College DEI rollbacks hit students' scholarships, campus mentors

As U.S. colleges are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices, students of color say they are starting to lose campus mentors, move-in events, scholarships and diversity offices where they always have felt welcome on predominately white campuses. The full scope of campus DEI rollbacks is still emerging as colleges respond to the Trump administration’s orders against diversity practices. But students at some schools say early cuts are chipping away at the sense of community that has helped open the door to higher education. The retreat from DEI has accelerated under President Donald Trump and his threats to cut federal funding.

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Earlier this month, #Trump issued 2 #ExecutiveOrders revoking the #security clearances of #ChrisKrebs, who led #CISA under during Trump’s first term & rebutted his claims that the 2020 election had been rigged & stolen, & #MilesTaylor, who once served as chief of staff at the #DHS. Taylor anonymously wrote a NYT opinion essay in 2018 accusing Trump of rampant “amorality” & telling of an internal government “resistance.”

#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #Autocracy #FirstAmendment #law

“It brings to mind the abuses of power that characterize #authoritarian nations, not the #UnitedStates. No matter one’s party or #politics, every American should reject the notion that the awesome #power of the presidency can be used to pursue individual vendettas. Behavior of this kind is more to be expected from a royal despot than the elected leader of a constitutional republic. This is the path of #autocracy, not #democracy.”

#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #ChrisKrebs #MilesTaylor #Trump

“Across our history, there have been dark chapters where state #power has been #weaponized & #dissent suppressed, including the crackdown during & after WWI, the #RedScare of the 1950s, & President Richard #Nixon’s ‘enemies list.’ These episodes are now seen as shameful deviations from the fundamental American principles of #FreeExpression & impartial #justice. The April 9 presidential memoranda are an appalling rejection of those bedrock democratic values.“
#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #Trump

#Trump is explicitly targeting 2 Americans because they exercised their #FirstAmendment rights…. That is a miscarriage of #justice which these individuals…vindictively singled out by him, will be unfairly forced to endure. The president of the United States must not direct federal authorities to investigate people with whom he disagrees.

“This is not democratic governance. It is baseless retaliation — & it has no place in the United States of America.”

#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower

Yes!!! #Resist - Six men charged after woman was forcibly removed from Idaho town hall meeting…The city attorney for Coeur d'Alene confirmed charges have been filed against six men after a woman was forcefully removed from a town hall in February. #legal #politics #USPol #USPolitics #FreedomOfSpeech #RevengePolitics #coup #AmericanCoup
https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho/six-charged-coeur-dalene-town-hall-incident/277-204bf517-c188-401f-a904-7859511da073
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Hour by Hour: How Harvard’s Donations Surged After Garber Challenged Trump | News | The Harvard Crimson

Contributions to Harvard spiked after the University refused demands from the White House on Monday. Read an hour-by-hour breakdown, according to a giving update produced by Harvard’s fundraising office and obtained by the Crimson.

That same day, #Trump also signed a memo targeting #MilesTaylor, a fmr US ofcl who wrote an opinion column & book critical of Trump under the pen name “Anonymous.”

In the Oval Office last week, Trump called #ChrisKrebs a “wiseguy” & mocked an appearance he had seen from Krebs on TV.

“He came out right after the election, which was a rigged election, a badly rigged election…this guy Krebs was saying, ‘Oh, the election was great, it was great,’” Trump said.

#law #democracy #RevengePolitics

Last week, #Trump signed a *memo* [directing the DOJ – which BTWs isn’t legal for him to do]…to investigate #ChrisKrebs, & suspend any #active security clearances held by Krebs & SentinelOne, the prominent #cybersecurity firm where he worked. Trump instructed the #DOJ & the #DHS to submit a report w/“recommendations for appropriate remedial or preventative actions.”

#law #democracy #Constitution #FreeSpeech #dissent #AbuseOfPower #RevengePolitics