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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 22h

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To Tackle a Baby Shortage, Tokyo Tries Easing the Pain of Childbirth

The Japanese capital is rolling out subsidies for epidurals in a country where cost is a barrier and women are often encouraged to endure the pain of delivery.

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 1d

Wild hogs -- coming soon to a Florida yard near you 🎁🔗

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How to Deal With 30 to 50 Feral Hogs

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 1d

Rep. Vern Buchanan, representing a strongly right-leaning district in Manatee & Hillsborough Counties, is having a hard time convincing his voters that the government shutdown is bad, even when he lies about what healthcare subsidies Democrats are standing up for.

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 1d

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China’s demographic crisis means it’s going to run out of workers

China is experiencing unprecedented, and probably irreversible, population decline that will hamper its economic growth and its ambitions to rival the United States.

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 1d

'Over my dead body.' Manatee schools prepare to battle charter takeover plans - Suncoast Searchlight

Two Manatee County school facilities are targets in a large charter school company’s rush to take over dozens of underused schools across the state. Miami-based Mater Academy Inc. sent the notices t...

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 2d

Sarasota County Schools has received notices targeting three of its public school buildings and Manatee County has received notices targeting two buildings. Here's a great FB post with the whole rundown, including links to the legislation causing this chaos.

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 2d

A private charter company in Miami called Mater Academy is sending notices of intent to occupy school buildings to districts across Florida. Apparently the Schools of Hope law recognizes claims on buildings by priority of first received,so it's being described as a real-estate grab. /3

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 2d

The Schools of Hope legislation allows private, for-profit charter operators, even those with uncertified teachers, to squat on unused space in existing public schools, even if they are high-performing. They don't have to pay anything for the building costs. And the districts can't refuse. /2

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 2d

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What is going on in Florida right now with the Schools of Hope story is legit the craziest story I've ever heard about public education in this state. /1

‘Hostile takeover’: Charter operator files to occupy 3 Sarasota schools - Suncoast Searchlight share.google/sZiuWv5q1R8a...

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Levi McLaughlin @levimclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 4d

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Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ means $3.8B cut to Florida health care system

Here's how the federal government's changes could affect Florida's hospitals.

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 5d

"Free State of Florida" Update...

Florida household gets a visit from DeSantis administration goons after they send a postcard simply saying, "You lack values" to Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia.

Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard critical of CFO Ingoglia

Two armed men wearing bulletproof vests with the word “police” stenciled on them showed up Wednesday at the Largo home of Cathy O’Gara while she was getting her 11-year-old granddaughter ready for sch...

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 5d

Statement on Discontinuation of International and Foreign Language Education Grant Programs - Association for Asian Studies

On Sept. 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) decided to prematurely terminate programs promoting international and foreign language education, which have been funded by federal grants unde...

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 5d

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New LDP General Council head Haruko Arimura known for tackling women's empowerment - The Mainichi

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Haruko Arimura, 55, appointed new chairwoman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's decision-making General Council, is known for h

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 5d

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 8d

Looks like constituents in Rep. Vern Buchanan's Republican-leaning district narrowly support the fight by Democrats to restore healthcare spending as part of government shutdown negotiations. But Vern is not listening...

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 9d

I’m nearing the limits of my endurance, but I took a first crack at thinking about the winners and losers from Takaichi’s surprising upset Saturday. Much more to come.

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Takaichi wins!

Who wins and who loses from her shocking upset

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 9d

It's nice to read a principled Republican patriot remind us about our values and responsibilities as Americans and the importance of placing country before politics...and for those reasons, Joe McClash will be vilified by his fellow Republicans for his words today.

Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 9d

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Republicans need to save our Democracy from Trump - The Bradenton Times

My fellow Republicans, we are all Americans regardless of Party Affiliation or differing viewpoints. What has made America great is our differences and debating issues that bring us together in a …

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 9d

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Republicans need to save our Democracy from Trump - The Bradenton Times

My fellow Republicans, we are all Americans regardless of Party Affiliation or differing viewpoints. What has made America great is our differences and debating issues that bring us together in a …

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AAUP @aaup.org · 10d

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 10d

Oh no.

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Manatee County Commission to discuss renaming road after Charlie Kirk

Proposal from Commissioner Jason Bearden is on agenda for meeting on Tuesday.

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Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 12d

It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.

The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 12d

Drop whatever you’re doing and read the last 15 pages of this 161-page opinion. I’m serious.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12d

Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:

Case 1:25-cv-10685-WGY Document 261
Filed 09/30/25
Page 1 of 161
Post card dated June 19, 2025
(On file in Chambers)
1 9/S UNE 2025
TRUMP HAS PARDONS
AND TANKS..
WHAT DO
You
HAVE?
Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States -- you and me --have our magnificent Constitution.
Here's how that works out in a
specific case --
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS -- HARVARD FACULTY CHAPTER, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AT NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY, RUTGERS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS-AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, and
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiffs,
)
CIVIL ACTION NO.
25-10685-WGY
v.
MARCO RUBIO, in his official capacity as Secretary of State, and the DEPARTMENT OF STATE, KRISTI NOEM, in her official
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

Today the Secretary of War told the US military to focus on "the enemy within" and a federal judge posted threats sent to his office at the top of an opinion about the government trying to defund a higher education institution to bring it under its control. This is where we are.

John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 12d

OMG this William G. Young opinion that just dropped (12:30pm) in AAUP v. Rubio.
It begins with a postcard sent to Chambers and Young's reply

card: "Trump has pardons and tanks, what do you have?"

WGY: "We the People of the United States — you and me — have our magnificent Constitution"

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Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 13d

A Florida lawmaker wants to stifle student freedom of speech on campus, and the sponsor of this bill plans to file an amendment that will expand the restrictions to private universities.

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Peggy Gossett-Seidman revives bill to curb partisan politics on Florida campuses

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