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..in the belly of the beast..

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Trumpโ€™s Blueprint to Crush the Left Draws from Decades of Counterterrorism Policy Trump's NSPM-7 is a pivotal policy endangering free expression in the United States.

Trumpโ€™s Blueprint to Crush the Left Draws from Decades of Counterterrorism Policy
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

03.10.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Emory will be tuition-free for students whose families earn $200,000 or less Launching in fall 2026, Emory Advantage Plus is a major expansion of the universityโ€™s longstanding commitment to making a preeminent education more attainable for talented students.

news.emory.edu/features/202...

17.09.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Public Screening of Film BBC Refused to Air: โ€œGaza: Doctors Under Attackโ€ The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, in partnership with Zeteo, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the African Studies Pr...

I'll be at Georgetown University in DC this evening, screening our acclaimed documentary 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' and doing a panel discussion afterwards with Nader Hashemi and Dr Feroze Sidhwa.

Come join the audience for free. Register at:
events.georgetown.edu/acmcu/event/...

09.09.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 562    ๐Ÿ” 103    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Black man targeted in racist attack says South Carolina needs hate crime law Jarvis McKenzie says he was shot at while waiting to go to work by a white man in a car with a rifle

Jarvis McKenzie said that on 17 July, while waiting to go to work, a white man in a car picked up a rifle, fired over his head and shouted โ€œyou better get running, boy!โ€

#Pinks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

07.09.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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CPJ MENA on X: "The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing of @AlJazeera journalist @AnasAlSharif0, alongside Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, by Israeli forces in #Gaza. The journalists were killed in https://t.co/XQyKoaS8Dx" / X The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing of @AlJazeera journalist @AnasAlSharif0, alongside Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, by Israeli forces in #Gaza. The journalists were killed in https://t.co/XQyKoaS8Dx

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11.08.2025 01:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Al Jazeera condemns killing of its journalists by Israeli forces in Gaza Media network condemns โ€˜assassinationโ€™ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces.

aje.io/k4suzd

11.08.2025 01:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Israeli settlers block Gaza-bound aid trucks Israeli settlers attacked an aid convoy for the second time in days, delaying 30 trucks from Jordan on their way to Gaza

aje.io/b5s54x

07.08.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UFW Statement on July 10 Federal Raid in Ventura County The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, California. Others, including US citizens remain totally unaccounted for.

Full statement ufw.org/ufw-statemen...
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11.07.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2220    ๐Ÿ” 577    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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US BOMBS IRAN NUCLEAR SITES, INCLUDING FORDOW US attacks three Iranian nuclear sites, joining Israeli air campaign as Tehran promises to retaliate.

outraged and saddened by this unconstitutional action. unilateral bombing of a sovereign country despite prior expert assessments. Donโ€™t know that i can watch any update from the whitehouse. Wouldnโ€™t want to support a narcissistic stunt for tv ratings. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

22.06.2025 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientists rush to stop mirror microbes that could threaten life on earth Paris conference urges international action against synthetic organisms that could disrupt critical ecosystems

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www.ft.com/content/3f94...

13.06.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientists rush to stop mirror microbes that could threaten life on earth Paris conference urges international action against synthetic organisms that could disrupt critical ecosystems

www.ft.com/content/3f94...

13.06.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tulane scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research A Tulane University researcher has resigned, citing censorship from university leaders. Kim Terrell, a researcher with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, resigned Wednesday, saying in a letter the u...

apnews.com/article/canc... That so many researchers & professors feel threatened by #censorship and loss of #academicfreedom should concern everyone in a #democracy and everyone subjected to it.

12.06.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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U.S. Customs detains Palestinians with valid visas at SFO, prepares to deport them The men were not allowed to enter the country despite having visas and a sponsor โ€” a local Jewish synagogue leader.

missionlocal.org/2025/06/sf-a... wake up people

12.06.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sunday, June 22nd! In the tradition of the #BlackPanthers and others. Naming serial murders and remembering the humanity of sisters weโ€™ve lost. #BlackLivesMatter #grimsleeper #metoo

12.06.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

2/ It is even more concerning for handpicked, high-level political appointees to be targeting specific research topics, projects & people (often minoritized) & banning use of the terms needed to do the work. #Censorship Give the context, alarm bells about our #democracy should be ringing loudly.

23.05.2025 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Muskโ€™s DOGE Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the worldโ€™s largest public biomedical funder.

1/ Why is DOGEโ€™s interference w/NIH so concerning? Research is painstakingly slow & detailed bc it takes years to develop nuanced expertise & layers of checks & balances r built into the enterprise. Trampling on this high standard leads to unethical & inaccurate work. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

23.05.2025 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nonprofit Killer Provision Quietly Disappears From Trumpโ€™s โ€œBig, Beautiful Billโ€ The infamous โ€œnonprofit killerโ€ provision quietly disappeared from Donald Trumpโ€™s "Big, Beautiful Bill" as it winds its way through Congress.

Massively good news: The provision that would have let the trump administration strip the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit organization they wanted simply by declaring them to be a "terrorist supporting organization" has been removed from the budget bill. Pushing back against these people works.

20.05.2025 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3116    ๐Ÿ” 844    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 52    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48
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Remarks by Director Kratsios at the National Academy of Sciences Remarks by Director Kratsios at the National Academy of Sciences REINVIGORATING AMERICAโ€™S SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY Washington, D.C.

I encourage you to read this. Not because itโ€™s goodโ€”to be clear itโ€™s piping hot horse shitโ€”but because it spells out *exactly* how MAGA is twisting reality to obliterate our institutions.

Several themes stand out to meโ€ฆ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿชก

www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

20.05.2025 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 188    ๐Ÿ” 83    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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My statement on the charges filed against me:

20.05.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33072    ๐Ÿ” 8937    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1150    ๐Ÿ“Œ 571

This adaptation by Alyssa Cocchiara, a dedicated member of Doctors Against Genocide, reminds us:

Will you speak out? Or will you wait until no one is left to speak for you?

16.03.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Israel shut down six UNRWA schools in Jerusalem ahead of the Nakbaโ€™s 77th anniversary The Israeli governmentโ€™s closure of six UNRWA schools in Jerusalem has left over 800 Palestinian students without school, and has thrown an entire community into limbo. Residents say itโ€™s all part ofโ€ฆ

The Israeli governmentโ€™s closure of six UNRWA schools in Jerusalem has left over 800 Palestinian students without school, and has thrown an entire community into limbo. Residents say it's all part of a larger attack on Palestinian refugees.

17.05.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 69    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Trump is repackaging the โ€˜War on Terrorโ€™ to stop Palestine activists, but you canโ€™t deport a movement The Trump administrationโ€™s assault on Palestine activism may seem unprecedented, but the parallels to the post-9/11 โ€œWar on Terrorโ€ are chillingly familiar. However, this attempt to quash dissent...

The Trump administration's assault on Palestine activism may seem unprecedented, but the parallels to the post-9/11 "War on Terror" are chillingly familiar. However, this attempt to quash dissent will fail, because you cannot deport a movement.

mondoweiss.net/2025/05/trum...

#Palestine #Israel

18.05.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University A police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning.

Thank you #UCLA colleagues. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
#democracy #academicfreedom #freespeech #censorship

18.05.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk. The State Department has intervened on behalf of Muskโ€™s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers a...

Here is what we confirmed: After Muskโ€™s rise to power in the U.S. government, the State Department has repeatedly coaxed, lobbied and browbeat this tiny West African country into giving business to Muskโ€™s satellite company Starlink.

16.05.2025 01:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3412    ๐Ÿ” 1619    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 63    ๐Ÿ“Œ 118
Critical Condition: A Discussion on Black Maternal Health in America Join us for a virtual discussion on Black maternal health centered around the new NOVA film CRITICAL CONDITION: HEALTH IN BLACK AMERICA.

RSVP HERE! www.eventbrite.com/e/critical-c... #BlackMamasMatter

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13.05.2025 02:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m an Israeli professor. Why is my work in Harvardโ€™s antisemitism report? | Harvard is conflating Jewish identity with political loyalty to Israel. Thatโ€™s a dangerous mistake

Full piece:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

09.05.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Meeting the Moment Facing Americaโ€™s Research Universities | Association of American Universities (AAU) Statement from the AAU Board of Directors.

www.aau.edu/newsroom/pre... #academicfreedom

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