jimrwest.bsky.social
@jimrwest.bsky.social
Educator, musician and leader.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!

We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I encourage people to watch this video. The selected footage shows the professor doing nothing even slightly out of line, whereas the student misinterprets the law and hopes to impose her religious beliefs on the material.

Administrators caving to this is terrifying.
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Catherine Goldberg and Milan Vivanco on charting a new path for America’s climate diplomacy:

“We must not tether our aspirations to fleeting moments of partisan alignment but instead future-proof climate action by building broad coalitions that can endure.”

www.justsecurity.org/119698/ameri...
Rebuilding Credibility of America’s Climate Diplomacy
Climate policy depends on long-term coordination and trust. America's volatility is a national liability with global impacts.
www.justsecurity.org
September 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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“We’re seeing a growing movement within civil society, that has to be maintained, & and has to be maintained for years. The damage that the Trump administration is doing is absolutely beyond the pale & has never, never been equaled in American life with regard to higher education.”
— Ellen Schrecker
May 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
May 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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“Investing in science and engineering is an investment in America. Diminishing NSF and the science it supports will hurt the American economy and the lives of all Americans.”

theconversation.com/unprecedente...
Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves economic growth, national security and your life
The Trump administration has terminated hundreds of federal grants that support engineering, biology, geology, computer science, STEM education and much more.
theconversation.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
The government ignored his protective legal status & deported Abrego Garcia. “Now they claim that the court is powerless to order any relief. If that’s true, the immigration laws are meaningless because the government can deport ANYONE & no court can do anything about it once it’s done.”
March 31, 2025
On April 1, 1861, Secretary of State William Henry Seward wrote an astonishing letter to President Abraham Lincoln.
open.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM