Josh Moody
@byjoshmoody.bsky.social
Money & management reporter @insidehighered.com. Nebraskan in DC. 🌽
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Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion.
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion.
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
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A university professor took her public records complaint to court. A judge sided with Boise State. But taxpayers could be on the hook for close to $45,000. #idleg #idaho www.idahoednews.org/top-news/a-b...
A Boise State public records request leads to a rare, costly court dispute
A university professor took her public records complaint to court. A judge sided with Boise State. But taxpayers could be on the hook for close to $45,000.
www.idahoednews.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A university professor took her public records complaint to court. A judge sided with Boise State. But taxpayers could be on the hook for close to $45,000. #idleg #idaho www.idahoednews.org/top-news/a-b...
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How the Loan Cap Committee Reached Consensus
Department officials are celebrating the new regulation as a step toward lowering college costs. Others argue it could lead to workforce shortages in critical health-care roles. https://bit.ly/4p1pagE
Department officials are celebrating the new regulation as a step toward lowering college costs. Others argue it could lead to workforce shortages in critical health-care roles. https://bit.ly/4p1pagE
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How the Loan Cap Committee Reached Consensus
Department officials are celebrating the new regulation as a step toward lowering college costs. Others argue it could lead to workforce shortages in critical health-care roles. https://bit.ly/4p1pagE
Department officials are celebrating the new regulation as a step toward lowering college costs. Others argue it could lead to workforce shortages in critical health-care roles. https://bit.ly/4p1pagE
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Florida Board Says Syllabi, Reading Lists Must Be Posted Publicly for 5 Years
Faculty at some Florida public universities argue the new policy is less about transparency for students and more about chilling academic freedom. https://bit.ly/3JEVEyi
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Faculty at some Florida public universities argue the new policy is less about transparency for students and more about chilling academic freedom. https://bit.ly/3JEVEyi
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Florida Board Says Syllabi, Reading Lists Must Be Posted Publicly for 5 Years
Faculty at some Florida public universities argue the new policy is less about transparency for students and more about chilling academic freedom. https://bit.ly/3JEVEyi
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Faculty at some Florida public universities argue the new policy is less about transparency for students and more about chilling academic freedom. https://bit.ly/3JEVEyi
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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A federal judge has ruled that the partisan language the Trump admin added to the out-of-office emails of furloughed Education Department employees violates their First Amendment rights.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A federal judge has ruled that the partisan language the Trump admin added to the out-of-office emails of furloughed Education Department employees violates their First Amendment rights.
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Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused @georgemasonu.bsky.social's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims. https://bit.ly/3Jrq478
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused @georgemasonu.bsky.social's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims. https://bit.ly/3Jrq478
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused @georgemasonu.bsky.social's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims. https://bit.ly/3Jrq478
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused @georgemasonu.bsky.social's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims. https://bit.ly/3Jrq478
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Breaking: Cornell has agreed to a deal with the Trump administration to restore frozen federal research funding.
Agreement here: bit.ly/3XfKu62
Cornell statement here: bit.ly/47GxPOn
Agreement here: bit.ly/3XfKu62
Cornell statement here: bit.ly/47GxPOn
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Breaking: Cornell has agreed to a deal with the Trump administration to restore frozen federal research funding.
Agreement here: bit.ly/3XfKu62
Cornell statement here: bit.ly/47GxPOn
Agreement here: bit.ly/3XfKu62
Cornell statement here: bit.ly/47GxPOn
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The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes,” professor Nick Cull says.
Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," Professor Nick Cull says.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes,” professor Nick Cull says.
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This year, federal and state governments have introduced more than 100 bills aiming to curtail the right to protest. Four newly-signed state laws increase protest-related offenses from misdemeanors to felonies, with similar legislation pending in about 10 other states.
https://phlnthrp.com/47V2w3E
https://phlnthrp.com/47V2w3E
Protest or Riot? Foundations Navigate Legal Landmines
For the Bread & Roses Community Fund, protest is a key method of pushing for social change. Grantees of the $14 million fund have taken to the streets, held signs, chanted slogans, and rallied for var...
www.philanthropy.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This year, federal and state governments have introduced more than 100 bills aiming to curtail the right to protest. Four newly-signed state laws increase protest-related offenses from misdemeanors to felonies, with similar legislation pending in about 10 other states.
https://phlnthrp.com/47V2w3E
https://phlnthrp.com/47V2w3E
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
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Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
Inbox: PragerU announces partnership with Southeastern University. Also, to be be fair, people only said that PragerU wasn't a real university because... it's not a real university. Still isn't.
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Inbox: PragerU announces partnership with Southeastern University. Also, to be be fair, people only said that PragerU wasn't a real university because... it's not a real university. Still isn't.
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I'm back on The Key this week with @saracuster.insidehighered.com. We talk about Dancing with the Stars, the romance novel I'm trying to write and all the news from the last month.
www.insidehighered.com/podcasts/key...
www.insidehighered.com/podcasts/key...
Ep. 181: TRIO Cuts, Compact Responses and Looking for Signs of Life at ED | Inside Higher Ed
In this episode, Katherine Knott, Inside Higher Ed’s news editor, is ba
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November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I'm back on The Key this week with @saracuster.insidehighered.com. We talk about Dancing with the Stars, the romance novel I'm trying to write and all the news from the last month.
www.insidehighered.com/podcasts/key...
www.insidehighered.com/podcasts/key...
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The philanthropist MacKenzie Scott dropped upward of $300 million on historically Black colleges and universities this fall. Here's how campus leaders are spending the money.
How HBCUs Plan to Spend MacKenzie Scott’s Money
The philanthropist dropped upward of $300 million on historically Black colleges and universities this fall. Campus leaders are overjoyed and spending in ways they never thought possible.
www.insidehighered.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The philanthropist MacKenzie Scott dropped upward of $300 million on historically Black colleges and universities this fall. Here's how campus leaders are spending the money.
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Imagine having the brand, history, platform and reach of The NY Times and asking whether Women Are Actually The Baddies.
November 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Imagine having the brand, history, platform and reach of The NY Times and asking whether Women Are Actually The Baddies.
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🚨 WaPo SCOOP: Inside the crisis at the Heritage Foundation
The group behind Project 2025 is facing a rebellion — and has been for months.
The Tucker Carlson/Nick Fuentes/antisemitism saga is just what caused it to break into the open.
🎁 Gift link:
The group behind Project 2025 is facing a rebellion — and has been for months.
The Tucker Carlson/Nick Fuentes/antisemitism saga is just what caused it to break into the open.
🎁 Gift link:
Heritage staff in open revolt over leader’s defense of Tucker Carlson
At least five members of Heritage’s antisemitism task force resigned after Roberts defended Carlson’s interview with antisemitic white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
wapo.st
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🚨 WaPo SCOOP: Inside the crisis at the Heritage Foundation
The group behind Project 2025 is facing a rebellion — and has been for months.
The Tucker Carlson/Nick Fuentes/antisemitism saga is just what caused it to break into the open.
🎁 Gift link:
The group behind Project 2025 is facing a rebellion — and has been for months.
The Tucker Carlson/Nick Fuentes/antisemitism saga is just what caused it to break into the open.
🎁 Gift link:
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Evan Smith, then Texas Monthly’s editor in chief, gives the behind-the-scenes story of how the 2007 Bum Steers cover with Dick Cheney came together. https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-stand-up-desk/about-that-iconic-dick-cheney-cover/
About That Iconic Dick Cheney Cover
Evan Smith, then Texas Monthly’s editor in chief, gives the behind-the-scenes story of how the 2007 Bum Steers cover came together.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Evan Smith, then Texas Monthly’s editor in chief, gives the behind-the-scenes story of how the 2007 Bum Steers cover with Dick Cheney came together. https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-stand-up-desk/about-that-iconic-dick-cheney-cover/
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Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown trib.al/5WGvUOq
Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown
The only dining facility for junior troops at the Army’s Fort Leavenworth in Kansas has been closed due to funding issues.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown trib.al/5WGvUOq
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University of Austin to End Tuition ‘Forever’ with Help of $100M Gift
U Austin Announces $100M Gift, End to Tuition ‘Forever’
After receiving even more support from a big conservative donor, the not-yet-accredited institution announced it will neither charge tuition nor accept government funds. Some are skeptical.
www.insidehighered.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
University of Austin to End Tuition ‘Forever’ with Help of $100M Gift
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Yesterday, Dick Cheney, the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, died at 84.
His legacy: torture, secret prisons, and wars that killed millions.
@alfatau.bsky.social examines the empire he built—and the impunity he enjoyed.
inthesetimes.com/article/dick...
His legacy: torture, secret prisons, and wars that killed millions.
@alfatau.bsky.social examines the empire he built—and the impunity he enjoyed.
inthesetimes.com/article/dick...
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Yesterday, Dick Cheney, the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, died at 84.
His legacy: torture, secret prisons, and wars that killed millions.
@alfatau.bsky.social examines the empire he built—and the impunity he enjoyed.
inthesetimes.com/article/dick...
His legacy: torture, secret prisons, and wars that killed millions.
@alfatau.bsky.social examines the empire he built—and the impunity he enjoyed.
inthesetimes.com/article/dick...
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Meta PR has been challenging us to philosophical debates about the difference between its AI glasses harassment machine and an iPhone, this is my answer www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Meta PR has been challenging us to philosophical debates about the difference between its AI glasses harassment machine and an iPhone, this is my answer www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
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Former WNMU President Sues Lawmakers, Alleges Corruption https://bit.ly/4oqZ7zA
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Former WNMU President Sues Lawmakers, Alleges Corruption https://bit.ly/4oqZ7zA
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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As we head into a busy winter season for academic conferences, international scholars are deciding to skip them, part in protest against the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed, and part in caution for their own safety at the border.
New from me:
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
New from me:
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Cautious or Protesting, Foreign Scholars Skip U.S. Conferences
As President Donald Trump deploys National Guard troops to American cities and ICE arrests pick up, some international scholars are opting out of U.S. travel.
www.insidehighered.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As we head into a busy winter season for academic conferences, international scholars are deciding to skip them, part in protest against the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed, and part in caution for their own safety at the border.
New from me:
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
New from me:
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Trinity Christian College will close next year due to insurmountable financial pressures. A quick look at their finances shows years of operating losses, a meager endowment, and a tiny donor pool.
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
Trinity Christian College Announces Closure
Trinity Christian College will close next year due to financial pressure following years of declining enrollment, stubborn deficits and an overreliance on a small donor pool.
www.insidehighered.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Trinity Christian College will close next year due to insurmountable financial pressures. A quick look at their finances shows years of operating losses, a meager endowment, and a tiny donor pool.
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...