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Goldie Blumenstyk

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I created The Edge newsletter on innovation in & around higher ed for The Chronicle of Higher Education. And I wrote the bestseller: American Higher Education in Crisis? What Everyone Needs to Know

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Trump has now conducted 42 boat strikes, killing nearly 160 people.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

10.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 6238 πŸ” 2239 πŸ’¬ 278 πŸ“Œ 97
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Intel report warns large-scale war β€˜unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran’s opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign.

POST EXCLUSIVE A classified report completed by the National Intelligence Council a week before the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran found that even a large-scale assault would be unlikely to oust its military and clerical establishment

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

07.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5

This is important!! Please check that you are registered and your registration is up-to-date!!

01.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agree

28.02.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many efforts to promote voting and voting registration by students are based on studies from this collaboration. The department’s investigation has now undercut them.

28.02.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Something that's being overlooked: The Saudi governmentβ€”yes, the same gov't that butchered a Washington Post journalist a few years agoβ€”is set to be a part owner of CNN.

Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: youtu.be/nWEG5jUrP2Q?...

28.02.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 838 πŸ” 417 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 24

So now it’s the companies standing up for democratic values, not our own government ?

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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

β€œHe showed no signs of ... disabilities requiring special assistance,” the Border Patrol says of the **blind man** they dropped off at a Buffalo coffee shop, not far from where he'd be found dead 5 days later.

Updated story via @jdaleshoemaker.bsky.social

www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

26.02.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 10
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

This blind man - a refugee from Burma - was dropped off by Border Patrol at a Tim Horton's in Buffalo, NY.

In the middle of February.
A mile from a home where he no longer lived.
While his relatives were searching for him.

Cops found his body 5 days later

www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

25.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 525 πŸ” 305 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 46

40 percent of Americans have nothing in their 401ks or in the market.

25.02.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Because …..?

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Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.

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πŸ‘€ Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

16.02.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 5893 πŸ” 1864 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 136

Is there still an EPSCOR program?
It was one way to get more grant money to states w less-developed research infrastructure but was also merit-based

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Whoa ! πŸ˜‰

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Trump lawyers aim to deport five-year-old boy after judge ordered his release Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were seized by ICE in Minneapolis last month before a judge ordered their release Attorneys for the Trump administration are aiming to deport Liam Conejo Ramos, the five-year-old boy whose photograph wearing a bunny hat in snowy Minneapolis circulated globally after his detention last month by federal officials during the aggressive anti-immigration crackdown there. The child, Liam returned home to Minnesota earlier this week after being taken into custody alongside his father last month and transferred to a notorious family detention facility in Texas. Continue reading...

Trump lawyers aim to deport five-year-old boy after judge ordered his release

07.02.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 25

Something something does darkness
( these reporters deserve way better bosses )

06.02.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.

https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

03.02.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 4396 πŸ” 2275 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 320

I couldn't help but remember Lanzmann in Shoah interviewing families who took Jewish homes after WWII....

31.01.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

#TheGrift

29.01.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Calling @karaswisher.bsky.social

25.01.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement


January 21, 2026


Love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:19)


Adding our voices to millions of others across the United States, leaders of the Reform, Conservative/Masorti, and Reconstructionist Movements of Judaism condemn, in the strongest terms, the violence with which the Department of Homeland Security is enforcing American immigration lawβ€”above all, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as in cities and towns across the nation.

Many Americans are deeply disturbed as they see their neighbors targeted for detention and deportation in their homes, at work, at their schools, and at their houses of worship. They are deeply concerned about numerous accounts of the use of intimidating and violent detention tactics, dangerous and unhealthy holding facilities, lack of appropriate warrants or due process, and wrongful apprehension of US citizens or individuals with proper visas based on appearance or language. 


In response, some are taking nonviolent steps to warn and protect their neighbors from this immigration enforcement overreach. The right to protest and speak freely are fundamental American rights, protected by the United States Constitution. Too often, though, nonviolent protest and civil disobedience is being met with violence.


The United States is a nation of laws, and as Americans we expect that our laws will be enforced with clarity and consistency. We are pained by reports and videos indicating that in carrying out their assignment, members of law enforcement are engaging in behavior that escalates confrontation, risking the safety of those suspected of having violated the law, of bystanders and protesters, and their own safety. Candidates for law enforcement must be properly vetted, fully and carefully trained, and held accountable when they do not meet appropriate standards. Such accountability includes investigating complaints fair…

Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement January 21, 2026 Love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:19) Adding our voices to millions of others across the United States, leaders of the Reform, Conservative/Masorti, and Reconstructionist Movements of Judaism condemn, in the strongest terms, the violence with which the Department of Homeland Security is enforcing American immigration lawβ€”above all, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as in cities and towns across the nation. Many Americans are deeply disturbed as they see their neighbors targeted for detention and deportation in their homes, at work, at their schools, and at their houses of worship. They are deeply concerned about numerous accounts of the use of intimidating and violent detention tactics, dangerous and unhealthy holding facilities, lack of appropriate warrants or due process, and wrongful apprehension of US citizens or individuals with proper visas based on appearance or language. In response, some are taking nonviolent steps to warn and protect their neighbors from this immigration enforcement overreach. The right to protest and speak freely are fundamental American rights, protected by the United States Constitution. Too often, though, nonviolent protest and civil disobedience is being met with violence. The United States is a nation of laws, and as Americans we expect that our laws will be enforced with clarity and consistency. We are pained by reports and videos indicating that in carrying out their assignment, members of law enforcement are engaging in behavior that escalates confrontation, risking the safety of those suspected of having violated the law, of bystanders and protesters, and their own safety. Candidates for law enforcement must be properly vetted, fully and carefully trained, and held accountable when they do not meet appropriate standards. Such accountability includes investigating complaints fair…

Immigrants are members of our congregations, our families, and people with whom we interact in our broader communities. American Jews cherish our own families’ immigration stories. We recall that, like many being expelled from America today, we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity. That is why so many Jewish congregations, rabbis, cantors, and lay leaders have engaged in a variety of legal actions to protect immigrants in our midst. We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more.


We who lead the North American Reform, Conservative/Masorti, and Reconstructionist Jewish Movements stand with the members and leaders of Jewish communities in Minneapolisβ€”and before that, in the Chicago area and other cities in the United Statesβ€”who have confronted Immigration and Customs Enforcement nonviolently, legally, but resolutely. We fear that additional communities will need to be prepared to do the same in the months ahead.


We call on President Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to pursue immigration enforcement and their response to protest through just and non-violent means, upholding our nation’s highest values and commitment to due process and the rule of law. 


Rabbi David Lyon, President, Central Conference of American Rabbis

Rabbi Hara Person, Chief Executive, Central Conference of American Rabbis


Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President, Union for Reform Judaism

Shelley Niceley Groff, Chair of the North American Board of the Union for Reform Judaism


Cantor Josh Breitzer, President, American Conference of Cantors

Rachel Roth, Chief Operating Officer, American Conference of Cantors


Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, Chief Executive Officer, Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

Eliot Meadow, President, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism


Rabbi Jay Kornsgold, President, Rabbinical Assembly

Cantor Matt Axelrod, Executive Director, Cantors Assembly


Edwin M. Baum, Board Chair, Reco…

Immigrants are members of our congregations, our families, and people with whom we interact in our broader communities. American Jews cherish our own families’ immigration stories. We recall that, like many being expelled from America today, we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity. That is why so many Jewish congregations, rabbis, cantors, and lay leaders have engaged in a variety of legal actions to protect immigrants in our midst. We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more. We who lead the North American Reform, Conservative/Masorti, and Reconstructionist Jewish Movements stand with the members and leaders of Jewish communities in Minneapolisβ€”and before that, in the Chicago area and other cities in the United Statesβ€”who have confronted Immigration and Customs Enforcement nonviolently, legally, but resolutely. We fear that additional communities will need to be prepared to do the same in the months ahead. We call on President Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to pursue immigration enforcement and their response to protest through just and non-violent means, upholding our nation’s highest values and commitment to due process and the rule of law. Rabbi David Lyon, President, Central Conference of American Rabbis Rabbi Hara Person, Chief Executive, Central Conference of American Rabbis Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President, Union for Reform Judaism Shelley Niceley Groff, Chair of the North American Board of the Union for Reform Judaism Cantor Josh Breitzer, President, American Conference of Cantors Rachel Roth, Chief Operating Officer, American Conference of Cantors Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, Chief Executive Officer, Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Eliot Meadow, President, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Rabbi Jay Kornsgold, President, Rabbinical Assembly Cantor Matt Axelrod, Executive Director, Cantors Assembly Edwin M. Baum, Board Chair, Reco…

"American Jews cherish our own families’ immigration stories.

"We recall that we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity.

"We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more."

-- Joint statement by 7 rabbinical groups, asking Trump & Noem to back off

22.01.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 290 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

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Without the usual advance promotion… πŸ‘‡

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MAGA=MakeGriftingGreatAgain

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Jesus.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

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Hiked to death by guards .. who are working on behalf of our government

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