UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding: "When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." [aaup-penn.org/statement-by...]( ) [Statement by the AAUP-Penn Exe...]( )
I have spent multiple weeks working on this story. We are not dropping it. I hope you will give this a read. RE: View quoted note →
Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. [talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...]( ) [There Is an Information Blacko...]( )
I spoke to the CEO of a company that has a nearly $12 million contract to provide barriers to "Alligator Alcatraz." He told me that he didn't know his products were going to the facility. I offered to show him the contract. He declined to look at it. [talkingpointsmemo.com/news/contrac...]( ) https://shiitake.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:trqqcu6a3xwkmserqrohveu5&cid=bafkreigtcpt36ssquekzwbquxnlh7cyqzrzvb5tzs2z2odgldaujsz26ai
EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis diverted disaster prep resources during hurricane season in the rush to build the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp [talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/co...]( ) [Contracts Show Millions of Dol...]( )
Right now, the Times' web front page features a photo from the rally where he dropped an anti-Semitic slur and the headline "Victory For Trump." [talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...]( ) https://shiitake.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:trqqcu6a3xwkmserqrohveu5&cid=bafkreifsnnuhmr7ooxkpnbjzbxtuauswx22vbvkkaax45gfyxarvnwycba
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment about Trump's use of the term "shylocks." [talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...]( ) [Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks ...]( )
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The first civilian detained by Marines ***that we know of*** Thank you for your attention to this matter fellow posters.
Aside from the basic ethics and illegality, having the president ride a plane set up by a foreign power seems like a major security and intelligence risk.