Daniel Braaten
@danielbraaten.bsky.social
Utility Political Scientist, Dad, sports fan, gardener, northerner exiled in Texas
Great story about two UT-Austin student revitalizing a 60s era zine to take on the oppressive campus admin
UT seniors revive The Rag, a student newspaper from the 1960s
Three University of Texas seniors revived an underground progressive newspaper from 1966 during another increasingly tense political moment.
www.expressnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Great story about two UT-Austin student revitalizing a 60s era zine to take on the oppressive campus admin
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The only antidote - and I do mean the ONLY one - to Trump and Miller's xenophobia is a full-throated defense of immigration and a full-throated attack on the racism and xenophobia currently guiding immigration policy. You can't half-ass this one, you can't Very Reasonable Limits this one.
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The only antidote - and I do mean the ONLY one - to Trump and Miller's xenophobia is a full-throated defense of immigration and a full-throated attack on the racism and xenophobia currently guiding immigration policy. You can't half-ass this one, you can't Very Reasonable Limits this one.
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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GLOBAL: Employees, activists launch 'Make Amazon Pay' actions across more than 30 countries www.turkiyetoday.com/business/emp...
Employees, activists launch 'Make Amazon Pay' actions across more than 30 countries - Türkiye Today
Over one thousand Amazon employees warn about rapid AI rollout and climate impact while organisers plan Black Friday to Cyber Monday protests
www.turkiyetoday.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
GLOBAL: Employees, activists launch 'Make Amazon Pay' actions across more than 30 countries www.turkiyetoday.com/business/emp...
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Duterte stays in custody.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Duterte stays in custody.
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The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
album of the day - The Story from Brandi Carlile
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
album of the day - The Story from Brandi Carlile
send Stephen Miller to The Hague
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
send Stephen Miller to The Hague
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That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
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@aaup.org
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Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
@aaup.org
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you love to see it
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
you love to see it
album of the day - Headlights from Alex G
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
album of the day - Headlights from Alex G
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Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
album of the day - Give Up The Ghost from Brandi Carlile
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
album of the day - Give Up The Ghost from Brandi Carlile
another possibility is right wing capture of the universities as in Texas and the implementation of specific right wing great books curriculum
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
another possibility is right wing capture of the universities as in Texas and the implementation of specific right wing great books curriculum
album of the day - Bear Creek from Brandi Carlile
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
album of the day - Bear Creek from Brandi Carlile
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“But student critics worried that weakening faculty governance could hurt university decisions, weaken transparency and hurt faculty and student morale.”
The students are right.
“But student critics worried that weakening faculty governance could hurt university decisions, weaken transparency and hurt faculty and student morale.”
The students are right.
UT Regents will have 'ultimate' power over college hiring, curriculum
Moving forward, UT Regents will have greater authority over what degrees are offered and who fills key leadership roles at the system's Texas public institutions.
www.statesman.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
“But student critics worried that weakening faculty governance could hurt university decisions, weaken transparency and hurt faculty and student morale.”
The students are right.
“But student critics worried that weakening faculty governance could hurt university decisions, weaken transparency and hurt faculty and student morale.”
The students are right.
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“Everyone that I know who works or studies at UNC understands that we have to protect ourselves, because no one in the administration will help with that.”
– Michael Palm, UNC Chapel Hill AAUP
– Michael Palm, UNC Chapel Hill AAUP
Nearby ICE Raids Stoke Fear on North Carolina Campuses
As federal immigration enforcement agents descend on North Carolina, campus leaders are rushing to advise fearful staff and students about how to respond.
www.insidehighered.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Everyone that I know who works or studies at UNC understands that we have to protect ourselves, because no one in the administration will help with that.”
– Michael Palm, UNC Chapel Hill AAUP
– Michael Palm, UNC Chapel Hill AAUP
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Two weeks ago today a coalition of NYC unions incl @psc-cuny.org, @aaup.org chapters, @debtcollective.bsky.social, @higheredlabor.bsky.social & student groups took the fight against Trump’s loyalty oath “compact” for higher ed to its billionaire author, Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan (1/3)
Marc Rowan is trying to end academic freedom as we know it.
The billionaire Trump donor is demanding higher ed institutions to sign a loyalty oath to gain access to federal funds.
Here's how faculty, students, and @aaup.org @psc-cuny.org @debtcollective.bsky.social responded.
The billionaire Trump donor is demanding higher ed institutions to sign a loyalty oath to gain access to federal funds.
Here's how faculty, students, and @aaup.org @psc-cuny.org @debtcollective.bsky.social responded.
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Two weeks ago today a coalition of NYC unions incl @psc-cuny.org, @aaup.org chapters, @debtcollective.bsky.social, @higheredlabor.bsky.social & student groups took the fight against Trump’s loyalty oath “compact” for higher ed to its billionaire author, Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan (1/3)
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The Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign students drove the number of monthly student visas down by 20 percent. Lise Olsen reports on international students in Texas held indefinitely in ICE detention:
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The High Cost of Targeting International Students in Texas - The American Prospect
The Trump administration’s bans and airport detentions stop international students, and their hefty tuitions, in universities.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign students drove the number of monthly student visas down by 20 percent. Lise Olsen reports on international students in Texas held indefinitely in ICE detention:
trib.al/iGAlVTx
trib.al/iGAlVTx
album of the day - Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
album of the day - Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers
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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in West Bank expulsions reut.rs/3Kbq5fG
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in West Bank expulsions
Israel’s expulsion of tens of thousands of Palestinians from three West Bank refugee camps in early 2025 amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, calling for urgent international measures to hold Israeli officials accountable and stop further abuses.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in West Bank expulsions reut.rs/3Kbq5fG
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AAUP-TAMU-CS statement regarding BOR gender and race restrictions.
This fight is not over! We will continue to speak the truth, continue to defend our students, and continue to resist political efforts to distort education at Texas A&M.
This fight is not over! We will continue to speak the truth, continue to defend our students, and continue to resist political efforts to distort education at Texas A&M.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
AAUP-TAMU-CS statement regarding BOR gender and race restrictions.
This fight is not over! We will continue to speak the truth, continue to defend our students, and continue to resist political efforts to distort education at Texas A&M.
This fight is not over! We will continue to speak the truth, continue to defend our students, and continue to resist political efforts to distort education at Texas A&M.
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Political attacks on universities are eroding academic freedom, and that threatens the global research collaborations behind major scientific breakthroughs.
There’s a positive correlation between protections for academic freedom and the quality and quantity of STEM research.
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There’s a positive correlation between protections for academic freedom and the quality and quantity of STEM research.
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Research breakthroughs often come through collaborations − attacks on academic freedom threaten this vital work
Academic freedom grew strongly after World War II, with greater university funding, protections and autonomy, yet global data now shows a decline.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Political attacks on universities are eroding academic freedom, and that threatens the global research collaborations behind major scientific breakthroughs.
There’s a positive correlation between protections for academic freedom and the quality and quantity of STEM research.
buff.ly/YGGZ4m4
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There’s a positive correlation between protections for academic freedom and the quality and quantity of STEM research.
buff.ly/YGGZ4m4
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album of the day - Blaze Foley's Live at the Austin Outhouse
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
album of the day - Blaze Foley's Live at the Austin Outhouse