Wow. If you are to watch one video this morning, watch this. Pete Buttigieg perfectly explains why Billionaires in Silicon Valley now support Trump and why J.D. Vance has flip flopped to liking Trump.

Missouri is the latest red-state public university to cave to political pressure on DEI. The U of Arkansas and the U of North Carolina have already disbanded their DEI. If University of Michigan is considering in following in the footsteps of red-state cowards, we are not "leaders and best."

As VP Candidate Walz says, "Don't ever underestimate teachers!" And these teachers are special heroes - Trouble in Censorville: The Far Right's Assault on Public Education and the Teachers Who Are Fighting Back. …thebookblognamesaretaken.blogspot.com/2024/07/author…

Trouble in Censorville in School Library Journal's "8 Books to Help Librarians Thrive."

DPSS forced this University of Michigan student to the ground and pinned her down with their weight, and then other officers surrounded them to prevent us from filming.

Standing up for student freedom of expression! Carnegie Mellon University has a new policy requiring registration for "expressive activities" involving more than 25 people. An egregious violation of academic freedom! We held an (unregistered) protest of the policy with 29 people today.

SACUA, the executive arm of the Faculty Senate at the University of Michigan, released this statement in response to the administration's aggressive response to peaceful protest and U-M's inaccurate account of the protest. record.umich.edu/articles/four-…

Amanda Jones, the librarian suing her defamers, was on The ReidOut today. You can hear Amanda's story (read by Jeff Gaynor) on the Censorville.com video series. censorville.com/video-testimon…

"These alterations to the student handbook directly weaken students’ civil rights, while simultaneously widening the board’s authority to unilaterally accuse and punish the campus community." freep.com/story/opinion/…

Excited to see Trouble make this list.

History prof John Carson's op-ed about University of Michigan PR's misuse of the pronoun "our" to describe the top-down new policies put into place without consulting faculty or students. In the The Michigan Daily today. michigandaily.com/opinion/op-eds…

The AG failed to deliver justice for the victims of the Flint Water Crisis but has time to bring frivolous charges that only serve to silence those speaking out against a genocidal apartheid regime? This shameful attack on students’ rights will fail. Follow the Consutution.

I hope you can join me at Literati Bookstore on Oct 1 to hear more about the 14 brave public school teachers who fought back after being fired or harassed for teaching historical truth and racial justice, supporting LGBTQ+ students and, in one case, for wearing "unfeminine" attire.