@kellybenjamin.bsky.social
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And now there are SEVEN.
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA rejects Trump higher ed plan as ASU invited to join compact
The University of Arizona rejected a Trump proposal linking funding to political priorities.
www.axios.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And now there are SEVEN.
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
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October 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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The snake is growing.
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The snake is growing.
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
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UPDATE:
4 Down
5 to Go
Who’s Next?
When students, faculty, & our communities are united, nothing can stop us.
Join us for our national teach in on the growing resistance movement to Trump’s ‘Loyalty Oath’ Compact today at 2PM ET:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DefendHigherEd
4 Down
5 to Go
Who’s Next?
When students, faculty, & our communities are united, nothing can stop us.
Join us for our national teach in on the growing resistance movement to Trump’s ‘Loyalty Oath’ Compact today at 2PM ET:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DefendHigherEd
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
UPDATE:
4 Down
5 to Go
Who’s Next?
When students, faculty, & our communities are united, nothing can stop us.
Join us for our national teach in on the growing resistance movement to Trump’s ‘Loyalty Oath’ Compact today at 2PM ET:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DefendHigherEd
4 Down
5 to Go
Who’s Next?
When students, faculty, & our communities are united, nothing can stop us.
Join us for our national teach in on the growing resistance movement to Trump’s ‘Loyalty Oath’ Compact today at 2PM ET:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DefendHigherEd
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This is why "all of the above" energy is not a climate solution.
Record amounts of clean energy were built in 2024, but since we're still building out fossil fuels—indeed, since we're still just *using* fossil fuels—the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is still going up, cooking us.
1/n
Record amounts of clean energy were built in 2024, but since we're still building out fossil fuels—indeed, since we're still just *using* fossil fuels—the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is still going up, cooking us.
1/n
October 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This is why "all of the above" energy is not a climate solution.
Record amounts of clean energy were built in 2024, but since we're still building out fossil fuels—indeed, since we're still just *using* fossil fuels—the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is still going up, cooking us.
1/n
Record amounts of clean energy were built in 2024, but since we're still building out fossil fuels—indeed, since we're still just *using* fossil fuels—the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is still going up, cooking us.
1/n
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Carbon dioxide levels increase by record amount to new highs in 2024
wmo.int
October 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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🚨🚨🚨
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
www.thedp.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🚨🚨🚨
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
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Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
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Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.
At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
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In a landmark ruling in our case against the Trump admin on the deportation of international students for protected speech, Judge William Young rejected the government’s justification for the wearing of masks by ICE agents as
“disingenuous, squalid & dishonorable.”
#AAUPvRubio
@knightcolumbia.org
“disingenuous, squalid & dishonorable.”
#AAUPvRubio
@knightcolumbia.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In a landmark ruling in our case against the Trump admin on the deportation of international students for protected speech, Judge William Young rejected the government’s justification for the wearing of masks by ICE agents as
“disingenuous, squalid & dishonorable.”
#AAUPvRubio
@knightcolumbia.org
“disingenuous, squalid & dishonorable.”
#AAUPvRubio
@knightcolumbia.org
On the subject of university loyalty oaths being currently sought by the Trump administration:
blognostrumuva.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/t...
blognostrumuva.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/t...
The Italian university professors’ oath of allegiance to fascism (1931)
«I swear fidelity to the King, to his Royal successors and to the Fascist regime, and I swear to respect the [National Fascist Party’s] Statute and the other laws of the State, and to fulfil …
blognostrumuva.wordpress.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
On the subject of university loyalty oaths being currently sought by the Trump administration:
blognostrumuva.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/t...
blognostrumuva.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/t...
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Mussolini also demanded loyalty oaths from his universities and faculty. It is time to WAKE UP!
www.clickondetroit.com/news/politic...
www.clickondetroit.com/news/politic...
Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money
The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money.
www.clickondetroit.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Mussolini also demanded loyalty oaths from his universities and faculty. It is time to WAKE UP!
www.clickondetroit.com/news/politic...
www.clickondetroit.com/news/politic...
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What happens when Grandpa Trump stays up too late and watches the incendiary and misleading news on Fox? In this case, it's troops in a major U.S. city, and a constitutional crisis
The 79-year-old man with reality issues...and the nuclear football. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The 79-year-old man with reality issues...and the nuclear football. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Grandpa Trump watches too much Fox News | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Hegseth covers up U.S. war crimes... from 1890.
www.inquirer.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What happens when Grandpa Trump stays up too late and watches the incendiary and misleading news on Fox? In this case, it's troops in a major U.S. city, and a constitutional crisis
The 79-year-old man with reality issues...and the nuclear football. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The 79-year-old man with reality issues...and the nuclear football. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Generals, the reason I called you here OOF
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Generals, the reason I called you here OOF
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“Common decency, then, stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association, as Russell exemplified. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply.”
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“Common decency, then, stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association, as Russell exemplified. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply.”
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
For a second there I thought Trump posted & deleted a WEIRD AL video!!!
But, in fact, the truth is even WEIRDER!!!
But, in fact, the truth is even WEIRDER!!!
Trump, 79, Deletes Weird AI Video Shilling Magic Beds
The “medbed” that Trump promoted is a far-right conspiracy theory.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For a second there I thought Trump posted & deleted a WEIRD AL video!!!
But, in fact, the truth is even WEIRDER!!!
But, in fact, the truth is even WEIRDER!!!
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Speak truth to power, and other thoughts about a difficult week in the US (from Friday, Sept. 19)
(Audio)
snyder.substack.com/p/speak-trut...
(Audio)
snyder.substack.com/p/speak-trut...
Speak truth to power
And other thoughts about a difficult week in the US
snyder.substack.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Speak truth to power, and other thoughts about a difficult week in the US (from Friday, Sept. 19)
(Audio)
snyder.substack.com/p/speak-trut...
(Audio)
snyder.substack.com/p/speak-trut...
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"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
www.insidehighered.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Newsmax asked me why the “left” is saying ICE disappears people
September 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Newsmax asked me why the “left” is saying ICE disappears people
This white Christian nationalist on white Christian nationalist crime is getting out of hand…
September 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This white Christian nationalist on white Christian nationalist crime is getting out of hand…
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When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
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Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
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Important & hilarious deconstruction of Trump & the authoritarian far right's absurdly dangerous attacks on American higher education featuring a cameo from Michael Thaddeus, acting president of @aaupcu.bsky.social.
#DefendHigherEd #Academicsky
#DefendHigherEd #Academicsky
John Oliver talks about Donald Trump’s war on higher education, the history of right-wing attacks on what universities research and teach, and how a weird little tree frog might – might! – just save us all. 👍♥️😁
#JohnOliver #Trump #HBO #BlueSky
#JohnOliver #Trump #HBO #BlueSky
Trump vs. Higher Education: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Important & hilarious deconstruction of Trump & the authoritarian far right's absurdly dangerous attacks on American higher education featuring a cameo from Michael Thaddeus, acting president of @aaupcu.bsky.social.
#DefendHigherEd #Academicsky
#DefendHigherEd #Academicsky
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Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city.
Photos capture Chicagoans’ protest against ICE and Trump’s intervention plans
CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city.
bit.ly
September 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city.
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Climate change indicators
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September 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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