Adam Harris

And upon their completion, the removal of funds has never really been on the table.

And upon their completion, the removal of funds has never really been on the table.

And upon their completion, the removal of funds has never really been on the table.

Yeah. So in that piece that I mentioned from December, the argument was you remove the funding from Columbia in order to scare other institutions into compliance. And if those institutions don't immediately comply, then they also know that, well, I can get my funding taken away, too. We have seen now $150 million away from Penn within days, right?

Yeah. So in that piece that I mentioned from December, the argument was you remove the funding from Columbia in order to scare other institutions into compliance. And if those institutions don't immediately comply, then they also know that, well, I can get my funding taken away, too. We have seen now $150 million away from Penn within days, right?

Yeah. So in that piece that I mentioned from December, the argument was you remove the funding from Columbia in order to scare other institutions into compliance. And if those institutions don't immediately comply, then they also know that, well, I can get my funding taken away, too. We have seen now $150 million away from Penn within days, right?

At least paused at Penn within days of launching or announcing an investigation there. And so it's really these timelines just don't necessarily comport, one, with the way things are done, but they also don't comport with a proper or legitimate investigation given the amount of staff they have now at the Department of Education.

At least paused at Penn within days of launching or announcing an investigation there. And so it's really these timelines just don't necessarily comport, one, with the way things are done, but they also don't comport with a proper or legitimate investigation given the amount of staff they have now at the Department of Education.

At least paused at Penn within days of launching or announcing an investigation there. And so it's really these timelines just don't necessarily comport, one, with the way things are done, but they also don't comport with a proper or legitimate investigation given the amount of staff they have now at the Department of Education.

Yeah, so there are a couple of various—it was interesting because the administration has gone farther than just saying, hey, you need to get everything in check, right? Figure it out, Columbia. They've actually given them a list of things that they could do in terms of disciplinary measures for students.

Yeah, so there are a couple of various—it was interesting because the administration has gone farther than just saying, hey, you need to get everything in check, right? Figure it out, Columbia. They've actually given them a list of things that they could do in terms of disciplinary measures for students.

Yeah, so there are a couple of various—it was interesting because the administration has gone farther than just saying, hey, you need to get everything in check, right? Figure it out, Columbia. They've actually given them a list of things that they could do in terms of disciplinary measures for students.

They said that one of the academic departments needs to be put under sort of academic receivership, meaning that someone comes in from outside of the department to serve as the chair and sort of look over their curriculums and things like that. So there are these sort of very specific guidelines for what can and cannot be said on campuses.

They said that one of the academic departments needs to be put under sort of academic receivership, meaning that someone comes in from outside of the department to serve as the chair and sort of look over their curriculums and things like that. So there are these sort of very specific guidelines for what can and cannot be said on campuses.

They said that one of the academic departments needs to be put under sort of academic receivership, meaning that someone comes in from outside of the department to serve as the chair and sort of look over their curriculums and things like that. So there are these sort of very specific guidelines for what can and cannot be said on campuses.

And once you start restricting speech in one manner, that sort of means you can restrict speech in a lot of different ways. So if you say, well, you can't have these sort of pro-Palestinian protests in a specific area, and if you do, then we're going to take your funding away.

And once you start restricting speech in one manner, that sort of means you can restrict speech in a lot of different ways. So if you say, well, you can't have these sort of pro-Palestinian protests in a specific area, and if you do, then we're going to take your funding away.

And once you start restricting speech in one manner, that sort of means you can restrict speech in a lot of different ways. So if you say, well, you can't have these sort of pro-Palestinian protests in a specific area, and if you do, then we're going to take your funding away.

There are a lot of things there that are reminiscent of the ways that southern governors used to say that students at Alabama State couldn't have sit-ins, otherwise they were going to remove the funding from Alabama State College, right? It's adjudicating specific behaviors and speech that students are making, which is really a threat to all of the principles of an institution.

There are a lot of things there that are reminiscent of the ways that southern governors used to say that students at Alabama State couldn't have sit-ins, otherwise they were going to remove the funding from Alabama State College, right? It's adjudicating specific behaviors and speech that students are making, which is really a threat to all of the principles of an institution.