Vanessa Tyson
@proftyson.bsky.social
Jedi Knight/Dog Mom/Godmom; Politics Professor and Chair, Scripps College
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Vanessa Tyson
@proftyson.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Over the last decade, I’ve seen political events in the US that I never thought I’d see in my lifetime—mostly related to the orange man—Will/can the US (and various other nations) survive another four years?
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September 21, 2025
September 21, 2025
On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics postponed the release of the annual report on consumer expenditures—a key report for understanding inflation—without explanation.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM
September 21, 2025
You’ve GOT to be kidding me!
September 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
You’ve GOT to be kidding me!
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Watching all these centrist pundits stress the “civility” of Charlie Kirk’s style without addressing the ugliness of his substance is giving me a renewed appreciation of how the civil, polite White Citizens’ Councils conned the same crowd into thinking they were distinct from the cruder Klan.
September 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Watching all these centrist pundits stress the “civility” of Charlie Kirk’s style without addressing the ugliness of his substance is giving me a renewed appreciation of how the civil, polite White Citizens’ Councils conned the same crowd into thinking they were distinct from the cruder Klan.
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Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
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"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous
Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...
dailynous.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
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We hear that immigrants are "freeloaders," yet they're being arrested at their workplaces and LA's economy is floundering without them.
Hello?
Hello?
July 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We hear that immigrants are "freeloaders," yet they're being arrested at their workplaces and LA's economy is floundering without them.
Hello?
Hello?
Hallelujah. Things have gone haywire over here…
Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles
www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n...
Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles
www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n...
Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles
Civil rights groups alleged that ICE and Border Patrol agents are rounding people up based on their race, and denying them access to lawyers. A federal judge said there's ample evidence what they're d...
www.npr.org
July 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Hallelujah. Things have gone haywire over here…
Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles
www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n...
Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles
www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n...
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With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.
I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.
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The riot is your goons assaulting community and labor leaders unprovoked. The looter is you raiding the hardworking tax payers of our state - stealing their federal taxes and depriving them of the basic services they’ve paid for.
You can’t arrest a movement or deport solidarity
You can’t arrest a movement or deport solidarity
June 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The riot is your goons assaulting community and labor leaders unprovoked. The looter is you raiding the hardworking tax payers of our state - stealing their federal taxes and depriving them of the basic services they’ve paid for.
You can’t arrest a movement or deport solidarity
You can’t arrest a movement or deport solidarity
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This moment is why we were so opposed to Pete Hegseth being confirmed.
June 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This moment is why we were so opposed to Pete Hegseth being confirmed.
FFS!!! How did it possibly take this long?!?!? NO ONE, documented or not, should be sent to Salvadoran prisons. NO ONE!
A Judge Finally Rules Trump Can’t Apply Alien Enemies Act To Alleged Gang Members In The First Place talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-r...
A Judge Finally Rules Trump Can’t Apply Alien Enemies Act To Alleged Gang Members In The First Place
Despite the reams of documents, hours of hearings and the unlawful expulsion...
talkingpointsmemo.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
FFS!!! How did it possibly take this long?!?!? NO ONE, documented or not, should be sent to Salvadoran prisons. NO ONE!
PREACH!!!
Interesting that if you shop at Whole Foods, a lot of money is spent making it feel like a place that respects workers and embraces progressive values, but it is not.
Costco just feels like a warehouse but they treat their workers pretty well and has rejected anti-DEI BS
Costco just feels like a warehouse but they treat their workers pretty well and has rejected anti-DEI BS
April 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
PREACH!!!
This is the kind of INSTITUTIONAL COURAGE I want to see in the US.
Harvard says no to Trump! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands (Gift Article)
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is the kind of INSTITUTIONAL COURAGE I want to see in the US.
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We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
April 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Well done @wearehighered.bsky.social!
Thanks Rick @chronicle.com for talking with @daniellaurison.bsky.social and I about We Are Higher Ed and the groundswell of faculty resistance to attacks on Higher Ed. Here’s what we talked about—which includes a link to our letter and website.
Apr. 2: Can Trump’s opponents organize?
Feds freeze Princeton grants. Who loses in a world with federal graduate-loan limits? Michigan dean walks back his DEI proclamation. And more.
www.chronicle.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Well done @wearehighered.bsky.social!
Friends (especially those in academia): Follow We Are Higher Ed to get updates and information about ongoing threats to higher education in the United States. www.wearehighered.org/@wearehigher...
#StandUpForHigherEd #WeAreHigherEd
#StandUpForHigherEd #WeAreHigherEd
March 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Friends (especially those in academia): Follow We Are Higher Ed to get updates and information about ongoing threats to higher education in the United States. www.wearehighered.org/@wearehigher...
#StandUpForHigherEd #WeAreHigherEd
#StandUpForHigherEd #WeAreHigherEd
Two brilliant, amazing humans! ❤️
DARVO, betrayal blindness, institutional betrayal, institutional courage, Trump, backlash, my own experiences, more.
Me with Jake Ward @byjacobward.bsky.social on The Rip Current.
18-minute preview free now. Full interview free in one week or subscribe now.
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Me with Jake Ward @byjacobward.bsky.social on The Rip Current.
18-minute preview free now. Full interview free in one week or subscribe now.
open.substack.com/pub/theripcu...
Ep 03: Jennifer Freyd on DARVO and the Language of Betrayal
How do public figures slip out of trouble? Using a time-honored tactic: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. The scientist who discovered DARVO has a lot to teach us about the war on truth.
open.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Two brilliant, amazing humans! ❤️
Oh HELL NO!!!
Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I'm concerned. He's become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian."
March 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Oh HELL NO!!!
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When @propublica.org reporters Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social found out that fired #USAID workers could go to the office one last time to clean out their desks, they pitched this crazy idea. What if we rented a billboard truck to advertise how to get in touch with @propublica.org? So we did.
February 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
When @propublica.org reporters Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social found out that fired #USAID workers could go to the office one last time to clean out their desks, they pitched this crazy idea. What if we rented a billboard truck to advertise how to get in touch with @propublica.org? So we did.
The US… watching the demise… are we a now a failed state?
This is a wild, WILD situation. The President is at least allowing, licensing these emails though clearly not directing them. Meanwhile parts of the uniformed military are directing civilians within DOD to ignore them. Same at State and according to Dilanian FBI. But DOJ is saying do what the ...
February 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The US… watching the demise… are we a now a failed state?
Worth some consideration…
What if, and hear me out, the US became the 11th province.
Canada as the 51st state? Trump thinks it would be a boon to his legacy. But it would also be a boon to Democrats, who would gain a lot more voters. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...
February 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Worth some consideration…
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After all that Marko Elez was the first taker on the resignation program.
February 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
After all that Marko Elez was the first taker on the resignation program.
Over 77 million people voted for this dumpster fire. The federal government is once again a horrifically awful reality tv show…
Washington’s newest pastime is counting the number of impeachable offenses Trump commits in his first 100 days.
The Reason Why Donald Trump Shut Down His Government
Chaos isn’t a by-product; it’s the goal.
newrepublic.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Over 77 million people voted for this dumpster fire. The federal government is once again a horrifically awful reality tv show…
But they’ll just blame diversity rather than their own incompetence.
To review, the FAA administrator was forced out because of a business vendetta of Elon Musk’s, Trump froze the hiring of new ATCs despite staff shortages, Musk launched an underhanded attempt to hollow out the whole federal workforce, and then the first US airliner crashed in 16 years.
January 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
But they’ll just blame diversity rather than their own incompetence.