For the past 9 months, I've been investigating Andrew Tate's empire of sexual exploitation — drawing on thousands of private messages and sealed court files, as well as interviews with the Tates, their associates & more than a dozen alleged victims. Here's what I found: https://t.co/q1L65EVG1O
However dumb you think the process for destroying USAID was, it was dumber.
This is from Nicholas Enrich's new book Into the Wood Chipper, describing a meeting with Trump-appointed USAID leadership *after* they had largely gutted the agency
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
TODAY: Hundreds of thousands in Minnesota braved -10°F weather to march through downtown Minneapolis as part of the statewide general strike demanding ICE out of the Twin Cities.
This is absolutely spot-on. It's sexy as fuck. Because men who are truly confident in their masculinity are so hot, whether it's patiently letting little nieces plaster their face in glittery stickers at a wedding or a bloke dressing up as a sexy woman for a laugh.
We are calling on Arizona University Presidents and the Board of Regents to reconsider the overly harsh academic consequences that have been brought down on student protestors and allies which undermine the principles of academic freedom and free speech.
So many exciting opportunities for @barretthonors and @asu students next year! Thanks to @HumIt_ASU for making space for such fascinating collaborations.
With my mother. Daddy’s funeral.
He wasn’t assassinated because he wanted his children to be judged “by the content of their character.”
But for dismantling racism, poverty & militarism.
He wanted corrective measures to eradicate racism, not the delusion that it doesn’t exist.
New year, new search for excellent colleagues! The deadline to apply to work at the top honors college is this Sunday: https://t.co/MBsaFlzLke Please share with talented junior academics and let me know if you have any questions. #AcademicTwitter
According to this, @cigna approved a lung transplant for a cancer patient and then reversed course and denied it while the patient was being prepped for surgery. The health insurance industry is pure evil, top to bottom.
good luck sustaining a situation in which the majority of your constituency wants one thing while their representatives insist on its opposite and then turning around a year from now to say that what they are being asked to save is democracy
Very proud of my student, Sami Al-Asady, for being one of six students in the US selected to be a @TheFIREorg campus scholar! He helped me organize a successful @braverangels campus debate last night on free speech. https://t.co/F5KbNTuWFS
Students! The first event in the @barretthonors Conversation on Free Speech takes place Thursday, November 16th from 6:30-8pm at Vista Theater. Our debate prompt is: Is the right to free speech more important than protecting people from harmful or offensive content? Join us!
We are grateful for the national solidarity from leaders at @AFTunion and @AAUP. The attack on David Boyles by Turning Point USA representatives at ASU is an affront to academic freedom and the safety of LGBTQ+ faculty everywhere.