Dara Regaignon
@dregaignon.bsky.social
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Some highlights if you missed the story: What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President @andykroll.bsky.social
What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Some highlights if you missed the story: What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President @andykroll.bsky.social
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So proud of everyone! The NYPD confirmed that rallies across the city have ended with no arrests. It’s getting harder and harder for Trump to sell his propaganda.
October 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
So proud of everyone! The NYPD confirmed that rallies across the city have ended with no arrests. It’s getting harder and harder for Trump to sell his propaganda.
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BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
October 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
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Yes, we are alarmed about unlawful, transphobic censorship in the Texas Tech System. Join AAUP and AFT in the fight for academic freedom and free speech! ✊🏽 #LetTeachetsTeach #LetStudentsLearn
“The move, apparently a first among large institutions of higher education, raised alarm among advocates of academic freedom across Texas. It signaled that an effort to restrict teaching about transgender people and gender topics was expanding to colleges and universities, where no such ban exists.”
September 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Yes, we are alarmed about unlawful, transphobic censorship in the Texas Tech System. Join AAUP and AFT in the fight for academic freedom and free speech! ✊🏽 #LetTeachetsTeach #LetStudentsLearn
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The "lung float" test is being used to charge women with murder. Many experts say it's unreliable.
“There’s no way you can determine live birth versus stillbirth with this test," said one doctor, who called the test “an outrageous breach of science.”
(Pub. Oct. 2023)
“There’s no way you can determine live birth versus stillbirth with this test," said one doctor, who called the test “an outrageous breach of science.”
(Pub. Oct. 2023)
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get ...
www.propublica.org
September 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The "lung float" test is being used to charge women with murder. Many experts say it's unreliable.
“There’s no way you can determine live birth versus stillbirth with this test," said one doctor, who called the test “an outrageous breach of science.”
(Pub. Oct. 2023)
“There’s no way you can determine live birth versus stillbirth with this test," said one doctor, who called the test “an outrageous breach of science.”
(Pub. Oct. 2023)
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NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
www.rollingstone.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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I'd like to commend the lawyers who wrote this complaint on behalf of the professors and employees of the University of California against the Trump administration.
It's a sober legal document with strong claims, but also, this is a fight for public opinion, and this reads like the writers know it.
It's a sober legal document with strong claims, but also, this is a fight for public opinion, and this reads like the writers know it.
AAUP-UC-Trump Lawsuit -- Uploaded by Jaweed Kaleem of the Los Angeles Times
www.documentcloud.org
September 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I'd like to commend the lawyers who wrote this complaint on behalf of the professors and employees of the University of California against the Trump administration.
It's a sober legal document with strong claims, but also, this is a fight for public opinion, and this reads like the writers know it.
It's a sober legal document with strong claims, but also, this is a fight for public opinion, and this reads like the writers know it.
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But tell me again how the republicans are the party that “supports families and veterans.” This is fucking evil 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
We are in hell. The VA is cancelling parental leave that has already been approved, some parents already on leave.
#DougCollins is evil.
www.axios.com/2025/08/15/v...
#DougCollins is evil.
www.axios.com/2025/08/15/v...
Exclusive: VA rescinds weeks of parental leave — even for some giving birth this week
Last week, the VA was the first federal agency to terminate a union contract.
www.axios.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
But tell me again how the republicans are the party that “supports families and veterans.” This is fucking evil 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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A great read on UChicago, arguing we’re seeing the result of decades of mismanagement: “The university’s trustees and leaders view it preeminently as a tax-free technology incubator, and its debt load is so great that it is abandoning ideals it once held dear in order to sustain that goal.”
The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump
The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it do...
www.compactmag.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A great read on UChicago, arguing we’re seeing the result of decades of mismanagement: “The university’s trustees and leaders view it preeminently as a tax-free technology incubator, and its debt load is so great that it is abandoning ideals it once held dear in order to sustain that goal.”
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@cuny.edu is providing consultation with an attorney for all current students and employees who need help with immigration issues!
This is an amazing resource and other colleges should do the same. Good for CUNY for stepping up to the plate in this way.
cuny.edu/CIAP
This is an amazing resource and other colleges should do the same. Good for CUNY for stepping up to the plate in this way.
cuny.edu/CIAP
CUNY Immigration Assistance Project (CIAP) – The City University of New York
25 Colleges. One University.
cuny.edu
August 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@cuny.edu is providing consultation with an attorney for all current students and employees who need help with immigration issues!
This is an amazing resource and other colleges should do the same. Good for CUNY for stepping up to the plate in this way.
cuny.edu/CIAP
This is an amazing resource and other colleges should do the same. Good for CUNY for stepping up to the plate in this way.
cuny.edu/CIAP
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He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.
August 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
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Boost and for everyone in DC. Know your rights. (Gift link)
As Trump pushes a federal takeover of D.C. police, these are your rights
With federal and local officers on D.C.’s streets, here’s what to know about what law enforcement agencies can legally order you to do — and what they can’t.
wapo.st
August 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Boost and for everyone in DC. Know your rights. (Gift link)
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📣International humanitarian professionals are standing by ready to deliver aid and save lives in Gaza.
All that's needed is the political will and moral courage from U.S. leaders to use the leverage they have to demand an end to the Israeli government's starvation policies.
All that's needed is the political will and moral courage from U.S. leaders to use the leverage they have to demand an end to the Israeli government's starvation policies.
Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since early March. Israel's weaponization of aid MUST end.
www.politico.eu/article/isra...
www.politico.eu/article/isra...
Israel locks aid groups out of Gaza as Palestinians starve, say NGOs
Israel has threatened to ban nonprofits from Gaza unless they hand over details of their Palestinian staff, 100 NGOs say in joint statement.
www.politico.eu
August 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
📣International humanitarian professionals are standing by ready to deliver aid and save lives in Gaza.
All that's needed is the political will and moral courage from U.S. leaders to use the leverage they have to demand an end to the Israeli government's starvation policies.
All that's needed is the political will and moral courage from U.S. leaders to use the leverage they have to demand an end to the Israeli government's starvation policies.
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Excellent news!
May 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Excellent news!
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Days before ICE detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, the State Dept. determined that the Trump administration had not produced evidence showing she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found
An internal memo, prepared before Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE, raises doubts about the Trump administration’s claims that she supports Hamas.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Days before ICE detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, the State Dept. determined that the Trump administration had not produced evidence showing she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The Office for Civil Rights has requested the names & nat'lities of students & faculty..involved in alleged Title VI violations.
Today, the AAUP wrote to college & universities to clarify that they are under NO LEGAL COMPULSION to comply. Doing so enables deportations.
www.aaup.org/news/institu...
Today, the AAUP wrote to college & universities to clarify that they are under NO LEGAL COMPULSION to comply. Doing so enables deportations.
www.aaup.org/news/institu...
Institutions Should Not Provide Student and Faculty Info To Enable Deportations
In response to news reports that the Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Education has requested the names and nationalities of students and faculty who may have been involved in alleged T...
www.aaup.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Office for Civil Rights has requested the names & nat'lities of students & faculty..involved in alleged Title VI violations.
Today, the AAUP wrote to college & universities to clarify that they are under NO LEGAL COMPULSION to comply. Doing so enables deportations.
www.aaup.org/news/institu...
Today, the AAUP wrote to college & universities to clarify that they are under NO LEGAL COMPULSION to comply. Doing so enables deportations.
www.aaup.org/news/institu...
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As we’ve reported on sexual misconduct by OB-GYNs, we’ve learned that many women felt they didn’t know what was normal during a visit, or didn’t know what they could do to speak up.
We created this guide to help fill this gap.
We created this guide to help fill this gap.
Concerned About Your OB-GYN Visit? A Guide to What Should Happen — and What Shouldn’t.
As we’ve reported on sexual misconduct by OB-GYNs, many women told us they didn’t know what was normal. With the help of providers, patients and experts, we created this guide.
propub.li
March 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
As we’ve reported on sexual misconduct by OB-GYNs, we’ve learned that many women felt they didn’t know what was normal during a visit, or didn’t know what they could do to speak up.
We created this guide to help fill this gap.
We created this guide to help fill this gap.
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It's been a while since I boosted this post, so I'm doing it again.
Click through for suicide prevention resources. Only the first page is the 988 network, & there are 3 more pages of specific resources for LGBTQ+, vets/SMs, etc.
Share to save a life! You matter, the 🌎 is better with you in it.
Click through for suicide prevention resources. Only the first page is the 988 network, & there are 3 more pages of specific resources for LGBTQ+, vets/SMs, etc.
Share to save a life! You matter, the 🌎 is better with you in it.
(1/5) Updated Suicide Prevention Resources - please reach out if you're struggling!
National Crisis Line: 988
For Veterans: 988, press 1
National Text Line: text "HOME" to 741741
The above lines are the only ones tied into the National 988 network. All the rest in this thread are not.
National Crisis Line: 988
For Veterans: 988, press 1
National Text Line: text "HOME" to 741741
The above lines are the only ones tied into the National 988 network. All the rest in this thread are not.
March 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's been a while since I boosted this post, so I'm doing it again.
Click through for suicide prevention resources. Only the first page is the 988 network, & there are 3 more pages of specific resources for LGBTQ+, vets/SMs, etc.
Share to save a life! You matter, the 🌎 is better with you in it.
Click through for suicide prevention resources. Only the first page is the 988 network, & there are 3 more pages of specific resources for LGBTQ+, vets/SMs, etc.
Share to save a life! You matter, the 🌎 is better with you in it.
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This is where we've landed in our family, it is ... expected but horrifying that this is where we are.
Chilling report from Brown University.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
Brown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel
One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunda...
www.browndailyherald.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is where we've landed in our family, it is ... expected but horrifying that this is where we are.
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Rather than escalating violence and destruction, risking regional escalation, the Trump Admin. should be putting pressure on Israel to uphold the ceasefire deal. This includes allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza and returning to the negotiating table for a permanent ceasefire.
March 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Rather than escalating violence and destruction, risking regional escalation, the Trump Admin. should be putting pressure on Israel to uphold the ceasefire deal. This includes allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza and returning to the negotiating table for a permanent ceasefire.
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Did your Democratic senator betray you yesterday by voting to give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government? Let them know you’re outraged by their decision to cave to extreme GOP demands, and that they’ve got some work to do to win back your trust: indivisible.org/resource/tel...
March 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Did your Democratic senator betray you yesterday by voting to give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government? Let them know you’re outraged by their decision to cave to extreme GOP demands, and that they’ve got some work to do to win back your trust: indivisible.org/resource/tel...
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“It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,” said Joan Scott, a historian & member of the academic freedom committee of the AAUP. “Even during the McCarthy period in the United States, this was not done.”
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia, alarming scholars and speech groups
The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studi...
apnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,” said Joan Scott, a historian & member of the academic freedom committee of the AAUP. “Even during the McCarthy period in the United States, this was not done.”
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
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"This is going to be a long fight. We need everyone on board. This is why we’re developing a multi-pronged approach to organizing. This is the only way to stop the anti-worker policies being pushed by the Trump administration."
– AAUP Vice-President Rotua Lumbantobing
msmagazine.com/2025/03/14/a...
– AAUP Vice-President Rotua Lumbantobing
msmagazine.com/2025/03/14/a...
Amid Right-Wing Attacks on Education, the American Association of University Professors Organizes for Academic Freedom
When the right-wing Heritage Foundation released its Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise—better known as Project 2025—in 2023, its authors laid out a comprehensive framework for undercutt...
msmagazine.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"This is going to be a long fight. We need everyone on board. This is why we’re developing a multi-pronged approach to organizing. This is the only way to stop the anti-worker policies being pushed by the Trump administration."
– AAUP Vice-President Rotua Lumbantobing
msmagazine.com/2025/03/14/a...
– AAUP Vice-President Rotua Lumbantobing
msmagazine.com/2025/03/14/a...