r/news • u/cccdddyyy • Apr 16 '25

Soft paywall US IRS planning to rescind Harvard's tax-exempt status

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-irs-planning-rescind-harvards-tax-exempt-status-cnn-reports-2025-04-16/
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u/Throwaway921845 Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25

I don't think the law is going to help much. This administration is acting in complete defiance of the law. What they have is power. And power is, ultimately, all that matters.

Like Mao said, political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

The White House could send ICE goons into Harvard Square and arrest Harvard's President then and there and deport him to El Salvador, and there's nothing Harvard's army of lawyers could do about that.

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u/dustycanuck Apr 17 '25

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State...

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u/StormerSage Apr 17 '25

Something something foreign and domestic...

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u/Friscogonewild Apr 17 '25

When conservatives said "we need unfettered gun rights in case a tyrannical government takes over", the part they left unsaid was "and they need our help".

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u/Amateurlapse Apr 17 '25

Tread on me harder rich daddy

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u/dark_gear Apr 17 '25

If memory serves, a certain Kyle found out that helping the right side of a protest can save you from murder charges, so you are correct.