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Grandmother held by ICE over $25 bad check from 10 years ago: ‘This is wrong’ A grandmother in Missouri who has been in the United States for nearly 50 years is being held by ICE and faces deportation to Ireland.

“She’s been in this country 47 years, is married, with five kids and five grandkids, and you’re telling me she’s a flight risk?” he said.

www.wowt.com/2025/09/08/g...

"NUMBERS ALWAYS TEND TO BENEFIT THE LEFT"

So grateful to be one of the 500+ early-career scientists returning to their roots this month. The SNAP team behind this campaign has been such a blast to work with! @snapcoalition.bsky.social

Check out my piece in the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other national coverage: bit.ly/3HXlfB4

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Remove a letter, ruin a movie.

Argo

I can’t believe how stupid everything is

I can’t believe how stupid everything is

This is the op-ed Rumeysa Ozturk co-wrote in 2024 criticizing the Tufts administration’s response to student demands for action regarding Gaza and Israel. It is unquestionably speech protected by the First Amendment.

/1

www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...

"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."

"The response to authoritarianism isn't acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing and one thing only: a punch in the face." - @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System Into Turmoil A chaotic restructuring order threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Democrats need to make Republicans defend this publicly.

Make them go tomorrow on Sunday news shows and say cuts that degrade services for our veterans are necessary.

Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System Into Turmoil

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...

How a University Fights an Authoritarian Regime Viktor Orbán came for me. Donald Trump is coming for you. Here’s what to do.

"Mobilize your alumni networks. Enlist families whose children’s lives have been saved in your hospitals; reach out to companies that have commercialized your research, make contact with universities in red and blue states, public and private, who face the same threat. Do it fast."

Important read:

Luck Reunion!

Stood up for science today

big day for dictators with territorial ambitions

OGC Memo re Trump DEI and SFFA 2025 02 20.pdf | Powered by Box

DEI initiatives are still legal.

Universities need to stand their ground.

A Friday gift to your university's General Counsel Office - courtesy of an all star lineup of civil rights lawyers and scholars. You're going to want to read this.

We've heard this a lot. Newspapers editors know there is a story and an important perspective to get out.

You can do it!

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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

He who saves his country does not violate any law

Shit gonna be bad

Calling a Republican rep?

You're going to need a bespoke script.

The fact that only 2% of professors identify as fascists shows just how insular and out of touch universities have become.

Yes. Important for all NIH people and scientists:

The executive orders are not law. The President *cannot* make laws.

And in fact, executive orders may violate the law. As a federal employee, you are obligated not to follow illegal orders. That includes illegal EOs.

One of the many reasons MAGA hates Universities is that moms and dads send their christofascist indoctrinated kids to Unis and they... wake up. Not because of profs, but because they are surrounded by diverse students who push them to see the horrors of their upbringing.

Let’s be very clear about this. The nation’s hospitals are about to be crippled.

The NIH cuts to research universities’ indirect cost rates may seem obscure and complex. But the consequences are crystal clear.

Hospitals that serve Americans in every state and community will be destroyed.

Federal restrictions & funding freezes threaten vital research and halts scientific progress that benefits all Americans.

Join fellow #NeuroAdvocates in urging Congress to protect congressionally approved funding & ensure uninterrupted support for the scientific workforce.

👇 #NeuroSky

"The first rule of research administration is [generally scientists don't know much about it]" Time for that to change

Dear US scientists,

We've been hearing a lot of questions of the form
"Why aren't universities doing anything!? They need to speak out!"

We can explain.

It's bad news. We're on our own. But understanding why can help us all figure out our plan.

Read along in thread 1/x 🧪

Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

now that's how you write a headline

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social