Posted on 04/19/2025 2:57:32 PM PDT by karpov
The White House letter sent to Harvard University outlining a list of demands about the university’s hiring and admissions was sent without authorization, according to the New York Times, citing two unnamed people familiar with the matter.
The April 11 letter, which demanded that Harvard eliminate its DEI programs and screen international students for ideological concerns, among other sweeping changes, was “unauthorized,” people familiar with the matter told the Times.
The contents of the letter were authentic, but “there were differing accounts inside the administration of how it had been mishandled,” per the Times.
The letter was signed by Josh Gruenbaum, the commissioner of the General Services Administration, Sean R. Kevney, the acting general counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services and Thomas E. Wheeler, the acting general counsel of the Department of Education.
A Harvard spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC that “the letter that Harvard received on Friday, April 11, was signed by three federal officials, placed on official letterhead, was sent from the e-mail inbox of a senior federal official, and was sent on April 11 as promised.”
“Recipients of such correspondence from the U.S. government—even when it contains sweeping demands that are astonishing in their overreach—do not question its authenticity or seriousness,” the spokesperson said.
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BS
NYT propaganda.
“According” to the NYT. 2 “unnamed sources”.
Cue the gullible arguments.
I’ll withhold believing anything from the corrupt unethical NYT until other named sources confirm it.
More flushing is needed...
Flush with prejudice!
No - they run off to find a lawyer to go judge shopping for them.
Every day. Several posts from the same POS from the same POS sources, and then we never hear back from the person who started the thread.
Same kinds of things every day. BS.
Gee. We do have one member of this forum who seems to lap this up every single day and post a thread on it.
Given the content this user posts every day, it is pretty easy to deduce who this person supports. And that supported person is no conservative.
Until? Me, I’ll withhold believing anything from the corrupt unethical NYT full stop.
Lol
GFY troll
Trump needs to figure out who's responsible for this clown show.
A Power Flush is always needed when the NYT is involved.
I'll never understand those who think that knowing less is better than knowing more.
I am fascinated that the source for the story was two anonymous sources.
https://ethicsandjournalism.org/resources/best-practices/best-practices-anonymous-sources/
“In general, journalists should avoid using anonymous sources to make accusations or derogatory comments, a practice sometimes called “an unattributed negative.”
Why? Simply because it can look dubious and has a hint of unfairness.
Negative comments from an anonymous source might lead readers to believe that someone with ill-will is hiding behind their anonymity to evade the consequences of their statements.
And, the target of the negative statement has no idea who is making the comment and why.”
‘ I’ll never understand those who think that knowing less is better than knowing more.’
It is perplexing, but not surprising. It’s always been like that.
Why does it take three people to write a letter?
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