Bend at the knee. Get fucked. Idiots.
Columbia announces deal to pay Trump administration more than $220m
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/23/columbia-university-220m-trump-administration?CMP=share_btn_url
Columbia announces deal to pay Trump administration more than $220m

Deal falls short of starkest measures, including consent decree and overhaul of university’s governance structure

The Guardian
@jeffjarvis America has fallen. And the streets are quiet. Welcome fascism.

@jeffjarvis

The Republican thirst for bribes & grift is limitless.

The GOP have become mafia thugs threatening "nice university you have there, hoping nothing happens to it."

The folks who built an endowment fund must be so pleased about the public corruption & grift.

@jeffjarvis Columbia may not be the best of the Ivy League schools, but it's definitely the most disappointing.
@jeffjarvis I say this as a disgusted alum with many distressed colleagues there.
@mattblaze @jeffjarvis My brother and sister-in-law are also alumni of Columbia and they’ve been on the Columbia Sucks team for years.

@jeffjarvis

Had they fought the fascist how fierce of a battle would $220M of legal fees bring?
Kneeling to fascists is an embarrassing legacy they will always be remembered for.

@jeffjarvis The students should exercise their first amendment rights to protest this!

Oh, wait, they are not allowed to.

@jeffjarvis I just expressed a string of expletives.

It's basically paying "protection money" to the mob boss, so he can protect you from himself.

@jeffjarvis The president is a mobster running a protection racket...

@RichardNairn @jeffjarvis

What separates Trump from Hitler is that Trump is nothing more than a mobster. The concentration camps, illegal disappearances, promotion of race hate, dismantling of the constitution - these are done merely for the purposes of racketeering. Hitler did these things for ideological reasons.

@NovaNaturalist @jeffjarvis I am not sure that Trump is actually the brains - his mental capacity seems so diminshed. I figure he is just the front man for others like Miller to take advantage of. He is all about posture and making himself look strong and enriching himself.

@RichardNairn @jeffjarvis I think you could are right.

One thing I think is unlikely: Whether or not there is a 2028 election, I don't believe Trump will be around for his unconstitutional third term.

@jeffjarvis For smart people, they sure are dumb motherfuckers.