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Greed=Money=Power!!

Look at the corrupted members of government!

Destroying children with shallow propaganda in public schools!

How many Americans can afford PRIVATE???

DEI, gender surgeries, social media they are complicit in lowering American’s education.

Soros bought, Iran bribed, China fattened.

Wish it wasn't so.

Left of left once socially, NEVER AGAIN!

You have betrayed sold us out!

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"But these universities have given no indication that they will end their profitable partnership with Qatar. " Actually, Texas A&M University recently announced plans to close our Doha campus by 2028 (cf. https://president.tamu.edu/messages/an-important-update-on-the-qatar-campus.html) .

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While correlation does not always mean causation, it's interesting that all this money being pumped into American universities and the pro-palestine - anti-Israel demonstrations on those same campuses.

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To reframe the Bill Clinton Comment: It's About the Evil Funded by Oil Money, Srupid -- AND Now what, and by whom? The best on point is Bari Weiss. None close. I seent this story to everyone I know and asked them to subcribe to The Free Press -- do the same folks!! The answer to my question set (Now what, and by whom?-- in case you forgot) in reverese order is: You get others to subscribe now (and, it's 25% off)

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They own sports teams to wash their reputation. And they are donating to universities to do the same thing. And yet here are words almost never heard spoken by a sovereign democracy -- “our friends the Qataris.” US institutions should remember the old saying that when you have rattlesnakes as pets, they are likely to bite you, too.

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If are in any doubt about the extent of the anti-semitic bias of students at the worlds top Universities. Please take a moment to watch US journalist and political commentator, Ben Shapiro, answer questions from Oxford Universities best and brightest at the Oxford Union: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1NFirxhXWE&ab_channel=OxfordUnion

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Well, it only took around 50 years of Marxists populating the top echelons of our elite universities to turn them to the most transactional institutions in the world. They make the New York Times look like amateurs. By the way, in case anyone is wondering, the Communists have ALWAYS been anti-Semitic. How could they not be? The existence of an oppressed and set upon minority that actually thrives as exceptional in almost every field is an existential threat to their rather fragile world-view. The exposure of this, finally, to the world at large is the ONLY silver lining for this entire horrid situation.

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Qatar had to spread the wealth. Politicians need to be purchased as well. Mike Cernovich film on influence buying by Qatar in DC from 4 years ago. 20 minutes.

https://youtu.be/lFimy3QXqSc?si=3x8mEaJfFvIAWd5v

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"...while maintaining our moral, intellectual, and financial integrity?”

We cannot "maintain" something that does not exist any more. We need to cleanse all institutions of Marxists before we can start talking about integrity. The Marxist idea of integrity is "ends justify the means" or "by all means necessary." Perhaps Joseph McCarthy's idea was not as wrong as his methods.

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The question—as I see it—is how do we respond in a way that preserves our free and open society—including our higher education system with all its natural strengths—while maintaining our moral, intellectual, and financial integrity?”

Moral and intellectual integrity almost always clash with the financial. Maintaining our free and open society is part and parcel with our moral integrity. Add money to the mix and there is bound to be compromise. Convince me I'm wrong. Cheers!

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Genuine question -- if the Hamas leadership is living it up in Qatar, why is the Israeli army bombing them out of gaza? Mid level people are in gaza? Why don’t the Israelis target these senior guys in Qatar? And is it not essential that they do so to end this? What’s the point of taking out the mid and lower level soldiers/terrorists?

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Since these colleges have so much foreign money, they shouldn’t need federally guaranteed student loans, and should be able to lower tuition.

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Hi Bari and team. Seems like y’all would like Desantis a lot considering he just banned Hamas supporters from Universities and is against the killing of babies. Peoples’ offices arent getting smeared in Florida for anti jewish slogans plus there is the free flight home from Israel.

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Sweet Lord, will we ever get it together USA?!? STOP taking foreign money!

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No surprise here.

When you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.

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