A new whistleblower report alleges that the Trump Administration’s investigations into campus antisemitism were merely efforts to extract millions from universities, under the pretense of rooting out hate.

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[–] 4 points 2 months ago

Did we really need a whistleblower for that?

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Trump’s ________ was a cash grab

    You could fill in a whole lot of things into that blank

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    A new whistleblower report alleges that the Trump Administration’s investigations into campus antisemitism were merely efforts to extract millions from universities, under the pretense of rooting out hate.

    The report, written by the Washington, D.C.-based Government Accountability Project on behalf of former Department of Justice Attorney Haley Van Erem, alleges that the administration’s antisemitism task force carried out “politically motivated” investigations that were “unsupported by facts and contrary to law.” The investigations did not follow proper Title VI procedure, she said, adding that they were opened with predetermined outcomes, and did not respect the First Amendment.

    The report has prompted Jewish U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) to initiate an investigation into the allegations. The Nexus Project, a watchdog organization dedicated to combating antisemitism and protecting free speech, released a statement supporting Raskin and Van Erem.

    This is not the first time Raskin or Nexus have criticized the administration’s antisemitism task force. Many left-leaning Jewish organizations have long criticized Trump’s efforts, with Raskin describing them as “weaponizing, distorting and exploiting the reality of antisemitism to attack academic freedom.”

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I'd be surprised if it wasn't

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    [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    You can assume anything he does is a cash grab.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago
    [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    It always is. The grift is eternal.

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    [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Literally everything the man does is a cash grab.

    It's fucking insane that so many in the US have still not woken up to the grifter grifting them constantly and openly, and continue to worship him.

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