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Accuracy In Media dot Org is the group behind this...here they try hard to make things easy.

 
Well, it’s retaliation - that’s pretty clear.
Yes, but there's also a government speech doctrine that allows for some viewpoint discrimination. That's why administrators don't have as robust free speech protections as faculty. The faculty are not understood to be speaking for the state. An administrator at a state university might be so deemed.

That's why I say it depends on specific facts whether she can win -- namely, the specific facts as to the extent to which her communications on the job can be attributed to the government.
 
Accuracy In Media dot Org is the group behind this...here they try hard to make things easy.

If your group thinks that diversity and equity are "radical" and "divisive" then it does indeed say everything one needs to know about your group. In another era they would proudly plaster "white supremacy" or "whites only" across the top of their communiques.
 
If your group thinks that diversity and equity are "radical" and "divisive" then it does indeed say everything one needs to know about your group. In another era they would proudly plaster "white supremacy" or "whites only" across the top of their communiques.

They got a code.
 

While American universities are rescinding offers to incoming PhD students, other countries are recruiting heavily from U.S. labs.

  • The journal Nature analyzed data from its jobs platform to track where scientists are looking for work. In the first few months of the Trump administration, there were jumps in the the number of U.S. applicants looking for jobs in Canada (+41%), Europe (+32%), China (+20%) and other Asian countries (+39%), compared to the same period in 2024.
  • U.S. jobs saw fewer applications from candidates in Canada (–13%) and Europe (–41%).

The US is going to rapidly fall behind in medical and technological advancements.
 
Who needs government interference, when the universities are partaking in the abuse?



In one incident from July 2024, Walker took pictures of several men he suspected were following him. One began walking with a limp across an outdoor campus gathering area during a protest over events in Bangladesh. Walker said the man loudly screamed that Walker was making fun of disabled people, and accused him of planning to post video to YouTube. Walker told the Guardian he was not certain at the time that the man was trailing him, so he felt badly about the accusation.


In early August, video captured by Walker and shared with the Guardian shows Walker approaching another person who had been recording him from a car. It turned out to be the same man from the Bangladesh protest. The video shows the man acting as thought he is deaf and mute, pretending to use sign language and speaking in an impeded manner. He then starts speaking in a normal voice, and, in an apparent attempt to insult Walker, suggests Walker is a special educational needs student.

In an email, a spokesperson said the university “does not condone or tolerate any behavior by employees or contractors that demeans individuals or communities, including those with disabilities. The comment referenced in the video does not reflect the university’s values or expectations for respectful conduct.”

A few minutes later, Walker walks behind the man, overhearing him telling another investigator that Walker had figured out who he was. The investigator, who is white, then starts screaming that Walker, who is black, was attempting to assault him. “He wants my wallet!” the investigator screams. Walker also captured this incident on video and shared it with the Guardian.
 

It says something that this dude is very proud of himself for doing this. I'd love to see what his private beliefs are on issues of race, gender roles, LGBTQ issues generally, and a host of other topics. I have little doubt that he's as far right as they come. And, can you imagine the stress and tension of being a diversity or equity director (or anything dealing with DEI concerns) at a UNC system school right now, knowing that guys like this are gunning for your job and career and just looking for anything they can find to "expose" you on social media and ruin your life? These people are despicable.
 

The Origin of Student Debt: Reagan Adviser Warned Free College Would Create a Dangerous “Educated Proletariat”​

In 1970, Roger Freeman, who also worked for Nixon, revealed the right’s motivation for coming decades of attacks on higher education.


 

Rubio Is Pressing to Open Sanctions Investigation Into Harvard​

Experts and former officials said it was unusual for a cabinet secretary to try to influence the Treasury Department’s sanctions process to target a domestic entity.


“… Mr. Rubio signed off on a recommendation to the Treasury Department last month to open an investigation, which experts and former Treasury officials said was an unusual attempt from a cabinet secretary to target a domestic entity for sanctions enforcement.

Whether the agency within the Treasury that handles sanctions, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, opened an investigation in response was unclear — but such a move could expose Harvard to significant legal risks. Mr. Rubio’s action is the latest example of the Trump administration’s whole-of-government approach to bringing the Ivy League university to heel.

President Trump has sought for months to impose his political agenda on Harvard by reshaping its curriculum, admissions and hiring processes. The effort initially relied primarily on accusations that university officials had not done enough to address antisemitism on campus. In recent weeks, however, the administration’s focus has expanded to other issues, including allegations about Harvard’s foreign ties, particularly to China.…”
 
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