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Trump administration issues nine demands to Columbia University to restore federal funding

The #WhiteHouse has demanded #Columbia reform its world-renowned Middle Eastern studies department and adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Areeb Ullah
Published date: 14 March 2025 13:31 GMT

"The university was also told to begin the process of placing Columbia's world-renowned Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies department under academic receivership. This process requires an outside chair, who could be appointed by the government, to run the department for five years. "

"Other demands listed by the White House include a mask ban on campus, giving "full law enforcement authority" to campus security by allowing them to "arrest and remove agitators", and reforming the admissions process for its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. "

middleeasteye.net/news/columbi

#Palestine #MiddleEast #politics
#USPolitics
#media #news #press @palestine

Middle East EyeTrump administration issues nine demands to Columbia University to restore federal fundingThe White House has demanded Columbia reform its world-renowned Middle Eastern studies department and adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism
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Update. "#Trump Executive Order Targets #IMLS for Closure"
wordsandmoney.com/trump-execut

"In a March 14 Executive Order, President Donald Trump has targeted seven more federal agencies for permanent closure, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

If some parts of IMLS are "statutorily required" and cannot be shut down by an executive order, the #OMB has seven days to show it.

"EveryLibrary is hosting a petition [to keep IMLS open]…The American Library Association has…weighed in with a statement."

Words & Money · Trump Executive Order Targets IMLS for ClosureIn a March 14 Executive Order, President Donald Trump has targeted seven more federal agencies for permanent closure, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The order states that the president has determined IMLS is “unnecessary” and gave agency officials seven days to submit a report to the OMB

Kremlin told U.S. it didn't want Trump's Ukraine-Russia envoy at peace talks

Keith Kellogg “is a former American general, too close to Ukraine. Not our kind of person, not of the caliber we are looking for,” a Russian official stated.

Trump, taking a knee to Vladimir Putin, quickly demoted Kellogg!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war

nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna19598

Putin dictating Trump's Actions!

"Putin phoned Trump to say that Keith Kellogg wasn't a Russian-friendly agent, so Trump immediately canned Kellogg and limited him to Ukraine and not Russia!“
- Aure

Trump narrows Keith Kellogg’s role to Special Envoy to Ukraine, ending his involvement with Russia
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #Trump

nypost.com/2025/03/15/us-news/

Veterans Protest Trump!

Veterans were among the several thousand protesters who amassed on the National Mall on Friday to rally against the Trump Regime's unilateral deep cuts to the federal government, including at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

"Thank you to the alert Aure Free Press reader who told us of the event"
- Aure
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #protests #Trump

military.com/daily-news/2025/0

“Saudi Arabia’s economic power rests on its vast oil reserves, and Mr. Trump has embraced a parallel approach — championing ‘drill, baby, drill’…”

Trump’s AI generated video of a casino-led Gaza Strip “is the embodiment of the shared Gulf state dream: autocratic technocapitalism in glitz and glass.”

#giftLink #uspolitics

nytimes.com/2025/03/15/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | Does Trump Want America to Look More Like Saudi Arabia?By Quinn Slobodian

I am now a monthly ACLU donor. I haven't slept well since November. Society is much better, safer and more prosperous with civil rights, justice for everyone, inclusiveness, separation of religion and state, and public education. Without those, wealth and life quality for everyone degrades rapidly.

aclu.org/
#USPolitics
#CivilRights #LGBTQ #justice #WomensRights

American Civil Liberties UnionHome | American Civil Liberties UnionThe ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.
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@ alexlunaview

Please boost.

"....other countries keep asking why Americans aren't protesting, but we are & have been - the media isn't covering it...."
Protesters! Keep posting everything to social media. Over and over. Everyone, on every platform should be boosting it to help. Hopefully media from other countries will pick it up and we'll hear about it.

Something I’ve been thinking about - and it’s morbid, but we live in weird times.

As this administration continues to threaten other countries, I wonder - do they think these countries can’t or won’t martial up resources and networks to bring guerrilla warfare right to our streets? Possibly with the help of US citizens?

We know foreign intel agencies are trying to recruit folks - I wonder how many have voluntarily signed on, because fuck it, the admin declared war on all of us?