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8. I thought he wanted to abolish the Department of Education

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 03:42 PM

Apr 2025

or something something small government. I also don't understand how muzzling one of the oldest universities in the country is going to make America great again - unless MAGA now stands for Make Academicians Grovel Aimlessly.

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Trump Administration Wants to Install Federal Oversight of Columbia University [View all] Nevilledog Apr 2025 OP

This will lower grocery prices dalton99a Apr 2025 #1

Let's see if they go along willingly..they have been cowards thus far. Passages Apr 2025 #2

Columbia has billions in endowment money. They should have let the 400 million go and kept their independence Scrivener7 Apr 2025 #3

When did U.S. presidents gain such sweeping powers? sop Apr 2025 #4

Who could have imagined that caving to a bully Arazi Apr 2025 #5

The goal is to get control and ruin the US university system. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #6

Insanity. Ivy League university? Consent decree? bucolic_frolic Apr 2025 #7

I thought he wanted to abolish the Department of Education Retrograde Apr 2025 #8

Shades of DeSantis and New College. sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #9

Just imagine Bettie Apr 2025 #10

No Fucking Way! Daleuhlmann Apr 2025 #11

Weren't these people the ones that didn't like the nanny state? Norbert Apr 2025 #12

There is some precedence MichMan Apr 2025 #13

Next comes the firing of professors for their political beliefs. LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #14

Worked in Germany. Kid Berwyn Apr 2025 #15