Kasey
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Assistant Professor of History | AFT Local 6249 | TXST Alumni | ATX 📍| Views= Mine | 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
American Brain Drain
The number of international college students enrolling in their American schools for the first time decreased by 17% this fall, according to data published on Monday.
New International Student Enrollment Plummeted This Fall, Survey Finds
The overall number of international students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, including those who enrolled in prior years or who are working after graduation, fell only slightly.
nyti.ms
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
American Brain Drain
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200 years ago today, November 2, 1825:
New York Governor DeWitt Clinton’s flotilla celebrating the opening of the 363-mile-long Erie Canal arrived at the canal's eastern terminus in Albany en route to New York City. They had departed Buffalo, the canal's western terminus, one week earlier.
New York Governor DeWitt Clinton’s flotilla celebrating the opening of the 363-mile-long Erie Canal arrived at the canal's eastern terminus in Albany en route to New York City. They had departed Buffalo, the canal's western terminus, one week earlier.
November 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
200 years ago today, November 2, 1825:
New York Governor DeWitt Clinton’s flotilla celebrating the opening of the 363-mile-long Erie Canal arrived at the canal's eastern terminus in Albany en route to New York City. They had departed Buffalo, the canal's western terminus, one week earlier.
New York Governor DeWitt Clinton’s flotilla celebrating the opening of the 363-mile-long Erie Canal arrived at the canal's eastern terminus in Albany en route to New York City. They had departed Buffalo, the canal's western terminus, one week earlier.
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The Trump administration authorized a $20 billion financial lifeline for Argentina as it faces an economic crisis. The deal has raised major questions and criticism about its merits. https://to.pbs.org/4obmNrK
Why Trump is giving Argentina a $20 billion lifeline to help its flailing economy
The Trump administration authorized a $20 billion financial lifeline for Argentina as it faces an economic crisis. The deal has raised major questions and criticism about its merits. President Trump a...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Trump administration authorized a $20 billion financial lifeline for Argentina as it faces an economic crisis. The deal has raised major questions and criticism about its merits. https://to.pbs.org/4obmNrK
Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances
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October 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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Thomas Jefferson,,the founder of UVA professed “hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." The federal “compact” is a form of tyranny. Do the right thing, UVA.
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Thomas Jefferson,,the founder of UVA professed “hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." The federal “compact” is a form of tyranny. Do the right thing, UVA.
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
Ravaged by War: Trying to Survive Gaza’s Present, Hoping for a Future www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/w...
Ravaged by War: Trying to Survive Gaza’s Present, Hoping for a Future
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October 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Ravaged by War: Trying to Survive Gaza’s Present, Hoping for a Future www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/w...
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I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
October 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown
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September 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
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❗️Russians have abandoned the offensive in the Sumy direction, - Zelensky.
In general, the enemy tried to attack in 4 directions: Sumy, Zaporizhia, Novopavlivsk and Pokrovsk. The Ukrainian Defense Forces are inflicting significant losses on the Russians.
In general, the enemy tried to attack in 4 directions: Sumy, Zaporizhia, Novopavlivsk and Pokrovsk. The Ukrainian Defense Forces are inflicting significant losses on the Russians.
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
❗️Russians have abandoned the offensive in the Sumy direction, - Zelensky.
In general, the enemy tried to attack in 4 directions: Sumy, Zaporizhia, Novopavlivsk and Pokrovsk. The Ukrainian Defense Forces are inflicting significant losses on the Russians.
In general, the enemy tried to attack in 4 directions: Sumy, Zaporizhia, Novopavlivsk and Pokrovsk. The Ukrainian Defense Forces are inflicting significant losses on the Russians.
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New: Tejano musician Bobby Pulido is running for Texas’ 15th Congressional District, he announced Wednesday, giving Democrats their best — and potentially only — opportunity to flip a Republican-held seat in 2026.
Tejano star Bobby Pulido launches South Texas congressional run
The musician and Democrat is looking to flip Texas’ 15th Congressional District, which voted for President Donald Trump by 18% in 2024.
www.texastribune.org
September 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New: Tejano musician Bobby Pulido is running for Texas’ 15th Congressional District, he announced Wednesday, giving Democrats their best — and potentially only — opportunity to flip a Republican-held seat in 2026.
October 18th!
The pro-democracy movement just announced its next big protest.
Read all about it:
Read all about it:
'No Kings' Unveils a Big New Trump Protest, and the Stakes Couldn't Be Higher
Ezra Levin of Indivisible on how protest can stop Donald Trump’s authoritarianism.
www.rollingstone.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
October 18th!
“One has to deal in politics not in reality per se, but with reality as it is perceived by voters, through clouds of distortion, simplification, prejudices, and misinformation.” -Shirley Chisholm, 1973
September 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“One has to deal in politics not in reality per se, but with reality as it is perceived by voters, through clouds of distortion, simplification, prejudices, and misinformation.” -Shirley Chisholm, 1973
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McConnell complaining that the dried blood on his hands is uncomfortable.
On a scale of one to INFINITY, how much does this enrage you?
McConnell created and abetted this and he’s only sorry about the tariffs - probably because he and his wife have investments in China.
McConnell created and abetted this and he’s only sorry about the tariffs - probably because he and his wife have investments in China.
September 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
McConnell complaining that the dried blood on his hands is uncomfortable.
Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science
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September 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights
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September 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Year 8 as a history professor and my fourth as a full-time faculty member! Time flies when you’re having fun ♥️👨🏫📚
August 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Year 8 as a history professor and my fourth as a full-time faculty member! Time flies when you’re having fun ♥️👨🏫📚
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Stephen Miller was a loser in college, and now we all must pay for it. --sincerely, someone who remembers him from school
August 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Stephen Miller was a loser in college, and now we all must pay for it. --sincerely, someone who remembers him from school
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‘Albert Square, Manchester’ (1910), ‘Self portrait’ (1912) & ‘Old Cab at All Saints, Manchester’ (1911). #Painting by Adolphe Valette #art #Manchester
August 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
‘Albert Square, Manchester’ (1910), ‘Self portrait’ (1912) & ‘Old Cab at All Saints, Manchester’ (1911). #Painting by Adolphe Valette #art #Manchester
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