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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

If you heard the leader of another nation threatening to unleash the military against his perceived political enemies, what would you call it?

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Peaceful protest against ICE in downtown Los Angeles.

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

“In this paper, we argue that status threat arises because white Americans tend to perceive racial minorities as competing outgroups, not as fellow Americans… We find little indication that a shared American identity could reduce racial (and, in exploratory analyses, partisan) conflict in America.”

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 12/04/2025

What I see in these attacks – removing books, limiting speech and deporting op ed writers, attempting to sanction universities and law firms – is that books, speech, education and law are POWERFUL. They are a threat to authoritarianism. Keep writing. Keep speaking. Keep learning. Keep defending.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Every single university president should be asked, in public, why they are not speaking out this way to support all the students currently detained without due process, and all those terrified that they will be next, on every campus in this country. Yes, including Columbia's acting president.

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 02/04/2025

The attack on education is an attack on women. Read more from @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social who connects the dots here. educationwars.substack.com/p/connecting...

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What's behind the Trump world's obsession with education?

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 02/04/2025

So is this the end of Elon’s Make-a-Wish time as POTUS? Will shareholders force him to do his day job again? Seems like running a car company (and a rocket destruction company) should maybe be bigger than a side hustle. #elonmusk #tesla

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 14/03/2025

Columbia University’s $14.7B endowment grew by 8.4% last year. That’s 1.24B new dollars of passive income, or 3x the $400M the fed just took back. Use your damn resources and fight! That pile in the bank can’t protect your students if you leave it there.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

South African car salesman tells U.S. Senator, American astronaut and U.S. Navy captain: "You are a traitor"

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

"they're drinking vodka straight out of the bottle tonight..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Look at this traitor just openly working for Russia

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 16/12/2024

Important story by my friend and fellow Tillman Scholar @erinedwards22.bsky.social

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 16/12/2024

At least we are using our greatest strength in a democracy to stop these tragedies: thoughts and prayers. 🤦‍♂️😞

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 18/11/2024

Traditional college is broken – for students, and for employers. We're building a better model. @polymathu.org is interdisciplinary, apprenticeship based, and debt-free. #highered polymathu.org

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Polymath University

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 25/09/2022

"An unexpected result of feminism has been to reveal the ways in which education is failing boys." - @RichardvReeves for @TheAtlantic.

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 23/07/2022

“At the end of the day [crypto and blockchain technology] has to be really boring. When’s the last time you got excited about a utility?” – Mark Daly of @ZeroHashX at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit. #ptls22 #tillmanscholar

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 23/07/2022

“I think blockchain has the potential to be the underlying technology for so much and we won’t even know it.” – 2021 Tillman Scholar Jo Unruh, and founder of @NiftyLitMag, on the future of blockchain at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit. #ptls22 #tillmanscholar

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 23/07/2022

“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” – 2018 Tillman Scholar Alex Pruden on the nascent crypto / blockchain industry, at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit. #tillmanscholar #plts22

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 22/07/2022

“I’ve heard ‘No’ a lot in my life and all it’s told me is that I asked the wrong person.” 2018 Tillman Scholar Natasha Ryan at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit. #ptls22 #tillmanscholar

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 22/07/2022

“COVID didn’t exacerbate inequality as much as it exposed it.” 2020 Tillman Scholar @darismcinnis on the state of education today at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit. #ptls2022 #tillmanscholar

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 19/02/2022

Applications to be a 2022 Tillman Scholar are open February 1-28! Learn more about the @pattillmanfnd's #Tillman cholars Program, including how to apply: Learn more:

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 04/11/2021

So excited to be able to safely welcome our guests, scholars, investors, and our broader community to #TillmanHonors 2021 in 1 hour where we’ll be honoring #TillmanScholars’ efforts in Afghanistan, and Fawzia Koofi, the first female Deputy Speaker of Afghan Parliament.

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 04/11/2021

“Tillman Scholars just get shit done.” 2012 Tillman Scholar @KateHoit on the #DigitalDunkirk effort among #TillmanScholars to evacuate and resettle Afghan allies. #TillmanHonors

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 04/11/2021

“This is the spirit of America. The spirit of America lies in its lion-hearted people.” – 2021 Tillman Scholar Junaid Lughmani @theyankee33, discussing the effort among Tillman Scholars to evacuate & resettle Afghan allies dubbed Digital Dunkirk. #tillmanscholars #digitaldunkirk

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 19/10/2021

"When you get to the end of your life, the sum total of all the things you paid attention to will have been your life.” – Oliver Burkman

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 31/08/2021

First day in my adult life that the United States isn’t at war. And yet… It doesn’t feel like we are at peace either. #afghanistan #gwot #war

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 23/02/2021

Two months out. Have you started training? #PatsRun #GiveEmHell @pattillmanfnd

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 01/02/2021

What do we do @PatTillmanFnd? We find and develop leaders, and we amplify their impact. Application open now through Feb 28 for vets and milspouses furthering their education and committed to service. Join our #TillmanScholar community. http:

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 15/01/2021

"What we saw Wednesday was sort of like Toxic Masculinity’s last stand; a reassertion of male power." - @schemaly "Where American masculinity goes from here remains an open question." - @emmaladyrose & @emilyrpeck for @HuffPost Important read:

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 04/01/2021

Role-based leadership is not nearly as important or effective as influence-based leadership. This and other topics - like developing leadership in the same way you'd train for a marathon - on the @AboveLeadership podcast with Travis Crutcher. @pattillmanfnd #leadership

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 28/12/2020

"From public health to social justice to politics and everything else that has bubbled up during this chaotic year, there always seemed to be a Tillman Scholar leading." Leadership matters, and Tillman Scholars have been out front in 2020. @pattillmanfnd

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 07/12/2020

You know who uses public transit? - Essential workers. You know how important it is to keep public transit healthy and available to all? - It's essential. Maybe we stop calling it "public" transit and start calling it "essential" transit. #CTA #MBTA

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 05/11/2020

“The DOD budget is $800 billion dollars. You don’t have the money [to support veterans with burnpit injuries]?? Are you kidding me?? Make ten less F-35s and we’re done! DONE!” – Jon Stewart of @TheDailyShow #tillmanhonors @pattillmanfnd

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 05/11/2020

“Do things that you truly care about and do them with all your heart.” – 2020 Tillman Honors Champion Jon Stewart @TheDailyShow @nfl @TEKsystems #tillmanhonors #veterans

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 05/11/2020

“The next time we go to war, service members should offer a contract to our gov’t: ‘you will take care of me, if I lose a limb or suffer any other injury as a result of this war’ and that’s their end of the deal.” #TillmanScholar @munn_jackie @nfl @TEKsystems @pattillmanfnd

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 05/11/2020

“We did this to our brothers and sisters... Supporting first responders, they’re not loud. It’s hard to get their story out. People don’t want to hear what the consequences of war are.” – @munn_jackie at #tillmanhonors @nfl @TEKsystems

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 05/11/2020

“When there’s a female president one day, which this country deserves, a leader with empathy, we’ll be able to make a culture change” that supports warfighters. - @JohnFeal1 at #TillmanHonors @NFL @TEKsystems

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 05/11/2020

“The culture issue - that’s a really difficult pull. The first is getting people the benefit they’ve earned The second is the DOD and VA, they’ll find you when they need you. But when you need them, man are they hard to come by. It’s about changing the culture.” - Jon Stewart

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 05/11/2020

“You can’t have enough money for war, but not enough money to take care of the warfighter.” – Jon Stewart #tillmanhonors #tillmanscholars @pattillmanfnd #veterans

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 05/11/2020

“At the end of the day, be kind, be human, be nice.” – 2020 #TillmanHonors Make Your Mark awardee, @WestPoint_USMA graduate, @USArmy veteran, #TillmanScholar and public health practitioner on the front lines of COVID @munn_jackie

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 05/11/2020

“Thank you doesn’t hold water for me anymore. Let’s get off our butts and do something for veterans.” – @JohnFeal1 “It’s about inspiration, meeting the moment. This was a boulder being pushed uphill both ways.” - Jon Stewart of @TheDailyShow #TillmanHonors #TillmanScholars

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 17/10/2020

So many thanks to Kevin and the @ConstitutionCtr for the virtual tour of the U.S. Constitution Center and the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights for our #TillmanScholars!

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Dan Futrell @danfutrell.com · 26/09/2020

"You are a part of Pat's legacy, you are a part of that story, a part of the ripple effect of what we can all do in this world. You are making a difference, and you always can make a difference." - Coach @jwelter47 @pattillmanfnd #TillmanHonors #PTLS

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