This "immediate cancellation" violates the law. If the Admin thinks Columbia has violated Title VI by being deliberately indifferent to antisemitic harassment, it has to give Columbia a chance for a hearing first, make findings on the record, & wait 30 days.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/07/us/trump-news-crypto/the-trump-administration-cancels-400-million-in-grants-and-contracts-to-columbia-university?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-android-share
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/07/us/trump-news-crypto/the-trump-administration-cancels-400-million-in-grants-and-contracts-to-columbia-university?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-android-share
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I'm curious whether Columbia is being singled out - does Trump have some 30-40 year old grievance here, or are all Unis next?
https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2022/from-democratic-decline-to-authoritarian-aggression
Lawsuit Monday (the target responds with a lawsuit)
Walk it Back in the Media Tuesday
Water Down the Threat Wednesday
Posturing Thursday
Reverse the entire thing 10 days later.
There are total 4 screenshots.
Violations of Law be damned. We will do as we please. Let them sue us
They have NO respect for the rule of law. Why should they? He has like 91 felony convictions and never had any consequences. Matter of fact , he was awarded the presidency instead
I’ll defend the next university that’s targeted, but not this one.
Sad.
https://nypost.com/2000/10/31/columbia-mulls-paying-400m-for-trump-parcel/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-05-mn-4814-story.html
“beyond the grandeur & excellence that has become synonymous with projects bearing the Trump name … this was supposed to be his legacy. Not Trump Tower. Not a clutch of casinos. Certainly not a political office of any kind.” https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/29/trump-robert-moses-new-york-television-city-urban-development-1980s-218836
https://nypost.com/2019/07/27/how-trumps-television-city-started-a-decades-long-feud-between-trump-and-nadler/
Trump ignoring many laws. But if the checks don't cash it's all mood ...right?
However, counter-argument: Which of the three words of the text "the executive power" in Article II don't you understand?
Universities should be the first line of defence against authoritarian idiocy, but they chose to attack their own students.
And it earned them zero points with the power. They are still a target.
How I wish it wasn’t their actual thought process…
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
https://www.democracy2025.org/
That is *the story*.
1. The actual law still matters
2. There's anyone willing to enforce it
Shameful
And I am sure that he used a scalpel and not a chainsaw to be sure that these cuts did not hurt the population he says he is trying to protect, right?
Right????
Impeach the Pee resident! Remove the Pee resident! Exile the Pee resident!
A big fat nothing.
I want to know if Trump holds some ancient grievance against Columbia. Maybe they're just a soft target since they've signaled compliance with authoritarianism already. But since it's a "Manhattan elite" institution, you have to wonder.
The basis for suspending funding is bogus. Police involvement has been significantly apparent from protest day one. I live literally a few blocks away.
We'll see if any of the old rules are still enforceable. So far, they don't seem to be, and the damage done while arguing it out in court is irremediable.
And ?
600,000,000 Guns
340,000,000 🇺🇸’s
2nd Amendment
Tyrannical government
Day 47
Not a shot fired!
Unless the men are shooting Kids!