In a chilling development, the Trump administration has unleashed a full-scale witch hunt targeting nearly 900 faculty members within the University of California system. Their “crime” is signing open letters on the Israeli assault on Gaza and calling for the protection of Jewish and Palestinian students alike.

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    I have no idea how politicians can survive on a platform of suppressing opposition to genocide.

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      It is very strange to see how everyone capitulates on the whole ordeal. If you can’t recognize and call out a genocide for fear of backlash and attacks, then it should be obvious that very powerful people are pulling the strings.

      It is quite disgraceful that governments and organizations are not calling it what it is for fear of something or someone.

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    No ML to call him genocide Trump? Guess they don’t care at all. Must have been all talk to get Trump elected.

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      Yeah it’s funny how so many self-proclaimed “leftists” here are only ever interested in being critical of the Democratic party.

      Huh.

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      I for one find “Genocide Don” quite catchy. The problem with this label is that the man himself and most of his supporters will likely just shrug it off as if it weren’t worth denying; it would be like calling a paid assassin a “murderer”.

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    Is there a secondary source for this because the lack of citations, and source have me itching to see this reported elsewhere

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      Why do you think that is, I’m not screwing around but curious. Is it actually because of the military strength it helps the US project in the area or is there some other reason. I truly cannot understand why this is being endorsed by so many people and governments.