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Fred Onyango

‘This is what authoritarianism looks like’: Education Secretary mimics Soviet-era playbook, says only pro-Trump research will get funding

The Trump administration has it all out on universities throughout the country. People have understandably been raising questions about what exactly they want from these institutions to escape their wave of defunding — and the answer of being “in sync with Trump” was simply too domineering for some observers to believe.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon was articulating the policy of Trump’s administration to CNBC in regards to her docket. McMahon, who has worked with Vince McMahon in the wrestling industry for years, had the arduous task of explaining why Trump was defunding research in some great universities. According to her, all they have to do is follow the law, clamp down on anti-Semitism, and be cognizant of what the administration is trying to accomplish.

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