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Brazilian-American, educator, researcher, visual artist, children’s books writer, global citizen, lateral thinker (she/her).

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🇺🇦🇨🇦CanadaResists🇨🇦🇺🇦 on X: "How in the actual living FUCK can anyone read this "Thanksgiving message" from the Clown King and NOT scream that it's time for the 25th Amendment to remove this DISGUSTING SACK OF SHIT of a human being?...HOW??? #25thAmendmentNow #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsTheEnemyWithin https://t.co/UzEKDxVqrd" / X How in the actual living FUCK can anyone read this "Thanksgiving message" from the Clown King and NOT scream that it's time for the 25th Amendment to remove this DISGUSTING SACK OF SHIT of a human being?...HOW??? #25thAmendmentNow #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsTheEnemyWithin https://t.co/UzEKDxVqrd

Shameful how our president vilifies all foreign born immigrants in his Thanksgiving message. Have we forgotten the foundation of this nation? x.com/rob16921/sta...

29.11.2025 17:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Meidas_Charise Lee on X: "And that’s not even half of the corruption and chaos‼️ https://t.co/cCAeMKEwy6" / X And that’s not even half of the corruption and chaos‼️ https://t.co/cCAeMKEwy6

x.com/charise_lee/...

22.11.2025 15:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How the Visa Became America’s Favorite Censorship Tool Long after most political censorship was rolled back, the US preserved its power to bar outsiders for what they believe. A new court case could test that power.

What do Charlie Chaplin, Pablo Picasso and Gabriel García Márquez have in common? The US once denied all of them visas because of their beliefs.

27.09.2025 18:00 👍 55 🔁 21 💬 2 📌 0
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Recognize Palestine, Then Put Real Pressure on Israel Meaningful international support for Palestinian liberation remains necessary to defeat terrorism.

To the extent that recognizing Palestinian statehood represents a step toward ending deference to Israel, it’s a long overdue move in the right direction, Matthew Duss argues.

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Obama Responds to Trump’s AI Arrest Video and Treason Claim
Source: The Steve Harvey Morning Show

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White House delivers threatening message to The View over Joy Behar’s latest Trump comments
Source: The Independent

24.07.2025 14:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Abbas Abdulmalik (@abbasabdulmalik) Jewish actor, Mandy Patinkin, who played the part of Inigo Montoya in the movie The Princess Bride, has an important message for all Jews regarding Gaza. Listen. Nothing more important can be said.

substack.com/@abbasabdulm...

21.07.2025 18:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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University Leaders Propose New Research Funding Model Some lawmakers and the Trump administration have criticized the government’s long-standing model for reimbursing universities for indirect research costs.

www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

16.07.2025 17:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

[Video] Tallahassee joins nationwide 'No Kings' protest
Source: WTXL ABC 27 News

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Neighbors Band Together To ‘Shame’ ICE Agents Out Of Their Community, And It’s Powerful
Source: HuffPost

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McMahon Sharpens Tone on Accreditation Education Secretary Linda McMahon argued this week that accreditors wield too much power. But some statements raise questions about her understanding of accreditation.

www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

16.05.2025 18:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Social Media Companies Now Work for Governments—Not Users Content from rap videos to protest photos is being removed in the name of “national security.”

New legislation passed in Indonesia, Kenya, Brazil, Europe, and beyond has supercharged government officials’, law enforcement bodies’, and courts’ authority to request or require the takedown of posts on social media, Aliya Bhatia and Mona Elswah write.

16.05.2025 13:30 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Enjoy Low Inflation Now Because Christmas Is Ruined On the premiere episode of the new Bloomberg Businessweek podcast Everybody’s Business, learn why tariffs haven’t reignited inflation yet.

On the premiere episode of the new Bloomberg Businessweek podcast Everybody’s Business, learn why tariffs haven’t reignited inflation yet

16.05.2025 13:52 👍 48 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 2
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What a Weaker US Dollar Means for the Economy American exporters would benefit from the currency’s drop, but consumers could feel a pinch.

The dollar typically strengthens in times of economic or geopolitical strife.

But that isn’t what happened in the months since Donald Trump has returned to the White House

16.05.2025 15:33 👍 59 🔁 26 💬 4 📌 2
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Trump Tax Cuts Fail in House Panel as GOP Divided on Bill Cost A key House committee on Friday failed to advance House Republicans’ massive tax-and-spending bill after hard-line conservatives bucked President Donald Trump and blocked the bill over cost concerns.

House Republicans’ massive tax-and-spending bill fails to advance in a key committee after conservatives blocked the measure

16.05.2025 16:20 👍 110 🔁 25 💬 10 📌 5

NEW: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security appears to be embarking on a fresh round of terminations of international students' legal status, aimed at students who are late in reporting their employment on optional practical training, the postgraduate work program.

16.05.2025 16:19 👍 1 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump's 'Big, Beautiful, Bill' has its first big beautiful failure Republicans on the House Budget Committee sank President Donald Trump's signature piece of legislation on Friday, with a quintet of hard-line Republicans voting it down in committee because the legisl...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

16.05.2025 18:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How Trump Can Reset His Failed Ukraine Policy More pressure on Russia could end the war.

Trump needs to show Putin that he will not achieve a reset with the United States—and capitalize on his personal connection with Trump—so long as the war in Ukraine continues, Philip H. Gordon and Rebecca Lissner write.

14.05.2025 01:30 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 1
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The Long History of U.S.-Canada War Plans An unthinkable conflict has been gamed out surprisingly often.

The actual prospect of war between the two allies remains exceedingly unlikely. And yet strategic thinkers on both sides of the border are contemplating what such a conflict would look like, @justinling.ca writes.

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Biased AI Models Are Increasing Political Polarization AI tools trained in different countries are producing wildly divergent views on controversial geopolitical questions.

AI tools trained in different countries are producing wildly divergent views on controversial geopolitical questions.

14.05.2025 15:31 👍 12 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 3
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FP’s Spring 2025 Print Magazine: Billionaire Rule

If corruption was already on the rise in the United States, much worse may be on the horizon. Here is FP’s latest print issue, “Billionaire Rule”—now available online: foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine...

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AOC: We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces — and, in many cases, their identification… The idea that we’re going to allow a paramilitary force to bloom, one that isn’t accountable to the Constitution… we’ve got another thing coming.

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"These $25,000 grants are for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, including completing a wave of data collection, analyzing already collected data or writing, thoughtful project closure with community partners, or preparing grant proposals to continue the research."

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Trump Will Celebrate Army’s Birthday - And His Own - With a Parade President Donald Trump will host a military parade marking the 250th birthday of the US Army — as well as his own 79th birthday — on June 14, the administration announced Friday.

President Donald Trump will host a military parade marking the 250th birthday of the US Army — as well as his own 79th birthday — on June 14, the administration announced Friday.

03.05.2025 02:54 👍 52 🔁 19 💬 64 📌 22
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Cartoon: The most dangerous gang A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Trump's belief in doctored 'MS-13' image suggests frail mental ...

Cartoon: The most dangerous gang www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

03.05.2025 13:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#notmypresident protest on Monday, Feb 17 at 12 noon Florida State Capitol

16.02.2025 22:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We need to be protesting more. Take it to the streets this Monday at the State House.

15.02.2025 15:57 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.

This will hurt the second-tier public universities the most!

Wright State Univ in Dayton, OH has had a budget crisis for the past few years. Their endowment is approx $100 million. There's no way Wright State University can absorb $1 million in federal funding cuts. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

15.02.2025 20:44 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Dear Members of the Pitt Community: We want to bring to your attention the guidance announced at the close of business Friday by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Pursuant to this guidance, which is scheduled to take effect Monday, Feb. 10, the NIH will cap "indirect costs" of research grants at 15%. These indirect costs provided for researchers and scientists (also called F&A) represent operational imperatives such as facilities (i.e., office, lab space) and administrative functions (grant, finance or administrative support). For reference, the Association of American Universities (AAU) has created an FAQ about F&A. With the NIH serving as Pitt's largest federal research sponsor at nearly $700 milli toon (sixth nationally), funding that represents over half of the University's $1.2 billion in research expenditures (17th nationally), primarily focused on the health sciences, we recognize the significant impact this guidance could potentially have across our entire Pitt community on our work and for the many people involved directly and indirectly. We've undertaken an immediate impact analysis of the overall financial consequences for Pitt in real time along with estimated forward- looking projections. In addition, we're engaging closely with universities across the country, and with our national representative associations, as they consider the appropriate responses. Ultimately, the full impact of this change in the short and long term remains to be seen, but there is no doubt that our collective scholarly impact could be harmed irreparably, as could our broader mission. We recognize time is of the essence, as is the importance of taking our next steps thoughtfully. We will continue to keep you updated as more information becomes available.

Dear Members of the Pitt Community: We want to bring to your attention the guidance announced at the close of business Friday by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Pursuant to this guidance, which is scheduled to take effect Monday, Feb. 10, the NIH will cap "indirect costs" of research grants at 15%. These indirect costs provided for researchers and scientists (also called F&A) represent operational imperatives such as facilities (i.e., office, lab space) and administrative functions (grant, finance or administrative support). For reference, the Association of American Universities (AAU) has created an FAQ about F&A. With the NIH serving as Pitt's largest federal research sponsor at nearly $700 milli toon (sixth nationally), funding that represents over half of the University's $1.2 billion in research expenditures (17th nationally), primarily focused on the health sciences, we recognize the significant impact this guidance could potentially have across our entire Pitt community on our work and for the many people involved directly and indirectly. We've undertaken an immediate impact analysis of the overall financial consequences for Pitt in real time along with estimated forward- looking projections. In addition, we're engaging closely with universities across the country, and with our national representative associations, as they consider the appropriate responses. Ultimately, the full impact of this change in the short and long term remains to be seen, but there is no doubt that our collective scholarly impact could be harmed irreparably, as could our broader mission. We recognize time is of the essence, as is the importance of taking our next steps thoughtfully. We will continue to keep you updated as more information becomes available.

Pitt announcing huge impacts. For context, U(Pitt)MC is the largest employer in Western Pennsylvania.

15.02.2025 13:58 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0