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Earlier this month, GOP senator Ted Cruz released a database of NSF-funded research projects that he accused of pushing “a far-left ideology” and called for “significant scrutiny” of the 3,400-plus projects on the list. @kathrynpalmer.bsky.social reports www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Doing some talks for K-12 teachers in the next few days. They deserve thanks and support for real, true history more than EVER now.

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Good explanation of an infuriating trend: judges saying they can't rule for standing issues (unions don't have standing to represent their members!) or because those affected have not exhausted executive branch appeals that Trump now controls and rendered useless.

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This is out of control.

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Laurence Tribe qtd in this op ed, on the power Musk has seized: “This is brute dictatorship of the worst kind.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...

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Being extra kind in meetings- whether virtual or in person- is a superpower, especially now. No one will ever fault you for being extra patient, generous, understanding, or gentle. If they do, it's a them problem. Stay kind y'all.

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This possibly won't receive as much attention as the mess at Stonewall but articles, tours, and other items related to transgender history have been removed from across the nps.gov websites. 🗃️

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Teaching the rising crisis of the 1850s in Civil War class today, and it has NEVER felt as present to me as it did today. (In 28 years of teaching this class)

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At the stonewall monument rn

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Reminded of Banksy’s line about how the best way to do illegal graffiti is to wear a hi-viz vest and complain about your hourly rate

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People who are telling you that there's a lot of fraud in Medicaid are lying to you in order to try to convince you to support taking healthcare away from children on dialysis. Because the only way to convince enough normal people to harm disabled children is by lying.

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Deb Haaland is running for Governor of New Mexico! Exciting. She was a fantastic Secretary of the Interior. I also love that her website notes that she's a "35th generation New Mexican"

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just cruised over to google maps and I see that they have caved

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NEH has posted updates to the funding restrictions for some grant programs.

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That’s straight up the echo of the institution of slavery talking on the present tense. In a senator’s mouth!

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this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders

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My mom is already not feeling well, and I’m pretty sure there’s Covid right near her nursing home room (with zero isolation). Not good!!

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Han says don’t let the bastards grind you down. #caturday

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Odds are good that someone in your life has received vital care at a university-affiliated hospital near you. Trump and Musk want to destroy them. Call your reps and demand they push back -- especially if they're Republicans. www.house.gov/representati...

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Here's my piece with @rooseveltinstitute.org colleague Emily Divito on how the Musk-Treasury payments scandal is worse than it appears. When people lose trust in the money and payments systems, that's how panics, bank runs, and financial crises happen. 1/ news.bloomberglaw.com/tax-insights...

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"Stephen Kantrowitz [ @skantrow.bsky.social ], a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wrote 'Citizens of a Stolen Land,' chronicling this history and the creative ways that Ho-Chunk resisted removal through claiming land ownership and U.S. citizenship."-via Wisconsin Public Radio

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Who has an idea what’s actually going on at the National Archives?

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ABC News reported Marco Rubio has been acting as head of the National Archives for weeks. This is news to everyone at the National Archives, including, apparently, the current head of NARA: www.404media.co/national-arc...

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People who ask questions like "is that allowed?" or "is that legal?" really misunderstand the spirit of Crime Season. Laws are just words decided via a public ceremony and what's allowed is whatever you can do if nothing stops you. Crime Season is all about learning whether anything will stop you.

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Administrative Law profs are the boringest people on the planet If they’re sounding the alarm, pay attention

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Practical Therapist reminder: You are already filling up every 24 hour period with something. If you are planning on adding a single thing to your days, you must take out something of equal time. You're welcome.

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Don't wait to stand up for disability rights until you become disabled yourself

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There is still beauty in this world

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It’s been over 24 hours and we still don’t know why Elon Musk hijacked US payment systems, what he plans on doing with it and everyone’s personal data, and who else now has access to it. This is a crisis that deserves non-stop attention and scrutiny.

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Never forget ... #FridayPhoto 📷📸🗃️

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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.

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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

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That RFK Jr. is sitting in that confirmation hearing at all is a function of a years-long, staggeringly dishonest effort to turn the pandemic from a political liability to an asset for Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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NOT enjoying this morning trying to calm the panicked students staring down cuts to funding, summer internships, federally funded programs. I'm glad to be here for them, but sickened by the circumstances!

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Spoiler alert: “indoctrination” is not happening

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This June at the American Antiquarian Society: “Sex, Gender, and Print”: The 2025 Summer Seminar in the History of the Book, taught by Greta LaFleur and Jordan Alexander Stein. Apply by April 4, 2025. Scholarships available for grad students and other early career scholars. Link in comments.

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This. And journalists must not allow them to have us calling civil rights DEI, because that is part of the propaganda.

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Keep going today. Keep moving amid every obstacle. Keep moving amid every mountain of opposition. #MLKDay2025

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Constitutionally, President Trump cannot end birthright citizenship. What he can do is give cover for states like Texas and Florida to deny birth certificates and Social Security cards to newborns. He creates the confusion that he then can leverage for his own benefit. "Flood the zone with shit."

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This

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Here's how to cover things that are illegal: (i) this is illegal (ii) they say it's legal (iii) It's not Truth sandwich, extra mustard

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