Debkmorrison

Nobel Prize worthy 🔥👏🏽🙌🏽

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ICE agents in Lynwood, CA tried to break into a barbershop without a warrant. When the owner refused to open the door, they threatened him: “I’m going to go get your dad and I’m going to get your mom!”

Is this the America we want to live in?

August 18, 2025 This morning, J.D.

August 18, 2025

The Trump effect.

I have warned, in particular, about how even the language of climate deniers ("the scientists don't have any idea", "the models are untrustworthy", etc) has been co-opted by doomers. It's not a coincidence. Same bad actors are fanning the flames of both denial and doom.

Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year.

The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.

Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.

Frequent large-scale wildfires are turning forests from carbon sinks into super‑emitters, warn scientists Forests once hailed as reliable carbon sinks are rapidly becoming "super‑emitters" as record‑breaking wildfires sweep boreal, Amazonian, and Australian landscapes. Today's climate policies and volunta...

Frequent large-scale wildfires are turning forests from carbon sinks into super‑emitters

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Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.

Jesus Christ, man, you know everyone can see this, right?

The erection I had while reading this was confusing. And also terrible.

Sometimes you don’t find your spirit animal as much as it finds you

Graphic of Washington Post poll from April 18-22, 2025, showing "Majorities of Americans oppose various Trump proposals" highlighting two lines in particular: "Increasing the Federal Government's role in how private universities operate" - 28 percent support, 70 percent oppose "Reducing federal funding for medical research" - 21 percent support, 77 percent oppose

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.

It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

Columbia staff receive texts asking if they're Jewish, as government hunts antisemitic harassment on campus Barnard employees received the text as Columbia University students plan a new tent encampment to protest the Israel-Hamas war.

I really wish reporters would stop saying that there is an effort by the Trump administration to combat antisemitism. It is quite the opposite. There is an effort to foment antisemitism.
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Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.

Update! UMass-Amherst's faculty senate is now on board!!

Last night they passed their own resolution calling for two compacts:

1) of all public and land-grant higher ed in the country
2) of all public and private higher ed in Massachusetts

Read and spread widely!!

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The Rutgers Senate is meeting **at noon EDT today** about next steps in promoting its resolution for a mutual academic defense compact. And you can Zoom in to watch!

Big 10 folks especially encouraged. See how you can support or replicate the idea where you are!

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Trump: "I said to [the former hostages], was there any sign of love? Did Hamas show any signs of, like, help or liking you? Did they give you a piece of bread extra? Did they give you a meal on the side? Like what happened in Germany."

#handsoff Eugene, Oregon shows up. Several thousand on a beautiful Saturday

"The administration isn’t acting in a vacuum. It’s exploiting the erosion of public trust in colleges, which has been building for decades.... To defend their missions, institutions of higher education must overcome the habits that have kept them siloed."

Cory Booker has been holding the Senate floor for *15 hours* to call out Trump’s harm to Americans.

More of this energy from every Democrat please.

We have gotten to the point where, out of necessity, academic institutions are forming a NATO-style alliance.

Great initiative to counter a recognized problem, but dear God what of this world.

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.

Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

"I would go so far as to say that you feel small because you are small. I, too, am small. The rich and powerful men you mention are small as well, even if they’re desperately trying to convince themselves otherwise. To be human is to be small."

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1000% this.

Doctor: Your wrist pain is from repetitive motion. Can you stop doing it at work?

[Cut to me doing the jerkoff gesture thru every conference call]

Me: Sadly, no

Good time to follow Erica Chenoweth

Are you there God? What the fuck, man?

Good morning, we have over 1200 signatures. Keep sharing here and on your other social media but even more effective = send directly to people you know.

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A brand new volcanic vent opened up in Yellowstone A land of change.

Activity in Yellowstone is picking up steam 😎

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If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.