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Chuck DarwinTrump says pressure on Columbia is only the beginning for college campuses Trump’s crackdown on alleged "antisemitism" on college campuses is alarming students and instructors -- who say the administration is trying to outlaw criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza and bend universities to his will.  Trump says he’s just getting started.  Since last Saturday’s detention of a Columbia University graduate student and green card holder without criminal charges, the Department of Homeland Security has publicized the removal of two students who participated in Gaza protests at the school. Federal agents entered two dorms on the New York campus with search warrants Thursday night, the university’s interim president announced, saying she was “heartbroken.” No one was arrested.  Several agencies sent a joint letter demanding disciplinary changes and the right to monitor an academic department as a precondition to restoring $400 million in federal funding. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department is investigating Columbia not only for civil rights violations but also for “terrorism crimes.”  Administration officials, including Trump, have been vague about what constitutes "antisemitism". But the crackdown fulfills multiple campaign promises: a pledge to stand with American Jews [Ha! Trump is the antisemite], whom he heavily courted for their votes in November; a promise to combat “anti-American” behavior on liberal campuses [Again, Trump is Anti American]and, perhaps his top policy priority, the deportation of noncitizens living in the United States illegally [Now you found it].  What is clear is that Trump is willing to use the full power of the federal government, including its purse strings, to dramatically change behavior — by both students and administrators — on college campuses. Trump applauded the detention of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil and called it “the first arrest of many to come.”  “The chill seems to be the point here,” said Will Creeley, legal director at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. “If we say that folks who are here lawfully, even those folks who have committed no crime, need to watch what they say, lest they get a knock on the door in the middle of the night, we’re essentially no better than the countries that folks have left for decades and centuries to come here.”   On Thursday, Columbia announced expulsions, multiyear suspensions, temporary degree revocations and other punishments for students who the university said had violated rules while protesting the Israel-Gaza war. The actions stemmed from high-profile protests last spring that sparked a national movement of tent encampments and police crackdowns across the country. It also animated a campaign rallying cry by Trump and other Republicans, who lambasted elite college presidents for struggling to distinguish protected free expression from misconduct, leading to resignations at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania.  Columbia has been investigating and holding hearings for nearly a year.  The Trump administration’s letter to the university, from the Education and Health and Human Services departments and the General Services Administration, directed school officials to expel or suspend protesters who joined an encampment and seized a university building last year. The letter, obtained by The Washington Post, also demanded that the school define antisemitism, ban masks, "reform" admissions and impose five years of academic receivership for its department of Middle East, South Asian and African studies. The letter set a deadline of March 20 for the measures as a “precondition for formal negotiations regarding Columbia University’s continued financial relationship with the United States government.” And it shocked advocates for free speech.  “The subjugation of universities to official power is a hallmark of <a href="https://c.im/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>,” said Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia. “No one should be under any illusions about what’s going on here.”  The ripple effects are already apparent.  On Tuesday, Columbia Journalism School held a meeting with students to talk about free speech and reporting after Khalil’s arrest. Someone asked what the school was doing to protect visa-holding students from arrest and deportation. The school’s dean, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jelani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jelani</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cobb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cobb</a>, said that he would do anything in his power to protect students and their ability to report but that no one has the capacity to stop DHS from jeopardizing their safety.  “These are, in fact, dangerous times,” Cobb posted later on social media. “They require as much caution as they do courage.”  DHS said Friday that it revoked the visa of a Columbia student from India who participated in protests and that she left the country on Tuesday, releasing surveillance footage of her departure. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/15/trump-columbia-antisemitism-protests/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/15/trump-columbia-antisemitism-protests/</a>

sgt1372<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Earrhquakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earrhquakes</a>I wish there were a way to filter out any comments regarding a quake below 4.5 that has happened or is happening in the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SFBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFBA</a> because anything below that level simply is NOT worth mentioning. 🤷The filter on my <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MyShake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyShake</a> app is set at that level & the only quake at that level which was recently reported was a 4.7 <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/quake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quake</a> in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Cobb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cobb</a> on 1/1 that no one said 💩 about around here.😎

Georgia Election Data UpdateGood morning, <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Georgia</a>! Here's your <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/EarlyVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarlyVote</a> progress takeaways:1️⃣ 🔵 Democrats and IVWPBs* won the day for Sunday Early Vote, comprising more than 80% of turnout. Total turnout, however, was 36,845, as only some counties participate in Sunday early voting.2️⃣ Looking at county-level turnout this morning as of 8:30am, there is much heavier turnout than usual from the core <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/Atlanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atlanta</a> Metro counties: <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/Fulton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fulton</a>, <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/Dekalb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dekalb</a>, <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/Cobb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cobb</a>, and <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/Gwinnett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gwinnett</a>. (Note: this is preliminary data and subject to changing later in the day!)3️⃣ From the AJC (<a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/politically-georgia-reading-the-early-voting-tea-leaves/RFGNGJRXRFGJFFC4G6QMG2WZKE/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/politically-georgia-reading-the-early-voting-tea-leaves/RFGNGJRXRFGJFFC4G6QMG2WZKE/</a>): 🔵 "Harris number-crunchers see the 2022 midterm as the more relevant comparison and say they’re tracking above that turnout level. They expect this week to be the heaviest volume yet, particularly in metro Atlanta, and view their targets in reach."...and: 🔴 "Brandon Phillips, a veteran Republican strategist who once led Trump’s Georgia operation, said GOP data modeling shows Trump with an edge of roughly 80,000 votes and that Democrats would be “fading by the day” if the pace continues."4️⃣ Five full days (including today) of early vote remain in <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Georgia</a>. There is still time for 🔵 to make up ground lost during <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/EarlyVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarlyVote</a>, but the window for that time is, of course, closing.ℹ️ I adjusted the "cycle" turnout chart and moved 2024 voting +1 day to align better with days-of-the-week from prior election cycles.*Infrequent voters without a partisan ballot on record.<a href="https://theatl.social/tags/election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election2024</a>

EAS Watcher<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/EAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EAS</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/WEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WEA</a> for Clayton, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Cobb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cobb</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DeKalb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeKalb</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Fayette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fayette</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Fulton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fulton</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Henry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Henry</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Rockdale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rockdale</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>: National Weather Service: A FLASH <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FLOOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FLOOD</a> WARNING is in effect for this area until 12:45 PM EDT. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Source: NWS Peachtree City GA <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Clayton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Clayton</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Cobb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cobb</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DeKalb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeKalb</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Fayette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fayette</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Fulton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fulton</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Henry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Henry</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GA</a>; <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Rockdale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rockdale</a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GAwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GAwx</a>** D

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