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Share the media. The news is compromised. We're starting to boil over.

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Great thread on what do if you are worried about losing restricted data access. 👇🏻

NEW: Here are the 10 “democratic” senators that voted to sell out veterans, the American people, and their colleagues in the House. Cortez Masto Durbin Fetterman Gillibrand Hassan King Peters Schatz Schumer Shaheen

When I cast my vote, I’m representing the nearly 8 million people in Washington state. In this democracy their voices count for something—so you better believe I am not handing over my vote in exchange for nothing. I am voting NO on the House Republicans' slush fund CR.

Universities must band together to say they will refuse these ransom notes. This is not a drill.

(FT) - Insurers have warned that mass firings at US science agencies could threaten the critical weather and geospatial data that the industry uses to manage natural disaster risks and potentially raise prices for consumers. 🇺🇸 www.ft.com/content/33a4...

Excellent thread by @jrothst.bsky.social refuting the facts of this op-ed. Also, what an odd choice for this writer to use their time, expertise, and access to the NYT editorial page at this moment. Of all the things that could be said...

The Department of Education cuts may seem like a sledgehammer but they're aimed at key areas: data, research, civil rights enforcement, and paying for college. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

You know people are furious when they show up at an 8am protest at @schumer.senate.gov house. Chuck you are betraying us. It’s not too late to change your mind and actually fight back! @indivisible.org @socialists.nyc @riseandresist.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social

New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill. They vote in the morning. ☎️: (202) 224-4451

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

The AAUP is hiring organizers. www.aaup.org/about/staff/...

There’s been a lot of talk recently about cutting funding and staffing at the IRS. New work from the Budget Lab shows that if the IRS shrinks by 50% we estimate that this would result in 350 billion net forgone revenue over the 10-year budget window. 1/ @budgetlab.bsky.social

Congrats, they heard you! The Social Security Administration has decided tonight to abandon its plans to end phone service for millions of Americans filing retirement and disability claims. Thank you to all who shared our post and made calls today—you did it!

Read my former colleague Ruth Marcus, explaining why she left the Washington Post www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...

These Senators are on the fence about voting NO on the CR: Elissa Slotkin (MI) Gary Peters (MI) Jacky Rosen (NV) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) Maggie Hassan (NH) Jon Ossoff (GA) John Hickenlooper (CO) Michael Bennett (CO) Mark Kelly (AZ) Peter Welch (VT) Mark Warner (VA) Time Kaine (VA) Call (202) 224-3121

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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📨Message Mondays! 📨Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity at the University of Notre Dame! Seeking exceptional early-stage scholars. SOCIOLOGISTS OF EDUCATION are encouraged to apply. Deadline is March 31, at 11:59 pm EST. For more details see: apply.interfolio.com/164239 #postdoc

All IES program officers are gone How they will be able to administer grants that are already disbursed? Spend it fast if you can

I’m struck by the Trump administration’s attempt to redefine equality as discrimination against white people. This is a deeply racist idea that *equal outcomes* must be unfair, assuming white people are naturally at the top of the hierarchy. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...

NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more. The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law. No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.

NEW: I just led 27 House members in demanding answers from the Trump administration on its treatment of immigrants. It’s completely unacceptable that the admin is detaining immigrants in inhumane facilities, including one slated to be closed due to rampant sexual abuse.

NEW: Dept of Education employees told that all ED buildings in DC area will be closed tomorrow for undisclosed "security reasons". Says everyone has to be out by 6 PM today.

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody. We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

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Very excited to read this and to see it get published in JPAM!!

The Trump admin is going after students who have used their first amendment, Constitutional rights. This is unacceptable. Deporting legal residents solely for expressing their political opinions is a violation of free speech rights. Who's next? Citizens? apnews.com/article/colu...

Working Oregonians are eligible for paid family or medical leave through the State of Oregon’s Paid Leave Oregon program. But what does that mean for you? Find out at the next Working Well webinar on Tuesday, March 18. Get your free tickets now at: loom.ly/pO54ots

Spare a thought for your green-card holding and naturalized colleagues, many of whom are now doing risk-benefit calculations before speaking on anything that could be considered remotely political

Fwiw one thing university faculty can do is provide simple explainers for their students on how federal funding works and how cuts to higher ed & endowment taxes will concretely damage their education and possibly spike tuition costs Many students don’t know how university finances work!

Penn State faculty position in computational social science/AI: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Whelp ed research orgs had mass lay-offs yesterday Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem... MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t... NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga... RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%... Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat... WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...

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They want federal employees to suffer psychological abuse and not speak to press about it. It’s not difficult to imagine them coming after members of the media next. Scary shit, but silence is not an option.

Slate is offering free Slate Plus access to federal employees who lose their jobs. Here's how to sign up. @slate.bsky.social has lots of relevant career advice, money advice, smart news coverage & entertaining distractions from all the chaos and cruelty. slate.com/fed-plus

Thank god it's #Caturday

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Spoke with members from the WA state Alliance of YMCAs about their work to bring communities together. Trump & Musk's reckless cuts put programs like these at risk—but I'll keep fighting back to protect these important investments in our families & communities.

if you've had an NIH grant terminated, I want to hear about it. Signal: katherinejwu.12

BREAKING: The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University has reneged on their commitment to host the @sciencewriters.org annual conference and withdrew their entire financial support. The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.