Right. As we argue on the pod, reporters need to stop being so damn credulous every time Trump and Stephen Miller whisper to them that they "want" this or that fight, because the public hates "elites." There's no reason to assume Americans want fascistic destruction of our university system. - ThreadSky

gregsargent.bsky.social • 23 days ago

Right. As we argue on the pod, reporters need to stop being so damn credulous every time Trump and Stephen Miller whisper to them that they "want" this or that fight, because the public hates "elites." There's no reason to assume Americans want fascistic destruction of our university system.

Reposted from Nicholas Grossman

Harvard standing up to Trump is a big deal and the Trump admin is acting like it. Harvard has resources, and others will follow their lead (in either direction).
As @gregsargent.bsky.social and @jonathanfriedman.com argue, stop buying that Team Trump wants every fight. They want weak acquiescence.

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makemineoolong.bsky.social•23 days ago

I think they should all tell him to get his pudgie fingers out of their hair.
Oh my students, our stable genius Prezident is brimming with useful info & wanting to help future generations to....
Oh wait that was the wrong script.
There, here we go "tRump Sucks!"
Ah, the right script at last!

bbennettesq.bsky.social•23 days ago

They also don't have the resources to fight every fight. There's a reason they want biglaw to surrender.

arnfinnarnesson.bsky.social•20 days ago

READ THIS WHETHER YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT OR NOT!
A PLAN FOR RESISTANCE:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/17/2316932/-Going-Viral-An-actual-plan-for-the-Democratic-Party-and-everyone-else-who-s-ready-to-take-action

radhas.bsky.social•23 days ago

please do not call them credulous-- here are some better words-- journalists are willing participants, fearful, obeying their leadership, collaborationists-- but not credulous, which implies almost a naive stance, which is gone, now that we are all burned out by what we see.

gregstar.bsky.social•23 days ago

More importantly, they don’t want all the fights at once.

athenae.bsky.social•23 days ago

Really didn't think we'd have to remind people who went to school for 11 billion years to be courageous truth tellers that you don't have to take the government's word for it.

ckcpottery.bsky.social•23 days ago

Exactly. What Americans want is less expensive access to the University system. Stop making it so exclusive. And start creating more apprenticeship programs for people who are better at fixing and making rather than being academic.

jennvg.bsky.social•23 days ago

Looking forward to listening to this. I think you may be having some server issues with the pod, FYI.

guffmenot.bsky.social•23 days ago

Best quote of the day:
They want to break it so they can steal it”

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