Leah Korican

I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.

While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.

This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

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Thank you for speaking out.

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

time.com/7285045/resi...

How is this making America great?

i will say again that given the trajectory of the white house so far, strident opposition a la 2017 would have absolutely been the most prudent and effective decision and the absence of that opposition in the first two months made things demonstrably worse.

Ahsan Butt & Analía Villagra at AWP, holding split lip stickers!

Emily Costa, Leah Korican, Analía Villagra, & Robin Van Impe at AWP, smiling!

Arah Ko holding SLM socks up at the SLM AWP table. Arah has a very happy, excited expression & beautiful, wavy hair!

We LOVE seeing contributors at AWP! Thanks for visiting, Ahsan Butt, @leahkorican.bsky.social & @arahko.bsky.social 💖

We’re not “heading” towards fascism. We’re there.

You know how much you love the "magic" of ILL?

Defend it by defending IMLS.

MINUTE ORDER: The Court has reviewed Plaintiffs' Complaint and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. Given the exigent circumstances that it has been made aware of this morning, it has determined that an immediate Order is warranted to maintain the status quo until a hearing can be set. As Plaintiffs have satisfied the four factors governing the issuance of preliminary relief, the Court accordingly ORDERS that: 1) Plaintiffs' 3 4 Motion for TRO is GRANTED; 2) Defendants shall not remove any of the individual Plaintiffs from the United States for 14 days absent further Order of the Court; and 3) The parties shall appear for a Zoom hearing on March 17, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. So ORDERED by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on 3/15/2025. (Icjebl) (Entered: 03/15/2025)

BREAKING: A federal judge this morning issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport several Venezuelan nationals with no process.

Subscribe to Law Dork for a full report, which is forthcoming: www.lawdork.com

He’s just the best

A grisaille fresco of a winged allegorical reaching up toward a crown held by a tiny angel. Inscription reads "SPES" (hope)

Giotto, Allegory of Hope, c. 1304-1305, fresco, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.

Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.

Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

'If You Don't Fight, You Can't Win': Federal Employees Want Chuck Schumer and the Democrats to Grow a Spine Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

NEW: I heard from a *bunch* of federal employees tonight with more backbone that Chuck Schumer. Spread the word!

"Shutdowns suck, but what we’re experiencing is something much much worse and now is the moment to stand against it or you’re abdicating your duty as an elected official.”

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

Trump’s E.P.A. Seeks to Deny Science That Americans Discovered It’s in this country that scientists, funded by or working for the government, came to understand the role of carbon in our atmosphere.

The new administrator of the E.P.A. is likely to reverse the long-standing federal position that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger the public—a “truly and deeply disgraceful” form of basic science denial, Bill McKibben writes.

Pediatrician In Congress Blames RFK Jr. For Child's Death From Measles “I do blame him and others like him who, for the past 20 years, have been spreading lies about vaccines," said Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Wash.).

NEW: I talked to Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-Wash.), who is a pediatrician, about the measles outbreak in Texas, the unvaccinated child who died and now-HHS Secretary RFK Jr. downplaying the whole situation, calling it "not unusual."

She tore him apart. www.huffpost.com/entry/kim-sc...

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful | CNN Politics A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting some temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations...

“OPM does not have any authority whatsoever, under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees within another agency."

- US District Judge William Alsup says in ruling from the bench that the mass firing of probationary employees ordered by OPM was likely unlawful.

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

Maybe instead of purging the Social Security workers who make sure seniors get their checks on time, we should be expanding benefits to make life a little easier for your parents and grandparents.

Move fast and break people For Elon Musk's government, the psychological warfare is the point.

I really appreciate @marisakabas.bsky.social reporting on the trauma and physical and psychological effects of how Musk is harassing workers. This kind of workplace abuse wreaks devastating havoc on peoples' lives www.thehandbasket.co/p/musk-opm-5...

Put plainly, Musk has wasted 48 hours of the federal government’s time to fuck with people’s heads under the guise of achieving greater efficiency.

I subscribe. I liked that Marisa left substack and thought she did good work. Now she’s become one of the major conduits of information about what’s happening in our federal government. I’m going to re-up for another year and recommend it.

Why is the richest man in the world cutting cancer research?

Thank you!

Done and done! Also, wtf?!?