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America’s Popular Universities for Palestine
This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the Ukraine aid package, banning TikTok, Lina Khan’s FTC overreach, and the pro-Hamas protests sweeping America’s college campuses
April 25, 2024
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Number of the Day from The Scroll
28
→ That’s the number of employees affiliated with the “No Tech for Genocide” activist group that Google has fired for participating in a protest demanding that the company cancel its cloud computing contract with the Israeli Ministry of Defense, The Wall Street Journal reports. On Tuesday, employees at Google’s New York City and Sunnyvale, California, offices staged protests, pledging not to leave until they were arrested or Google canceled the contract; nine were ultimately arrested. In a company-wide email announcing the firings, Google Vice President for Global Security Chris Rackow wrote that the protests were “unacceptable, extremely disruptive and made co-workers feel threatened” and promised that the company will not “overlook conduct that violates our policies.” In the process, he offered a valuable lesson for those of us observing similar disruptive protests in cities and universities—namely, that they are relatively easy to handle, as long as there is the political will to do so.
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DEI on Campus
The Writing Is on the Wall for Jewish Students
We must challenge professors and students who tacitly endorse antisemitic violence in the guise of ‘resistance’
BY THOMAS ULLMAN
The DEI Complex Will Never Protect Jews
The problem isn’t that the system—of affinity groups, diversity officers, microaggression policing, and more—hasn’t included Jews until now. It’s that the system itself is dangerous.
BY ARMIN ROSEN
It’s not about diversity, equity, or inclusion. It is about arrogating power to a movement that threatens not just Jews—but America itself.
BY BARI WEISS
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Michael Lind chronicles civilizational shifts and national trends, writing about American politics and culture with a deep understanding of history and appreciation for America's highest ideals.
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