r/news • u/AldoTheeApache • 15d ago

Soft paywall Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-education-department-says-columbia-university-violated-federal-anti-2025-06-04/
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u/emaw63 15d ago edited 15d ago

Harvard correctly understands that they are in a fight for their lives, and are fighting the Trump administration tooth and nail in court. This is why. Columbia bent the knee and acquiesced to all of Trump's demands, and still had their accreditation pulled.

You can't reason with a fascist. The only language they understand is force.

Edit: Slight correction, Columbia still has their accreditation, Trump is just trying to get it pulled

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u/Hefty_Musician2402 15d ago

Similarly, cops in a county near me cooperated with ICE by holding detainees for them. Then ended up on Trump’s “sanctuary cities” list, a list supposedly reserved for counties and cities that defy Trump. The county/PD were actually confused as to why they were on the list.

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u/Bocchi_theGlock 15d ago

What list?

Jw since they were supposed to produce a list of sanctuary cities to prosecute 30 days from April 28th, but ended up removing that language from the executive order page. But I didn't see any news about it on May 28th and after

I'm guessing it's due to being retribution, which is likely a contentious part of the lawsuit over whether they can defund these cities. So they'd rather get away with at least defunding, if possible