Again, they’re rolling these out piecemeal because if they did them all at once you might see some kind of united front. Once you get a few capitulations, it’s a signal you can pick them off one at a time - ThreadSky

normative.bsky.social • 11 days ago

Again, they’re rolling these out piecemeal because if they did them all at once you might see some kind of united front. Once you get a few capitulations, it’s a signal you can pick them off one at a time

Reposted from The New York Times

Breaking News: The Trump administration intends to block $510 million in federal contracts and grants for Brown University.

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profsteed.bsky.social•11 days ago

hang together or be hanged separately

othurone.bsky.social•11 days ago

There’s a solid undergrad, maybe Masters, paper in the dynamics behind this. Now that I’ve been RIF’d by a billionaire maybe I’ll tap into the IRA and write it. Oh, wait…😂

sausalitocheese.bsky.social•11 days ago

Also, it keeps the base interested.

maurscode.bsky.social•11 days ago

You would think by now they (universities, law, media) could predict what's coming and band together.

sfgirluk.bsky.social•10 days ago

But what if we were NOT going to be targeted????

(Hahahaha, they're all targets.)

randompersonfire.bsky.social•10 days ago

Universities should consider going the Hillsdale route (refusing all federal funding) to escape the MAGA blackmail.

sav2024.bsky.social•11 days ago

You know, for supposedly smart universities…

adrianwashere.bsky.social•11 days ago

It might also be that the timing of this one is meant to distract from the bloodbath in the financial markets, businesses already announcing that they don't know how they'll stay open, etc.

Which isn't to say it's not also divide & conquer, but why today? I think that's why today.

ichabodbonney.bsky.social•11 days ago

Don't these schools teach History and Poly-Sci? They all new P2025 existed. Why is it all the supposed leaders and highly educated made no game plans to deal with these attacks? This is what baffles me the most.

mattferrel.bsky.social•11 days ago

I don't think the people who teach are the problem here. It's administration and the governing boards who are failing.

ichabodbonney.bsky.social•11 days ago

My point is that the people in charge have access to experts who knew this was coming and apparently did nothing to prepare.

rwclimate.bsky.social•10 days ago

I hope Brown & other universities find the courage to follow Princeton's example. #Resistance #DontBendAttheKnee #NoKings

Princeton announced it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds as a way to raise short-term funds – unsaid: to help it resist being bullied.

leupp.bsky.social•11 days ago

That’s why it’s wild to me that they did the tariffs the opposite way. If they’d have gone country by country, they probably could’ve pressured many into negotiating; instead everyone will band together against him—and us.

duplicateuserid.bsky.social•11 days ago

They're following Lenin's advice.

"Probe with bayonets – If you encounter mush, proceed; if you encounter steel, withdraw."

mediadavid.bsky.social•11 days ago

You would think by this point there would be a unified response

timlongman.bsky.social•11 days ago

They are brilliant at exploiting the collective action problem.

sarabandethemage.bsky.social•11 days ago

Then they should unite now before they are picked off.

People, DEFEND INSTITUTIONS. (Chapter 2, "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder).

penguins18.bsky.social•11 days ago

It's a huge mistake to think of this little holy war in "resist-capitulate" terms. That's Trump's "domination/humiliation" game and is mostly just symbolic. The idea is to survive with your core mission - which is to educate students, not do DEI programs - intact.

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