DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChildrensMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildrensMuseum</span></a> loses federal grant intended for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiHistory</span></a> programs </p><p>by Gillian Graham, Portland Press Herald, Maine<br>Sat, April 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM EDT</p><p>"The Trump administration has terminated a nearly $250,000 grant the Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine was using for programs about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanaki</span></a> culture and history.</p><p>"The Portland museum was awarded the money last year from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and was already deep in the process of developing a project that includes programs for schoolchildren and other visitors, curriculum support for teachers and a play adapted from a children's book.</p><p>"Then an email arrived late Wednesday night notifying Executive Director Julie Butcher Pezzino that the grant has been terminated, casting uncertainty on how the nonprofit organization will pay for the project.</p><p>" 'It sort of feels like the rug was pulled out from under us in the middle of an important project,' she said. 'It's pretty brutal. It's a big loss in promised funds for an organization like ours.'</p><p>"The children's museum is among the many <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> and other organizations across the country that are now scrambling to deal with the loss of funding they depended on to operate.</p><p>"President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> signed an executive order declaring the Institute of Museum and Library Services [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a>], the primary federal support for U.S. libraries and museums, 'unnecessary' and vowing to eliminate or nearly eliminate it. Weeks later, he placed the federal agency's entire staff on a 90-day leave.</p><p>"This week, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineStateLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineStateLibrary</span></a> laid off 13 staff members — nearly one-third of its staff — and closed for two weeks to restructure its operations because its funding from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> is indefinitely suspended, according to State Librarian <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoriFisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoriFisher</span></a>.</p><p>"Maine is among more than 20 states suing the federal government over its attempt to shutter IMLS. That suit also challenges Trump's targeting of the Minority Business Development Agency and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.</p><p>"The IMLS last year awarded $266.7 million in grants, research and policy development to museums, libraries and related organizations.</p><p>"The children's museum was awarded the $224,143 Museums for America grant in August, the first time in two decades it had received a grant from the IMLS.</p><p>"The museum had already received a $40,000 reimbursement from the grant funding and had requested another $15,000 reimbursement. But that second reimbursement never came and with Trump's comments about eliminating the agency, the museum staff and board were worried about the funding even before it was canceled.</p><p>" 'We had some concerns and suspicions, given the news and the termination of all the staff members at IMLS,' Butcher Pezzino said. 'That didn't feel like it would bode well.'"</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/childrens-museum-loses-federal-grant-080600799.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/childrens-museu</span><span class="invisible">m-loses-federal-grant-080600799.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalErasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalErasure</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanCulture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiConfederacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiConfederacy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineFirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineFirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErasingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErasingHistory</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> upends <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRightsDivision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRightsDivision</span></a>, sparking 'bloodbath' in senior ranks </p><p>Trump's hand-picked head of the division has outlined priorities that are dramatically at odds with the way past administrations have enforced <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> law.</p><p>April 23, 2025, 7:29 PM EDT<br>By Ken Dilanian</p><p>Excerpt: "Founded in 1957 after the passage of the 20th century’s first major civil rights legislation, the Civil Rights Division has always been subject to the policy preferences of the president, and enforcement priorities tend to differ in Republican and Democratic administrations. But there is no precedent for the changes that have been made over the last three months, which are far more consequential than anything that occurred in Trump’s first term, current and former officials say.</p><p>" 'I was there almost 18 years, and what’s happening now is basically the opposite of what we’ve been doing,' said a veteran lawyer who recently left the department. 'In the first Trump administration, they engaged with us as attorneys. The political appointees were normal lawyers. Sometimes we persuaded them and sometimes they disagreed, but there was always a conversation about why and what the law required. That is not happening.'</p><p>"In the Biden administration, the Civil Rights Division convicted 180 police officers of violating people’s civil rights, according to Justice Department records. It also prosecuted a variety of high-profile hate crimes cases, including one against the Texas man who targeted Mexicans when he killed 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso and the Pennsylvania man who killed 11 congregants at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.</p><p>"Among the many settlements over racial discrimination, the division secured reforms at Hawkins County Schools in Tennessee, where an investigation found that incidents of harassment — including a mock 'slave auction' to sell Black students to their white counterparts and a 'monkey of the month' campaign to ridicule Black students — created a racially hostile environment. On voting rights, the division successfully challenged an Arizona law requiring people registering to vote to list their birthplaces and provide proof of citizenship.</p><p>"Current and former employees say many of those enforcement actions are unimaginable under the new regime.</p><p>" 'They are withdrawing everything we’ve done and taking the opposite side on voting rights, for example,' said a recently departed Civil Division lawyer. 'This is not ‘Oh, we want to do more religion cases’ or ‘We don’t want to do creative redlining cases.’ This is abandoning everything that we have done in the past. They are actively anti-civil rights. This didn’t happen in Trump 1.'</p><p>"Dhillon took office April 7, but the changes had already been underway. So far the Civil Rights Division has suspended investigations of police abuse and launched probes into whether Los Angeles is violating people’s gun rights and whether American <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> are tolerating antisemitism. The division was also involved in the lawsuit filed last week accusing the state of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> of violating the law by allowing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> to participate on women’s sports teams." </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-upends-dojs-civil-rights-division-sparking-bloodbath-senior-rank-rcna202622?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d</span><span class="invisible">epartment/trump-upends-dojs-civil-rights-division-sparking-bloodbath-senior-rank-rcna202622?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsARacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsARacist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmeriKKKa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmeriKKKa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsAWhiteSupremacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAWhiteSupremacist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Federal authorities arrest two <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a>, escalating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crackdown</span></a></p><p>"This is a drastic escalation and dangerous new front in Trump’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> campaign of trying to bully, intimidate, and impeach judges who won’t follow his dictates. We must do whatever we can to defend the independent judiciary in America." - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JamieRaskin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamieRaskin</span></a>, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee.</p><p>by Kevin Breuninger, Dan Mangan, Fri, Apr 25 2025</p><p>"Federal authorities have arrested a former <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> judge and a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a> judge in two separate cases, accusing them of interfering with Trump administration immigration enforcement efforts."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arrest-judge-hannah-dugan-milwaukee.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arrest</span><span class="invisible">-judge-hannah-dugan-milwaukee.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsAFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAFascist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>HOW CHILDREN ARE DISCIPLINED AT K-12 SCHOOLS?!!! Let me tell you what NOT TO DO! Don't hit, lock in a closet, or BULLY STUDENTS! Or else you might end up with folks who don't give a shit about your FUCKING RULES and WILL FIGHT BACK!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>F*CK YEAH! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a>!!! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> Department of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> refuses to sign letter saying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> programs have been removed</p><p>by Stephanie Grindley, WGMEThu, April 24th 2025 at 5:12 PM</p><p>PORTLAND (WGME) -- "Maine's Department of Education says it will not sign a letter saying all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> programs have been removed from Maine classrooms.</p><p>"This is a response to a directive sent out on April 3 by the U.S. Department of Education. It said all state education agencies and local school districts needed to sign off on new Title VI certifications.</p><p>"The Maine Department of Education responded Thursday in a notice sent to all Maine schools, saying the Maine Department of Education and schools already comply with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleVI</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> Act.</p><p>"The notice says Maine already submits regular certifications in return for federal funds.</p><p>"The notice goes on to say in part, 'After consultation with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, it was determined that signing the new certification would bind the Maine DOE to language of executive orders or other federal guidance without the force of law, and that lacked clarity regarding what was, or was not, prohibited. These were critical considerations, given the potential consequence of a loss of federal funding.'</p><p>"The Maine Department of Education says it's not signing the certification and is not collecting signed copies from schools. It went a step further and asked Maine school districts not to sign off on their own behalf.</p><p>"The Department of Education adds that it remains committed to faithfully implementing education programs in accordance with all federal laws."</p><p><a href="https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-department-of-education-refuses-to-remove-dei-programs-from-maine-classrooms-civil-rights-act-title-vi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wgme.com/news/local/maine-depa</span><span class="invisible">rtment-of-education-refuses-to-remove-dei-programs-from-maine-classrooms-civil-rights-act-title-vi</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a>! Judge halts enforcement of Trump administration’s anti-DEI orders in education</p><p>The ruling bars the administration from proceeding with its plans for a so-called “End DEI” portal and a certification requirement. It applies to any entity with ties to the plaintiff organizations.</p><p>By Steven Porter Globe Staff,Updated April 24, 2025, 1:03 p.m.</p><p>CONCORD, N.H. — "A federal judge in New Hampshire issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday blocking the Trump administration from following through on threats to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defund</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> that defy its directives on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a>.<br> <br>"In an 82-page order, Chief Judge Landya B. McCafferty said the administration’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiDEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiDEI</span></a> interpretation of federal law, as expressed in a letter the US Department of Education distributed in February, fails to give teachers clarity about what exactly the government requires of them.</p><p>" 'When a law fails to provide ‘minimal guidelines’ governing its enforcement, it may sweep in so much conduct that enforcement decisions become based on the ‘personal predilections’ of the person or entity bringing the enforcement action,' she wrote, ruling that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed in proving the directives are unconstitutionally vague.</p><p>"McCafferty wrote that the February letter, in combination with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EducationDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationDepartment</span></a>’s public statements about it and the launch of an '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndDEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndDEI</span></a>' portal, 'raise the specter of a public ‘witch hunt’ that will sow fear and doubt among <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teachers</span></a> lest they be publicly branded as peddlers of ‘divisive ideologies’ based on the Department’s — or even private parties’ — subjective assessments.'</p><p>"What’s more, teachers would face the risk of professional consequences whether they comply with the federal government’s anti-DEI directives or not, she added. The certification requirements for English teachers in New Hampshire, for example, require educators to consider <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> 'through various <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalLenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalLenses</span></a>,' such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ethnicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethnicity</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a>, or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocioEconomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocioEconomic</span></a> conditions, she noted.</p><p>"This lawsuit was first filed by attorneys with the National Education Association [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEA</span></a>] and the American Civil Liberties Union [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a>], who allege the administration is violating the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> rights of teachers. </p><p>"Sarah Hinger, deputy director of the ACLU’s racial justice program, hailed Thursday’s ruling as a win for academic freedom.</p><p>" 'Every student deserves an education that reflects the full diversity of our society, free from political interference,' Hinger said in a statement. 'The federal government has no authority to dictate what schools can and cannot teach to serve its own agenda, and this ruling is an important step in reaffirming that.'</p><p>"The Center for Black Educator Development and six public school districts in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewHampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewHampshire</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a> have since agreed to sign on as plaintiffs as well. </p><p>"State education commissioners were given until Thursday to submit certifications that their schools are complying with the federal government’s interpretation of the law, but McCafferty’s ruling bars the administration from proceeding with that certification requirement. It also bars the government from using its 'End DEI' portal as planned.<br> <br>"The New Hampshire Department of Education required school districts and public charter schools to submit their certifications by last week, and most have done so, according to a list published on the state’s website.</p><p>"Rather than issue a nationwide injunction, McCafferty said the protections in her order apply to the plaintiffs in this case, their members, and 'any entity that employs, contracts with, or works with' at least one member of the plaintiff organizations. </p><p>"The NEA alone reports having 3 million members employed in a wide variety of educational settings, so McCafferty’s order could apply to a broad swath of entities.</p><p>"A federal judge in Maryland presiding over a similar lawsuit from another major labor union, the American Federation of Teachers, issued a similar order on Thursday.</p><p>"Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher wrote that she takes no position on whether the disputed policies are 'prudent or foolish,' but she must scrutinize the way the policies were made and has concluded the government didn’t follow the law.</p><p>"McCafferty was appointed by former president Barack Obama. [Gallagher?] was appointed by Trump.</p><p>"The government is expected to pursue an appeal."</p><p><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/metro/nh-federal-judge-schools-anti-dei-directives-trump-blocked/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/met</span><span class="invisible">ro/nh-federal-judge-schools-anti-dei-directives-trump-blocked/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/l9iEl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/l9iEl</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewHampshireResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewHampshireResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VermontResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VermontResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>I somehow missed this story... Not only is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> railing against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> here in the US, he's trying to bully OTHER COUNTRIES into changing their policies! WTAF!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> Map Shows Countries Defying Trump's DEI Order</p><p>By Jordan King <br>Published Apr 01, 2025 at 8:10 AM EDT<br>Updated Apr 06, 2025 </p><p>"Newsweek has created a map showing the European nations where governments and companies have rejected a U.S. directive applying President Donald Trump's rollback of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> (DEI) policies to American federal contractors abroad, which include <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belgium</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a>.</p><p>"The directive warns that DEI programs may disqualify firms from U.S. federal contracts—even those based abroad.</p><p>"According to several European officials, companies have received letters from the U.S. government warning that Trump's executive order banning 'illegal' DEI programs would be enforced internationally. The letters reportedly demand that companies confirm within five days that they comply with U.S. federal anti-discrimination laws and do not operate any DEI programs that violate them.</p><p>"Newsweek has contacted the State Department, via email, for a response. It has also contacted U.S. embassies at several other European countries to ask if they have also received these letters.</p><p>"The United Kingdom's Office for Equality and Opportunity declined to comment to Newsweek saying it is 'not aware of this letter being sent to UK businesses' at this time.</p><p>Why It Matters</p><p>"The move marks a significant escalation in the Trump administration's effort to dismantle DEI initiatives across government and industry—and expands that campaign across borders. The executive order has drawn strong objections in some European capitals.</p><p>French companies and officials were among the first to respond. Aurore Bergé, France's equality minister, denounced the letters in an interview with BFMTV, calling them "a form, obviously, of interference" and "a sort of ultimatum laid out by the US embassy in our country."</p><p>What To Know</p><p>"The letter warned that the executive order applied to 'all suppliers and service providers of the US Government, regardless of their nationality and the country in which they operate.' " </p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-dei-france-belgium-spain-2053557" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/donald-trump-dei-</span><span class="invisible">france-belgium-spain-2053557</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsARacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsARacist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsAWhiteSupremacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAWhiteSupremacist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EuroPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuroPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HerrDrumpf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HerrDrumpf</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Twitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitler</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>WTF! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbregoGarcia</span></a> Family Flees to Safe House After <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> Posts Home Address on Social Media | Common Dreams</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/el-salvador-prison-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/el-salva</span><span class="invisible">dor-prison-trump</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHSSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHSSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a>! Four Maine college presidents sign national letter decrying Trump education 'overreach'</p><p>Riley Board, Portland Press Herald, Maine<br>Tue, April 22, 2025</p><p>"Four Maine higher education leaders have signed on to a letter accusing the Trump administration of 'unprecedented government overreach and political interference.'</p><p>"Safa Zaki of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BowdoinCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BowdoinCollege</span></a>, Garry Jenkins of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BatesCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BatesCollege</span></a>, David Greene of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColbyCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColbyCollege</span></a> and James Herbert of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversityOfNewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfNewEngland</span></a> all added their names to the letter, published Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. More than 230 presidents of colleges, universities and scholarly societies throughout the country have signed so far.</p><p>" 'We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight,' the letter reads. 'However, we must oppose undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work on our campuses. We will always seek effective and fair financial practices, but we must reject the coercive use of public research funding.'</p><p>"Though the letter primarily represents private institutions, leaders from a handful of state colleges and universities signed on, including University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes and Eastern Connecticut State University President Karim Ismaili. A spokesperson for the University of Maine system declined to comment.</p><p>"In recent months, the Trump administration has pulled or threatened to pull federal funding from higher education institutions that don't comply with his agenda on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtesters</span></a>, admissions practices and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthlete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthlete</span></a> policies.</p><p>"The administration has also revoked the visas of hundreds of international students. On Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a>] of Maine filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a>] and other agencies behind the visa revocations, asking that a judge restore the visas of any New England students who have had them wrongfully removed, and protecting future students from the same actions."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-maine-college-presidents-sign-224700038.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/four-maine-coll</span><span class="invisible">ege-presidents-sign-224700038.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistAuthoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>States defying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> anti-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> deadline risk losing education federal funding</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NAACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAACP</span></a> and the Legal Defense Fund have filed "a federal lawsuit blasting the Trump administration for a 'legally flawed' interpretation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964."</p><p>Story by Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner, April 22, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "In total, at least 16 states and Puerto Rico intend to sign the certification, according to Education Weekly, while 16 states have declined to sign.</p><p>"Many of the states that have flat out refused to sign the order by citing their commitment to DEI policies are led by Democratic governors.</p><p>"Among those states are New York, the first state to publicly thumb its nose at the certification request, Colorado, Washington, Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin, Vermont, and Utah, with the latter two states having Republican governors.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"In Fiscal Year 2022, federal funding accounted for 14% of K-12 education funding. State and local funding provided 87% of K-12 funding.</p><p>"In fiscal 2024, the Department of Education spent $18.8 billion for schools with large numbers of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poor</span></a>, neglected, delinquent, and other '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EducationallyDisadvantaged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationallyDisadvantaged</span></a>' students, as well as $55 billion in COVID-19 grants to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreK</span></a> programs, elementary, and secondary schools, according to Pew Research Center.</p><p>"Should the Department of Education strip states of federal funding, it could force cuts during the 2025-2026 school year."<br> <br>Full article:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/states-defying-trump-anti-dei-deadline-risk-losing-education-federal-funding/ar-AA1Dn3PH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/us/states-d</span><span class="invisible">efying-trump-anti-dei-deadline-risk-losing-education-federal-funding/ar-AA1Dn3PH</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpHatesChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpHatesChildren</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTransKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransKids</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>$3 billion yanked from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> to help pay for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s tax cuts</p><p>Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims<br>Apr 22, 2025</p><p>"The Trump administration’s decision to claw back pandemic relief funds from schools is part of the administration’s attempt to find savings in the federal budget to offset the extension of Trump’s 2017 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a>, which would 'add an estimated $4.6 trillion to the debt over the next decade...."</p><p><a href="https://popular.info/p/3-billion-yanked-from-schools-to" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">popular.info/p/3-billion-yanke</span><span class="invisible">d-from-schools-to</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoTaxCutsForBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoTaxCutsForBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FundSchoolsNotSpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FundSchoolsNotSpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrickDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrickDown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>This evening...<br>Hubby: "Let's watch the local news."<br>[News reports about transgender athletes and Title IX and schools]<br>Me: "F*ck you! Studies of two people are not studies! READ THE SCIENCE!!!"<br>Hubby: "Let's watch something else.<br>Me: "Sorry. But I can't help it! Grrrrr...."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Sounds like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/XiJinping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XiJinping</span></a> wants a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FullThroatedApology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FullThroatedApology</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. How does it feel to have your ass handed to you, Bully-'n-Thief!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoxMRcXjf3U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=YoxMRcXjf3</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsAGrifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAGrifter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>"Trump is even less sophisticated than your typical sixth-grade bully. As a lifelong grifter, he can't help but keep returning to the site of a successful shakedown, and will drain a victim dry, as long as they keep complying."</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/04/16/harvard-back-against-trump-institutional-resistance-finally-rises-up--and-sets-a-new-model/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/04/16/harvard-b</span><span class="invisible">ack-against-trump-institutional-resistance-finally-rises-up--and-sets-a-new-model/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsAGrifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAGrifter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandUpAgainstFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandUpAgainstFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> governor criticizes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration for freezing funds amid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> athlete dispute: ‘It’s not rational’ </p><p>By Alyssa Vega Globe Staff,Updated April 14, 2025</p><p>"Maine <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorJanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernorJanetMills</span></a> criticized the Trump administration on Monday just days after it moved to cut all federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> funding to the state. The move came in response to Maine’s refusal to enforce the administration’s directive to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.<br>In an interview on MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe' Monday, Mills said the state received a series of letters from federal agencies, culminating in an April 2 letter from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, which the Maine governor described as 'appalling' in tone and substance. Mills said the next day Rollins threatened to pull all education funding to the state. </p><p>" 'Because there are maybe two — at most — two transgender athletes competing in Maine schools right now, they decided to shut off funding for our school nutrition program, the school lunch program entirely, on which 172,000 Maine school <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> rely for their school meals. That didn’t make any sense,' Mills said. "</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/14/nation/maine-governor-janet-mills-criticizes-trump-administration-funding-freeze/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bostonglobe.com/2025/04/14/nat</span><span class="invisible">ion/maine-governor-janet-mills-criticizes-trump-administration-funding-freeze/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/NRfNV" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/NRfNV</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpHatesChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpHatesChildren</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MadKingTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingTrump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernorMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransAthletes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTransYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransYouth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeeYouInCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeeYouInCourt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransErasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransErasure</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> professors sue <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration over funding cut threats</p><p>by Katie Cole, April 14, 2025, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WBUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WBUR</span></a></p><p>"The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration Friday over what they call an 'unlawful and unprecedented' attempt to use federal funding cuts to restrict <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> announced in late March that it would review $8.7 billion in federal grants and contacts given to Harvard, alleging that the school failed to prevent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> discrimination on campus.</p><p>"The Trump administration then unveiled a broad set of demands on April 4 the university must agree to in order to keep getting federal funding, including cutting all diversity, equity and inclusion programming, and modifying any programming and departments that 'fuel antisemitic harassment.' The administration gave Columbia University a similar set of demands in March, which the school agreed to.</p><p>"The lawsuit by the professors' group, filed in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> federal court, alleges that the administration's federal funding review violates the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleVI</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRightsAct</span></a>, which prohibits discrimination in programs that receive federal funds. The court filing says the law requires specific procedures to cut federal funds and that the Trump administration has not taken any of those steps.</p><p>"The group said in a press release that the administration's actions are in effort to create a chilling effect among universities and faculty to stop speech that the president does not like.</p><p>" 'Eliminating discrimination and protecting all students is important,' said Nikolas Bowie, a Harvard law professor and the secretary-treasurer of the school's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> chapter, in a statement. 'But Trump is defying the Civil Rights Act, terrifying students, and illegally holding hostage grants for hospitals and scientific research so he can accomplish his real goal of punishing academics for our politics.'</p><p>"The lawsuit says that the actions by the administration have 'already caused severe and irreparable harm by halting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inquiry</span></a> at Harvard.'</p><p>"This is the second suit that the Harvard AAUP chapter has filed against the Trump administration this year. The first was a joint suit with other chapters, including one from Columbia, over federal efforts to deport <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> and students that engaged in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harvard-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harva</span><span class="invisible">rd-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erasure</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@wolfinpdx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wolfinpdx</span></a></span> It was an interesting 200+ year experiment, but now Trump is doing EVERYTHING the founding fathers warned us about! <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Secession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Secession</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>My former Classics professor is now the president of Thomas College in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WatervilleME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatervilleME</span></a>. Give 'em hell, Dr. Uzzi! She will NOT capitulate!</p><p><a href="https://www.thomas.edu/directory/dr-jeannine-diddle-uzzi/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thomas.edu/directory/dr-jeanni</span><span class="invisible">ne-diddle-uzzi/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration refers <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a></p><p>by Brooke Migdon - 04/11/25 </p><p>"The Department of Education on Friday referred a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleIX</span></a> investigation into Maine schools to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeDepartment</span></a> after the state failed to reach a resolution with the Trump administration over a finding that it violated federal anti-discrimination law by allowing transgender students to participate in girls’ sports. </p><p>" 'The Department has given Maine every opportunity to come into compliance with Title IX, but the state’s leaders have stubbornly refused to do so, choosing instead to prioritize an extremist ideological agenda [sic] over their students’ safety, privacy, and dignity,' said Craig Trainor, acting assistant Education secretary for [WHAT A JOKE] civil rights. </p><p>"The Education Department in its announcement said it will also initiate administrative proceedings to determine whether to terminate federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/K12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>K12</span></a> education funding for Maine’s state education department, including formula and discretionary grants. </p><p>"'The Maine Department of Education will now have to defend its discriminatory practices before a Department administrative law judge and in a federal court against the Justice Department,' Trainor said. 'Governor [Janet] Mills would have done well to adhere to the wisdom embedded in the old idiom — be careful what you wish for. Now she will see the Trump Administration in court.' </p><p>"Both the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which recently began investigating schools and states that allow transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports, said in March that Maine had violated Title IX, the federal civil rights law against sex discrimination that the Trump White House says prohibits trans athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s teams."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5245248-maine-transgender-athletes-doj-hhs-education-department-trump-mills/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/524</span><span class="invisible">5248-maine-transgender-athletes-doj-hhs-education-department-trump-mills/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FollowTheScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowTheScience</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransErasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransErasure</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTransYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransYouth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeeYouInCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeeYouInCourt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionRights</span></a>? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a>? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArrestingMiscarryingWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestingMiscarryingWomen</span></a>? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpDoesntGiveAShitAboutWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpDoesntGiveAShitAboutWomen</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Court rules federal government cannot freeze <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>'s funding from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a></p><p>by WGME StaffFri, April 11th 2025 at 8:46 PM</p><p>"A court says the federal government cannot freeze Maine’s funding from the Department of Agriculture.</p><p>"This comes after the USDA announced it was freezing Maine’s funding when the state would not comply with federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleIX</span></a> interpretations.</p><p>"Under this new ruling, the court is granting Maine a temporary restraining order, saying the federal government must unfreeze and release federal Department of Agriculture funding back to Maine.</p><p>"That includes money for things like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SchoolNutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolNutrition</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodBank</span></a> programs.</p><p>"The Trump administration cannot freeze or withhold funding while this restraining order is in place, and the two sides will have to meet in court, though a date has not been set.</p><p>"Maine Attorney General <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AaronFrey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AaronFrey</span></a> says this temporary restraining order confirms the Trump administration did not follow the rule of law when it cut program funds that go to feed school children and vulnerable adults.</p><p>" 'This order preserves Maine’s access to certain congressionally appropriated funds by prohibiting an unlawful freeze by the administration,' Frey said. “No one in our constitutional republic is above the law, and we will continue to fight to hold this administration to account.' " </p><p><a href="https://wgme.com/news/local/court-rules-federal-government-cannot-freeze-maines-funding-from-usda-president-donald-trump-title-ix" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wgme.com/news/local/court-rule</span><span class="invisible">s-federal-government-cannot-freeze-maines-funding-from-usda-president-donald-trump-title-ix</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeeYouInCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeeYouInCourt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodAssistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HungerGames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a></p>
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