UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding: "When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." [aaup-penn.org/statement-by...](
AAUP–Penn
Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn
UPDATE (October 7): This statement and the accompanying petition urging the administration to say no to the Compact are co-sponsored by GETUP-UAW a...
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AAUP–Penn
Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn
UPDATE (October 7): This statement and the accompanying petition urging the administration to say no to the Compact are co-sponsored by GETUP-UAW a...
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I have spent multiple weeks working on this story. We are not dropping it. I hope you will give this a read. RE:
Bluesky Social
Hunter Walker (@hunterw.bsky.social)
Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are ge...
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Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. [talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...](
TPM – Talking Points Memo
There Is an Information Blackout at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp
Public records related to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have...
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TPM – Talking Points Memo
There Is an Information Blackout at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp
Public records related to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have...
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I spoke to the CEO of a company that has a nearly $12 million contract to provide barriers to "Alligator Alcatraz." He told me that he didn't know his products were going to the facility. I offered to show him the contract. He declined to look at it. [talkingpointsmemo.com/news/contrac...](
TPM – Talking Points Memo
Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis’ ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
TPM has obtained and analyzed over a dozen contracts and invoices related...
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EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis diverted disaster prep resources during hurricane season in the rush to build the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp [talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/co...](
TPM – Talking Points Memo
Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis’ ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
TPM has obtained and analyzed over a dozen contracts and invoices related...
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TPM – Talking Points Memo
Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis’ ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
TPM has obtained and analyzed over a dozen contracts and invoices related...
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Right now, the Times' web front page features a photo from the rally where he dropped an anti-Semitic slur and the headline "Victory For Trump." [talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...](
TPM – Talking Points Memo
Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks And Bad People’ In Iowa Speech
President Donald Trump employed a term often used as a slur against...
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The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment about Trump's use of the term "shylocks." [talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...](
TPM – Talking Points Memo
Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks And Bad People’ In Iowa Speech
President Donald Trump employed a term often used as a slur against...
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TPM – Talking Points Memo
Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks And Bad People’ In Iowa Speech
President Donald Trump employed a term often used as a slur against...
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New York Times Editorial Board August 2024: We will not be making any more local endorsements. This specifically includes the coming mayor's race. New York Times Editorial Board June 2025: Do not vote for Zohran Mamdani, we prefer Andrew Cuomo and Brad Lander.
The first civilian detained by Marines ***that we know of*** Thank you for your attention to this matter fellow posters.
Aside from the basic ethics and illegality, having the president ride a plane set up by a foreign power seems like a major security and intelligence risk.