Randi Resists Tyrrany

Trump administration seeking $1 billion settlement from UCLA | CNN Politics The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, CNN has exclusively learned, marking the latest effort by the White House to shape higher ed...

Trump admin seeking a $1 billion settlement from UCLA!! …
CNN: “marking the latest effort by the White House to shape higher education & extract significant concessions from universities”!

Outrageous.
“Shape” & “extract”?
More like “decimate” & “extort”higher ed.

www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/p...

It’s time to wake up - we are literally on the verge of losing our democracy if Donald Trump cheats his way to those seats in Texas.

This is CBS’s total surrender to Big Brother. George Orwell and Edward R. Murrow would weep. We all should. What will we see ABC and NBC do?

I was conducting programs in HS & collecting data over many years. I noticed more & more students no longer wanted to fill out the demographic questions. Said they didn’t want to be put in a box. Maybe they’re way ahead of us. Hoping!

Trump Administration to Require Universities to Submit Data on Applicants’ Race

Trump Administration to Require Universities to Submit Data on Applicants’ Race

Hmmm … just posing a question here …

Usually applications have an option for Race: “Prefer not to say.” What would happen if ALL applicants marked that?

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

Let this sink in.

When Federal funding is cut for children's welfare programs, those programs are severely impacted.

Yet these expenses are 0.27% of federal spending (less than 1 percent)!

Budget cuts for children's care won't reduce nat'l debt.

cms.childtrends.org/wp-content/u...

Let’s raise up voices like Senator Murphy. This is a moment of motivation. Let’s get louder. Let’s get fiercer.

I am aware of reports that threats were made against Texas elected officials in our state.

Threats of violence will be investigated and those responsible will be held accountable.

I have instructed @ilstatepolice.bsky.social to ensure we maintain public safety.

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan switches from Republican to Democrat Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced Tuesday that he is switching to the Democratic Party and did not rule out another run for public office.

Courageous. Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan switches from Rep to Democrat - “Loving my neighbor is easier now.”

www.wabe.org/former-georg...

The Resistance! - MA Gov Maura Healy with TX Senate Dems. Video starts at about 42 minutes - skip to there. The resistance is happening in many of our states in solidarity with TX Dems.

Discussion Points:

Texas is the site that is initiating Civil War II. Texas Republicans are asking FBI to arrest Democrats. Republicans and MAGA, be careful what you ask for. FBI and rest of country have confirmed that YOU are the domestic threat.

More of this please!

Trump’s Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations The university was open to spending $500 million, but a $50 million settlement with Brown has prompted new debates in Cambridge.

C’mon, Harvard. There is no fairness in extortion demands. Any price you pay is a sucker’s bet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...

Trump’s Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations

It is not “deal-making.” It is extortion built on Christopher Rufo’s idea of “taking down” one or more elite university.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...

They’ve thrown down the gauntlet now.

Fellow democracy defenders, @avoidaltreality.bsky.social is a good follow and kindred spirit.

Everything's on the table.

Republicans are using every method they can, whether it's cheating or breaking the law.

We've got to do everything we can to stand up and fight back — we're not sitting around and complaining from the sidelines when we have the ability to stop them.

Republicans complain about Texas Democrats “fleeing”—yet just days ago, they themselves fled D.C. to avoid voting on the Epstein files.

Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office.

One side dodges accountability.
The other fights for democracy.

Repost @djmelodie

Let’s get something straight first about the Fed.

North Carolinians form human chain in solidarity at 'People for Democracy:
Rage Against the Regime' rally in Raleigh

Get Up, Stand Up ✊

Cancers can be detected in bloodstream three years prior to diagnosis Detection of cancer before a clinical diagnosis could give patients and caregivers more time for intervention and may lead to better outcomes because tumors are more likely to be curable

Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University.

That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...

Excellent point.

As I have said to my wife who seeks an answer for everything, "There is no rational explanation for nonrational behavior."

50501: People For Democracy: Rage Against The Regime PROTEST · Mobilize Join us this August 2nd for People for Democracy: Rage Against the Regime, as we take to the streets to march, harnessing the energy of collective resistance to demand a just, inclusive, and represent...

Protest and human chain in Raleigh this Saturday!
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring.

Read it for yourself here:

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

Good morning.
FYI, my thoughts on the interplay among three economic and financial factors—one positive and two less so—that will likely determine whether US equity markets can build on their impressive rally:
www.ft.com/content/a946...
@financialtimes.com #economy #markets

Important! As Jeff Jackson says, OMB hiding their actions while halting education funding was like “unscrewing a light bulb in a dark alley.” OMB is up to no good. What will they try next?

One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...

TONIGHT: Join us at the second call for One Million Rising, a national effort to train one million people in strategic non-cooperation, community organizing, and campaign design.

In this call, you’ll learn to lead a community resistance gathering, getting folks ready for local action. Sign up here: