The place is a Liberal mess, allowing a certain group of crazed lunatics to enter and exit the classroom and spew fake ANGER AND HATE. It is truly horrific! Now, since our filings began, they act like they are all “American Apple Pie.” Harvard is a threat to Democracy, with a lawyer, who represents me, who should therefore be forced to resign, immediately, or be fired. He’s not that good, anyway, and I hope that my very big and beautiful company, now run by my sons, gets rid of him ASAP!
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Trump Directs Sons to Fire Trump Org. Lawyer Because of Harvard Ties
In a statement, one of the sons, Eric Trump, confirmed that the Trump Organization intended to cut ties to Mr. Burck over his decision to represent Harvard.
“I view it as a conflict, and I will be moving in a different direction,” he said.
Mr. Burck declined to comment.
Harvard files lawsuit against Trump administration
(April 21, 2025)
Harvard filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration, arguing its freeze on research funding is unconstitutional and “flatly unlawful” and calling on the court to restore more than $2.2 billion in research dollars.
The filing, in U.S. District Court in Boston, requests that the court vacate and set aside the funding freeze to allow previously approved funding to flow and halt administration efforts to freeze current or deny future funding without engaging in procedures contained in federal law.
Dear Messrs. Gruenbaum, Keveney, and Wheeler:
It is unfortunate, then, that your letter disregards Harvard’s efforts and instead presents demands that, in contravention of the First Amendment, invade university freedoms long recognized by the Supreme Court.
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The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.
Harvard won’t comply with demands from Trump administration
Harvard on Monday rejected demands from the Trump administration that threaten $9 billion in research funding, countering that the changes pushed by the government exceed its lawful authority and infringe on both the University’s independence and its constitutional rights.
“The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” Harvard President Alan Garber wrote in a message to the community. He added: “No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
With billions at risk, Harvard rejects Trump administration’s request for policy changes
The Trump administration has threatened numerous colleges across the U.S. with funding cuts if changes in school policy weren’t made, and Harvard’s move appears to mark the first time an elite university has rebuked the White House over those demands.
Among the mandates in the administration’s letter are the elimination of Harvard’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs, banning masks at campus protests, merit-based hiring and admissions reforms and reducing the power held by faculty and administrators “more committed to activism than scholarship.”
Harvard Says It Will Not Comply With Trump Administration’s Demands
Other universities have pushed back against the administration’s interference in higher education. But Harvard’s response, which called the Trump administration’s demands illegal, marked a major shift in tone for the nation’s most influential school, which has been criticized in recent weeks for capitulating to Trump administration pressure.
Knesset Passes McCarthyistic Law Allowing Far-Right Government to Fire Teachers
The bill was attacked during the debate in the plenum by Hadash-Ta’al MK Ahmad Tibi, who retweeted a statement by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) arguing that its purpose was “to regulate the discourse in schools and to harm teachers whose statements and worldview do not coincide with those of the education minister and the political parties controlling the Education Ministry.”
“The purpose of the law is to threaten teachers and principals of Arab schools, to mark them and make them a target for surveillance and persecution,” the rights group stated, arguing that the tools already at its disposal before the current law were “adequate and sufficient.” “The law severely violates the rights to expression, employment and pedagogical autonomy of teachers and administrators,” it added. The teachers’ unions also opposed the bill.
Were young American Jews lied to about Israel? A new documentary says yes
(February 24, 2023)
From directors Eric Axelman and Sam Eilertsen, Israelism follows two millennial Jews — Simone Zimmerman, co-founder of IfNotNow and Eitan, an American former IDF soldier who didn’t want to use his last name in the documentary — as they talk about becoming disenchanted with the Israel they were taught to defend and believe in growing up within the American Jewish system. (Filmmakers Axelman and Eilertsen are also millennial Jews, and in a director’s statement, Axelman wrote about their own, similar arc with Israel.)
Possible Eoarchean Records of the Geomagnetic Field Preserved in the Isua Supracrustal Belt, Southern West Greenland
(24 April 2024)
The preservation of a temperate climate and liquid water on early Earth depends critically upon the strength of the magnetosphere (Sterenborg et al., 2011; Tarduno et al., 2014). Recent atmospheric escape models have suggested that both weak (<10 μT) and strong (>1 mT) magnetic fields could substantially enhance atmospheric escape under present-day solar wind conditions via the polar wind or cusp escape, respectively (Gronoff et al., 2020; Gunell et al., 2018; Lundin et al., 2007). During the Archean, the Sun was rotating faster, generating a stronger stellar dynamo and therefore the solar wind was more intense than today (Vidotto, 2021). An increased solar wind strength causes greater interaction with the upper atmosphere and greater escape of ions assuming a constant level of protection from Earth‘s magnetosphere. Previous magnetohydrodynamic simulations have suggested that if Earth‘s magnetic field was half its present day strength 3.5 Ga ago, the area of the polar cap (the area containing open dipolar magnetic field lines, allowing atmospheric escape via the polar wind) could increase by up to 50% (Sterenborg et al., 2011).
The Earth’s Magnetic Field Is At Least 3.7-Billion-Years Old, New Evidence Shows
The age of the Earth’s magnetic field remains under question in part because we don’t fully understand what causes it today. We know it is a product of movements in the molten outer core, whose high iron content turns convection currents into a dynamo, and these currents in turn are produced by the solidification of the inner core.
Earth‘s magnetic field formed before the planet‘s core, study suggests
(24 April 2024)
Today, the magnetic field is driven by the churning of the liquid part of the core and the transfer of heat from the solid inner core to the convective outer core as the former cools. But researchers think the core didn‘t solidify until about a billion years ago.
How does the Earth‘s core generate a magnetic field?
The Earth‘s outer core is in a state of turbulent convection as the result of radioactive heating and chemical differentiation. This sets up a process that is a bit like a naturally occurring electrical generator, where the convective kinetic energy is converted to electrical and magnetic energy. Basically, the motion of the electrically conducting iron in the presence of the Earth‘s magnetic field induces electric currents. Those electric currents generate their own magnetic field, and as the result of this internal feedback, the process is self-sustaining so long as there is an energy source sufficient to maintain convection.
Watch: Israeli children sing, “We will annihilate everyone” in Gaza
The sweet faces of children make an incongruous accompaniment to the genocidal lyrics of the so-called Friendship Song 2023.
“Autumn night falls over the beach of Gaza, planes are bombing, destruction, destruction,” the children sing in angelic voices. “Within a year we will annihilate everyone, and then we will return to plow our fields.”
The lyrics were translated for The Electronic Intifada by independent writer and filmmaker David Sheen and you can watch a subtitled video of the song above, or in the tweet below:
Israeli children sing to “annihilate everyone” in Gaza in genocidal war anthem This Nazi-esque ethnosupremacist propaganda was published by Israel’s national broadcaster, @kann_news, and subsequently deleted
Between Oct. 2021 and Sep. 2022, the U.S. spent $877 billion on the military, more than the next 10 countries combined. These huge military expenditures, along with the rising costs of a for-profit healthcare system, have driven the U.S. national debt to over $31 trillion, nearly $5 trillion more than US GDP. #Kennedy24
Imagine how we could rebuild our nation if we brought even half that amount home. Let‘s take care of those left behind. Let‘s fix our infrastructure. Let‘s clean up our environment. Let‘s make our nation strong and prosperous again! #Kennedy24
Education Minister Tweets: ‘One Nation, One Flag, One State’, on Holocaust Day
(20.04.2023)
“Does the Minister of Education know the source of the quote,” asked Communist Party leading member and lawmaker Ofer Cassif (Hadash). Prof. Hagai Levine, the past chairman of the Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians, said that it was “really sad to read such a tweet on such a day from an uneducated minister.”
Israel’s New Proposed Civics Curriculum Favors Loyalty to State Over Equal Rights
Israel’s new junior high school civics curriculum highlights Jewish aspects of Israel and the power of the government while reducing the focus on civil and human rights, the status of the Arab minority, judicial oversight, equal rights and other components of democracy.
According to sources in the Education Ministry, the curriculum, which was formulated over the past year by five members of the curriculum committee (all Jews, and three are religiously observant), is expected to serve as a basis for a new high school civics program in the future. It is pending final approval.
Die Hauptstadt des ganz normalen Wahnsinns
Schlagzeilen der derben Sorte aus dem Berliner Alltag lauten gerade „Läden schließen und verwandeln sich in teure Ferienwohnungen“, „Kaufhauskette stellt Insolvenzantrag“, „Tipps für die Zeit ohne Strom in Berlin haben Hochkonjunktur“, „Die Flüchtlingsströme sind für Berlin nicht zu stemmen“, „Bäcker, Fleischer, andere Handwerksbetriebe geben auf“, „Staus wegen junger Menschen, die sich auf die Straße kleben“, „Bundespräsident hält Rede an die Nation“, „Gesundheitsminister erklärt, dass Kitas in der Pandemie nicht hätten geschlossen werden müssen“, „Mieterhöhungen von 15 Prozent bedrohen Mieter in Moabit“, „5 Euro für einen Glühwein“, „Briefe werden von der Post unzuverlässig zugestellt“, „Berliner Feuerwehr in Not“, „Sozialämter überlastet“, „Zahl der Obdachlosen steigt“, „Paragrafenänderung durch Regierung schränkt Freiheit der Rede, der Meinung, der Wissenschaft ein“, „Aufarbeitung des RBB-Skandals ist einzige Veralberung“, „Müllgebühren steigen“, „Kochen ohne Strom – Empfehlung dagegen: Rotkohlsalat“, „Drama um Berufsausbildung – die Lage ist schlecht“, „Sanierungsstau bei der U-Bahn“. Und so weiter.
Kinder malen Menschen ohne Mund und Nase
„So war das in Corona-Zeiten. Wir beobachteten das immer häufiger: Die Kinder nahmen uns mit Maske nicht so wahr“, kommentiert Engelhardt. Sie erläutert, dass für die Sprachentwicklung Mimik und Gestik unerlässlich seien und durch das Maskentragen den Kindern viel davon genommen worden sei. Aussprache und Sprachverständnis seien schlechter geworden. Und sie fügt einen besonders besorgniserregenden Umstand hinzu: „Es erschreckt mich, wenn ich sehe, dass Kinder Gesichter nur noch mit Augen malen, Nase und Mund einfach vergessen.“
100 Jahre Paulo Freire: Gedenken des brasilianischen Pädagogen
Er entwickelte erfolgreich eine Alphabetisierungsmethode für Erwachsene, wurde aber bald von der Militärdiktatur verfolgt und musste Brasilien verlassen. Im Exil verbreiteten sich seine Ideen, und er erlangte internationale Anerkennung.
Uruguay: Proteste gegen Reformen im Bildungswesen
Unter dem Motto „Die staatliche Bildung verkauft man nicht, sondern man verteidigt sie!“ haben Gewerkschaften einen Generalstreik ausgerufen.
Erste öffentliche indigene Universität in Kolumbien erkämpft
Die Autonome Indigene und Interkulturelle Universität (UAIIN) bietet heute als öffentliches Bildungsinstitut attraktive Studiengänge an.
Ungarns Regierung sichert sich mehr Einfluss auf Unis
Das Parlament verabschiedete heute eine Reform, wonach Stiftungen eingerichtet werden sollen, die die Universitäten betreiben. Die Kuratoren der Stiftungen werden von der Regierung ernannt.
Pupils across Italy protest against distance learning
Pupils and teachers in 60 Italian cities were striking and staging protests against distance learning on Friday.
The protest-strike was called by the Priorità alla Scuola community and some unions.
Afghan officials reverse ban on girls singing after social media backlash
„In Afghanistan today the Ministry of Education suffocated the voices of our little girls by making it illegal for them to sing,“ tweeted Shamila Kohestani, former captain of the national women‘s football team.
Lockerungen in den Bundesländern – Wo und wie Schulen und Kitas wieder öffnen
Zahlreiche Bundesländer lockern vom 22. Februar an schrittweise die Corona-Einschränkungen im Schulbetrieb. An einem Strang ziehen sie dabei wie gehabt nicht.
Using Light to Study Planets
In this activity, students will build a spectrometer using basic materials to observe the light emitted and absorbed by several sources. This will be used as a model for how NASA uses spectroscopy to determine the nature of elements found on Earth and other planets. For higher grades, this activity can also be used to discuss advanced spectroscopic topics, such as how NASA research is advancing spectroscopic techniques to teach us more about plant life on Earth.
What WAS the point of vaccine triumph if we are doomed to endless curbs, asks Dr JOHN LEE
Despite the success of the vaccine programme, which will see all vulnerable people protected against Covid-19 in a month, it seems lockdown will largely continue until July.
Restaurants and churches possibly still closed. Travel impossible. Families forbidden to mingle indoors. The Treasury still borrowing billions to keep people on furlough. This is draining the health of our population and our economy.
LOCKED IN: Restrictions can’t ease until NEXT YEAR due to aggressive mutant Covid strains, warns Sage
They came to their conclusions by modelling what could happen in the next few months under the vaccine rollout, presenting their findings to Sage on January 14.
Researchers at Warwick University wrote in the document, published today: “With the new aggressive covid strain, likely transmission efficacies prove insufficient to prevent further infection outbreaks across the population.
Coronavirus latest news: Restrictions on large gatherings likely to be in place ‚for next few years‘
Prof Spector also suggested that basic infection control measures – including physical distancing, face masks and handwashing – should remain in place as they „don‘t cost really anything to do“.
„I think we need to get used to that and that will allow us to do the things we really want to do more easily and more readily,“ he said.
Boris Johnson under pressure after eighteen Tory MPs back call to open schools in England by Feb 22
Among the 18 Tories who signed the pledge that „All schools should open full-time to all pupils from Feb 22 to March 8 are former Cabinet minister Esther McVey, ex-ministers Steve Baker, Tim Loughton and Harriet Baldwin, and chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Conservative MPs Sir Graham Brady.
UK Covid cases fall by a THIRD in a week and deaths down almost 20% piling pressure on Boris to show way out of lockdown
Mark Harper — chairman of the Covid Recovery Group of lockdown sceptics, with 70 Tory MPs — said: “Back-of-the-envelope calculations I did based on two million doses a week mean you could get the top nine priority groups, first doses, and the top four groups, second doses, all done by the end of May.
“So it seems to me by the time you get to the end of May, no later than that, you should be in a position to get rid of restrictions completely.