Commentary: With the midterms just months away, Ohioans are being hit with misinformation about the safety of our elections and voting. The most powerful response to confusion and intimidation is participation. Don’t sit out. Show up and vote. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/21/v...

Voting rights are under fire in Ohio. Casting a ballot is how you fight back. • Ohio Capital Journal

With the midterms just months away, Ohioans are being hit with misinformation from multiple directions about the safety of our elections and voting. The most powerful response to confusion and…

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ICYMI: More than 20 academic societies have signed onto the ACLS statement on the National Call to Action issued by the US Secretary of Education. https://bit.ly/45TBtnE

ACLS Statement on the National Call to Action Issued by the US Secretary of Education

We call on Secretary McMahon and all readers of her letter to stand with us in support of this vital knowledge and for the funding it deserves.

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Why Yale must not negotiate: “Daniel Shieh, agreed that there was “not a Title VI violation”…. He pushed instead to obtain a settlement from Brown, and that ultimately happened.”

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 4d ago

You don't say... www.ms.now/news/frame-u...

“Instead of standing up to these politicized attacks, Yale President Maurie McInnis is caving and attempting to cut a deal. Yale’s leadership must stand firm in defense of academic freedom,” said Leah Greenberg, the co-executive director of Indivisible. yaledailynews.com/articles/bil...

Absolutely depraved, dehumanizing evil, all funded by your tax dollars courtesy of the Republican majorities

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals." Susan Collins & Congressional Republicans voted to fund all of this.

Instead of standing up for students, Yale is complying with the regime in advance and giving in to the classic authoritarian playbook that targets academic institutions and silences dissent. If you have any affiliation with the university, sign the petition and tell Yale to refuse to cave to Trump.

Commentary: When the government claims the authority to decide what speech means — what it intends, what it implies — it doesn't need to punish anyone. The uncertainty does the work. That’s what’s happening under Ohio’s new higher education censorship law ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/07/o...

Ohio government doesn't have to ban speech on campus to silence it • Ohio Capital Journal

When the government claims the authority to decide what speech means — what it intends, what it implies — it doesn't need to punish anyone. The uncertainty does the work. That’s what’s happening…

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The Trump admin is back with version 2.0 of its higher ed compact. The reason is simple: The first one failed. Compact 2.0 lacks egregious elements of its predecessor. That’s a victory & affirms that the answer to authoritarianism is organized resistance—not compliance. www.aaup.org/news/new-com...

New Compact Shows Resistance Works, but Fight for Higher Ed Isn’t Over

The Trump administration is back with a second version of its higher education compact. As with its predecessor, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their...

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Often my academic friends ask how they can help when they learn how Texas is restricting teaching and denying tenure. The answer: Join AAUP. Your dues—small as they are (~$30)—help build collective power to fight for legislation, policy, and in the courts for students, faculty, & staff. Join us!

Read the letter sent by eight Yale-affiliated members of CT Legislature to Yale University. #AAUP #AAUPYale #CTLegislature #HigherEducation #AcademicFreedom

Sweat, blood and tears! I am delighted to announce our forthcoming book: Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire, 1498–1822, which I've co-edited with António Camões Gouveia (Nova University-Lisbon) and Federico Palomo (Complutense University-Madrid). www.routledge.com/Public-Ritua...

Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire, 1498–1822

Public Rituals charts the study of public rituals in the Portuguese Empire between 1498 and 1822 approximately, with a view to introducing both new and seasoned readers to the contexts, sources, probl...

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I am heartbroken and furious. Joan Sebastian Guerrero was 26 years old — a husband, a father to a young daughter, and, by all accounts, not even the target of the ICE operation that ended his life. His family is now living with unspeakable pain because a federal operation turned deadly, yet again.

There is still time. #President McInnis: do not offer up #Yale’s legacy to Mr. Trump. Do the right thing. Stand up for higher education. Stand up for freedom. End/ ctmirror.org/2026/07/09/y...

Yale community mobilizes against reported Justice Dept. settlement

DOJ accused Yale of continuing to consider race in med school admissions after the practice was ruled illegal in a 2023 SCOTUS case.

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Our communities deserve safety — not back-to-back shootings in broad daylight. I stand with the Biddeford community in calling for a full, transparent investigation into yet another killing by federal agents, and for accountability that builds trust, not fear.

Angela Ferrell-Zabala (she/her)@ferrellzabala.bsky.social · last mo.

Just days after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a federal agent in Houston, a 26-year-old Colombian man who was authorized to work in the US was shot and killed by a federal agent in Biddeford, Maine.

The deadline to submit public comment on the proposed regulation changes about federal grant making, coming out of #OMB (and Russell Vought) is TOMORROW, Monday July 13 at 11:59 pm Eastern. #savescience #FundScience @altgov.info @agu.org @aas.org @planetarysociety.bsky.social @aaup.org @ucs.org 🧵

“Should the university choose to compromise its commitment to academic freedom by seeking to settle with the DOJ on the basis of these spurious claims,” they wrote, “the Yale AAUP will not hesitate to pursue its rights.” www.chronicle.com/article/yale...

Yale Professors Vow to Fight Trump if the University President Won’t

The opposition to a potential deal with the government reveals a strategy that Yale groups have spent a year honing.

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Yale President McInnis and the trustees are out of step with their faculty, including the current and present deans of the law school, in seeking a settlement from the Trump administration. Students and alumni also oppose. Who does Yale leadership actually represent? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...

Yale Law School Fights to Stop Trump Deal

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Our senior Senator from Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, thinks it's a bad move for #Yale to capitulate to Trump's Department of Justice. He's right on target. Appeasement doesn't work. yaledailynews.com/articles/blu...

Call to Action: Tell Yale Leadership not to cut a deal with the Trump Administration. aaupyale.org

AAUP Yale

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Commentary: In our chaotic information environment, the need for clarity from officials is why the Ohio Sec of State's decision to post information that could easily mislead voters about what identification is needed to cast their ballots is so concerning. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/30/o...

Ohio voters deserve clear, affirmative information from their secretary of state • Ohio Capital Journal

In our chaotic information environment, the need for clarity from official sources is why the Ohio Secretary of State's Office’s decision to post information that could easily mislead voters about…

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Libro novo 😶 A lingua estranxeira, a miña segunda novela (!!), comeza a chegar hoxe ás librerías. En @galaxiaeditorial.bsky.social

We've hit the 3,000 mark in letters to Congress on the mad power-grab by Russell Vought at OMB to take over all federal grant making with a team of political commissars reporting to him. Let's get to 4,000 letters this week. Share. Share. Share. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees

On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...

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You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ

The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it

“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“

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Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

Russell Vought is the director of the Office of Management & Budget. He is promulgating a new rule to install political control over ALL federal grant-making. Forget the experts. Russ is the decider-in-chief now. Write your members of Congress today. And share this. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees

On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...

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Russell Vought's one rule to rule them all isn't in effect yet. Write to Congress AND comment on the proposed rule by 13 July. WE CAN STOP IT. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)

What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice

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This is the most important thing you'll do today. Russell Vought wants to take OVER all federal grant making putting it under political control. Write to your members of Congress. Tell your friends to do so. And share, share, share. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees

On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...

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AND everyone can submit comments on the rule until 13 July. Read this on how to submit. Federal grants affect us all. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)

What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice

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Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The @nejm.org comes out swinging against OMB's new proposed rule putting all federal grant making including science under political control. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Solidarity means standing with anyone who Trump targets — even if you don’t agree with them.