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Where the University fails, student journalism endures The Editorial Board argues that student journalism must withstand legislative and administrative changes.

"UT’s administrative overcompliance is nothing new. We have seen it most recently in its decisions to conduct mass firings following SB 17 and deploy state troopers against student protestors."

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@utaustinaaup.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social
#HigherEd #FreeSpeech

The “Parental Rights” Movement Takes Its Anti-LGBTQ Agenda to SCOTUS The right-wing movement wants the Supreme Court’s help to alienate students from LGBTQ-inclusive books.

"If parents do not want their children exposed to scientific facts and fundamental realities, they have another option: private school. Imposing the will of a few parents on thousands of children is antithetical to the goal of public #education."

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#SCOTUS #Politics

Israeli Minister Says GOP Leaders Agree That Gaza “Aid Depots Should Be Bombed” Experts have said that Israel’s withholding and targeting of humanitarian aid amount to genocidal acts.

"Ben-Gvir and top Republicans reportedly believe that Israel should bomb what few supplies there are left in Gaza, in a seeming effort to accelerate Israel’s extermination campaign."

truthout.org/articles/isr...

#Gaza #Israel #genocide #politics

LIST: Austin federal grant funding losses include $50M for flood mitigation, $15M for public health The city of Austin is starting to see the direct impact of federal cuts on its services and staff.

Trump and Musk have cut funding in Austin for:

🌧️ $50 million FEMA grant to fight flooding
💊 $15 million in funding for Austin Public Health
📚 $200k+ for Austin Public Library
⚡ $1 million grid grant from the Department of Energy

Just to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

So unfortunate for Ohio, and a harbinger of what could happen in Texas if SB 37 passes. Governmental attacks on academic programs is an attack on student choice, intellectual thought, and the future. #AcademicFreedom ⬇️

If you view this solely as a matter of immigration policy, please consider its broader implications. If this is allowed to stand, nothing prevents this or any future administration from doing this to anyone, regardless of status.

Are you willing to relinquish your constitutional protections?

Speed and powerlessness are the game here. Speed allows them to remove people before constitutional safeguards can function, while the feigned powerlessness ("Well, they're now in the hands of another sovereign country. There's nothing we can do.") is designed to render their actions irreversible.

If they get away with it, their end run around the constitution (rapidly disappearing someone to another country and then claiming inability to bring them back) can be employed against anyone, citizen or not.

Even if you're strongly anti-immigration, you should be very concerned with the Trump administration's tactics in the case of Abrego Garcia.

#immigration #politics #KilmarAbregoGarcia #migration #trump

Footage shows Israeli missiles bombing tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi—the so-called “safe zone” Israel told them to flee to.

At least 52 people have been killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn. Details on some of the strikes are in reply.

I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.

It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

How Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in Texas The Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat. Other states have already seen problems.

Featured story: School"vouchers" aren't just going to drain money from public schools, they're also a huge windfall for these private corporations.

Trump's Counterterror Czar Proposes Terror Charges for Political Opponents Either you love America or you don’t, he says

'Woke' is so 2024. Now, everything they don't like is 'terrorism.' Words have no meaning in their hands, but that doesn't make them less dangerous. If snowflakes like Gorka, Bondi, and Rubio get their way, free speech is dead.

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-cou...

#FreeSpeech #Politics

uh oh. looks like the Press Secretary's days in the US are numbered.

clearly this is all the evidence we need.

#politics #trump #karolineleavitt #adios

Can someone please find a photo of Karoline Leavitt in a Chicago Bulls hat so we can exile her to a dungeon as well?

#politics #TrumpAdministration #fascism #Press #KilmarAbregoGarcia #Leavitt

Israel says it's deliberately starving Gaza How many confessions do the Western media and political elite need before they call this what it is?

"Katz has simply once again admitted to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocidal acts. There is no other interpretation, no way of reframing it, no leeway."

www.owenjones.news/p/israel-say...

#BDS #BoycottIsrael #Gaza #GazaStrip #Israel #Palestine

If you defend this or try and explain this away, you’re a monster and I don’t know how you sleep at night.

716,000 meals canceled for Austin-area food bank as federal funding is cut - Austin Monitor The Central Texas Food Bank is feeling the effects of the Trump administration’s funding cuts after the U.S. Department of Agriculture slashed more than a billion dollars in funding for programs that ...

MAHA: Make Americans Hungry Again? Is this the 'greatness' we were promised?

Being able to feed your family is now just another luxury for the elite. So much winning, it hurts... literally, for those going without dinner tonight.

www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2025...

#politics #Texas #health

Rubio Says It’s Government’s Duty to Protect Free Speech as He Hand-Picks Protesters to Deport The US is a “beacon of hope for millions of people around the world,” he said amid his sweeping deportation campaign.

Marco Rubio gave a self-congratulatory statement crediting himself for being a harbinger of free speech — as he is working tirelessly to hand-pick activists for deportation in a sweeping campaign to crush dissent.

Working and Homeless in America is an epidemic - it’s nothing to do w/ education or how hard someone works. Unlimited late fees, predatory lending/interest rates, hedge fund run properties, purposeful destruction of social programs - this Admin’s greed policies make it far worse. Get Brian’s book!

Texas Senate approves bill that could reshape how history and race are taught in state universities An overhauled version of Senate Bill 37 would also allow anyone to file complaints that could lead schools to lose funds.

The version of SB 37 substituted by Sen. Creighton at the last minute is an even worse attack on academic freedom and shared governance than the original. It is also inaccurate. Read what our officers have to say about it. ⬇️ Our fight moves to the house. www.texastribune.org/2025/04/10/t...

Texas Senate approves bill that could reshape how history and race are taught in state universities An overhauled version of Senate Bill 37 would also allow anyone to file complaints that could lead schools to lose funds.

The party that claims the banner of “freedom” is actively trying to limit what students can learn. SB 37 is the #Texas GOP's latest move to distort history to align with their chosen narrative.

www.texastribune.org/2025/04/10/t...

#HigherEd #Politics @aaup.bsky.social @utaustinaaup.bsky.social

State Department Found No Evidence of DHS’s Reasons for Abducting Tufts Student The State Department’s findings came in a memo issued days before DHS abducted Öztürk anyway.

"The administration’s only claim against her was a single op-ed the PhD student had written urging Tufts to divest from Israel, which did not express support for Hamas or contain any antisemitic sentiment." truthout.org/articles/sta...

#HigherEd #Politics #FreeSpeech #DHS #ICE

More than 170 international students at UT System schools have had visas revoked: officials More than 170 students in University of Texas System schools have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration, officials confirm.

Over 170 students at UT System institutions have had their visas revoked as of today (4/14): statesman.com/story/news/p...

Still waiting on @utaustin.bsky.social leaders to say how they're going to support + protect their students.

#HigherEd #Texas #Politics #FreeSpeech @utaustinaaup.bsky.social

The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering The Ivy League is silently complicit in Trump’s war on international students.

The pattern is clear: on a popular level there is strong resistance to Trump, among the elite near total capitulation. In education we see grade school staff (principals, teachers) refusing to co-operate with Ice while Ivy League universities are silent. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Texas bills invite political interference in the teaching of U.S. history | Opinion SB 37 and SB 2714 would undermine the liberty to learn and to think that has long been at the core of American institutions of higher education.

www.statesman.com/story/opinio...

It looks very much like the Department of Homeland Security memo seeking to revoke Ozturk's visa copied language directly from the Canary Mission website. Is DHS just following the "deport list" from an anonymous website? donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-attack...

Jewish Organizations Are Fighting Back Against Khalil Deportation As the Trump administration weaponizes accusations of antisemitism to justify repression, the Jewish left is rising up.

"Our message to Washington is that we are not silenced, we are not afraid, and we stand together, determined to defeat this ongoing assault on our fundamental rights."
truthout.org/articles/jew...

#Khalil #FreeSpeech #HigherEd

Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1

Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

What's @utaustin.bsky.social's plan to support your students who have already been targeted and protect the thousands of international students who make our campus stronger? Will you provide legal resources? Will you contest these arbitrary attacks on free speech?