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Thank you #Harvard! Standing up for the rights of innocent Palestinian civilians & speaking out against genocide is not anti-Semitism. Thank you for standing up for the Constitution and the first amendment rights of your staff & students

Harvard Refuses trump Administration’s Demands Amid $9 Billion Government Funding Probe #Blackmail forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/20

Forbes · Harvard Refuses Trump Administration’s Demands Amid $9 Billion Government Funding ProbeBy Ty Roush

@HarriettMB I do expect @antidiskriminierung and @AuswaertigesAmt to affirm #AntiDiscrimination #laws and either force the #US embassy & consulates to comply with #Germany's laws or close and cease operations.

If the #USA refuses to acknowledge that, they there is no basis for #diplomacy and I urge #contractors to press charges for #blackmail and #coercion if they get approached to fulfill for such #racist, #sexist, #ableist and otherwise #discriminatory demands because doing so violates national and #EU #laws!

This is sad and sets a terrible precedent for higher education. I get that they want research funding, but at what cost? Very disappointed.

#Trump #columbiauniversity #highereducation #blackmail #revenge

NYTimes: Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped nytimes.com/2025/03/21/nyregio

Columbia University was accused by the Trump administration of a systemic failure to protect students and faculty members “from antisemitic violence and harassment.”
The New York Times · Columbia Agrees to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are StrippedBy Troy Closson
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Last Friday was exactly the same. The Cons told Schumer "We'll nuke the federal gov't completely unless you give us everything we want."

Schumer caved and looks like an idiot. He gave in to extortionists.

Letting yourself be extorted puts you in a position of having zero power. He's done. He's useless. He might as well be a ham sandwich.

#ChuckChuck #Schumer #ChuckSchumer #Blackmail #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia

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During the Obama Admin the Cons used extortion to force concessions. They said "We'll nuke the federal gov't and the entire world economy by forcing default on U.S. Treasury debt by not raising the debt ceiling unless you do what we want."

Obama caved and looked like an idiot. He gave in to extortionists.

#ChuckChuck #Schumer #ChuckSchumer #Blackmail #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #MakeThemFight #Hardball #impeach #impeachment #DoSomething #NoKings #Extortion

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Put into perspective: here are the numbers which support the idea that there are no reasons the #EU couldn’t push #Russian troops out of #Ukraine. The only remaining issue is that of a ‘Nuclear umbrella’ deterrence. On that front however, European fears are the only stumbling block. Russia cannot pull off a ‘limited’ #nuclear strike with Europe as the target without instantly triggering a US launch-reponse (maybe even a simultaneous preemptive strike on Russia and its allies). So for Russia to use the nuclear #blackmail card is but a poker game of bluff. IMO

‘The EU’s 450 million citizens “should not have to depend on 340 million Americans to defend ourselves against 140 million Russians, who cannot defeat 38 million Ukrainians”, EU defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius said.

“We really can do better. It’s time for us to take responsibility for the defence of Europe.”’

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@xs4me2 I always had the belief that there was something Trump dependence of Putin. More evident in 2016 to pressure Zelenskyy to come forward with evidence of Hunter Biden. And the email story of Hilary Clinton. Now we know that Trump could be bankrupt. #blackmail