The #Trump admin is also attempting to #deport some foreign protesters & has revoked hundreds of #visas across the country.
The Trump admin has frozen or canceled some #funding for #universities like #Columbia, #Princeton, #Brown, University of #Pennsylvania, #Cornell & #Northwestern as well.
#Trump has threatened to withhold federal #funding to those institutions over the issues. Rights advocates have condemned what they call an assault on #FreeSpeech & #AcademicFreedom.
US #law [already] requires #universities to report donations from foreign sources exceeding $250k in a year.
In a letter to #Harvard President Alan Garber, Trump’s Dept of *#Education* said Harvard made "incomplete & inaccurate" disclosures between 2014 and 2019.
#Trump's admin said on Fri it sought #Harvard University's records on foreign #funding going back a decade & on some foreign ties, in the govt's latest escalation against the educational institution.
Trump has launched a widely condemned crackdown against top US #universities, including Harvard, over pro-#Palestinian campus #protests & other #CultureWar issues like #transgender rights & #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs.
#law #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-seeks-records-harvard-foreign-funding-ties-2025-04-18/
"If the review of #socialmedia results uncovers potential derogatory information relating to security issues, then a SAO must be submitted," the cable said, referring to a #security advisory opinion, which is an interagency investigation to determine if a #visa applicant poses a #NationalSecurity risk to the #UnitedStates.
#Trump’s order to conduct a #socialmedia vetting for all #immigrant & non-immigrant #visas should include #NGO workers as well as individuals who have been in the #Palestinian enclave for any length of time in an official or diplomatic capacity, the cable said.
#Trump admin orders #Gaza-linked #socialmedia vetting for #visa applicants
The Trump admin late Thurs ordered a social media vetting for all US visa applicants who have been to the Gaza Strip on or after Jan 1, 2007, an internal #State Dept cable seen by Reuters showed, in the latest push to tighten screening of foreign travelers.
#law #privacy #FreeSpeech #immigration
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-gaza-linked-social-media-vetting-visa-applicants-2025-04-17/
“I write this letter as the sun rises, hoping that the suspension of my rights will raise alarm bells that yours are already in jeopardy... I hope it will shake you into acting before it is too late” — Mahmoud Khalil
https://x.com/AliAbunimah/status/1913197050453242176
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon
#mahmoudkhalil #freespeech
Indiana Univ faculty council passed a resolution to establish a pact with all 18 universities under the Big 10 academic alliance to defend academic freedom.
It comes as a result of recent and escalating politically-motivated actions by governmental bodies threatening the foundational principles of American higher education, including the autonomy of university governance, the integrity of scientific research, and the protection of free speech.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/trump-universities-response
Analysis: "American Concentration Camps"
"Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps, it creates a system of detention that eschews due process & disappears citizens into black holes.
"Our offshore concentration camps are in El Salvador & Guantánamo."
But "once they are normalized, not only for immigrants & residents, but U.S. citizens, they will migrate to the homeland."
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/american-concentration-camps
#usconcentratiincamps #us #uspol #fascism #immigration #freespeech racism .
Apparently no(t yet). Even survivors of the #Shoah (meaning #Jews who outlived the "Third Reich") have called the #GazaGenocide a #Holocaust, so it's not up to #EvilEugen to limit their and our freedom of speech.
Silencing the Shifting Opinion About Israel
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/17/silencing-the-shifting-opinion-about-israel/
Project Esther is more than just a desperate attempt to salvage a crumbling Zionist narrative — it is part of a broader authoritarian shift in U.S. politics, says Tariq Kenney-Shawa. By Tariq Kenney-Shawa Al-Shabaka On Oct. 7, 2024, marking one…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #Constitution #FreeSpeech #Israel #Palestine #Propaganda #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #1969U.s.ForeignAssistanceAct #AntiRacketeering #AntiTerrorism #Antisemitism #Bds #CanaryMission #Democracy #Hamas #HeritageFoundation #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceAlliance(ihra) #PresidentDonaldTrump #ProjectEsther #Rico #TariqKenneyShawa
Hate speech and the proliferation of extremism online have a chilling effect on online speech through intimidation and fear. A philosophy professor explains how restrictions on hate speech can support #freespeech rather than undermining it. https://buff.ly/0MKbF7u
Michael Gregory, Clemson University
Analysis: "American Concentration Camps"
"Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps, it creates a system of detention that eschews due process & disappears citizens into black holes.
"Our offshore concentration camps are in El Salvador & Guantánamo."
But "once they are normalized, not only for immigrants & residents, but U.S. citizens, they will migrate to the homeland."
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/american-concentration-camps
#usconcentratiincamps #us #uspol #fascism #immigration #freespeech racism .
https://www.europesays.com/2004368/ The history behind controversial laws of sacrilege and blasphemy in Australia #australia #blasphemy #charge #Christianity #church #FreeSpeech #Justice #law #legal #MountGambier #prison #Religión #ReligionAndEthicsReport #ReligiousLaw #sacrilege #SouthAustralia
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.”
#ChrisKrebs, who ran #CISA & was responsible for securing the #2020election, drew #Trump’s ire after publicly contradicting Trump when Krebs stated the #election WASN’T STOLEN [Trump literally called that election “rigged” again today during an Oval Office presser]. Krebs was fired by tweet in Nov 2020 after calling the election the most secure in history.
Fmr top #Trump admin ofcl #ChrisKrebs targeted w/[an illegal] federal investigation by Trump said he would fight back against what he called an unprecedented campaign by the govt to punish #dissent.
Krebs, one of Trump’s top #cybersecurity ofcls in his first term, will resign from a leading #security firm to more freely challenge the White House, he said.
#law #democracy #Constitution #FreeSpeech #AbuseOfPower #RevengePolitics
https://archive.is/2025.04.16-204549/https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/chris-krebs-trump-cybersecurity-executive-action-31cb99cb
Sarah Kennedy-O’Reilly, a #Harvard spox, said the #university was aware of the letter, which she said “follows on the heels of our statement that Harvard will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. We continue to stand by that statement.”
The sweeping request from Noem comes as hundreds of #international #students across the US have had their #visas revoked in recent weeks, causing alarm on campuses & a string of federal lawsuits seeking to overturn the decisions. In other cases, ofcls from #ICE have arrested students for protesting
against Israel on #college campuses.
