Dr. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez
@nrdz.bsky.social
motherscholar, teacher educator, co-author of Social Studies for a Better World and Teaching Asian America in Elementary Classrooms
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Texas A&M president resigns amid uproar over professor’s gender identity lesson www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Texas A&M president resigns following controversy over professor’s lesson
Mark A. Welsh III resigned as president of Texas A&M University in a stunning fallout after a viral “whistleblower” video that raised questions about a professor’s teaching on gender...
www.houstonchronicle.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Texas A&M president resigns amid uproar over professor’s gender identity lesson www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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NEW: I tracked three dozen teachers, professors and other school staff who've been forced from their job or stepped away due to their comments on Charlie Kirk and his killing
Republican lawmakers are increasingly getting involved, pushing for firings
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Republican lawmakers are increasingly getting involved, pushing for firings
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Teachers' punishment for social media posts on Charlie Kirk's death prompts free speech debate
More than three dozen professors, teachers and school staffers have left or been removed over allegations they made disparaging or mocking comments about Charlie Kirk.
www.nbcnews.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NEW: I tracked three dozen teachers, professors and other school staff who've been forced from their job or stepped away due to their comments on Charlie Kirk and his killing
Republican lawmakers are increasingly getting involved, pushing for firings
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Republican lawmakers are increasingly getting involved, pushing for firings
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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it's officially broken
Senate went nuclear and it barely made the news: apnews.com/article/sena...
Senate confirms 48 of Trump's nominees at once after changing the chamber's rules
The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Republicans acted for the first time under new rules to clear a backlog of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democra...
apnews.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
it's officially broken
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the hand is way too big, but otherwise? brilliant.
New week's cover of The New Yorker, "Remote Control," by Barry Blitt.
September 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
the hand is way too big, but otherwise? brilliant.
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This is staggering.
Dismantling the right wing propaganda machine is imo one of the biggest and most vital obstacles to the future of this country.
Dismantling the right wing propaganda machine is imo one of the biggest and most vital obstacles to the future of this country.
Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
September 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is staggering.
Dismantling the right wing propaganda machine is imo one of the biggest and most vital obstacles to the future of this country.
Dismantling the right wing propaganda machine is imo one of the biggest and most vital obstacles to the future of this country.
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Support independent media, now more than ever. Not just news and politics, but film, TV, fashion and other cultural criticism and commentary, from podcasts to apps to good old-fashioned web sites. Pay for it. Turn your adblocker off so they can keep the lights on. Share it.
September 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Support independent media, now more than ever. Not just news and politics, but film, TV, fashion and other cultural criticism and commentary, from podcasts to apps to good old-fashioned web sites. Pay for it. Turn your adblocker off so they can keep the lights on. Share it.
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Government officials do not get to decide that your rights have become inconvenient or problematic. They are your rights. They are not privileges provided by the government and revocable at will.
GOP Senator Cynthia Lummis: "Under normal times, in normal circumstances, I tend to think that the First Amendment should always be sort of the ultimate right... I don't feel that way anymore." www.semafor.com/article/09/1...
Kimmel’s suspension prompts free-speech Republicans to reconsider their boundaries
One Republican said she no longer considers the First Amendment to “be sort of the ultimate right,” as she would “in normal circumstances.”
www.semafor.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Government officials do not get to decide that your rights have become inconvenient or problematic. They are your rights. They are not privileges provided by the government and revocable at will.
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The story is not what Kimmel said but what others won’t say now for fear of state retribution. Authoritarian countries thrive on self censorship.
September 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The story is not what Kimmel said but what others won’t say now for fear of state retribution. Authoritarian countries thrive on self censorship.
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🚨NEW: Reversing *generations* of practice, the Board of Immigration Appeals gives ICE exactly what it demanded, ruling that any undocumented immigrant who entered illegally is categorically ineligible for release from detention on bond — expanding mandatory detention by millions of people.
September 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🚨NEW: Reversing *generations* of practice, the Board of Immigration Appeals gives ICE exactly what it demanded, ruling that any undocumented immigrant who entered illegally is categorically ineligible for release from detention on bond — expanding mandatory detention by millions of people.
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THE ICE AGENTS ARE WEARING FUCKING NAZI STAHLHELMS
WHAT THE FUCK
COME ON, YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP
WHAT THE FUCK
COME ON, YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP
September 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
THE ICE AGENTS ARE WEARING FUCKING NAZI STAHLHELMS
WHAT THE FUCK
COME ON, YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP
WHAT THE FUCK
COME ON, YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP
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80% of workers said they view corporate CEOs as overpaid, and nearly 70% said they do not believe their own company’s CEO could do the job they do for even one week, writes @sarahanderson.bsky.social: www.commondreams.org/opinion/low-...
Meet 100 CEOs Getting Filthy Rich at Their Workers’ Expense | Common Dreams
CEOs of the 100 S&P 500 firms with the lowest median wages, a group we’ve dubbed the “Low-Wage 100,” have enjoyed skyrocketing pay over the past six years.
www.commondreams.org
August 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
80% of workers said they view corporate CEOs as overpaid, and nearly 70% said they do not believe their own company’s CEO could do the job they do for even one week, writes @sarahanderson.bsky.social: www.commondreams.org/opinion/low-...
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The "president" is out of his mind.
REPORTER: Have you spoke to Vladimir Putin about the fact that a big US factory was hit in an airstrike in Ukraine?
TRUMP: I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war. I settled 7 wars, and actually if you think about pre-wars, add 3 more so it would be 10.
TRUMP: I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war. I settled 7 wars, and actually if you think about pre-wars, add 3 more so it would be 10.
August 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The "president" is out of his mind.
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If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
August 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
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Confederate statues are “history” but a rainbow crosswalk dedicated to victims of a mass shooting is “political.”
Workers under cover of night removed a rainbow crosswalk outside of the former Pulse nightclub, apparently as part of state and federal transportation officials’ aim to wipe “political banners” from public roadways. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/21/r...
Rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub removed overnight
“We did everything according to state law, everything was compliant,” said Patty Sheehan, the city’s first openly gay elected official. “FDOT never moves that quickly with anything.R…
www.orlandosentinel.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Confederate statues are “history” but a rainbow crosswalk dedicated to victims of a mass shooting is “political.”
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump admin and FL from bringing new detainees into “Alligator Alcatraz” and to dismantle some aspects of the facility as current detainees are moved out. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump admin and FL from bringing new detainees into “Alligator Alcatraz” and to dismantle some aspects of the facility as current detainees are moved out. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Given the overt attempts to erase certain histories from public spaces...well, I hope people are taking steps to preserve their local knowledge.
You can write books that are not for public consumption, that chronicle your specific family or village history.
You can keep your own archives.
You can write books that are not for public consumption, that chronicle your specific family or village history.
You can keep your own archives.
August 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Given the overt attempts to erase certain histories from public spaces...well, I hope people are taking steps to preserve their local knowledge.
You can write books that are not for public consumption, that chronicle your specific family or village history.
You can keep your own archives.
You can write books that are not for public consumption, that chronicle your specific family or village history.
You can keep your own archives.
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Trump has declared war on free minds and free education in order to erase more than a half-century of scholarship and replace it with official triumphal narratives rooted in a brand of pickled patriotism designed to force the past to serve the present.
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What if History Died by Sanctioned Ignorance?
We must mobilize now to defend our profession, not only with research and teaching but in the realm of politics and public persuasion.
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August 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Trump has declared war on free minds and free education in order to erase more than a half-century of scholarship and replace it with official triumphal narratives rooted in a brand of pickled patriotism designed to force the past to serve the present.
trib.al/6bfjkJM
trib.al/6bfjkJM
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People thought I was overreacting when I said Trump’s list of “banned” words meant epidemiology was itself defacto being banned.
But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle.
www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle.
www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
UMich cancels doctoral epidemiology program admissions for 2026
The University of Michigan School of Public Health will not admit a 2025-2026 admissions cycle cohort to its PhD in Epidemiologic Sciences program.
www.michigandaily.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
People thought I was overreacting when I said Trump’s list of “banned” words meant epidemiology was itself defacto being banned.
But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle.
www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle.
www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
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ICE agents chased a family into their home, tried to kick the door in, and forced them to barricade inside. Then, one agent dangled their house keys in front of their Ring camera.
Incredibly disturbing to watch these agents’ unhinged behavior and the psychological terror they’re inflicting.
Incredibly disturbing to watch these agents’ unhinged behavior and the psychological terror they’re inflicting.
August 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
ICE agents chased a family into their home, tried to kick the door in, and forced them to barricade inside. Then, one agent dangled their house keys in front of their Ring camera.
Incredibly disturbing to watch these agents’ unhinged behavior and the psychological terror they’re inflicting.
Incredibly disturbing to watch these agents’ unhinged behavior and the psychological terror they’re inflicting.
Are you a public school teacher? Would you like one of these planners? I'll give them away to the first two teachers who message me!
Planning to Change the World: A Plan Book for Social Justice Educators is BACK!
Pre-order your copy today: rethinkingschools.org/books/planni...
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Planning to Change the World 2021-2022
This is a plan book for school-based, home-based, and community-based educators who believe that young people can, will, and already do change the world.
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August 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Are you a public school teacher? Would you like one of these planners? I'll give them away to the first two teachers who message me!
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Also that gay men with AIDS “should be tatooed … on the buttocks, to prevent the victimization of other homosexuals.”
No idea how long this was in the works, but the USPS is issuing stamps featuring a guy who wrote an opinion piece defending Jim Crow because “the White community is so entitled because for the time being, it is the advanced race.”
William F. Buckley Jr. Stamps | USPS.com
Honor one of the most influential public intellectuals in modern U.S. history with the William F. Buckley, Jr. Forever® stamp.
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August 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Also that gay men with AIDS “should be tatooed … on the buttocks, to prevent the victimization of other homosexuals.”
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Karen Henderson is the longest-serving Republican appointee on the D.C. Circuit. She’s deeply conservative but not Trumpy.
In ordering the Trump administration to restore a congressionally mandated database of federal spending, she strongly suggests the president is engaging in king-like behavior.
In ordering the Trump administration to restore a congressionally mandated database of federal spending, she strongly suggests the president is engaging in king-like behavior.
August 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Karen Henderson is the longest-serving Republican appointee on the D.C. Circuit. She’s deeply conservative but not Trumpy.
In ordering the Trump administration to restore a congressionally mandated database of federal spending, she strongly suggests the president is engaging in king-like behavior.
In ordering the Trump administration to restore a congressionally mandated database of federal spending, she strongly suggests the president is engaging in king-like behavior.
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There’s an anti-data pattern from the Trump administration. No other president has been so destructive. This will make it hard for future ones to reconstruct and build expert teams and equipment, in this case a very expensive satellite and instruments.
Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
www.npr.org
August 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
There’s an anti-data pattern from the Trump administration. No other president has been so destructive. This will make it hard for future ones to reconstruct and build expert teams and equipment, in this case a very expensive satellite and instruments.