First conservatives went after them because they discriminated against Chinese students. They failed
Now they're saying they are in cahoots with the Chinese?
I swear to God, if I have to hear about Jake Tapper's book one more time when 10 disasters like this happen every day while the president's wealth grows by $1B/month, I'm going go insane
Some context for the crime numbers in the statement:
Aggravated Assault went from 20 to 59, which isn't great but look a lot more benign than a "295% increase"
Robberies went from 5 to 28, but, again, "500%" is way scarier.
Almost half of all campus crime was auto theft at 144 (of 323 crimes)
Trump Regime Escalates Illegal Retaliation Against Harvard, Purports to Impose Bar on Foreign Students; Court Injunction Invalidating Illegal Action Expected
Looking at this from another continent and watching it happening in fucking real time is the most scary sensation I’ve felt in my life. Somehow worse than the nuke rethoric in the 70s and 80s,
I'm going with "relieved" for now, just to keep my shreds of sanity held together a bit longer. It also shines a light on how much political theater this is in order to maintain their base's storyline of "owning the libs" (which is getting quite worn for the most moderate MAGAs, so again "relieved")
Yeah, I'm starting to see with the whole new anti-Musk sentiment that "owning the libs at the expense of everything we need to live" doesn't seem to have the same luster as it did a few years ago.
I just commented that she’s not the top lawyer. But yeah she’s not even a lawyer at all! (Pretty sure Bondi would say these stupid things too tho as the “top lawyer”)
And illegal and retaliatory. Also wondering what Kristi Noem means by "boatloads" -- is that a canoe, a skiff, a fishing boat, a Musk-sized yacht, or a broligarch-sized yacht??
Harvard should have bent on this. Visa conditions allow DOJ & State to request student records. Bending would hace offered a fig leaf & opportunity to settle other, truly important, issues.
We’ve already seen that bending gets you nothing with this admin. Once they smell blood, they just demand even more. Might as well take a deep breath and plant your feet.
True. But give him a win to sell & you might get some quid pro quo.
But it's a winning issue with his base so legitimate questions (how much of best university slots should be reserved for citizens/what limits, if any, on political activity are expected of foreign guests) are ignored.
one the stories they link does not open because it prompts to to login to a Harvard account. Does this imply someone from Harvard accessed the document. Story is about a speaker telling about his Holocaust survivor grandfather finding refuge in Israel
This will last about 5 seconds in court. Noem is an idiot and a liar who thinks she can make up the law as she goes along. Eventually she will go to jail.
I’m sure it will come as a comfort to the roughly 100 Israelis currently studying at Harvard that their forced expulsion by this admin is being justified by purported anti-semitism.
I was going to snarkily reply that I am sure they will be excused from the exodus. Then I remembered that this admin doesn't care. They will be booted as well.
Because it’s not about protecting against anti-semitism at all. That’s just a convenient tool they can use to target political opponents. Anyone who fights it can be accused of being a Nazi and have their entire argument dismissed. It’s amazingly cynical.
They might be just savvy enough to know they'll piss off some backers if they do. Or maybe they still won't care. Who fucking knows with these pieces of shit.
Oh, Kristi Noem, who doesn't know what habeus corpus is? She's telling Harvard the law now? The ones with a law school that like, 60% of US attorneys come from?
They’re drawing down the blinds in anticipation of their own suicide. It’s how death cults work. For them, it is a victory. They get to prove that they are in control, as they drag everyone else into hell with them.
The delusion that the Heritage Foundation and Trump’s narcissism and willing criminals he gave power to not playing by the rules and being surprised is absurd and killing this country.
Even the most Trumpy judge will block the order halting foreign students from attending Harvard. Grossly overreach by the administration as is much of what they do.
"Facts about abuse on Harvard Campuses" and every single link describing different stories just links to the same DHS taskforce page briefly outlining with no specific details how they have a taskforce cracking down on Harvard antisemitism.
The kind of Brain Drain America will have the next four years will take decades to fix.
These students help with research that creates value and breakthroughs that Americans enjoy. Only the best are selected to stay, either through jobs or academic excellence.
Directed IP for years -working w/ Sevis to grant I-20s Aside from the ridiculousness of this press release & authoritarian Sevis revocation this will harm the entire industry — already shaky from Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric and policies. I fear for the students I helped study here (mostly from PRC)
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Crazed, foaming-at-the-mouth fascism.
First conservatives went after them because they discriminated against Chinese students. They failed
Now they're saying they are in cahoots with the Chinese?
They throw shit at the wall to see what they can make stick.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/10/harvard-defends-admissions-policy-before-supreme-court/#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20after%20a%20three,or%20any%20other%20racial%20groups.
https://jewishpublicaffairs.org/press-release/jewishcommunalstatement/
I'm confused.
Aggravated Assault went from 20 to 59, which isn't great but look a lot more benign than a "295% increase"
Robberies went from 5 to 28, but, again, "500%" is way scarier.
Almost half of all campus crime was auto theft at 144 (of 323 crimes)
Trump Regime Escalates Illegal Retaliation Against Harvard, Purports to Impose Bar on Foreign Students; Court Injunction Invalidating Illegal Action Expected
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/judge-blocks-trump-revoking-international-students-legal-status-rcna208625
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/us/harvard-university-trump-international-students
https://bsky.app/profile/joshuajfriedman.com/post/3lptyeugrxs2r
Here is further proof of it
Should've sent that cash over in planes from Qatar instead of boats I guess?
Also this crap from SDU Madison:
https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/05/10/noems-honorary-degree-sparks-protest-meanwhile-a-student-shes-trying-to-deport-earns-a-doctorate/
Once this is reversed, I hope someone sues the pants off them.
But it's a winning issue with his base so legitimate questions (how much of best university slots should be reserved for citizens/what limits, if any, on political activity are expected of foreign guests) are ignored.
That’s not even half a luxury jet. 🙄
How is that scammalicious?
https://www.dhs.gov/now-leaving?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.harvard.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F04%2FFINAL-Harvard-ASAIB-Report-4.29.25.pdf&back_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dhs.gov%2Fnews%2F2025%2F05%2F22%2Fharvard-university-loses-student-and-exchange-visitor-program-certification-pro
Trust that the Uyghurs will be forgotten by the cookout on Memorial Day. (Noem almost certainly can't spell their name right now)
These students help with research that creates value and breakthroughs that Americans enjoy. Only the best are selected to stay, either through jobs or academic excellence.
America is now proud to be dumber.
Gestapo
The same thing
#Harvard
sounds like the president who’s going to dine tonight with the folks who bought him at a public auction