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Apparently, a few days ago, senior government officials filed an amicus brief in the lawsuit Perkins Coie filed against DOJ because of Trump’s executive order.  Those senior government officials are represented by Susman Godfrey (and a Yale law clinic), who wrote the brief.  Yeah, Trump was coming after them.  Susman had some strong language:

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The Constitution did not make the President a king empowered to punish subjects arbitrarily based on animus or whim. Even setting aside the many constitutional rights violated by his Order, the President possesses no general national security power that empowers him to sanction U.S. citizens simply because they disagree with him. Nor does any Supreme Court decision or historical practice authorize the President to unilaterally issue punitive bills of attainder targeting American citizens against whom he holds discriminatory animus. If national security considerations can justify this Order, then national security could be invoked to justify any arbitrary executive act. Left undisturbed, this Order will jeopardize the executive’s ability to call for judicial deference in those cases where national security is genuinely implicated.

https://abovethelaw.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/gov.uscourts.dcd_.278290.98.1.pdf

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7 hours ago, flatdawgs said:

Some research universities have not eliminated or hidden their DEI departments and policies; out of curiosity I looked at my alma mater (UW) and they still have all their info up, including "Inclusive Name Tools" and "Transgender Resources" among others. I'm sorry UT has approached it in the way they have by informing her they won't even consider her, including telling her that an interview at any research university will be sabotaged by the notation. For now, that's probably not completely accurate. (Tomorrow, who the hell knows?) I feel terrible for her and others in her position, excitedly starting careers, who have this disgusting shit sandwich served to them by their own country. Rage.

 

Yeah, despite what I said above, ask not for whom the bell tolls; it also tolls for all of us eventually. Today visas were revoked for 9 students at the UW, 3 at Seattle U, and 2 at Gonzaga. None of the institutions have any idea why, nor were they or anyone else notified. SOP. At least the UW is providing legal and counseling services to the 9.

The difference being that UT is getting it from both Trump and state government.

I'm not sure what legal remedies universities have against this, if any.  I'm not reading much about legal pushback on this.

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8 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

The difference being that UT is getting it from both Trump and state government.

I'm not sure what legal remedies universities have against this, if any.  I'm not reading much about legal pushback on this.

I thought about mentioning the state's role in this, but figured everyone here was already aware of that (and I'm certain it is a major factor - and it is definitely a difference between the two situations). That said, telling her that no other research university would be likely to interview her goes above and beyond what UT can or cannot do itself - at least for now.

I've been curious about what can or can't be done legally in this matter as well, and also have heard very little around here about what the universities are trying to or can do. One thing they can avoid doing is kowtowing, since Columbia has shown us that bending the knee gets you nothing but a slightly delayed kick in the balls.

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47 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

The Pentagon spokesperson is retweeting Kremlin media.

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That’s probably the least surprising result of electing Trump. We’re allies now

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2 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

Apparently, a few days ago, senior government officials filed an amicus brief in the lawsuit Perkins Coie filed against DOJ because of Trump’s executive order.  Those senior government officials are represented by Susman Godfrey (and a Yale law clinic), who wrote the brief.  Yeah, Trump was coming after them.  Susman had some strong language:

https://abovethelaw.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/gov.uscourts.dcd_.278290.98.1.pdf

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3 hours ago, flatdawgs said:

I thought about mentioning the state's role in this, but figured everyone here was already aware of that (and I'm certain it is a major factor - and it is definitely a difference between the two situations). That said, telling her that no other research university would be likely to interview her goes above and beyond what UT can or cannot do itself - at least for now.

I've been curious about what can or can't be done legally in this matter as well, and also have heard very little around here about what the universities are trying to or can do. One thing they can avoid doing is kowtowing, since Columbia has shown us that bending the knee gets you nothing but a slightly delayed kick in the balls.

There are a few different ways that could be interpreted:

  1. I'm sorry but based on political climate including executive orders and threats to withhold funding to any university that has DEI related programs you're likely to have a hard time getting interviews at research grant universities, you might try the public sector instead.
  2. Sorry, Lib.  Daddy's home and said you can take your woke ideology and use them to keep you warm at night.

Only 1st hand interaction and context would offer insight to which end of the spectrum this was.

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1 minute ago, Brian Fantana said:

Because saying "Free Palestine" is illegal or something

They know the Nazis were anti-semitic, and that they're being equated with Nazis.  So they're calling out (making up) anti-semitism from their opponents so they can say, "See, we're not Nazis!  THEY'RE the Nazis!"  against anyone they want.  Then smuggly say, "We were protecting the nation from anti-semitism."  (Which, while abhorrent, is not illegal).  

Cool trick, huh?

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1 minute ago, Chad Fuck said:

They know the Nazis were anti-semitic, and that they're being equated with Nazis.  So they're calling out (making up) anti-semitism from their opponents so they can say, "See, we're not Nazis!  THEY'RE the Nazis!"  against anyone they want.  Then smuggly say, "We were protecting the nation from anti-semitism."  (Which, while abhorrent, is not illegal).  

Cool trick, huh?

Also what Putin did to sell invading a neighboring country. What are the odds?

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1 hour ago, wildcat09 said:

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Wait....."IDEAS?"

They are.....literally....."Thought Police?"  I mean....credit for not even trying to deny it anymore, I guess.

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16 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

That's uber-petty.  But here is something they did do.

https://abovethelaw.com/2025/04/former-national-security-officials-take-aim-at-trumps-biglaw-executive-orders-in-amicus-brief/

The brief, filed by the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School and Susman Godfrey, takes particular aim at “the President’s attempt to invoke national security to justify this punitive, retributive, ad hominem Order.”

Trump's attempt to create presidential power by encanting "foreign affairs" and "national security" over matters having little or nothing to do with either is probably the grossest abuse of his powers, notwithstanding its lack of effect on little people.

It’s absolutely having an effect on little people. He cited national security to strip union rights from the employees of the FDA, EPA, Bureau of Land Management, General Services AdminIstration, FCC, and Veterans Affairs among others. 

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1 hour ago, wildcat09 said:

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What is that orange symbol supposed to be? A cross?

 

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Chilling when one considers transporting people to one way destinations unknown for crimes, that are in some cases, rather nebulous.

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There has been a lot churn targeting anyone who said Trump lost in 2020.  I expect a rewrite of history is going to play heavily in fuckery related to the 2028 election, that Trump is owed a term.

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Full on Orwellian. What Trump did leading up to the election, on election night, and through January 6 was the worst shit a US president has ever done. 

Who was the republican who said in December 2020 "What's the harm in humoring him?"?

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23 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

Re. My daughter’s experiences. I have learned the SS number mention referenced a file specific to an individual researcher, which is known as an ORCID file. This file contains all of an individual’s published research, all who conduct research have such a file, and the SS number differentiates between two researchers who share the same name. And, yes, the fact that my daughter was employed in a program Republicans have labeled DEI has been added to my daughter’s research file. 

UT legal came to the conclusion that employing my daughter in another job leaves them vulnerable to the charge that “DEI hires” were just shuffled around. 
 

M daughter makes clear that she was told this notation in her file will sabotage any interview at a research university. Too bad. So sad.


Here is the offending language of the Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program  (PREP) program she was enrolled in:

”The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio provides an individualized, diverse and multidisciplinary learning environment for students to develop the knowledge, skills and creativity necessary to succeed in the evolving biomedical disciplines.”

Here is a link to UT Health’s PREP program:

https://uthscsa.edu/biomedical-sciences/programs/prep

If this is indeed the "offending language," then whoever is making this call to flag SS #'s is an outright dumbass who needs to take a remedial English course. "Individualized and diverse" modify the "learning environment." Nothing to do with PEOPLE hired for diversity. Diverse in this statement simply means the nature of the learning environment is varied... similar to "multidisciplinary."  J F C  

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23 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

We’ve moved beyond law firms and are now just targeting individuals who say things Trump doesn’t like.  Today he signed an executive order targeting a former government employee for “falsely denying that the 2020 election was stolen and rigged.”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-addresses-risks-from-chris-krebs-and-government-censorship/

 

Krebs was a Trump appointee. His mandate was to work with the various federal election entities to reduce vulnerability and identify if there had been anything done to influence the outcome of elections. He reduced the vulnerabilities, and found no evidence that elections were influenced. Krebs did identify significant activity from Russian troll farms in Saint Petersburg Russia that was being copy/pasted into conservative influencer social media and directly into Trump talking points. Conservative members of Congress directed Krebs agency to never contact social media companies again.  “It is a violation of the first amendment to restrict the flow of misinformation coming from a foreign enemy state.“ Russia put Krebs on its enemy of Russia list.  Then Trump lost the election. Trump claimed the election was hacked. Krebs disagreed and pointed to data. Trump fired Krebs by tweet.

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14 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

 

A Wall Street analyst at JP Morgan (he’s really good imo) censored himself this week in fear of speaking against Trump’s idiotic tariffs:

 

 

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1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

No better time to take a cruise.

 

 

"Only one epidemiologist remains in the program's team to investigate outbreaks, one official said, and was still in the early stages of their training."

Investigating why a literal boatload of people have diarrhea sounds like a pretty shit gig baseline, much less when you're by yourself and don't know what the fuck you're doing. 

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8 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

SIAP.

Not a flag, not a congressional pin but an empty golden head. Guess the loyalty test has gone full Trump Tower penthouse tacky. You can read the article at the link but it doesn't appear to be a joke. Wonder if all of the military will have to wear them in his pricey parade....

 

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5 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I really really think we are in a simulation. I mean come on. 

I checked around, and one of the articles compared it to a Mao pin, but what hasn't been verified as accurate is whether HE is articulating it or the sycophants are doing this of their own accord. Either is just stunningly awful though.

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2 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Apparently “anti-semitism” is the new catch all cudgel they will ban hammer people with.   

 

 

 

This is so gross. As if they give a fuck about anti-semitism. Or even know what it is. It’s the Red Scare all over again. 

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SIAP.
Not a flag, not a congressional pin but an empty golden head. Guess the loyalty test has gone full Trump Tower penthouse tacky. You can read the article at the link but it doesn't appear to be a joke. Wonder if all of the military will have to wear them in his pricey parade....
 

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So it's just immigrants they are screening for "anti-semitism"?  Hmmm.  I feel like there's a back story here, but I just . . . can't . . . quite . . . put my finger on it.  Oh well.

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On 4/6/2025 at 3:59 PM, jimmyjazz said:

Kris Kristofferson was a very, very smart man.

Indeed he was. 

 

And Cash was a very, very hair-dyed man.

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9 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Apparently “anti-semitism” is the new catch all cudgel they will ban hammer people with.   

 

 

 

Pick me, pick me, pick me!

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