David Hawkins

This is what I see whenever a picture of #Trump appears in my feed

UT San Antonio Folds Race and Gender Studies Dept. The University of Texas at San Antonio is dissolving its Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The San Antonio Express-News reported Friday.

#Texas eroding First Amendment, academic freedom rights…again www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

ICE won't be at polling places this year, a Trump DHS official promises In a call with top state voting officials, a Department of Homeland Security official stated unequivocally that immigration agents would not be patrolling polling places during this year's midterms.

I’ll believe this when I see it. If it’s “disinformation” as DHS suggests, who benefits from it? #TrumpLies #AbolishICE www.npr.org/2026/02/25/n...

After Research, Tennessee Lawmaker Drops Bill to End Tenure Tennessee’s House Higher Ed Subcommittee chair has withdrawn his bill to end tenure in public universities after saying he “stumbled into a little bit of the history” and “got a little deeper than I t...

Kudos to this lawmaker for catching his mistake, but perhaps we get to know the issue *before* trying to enact a law about it? www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

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Why Stephen Colbert is right about the ‘equal time’ rule, despite warnings from the FCC The ‘equal time’ rule has been around for a century and aims to promote broadcasters’ editorial independence and free expression – an idea that is now under threat from the FCC.

While ‘equal time’ on air might technically still be on the books, hasn’t the Fox News and other propaganda phenomenon effectively rendered it obsolete? theconversation.com/why-stephen-...

How to prevent elections from being stolen − lessons from around the world for the US As President Trump and other Republicans cast doubt on the legitimacy of the US electoral system, other democracies offer lessons in protecting the integrity of voting systems.

Didn’t think I would have to post this PSA in my lifetime, but here we are theconversation.com/how-to-preve...

UT Policy Asks Faculty to Avoid “Controversial” Topics The system board did not specify what topics are considered controversial or elaborate on how the policy will be enforced. The language echoes similar restrictions at the Texas A&M and Texas Tech syst...

Because why would you deal with a controversial topic in a college setting? #Texas being the worst…again. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... #TexasSnowflakes

“Remember what I said…” Yeah. About that. It’s almost impressive how confidently wrong that prediction aged.

DOJ sues University of California over antisemitism allegations in latest salvo A University of California, Los Angeles spokesperson said the institution has taken numerous steps to combat antisemitism and "we will vigorously defend our efforts."

Here we go again. #Trump administration using the term “antisemitism” as a cudgel that aims to strong-arm universities into compliance with a fascist agenda. An agenda developed by people who themselves are raging antisemites. www.highereddive.com/news/doj-law...

Louisiana governor urges Education Department to expand college DEI probe Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, asked the federal agency to investigate each of the state’s colleges to root out any diversity, equity or inclusion efforts.

This coming from perennial education cellar dweller and former slave state of Louisiana. White supremacy is the Republicans only real policy platform at this point www.highereddive.com/news/louisia...

ED’s DEI Guidance Is Dead, but Trump’s Crackdown Isn’t Diversity advocates say the courts have been clear—Trump has no justification to ban DEI. But other legal experts say the administration has plenty of other tools it can use to accomplish the same goa...

The white supremacist agenda is alive and well despite unconstitutional aims www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

The Mathematician Lifting the Lid on Trump’s “Attacks” The scientist behind the Trump Action Tracker uses skills in data collection to look for patterns in the president’s seemingly “scattergun” approach.

#MustRead: Scientist creates #TrumpTracker web page to discern patterns in administration’s blitzkrieg approach to policy enactment www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Supreme Court rules against private prison firm facing forced-work suit from immigration detainees The Supreme Court has ruled against a private prison company facing a lawsuit alleging immigration detainees were forced to work and paid only $1 a day.

#4profit prisons need to go. apnews.com/article/supr...

Virginia legislators work to curb state and local law enforcement cooperation with ICE

Thank you, Virginia legislators www.whro.org/virginia-gov... #AbolishICE

Appeals court voids Louisiana Ten Commandments injunction The law can move forward after a federal appeals court said a decision without the context of actual text displays would be "guessing.”

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sets world record for hair-splitting www.k12dive.com/news/appeals... Shouldn’t any American have standing when the establishment clause is at issue?

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas. Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

Another death directly attributable to the so-called ‘pro-life’ movement www.propublica.org/article/texa...

oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

50 years ago, the Supreme Court broke campaign finance regulation A gobsmacking amount of money is spent on federal elections in the US. The credit or blame for that reaches back to a landmark, 50-year-old Supreme Court decision.

Safe to say that it’s time for a fresh look as to whether contributing large amounts of money to political candidates constitutes protected speech. In most countries, it’s called “bribery.” theconversation.com/50-years-ago...

At Longwood, a journey toward racial reckoning — Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism A Virginia university wanted property for dormitories and classrooms. It targeted a Black neighborhood at the center of the Civil Rights Movement.

I’m pretty sure all universities, save for HBCUs, share similar stories of injustice. It’s another reason why the Trump administration’s attacks on DEI have been so nefarious vcij.org/stories/at-l...

Congress green-lights education interagency agreements — with reservations The Education Department has nine such agreements with other agencies, including the departments of Labor and Health and Human Services.

Congress condemns, but does not legally prohibit, dismantling Department of Education. The bold leadership we need 🙄 www.k12dive.com/news/congres...

ED Warns Colleges With High Student Loan Nonrepayment Rates As delinquency and default rates rise across the country, Trump officials want colleges and universities to play a greater role in getting former students to repay their loans.

@insidehighered.com: Did it occur to you to get a student- or consumer-protection perspective on this story? www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases. A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that prot...

More damage left in the wake of #PamBondi, America’s most prolific apologist for fascism, ruthless capitalism www.propublica.org/article/pam-...

A constitutional amendment on reproductive rights is headed to Virginia’s ballot. Here’s what it would do. Abortion remains legal in Virginia, but advocates say that could change with shifting political power. A constitutional amendment would make reproductive rights far harder to roll back.

Constitutional amendment on women’s right to choose headed toward referendum in #Virginia www.whro.org/health/2026-...

Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...

Of course they are. They’re too busy pretending that whites are being victimized by “minorities” in America. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Trump’s criminal White House intervened on behalf of s*x trafficker #AndrewTate www.propublica.org/article/andr...

DOJ Sues Harvard The Trump administration escalated its fight with Harvard on Friday, filing a lawsuit that accused the university of failure to comply with an investigation into admissions practices.

More of Trump’s #extortion of Harvard University, higher ed in general www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Pentagon vows to end 'woke distractions' at military's independent newspaper The editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes responds to a Defense Department announcement that it will assume greater control over the military newspaper.

More #fascism out of the Pentagon, drunk Hegseth www.npr.org/2026/01/22/n...