Ya know, if the Trump administration wants to get into the university administration business, I daresay they could get Congress to pass an appropriation for setting a college up.
I could see that if the students getting the funding were also the ones causing the trouble, but I doubt that's the case.
Let's just call a spade a spade. The offending students were speechifying about something the Trump administration doesn't like, so the funding was yanked. There have been plenty of other threats to do the same where the only "crime" was occupying the quad.
These damn nitwits are getting outwitted by some of the dumbest people to ever occupy the seats of power of this nation. I contacted my 2 senators and urged them to vote no. FFS.
"As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency’s chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for a side hustle: aspiring Instagram fashion influencer."
Colonialism refers to steady encroachment on Palestinian land. It's the same as Manifest Destiny.
At the same time, people in 1948 thinking that carving out a new Jewish nation in that area of the world was going to happen peacefully was the height of Great Power folly. Here we are, nearly 80 years later, still living with that.
You're not addressing the criticism part. The Palestinian leaders are idiots and the people who cling to any right of return are fools. To acknowledge that and also state that no one has clean hands over there is my point. By your reasoning the only agency Israel has is, "Look what you made me do."
Israel has The Bomb and has been expropriating land for years. It also has a well-justified sense of persecution and self-preservation that manifests itself in some pretty ugly ways sometimes. It carries outsized weight in American foreign aid and policy. No right thinking individual believes that country is going to disappear.
As an American, whose tax dollars get spent in the Middle East, I'll reserve the right to criticize the recipients of that aid without having first passing a purity test.
We're going to need a cite for this: "multiple states funding what are basically IslamicNazi arguments".
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Politico floats Rahm Emanuel as a presidential candidate. I don't know how he'd fare nationally, but he carpetbagged his way into the Chicago mayoralty and was pretty effective. Laquan McDonald doomed him, but I think he was on his way out anyway. He's certainly got the political chops and he ain't afraid to play hardball.
The Palestine/Israel debate is a special case, I'd posit. For whatever reason (usually cynicism), we're not allowed to differentiate between criticism of Israel and anti-semitism. Until that happens, we're just talking in circles.
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"Zionism is the idea that the Jews should have a country."
There exists Jewish state and it ain't going anywhere.
Ya know, if the Trump administration wants to get into the university administration business, I daresay they could get Congress to pass an appropriation for setting a college up.
There’s no other way to explain that vote.
I could see that if the students getting the funding were also the ones causing the trouble, but I doubt that's the case.
Let's just call a spade a spade. The offending students were speechifying about something the Trump administration doesn't like, so the funding was yanked. There have been plenty of other threats to do the same where the only "crime" was occupying the quad.
Porque no los dos? Also, why does the U.S. government care if Columbia students shut down Columbia's campus?
F*ck Dick Durbin. That relic needs to fade into well-deserved obscurity.
These damn nitwits are getting outwitted by some of the dumbest people to ever occupy the seats of power of this nation. I contacted my 2 senators and urged them to vote no. FFS.
Oh, all the way. Couldn't get any further.
And, McLaurine? Paging r/tragedeigh!
It was my understanding that waste, fraud, and abuse were going to be eliminated.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/opm-spokesperson-fashion-influencer-videos-invs/index.html
"As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency’s chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for a side hustle: aspiring Instagram fashion influencer."
Get in line, buddy.
Where's Israel going to go if not to the U.S.?
You left out right thinking.
Colonialism refers to steady encroachment on Palestinian land. It's the same as Manifest Destiny.
At the same time, people in 1948 thinking that carving out a new Jewish nation in that area of the world was going to happen peacefully was the height of Great Power folly. Here we are, nearly 80 years later, still living with that.
You're not addressing the criticism part. The Palestinian leaders are idiots and the people who cling to any right of return are fools. To acknowledge that and also state that no one has clean hands over there is my point. By your reasoning the only agency Israel has is, "Look what you made me do."
Israel has The Bomb and has been expropriating land for years. It also has a well-justified sense of persecution and self-preservation that manifests itself in some pretty ugly ways sometimes. It carries outsized weight in American foreign aid and policy. No right thinking individual believes that country is going to disappear.
As an American, whose tax dollars get spent in the Middle East, I'll reserve the right to criticize the recipients of that aid without having first passing a purity test.
We're going to need a cite for this: "multiple states funding what are basically IslamicNazi arguments".
Politico floats Rahm Emanuel as a presidential candidate. I don't know how he'd fare nationally, but he carpetbagged his way into the Chicago mayoralty and was pretty effective. Laquan McDonald doomed him, but I think he was on his way out anyway. He's certainly got the political chops and he ain't afraid to play hardball.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/12/rahm-emmanuel-president-2028-column-00224241
Heh. No way those won’t be vandalized soon.
By my reading of this, only the most pure of heart may render criticism of Israel.
According to the linked article, there's only 1 firm Dem yes vote.
Southwest Airlines is giving up its only competitive advantage. It used to be such a great airline and now it's just another face in the crowd.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/southwest-airlines-will-charge-check-bags-first-time-launch-basic-econ-rcna195776
The Palestine/Israel debate is a special case, I'd posit. For whatever reason (usually cynicism), we're not allowed to differentiate between criticism of Israel and anti-semitism. Until that happens, we're just talking in circles.