Maman Iwie
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The Trump administration announced that it will launch a comprehensive review of both current and upcoming Smithsonian Institution exhibitions, examining display text, online materials, and social media posts “to evaluate tone, historical context, and adherence to American ideals.”
August 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The Trump administration announced that it will launch a comprehensive review of both current and upcoming Smithsonian Institution exhibitions, examining display text, online materials, and social media posts “to evaluate tone, historical context, and adherence to American ideals.”
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Community leaders in Chicago are outraged after immigration forces showed up at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture and refused to identify themselves.
July 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Community leaders in Chicago are outraged after immigration forces showed up at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture and refused to identify themselves.
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Right now in Oakland, because of course!
June 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Right now in Oakland, because of course!
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Hello, Bluesky!! We are a collective of academics who are standing up for higher education. Join us: www.wearehighered.org
We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
March 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hello, Bluesky!! We are a collective of academics who are standing up for higher education. Join us: www.wearehighered.org
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USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you
www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
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Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...
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March 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you
www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
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I just spoke with Homeland Security to get more information and I will share when I learn more.
The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research. We have any number of students studying here with visas, and we need answers.
www.startribune.com/u-graduate-s...
The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research. We have any number of students studying here with visas, and we need answers.
www.startribune.com/u-graduate-s...
International graduate student at U detained by ICE agents
In an email to students, university officials called it a “deeply concerning situation.”
www.startribune.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I just spoke with Homeland Security to get more information and I will share when I learn more.
The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research. We have any number of students studying here with visas, and we need answers.
www.startribune.com/u-graduate-s...
The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research. We have any number of students studying here with visas, and we need answers.
www.startribune.com/u-graduate-s...
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so is it the official view of the white house that race is a biological reality?
I’m not linking to the damn thing, here:
![For example, the Smithsonian American Art Museum today features “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture,” an exhibit representing that “[s]ocieties including the United States have used race to establish and maintain systems of power, privilege, and disenfranchisement.” The exhibit further claims that “sculpture has been a powerful tool in promoting scientific racism” and promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct, stating “Race is a human invention.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4d76fjna5nxqsy2fu6cgmp3/bafkreihc3vsdrvtmlyrp4aix3zpcbqvgeplnz3vis6p5itlxtmo5b5lwpy@jpeg)
March 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
so is it the official view of the white house that race is a biological reality?
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Dear Secretary Rubio,
Hi, Tufts professor here. As someone who was on campus during the time in question, your claims about what Rumeysa Ozturk did bear no resemblance to reality. So did you just revoke her visa because she co-authored an anodyne op-ed that never mentioned Hamas?
Sincerely,
DWD
Hi, Tufts professor here. As someone who was on campus during the time in question, your claims about what Rumeysa Ozturk did bear no resemblance to reality. So did you just revoke her visa because she co-authored an anodyne op-ed that never mentioned Hamas?
Sincerely,
DWD
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Dear Secretary Rubio,
Hi, Tufts professor here. As someone who was on campus during the time in question, your claims about what Rumeysa Ozturk did bear no resemblance to reality. So did you just revoke her visa because she co-authored an anodyne op-ed that never mentioned Hamas?
Sincerely,
DWD
Hi, Tufts professor here. As someone who was on campus during the time in question, your claims about what Rumeysa Ozturk did bear no resemblance to reality. So did you just revoke her visa because she co-authored an anodyne op-ed that never mentioned Hamas?
Sincerely,
DWD
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Thousands call for the release of Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville, MA. The Tufts grad student was abducted by ICE last night after publishing an article that was critical of Israel.
March 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Thousands call for the release of Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville, MA. The Tufts grad student was abducted by ICE last night after publishing an article that was critical of Israel.
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This is a fascinating article about how Russia places fake articles in the African media. I feel I've read a lot of this kind of propaganda in recent years. www.ajiunit.com/article/the-...
The ‘ghost reporters’ writing pro-Russian propaganda in West Africa
Al Jazeera finds that an influence campaign using nonexistent writers is spreading anti-France sentiment across West and Central Africa.
www.ajiunit.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is a fascinating article about how Russia places fake articles in the African media. I feel I've read a lot of this kind of propaganda in recent years. www.ajiunit.com/article/the-...
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“‘No! Here’s what we stand for. We will continue to stand for this. And if you believe that you can legally challenge our mission or our values, that’s up to you to try to do,’” Holley said.
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‘No! Here's what we stand for': Western Mass. college leader urges higher ed to stand up to Trump
President-elect Donald Trump and his advisors have threatened to punish or defund colleges for their diversity programs. Mount Holyoke's president Danielle Holley wants other leaders to fight back.
www.wgbh.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“‘No! Here’s what we stand for. We will continue to stand for this. And if you believe that you can legally challenge our mission or our values, that’s up to you to try to do,’” Holley said.
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"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
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March 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
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This thing about boys not being listened to, not being talked to; good grief. There are plenty of people talking to boys: a major problem is that huge media platforms and algorithms are force-feeding impressionable boys the promise of sexual dominance. Let’s at least acknowledge that, please.
March 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This thing about boys not being listened to, not being talked to; good grief. There are plenty of people talking to boys: a major problem is that huge media platforms and algorithms are force-feeding impressionable boys the promise of sexual dominance. Let’s at least acknowledge that, please.
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Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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Nothing screams HYPOCRITE quite like Trump complaining about & gutting school loan forgiveness for grads dedicated to service & bettering our communities while he’s had HUNDREDS of MILLIONS in debt forgiven due bankruptcy 6 times.
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Report: Trump Had Over $280 Million In Debt Forgiven And Avoided Paying Taxes On Most Of It
The debt largely came from his Chicago tower.
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March 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Nothing screams HYPOCRITE quite like Trump complaining about & gutting school loan forgiveness for grads dedicated to service & bettering our communities while he’s had HUNDREDS of MILLIONS in debt forgiven due bankruptcy 6 times.
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tinyurl.com/r6nkkz3j
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Join us for our Texas Town hall! All are invited. Please share far and wide!
March 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Join us for our Texas Town hall! All are invited. Please share far and wide!
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#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025 - news thanks to the new US- Taliban axis 😢
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Afghan women students in Oman face expulsion after Trump's USAID freeze
US aid funding enabled the women to study in Oman - but their scholarships have been abruptly terminated.
www.bbc.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025 - news thanks to the new US- Taliban axis 😢
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Tucson.
This stuff is only getting worse, not better. The dems *cannot* yield on gender identity and expression as *freedom*
This stuff is only getting worse, not better. The dems *cannot* yield on gender identity and expression as *freedom*
Walmart called the police on a cis-woman using the women's bathroom.
Even after proving she's a woman, "one deputy continued to question her appearance, insisting she 'looked like a man.'"
😡 😡 😡
Even after proving she's a woman, "one deputy continued to question her appearance, insisting she 'looked like a man.'"
😡 😡 😡
Cis woman confronted by police officers in Arizona Walmart restroom for looking too masculine speaks out (exclusive)
“The only men in the women’s restroom were the cops,” Kalaya Morton said.
www.advocate.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Tucson.
This stuff is only getting worse, not better. The dems *cannot* yield on gender identity and expression as *freedom*
This stuff is only getting worse, not better. The dems *cannot* yield on gender identity and expression as *freedom*
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“We have to attack the universities… professors are the enemy.”
#NIH funds universities.
Jay Bhattacharya believes what Vance says here too. Bhattacharya was chosen by Trump because he would attack universities.
Scientists must oppose Bhattacharya’s confirmation, and there is not much time left.
#NIH funds universities.
Jay Bhattacharya believes what Vance says here too. Bhattacharya was chosen by Trump because he would attack universities.
Scientists must oppose Bhattacharya’s confirmation, and there is not much time left.
"The universities control the knowledge in our society (...) We have to agressivly attack the universities (...). Fundamental lies that feminism is liberating (...) There is wisdom in what Nixon said, the professors are the enemy "
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR6...
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J.D. Vance | The Universities are the Enemy | National Conservatism Conference II
YouTube video by National Conservatism
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March 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“We have to attack the universities… professors are the enemy.”
#NIH funds universities.
Jay Bhattacharya believes what Vance says here too. Bhattacharya was chosen by Trump because he would attack universities.
Scientists must oppose Bhattacharya’s confirmation, and there is not much time left.
#NIH funds universities.
Jay Bhattacharya believes what Vance says here too. Bhattacharya was chosen by Trump because he would attack universities.
Scientists must oppose Bhattacharya’s confirmation, and there is not much time left.
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Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...
March 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...
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I read the above thread, I look at the possible casualties, and I think: Musk’s army of assistants are a death squad. They are no different from the Einsatzgruppen.
March 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I read the above thread, I look at the possible casualties, and I think: Musk’s army of assistants are a death squad. They are no different from the Einsatzgruppen.
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Must watch: GOP Senator Roger Marshall stands up and flees his own town hall meeting today after being asked why Republicans think it’s acceptable for DOGE to be firing Veterans.
This is a very rural, very conservative town.
This is a very rural, very conservative town.
March 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Must watch: GOP Senator Roger Marshall stands up and flees his own town hall meeting today after being asked why Republicans think it’s acceptable for DOGE to be firing Veterans.
This is a very rural, very conservative town.
This is a very rural, very conservative town.
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An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
Georgia Nonprofit That Produces Life-Saving Food For Kids Has Federal Contract Cut
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
www.huffpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.