The ever expanding 'Squeaking Little Gerbil' caucus adds another rodent. Move over Bill Barr and Chris Sununu

if university presidents were as committed to viewpoint diversity as they were to donor commitments, they would praise their courageous students who peacefully assemble to defend Palestinian human rights.

For those who worry that #propalestinian protestors are gonna hurt Dems in Nov….just keep paying attention to who really hates them, who wants to destroy them, and who is fighting against them: Extremist Right - aka GOP NextGen America 🗳 Arizona State University azcentral

Congratulations to Bad Faith documentary & Stephen Ujlaki for the Justice Award from Washington International Film Festival! filmfestdc.org

Serge Schmemann in NYTimes:

Thank you AJ+ for this explainer - Mark Jacob

Prof Isaac Kamola explaining on @msnbc AYMAN how billionaire extremists are seeking to delegitimize the american university and its intellectual underpinnings cause they really just can’t stand progress / not complicated…..Michelle Goldberg

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Thanks AYMAN for having me on MSNBC. Donor influence in higher education is a huge threat. Student and faculty are speaking truth to power but being silenced by mega-donors, univ. administrators, and much of the media. Defend academic freedom and free Palestine American Association of University Professors

“I believe in altruism. No matter how capable a person may be, no one can survive alone. We depend on the community in which we live. By dedicating ourselves to the welfare of others, we actually bring about our own benefit,” His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. #MondayMotivation

Years ago, working on a voucher evaluation led by pro-voucher scholars, a couple other then-junior analysts and I found a troubling pattern.

At-risk kids left vouchers at very high rates.

But they did better switching to public school.

We published that separately in 2013👇

Several billionaire megadonors have pulled their donations from elite universities, in the wake of mass Pro-Palestinian protests over Israel's war in Gaza.
Professor Isaac Kamola says attacks on higher education are “just the tip of the iceberg.”

Commit two minutes of your day here, Isaac Kamola brilliantly dissects what the influence of right-wing billionaires is doing, and has been doing for decades, to higher education.

Soprano fans remember Tony telling Dr. Melfi about what his mother Olivia did to his father Johnny-boy. Johnny was a tough guy but by the time he died he was nothin' but a 'squeakin' little gerbil.' That's Bill Barr, Chris Sununu and the rest. The Squeakin' Little Gerbil Caucus.

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The brilliant Isaac Kamola on how right-wing millionaire and billionaire donors have sought to take America back to the intellectual dark ages (climate change a myth, systemic racism nonexistent, free speech when they want it) via their financial control over higher ed American Association of University Professors

How do you cover that, Society of Professional Journalists ?! Inside The Newsroom with a big focus on the fact that all five GOO candidates are either lying abt their beliefs…or very detached from reality….

Trump and MAGA plan to end the Department of Education and take total control of public education.

There have been 0 major news stories about their radical education plans. Tweet this to reporters. 👇 #Project2025 #Agenda47

Trump “wore [Barr] down to a little nub. He was a squeaking gerbil when he died.'