Marco Rubio thinks it’s “lunacy” to import disruptive activists to the US.

Keep talking, bro, while we ramp up domestic production.

#academia #highered #democracy #uspol #RMOL

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/losing-international-students-could-devastate-many-colleges.html

Losing International Students Could Devastate Many Colleges

Students could bypass the United States for friendlier countries as the Trump administration attacks universities and revokes visas. Their loss could hurt schools and the economy.

The New York Times
US universities’ faculty unite to defend academic freedom after Trump’s attacks

Indiana University leads the push for a pact among 18 institutions as Donald Trump targets diversity

The Guardian

Campus chapter of AAUP organized a lunchtime demonstration on the Academic Quad today.

Radical left lunatics “ideologically captured” by constitutional democracy and the Bill of Rights.

Small college, big feelings.

#academia #democracy #fascism #freedom #science #history #LGBTQ #handsoff #rmol #uspol

Guy who was slapped with two class action suits for running a fake university with no accreditation calls Harvard U., which has produced 132 Nobel Prize winners, “a joke.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/federal-court-approves-25-million-trump-university-settlement-n845181

#academia #highered #democracy #RMOL

Federal court approves $25 million Trump University settlement

A federal court approved a $25 million settlement with students who said they were duped by Donald Trump and his now-defunct Trump University.

NBC News

Reposting cuz post-totalitarian dictatorship is here.

#uspol #democracy #authoritarianism #liveintruth #rmol

How far will it go?

Am I safe as a natural born citizen? There has to be a line somewhere. This isn’t Russia.

The answers are clear…but who wants to accept and internalize them? Recall what Trump has told us already.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/13/politics/trump-military-enemy-from-within-election-day/index.html

#uspol #democracy #authoritarianism #RMOL

Trump suggests using military against ‘enemy from within’ on Election Day

Former President Donald Trump suggested using the military to handle what he called “the enemy from within” on Election Day, saying that he isn’t worried about chaos from his supporters or foreign actors, but instead from “radical left lunatics.”

CNN
#April5 #HandsOff #uspol #democracy #RMOL #UK
More UK coverage from Sky News. At the end of this report Trump’s press secretary unsurprisingly claims Trump isn’t listening. Maybe not, but the rest of the world is.
The fact Trump may attempt to modify the system in order to extend his presidential term (journalistically known as “pulling a Putin”) is a massive red flag. Consequently, these protests are very important and really do count…
https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-protest-against-trump-and-musk-at-rallies-in-every-us-state-13343002
Thousands protest against Donald Trump and Elon Musk at rallies in all 50 US states

Sky

It's nice to report on protests, not covering the faces of protesters in pictures is not.

If you are not sure why, time to educate yourself. Comment with link to resources if you know about the issue.

#HandsOff #usa #uspol #democracy
#RMOL #surveillance #ai #photography #llm #security #surveillance #police #protest #data

#April5 #HandsOff #uspol #democracy #RMOL #UK
The BBC are on it, and it’s making news in the UK. The true spirit of America clearly still lives…