#StudentsTalkPolitics
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A weekly student engagement project. Originally #StudentsTweetPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics I'm pretty sure we talked about this in POLS 2305, but here's a citation for costs at UT Austin going back to the early 1970's.
thedailytexan.com/2014/04/17/t...
thedailytexan.com/2014/04/17/t...
Throwback Thursday: Since 1972, tuition has risen from $60 to $4,899
With some students having already registered and some about to do so, the coming fall semester has Longhorns either dreading the $4,000-5,000 blow to their finances or wondering whether their self-wor...
thedailytexan.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
#StudentsTalkPolitics I'm pretty sure we talked about this in POLS 2305, but here's a citation for costs at UT Austin going back to the early 1970's.
thedailytexan.com/2014/04/17/t...
thedailytexan.com/2014/04/17/t...
Thankfully, the story was about optimism for the future of Syria now that Assad is gone.
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics
@studentstalkpols.bsky.social It is extremely tragic to see what is happening to Syria. It's been in war for so long that every time Syria appears on my news feed, there is always so much death. And cities go to ruin more and more each time. #StudentsTalkPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Thankfully, the story was about optimism for the future of Syria now that Assad is gone.
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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December 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"And THAT is the Newshour for tonight"
Thanks for all your participation, y'all! Feel free to participate even if I can't give you participation points!
#StudentsTalkPolitics
Thanks for all your participation, y'all! Feel free to participate even if I can't give you participation points!
#StudentsTalkPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"And THAT is the Newshour for tonight"
Thanks for all your participation, y'all! Feel free to participate even if I can't give you participation points!
#StudentsTalkPolitics
Thanks for all your participation, y'all! Feel free to participate even if I can't give you participation points!
#StudentsTalkPolitics
REMEMBER: WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT. When government programs help our communities, WE are helping our communities. We need to be citizens and not just subjects. Get engaged!
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
REMEMBER: WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT. When government programs help our communities, WE are helping our communities. We need to be citizens and not just subjects. Get engaged!
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics
It feels like there is a current of "if we can't succeed with MY party/candidate/ideology, then I don't WANT to win!" among folks. That is really destructive.
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It feels like there is a current of "if we can't succeed with MY party/candidate/ideology, then I don't WANT to win!" among folks. That is really destructive.
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It IS important to know about our community. It is a social investment in our neighborhoods and each other.
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It IS important to know about our community. It is a social investment in our neighborhoods and each other.
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics
Part of the justification of the calls for forgiving debt is that public universities USED to be very low cost. The change over the last 50 years placed more of the cost on the shoulders of students requiring them to take out loans.
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Part of the justification of the calls for forgiving debt is that public universities USED to be very low cost. The change over the last 50 years placed more of the cost on the shoulders of students requiring them to take out loans.
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
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December 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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The trends are NOT looking positive. The previous story showed the FED chair saying precisely that. Why is this commentator trying to use a Jedi Mind Trick on us?
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The trends are NOT looking positive. The previous story showed the FED chair saying precisely that. Why is this commentator trying to use a Jedi Mind Trick on us?
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
The economy that the Biden administration turned over to Trump was, according to The Economist magazine AND the Wall Street Journal. This GOP commentator is lying. FULL STOP.
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www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
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www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
Exclusive | ‘Envy of the World’—U.S. Economy Expected to Keep Powering Higher
Economists lift their growth forecasts in latest Wall Street Journal survey.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The economy that the Biden administration turned over to Trump was, according to The Economist magazine AND the Wall Street Journal. This GOP commentator is lying. FULL STOP.
#StudentsTalkPolitics
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
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Why on EARTH would people from Scandinavian countries WANT to come to the US? They have universal health care, free higher ed tuition, and great public transit.
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Why on EARTH would people from Scandinavian countries WANT to come to the US? They have universal health care, free higher ed tuition, and great public transit.
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics
Powell said there is downward trend in employment and upward trend with inflation. These are not good signs. Add to that the fact that much economic data is NOT being reported. The administration blames the shutdown, but if the news was good, you know they'd be publishing.
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
December 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Powell said there is downward trend in employment and upward trend with inflation. These are not good signs. Add to that the fact that much economic data is NOT being reported. The administration blames the shutdown, but if the news was good, you know they'd be publishing.
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics
Irrespective of the reasoning and intention, it is a significant escalation of the conflict that we are initiating.
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
"A large tanker very large, largest one ever seized"
Sanctions enforcement or overreach? 🤔 #studentstalkpolitics
Sanctions enforcement or overreach? 🤔 #studentstalkpolitics
December 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Irrespective of the reasoning and intention, it is a significant escalation of the conflict that we are initiating.
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#StudentsTalkPolitics
PBS News Hour full episode, Dec. 10, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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December 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The final #StudentsTalkPolitics of the Fall 2025 semester starts at the top of the hour. Wait until 8pm to start your stream.
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Here's a link to today's program:
youtu.be/_NeA6ERX3EE?...
#StudentsTalkPolitics
Here's a link to today's program:
youtu.be/_NeA6ERX3EE?...
PBS News Hour full episode, Dec. 10, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The final #StudentsTalkPolitics of the Fall 2025 semester starts at the top of the hour. Wait until 8pm to start your stream.
#StudentsTalkPolitics
Here's a link to today's program:
youtu.be/_NeA6ERX3EE?...
#StudentsTalkPolitics
Here's a link to today's program:
youtu.be/_NeA6ERX3EE?...
Well, another semester has come and gone.
#StudentsTalkPolitics final activity for the Fall 2025 semester is TONIGHT. Join my students and me as we watch and discuss the reporting on today's @pbsnews.org Newshour! See what tomorrow's leaders are saying about current events today!
#StudentsTalkPolitics final activity for the Fall 2025 semester is TONIGHT. Join my students and me as we watch and discuss the reporting on today's @pbsnews.org Newshour! See what tomorrow's leaders are saying about current events today!
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Well, another semester has come and gone.
#StudentsTalkPolitics final activity for the Fall 2025 semester is TONIGHT. Join my students and me as we watch and discuss the reporting on today's @pbsnews.org Newshour! See what tomorrow's leaders are saying about current events today!
#StudentsTalkPolitics final activity for the Fall 2025 semester is TONIGHT. Join my students and me as we watch and discuss the reporting on today's @pbsnews.org Newshour! See what tomorrow's leaders are saying about current events today!
The EPA has removed references to human-caused climate change from its website — tweaking some pages to focus on the “natural processes” driving climate change and wiping other pages.
The EPA is wiping mention of human-caused climate change from its website
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#StudentsTalkPolitics This issue was on the @pbsnews.org Newshour last week and generated some reactions from among our participants. Here's a fact check that drills deep into the details.
Tomorrow night is the final #StudentsTalkPolitics of the Fall 2025 semester!
Tomorrow night is the final #StudentsTalkPolitics of the Fall 2025 semester!
FDA officials said COVID-19 vaccines killed 10 children but provided no evidence. Here are 3 facts to know about kids, COVID-19, vaccines and myocarditis.
3 things to know about COVID-19, vaccines and kids
FDA officials said COVID-19 vaccines killed 10 children but provided no evidence. Here are 3 facts to know about kids, COVID-19, vaccines and myocarditis.
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
#StudentsTalkPolitics This issue was on the @pbsnews.org Newshour last week and generated some reactions from among our participants. Here's a fact check that drills deep into the details.
Tomorrow night is the final #StudentsTalkPolitics of the Fall 2025 semester!
Tomorrow night is the final #StudentsTalkPolitics of the Fall 2025 semester!
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Khruangbin sounds like what it feels like to lay on a trampoline and stare at the sky.
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Khruangbin sounds like what it feels like to lay on a trampoline and stare at the sky.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM