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White House Officials Say They Sent Harvard April 11 Demands in Error, New York Times Reports | News (www.thecrimson.com)

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The White House had not intended to send its revised — and more aggressive — set of demands to Harvard on April 11, according to a report by the New York Times published Friday evening.

Trump administration officials claimed that the demands — which were seen as excessive and illegal to Harvard’s administrators — should not have been sent and were “unauthorized,” according to the Times, which cited two unnamed sources.

The April 11 letter was signed by Josh Gruenbaum, the commissioner of the General Services Administration, Sean R. Kevney, the acting general counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and Thomas E. Wheeler, the acting general counsel of the U.S. Department of Education.

A Harvard spokesperson slammed the government’s response as “breathtakingly intrusive” in a statement to The Crimson.

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[–] ellypony@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You see this? When you show the least bit of firm resistance, the reich backs down. The constant appasement and back-bending from corporations has empowered them.

(I suppose it's also the fact that Harvard doesn't rely on federal funding. But the point stands)