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NYC's rich and powerful flock to Cuomo with cash -- and job offers to lure Adams out of the race www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/09/n... #Cuomo #Adams #Mamdani #NYC #race for #mayor
NYC’s rich and powerful flock to Cuomo with cash — and job offers to lure Adams out of the race
Some of New York’s most powerful billionaires are again lining up behind Andrew Cuomo’s bid to become mayor, with pledges to pump more cash into his campaign and engage in efforts to he…
www.nydailynews.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It's been a while since I've last checked in and so much has happened. Sharing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's wonderful piece on the #UCLA #Trump showdown #highered kareem.substack.com/i/168780238/...
The Attack on UCLA Will Have Devastating Consequences on Americans
August 15, 2025
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August 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It's been a while since I've last checked in and so much has happened. Sharing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's wonderful piece on the #UCLA #Trump showdown #highered kareem.substack.com/i/168780238/...
Listen to #NYC #teens on #public #education issues, especially at the end. #kids needing to #teach themselves is a REAL PROBLEM I've met #college #students who needed to teach themselves algebra to pass the regents because their #HS could not keep a math teacher www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Voting age, disengaged: NYC’s youth and the mayoral ballot
NYC youth: Are you ready for the 2025 mayoral election? Tune in to the season finale of P.S. Weekly for unfiltered candidate takes, key issues, and how to make your voice heard.
www.chalkbeat.org
June 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Listen to #NYC #teens on #public #education issues, especially at the end. #kids needing to #teach themselves is a REAL PROBLEM I've met #college #students who needed to teach themselves algebra to pass the regents because their #HS could not keep a math teacher www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Ack! What the hell?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Ack! What the hell?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
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As we leave you tonight, we are energized to see pushback working. We will remain vigilant.
The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.
The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.
No new autism registry, HHS says, walking back NIH director's claim
The federal health department is not creating a new registry of Americans with autism, an HHS official said Thursday.
www.statnews.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
As we leave you tonight, we are energized to see pushback working. We will remain vigilant.
The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.
The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.
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Our cover this week.
April 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our cover this week.
Worse than #McCarthyism, #universities under #Trump
www.thenation.com/article/soci... Great article by Ellen Schrecker, a McCarthy scholar
www.thenation.com/article/soci... Great article by Ellen Schrecker, a McCarthy scholar
Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump
The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism.
www.thenation.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Worse than #McCarthyism, #universities under #Trump
www.thenation.com/article/soci... Great article by Ellen Schrecker, a McCarthy scholar
www.thenation.com/article/soci... Great article by Ellen Schrecker, a McCarthy scholar
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Elon Musk’s staffers are trying to push into the National Gallery of Art. They recently met with the museum’s director and legal team, to question its legal status and explore ways to assert influence. One of the nation’s most respected art institutions is now in their crosshairs.
April 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Elon Musk’s staffers are trying to push into the National Gallery of Art. They recently met with the museum’s director and legal team, to question its legal status and explore ways to assert influence. One of the nation’s most respected art institutions is now in their crosshairs.
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The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
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Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
April 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
Carlo #Maratta #frescoes rediscovered In the #Villa #Farnese #arthistory #earlymodernart #art #Rome www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/s...
Hidden Above a Trap Door, 17th-Century Frescoes Come to Light
While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Carlo #Maratta #frescoes rediscovered In the #Villa #Farnese #arthistory #earlymodernart #art #Rome www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/s...
#BU #professor begins #hungerstrike to #protest #illegal #student #arrests #Boston #stop Student #deportations over #freespeech Protect #academicfreedom www.boston.com?post_type=po...
BU professor starts hunger strike to support free speech, detained students
Boston University professor goes on a hunger strike after the administration removed political signs from his office window.
www.boston.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#BU #professor begins #hungerstrike to #protest #illegal #student #arrests #Boston #stop Student #deportations over #freespeech Protect #academicfreedom www.boston.com?post_type=po...
Trump Administration cancels dozens of student visas at NYU, #CUNY, other NY schools www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/09/t... #Education NOT #deportation
Trump Administration cancels dozens of student visas at NYU, CUNY, other NY schools
New York colleges are reporting student visas have been abruptly revoked by the Trump administration — with at least some 50 international students affected statewide as part of a nationwide crackd…
www.nydailynews.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Trump Administration cancels dozens of student visas at NYU, #CUNY, other NY schools www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/09/t... #Education NOT #deportation
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"History teaches us that standing by silently as others are disappeared is a failed strategy, as the next person grabbed off the street by masked agents of the state may be you."
First They Came for Mahmoud Khalil
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan History teaches us that standing by silently as others are disappeared is a failed strategy, as the next person grabbed off the street by masked agents of the state…
www.democracynow.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"History teaches us that standing by silently as others are disappeared is a failed strategy, as the next person grabbed off the street by masked agents of the state may be you."
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1. Incredible ruling! An Ohio appeals court has ruled that trans care is healthcare, strikes down youth trans care ban!
It made the ruling using the Republican-passed "health care freedom amendment" meant to overturn Obamacare!
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It made the ruling using the Republican-passed "health care freedom amendment" meant to overturn Obamacare!
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You'll want to read this one.
Ohio Appeals Court Rules Trans Care Is Healthcare, Strikes Down Ban For Trans Youth
The ruling was in part based on a 2011 Amendment in the state guaranteeing healthcare freedom, originally meant to challenge Obamacare.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
1. Incredible ruling! An Ohio appeals court has ruled that trans care is healthcare, strikes down youth trans care ban!
It made the ruling using the Republican-passed "health care freedom amendment" meant to overturn Obamacare!
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You'll want to read this one.
It made the ruling using the Republican-passed "health care freedom amendment" meant to overturn Obamacare!
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You'll want to read this one.
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1. Yesterday, ten Democrats capitulated on an Republican budget, empowering the worst of Musk and Trump, and gutting medicaid.
It is a foreshadowing of LGBTQ+ and trans fights to come.
I ask: Where is the line which Dems will NOT vote for one of these bills?
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It is a foreshadowing of LGBTQ+ and trans fights to come.
I ask: Where is the line which Dems will NOT vote for one of these bills?
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Where Is The Line? Democratic Budget Capitulation Foreshadows LGBTQ+ Fights To Come
Yesterday, several Democrats excused a vote that will allow the Trump administration to gut Medicaid and empower Musk and Trump to consolidate power.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
1. Yesterday, ten Democrats capitulated on an Republican budget, empowering the worst of Musk and Trump, and gutting medicaid.
It is a foreshadowing of LGBTQ+ and trans fights to come.
I ask: Where is the line which Dems will NOT vote for one of these bills?
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It is a foreshadowing of LGBTQ+ and trans fights to come.
I ask: Where is the line which Dems will NOT vote for one of these bills?
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
#Trump has never respected #Veterans
#Arlington #Cemetery website removes links to information on #minority, #female veterans www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/14/a...
#Arlington #Cemetery website removes links to information on #minority, #female veterans www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/14/a...
Arlington Cemetery website removes links to information on minority, female veterans
The Arlington National Cemetery website has removed links to information on prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members as part of Trump’s anti-DEI efforts.
www.nydailynews.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
#Trump has never respected #Veterans
#Arlington #Cemetery website removes links to information on #minority, #female veterans www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/14/a...
#Arlington #Cemetery website removes links to information on #minority, #female veterans www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/14/a...
Join me in Portland OR for Halloween! Please check out the CFP Crafters of Laughter: Innovation in Early Modern Comic Imagery, Sixteenth Century Society Conference, Portland, OR, Oct 30-Nov 1 2025
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Salvator Rosa's drawing of a Witches Sabbath to inspire you
Full CFP here: bit.ly/4kPKG6C
Salvator Rosa's drawing of a Witches Sabbath to inspire you
March 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Join me in Portland OR for Halloween! Please check out the CFP Crafters of Laughter: Innovation in Early Modern Comic Imagery, Sixteenth Century Society Conference, Portland, OR, Oct 30-Nov 1 2025
Full CFP here: bit.ly/4kPKG6C
Salvator Rosa's drawing of a Witches Sabbath to inspire you
Full CFP here: bit.ly/4kPKG6C
Salvator Rosa's drawing of a Witches Sabbath to inspire you
Wondering why #Columbia? #Trump Is Cracking Down on the #Colleges That Cave to Him newrepublic.com/article/1925... via @newrepublic.com #illegal #detention
Trump Is Cracking Down on the Colleges That Cave to Him
Columbia University complied with the demand to aid in Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest. It didn’t save it from the president’s wrath.
newrepublic.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Wondering why #Columbia? #Trump Is Cracking Down on the #Colleges That Cave to Him newrepublic.com/article/1925... via @newrepublic.com #illegal #detention
The ADL goes quiet on some hatreds www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/04/t... #ADL #selective #protection #antidefamation #league ADL is NO LONGER NEUTRAL
The ADL goes quiet on some hatreds
This week, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is hosting its annual Never Is Now summit in New York City. But behind the polished speeches and corporate sponsorships, the truth is harder to stomach: …
www.nydailynews.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The ADL goes quiet on some hatreds www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/04/t... #ADL #selective #protection #antidefamation #league ADL is NO LONGER NEUTRAL