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Karen Turley's avatar

I said it elsewhere and I'll say it here: Trump is Vladimir Putin's wet dream. He is doing more to destroy the US than anyone outside it could possibly do.

We were just starting to FINALLY head in the right direction. God DAMN it.

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Lauren Carter's avatar

Well said! We will not forget the Hateful 8!!!

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Betsy Helgager Hughes's avatar

100%! Thank you! I love your call to action. Sharing!

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J C's avatar

Tragic. I'm sorry from up here in WA state. How to rid our country of these kinds of racist people is a real chore. 😞

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Jean's avatar

Well said Nikki. It’s time to take back our university and our right to choose.

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"M"'s avatar

If you haven't seen Should-Have-Been-Governor (and proud Rattler) Andrew Gillum's solo pod with other alums, it's here

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/30OsTddsU7M

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Danita Thomas's avatar

I am so proud of you. This article brought a lot to the light. We will not sit by and let them dismantle our beloved FAMU.

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James Williams Jr's avatar

I am a proud graduate of Fisk University and I stand with FAMU. I am trying to figure out what I can do to help and will do so ASAP. Why? Because they are coming for all HBCUs.

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"M"'s avatar

Beat me to it

https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/betraying-the-rattler-legacy-how/comment/119067547

If you haven't seen Should-Have-Been-Governor (and proud Rattler) Andrew Gillum's solo pod with other alums, it's here

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/30OsTddsU7M

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ALPS's avatar

There might be something to learn from looking at the take over and take down of Indiana University. Pam Whitten irregularly chosen as president. Mike Braun as governor legislated control of the Board of Trustees. It’s heart breaking and it’s swift.

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a detrick's avatar

Control the education system, control the narrative. Control the narrative, control the people. This is just one part of the way structural racism works. People talking about the "descent into fascism." The only reason we needed HBCUs in the the first place was because fascism was already here.

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"M"'s avatar

I'm sure everyone who reads here already knows this, but one of the things this autocidal regime (we'll get back to that word; I learned it today in the context of RFK JR) knows best how to do is copycat the things that "work" under one of their Confederate regimes in order to do their best to try to get rid of the rest of us

As Should-Have-Been-Governor Andrew Gillum reminded us in the Live Pod he did organizing against this targeted assault - FAMU is the biggest public HBCU in the country. And Rep Jasmine has reminded us that they are practicing Project 2025 in her state, as Maxwell Frost has echoed that they are practicing it in FL.

So - that's a long-winded way of saying if this "works" there, they're likely to try to "domino" the HBCUs using variations on that same method.

Andrew's organizing Pod - with two other FAMU alum one of whom is also a Howard professor (Bison!) is here for everyone to review who is available to push back on what sounded just from their description like a hot mess abuse of process - is here

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/30OsTddsU7M

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