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Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u... Taking a stand against the authoritarianism! Right on Harvard! And Trump isn’t against antisemitism, it’s a way to use a righteous cause to fight “liberal” universities who hire well educated and worldly profs & researchers, a group not attracted to ego driven bullies

Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

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Secretary Noem has had plenty of time for cowboy cosplay and prison photo ops in El Salvador—but not to answer my basic questions about ICE detentions and deportations. Who’s being held? Why? Where is ANY shred of due process? This isn’t tough-on-crime. It’s lawless, cowardly, and un-American.

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House Democrats@housedemocrats.bsky.socialApr 14(source)

On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @ivey.house.gov discusses how Kilmar Abrego Garcia was illegally deported by the Trump Administration, denied due process and sent to an infamous prison in El Salvador. The court has ordered him to be returned and this Administration must comply without delay.

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism

If it weren’t typical of Trump putting fox in hen house…. Simply pathetic!

@globalextremism.bsky.social

Harmeet Dhillon built her reputation defending far-right causes—from election denial to anti-trans lawsuits. Now confirmed to lead the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, she’s set to undermine the very rights she’s long worked against. Read her profile:

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Sarah Longwell@sarahlongwell25.bsky.socialApr 14(source)

He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. He’s defying the Supreme Court. Don’t you see what’s happening here?

Karma for Ohio State going to White House

Anna Bower

@annabower.bsky.social

Did…did JD Vance just break the national championship trophy?

Trump breaks the economy. Vance breaks the football championship trophy.Musk breaking SocialSecurity. The 3 Stooges.

ABC News 4 - WCIV

@abcnews4.com

Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University

Ooops! Watch as Vice President JD Vance appears to drop the National Championship trophy following the celebration at the White House with OSU. Watch the full celebration here: youtube.com/watch?v=VJuT...

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Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 3(source)

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u... Trump is using antisemitism to appeal to Jews and to get at his educated opposition in the Ivy schools, which his base detests. If he really wanted to go after antisemitism, he’d go after the KKK neo-Nazis proud boys but no, “They’re fine people on both sides.”

The administration has now targeted five schools’ federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses.

Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands

Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

@peterbakernyt.bsky.social

Last night was Zelensky and the truth about Russia invasion and Russian talking points being used in America as well as Greenland people speaking against Trump’s takeover/buyout deal. Today at his Press Conf.he said @CNN was unpatriotic and against America. THIS IS AUTHORITARIANISM AT ITS WORST !

Peter Baker

Trump says CBS should "lose their license" or at least be hit with "the maximum fines and punishment" for airing "60 Minutes" segments that included criticism of him, the latest example of seeking to use government power to crack down on independent media. thehill.com/media/524748...

This Trump press conference is the most pitiful press conference by a United States president—EVER! Shows no humanity,compassion or humility or being at all tethered to truth and reality.Hung up on Biden and Obama.Pathetic.He still claims 2020 election was rigged.He resents Zelensky, a brave leader!

Steve Cohen

@repcohen.bsky.social

Trump has hurt the stock market (401k’s),damaged our reputation among allies and other nations, destroying our nations safety net,abandoned fight to save Earth from climate change and weakening our democracy. What more can the felon, sex offender and liar in chief do to screw up our world?

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Musk’s Latest Fraud Finding Isn’t What It Seems

Trump is ripping up the Constitution and seizing power from Congress to advance his agenda: powers of the purse, dismantling agencies Congress has jurisdiction over & more. And the GOP—the same ones who claim to care about the Constitution—are just rolling over for him. That's how democracy dies. ⬇️

Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 12(source)

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u... AND/OR IGNORANCE SPOUTED BY MUSK, TRUMP AND TRUMP TEAM ABOUT FRAUD IN PAYMENTS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY ANF LABOR! SHAME ON THEM!!

His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits. But that fake data exists for a reason.

Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 11(source)

Full press release here ⬇️

Congressman Cohen and Senator Markey Lead a Letter to EPA Requesting a List of Companies Seeking Presidential Permission to Pollute

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts today led 59 Congressional colleagues in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeld...

Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 11(source)

The Trump admin opened a backdoor to exempt companies from the Clean Air Act—with ZERO public notice or accountability. I led 59 colleagues with @markey.senate.gov demanding the names of every company that applied. Who’s trying to pollute behind closed doors? We deserve to know. We will find out.

Congressman Cohen Introduces the HAPPY BIRTHDAY Budget Act

Trump isn’t a king. He doesn’t get taxpayer funded tanks and fighter jets for turning 79. If he wants a birthday party, he can have cake—or bingo—on his own dime. My HAPPY BIRTHDAY Budget Act would stop him from wasting tax dollars on a military parade. That's for authoritarians, not US presidents.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced the Halting All Parades for Presidents’ Yearly Birthdays; It Risks Taxpayer Harm, Damages, And Your (HAPPY BIRTHDAY) Budget Act. The measur...

Republicans just paved the way for the largest cut to America's social safety net in history—billions stolen from SNAP & Medicaid, from children, the disabled, and seniors. All to make the rich even richer. It's theft in broad daylight. I voted NO. Full remarks from the House floor last night ⬇️