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Avid reader, dog-lover, AT LASHER. Short, dumpy, and usually cranky. PhD in American Lit, retired as IT project manager from a Deep Red state posing as a 3rd world country. But the food around here is pretty tasty.
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It not only can happen here, it is happening here.

Trump administration terminates 14 student visas in Louisiana #lalege #lagov

This tracker from @insidehighered.com is a stinging wake up call to shake University leaders, workers, and students out of any lingering sleepwalk toward authoritarianism. An active tracker of 400+ Visa revocations. These are only “quietly revoked” (per the headline) if we let it happen quietly.

Wow! The brainworm speech today on the FDA campus was fucking wild! 🧵 It was a full on maha speach! He covered the Deep State (Hello it’s me) and how we are on the inside right meow.

Trump is running the US like an extension of Trump, Inc, so expect bankruptcy and debt defaults. Then a whole lot of depression.

A new FT/YouGov graphic by John Burn-Murdoch shows Trump’s approval collapsing among non-MAGA 2024 voters—especially on jobs, inflation, and immigration. As he leans into MAGA, his broader coalition is eroding, revealing the risk of a base-only strategy.

PSA: If you are a constituent of Bill Cassidy and you are having issues with your social security or have questions, call his office at 225-929-7711 and ask for Dale. She'll help. That was his answer on his tele-townhall to concerns about the hollowing out of the SSA by DOGE, so take him up on it