Mary Todd
@marytodd.bsky.social
Retired higher ed prof and administrator | PhD | historian | PK | Chicago native | still learning
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This is nothing short of mandatory right wing indoctrination at Texas high schools & colleges. Wow.
The Texas GOP orders that the TurningPoint USA Trump youth organization will be obligatory at all high schools and colleges in the Lone Star State.
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This is nothing short of mandatory right wing indoctrination at Texas high schools & colleges. Wow.
Just incredibly stupid. ⬇️
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Just incredibly stupid. ⬇️
Sad.
For the first time since 1978, the Kennedy Center honors ribbon will abandon their signature rainbow color scheme. meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Kennedy Center Ditches Signature Rainbow Ribbon
The new navy blue ribbon is described as being “associated with dignity and tradition”
meidasnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Sad.
Truly.
Anyone who has participated in or attended a naturalization ceremony knows how meaningful and joyous these ceremonies tend to be. The cruelty of this is heartbreaking and enraging.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Truly.
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A Holocaust survivor blocked from speaking about Israel?!
Via ⌨️ @stop_antisemitism - "Brooklyn school principal, Arin Rusch of MS 447, blocked Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann from speaking to students saying his “messages around Israel” make him “not the right fit.”
This is outrageous."
Via ⌨️ @stop_antisemitism - "Brooklyn school principal, Arin Rusch of MS 447, blocked Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann from speaking to students saying his “messages around Israel” make him “not the right fit.”
This is outrageous."
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A Holocaust survivor blocked from speaking about Israel?!
Via ⌨️ @stop_antisemitism - "Brooklyn school principal, Arin Rusch of MS 447, blocked Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann from speaking to students saying his “messages around Israel” make him “not the right fit.”
This is outrageous."
Via ⌨️ @stop_antisemitism - "Brooklyn school principal, Arin Rusch of MS 447, blocked Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann from speaking to students saying his “messages around Israel” make him “not the right fit.”
This is outrageous."
Yikes.
This is insane. Any material a prof thinks is necessary but isn’t for formal licensing has to get the signoff of the chair, then dean, then provost?
This is an absolutely mockery of academic freedom.
I feel like Texas Tech HAS to lose its accreditation for this, no? It’s preposterous.
This is an absolutely mockery of academic freedom.
I feel like Texas Tech HAS to lose its accreditation for this, no? It’s preposterous.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Yikes.
Outrageous.
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Outrageous.
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
Louisiana resident here. Gobsmacked by this appointment. A true outrage.
“Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as Louisiana’s surgeon general ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations and who has called Covid vaccines “dangerous,” has been named the second in command at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Louisiana resident here. Gobsmacked by this appointment. A true outrage.
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If you’re flying this holiday season, know your rights before heading to the airport.
Know Your Rights | Enforcement at the Airport | ACLU
At the border, you are likely to encounter Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, and you may encounter Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents. HSI is part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Know your rights in these scenarios.
www.aclu.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you’re flying this holiday season, know your rights before heading to the airport.
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Read this 🧵⬇️
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Read this 🧵⬇️
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Yes, take your eyes off your script and express some outrage, Senator. @schumer.senate.gov
Show some anger, Chuck, instead of just reading your script. Get in their GD faces and say "YOU REMEMBER JANUARY 6. Remember what that was like. He is fomenting the same."
Schumer looks like he's reading a grocery list. We need some outrage shown here. Good gawd.
Schumer looks like he's reading a grocery list. We need some outrage shown here. Good gawd.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Yes, take your eyes off your script and express some outrage, Senator. @schumer.senate.gov
No words.
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
No words.
No words.
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
No words.
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3 of the 4 happened here in chicago. each one is an outrage.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
3 of the 4 happened here in chicago. each one is an outrage.
Seriously? The Wild West Skies??
BREAKING FOX NEWS: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy goes on the record: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Seriously? The Wild West Skies??
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My god
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
My god
Tragic.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Tragic.
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In fact, Trump's margin of victory was one of the smallest in the last 100 years.
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Trump does NOT have a mandate to shred our institutions. His margin of victory (pop vote + electoral college) is the third smallest since 1888. (Only JFK in '60 and Nixon in '68 were smaller.) If 238k votes in the blue wall states had been different, he would have lost. 49.8% vs 48.3% NOT a mandate.
November 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In fact, Trump's margin of victory was one of the smallest in the last 100 years.
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This ladies and gentlemen, is Louisiana congressman Clay Higgins. What a dumb loser. Meanwhile he's getting paid while a large chunk of his district struggles to put food on the table.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This ladies and gentlemen, is Louisiana congressman Clay Higgins. What a dumb loser. Meanwhile he's getting paid while a large chunk of his district struggles to put food on the table.
kfoxtv.com/news/nation-...
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I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives