“The question is, what’s Trump trying to fix? Because things don’t look broken.” Historian @peterfrankopan considers whether a new, post-American world order is coming together.
The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender seeks nominations for awards for scholarly work in English on women and gender in the early modern period (ca. 1450-1750) published/completed between June 2022 and May 2025.
Dr Monique Ryan fires back at Speers’ claim that media don’t write things for politicians
“Some of the RW press in this country should come with a verification from the Lib Party coz I do think that much of what is put in the press has been fed to it by my political opponents”🔥
This is in the @smh and @theage today in the Traveller letters.
The Traveller team want to hear from others — you can get in touch at the link below.
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The Kennedy Center’s endowment grew more than 50 per cent under its former president, but Donald Trump’s takeover has darkened its financial picture. Ticket sales have fallen by 50 per cent, and several large donors have paused their contributions. https://t.co/2VxzQ2smFN
BREAKING: Donald Trump goes full Third World dictator by exploiting the Oval Office to target a law firm that represented Dominion Voting Systems in its historic defamation lawsuit against Fox News.
This is a jaw-dropping abuse of power...
According to Bloomberg Law, Trump signed an executive order stating that employees of Susman Godfrey, the law firm in question, are to be barred from federal buildings and stripped of any security clearances. It also terminates any contracts between the firm and the federal government.
As if that weren't enough corruption, Trump also wants to investigate the firm for supposedly violating federal employment discrimination laws through DEI practices.
While signing the Executive Order, Trump asserted that "there were some very bad things that happened with these law firms."
This is, of course, payback for Susman Godfrey daring to represent Dominion and pushing back again Fox's destructive lie that Joe Biden stole the 2020 election. The right-wing news network ultimately coughed up $787 million in a settlement.
By targeting this firm and others in similar legal hatchet jobs, Trump is sending a clear signal that he will abuse the law for partisan purposes. He wants to terrorize all of the top law firms so that they'll refuse to represent his political enemies in the future.
Thankfully, Susman Godfrey isn't taking this abuse lying down. They stated that "there is no question that we will fight this unconstitutional order," and that we believe in the rule of law, and we take seriously our duty to uphold it. This principle guides us now."
For the sake of our democracy, let's hope they win.
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NEWS: The Librarian of Congress has announced the annual selection of 25 recordings to be inducted into the #NatRecRegistry, chosen for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance, to preserve the nation’s recorded sound history. 🧵👇
Keeping the arts alive is paramount. I will continue to defend the arts and arts education from Donald Trumps assaults, cuts, and even censorship.
How did art inspire you? Sound off in the comments.
Six years ago, I walked into the lair of the tech gods - TED - to warn them democracy may not survive technology.
In fact, I was the one who almost didn’t survive.
This year I returned & called them data rapists.
Complicit in a coup.
Collaborators.
Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.