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Harvard University punished with $2b funding freeze for defying Trump (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Harvard University has been hit with a $2.3bn federal funding freeze after the Ivy League institution took a stand against the Trump administration’s ongoing demands.

The freeze, representing 35.9 percent of Harvard's $6.4bn operating expenses, immediately followed a letter on Monday from Harvard University lawyers to the Trump administration, stating that it rejected the government’s demands.

The letter, issued by Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and LLP King & Spalding LLP, said that “The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.”

Harvard is the first university to take a stand against the government, which said it is investigating 60 universities over allegations of antisemitism. Several Ivy League schools have already had funding threatened or cancelled.

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Just like how anyone not in a cult can ask "Hey why DO they get $2b in the first place, how much is going to the executives, and who else is getting this?"

Or

"Maybe our system is just fundamentally broken"