the criticism directly, but he did suggest he was happy to forget 9/11 for the right price: “I just know I get the routing, and then I see the number, and I go, ‘I’ll go.’”
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Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
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