"Trump administration texted college professors' personal phones to ask if they're Jewish."
theintercept.com/2025/04/23/tr…

As all academics know, you can't ask this question in a job interview.
eeoc.gov/pre-employment-inquir…

But I guess it's OK when it's not a job interview, when it's the govt asking, and the govt includes a high-ranking official who gives #Nazi salutes.

This happened at #BarnardCollege. Probably no accident that Barnard is affiliated with #Columbia. Trump officials said they had a right to the personal contact info, and the school handed it over.

#Antisemitism #Trump #USPol #USPolitics #WTF
@academicchatter

Trump Administration Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They’re Jewish

“Barnard was not given advance notice of this outreach,” the college’s general counsel wrote in an email to faculty.

^{Akela Lacy (The Intercept)}

#Waltz and #staff used #Gmail for #government #communications, officials say

source: washingtonpost.com/national-se…

#Trump’s national #security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a #crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.

Don't forget that #Hillary was smart enough to use her own #email server.

#fail #omg #wtf #politics #WhiteHouse #USA #news #privacy #cybersecurity #problem #communication

U.S. - #Education in #Danger 🙀

source: arstechnica.com/security/2025/…

A prominent computer #scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on #cryptography, #privacy, and #cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his #professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his #employer, #Indiana #University, and had his homes raided by the #FBI. No one knows why.

#usa #problem #politics #crime #future #news #fnord #wtf #omg

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado

Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.

^{Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)}

#Mississippi #governor signs typo tax overhaul bill into #law to phase out income #tax

source: apnews.com/us-news/taxes-tate-…

#Senators last week had conceded to eliminate the income tax, but only with economic growth “triggers” as safeguards — the tax wouldn’t phase out unless the state saw robust economic growth and controlled spending. It would have likely taken many years.

Or so they thought. The Senate bill had typos that essentially nullified the growth triggers and would eliminate the income tax nearly as quickly as the House proposed. The House passed the flawed bill on to the governor, who signed it into law Thursday.

#politics #usa #fail #problem #omg #wtf #fnord #facepalm #news #economy