Susan Henking
@bibliochef.bsky.social
Eat. Drink. Read. Think. Hope. Act.
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LA is on the front pages of the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal & Washington Post as #DonaldTrump uses the #NationalGuard to try to intimidate protesters & create a pretext for declaring martial law; #Resist~!
apnews.com/live/immigra...
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June 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
LA is on the front pages of the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal & Washington Post as #DonaldTrump uses the #NationalGuard to try to intimidate protesters & create a pretext for declaring martial law; #Resist~!
apnews.com/live/immigra...
apnews.com/live/immigra...
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Lawmakers will vote on a proposal that would change Pell Grant-eligibility requirements. But experts say the change, which would increase the amount of credit hours a student needs to take to qualify, will cut off access to schooling for part-time students. chroni.cl/459qBTA
Thousands of College Students Could Soon Lose Their Pell Grants
Congressional Republicans’ budget bill, now awaiting a vote in the Senate, would curb eligibility for those enrolled part time. Experts say community colleges would take a hit.
chroni.cl
June 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Lawmakers will vote on a proposal that would change Pell Grant-eligibility requirements. But experts say the change, which would increase the amount of credit hours a student needs to take to qualify, will cut off access to schooling for part-time students. chroni.cl/459qBTA
I’m a fan of the Rabbi - have been since I taught work written by her in my undergraduate classes. Lift up her voice
Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
April 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I’m a fan of the Rabbi - have been since I taught work written by her in my undergraduate classes. Lift up her voice
We ought not ask students to do what college/university presidents, trustees, and educators of all institutions in k12 will not do
"Hundreds of military children who are students at Defense Department schools across the globe walked out of class to protest book bans, curriculum changes and restrictions on extracurricular activities that have resulted from Trump's crackdown on diversity." www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Hundreds of Students at Military Base Schools Walk Out to Protest Trump Administration’s Anti-Diversity Policies
The walkouts, which included about a dozen schools on U.S. military bases in Europe, Asia and at least one stateside, represent the biggest collective action military children have taken since the sta...
www.military.com
April 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We ought not ask students to do what college/university presidents, trustees, and educators of all institutions in k12 will not do
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Ask your donors to repurpose the money they earmarked for a building to pay for research and teaching. Resolve that it is better to keep your soul and lose the money than to lose your soul and also lose the money. Earn the trust of your students, staff and faculty.
University presidents, the time is now! Unshackle the general counsel's office! File all the lawsuits! Release the faculty upon the op-ed sections! Write to your alumni, parents, and donors! You have nothing to lose but a tiny percentage of your enormous endowments... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Ask your donors to repurpose the money they earmarked for a building to pay for research and teaching. Resolve that it is better to keep your soul and lose the money than to lose your soul and also lose the money. Earn the trust of your students, staff and faculty.
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If you are national guard or active duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI rights hotline. There is support. You don't have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
If you are national guard or active duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI rights hotline. There is support. You don't have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
April 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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If you are national guard or active duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI rights hotline. There is support. You don't have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
If you are national guard or active duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI rights hotline. There is support. You don't have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
Hat tip to George Takei
Props to George Soros. Hundreds of thousands of paid protestors yesterday, and yet not a single copy of a check or any evidence of electronic transfers to them.
April 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Hat tip to George Takei
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GERMAN VICE CHANCELLOR: “.. Last night’s decision is comparable to the war of aggression against Ukraine. .. The magnitude and determination of the response must be commensurate.” 🇩🇪
@bloomberg.com
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@bloomberg.com
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April 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
GERMAN VICE CHANCELLOR: “.. Last night’s decision is comparable to the war of aggression against Ukraine. .. The magnitude and determination of the response must be commensurate.” 🇩🇪
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
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There will be as many more times as need be. April 5 is one of our opening salvos. Find an action in or near your ZIP code: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
April 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
There will be as many more times as need be. April 5 is one of our opening salvos. Find an action in or near your ZIP code: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Yes he is. Yes we will
Right now, Cory Booker is holding the Senate floor like a combination of Jimmy Stewart in "Mister Smith Goes to Washington" and Jerry Lewis in the last hours of his telethon. Compelling viewing! (On C-Span and Youtube)
April 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Yes he is. Yes we will
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NOW into 19 hours and GOING STRONG
God Speed, SENATOR COREY BOOKER
SO PROUD OF YOU
THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS
THIS IS WHAT GOOD TROUBLE LOOKS LIKE
We, @thereformers.bsky.social STAND WITH SENATOR BOOKER
WE ARE SO PROUD
God Speed, SENATOR COREY BOOKER
SO PROUD OF YOU
THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS
THIS IS WHAT GOOD TROUBLE LOOKS LIKE
We, @thereformers.bsky.social STAND WITH SENATOR BOOKER
WE ARE SO PROUD
Sen. Booker has crossed the 18 hour mark in his historic Senate speech protesting the Trump administration.
WATCH IT LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...
WATCH IT LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...
LIVE NOW: Sen. Booker will go as long as he can in marathon Senate speech to protest Trump
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NOW into 19 hours and GOING STRONG
God Speed, SENATOR COREY BOOKER
SO PROUD OF YOU
THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS
THIS IS WHAT GOOD TROUBLE LOOKS LIKE
We, @thereformers.bsky.social STAND WITH SENATOR BOOKER
WE ARE SO PROUD
God Speed, SENATOR COREY BOOKER
SO PROUD OF YOU
THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS
THIS IS WHAT GOOD TROUBLE LOOKS LIKE
We, @thereformers.bsky.social STAND WITH SENATOR BOOKER
WE ARE SO PROUD
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
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If you’re in Wisconsin, vote today for Susan Crawford. There are also two special elections in Florida’s 1st and 6th districts. Let’s show Elon our country isn’t for sale.
April 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If you’re in Wisconsin, vote today for Susan Crawford. There are also two special elections in Florida’s 1st and 6th districts. Let’s show Elon our country isn’t for sale.
Not good for upstate NY who deserves better, but good for the UN?
Trump pulled Stefanik’s U.N. abassador nomination to protect her House seat because Democrats are surging, even in deep-red districts. Add in a flipped seat, Fox News hosts getting humiliated, and some surprise court wins, and you’ve got a Week In Wins worth reading.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Not good for upstate NY who deserves better, but good for the UN?
Support your campus #librarians and those who work (many of us know folks) in places like the naval academy library
Hegseth's office ordered the U.S. Naval Academy to review all 590,000 books in its library for content at odds with an executive order banning “radical indoctrination” in K-12 schools, even though it is a college. MLK, Einstein books already identified for removal www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions
The defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Support your campus #librarians and those who work (many of us know folks) in places like the naval academy library
If you thought utcwas only R1 institutions under attack you were wrong. How are you speaking out?
What have you said to/on your Board? Has your president spoken out? Will you? Your faculty governance?
edworkforce.house.gov/news/documen...
What have you said to/on your Board? Has your president spoken out? Will you? Your faculty governance?
edworkforce.house.gov/news/documen...
Walberg, Owens Demand Answers from Five Colleges Following Their Lackluster Response to Antisemitism
edworkforce.house.gov
March 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If you thought utcwas only R1 institutions under attack you were wrong. How are you speaking out?
What have you said to/on your Board? Has your president spoken out? Will you? Your faculty governance?
edworkforce.house.gov/news/documen...
What have you said to/on your Board? Has your president spoken out? Will you? Your faculty governance?
edworkforce.house.gov/news/documen...
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Turn this TV off. Turn this TV off...
March 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Turn this TV off. Turn this TV off...
Yes, we know we called and wrote already. Once again (likely many more times) but this is key.
People respond to “call your Senator” with “but mine are both Republicans.”
Precisely.
The only way anything will change is with PRESSURE.
Signalgate is a serious breach & display of lying & incompetence at the highest levels.
Call them! 202-224-3121
www.armed-services.senate.gov/about/member...
Precisely.
The only way anything will change is with PRESSURE.
Signalgate is a serious breach & display of lying & incompetence at the highest levels.
Call them! 202-224-3121
www.armed-services.senate.gov/about/member...
Committee Membership | United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
www.armed-services.senate.gov
March 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Yes, we know we called and wrote already. Once again (likely many more times) but this is key.
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They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.
When was the last time your higher education institution required loyalty oaths? I recently read a file from the 1930s about this topic in which American administrators & faculty refused to follow such a law in the US. What history of your institution do you know? #askyourarchivist ?
March 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
When was the last time your higher education institution required loyalty oaths? I recently read a file from the 1930s about this topic in which American administrators & faculty refused to follow such a law in the US. What history of your institution do you know? #askyourarchivist ?
Well, we have all been saying higher education is a business… (yes I am being sarcastic)
President Trump announced that he's moving the nation's $1.7-trillion federal student loan program "immediately" to the Small Business Administration. Skeptics say that's probably illegal and would throw the financial aid system into chaos. chroni.cl/4c17Kvu
Trump Plans to Move Troubled Financial-Aid Office to Decimated Small Business Administration
The Higher Education Act directs the Department of Education to administer student-aid programs, one advocate pointed out.
chroni.cl
March 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Well, we have all been saying higher education is a business… (yes I am being sarcastic)
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You don’t really have to frame the kidnapping, abuse, and humiliation of people as important and serious because it means the same could potentially be done to citizens. It can just be important and serious that people are being kidnapped, abused, and humiliated.
March 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
You don’t really have to frame the kidnapping, abuse, and humiliation of people as important and serious because it means the same could potentially be done to citizens. It can just be important and serious that people are being kidnapped, abused, and humiliated.
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...