Political Current Events March 7-12

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Background — Dark Storm are an anti-Israel hacker collective that has been hacking US infrastructure due to U.S. support of Israel and is in no way aligned with George Soros:

thecyberexpress.com

Hacktivist Groups Target US Major Airports in Cyberattacks Over Gaza Conflict

The hacktivist groups Dark Strom Team and Anonymous Sudan have allegedly launched cyberattacks on US airports, citing American support for
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The Guardian:

US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms​

Anna Betts
The United States has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries that the global civil rights watchdog believes are currently experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms.

Civicus, an international non-profit organization dedicated to “strengthening citizen action and civil society around the world”, announced the inclusion of the US on the non-profit’s first watchlist of 2025 on Monday, alongside the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia.

The watchlist is part of the Civicus Monitor, which tracks developments in civic freedoms across 198 countries. Other countries that have previously been featured on the watchlist in recent years include Zimbabwe, Argentina, El Salvador and the United Arab Emirates.
 
Posted this in the education thread, but it seemed pertinent to put it here as well:

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U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment

The Office for Civil Rights today sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus.
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U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment​

Letters warn of potential enforcement actions if institutions do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus.
March 10, 2025
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus, including uninterrupted access to campus facilities and educational opportunities. The letters are addressed to all U.S. universities that are presently under investigation for Title VI violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination.

“The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite U.S. campuses continue to fear for their safety amid the relentless antisemitic eruptions that have severely disrupted campus life for more than a year. University leaders must do better,” said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. “U.S. colleges and universities benefit from enormous public investments funded by U.S. taxpayers. That support is a privilege and it is contingent on scrupulous adherence to federal antidiscrimination laws.”

The schools that received letters from the Office for Civil Rights include:

  1. American University
  2. Arizona State University
  3. Boston University
  4. Brown University
  5. California State University, Sacramento
  6. Chapman University
  7. Columbia University
  8. Cornell University
  9. Drexel University
  10. Eastern Washington University
  11. Emerson College
  12. George Mason University
  13. Harvard University
  14. Illinois Wesleyan University
  15. Indiana University, Bloomington
  16. Johns Hopkins University
  17. Lafayette College
  18. Lehigh University
  19. Middlebury College
  20. Muhlenberg College
  21. Northwestern University
  22. Ohio State University
  23. Pacific Lutheran University
  24. Pomona College
  25. Portland State University
  26. Princeton University
  27. Rutgers University
  28. Rutgers University-Newark
  29. Santa Monica College
  30. Sarah Lawrence College
  31. Stanford University
  32. State University of New York Binghamton
  33. State University of New York Rockland
  34. State University of New York, Purchase
  35. Swarthmore College
  36. Temple University
  37. The New School
  38. Tufts University
  39. Tulane University
  40. Union College
  41. University of California Davis
  42. University of California San Diego
  43. University of California Santa Barbara
  44. University of California, Berkeley
  45. University of Cincinnati
  46. University of Hawaii at Manoa
  47. University of Massachusetts Amherst
  48. University of Michigan
  49. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  50. University of North Carolina
  51. University of South Florida
  52. University of Southern California
  53. University of Tampa
  54. University of Tennessee
  55. University of Virginia
  56. University of Washington-Seattle
  57. University of Wisconsin, Madison
  58. Wellesley College
  59. Whitman College
  60. Yale University
Background:

The Department’s OCR sent these letters under its authority to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964), which prohibits any institution that receives federal funds from discriminating on the basis of race, color, and national origin. National origin includes shared (Jewish) ancestry.

Pursuant to Title VI and in furtherance of President Trump’s Executive Order “Additional Measures to Combat Antisemitism,” the Department launched directed investigations into five universities where widespread antisemitic harassment has been reported. The 55 additional universities are under investigation or monitoring in response to complaints filed with OCR. Last week, the Department, alongside fellow members of the Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism including the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. General Services Administration, announced the immediate cancelation of $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University due to the school’s continued inaction to protect Jewish students from discrimination. Last Friday, OCR directed its enforcement staff to make resolving the backlog of complaints alleging antisemitic violence and harassment, many which were allowed to languish unresolved under the previous administration, an immediate priority.
 
nycfan said:


Amazon/Bezos with another gift to Trump, I guess.
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Otherwise, he has flooded his account with dozens (at least 50?) reposts of gushing right wing coverage (to self-soothe after a tough day at the office?):

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