Maybe "neo-Nazi" isn't hyperbole: Trump admin has asked UPenn for "lists of Jews." [View all]

From Daily Kos:

To this point, I’ve resisted the urge to label Trump, his administration, or his supporters as neo-Nazis or neo-Fascists. However, it’s getting harder and harder to resist the urge and maintain my sanity. Almost buried in the Gish Gallop of daily outrages, corruption, and incompetencies is this story reported in The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/upenn-trump-jews-list) :

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is demanding [University of Pennsylvania] turn over names and personal information about Jewish members of the Penn community as part of the administration’s stated goal to combat antisemitism on campuses. But some Jewish faculty and staff have condemned the government’s demand as “a visceral threat to the safety of those who would find themselves identified because compiling and turning over to the government ‘lists of Jews’ conjures a terrifying history”, according to a press release put out by the groups’ lawyers.

More at https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/13/2363188/-Maybe-neo-Nazi-isn-t-hyperbole-Trump-admin-has-asked-UPenn-for-lists-of-Jews