Andrew Prokop
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And then suddenly during the transition and at the beginning of the administration, we see these personal public attacks on Pompeo and then yanking his security details. a top aide associated with Pompeo, Brian Hook, as well. Someone who was on Trump's State Department transition team before suddenly being kind of penalized by Trump's retaliation.
And then suddenly during the transition and at the beginning of the administration, we see these personal public attacks on Pompeo and then yanking his security details. a top aide associated with Pompeo, Brian Hook, as well. Someone who was on Trump's State Department transition team before suddenly being kind of penalized by Trump's retaliation.
So he's really sort of used it, you know, against Democrats, against his critics, but also people on his own side who he feels like stepped out of line in some way or demonstrated insufficient loyalty.
So he's really sort of used it, you know, against Democrats, against his critics, but also people on his own side who he feels like stepped out of line in some way or demonstrated insufficient loyalty.
So he's really sort of used it, you know, against Democrats, against his critics, but also people on his own side who he feels like stepped out of line in some way or demonstrated insufficient loyalty.
oh, this is extremely unusual. It's unprecedented as far as I know. It's extremely petty. The justification that they give is, oh, this is expensive and we don't want to fund it. But I mean, that's just silly. It's a rounding error in expense. It's just like a personal form of payback that's like, hey, if you step one toe out of line, I'm not going to make sure that
oh, this is extremely unusual. It's unprecedented as far as I know. It's extremely petty. The justification that they give is, oh, this is expensive and we don't want to fund it. But I mean, that's just silly. It's a rounding error in expense. It's just like a personal form of payback that's like, hey, if you step one toe out of line, I'm not going to make sure that
oh, this is extremely unusual. It's unprecedented as far as I know. It's extremely petty. The justification that they give is, oh, this is expensive and we don't want to fund it. But I mean, that's just silly. It's a rounding error in expense. It's just like a personal form of payback that's like, hey, if you step one toe out of line, I'm not going to make sure that
a hostile foreign power doesn't assassinate you. I'm going to, you know, leave you open to that possibility. I'm not doing anything for you.
a hostile foreign power doesn't assassinate you. I'm going to, you know, leave you open to that possibility. I'm not doing anything for you.
a hostile foreign power doesn't assassinate you. I'm going to, you know, leave you open to that possibility. I'm not doing anything for you.
Elite universities were kind of in right wing thinking, were basically deemed of certain of Trump's top donors, the center of wokeness. Like they were what unleashed wokeness on society. Right wing activists like Christopher Ruffo want to really kind of smash the universities.
Elite universities were kind of in right wing thinking, were basically deemed of certain of Trump's top donors, the center of wokeness. Like they were what unleashed wokeness on society. Right wing activists like Christopher Ruffo want to really kind of smash the universities.
Elite universities were kind of in right wing thinking, were basically deemed of certain of Trump's top donors, the center of wokeness. Like they were what unleashed wokeness on society. Right wing activists like Christopher Ruffo want to really kind of smash the universities.
But of course, the public universities under left-wing bureaucratic rule are hostile to open inquiry, hostile to civic debate. To really go after, as we've seen Harvard and this belief that the universities are the power centers of the left. And if you can...
But of course, the public universities under left-wing bureaucratic rule are hostile to open inquiry, hostile to civic debate. To really go after, as we've seen Harvard and this belief that the universities are the power centers of the left. And if you can...
But of course, the public universities under left-wing bureaucratic rule are hostile to open inquiry, hostile to civic debate. To really go after, as we've seen Harvard and this belief that the universities are the power centers of the left. And if you can...
take away their research funding, if you can threaten their tax-exempt status, if you can threaten all kinds of other consequences, you will force them to behave in ways that are more accommodating to the right.
take away their research funding, if you can threaten their tax-exempt status, if you can threaten all kinds of other consequences, you will force them to behave in ways that are more accommodating to the right.
take away their research funding, if you can threaten their tax-exempt status, if you can threaten all kinds of other consequences, you will force them to behave in ways that are more accommodating to the right.