Defunding the Clowns
Kevin McCullough
For decades, Harvard has stood as the glistening tower on the hill of American academia—an institution families sacrificed generations of sweat and savings to access. To have a child at Harvard was to win a golden ticket: elite credentials, lifetime connections, and intellectual prestige.
But peel back the ivy, and what lies beneath is nothing short of academic rot—and it stinks to high heaven.
President Trump’s move to put the screws to Harvard’s federal funding isn’t just solid policy. It’s moral clarity. It’s accountability. And it’s long overdue.
This past week, Trump ratcheted up the pressure, citing five damning reasons drawn directly from Harvard’s own internal investigation—an investigation they likely assumed would never see daylight. According to their findings, anti-Semitic harassment was not only tolerated but systemically ignored. Jewish students were stalked, doxxed, and shoved—both literally and ideologically—out of the public square. Meanwhile, DEI bureaucrats and grievance merchants nodded approvingly from behind their tenure-shielded desks.
But as bad as that was, it’s just the start.
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