Bill Bielby
@bielbyw.bsky.social
musician • educator • researcher linkedin.com/in/williambielby PrairieProject.net https://www.facebook.com/bill.bielby
"“Don’t take Tylenol! ... Don’t take it! You’ll be uncomfortable. It won’t be easy, maybe. But don’t take it!”
Amanda Jean Stevenson@amandajean.bsky.social · 11mo agoAbortion bans making pregnancy more dangerous, shaming women for using tylenol, making the world more dangerous for babies: this is all pronatalist because pronatalism is about recreating mandatory childbearing, not making childbearing easier.
What you gonna do when they come for you? www.cbsnews.com/news/hyundai...
450 detained in raid by ICE, other agencies at huge Hyundai site in Georgia, officials say
The operation targeted one of Georgia's largest and most high-profile manufacturing sites, where Hyundai makes electric vehicles and is building an EV battery plant
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This is the major statement? Launching TACO’s at Putin while Putin pummels Ukraine for two more months? #tacotrade abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
Trump admin live updates: Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Russia
President Trump opened his remarks alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office on Monday by threatening "severe tariffs" against Russia.
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What you gonna do when they come for you? #bigotry www.them.us/story/stonew...
After Axing the Word "Transgender," Stonewall Monument Website Quietly Cuts "Bisexual" Too
Erin Reed reports the “.gov” removed several mentions of bisexuality in favor of “gays and lesbians" or “the Stonewall community.”
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Are we there yet? Apparently. Secretly Recorded by Anti-DEI Group, Now No Longer Employed #DEI www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
Secretly Recorded by Anti-DEI Group, Now No Longer Employed
A conservative group is releasing undercover videos allegedly revealing violations of restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion at North Carolina and Florida universities. A few employees are no...
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“Some of the terminated grants exceeded $1 million, funding entire research operations, including salaries for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and lab technicians.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Scores of Researchers Receive Termination Notices After Federal Government Cuts Most Grants to Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson
More than 100 Harvard researchers received termination notices for federally funded research projects on Thursday, as sweeping cuts to the majority of Harvard’s federal grants begin taking effect acro...
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What you gonna do before they come for you? www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse
Brady McCarron, spokesman for U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., confirmed Dugan was arrested at about 8 a.m. at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and is in federal custody.
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The 4 factions of Trump 2.0 www.natesilver.net/p/the-4-fact... Requires paid subscription to read the whole article, but you can get a sense of where Nate's going from the part that's not paywalled.
The 4 factions of Trump 2.0
And why they’re producing chaos on tariffs.
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“Did it work?” “Anyone? Anyone?” "Foreign leaders have stolen our jobs, foreign cheaters have ransacked our factories, and foreign scavengers have torn aport our once-beautiful American Dream," Trump warned. "But it is not going to happen anymore." #tarriffs youtu.be/uhiCFdWeQfA?...
"Anyone, anyone" teacher from Ferris Bueller's Day Off
YouTube video by pmw8000
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If America’s CEO thinks he bought off this guy, he’s sadly mistaken. #UnionsMatter youtube.com/watch?v=qC8u...
Full interview: UAW president Shawn Fain on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan"
YouTube video by Face the Nation
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“OK, we’re the police, relax.” What you gonna do when they come for you? www.nbcboston.com/news/local/i...
Tufts student from Turkey taken into federal custody; video shows her detention
An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody Tuesday night outside an off-campus apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to the university and her att...
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“Freedom of inquiry does not seem to be under threat in Canada,” he said, and moving there will allow him to be engaged in “an international fight against fascism.” www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Fascism Scholars, Trump Critics Leave Yale for Canada
Jason Stanley, decrying Columbia University’s capitulation to the federal government, is leaving for the University of Toronto. So is Marci Shore, who said she fears “civil war.” Timothy Snyder says h...
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The gang that couldn’t shoot straight, led by DEI [Didn’t Earn It] hire Pete Hegseth #DEI
Philip N Cohen@philipncohen.com · last yr.🤡 💪🏻 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 💪🏻 🤡 www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Saving history for future generations. How long before the administration moves to remove the organization’s nonprofit status, label them a threat to national security, or worse? www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them
The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
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The attack on universities is affecting healthcare nationwide. Here's what's happening in California. www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/univ...
University of California freezes hiring - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis
Oakland-based University of California, which includes six academic health systems, has implemented a systemwide hiring freeze to conserve funds, citing executive orders and proposed policy changes fr...
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And it’s a good thing. Some recommendations for improving opportunities are offered, but would health care organizations face loss of Federal funding or worse by following them? #DEI www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-phy...
The feminization of medicine, explained | Becker's
Discover the dramatic increase of women in medicine over the last four decades and the benefits they bring to healthcare systems, as well as strategies
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Who’s in the driver’s seat? Tesla sends dire warning about escalating the trade war www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...
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No, not The Onion www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...
Top Trump official blames ‘Michigan people’ for souring consumer confidence survey
Recent data from the University of Michigan shows consumer confidence in the economy has plummeted to its lowest level since 2022, as prices rise and stocks fall in response to Donald Trump’s unnecess...
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The question isn't whether they're using a hatchet or a scalpel to achieve their stated goal, it's what their goal really is.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last yr.New, from me: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing. It's a new spoils systems. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Will he blame this on DEI too? Nearly 750 rural U.S. hospitals are at risk of closure due to financial problems, with nearly half of those hospitals at immediate risk of closure. www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/705-...
748 hospitals at risk of closure, state by state
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…an estimated 4 million people will become uninsured, creating a ripple effect across the healthcare industry and wider economy. Overall employment would decline by a total of 286,000 jobs nationwide in 2026, including 130,000 jobs lost in healthcare… www.beckershospitalreview.com/rankings-and...
Healthcare job losses by state if ACA premium tax credits expire
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A women’s place is _____? “It’s rare to uncover a finding that applies so consistently across so many people working under so many different conditions,” ... “It didn’t matter how we sliced the data.” #DEI www.hrdive.com/news/remote-...
Remote work ‘a refuge’ from gender discrimination, study finds
Shifting all women to remote work isn’t the takeaway; rather companies also should try to eliminate workplace bias itself, a study author said.
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You won’t find anything like this on the opinion pages of The Wahington Post “Somebody else is always at fault. The mighty white guy, it turns out, is quite the delicate flower.” - by Joanne Lipman #DEI www.wsj.com/politics/can...
Essay | Can White Men Finally Stop Complaining?
For 50 years, we’ve been hearing from men who feel threatened by the gains of women and minorities. Now that the manosphere is in charge, the victim mentality has to go.
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Your new Deputy Director of the FBI, its chief operating officer. No Senate confirmation necessary. Why you gonna do when they come for you? #whoseFBI www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Dan Bongino and the Big Business of Returning Trump to Power
The Secret Service agent turned radio host is furious at liberals—so he’s trying to build a right-wing media infrastructure in time for 2024.
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“Starter” homes in the neighborhood where I grew up ($150/sq ft) and where I spent much of my adult life ($1200/sq ft) #inequality #zipcodesmatter
How long before the regime’s DOJ, EEOC, or FCC go after CBS for this? “A partnership between CBS Studios, the NAACP and Procter & Gamble Studios, ‘Beyond the Gates,’ is the latest example of why representation is so important.” #DEI variety.com/2025/tv/colu...
CBS’ Black Soap Opera ‘Beyond the Gates’ Reminds Us That the Present Is the Past
CBS' new soap opera 'Beyond the Gates' is the first-Black led soap in three decades and centers on the affluent Dupree family.
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2nd in command at FBI - “merit” redefined #DEI “Bongino lost three congressional race…, but has been highly successful as a media personality. A vocal supporter of conservative candidates, Bongino once declared, ‘my entire life right now is about owning the libs.’” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Selects Dan Bongino as Deputy FBI Director
The president picks the commentator and former Secret Service agent—after his choice to lead the FBI signaled that a career agent would become deputy.
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The General spoke truth to power. The Commander in Chief couldn’t handle thr truth #diversityequityinclusion #dei www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
Trump’s Firing of Gen. Charles Q. Brown May Have Roots in George Floyd Protests (Gift Article)
A four-minute video appears to have been a turning point for the president and Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the ousted Joint Chiefs chairman.
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“...the Department of Justice has determined that certain for-cause removal provisions that apply to members of multi-member regulatory commissions are unconstitutional and the Department will no longer defend their constitutionality.” The coup, continued. #DEI www.hrdive.com/news/doj-dec...
DOJ declares legal protections for independent agency members unconstitutional
Historically, the U.S. Department of Justice defended against the president removing members of the boards without cause.
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