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Todd Wolfson
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 1h
This video :)
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 1h
Brown's rejection of the compact would not have been possible without the amazing mobilization of faculty, students and staff last week! When we fight, we win!! Score this as another victory for workers and students!
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AAUP @aaup.org · 6d
Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 1h
And now Brown University has rejected the Trump Loyalty Oath. Two down and seven to go! @aaup.org @aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
www.nytimes.com
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 19h
Also. Fuck then
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AAUP-CSU @aaupcsu.bsky.social · 1d
Stand up for higher education in #Colorado. Visit the #AAUP-CSU tent at the #FortCollins #NoKings Rally on October 18 to get involved. Join our efforts to Protect Free Speech and Defend Higher Education. We need help to make signs and pass out flyers.

Visit aaupcsu.org/2025/10/08/h... to sign up.
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 19h
they hate that you are killing it!!!!!!!
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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d
"Once you start teaching loyalty instead of critical thinking, you stop creating scholars & you start creating followers. That's not the America we signed up for."

#noloyaltyoaths
#academicfreedom
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AFT @aft.org · 1d
Today, @ofnhp.bsky.social members went on strike after Kaiser’s refusal to agree to a contract that addresses concerns about proposals that would weaken care, shortchange staffing and drive skilled healthcare workers away. Stand with Kaiser caregivers using this toolkit ⬇️
ofnhp.aft.org/we-are-kaiser
We are Kaiser: Fighting for the Care Our Patients Deserve
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 1d
I’m right!! 🤣🤣
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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d
"Once you start teaching loyalty instead of critical thinking, you stop creating scholars & you start creating followers. That's not the America we signed up for."

#noloyaltyoaths
#academicfreedom
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 2d
Join Together and Reject Trump's Loyalty Oath for Higher Ed-Penn, USC, Vanderbilt, University of Virginia, University of Arizona, UT-Austin, MIT, Brown & Dartmouth.
@aaup.org @aaup-penn.bsky.social @utaustinaaup.bsky.social @aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 3d
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suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 3d
OCTOBER 17th
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4d
I’m a mom.
I’m a scientist.
I’m an activist.

I’m not going to stand by while unqualified, Quack, fringe-ass conspiracy theorists make decisions about my family’s health that is going to kill people.

Join me outside of HHS on 10/16 at 3pm.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Take back science!
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 3d
The @chronicle.com and Len Gutkin are straight TRASH. Gutkin never once mentioned @aaup.org v Rubio or AAUP Harvard case or our 25% membership growth or our campaign to defend higher ed. But they traffic in this childish hit piece & cite “Campus Reform”. Pathetic!
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The AAUP’s Fumbling Foreign Policy
The organization took a strong stand on Israel ... sort of.
www.chronicle.com
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 5d
I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
@aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @uaw.org
links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq...
Regarding the Compact
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 5d
Mark Bray and Yesenia Barragan, and the family, have safely embarked on their trip to Spain after being questioned by DHS.
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 7d
As a reminder: the Nazis ruthlessly targeted union leaders as well as leaders of the Social Democratic and Communist Party with imprisonment and murder. They claimed they were domestic terrorists, and used pretenses like the Reichstag Fire, to mobilize the police. Sound familiar?
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 11d
“Mr. Rowan, who is chief executive of Apollo Global Management, and Stephen A. Schwarzman, the chief executive of Blackstone — are helping shape seismic discussions related to the Trump administration’s campaign to upend American campuses.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities
www.nytimes.com
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 12d
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 12d
Check out me & @chenjerai.bsky.social & Lorena Grundy of @aaup-penn.bsky.social break down the new Trump compact for higher ed…. Otherwise known as loyalty oaths. This is AAUP TV. @aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/RB1FLkR...
Breaking Down Trump's New Higher Ed Loyalty Oath Compacts and Why We Must Resist
YouTube video by TheAAUP
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 12d
As president of @aaup.org I stand with Governor Newsom. Every single democratic governor should follow suit
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13d
IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference." The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 13d
Trump's offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that this govt favors in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda stinks of favoritism,patronage & bribery.
 It is entirely corrupt. @ProfTWolf.bsky.social @AAUP.org 🧵

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AAUP’s Wolfson and AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Loyalty Pledge for Colleges and Universities
WASHINGTON—AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement slamming the Trump administration’s ideological litmus test for higher education. The two affil...
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 13d
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 13d
Trump's offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that this govt favors in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda stinks of favoritism,patronage & bribery.
 It is entirely corrupt. @ProfTWolf.bsky.social @AAUP.org 🧵

www.aft.org/press-releas...
AAUP’s Wolfson and AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Loyalty Pledge for Colleges and Universities
WASHINGTON—AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement slamming the Trump administration’s ideological litmus test for higher education. The two affil...
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AFT @aft.org · 13d
"The federal government should not, under any circumstances, dictate who goes to college, what can be researched, or learned, and what can or can’t be the subject of critical academic inquiry." - AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social & @aaup.org President @proftwolf.bsky.social
AAUP’s Wolfson and AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Loyalty Pledge for Colleges and Universities
WASHINGTON—AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement slamming the Trump administration’s ideological litmus test for higher education. The two affil...
www.aft.org
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 13d
Mussolini also demanded loyalty oaths from his universities and faculty. It is time to WAKE UP!

www.clickondetroit.com/news/politic...
Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money
The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money.
www.clickondetroit.com
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 14d
WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"
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