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Dustin Avent-Holt
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Professor of Sociology at Augusta University. Opinions are my own, not my employer.
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As a reminder here: this is not Trump's money! He is impounding funds illegally based on the most obvious fig leafs to settle grievances. It is an extraordinary abuse of his public office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
As he finished lunch in the private dining room outside the Oval Office on April 1, President Trump floated an astounding proposal: What if the government simply canceled every dollar of the nearly $9 billion promised to Harvard University? The administration’s campaign to expunge “woke” ideology from college campuses had already forced Columbia University to strike a deal. Now, the White House was eyeing the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. “What if we never pay them?” Mr. Trump casually asked, according to a person familiar with the conversation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private discussion. “Wouldn’t that be cool?”
April 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Problem is tariffs seem to be what is most angering to broadest coalition. Should start there and then broaden protest out.
April 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Elysium.
March 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM