Peter

OK. *deep sigh* If we’re really doing this …

If anyone has information about this alleged $130 million “donation” — including the identity of the “donor,” if such a person or corporation exists, and any legal opinions purporting to authorize this — please send it my way. I am at crg.32 on Signal.

I smell state prosecutions.

Wells Fargo scammed millions of people by opening fake accounts. The Trump Administration just reduced a former Wells Fargo exec's $10 million fine to $0.

Trump is making life more affordable for Wall Street executives — and more expensive for everyone else.

They're gassing one of the richest neighborhoods in Chicago today

fI at any time after the Effective Date, the United States ni its sole discretion determines that UVA si making insufficient progress toward compliance with the Civil Rights I.aws, it wil so notify UVA and provide UVA with a period of 15 days ot make appropriate progress. If the United States determines ni its sole discretion after that time that UVA has not made adequate progress, the United States may terminate this Agreement and may pursue enforcement actions, monetary fines, or grant or funding terminations as appropriate, and may resume al Investigations held ni abeyance during the pendency of this Agreement.

The real problem with UVA's agreement today is that it gives the US the "sole discretion" to decide questions like these. And I have a hunch that Pam Bondi is going to interpret the Bondi memo as consistent with "relevant judicial decisions." So UVA hasn't given itself much of an out here... /end

UVA has mortgaged its future to a present that expires in January

Jesus wept. Mr. Jefferson did, too.
#uva #resist #fascists

University of Virginia Makes Deal With White House to Halt Investigations

Unclear what the “immense pressure” that UVA faced from the Trump administration, but cutting these individual deals is an absolute disaster for higher education.
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University of Virginia strikes deal with Trump administration to pause civil rights investigations The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest in a growing list of campuses striking deals with the Tru...

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Spanberger calls for changes to college boards after UVa's shows 'weakness' Abigail Spanberger says Virginia needs to change how the governor appoints members to college boards — a hot topic in the state that has landed the current governor in court.

A UVA alumna who has been very, very vocal about the bullshit happening at that university.

UVA damaging much more than its own reputation -- weakening the bulwark for all of academia. Now's the time for solidarity across the academy against these moves. UVA's weak capitulation is damaging for everyone

University of Virginia Makes Deal With White House to Halt Investigations

So if I am reading this right UVA made permanent concessions in its admissions policy in return for a “pause” in an investigation. Just … why!?

University of Virginia reaches deal to pause Trump administration probes The agreement includes no monetary penalty and no external monitoring, U-Va. officials said. The Justice Department says the school must prohibit DEI to close the federal probes.

We need to call out those who cave to Trump's bullying, and that is exactly what UVA is doing here.

It's not just wrong — it's counterproductive, feeds the beast, and just encourages more mafia-like blackmail from this lawless administration.

The United States Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WWW.JUSTICE.GOV/NEWS October 22, 2025 The Justice Department Announces Agreement with University of Virginia WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an agreement with the University of Virginia ("UVA") that will protect UVA's students, faculty, and employees from violations of federal civil rights laws, including from discrimination based on race, sex, or national origin. As part of the agreement, the University of Virginia agrees to be bound by the Department of Justice's "Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination," ensuring that UVA does not engage in unlawful racial discrimination in its university programming, admissions, hiring, or other activities. UVA will provide relevant information and data to the Department of Justice on a quarterly basis through 2028. The President of UVA will personally certify each quarter that UVA is in compliance with the agreement. The Department will pause its pending investigations into the university's admissions policies and other civil rights concerns. The United States shall treat UVA as eligible for future grants and awards. If UVA completes its planned reforms prohibiting DEI at the university, the Department will close its investigations against UVA. "This notable agreement with the University of Virginia will protect students and faculty from unlawful discrimination, ensuring that equal opportunity and fairness are restored," said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Civil Rights Division. "We appreciate the progress that the university has made in combatting antisemitism and racial bias, and other American universities should be on alert that the Justice Department will ensure that our federal civil rights laws are enforced for every American, without exception." ###

This is the statement the Department of Justice in the Trump administration released in regards to the University of Virginia's capitulation to authoritarianism.

UVA alumni...you know what to do.

I wouldn’t let my kid go to uva on a free ride

UVA should be embarrassed.

If you're a UVA alumni, call the alumni office and let them know how you feel about this craven act of cowardice: 👇

UVA...Hey, you suck

absolutely shameful that the university has embraced the administration’s demand that it discriminate against its students. this is the board of visitors telling UVA students that if they aren’t white and cisgendered then they don’t belong.

RIP, UVA.

The White House said on Tuesday it will submit plans for President Donald Trump's $250 million White House ballroom project to a body that oversees federal building construction, even though demolition work began earlier this week reut.rs/4ndTcfL

“Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch.”
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"[T]his time on the Pacific side" is where we're at with this lawless murder plan being implemented with horrifying regularity by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

Live look at next week's break-in at Fort Knox.

Which you will also have to sit by helplessly and watch, I guess.

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

Scottish and UK governments locked in dispute over £26m cost of Donald Trump and JD Vance visits Scotland's Finance Secretary Shona Robison said the visits imposed "substantial operational and financial burdens on Scottish public services, particularly Police Scotland".

The Scottish and UK governments are locked in a dispute over who should foot the £26m bill for Donald Trump and JD Vance's recent visits to Scotland

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We need competitive primaries with more and better candidates where Jim Crow Joe brazenly plagiarising wipes him out and there are a half dozen better options waiting not coronations of hand-picked shitheads with only non-viables squeezing in as alternatives