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Indiana's governor fired all the elected members of Indiana University's Board of Trustees. Which means he'll basically have unilateral control over the University (cdn.bsky.app)
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[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't Indiana also losing the majority of their OB healthcare workers after targeting them over, ya know, healthcare?

States are speedrunning into authoritarian holes.

[–] Jaderick@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Indiana was always backwards trash, they’re just being loud about it now.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's wild that elected officials can simply be discarded by something other than due process.