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If we accede to the demand that political appointees can decide what is worthwhile to study and what isn't, we've lost universities as institutions of knowledge, innovation, and progress. This is why academic freedom and tenure are so important.
This -- a model bill to effectively decimate non-STEM research by requiring 3-3 teaching loads outside of "STEM or Americanism and western civilization" -- seems...extremely bad but also quite plausible.
Proposed Model Bill Would Change College Tenure, Teaching, & Research
Three conservative groups have proposed model legislation that would dramatically change faculty tenure paths, teaching loads, research activities and hiring authority
www.forbes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If we accede to the demand that political appointees can decide what is worthwhile to study and what isn't, we've lost universities as institutions of knowledge, innovation, and progress. This is why academic freedom and tenure are so important.
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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December 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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"President Trump is gifted a cowboy hat from the Miracle on Ice Olympic Gold Medal team"
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"President Trump is gifted a cowboy hat from the Miracle on Ice Olympic Gold Medal team"
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Special education services are essential for #Mississippi kids with disabilities — yet there have been failures in addressing their unique needs.
Read how the SPLC has launched a lawsuit on behalf of a family and an investigation to hold the state accountable 🔗: https://bit.ly/4oPFwbG
Read how the SPLC has launched a lawsuit on behalf of a family and an investigation to hold the state accountable 🔗: https://bit.ly/4oPFwbG
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Special education services are essential for #Mississippi kids with disabilities — yet there have been failures in addressing their unique needs.
Read how the SPLC has launched a lawsuit on behalf of a family and an investigation to hold the state accountable 🔗: https://bit.ly/4oPFwbG
Read how the SPLC has launched a lawsuit on behalf of a family and an investigation to hold the state accountable 🔗: https://bit.ly/4oPFwbG
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Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
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Trump's administration is trying to eliminate the Community Service Block Grant, which helps fund anti-poverty programs nationally.
This would have devastating effects on the resources & services that low-income families rely on. I’m fighting back on these cuts.
This would have devastating effects on the resources & services that low-income families rely on. I’m fighting back on these cuts.
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trump's administration is trying to eliminate the Community Service Block Grant, which helps fund anti-poverty programs nationally.
This would have devastating effects on the resources & services that low-income families rely on. I’m fighting back on these cuts.
This would have devastating effects on the resources & services that low-income families rely on. I’m fighting back on these cuts.
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“She was so afraid they would take her baby”
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“She was so afraid they would take her baby”
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
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Seems like there is a real opportunity if a party wanted to prioritize political reform in the 2026 mid-terms.
wedefendthevote.org/cost-of-corr...
wedefendthevote.org/cost-of-corr...
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Seems like there is a real opportunity if a party wanted to prioritize political reform in the 2026 mid-terms.
wedefendthevote.org/cost-of-corr...
wedefendthevote.org/cost-of-corr...
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The House Oversight Committee just released new photos from the Epstein Files and... There it is. We have Donald Trump with a victim.
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The House Oversight Committee just released new photos from the Epstein Files and... There it is. We have Donald Trump with a victim.
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This week in misinformation:
Media Matters weekly newsletter, December 12
Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: Trump told Americans to skimp on gifts this holiday season. Fox thought that was hilarious. Fox News ignores Trump’s pardon of a Honduran d...
www.mediamatters.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This week in misinformation:
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When Trump is scared about a dirty crime of his being investigated, he creates chaos around it that may cost human lives, like the war crimes committed on the Caribbean, to distract the world's attention away.
During his 1st term it was the Russia collusion cover-up.
Today, it is #TheEpsteinFiles
During his 1st term it was the Russia collusion cover-up.
Today, it is #TheEpsteinFiles
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
When Trump is scared about a dirty crime of his being investigated, he creates chaos around it that may cost human lives, like the war crimes committed on the Caribbean, to distract the world's attention away.
During his 1st term it was the Russia collusion cover-up.
Today, it is #TheEpsteinFiles
During his 1st term it was the Russia collusion cover-up.
Today, it is #TheEpsteinFiles
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GEO Group is also a family affair.
David Meehan, divisional vice president of business development for GEO Care, is Executive Chairman George Zoley’s son-in-law, drawing a paycheck last year of $599,667.
Zoley’s son, Chris Zoley, is the company’s director of business development.
David Meehan, divisional vice president of business development for GEO Care, is Executive Chairman George Zoley’s son-in-law, drawing a paycheck last year of $599,667.
Zoley’s son, Chris Zoley, is the company’s director of business development.
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
GEO Group is also a family affair.
David Meehan, divisional vice president of business development for GEO Care, is Executive Chairman George Zoley’s son-in-law, drawing a paycheck last year of $599,667.
Zoley’s son, Chris Zoley, is the company’s director of business development.
David Meehan, divisional vice president of business development for GEO Care, is Executive Chairman George Zoley’s son-in-law, drawing a paycheck last year of $599,667.
Zoley’s son, Chris Zoley, is the company’s director of business development.
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Another board member, Lindsay Koren, was an attorney adviser to the chief immigration judge at the DOJ.
And GEO Group’s senior vice president of contract administration, Daniel Ragsdale, worked at ICE between 1996 and 2017, disclosures show, most recently as its deputy director.
And GEO Group’s senior vice president of contract administration, Daniel Ragsdale, worked at ICE between 1996 and 2017, disclosures show, most recently as its deputy director.
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Another board member, Lindsay Koren, was an attorney adviser to the chief immigration judge at the DOJ.
And GEO Group’s senior vice president of contract administration, Daniel Ragsdale, worked at ICE between 1996 and 2017, disclosures show, most recently as its deputy director.
And GEO Group’s senior vice president of contract administration, Daniel Ragsdale, worked at ICE between 1996 and 2017, disclosures show, most recently as its deputy director.
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Julie Myers Wood, a GEO board director since 2014, was the head of ICE between January 2006 and November 2008.
She is now the CEO of Guidepost Solutions, which has a consulting agreement with the GEO Group electronic monitoring device subsidiary, BI.
She is now the CEO of Guidepost Solutions, which has a consulting agreement with the GEO Group electronic monitoring device subsidiary, BI.
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Julie Myers Wood, a GEO board director since 2014, was the head of ICE between January 2006 and November 2008.
She is now the CEO of Guidepost Solutions, which has a consulting agreement with the GEO Group electronic monitoring device subsidiary, BI.
She is now the CEO of Guidepost Solutions, which has a consulting agreement with the GEO Group electronic monitoring device subsidiary, BI.
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Homan himself also earned an undisclosed amount in fees from GEO Group for consulting before joining the admin.
Then there is former ICE acting director Matthew Albence, who is GEO Group’s senior vice president of client relations.
Plus, at least 6 other former ICE officials in GEO's leadership
Then there is former ICE acting director Matthew Albence, who is GEO Group’s senior vice president of client relations.
Plus, at least 6 other former ICE officials in GEO's leadership
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Homan himself also earned an undisclosed amount in fees from GEO Group for consulting before joining the admin.
Then there is former ICE acting director Matthew Albence, who is GEO Group’s senior vice president of client relations.
Plus, at least 6 other former ICE officials in GEO's leadership
Then there is former ICE acting director Matthew Albence, who is GEO Group’s senior vice president of client relations.
Plus, at least 6 other former ICE officials in GEO's leadership
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Tom Homan appointed “an old friend and former colleague,” David Venturella, to help him run Trump and Miller’s mass deportations.
Venturella had just spent 12 yrs at GEO Group, drawing compensation of more than $6 million to run immigrant gulags.
Venturella had just spent 12 yrs at GEO Group, drawing compensation of more than $6 million to run immigrant gulags.
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tom Homan appointed “an old friend and former colleague,” David Venturella, to help him run Trump and Miller’s mass deportations.
Venturella had just spent 12 yrs at GEO Group, drawing compensation of more than $6 million to run immigrant gulags.
Venturella had just spent 12 yrs at GEO Group, drawing compensation of more than $6 million to run immigrant gulags.
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Some of the people benefitting the most from Trump's terror campaign windfall are previous members of ICE.
As The Washington Post reported, the door between GEO Group and the federal prison system is revolving apace.
As The Washington Post reported, the door between GEO Group and the federal prison system is revolving apace.
The former private prison exec behind ICE’s immigrant detention surge
David Venturella, a veteran of private prison firm Geo Group, joined the Trump administration to help oversee an expansion of the immigrant detention system that’s benefiting his former employer.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Some of the people benefitting the most from Trump's terror campaign windfall are previous members of ICE.
As The Washington Post reported, the door between GEO Group and the federal prison system is revolving apace.
As The Washington Post reported, the door between GEO Group and the federal prison system is revolving apace.
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GEO Group also is the only provider of electronic monitoring devices for ICE, and it has stocked up on “several tens of thousands” of GPS tracking devices.
But it's the ones who are raking it in that are the real kicker.
But it's the ones who are raking it in that are the real kicker.
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
GEO Group also is the only provider of electronic monitoring devices for ICE, and it has stocked up on “several tens of thousands” of GPS tracking devices.
But it's the ones who are raking it in that are the real kicker.
But it's the ones who are raking it in that are the real kicker.
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🧵Don't forget that the 2 biggest private prison companies in America are raking it in with Trump's kidnappings
Not only an inside job, but a literal family affair
GEO Group & CoreCivic have revenue increases of over 100% compared to last year
Plus buybacks of millions of dollars’ worth of stock
Not only an inside job, but a literal family affair
GEO Group & CoreCivic have revenue increases of over 100% compared to last year
Plus buybacks of millions of dollars’ worth of stock
Private Prisons Cash In on Trump’s Mass Deportations - The American Prospect
GEO Group and CoreCivic are boasting of ‘unprecedented growth opportunities’ as they partner with ICE to surveil and imprison immigrants.
prospect.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🧵Don't forget that the 2 biggest private prison companies in America are raking it in with Trump's kidnappings
Not only an inside job, but a literal family affair
GEO Group & CoreCivic have revenue increases of over 100% compared to last year
Plus buybacks of millions of dollars’ worth of stock
Not only an inside job, but a literal family affair
GEO Group & CoreCivic have revenue increases of over 100% compared to last year
Plus buybacks of millions of dollars’ worth of stock
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🧵While Trump and his thugs fuck with Kilmar Abrego's life, a for-profit virtual education company accused of defrauding investors is Trump's new detention grift
The company got its backing from Larry Ellison
Complaints of fraud and deceptive practices throughout the company's entire 25 yr history
The company got its backing from Larry Ellison
Complaints of fraud and deceptive practices throughout the company's entire 25 yr history
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended det...
prospect.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🧵While Trump and his thugs fuck with Kilmar Abrego's life, a for-profit virtual education company accused of defrauding investors is Trump's new detention grift
The company got its backing from Larry Ellison
Complaints of fraud and deceptive practices throughout the company's entire 25 yr history
The company got its backing from Larry Ellison
Complaints of fraud and deceptive practices throughout the company's entire 25 yr history
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🧵Here is the opinion for the Kilmar Abrego Garcia order.
It's a great read and lays out clearly that the government was only interested in keeping him in prison and not actually deporting him anywhere.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It's a great read and lays out clearly that the government was only interested in keeping him in prison and not actually deporting him anywhere.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🧵Here is the opinion for the Kilmar Abrego Garcia order.
It's a great read and lays out clearly that the government was only interested in keeping him in prison and not actually deporting him anywhere.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It's a great read and lays out clearly that the government was only interested in keeping him in prison and not actually deporting him anywhere.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Mississippi needs bold ideas — and these four women are bringing them.
Join their virtual roundtable on positive, people-centered solutions to keep our communities safer and stronger.
Open to MFP VIP members and anyone who donates to MFP this month.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Mississippi needs bold ideas — and these four women are bringing them.
Join their virtual roundtable on positive, people-centered solutions to keep our communities safer and stronger.
Open to MFP VIP members and anyone who donates to MFP this month.
buff.ly/10SuITp
Join their virtual roundtable on positive, people-centered solutions to keep our communities safer and stronger.
Open to MFP VIP members and anyone who donates to MFP this month.
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