FIRE is libertarian. I’m not. But they take lots of admirable stances and this is one.

Just learned from LinkedIn that a Heritage Foundation affiliate is now FOIA-ing (or equivalent) instructors’ syllabi to go snooping for supposed illegal DEI at state universities. It’s hard to describe how far past McCarthyism we’re headed here.

Reuters For many months, local journalists have been the world's eyes and ears on the ground in Gaza We have agreed not to identify our colleagues by name out of consideration for their security.

BBC News straight up admitting that if they name their Gaza reporters they'll be taken out is quite the move.

Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.

Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

Free Markets and Fixed Natures - Boston Review How neoliberals fell in love with “human nature”—the glue that still unites the divergent factions of the new right.

In the aftermath of the Cold War, neoliberals sought an antidote to the social movements that had suffused popular consciousness. They found one in hierarchies of gender, race, and cultural difference, which they imagined to be rooted in genetics as well as tradition.

Quinn Slobodian:

I can't be outside but I'll be there! Join me and other #disabled folk fighting for our rights! I'm joining at noon tomorrow! #NoKings

The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights "If we don't put a line in the sand here, other agencies will try and do the same.”

The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference (Gift Article) The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.

The Fulbright Scholarship board resigned due to political interference from the Trump administration. The State Department, led by Marco Rubio, is canceling scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers based on their research topics, which include climate change, gender, and race.

Bravo

Val Demings: Trump is not above the law | Commentary As the former congresswoman and Orlando police chief writes, the arrest of a U.S. House member is a tipping point in Donald Trump’s abuse of the justice system.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/05/25/v...

The EPA is rolling back drinking water limits for 4 PFAS. Thousands more remain unregulated. Experts say it’s past time to regulate "forever chemicals" as a class.

jchyip@mastodon.online - The #EPA is rolling back drinking water limits for 4 #PFAS. Thousands more remain unregulated. grist.org/regulation/e...

Then require masks of everybody else, dammit. Literally the least the FDA could do

It’s not just incorrect, but the opposite—the antithesis—of habeas corpus for the president to have the unfettered, unreviewable “right” to cast people into exile in the torture chambers of foreign autocrats.

VA reinstates mandatory overtime to address 200,000-claim backlog The Veterans Benefits Administration ended mandatory overtime in July 2024, after relying on it for seven years to keep up with an increasing workload.

Without rehiring those laid off. Wage slavery FTW?
VA reinstates mandatory overtime to address 200,000-claim backlog federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...

Hungarians rally in mass protest against bill allowing blacklisting of Orban critics Around 10,000 protesters have gathered in Hungary's capital to oppose a bill by the country's right-wing government that critics say targets free speech and independent media

www.latimes.com/world-nation...

'We're destroying Gaza': Netanyahu, Smotrich rush to soothe fears over aid renewal ***

Stunning proof it isn't a waste of time to keep badgering your senators. Quote from Netanyahu's video to the Israelis:

"Our best friends in the world, senators I know as strong supporters of Israel, warned they cannot support us if images of mass starvation emerge.."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement

The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...

Always knew #LuciaJoyce deserved a movie. Now I get to think about getting my book kinda about her into Maya Hawke's hands? www.msn.com/en-us/movies...

Georgetown researcher released from ICE custody after judge’s order Badar Kahn Suri, who has been held in Texas since March, is expected to return to Virginia after a federal judge found he raised substantial First Amendment claims

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

If Dems Want to Stand Up to Trump, They Must Stand With Palestine Protesters Michigan’s attorney general is posing as an anti-Trump champion. So why is she helping Trump’s FBI to target protesters?

''The self-professed resistance to Trump from Democrats is meaningless when they’re capitulating on Palestine and collaborating with police and federal law enforcement to shut down protests and frighten dissenters. ''
truthout.org/articles/if-...

Kweisi Mfume is 76 years old and started serving in Congress when I was 4 years old. Jasmine Crockett is a mega-star with national recognition and following. Why should Crockett have to cede this fight to cater to the Democratic culture of gerontocracy? I am tired of this dynamic.

Texas lawmakers moving to greatly increase control of state universities Opponents say a bill to end “ideological bias” in higher education would amount to a damaging takeover of public institutions, with nationwide implications.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Commentary: Inside the GOP's secret plan to destroy Medicaid Republicans are plotting to cut the federal match for Medicaid expansion, which could cost states as much as $600 billion and leave 20 million Americans uninsured.

www.latimes.com/business/sto...

USPS law enforcement assists Trump ‘mass deportation’ effort, sources and records show The Postal Inspection Service recently joined a federal task force to locate undocumented immigrants using data from mail and packages, according to people familiar with the effort and records obtaine...

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Nonilex@masto.ai -
The end of the #House #Judiciary reconciliation
bill bans judges from enforcing #contempt unless there was an FRCP 65(c) bond (rare in #CivilRights suits). Obviously aimed to stop Judges like #Boasberg & #Xinis

Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The lawyers pushing back on Trump’s campaign to corral big law firms As President Trump cracked down on law firms, many big firms remained silent or cut deals. Many lawyers and groups across the legal community are pushing back.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

ACLU of CT sues Trump administration over 60-plus student visas being revoked The ACLU of Connecticut filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Connecticut students who had their F-1 student visa status terminated by the Trump administration.

www.nhregister.com/news/educati...

Mass. delegation blasts Tufts student’s living conditions as Trump administration seeks to keep her in Louisiana - The Boston Globe Members of Massachusetts' congressional delegation criticized the living conditions at immigrant detention facilities in Louisiana after visiting students held there this week.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/23/m...