Three prominent professors have departed their tenured posts at #Yale, one of America's most prestigious #IvyLeague schools, for new #Edu jobs in #Canada.
They left #America clues, and basically cited the frightening #reprisals, threats to free speech, bullying and anti-intellectual fervor vowed against the #HigherEd world that has already seen students plucked off streets by secret police and institutions publicly denounced and #defunded by #FarRight thought policing.
is the US still a viable #democracy in a world where autocracies (91) have just surpassed democracies (88) ?
Observers note that current situation in the U.S. is #unprecedented, mentioning Presidential pardons of 1,500 anti-democratic activists who supported violently overthrowing an election; firing independent agency #watchdogs without due process; purging apolitical police and military brass and numerous federal programs.
As exec branch blatantly challenges & defies #judiciary, and acolytes rapidly dismantle role of govt under leadership of President who expresses contempt at free speech and institutions, threatens unconstitutional #reprisals against political enemies, and has used his position to insure personal benefits for self and allies worries the world.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-democracy-report-1.7486317
Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump has done these things in the past few days.
#Crackdown on #guns for the #Nashville #school #shooting, not #trans #people
Many #conservative #figureheads, however, like the #DailyWireโs #selfadmitted #fascist #MattWalsh and Rep. #MarjorieTaylorGreene, R-N.C., have already jumped on the bandwagon of blaming the shooting on Haleโs #genderidentity, sparking #panic among many in the #transcommunity over potential #conservative #reprisals
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