Sarah Powers
@sarahpowers.bsky.social
Secondary teacher. Thinking about climate justice, dogs and bikes 📚🚵🏼♀️
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Reposted by Sarah Powers
The new Trump administration has illegally removed far more people from their jobs because of speech and beliefs in the last month than the entire list of cancelled or pressured people (many of whom were criticized, not fired) compiled by FIRE and others over years.
It’s not remotely close.
It’s not remotely close.
First, the activist ‘overreach’ mostly consisted of low-stakes, cherry-picked anecdotes. The police were not defunded. Words were not banned. White men were not barred from college.
The backlash is responding to the *possibility* of social change, not actual change.
The backlash is responding to the *possibility* of social change, not actual change.
February 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The new Trump administration has illegally removed far more people from their jobs because of speech and beliefs in the last month than the entire list of cancelled or pressured people (many of whom were criticized, not fired) compiled by FIRE and others over years.
It’s not remotely close.
It’s not remotely close.