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Lisa Voigt

@lisaluso.bsky.social
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Professor of Spanish & Portuguese @Yale; previously @Ohio State (2008-2023) Special Issues Editor, Colonial Latin American Review

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/09/2026
It has been eight days since Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez was shot by ICE while making a DoorDash delivery in Austin, Texas. He is currently facing a severe medical emergency. The bullet remains lodged in his back, and he is being held at the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall.
DOORDASH IS ABANDONING ITS DRIVERS
URGENT UPDATE:
8 days after ICE shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in the back while he was making a DoorDash delivery, the bullet remains in his body. Wilber is in agonizing pain inside a TX concentration camp, and the silence from DoorDash is deafening. A photo of Wilber smiling, before ICE shot him, is shown.
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Indivisible Central Ohio @indivcentraloh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In a country awash with guns and hate, this shooting is a painful metaphor. A hate fueled administration put a bullet into an immigrant of color. The shooter walks free and the victim is incarcerated. With a US bullet lodged in his body. abcnews.com/US/man-hospi...
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Man shot by ICE speaks out, says bullet is still in him
A man was shot and injured in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement incident in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, according to officials.
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Dazzling” – early modern historian of religion, emotions, and monsters Jenny Spinks reviews HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY ( @ucpress.bsky.social ) in the American Historical Review! @historians.org 💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
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Surekha Davies. Humans: A Monstrous History
Surekha Davies declares that “[m]onsters are category problems that have to be defanged” (67) in her dazzling new book Humans: A Monstrous History. This po
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Of the Republican-controlled states that went through the redistricting process mid-cycle, Ohio may be the only one where Democrats can flip seats ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/15/d...
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Despite redistricting, Ohio Democrats eager to flip congressional seats • Ohio Capital Journal
Of the Republican-controlled states that went through the redistricting process mid-cycle, Ohio may be the only one where Democrats can flip seats.
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UConn AAUP @uconnaaup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Key Questions About International Student Visa Limits
As international students prepare for the end of a nearly 50-year-old policy governing how long they can stay in the U.S., we answer five key questions about the rule change taking effect this week.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
National Book Award winning novelist and Yale alum Susan Choi on Yale’s President Maurie McInnis. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Yale’s President Has Become a Shameful Collaborator With Trump
Maurie McInnis has the power to stand up to the administration. Instead, she’s caving.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/09/2026
We stand with the students and faculty who want Yale to stand up for their campus. www.ctinsider.com/ne...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/09/2026
Colleges and universities are a threat to Trump because they foster free speech, new ideas, and diversity. That’s why he’s so focused on attacking them. This is classic authoritarian overreach and a direct attack on BIPOC students, first gen and immigrant students.
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New IRS proposal threatens universities' tax-exempt status over diversity programs
The proposed regulations could affect up to 18,000 high schools, universities and trade schools, the agency said.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sam Waterston: "The lesson couldn’t be simpler … It’s as old as the schoolyard, as old as the Bible. And I won’t forget my father saying, after the war, with the finality and the quiet way that he said it: Never give in to a bully.'" ctmirror.org/2026/09/01/y...
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Demonstrators ring in semester with calls to 'democratize Yale'
It was the first event of its kind since students returned to Yale for the start of the school year. But discontent has been brewing longer.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/08/2026
Yale’s leadership must stand firm in defense of academic freedom against Trump's threats. Show solidarity with the students, alumni, and faculty taking a stand against Yale’s cowardly surrender. Sign the petition today at YaleDontCave.com.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/08/2026
This moment demands putting aside our differences to defeat the fascists.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 28/08/2026
Ohio U.S. Sen. Jon Husted's wife had as much as $15,000 invested in the struggling Intel megaproject in New Albany as her husband worked to push it forward, financial disclosures show.
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As he worked to advance the Intel project, an Ohio senator's wife was invested in it • Ohio Capital Journal
The wife of U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, invested in Intel, then her husband knew of and supported actions that increased the stock's value.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If you’re livid about SCOTUS allowing Trump to restrict mail in voting please allow me to make you even more livid. Did you know about the Trump administration’s proposed rule change to allow shipping handguns through the mail? Now you do. www.thetrace.org/2026/05/usps...
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People Might Soon Be Able to Ship Handguns Through the Mail. Here’s Why It Matters.
USPS is set to lift a century-old ban — and experts warn the consequences could be significant.
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 23/08/2026
Across Ohio, signs of discontent this year are everywhere. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
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Angry Ohio Voters Could Turn Their State Purple Again (Gift Article)
A governor’s race, a Senate contest and enough congressional contests to swing control of the House are all in play in Ohio, where voters of all stripes express a deep sense of powerlessness.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 21/08/2026
Commentary: With the midterms just months away, Ohioans are being hit with misinformation about the safety of our elections and voting. The most powerful response to confusion and intimidation is participation. Don’t sit out. Show up and vote. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/21/v...
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Voting rights are under fire in Ohio. Casting a ballot is how you fight back. • Ohio Capital Journal
With the midterms just months away, Ohioans are being hit with misinformation from multiple directions about the safety of our elections and voting. The most powerful response to confusion and…
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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
ICYMI: More than 20 academic societies have signed onto the ACLS statement on the National Call to Action issued by the US Secretary of Education. bit.ly/45TBtnE
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ACLS Statement on the National Call to Action Issued by the US Secretary of Education
We call on Secretary McMahon and all readers of her letter to stand with us in support of this vital knowledge and for the funding it deserves.
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Lisa Voigt @lisaluso.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Why Yale must not negotiate: “Daniel Shieh, agreed that there was “not a Title VI violation”…. He pushed instead to obtain a settlement from Brown, and that ultimately happened.”
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“Instead of standing up to these politicized attacks, Yale President Maurie McInnis is caving and attempting to cut a deal. Yale’s leadership must stand firm in defense of academic freedom,” said Leah Greenberg, the co-executive director of Indivisible. yaledailynews.com/articles/bil...
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Absolutely depraved, dehumanizing evil, all funded by your tax dollars courtesy of the Republican majorities
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/08/2026
Instead of standing up for students, Yale is complying with the regime in advance and giving in to the classic authoritarian playbook that targets academic institutions and silences dissent. If you have any affiliation with the university, sign the petition and tell Yale to refuse to cave to Trump.
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Tell Yale: Don’t Cave to Trump
Trump is weaponizing the Department of Justice to push his far-right agenda on college campuses. Yale is scared and ready to settle. Demand that they stand up and fight back instead. Stand with Yale s...
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 08/08/2026
Commentary: When the government claims the authority to decide what speech means — what it intends, what it implies — it doesn't need to punish anyone. The uncertainty does the work. That’s what’s happening under Ohio’s new higher education censorship law ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/07/o...
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Ohio government doesn't have to ban speech on campus to silence it • Ohio Capital Journal
When the government claims the authority to decide what speech means — what it intends, what it implies — it doesn't need to punish anyone. The uncertainty does the work. That’s what’s happening…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 05/08/2026
No pop-ups, no paywalls, no ads. Our articles are free to read and free to republish: Subscribe to the Ohio Capital Journal newsletter today. ohiocapitaljournal.com/subscribe/
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Subscribe • Ohio Capital Journal
With waggish headlines and sharp insight, you can start your news morning off right with the latest from the Ohio Capital Journal and highlights from other publications across the state. We will lead…
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AAUP @aaup.org · 04/08/2026
The Trump admin is back with version 2.0 of its higher ed compact. The reason is simple: The first one failed. Compact 2.0 lacks egregious elements of its predecessor. That’s a victory & affirms that the answer to authoritarianism is organized resistance—not compliance. www.aaup.org/news/new-com...
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New Compact Shows Resistance Works, but Fight for Higher Ed Isn’t Over
The Trump administration is back with a second version of its higher education compact. As with its predecessor, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their...
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🌶 David Gray Widder @davidthewid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Often my academic friends ask how they can help when they learn how Texas is restricting teaching and denying tenure. The answer: Join AAUP. Your dues—small as they are (~$30)—help build collective power to fight for legislation, policy, and in the courts for students, faculty, & staff. Join us!
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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 21/07/2026
Read the letter sent by eight Yale-affiliated members of CT Legislature to Yale University. #AAUP #AAUPYale #CTLegislature #HigherEducation #AcademicFreedom
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Dr Laura Fernández-González @laurafg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sweat, blood and tears! I am delighted to announce our forthcoming book: Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire, 1498–1822, which I've co-edited with António Camões Gouveia (Nova University-Lisbon) and Federico Palomo (Complutense University-Madrid). www.routledge.com/Public-Ritua...
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Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire, 1498–1822
Public Rituals charts the study of public rituals in the Portuguese Empire between 1498 and 1822 approximately, with a view to introducing both new and seasoned readers to the contexts, sources, probl...
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Angela Ferrell-Zabala (she/her) @ferrellzabala.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I am heartbroken and furious. Joan Sebastian Guerrero was 26 years old — a husband, a father to a young daughter, and, by all accounts, not even the target of the ICE operation that ended his life. His family is now living with unspeakable pain because a federal operation turned deadly, yet again.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
There is still time. #President McInnis: do not offer up #Yale’s legacy to Mr. Trump. Do the right thing. Stand up for higher education. Stand up for freedom. End/ ctmirror.org/2026/07/09/y...
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Yale community mobilizes against reported Justice Dept. settlement
DOJ accused Yale of continuing to consider race in med school admissions after the practice was ruled illegal in a 2023 SCOTUS case.
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Angela Ferrell-Zabala (she/her) @ferrellzabala.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Our communities deserve safety — not back-to-back shootings in broad daylight. I stand with the Biddeford community in calling for a full, transparent investigation into yet another killing by federal agents, and for accountability that builds trust, not fear.
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Shea (she/her) @solarshea.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The deadline to submit public comment on the proposed regulation changes about federal grant making, coming out of #OMB (and Russell Vought) is TOMORROW, Monday July 13 at 11:59 pm Eastern. #savescience #FundScience @altgov.info @agu.org @aas.org @planetarysociety.bsky.social @aaup.org @ucs.org 🧵
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“Should the university choose to compromise its commitment to academic freedom by seeking to settle with the DOJ on the basis of these spurious claims,” they wrote, “the Yale AAUP will not hesitate to pursue its rights.” www.chronicle.com/article/yale...
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Yale Professors Vow to Fight Trump if the University President Won’t
The opposition to a potential deal with the government reveals a strategy that Yale groups have spent a year honing.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Yale President McInnis and the trustees are out of step with their faculty, including the current and present deans of the law school, in seeking a settlement from the Trump administration. Students and alumni also oppose. Who does Yale leadership actually represent? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...
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Yale Law School Fights to Stop Trump Deal
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Our senior Senator from Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, thinks it's a bad move for #Yale to capitulate to Trump's Department of Justice. He's right on target. Appeasement doesn't work. yaledailynews.com/articles/blu...
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Call to Action: Tell Yale Leadership not to cut a deal with the Trump Administration. aaupyale.org
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AAUP Yale
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/06/2026
Commentary: In our chaotic information environment, the need for clarity from officials is why the Ohio Sec of State's decision to post information that could easily mislead voters about what identification is needed to cast their ballots is so concerning. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/30/o...
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Ohio voters deserve clear, affirmative information from their secretary of state • Ohio Capital Journal
In our chaotic information environment, the need for clarity from official sources is why the Ohio Secretary of State's Office’s decision to post information that could easily mislead voters about…
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brais lamela @braislamela.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Libro novo 😶 A lingua estranxeira, a miña segunda novela (!!), comeza a chegar hoxe ás librerías. En @galaxiaeditorial.bsky.social
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We've hit the 3,000 mark in letters to Congress on the mad power-grab by Russell Vought at OMB to take over all federal grant making with a team of political commissars reporting to him. Let's get to 4,000 letters this week. Share. Share. Share. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...
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Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees
On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ
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The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Russell Vought is the director of the Office of Management & Budget. He is promulgating a new rule to install political control over ALL federal grant-making. Forget the experts. Russ is the decider-in-chief now. Write your members of Congress today. And share this. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...
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Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees
On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Russell Vought's one rule to rule them all isn't in effect yet. Write to Congress AND comment on the proposed rule by 13 July. WE CAN STOP IT. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
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What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This is the most important thing you'll do today. Russell Vought wants to take OVER all federal grant making putting it under political control. Write to your members of Congress. Tell your friends to do so. And share, share, share. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...
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Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees
On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
AND everyone can submit comments on the rule until 13 July. Read this on how to submit. Federal grants affect us all. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
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What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 31/05/2026
Solidarity means standing with anyone who Trump targets — even if you don’t agree with them.
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Lisa Voigt @lisaluso.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Why do all US universities follow this unrepresentative, unaccountable, autocratic governance model? I’ve been wondering this for a long time… and this will make you wonder, too.
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Rachel Coyle Ohio @rachelcoyle.wtf · 22/05/2026
With this money, #Ohio could have hired 10,535 teachers AND 7,530 librarians AND 11,421 park rangers signalohio.org/ohio-data-ce... #datacenters
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 04/05/2026
Mere days after a man rode an Amtrak train to Washington, DC armed with a shotgun and pistol in an attempted attack on the president and other federal officials, the Trump Administration is moving to allow firearms on all Amtrak routes. Make it make sense.
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Amtrak may ease rules on guns on its trains despite revelations after correspondents' dinner, sources say
Amtrak may ease rules on guns on its trains, sources say. Critics worry that would weaken security even though, authorities say, the accused correspondents' dinner shooter took Amtrak cross-country wi...
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Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
In New York, we've always prioritized public safety and common sense gun laws. Today, NYS has the 4th strongest gun laws in the nation and the 4th lowest rate of gun violence in the country. Here in NYC, that rate is even lower.
State gun law rankings 2026
NYS has 4th lowest rate of gun violence
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AAUP @aaup.org · 10/04/2026
Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma & Tennessee legislatures are considering bills that will weaken tenure, academic freedom & shared governance at public colleges and universities. Inside Higher Ed breaks down the harmful impact of the bills and how AAUP chapters & leaders are responding to this threat⬇️
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Bills Weakening Tenure, Abolishing Faculty Senates Advance
Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Tennessee are considering legislation that will impact tenure, faculty governance and more.
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