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Sheryl Crow says after she posted that video of getting rid of her Tesla an armed man got into her barn.
But she says she would do it again anyway.
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But she says she would do it again anyway.
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May 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Sheryl Crow says after she posted that video of getting rid of her Tesla an armed man got into her barn.
But she says she would do it again anyway.
variety.com/2025/music/n...
But she says she would do it again anyway.
variety.com/2025/music/n...
Another great article (with gift link) on federal research funding which is at risk under Trump. Read and share so more understand how important this funding is for us.
Federal research funding flows to all 50 states and is a critical part of the economy in many college towns around the US. Federal research funding "has now become one of the few drivers of innovation that is widely distributed across the country". www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
See Where Federal Dollars Flow to Universities Around the Country (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has targeted a few elite universities with its threats to freeze funding. But many more schools around the country are vulnerable.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Another great article (with gift link) on federal research funding which is at risk under Trump. Read and share so more understand how important this funding is for us.
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@profpaulboxer.bsky.social and David Salas de la Cruz to deserve our thanks for drafting the Mutual Defense Compact. Academic freedom and shared governance, our rights as instructors and our students' rights, are worth standing up for. @aaup.bsky.social
This State University Has a Plan to Take on Trump (Gift Article)
Two professors from Rutgers University in New Jersey went out on a limb to write a “mutual defense compact” for Big Ten schools. Their effort is gaining steam.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
@profpaulboxer.bsky.social and David Salas de la Cruz to deserve our thanks for drafting the Mutual Defense Compact. Academic freedom and shared governance, our rights as instructors and our students' rights, are worth standing up for. @aaup.bsky.social
Please read & share (gift article).
“If you look at a long period of time, a lot of our increase in living standards seems to be coming from public investment in scientific research,” said Andrew Fieldhouse, a Texas A&M economist and an author of the Dallas Fed study."
“If you look at a long period of time, a lot of our increase in living standards seems to be coming from public investment in scientific research,” said Andrew Fieldhouse, a Texas A&M economist and an author of the Dallas Fed study."
Cutting federal funding for scientific research could cause long-run economic damage equivalent to a major recession, according to a new study from researchers at American University. #EconSky
Story:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Study: impa.american.edu/costs-of-cut...
Story:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Study: impa.american.edu/costs-of-cut...
Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows (Gift Article)
Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Please read & share (gift article).
“If you look at a long period of time, a lot of our increase in living standards seems to be coming from public investment in scientific research,” said Andrew Fieldhouse, a Texas A&M economist and an author of the Dallas Fed study."
“If you look at a long period of time, a lot of our increase in living standards seems to be coming from public investment in scientific research,” said Andrew Fieldhouse, a Texas A&M economist and an author of the Dallas Fed study."
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Republicans are pushing to restrict abortion pills based on a garbage new 'study.'
We’ve seen fake data like this reach SCOTUS—but if we make it politically toxic now, we might stop it before it spreads.
Feel free to steal these images, or read the full debunk in my newsletter
We’ve seen fake data like this reach SCOTUS—but if we make it politically toxic now, we might stop it before it spreads.
Feel free to steal these images, or read the full debunk in my newsletter
April 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Republicans are pushing to restrict abortion pills based on a garbage new 'study.'
We’ve seen fake data like this reach SCOTUS—but if we make it politically toxic now, we might stop it before it spreads.
Feel free to steal these images, or read the full debunk in my newsletter
We’ve seen fake data like this reach SCOTUS—but if we make it politically toxic now, we might stop it before it spreads.
Feel free to steal these images, or read the full debunk in my newsletter
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A very brief🧵: A recent NY Times article reports on a survey of 35 scholars (including me) asking about the worst excesses of the Trump administration thus far. I discuss the article in my latest column for @justiaverdict.bsky.social. Here's my column. 👇
34 out of 35 Scholars Agree: Trump is a Lawless Authoritarian
Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf evaluates the constitutional and legal abuses committed by Donald Trump during his second term as president, based on a New York Times survey of 35 legal scholars...
verdict.justia.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A very brief🧵: A recent NY Times article reports on a survey of 35 scholars (including me) asking about the worst excesses of the Trump administration thus far. I discuss the article in my latest column for @justiaverdict.bsky.social. Here's my column. 👇
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President Trump 2.0 has openly committed more impeachable abuses of power than all prior presidents combined, including Trump 1.0.
The question isn’t whether he should be impeached, convicted, and removed from office but whether Republicans have the guts to do their job.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
The question isn’t whether he should be impeached, convicted, and removed from office but whether Republicans have the guts to do their job.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff says he ‘strongly’ agrees Trump needs to be impeached | CNN Politics
Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff told a voter in Georgia on Friday that he “strongly” agrees that President Donald Trump needs to be impeached.
www.cnn.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
President Trump 2.0 has openly committed more impeachable abuses of power than all prior presidents combined, including Trump 1.0.
The question isn’t whether he should be impeached, convicted, and removed from office but whether Republicans have the guts to do their job.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
The question isn’t whether he should be impeached, convicted, and removed from office but whether Republicans have the guts to do their job.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
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DOJ's Civil Rights Division has for nearly seven decades been at the forefront of some of the department’s most historically significant work.
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Trump DOJ Decimates The Civil Rights Division And All It Stood For
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...
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April 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
DOJ's Civil Rights Division has for nearly seven decades been at the forefront of some of the department’s most historically significant work.
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Donald Trump has pushed us to a new low. He has accomplished that by enriching himself, whether by pardoning a felon who, together with his wife, donated $1.8 mm to the Trump campaign; promoting Teslas on the White House driveway; or holding a private dinner for purchasers of his cryptocurrency.
Opinion | Donald Trump Is Selling the White House to the Highest Bidder
Donald Trump has set a new standard for egregious and potentially illegal behavior.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Donald Trump has pushed us to a new low. He has accomplished that by enriching himself, whether by pardoning a felon who, together with his wife, donated $1.8 mm to the Trump campaign; promoting Teslas on the White House driveway; or holding a private dinner for purchasers of his cryptocurrency.
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And again and again and again and again and again
April 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
And again and again and again and again and again
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PurplePalozza. This morning on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago.
April 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
PurplePalozza. This morning on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago.
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Did y'all know that before the crowbar was invented, crows just drank at home 🥴🥴🤣🤣
Happy Sunday y'all
Happy Sunday y'all
April 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Did y'all know that before the crowbar was invented, crows just drank at home 🥴🥴🤣🤣
Happy Sunday y'all
Happy Sunday y'all
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The world is on Zelensky’s side.
Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.
Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.
April 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The world is on Zelensky’s side.
Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.
Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.
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I am not attending parties with the White House tonight. If you want someone that mingles with Trump officials as if we are all part of a DC club, I'm not your guy.
If you want to understand how to fight Trump to stop him from destroying democracy, sign up to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
If you want to understand how to fight Trump to stop him from destroying democracy, sign up to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
April 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I am not attending parties with the White House tonight. If you want someone that mingles with Trump officials as if we are all part of a DC club, I'm not your guy.
If you want to understand how to fight Trump to stop him from destroying democracy, sign up to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
If you want to understand how to fight Trump to stop him from destroying democracy, sign up to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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Cracking Otago day.
April 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Cracking Otago day.
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It was a good week for democracy in court. Take a moment to read some good news. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Courts Handed Trump A Slew of Legal Losses This Week
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It was a good week for democracy in court. Take a moment to read some good news. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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"Voters said he had “gone too far” on issue after issue — his tariffs, his immigration enforcement, his cuts to the federal work force."
NEW polling shows the country is turning on Trump. It can't happen fast enough IMHO.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
NEW polling shows the country is turning on Trump. It can't happen fast enough IMHO.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
April 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"Voters said he had “gone too far” on issue after issue — his tariffs, his immigration enforcement, his cuts to the federal work force."
NEW polling shows the country is turning on Trump. It can't happen fast enough IMHO.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
NEW polling shows the country is turning on Trump. It can't happen fast enough IMHO.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Very good thread on the child with cancer who ICE deported.
I cannot imagine. I cannot imagine. It is the worst thing I have personally seen someone live through outside a war zone. It was hell. A family - a child, a little child - enduring that, cancer that has spread beyond the initial organ, the fear & pain - being *detained* & *deported*
April 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Very good thread on the child with cancer who ICE deported.
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A child who is a U.S. citizen, "suffering from a rare form of metastatic cancer was deported without medication or the ability to consult with their treating physicians despite ICE being notified in advance of the child’s urgent medical needs"
Reporting by @aclu.org
Reporting by @aclu.org
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A child who is a U.S. citizen, "suffering from a rare form of metastatic cancer was deported without medication or the ability to consult with their treating physicians despite ICE being notified in advance of the child’s urgent medical needs"
Reporting by @aclu.org
Reporting by @aclu.org
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Trump will not collect data tracking mental health, drug use, maternal mortality, climate change, deportations, weather-related data, student achievement scores. Will we know what problems we have? www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...
www.propublica.org
April 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Trump will not collect data tracking mental health, drug use, maternal mortality, climate change, deportations, weather-related data, student achievement scores. Will we know what problems we have? www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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China trolls the American idiots
April 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
China trolls the American idiots
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The WHI is ending and why you should be concerned and furious. Also, giving RFK Jr, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, and Dr. Marty Makary the keys to the proverbial castle is akin to putting three rabid raccoons into a Costco; eventually they’ll rip everything apart vajenda.substack.com/p/the-whi-is...
The WHI is Ending–You Should Be Furious and Concerned
Ignorance is Strength: RFK Jr and Trump's Anti-Science Agenda
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April 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The WHI is ending and why you should be concerned and furious. Also, giving RFK Jr, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, and Dr. Marty Makary the keys to the proverbial castle is akin to putting three rabid raccoons into a Costco; eventually they’ll rip everything apart vajenda.substack.com/p/the-whi-is...
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🤦🏼 couldn’t make it up if we tried
April 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🤦🏼 couldn’t make it up if we tried
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Let's wake up. He's REALLY unpopular for this early in a term or really ever. President's this unpopular are already losing. Power becomes harder to assert when your power is fading.
April 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Let's wake up. He's REALLY unpopular for this early in a term or really ever. President's this unpopular are already losing. Power becomes harder to assert when your power is fading.
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Any university that follows the guidelines of this administration for accreditation gets an extreme side eye. This guy knows nothing about academia or educational integrity.
#MomSky
#MomSky
Trump targets college accreditation process in new executive order | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump took aim at the college accreditation process with a new executive order Wednesday, his latest move to exact control over America’s higher education institutions.
www.cnn.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Any university that follows the guidelines of this administration for accreditation gets an extreme side eye. This guy knows nothing about academia or educational integrity.
#MomSky
#MomSky