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petersuberUpdate. Here are some press releases and news stories on the lawsuit against the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin by American Association of University Professors (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AAUP</a>) and the American Federation of Teachers (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AFT</a>).* From the AAUP <a href="https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful</a>* From the AFT <a href="https://www.aft.org/press-release/faculty-unions-sue-trump-admin-no-halting-science-research-suppress-speech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aft.org/press-release/faculty-unions-sue-trump-admin-no-halting-science-research-suppress-speech</a> * From The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/pro-palestine-student-deportation-lawsuit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/pro-palestine-student-deportation-lawsuit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>* From the NYTimes <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/professors-sue-trump.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/professors-sue-trump.html</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MahmoudKhalil</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protests</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Travel</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Universities</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USLaw</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@academicchatter</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Teachers</a> sue <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin for stopping affordable <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentLoan</a> repayment plansThe American Federation of Teachers represents 1.8 million educators. By Leah Sarnoff, March 19, 2025"One of America's largest unions is taking aim at President Donald Trump's administration for shutting down access to affordable student loan repayment plans -- saying the decision is 'effectively breaking' the system."The American Federation of Teachers (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AFT</a>), representing 1.8 million educators across the country, filed a lawsuit against the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DepartmentOfEducation</a> in Washington, D.C., hoping to restore the programs that have now been shuttered for three weeks."The filing alleges the administration halting the application process for all Income-Driven Repayment (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IDR</a>) plans and ordering student loan servicers to stop all processing violates <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalLaw</a>."AFT sued the United States Department of Education (ED) for effectively breaking the student loan system, denying borrowers' access to affordable loan payments and blocking progress towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PSLF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PSLF</a>), in violation of federal law,' the union said in a statement Wednesday."<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/teachers-sue-trump-admin-stopping-affordable-student-loan/story?id=119965907" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/teachers-sue-trump-admin-stopping-affordable-student-loan/story?id=119965907</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadDOGE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistDOGE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Bytes EuropeWhat Data Show About Surviving a Plane Crash <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/608215/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/608215/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/aft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aft</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aircraft</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BackThird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BackThird</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/board" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#board</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crew</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FatalityRate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FatalityRate</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FrontThirdSection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FrontThirdSection</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JejuPlane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JejuPlane</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PanAm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PanAm</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#people</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PilotHandling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PilotHandling</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PlaneCrash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlaneCrash</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Survivor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Survivor</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TailSection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TailSection</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Water</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmnestyInternationalUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmnestyInternationalUSA</a> Urges No Vote on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HR9495</a>November 12, 2024 "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Amnesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amnesty</a> International USA warns that language in H.R. 9495 poses an alarming threat to the work of U.S. civil society organizations who document <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> abuses around the world and urges members of Congress to vote against it."If enacted, this legislation would grant the Secretary of the Treasury broad discretionary powers to terminate the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations based solely on a subjective declaration that they are 'terrorist supporting organizations.'"'In any other context, this legislation would be seen for what it is, a play from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarian</a> leader’s playbook,' said Paul O’Brien, Executive Director at Amnesty International USA."The broad and vague authority to terminate non-profit status in the name of 'counterterrorism' is a practice that many governments have used to target civil society organizations. There are no safeguards to prevent H.R. 9495’s broad authority from being misused to harass or intimidate organizations for exercising their rights."The bill includes no due process for organizations deemed to be supporting 'terrorist' groups. The Secretary of the Treasury can use 'classified information' to make these designations without permitting nonprofits to review or challenge such evidence in federal courts. The loss of tax-exempt status similarly has no due process guarantees and would inflict economic harm and legally burden nonprofit organizations."Amnesty International USA joins more than 100 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilSociety</a> groups, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ACLU</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrennanCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrennanCenter</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicCitizen</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AFT</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NEA</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LCV</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CAP</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indivisible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indivisible</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NAACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NAACP</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReproductiveFreedomForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproductiveFreedomForAll</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalWomensLawCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalWomensLawCenter</a> to oppose this legislation."'This bill, if it becomes the law, would not require officials to explain the reason for designating a group, nor does it require any evidence,' continued O’Brien. 'Members of Congress must recognize the danger posed and vote down this bill that could shrink civic space and silence civil society organizations.'"<a href="https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/amnesty-international-usa-urges-no-vote-on-h-r-9495/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/amnesty-international-usa-urges-no-vote-on-h-r-9495/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopHR9495</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a>

Rod Graham<a href="https://sciences.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AAUP</a>, <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/AFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AFT</a>, and other organizations are planning a National Day of Action on April 17th, 2024.Old Dominion University's AAUP chapter will participate in the event.We are looking for someone to speak via Zoom to our local on that day about higher education policy in Virginia.If you are interested - or you know of someone who might be, please email me - rgraham@odu.edu

Jonathan ReesNew instance, first introductory post:I teach American history at Colorado State University - Pueblo where I cover everything after the Civil War. With respect to research, I specialize in food history. I used to be "that guy who hates MOOCs," and still spend a lot of time on edtech issues, just not publicly anymore. I'm a longtime member of the <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AAUP</a> who's working with them and the <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AFT</a> to organize my campus and my whole state university system.

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