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What Columbia's settlement with the Trump administration means for higher education Columbia University and the Trump administration reached a deal that restores federal funding and research grant money to the university. As part of the agreement, Columbia will pay $200 million to th...

MIchael Roth's interview on PBS about the Columbia settlement has it exactly right: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

McMahon: "We're really hopefully this particular settlement agreement is gonna be a template for other universities to follow, because I think it really does do what so many of us have looked at for our universities across the country a long time in saying that the viewpoints need to be balanced."

Trump is Wrecking our Travel Industry Anti-Trump fervor threatens foreign tourism and travelers between our border states, anticipating a poor showing at the forthcoming World Cup and Olympic games

The U.S. is already losing billions in tourism while bracing itself for an underwhelming 2026 men’s World Cup and 2028 Olympics.
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Bracing analysis from Columbia Law School’s David Pozen about the significance and implications of Columbia’s settlement with Trump. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...

Whitehouse: "Let me mention first just how very bizarre it is that the Deputy AG is going out to do a witness interview. It really raises the question whether he's doing that in the role as Deputy AG, or if he's stepping back into his role as Trump criminal defense lawyer."

The Obvious Reason the U.S. Should Not Vaccinate Like Denmark It isn’t Denmark.

America’s new health officials want to copy the vaccine policy of European countries such as Denmark. But there’s a problem with that plan, Katherine J. Wu reports:

If you are a high school senior, please consider going someplace else

On Jimmy Swaggart:
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An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...

Five under the radar things Trump snuck into his "Big Beautiful Bill":
- Delivers tax breaks to Big Oil
- Defunds Planned Parenthood
- Raises drug prices for seniors (Big Pharma giveaway)
- Hikes monthly student loan payments
- Makes ICE the biggest federal law enforcement agency

Imagine if the dumbest, most gullible motherfuckers on the planet turned off and tuned out Trump and all far-right propaganda. 😳👇

The Dangerous Plan to Turn Military Lawyers Into Immigration Judges The U.S. military is not a civilian law enforcement agency.

This is one of those things which isn't partisan politics. Messing with the distinction between military justice and civilian law enforcement is messing with the foundational structure of our constitutional order. Three former military lawyers explain why:

Immigration arrest outside Oregon preschool rattles parents Parents at a preschool in Oregon are reeling after immigration officers arrested a father in front of the school.

"Kellie Burns, who has two children attending the preschool, said her husband was there and heard the glass shatter.

'More than anything we want to express how unnecessarily violent and inhumane this was,' she said. 'Everyone felt helpless. Everyone was scared.'”

A reign of terror is what this is.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Medieval History we’ve asked eight distinguished historians each to use an article from the journal’s first five years as a jumping off point to discuss historiographical trends. @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might viewed as a right. -Dr.Paul Farmer

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Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Chemical Manufacturing Security By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. The United States relies on a strong chemical manufacturing sector to support

The Trump admin just exempted over 100 chemical plants, sterilizers & coal facilities from Clean Air Act rules, rolling back protections that would’ve cut cancer risk by up to 96% for nearby communities.

We're delighted to announce publication of 'Nordic Climate Histories' (Dominik Collet et al. eds), an essay collection exploring how the people of the Nordic countries have confronted challenges from climatic variability down the centuries: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #climatehistory #

This is G’damn infuriating: An IRISH f*cking TOURIST.

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

What To Do If A Loved One Has Been Detained By ICE ~ L.A. TACO In the heartbreaking event that someone you know has been detained by a federal immigration agent, you'll need to know what steps to take to locate them and hopefully, get some money on their books an...

@lataco.bsky.social is doing heroic work in this crisis. Started with tacos, moved on to human rights and democracy, by providing some of the best coverage of what's happening and what to do about it. lataco.com/what-to-do-i...

Science journalists should take her up on this.
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Whenever someone says an idea is "radical," know that it's usually based on ensuring everyone's basic needs are met.

The Young Lords had a massive impact by forcing society to meet their people's basic needs. For that, they were considered a national threat.

Read on.

Why Kristi Noem hates FEMA No, Trump has not given up on the conspiracist mania to kill the popular agency

"Why Kristi Noem hates FEMA:" www.salon.com/2025/07/14/w...

tl,dl: Fucking right-wing Xtian conspiracy bullshit.

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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

That’s the ticket. Show up in court, with your Bar licenses on the line, and answer a judge’s pointed and specific questions on how this deal went down.

Where Do You Protest Elon Musk? Everywhere, It Turns Out. From Stonewall to Tesla dealerships, protesters are pioneering a form of opposition that doesn't necessarily center on Washington, D.C..

Unexpected niche beat for @melissagiragrant.com: Covering the myriad protests happening right now despite claims on social media that 'no one is protesting.'