Debkmorrison
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How about we figure this out.
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September 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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ICE agents in Lynwood, CA tried to break into a barbershop without a warrant. When the owner refused to open the door, they threatened him: “I’m going to go get your dad and I’m going to get your mom!”
Is this the America we want to live in?
Is this the America we want to live in?
August 22, 2025 at 5:26 AM
ICE agents in Lynwood, CA tried to break into a barbershop without a warrant. When the owner refused to open the door, they threatened him: “I’m going to go get your dad and I’m going to get your mom!”
Is this the America we want to live in?
Is this the America we want to live in?
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August 18, 2025
August 18, 2025
This morning, J.D.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
August 18, 2025
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The Trump effect.
July 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Trump effect.
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I have warned, in particular, about how even the language of climate deniers ("the scientists don't have any idea", "the models are untrustworthy", etc) has been co-opted by doomers. It's not a coincidence. Same bad actors are fanning the flames of both denial and doom.
June 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I have warned, in particular, about how even the language of climate deniers ("the scientists don't have any idea", "the models are untrustworthy", etc) has been co-opted by doomers. It's not a coincidence. Same bad actors are fanning the flames of both denial and doom.
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Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
June 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
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Frequent large-scale wildfires are turning forests from carbon sinks into super‑emitters
phys.org/news/2025-05...
phys.org/news/2025-05...
Frequent large-scale wildfires are turning forests from carbon sinks into super‑emitters, warn scientists
Forests once hailed as reliable carbon sinks are rapidly becoming "super‑emitters" as record‑breaking wildfires sweep boreal, Amazonian, and Australian landscapes. Today's climate policies and volunta...
phys.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Frequent large-scale wildfires are turning forests from carbon sinks into super‑emitters
phys.org/news/2025-05...
phys.org/news/2025-05...
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Jesus Christ, man, you know everyone can see this, right?
May 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Jesus Christ, man, you know everyone can see this, right?
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Sometimes you don’t find your spirit animal as much as it finds you
April 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sometimes you don’t find your spirit animal as much as it finds you
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University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
April 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
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I really wish reporters would stop saying that there is an effort by the Trump administration to combat antisemitism. It is quite the opposite. There is an effort to foment antisemitism.
forward.com/fast-forward...
forward.com/fast-forward...
Columbia staff receive texts asking if they're Jewish, as government hunts antisemitic harassment on campus
Barnard employees received the text as Columbia University students plan a new tent encampment to protest the Israel-Hamas war.
forward.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I really wish reporters would stop saying that there is an effort by the Trump administration to combat antisemitism. It is quite the opposite. There is an effort to foment antisemitism.
forward.com/fast-forward...
forward.com/fast-forward...
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BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
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Update! UMass-Amherst's faculty senate is now on board!!
Last night they passed their own resolution calling for two compacts:
1) of all public and land-grant higher ed in the country
2) of all public and private higher ed in Massachusetts
Read and spread widely!!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ikin7...
Last night they passed their own resolution calling for two compacts:
1) of all public and land-grant higher ed in the country
2) of all public and private higher ed in Massachusetts
Read and spread widely!!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ikin7...
April 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Update! UMass-Amherst's faculty senate is now on board!!
Last night they passed their own resolution calling for two compacts:
1) of all public and land-grant higher ed in the country
2) of all public and private higher ed in Massachusetts
Read and spread widely!!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ikin7...
Last night they passed their own resolution calling for two compacts:
1) of all public and land-grant higher ed in the country
2) of all public and private higher ed in Massachusetts
Read and spread widely!!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ikin7...
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The Rutgers Senate is meeting **at noon EDT today** about next steps in promoting its resolution for a mutual academic defense compact. And you can Zoom in to watch!
Big 10 folks especially encouraged. See how you can support or replicate the idea where you are!
senate.rutgers.edu/meeting/univ...
Big 10 folks especially encouraged. See how you can support or replicate the idea where you are!
senate.rutgers.edu/meeting/univ...
University Senate Special Meeting - Rutgers University Senate
senate.rutgers.edu
April 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Rutgers Senate is meeting **at noon EDT today** about next steps in promoting its resolution for a mutual academic defense compact. And you can Zoom in to watch!
Big 10 folks especially encouraged. See how you can support or replicate the idea where you are!
senate.rutgers.edu/meeting/univ...
Big 10 folks especially encouraged. See how you can support or replicate the idea where you are!
senate.rutgers.edu/meeting/univ...
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Trump: "I said to [the former hostages], was there any sign of love? Did Hamas show any signs of, like, help or liking you? Did they give you a piece of bread extra? Did they give you a meal on the side? Like what happened in Germany."
April 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Trump: "I said to [the former hostages], was there any sign of love? Did Hamas show any signs of, like, help or liking you? Did they give you a piece of bread extra? Did they give you a meal on the side? Like what happened in Germany."
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"The administration isn’t acting in a vacuum. It’s exploiting the erosion of public trust in colleges, which has been building for decades.... To defend their missions, institutions of higher education must overcome the habits that have kept them siloed."
April 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"The administration isn’t acting in a vacuum. It’s exploiting the erosion of public trust in colleges, which has been building for decades.... To defend their missions, institutions of higher education must overcome the habits that have kept them siloed."
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Cory Booker has been holding the Senate floor for *15 hours* to call out Trump’s harm to Americans.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
April 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Cory Booker has been holding the Senate floor for *15 hours* to call out Trump’s harm to Americans.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
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We have gotten to the point where, out of necessity, academic institutions are forming a NATO-style alliance.
Great initiative to counter a recognized problem, but dear God what of this world.
Great initiative to counter a recognized problem, but dear God what of this world.
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We have gotten to the point where, out of necessity, academic institutions are forming a NATO-style alliance.
Great initiative to counter a recognized problem, but dear God what of this world.
Great initiative to counter a recognized problem, but dear God what of this world.
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
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Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
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"I would go so far as to say that you feel small because you are small. I, too, am small. The rich and powerful men you mention are small as well, even if they’re desperately trying to convince themselves otherwise. To be human is to be small."
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/what-am-i-...
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/what-am-i-...
March 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"I would go so far as to say that you feel small because you are small. I, too, am small. The rich and powerful men you mention are small as well, even if they’re desperately trying to convince themselves otherwise. To be human is to be small."
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/what-am-i-...
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/what-am-i-...
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1000% this.
For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
March 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
1000% this.
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Doctor: Your wrist pain is from repetitive motion. Can you stop doing it at work?
[Cut to me doing the jerkoff gesture thru every conference call]
Me: Sadly, no
[Cut to me doing the jerkoff gesture thru every conference call]
Me: Sadly, no
March 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Doctor: Your wrist pain is from repetitive motion. Can you stop doing it at work?
[Cut to me doing the jerkoff gesture thru every conference call]
Me: Sadly, no
[Cut to me doing the jerkoff gesture thru every conference call]
Me: Sadly, no