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The Trump administration has frozen $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its policies allowing trans women to compete in women's sports.

A senior official said this is "just a taste" of further action, with UPenn at risk of losing all federal funding due to a Title IX investigation.

Trump signed an executive order on February 5 banning trans women from women's sports, citing fairness and safety concerns.

Advocacy groups are challenging the move, arguing it discriminates against trans athletes.

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[–] halfempty@fedia.io 78 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The real agenda is to bring down higher education in general. The whole Trans athletes thing is a smokescreen. The fascists consider higher education to be a stronghold of woke liberalism. If if weren't trans athletes, it would be some other excuse to make the cuts.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

a bunch of college educated fascists have convinced low education whites that education is evil and they should abhor getting an education when they are perfectly fine doing physical labor.

and totally not because they don't want the poors to get educated and realized how fascist they are.

[–] lorski@sopuli.xyz 35 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago

Remind me again of how many transgender college students have recently been arrested for having sex with a minor?

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

lol UPenn literally does not need anyone's help.

Go ahead you dipshit.

Their endowment could nearly cover tuition for all students in interest alone. (Cost would be 1.9B, interest on their endowment is over 1.1B. not that 800M is chump change but like... They're doing pretty damn fine)

This headline seems to further scare us. UPenn barely feels this. This is theater.

[–] javacafe01@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Researchers at these Universities do indeed need the money

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

False. They need grants, which are totally separate from this.

Source: academia.

UPenn is not going to feel this.

At all.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

Nah, it will, when administration fires a bunch of workers and then gives themselves a raise for accepting the ultimatum.

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They're going to cave instantly and bend the knee. They may not need it, but they're definitely going to do everything not to lose it, including kowtowing to fascists.

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[–] AugustWest@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Trump has already said he would tax endowments. First cut funding, then continually raise taxes on the endowments. He has the tools to destroy universities and no one is going to stop him.

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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I bet you Trump can't name 10 trans women (hell, make it 5 for easy mode)

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I think its a solid question to ask, does trump do anything besides think about other peoples junk?

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