The current gameplan appears to be: roll out a narrative critical of Trump’s idea/policy with the requisite fearful consequence(s), poll a group of people the majority of who follow MSM and are Democrats, then trumpet the “poor” polling to confirm narrative of Orange Man Bad.
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Well he is!!!
Haven’t you seen the polls? Doge raised taxes on poor people to fund genocide!
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I keep seeing stories of Trump implementing laws, or wanting to implement laws that make it illegal to protest Israel on college campuses.
Does anyone know if there is a level of truth to this?
My personal interpretation is that the Trump administration is not protecting Israel per se, but targeting the crazies (e.g. “pro Hamas” “students”) who engage in these protests. Latest example, see when Columbia University’s library got stormed.
For an in depth answer, I recommend you Grok it, use the deepsearch option. (contrary to what some believe, Grok is not right biased imo)
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I haven’t seen anything explicitly or specifically about that, but I’ve seen him cut gov. grants and funding for institutions that protect and promote the violation of other people’s civil rights.
Who it applies to and who is being subject to the ethnic intimidation among other things should be inconsequential, or anonymized.
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Legislative Efforts: The Antisemitism Awareness Act
Beyond executive actions, the Trump administration supports legislative efforts like the Antisemitism Awareness Act, reintroduced in February 2025 by Senators Tim Scott and Jacky Rosen, with companion legislation in the House
The bill, previously passed by the House in May 2024 but stalled in the Senate, aims to provide a clear framework for identifying antisemitism, but critics argue it could equate criticism of Israel with discrimination, potentially violating the First Amendment
As of May 13, 2025, it is unclear if the bill has been enacted, with no definitive reports confirming passage.
Analysis of Legality and Controversy
No direct law makes protesting against Israel on college campuses illegal as of May 13, 2025. However, the executive order and funding threats create indirect barriers, particularly for international students and universities reliant on federal funds. The controversy centers on balancing antisemitism combat with free speech rights, with legal scholars like Eugene Volokh warning that the Antisemitism Awareness Act could suppress First Amendment-protected criticism of Israel
Summary Table: Key Actions and Impacts
| Action | Details | Impact on Protests |
|---|---|---|
| Executive Order on Antisemitism | Monitors alien students, potential deportation for protest participation | Chills free speech, especially for international students |
| Funding Cuts (e.g., Columbia) | Pulled $400 million for failing to address antisemitism | Pressures universities to crack down on protests |
| Antisemitism Awareness Act (2025) | Reintroduced, may codify IHRA definition, pending enactment | Could affect protest handling, controversial free speech |
This table summarizes the main actions and their potential effects, highlighting the indirect nature of restrictions on protests against Israel.
Conclusion
The Trump administration has not passed a law making it illegal to protest against Israel on college campuses as of May 13, 2025, but its executive actions and legislative efforts create significant indirect pressures. These measures, while aimed at combating antisemitism, raise concerns about free speech, particularly for international students and universities, with ongoing debate about their implications for political expression.
RE anti-israel protest…
honestly I’m not on board with this. Its one of the areas I break from the Right on the hardest.
I don’t give a fuck about palestine or israel, to be completely honest. And I dont understand why its “normal” for there to be Israeli flags strewn across the Republican National Convention so heavily.
Okay, I lied, I do kind of understand why the RNC has so many of their flags there, its just not kosher to talk about. pun intended.
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If you’re on board with 80% of what the Trump administration is doing, imo that’s exceeding a bar that normal folk have no reason to expect from any modern day politician.
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I couldn’t agree more. id still vote for him again.
The problem is that everything he’s doing will be undone in a single presidency if he doesn’t put israel out in the cold like all the DEI offices.
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I don’t either, and would really rather they keep their shit between each other and on their own turf.
My main concern is the coalescence of all of the cultivated groups of anti-american radicals turning our whole country into one giant shit show.
Unfortunately, the result of these waves of assholes is a steady chipping away and dilution of our constitutionally protected rights, ala The Patriot act, which resulted in the codification and transformation of the surveilance state from a very limited use of phone taps and line of sight surveilance to now having to be careful what you say around any and every electronic device in the area.
Fuckers.
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I think the next thing on the chopping block will be the right to freely associate/assembly.
There have already been attempts to undermine that using the NRA and gun groups as the trojan horse, but there wasn’t enough momentum to keep that ball rolling.
I see a lot of this radical protesting and destruction as maneuvers toward that end.
My fear is that if they become big enough, loud enough, destructive enough, and frequent enough- The People themselves will be begging their reps to “do something about it”.
Unfortunately, the something that they do about it will be to regulate who can gather with who and for what reason. Instead of a right being assumed to be in force, one will have to justify their exercising of it, thus relegating it to Privilege, which is not guaranteed.
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It’s similar to this
He has been pulling funding away from capuses that allow Islamists (particularly off campus islamists, not students) to put together rag tag groups that chant in favour of bringing intifada to America
He’s not going as far as to make it illegal/push students out for being a part of these groups
Universities however should be keeping students safe. Where I live my university let an islamist on campus to lead one of these encampments who had JUST been arrested and charged with assault, kidnapping and something else… but had been bailed out. The guy was a repeat felon who had been to prison for hate crimes and whatnot… PLEASE pull federal funding from a university that allows this!
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I have a problem with the precedent.
If the govt can do it to someone you don’t like - they can do it to someone you do like, too. Both major voting groups seem to forget this.
As far as I’m concerned, if the govt is funding an educational institution - it’s land is public land, allowing for peaceful protests.
The minute a protest becomes less than peaceful, these groups should be charged with a crime.
Treats of violence are, by default, not peaceful.
I agree, again the problem is enforcement. It seems that a better arrangement is that IF the university is federally funded, meaning the land is public land, the law can and will be enforced via government police - not campus police. Meaning they report to the state or region, not the college Dean.
For the latest episode in “New Mainer” voter engagement, our school budget passed by 14 votes yesterday, 811 to 797. Rather than shuttle people who need translators to register and vote all throughout the day like they did on round 3 last year, there was a surge of new voters shortly before the polls closed this time. When I voted the line was all English-speakers, but I was only there for about 10 minutes in the late afternoon.
Abysmally low turnout of 6.7 percent is a big problem for sure, but it is what allows the margins to always be within reach if you happen to have people who can be rustled up to vote. They weren’t quite as brazen as they were last year, but it sure is odd that so many first-time voters ended up registering in the final hour of voting.
Voter ID cannot get here fast enough, and passing it is far from certain in a rigged system like Maine’s.
Related to the local political situation, the gunshots, the open air drug use, our terrible schools, and our ever-rising taxes, I personally know of three families who are fleeing the area in the coming months. They are the latest in a long line of people that I will likely be joining at some point.
How do you completely transform a city like Lewiston? Tax the population to import troubled and needy people from distant lands who are not able or willing to assimilate, call anyone who doesn’t like the new conditions racist, then watch them all leave as you continue to import more need with public funds to solidify your voting base.
It is the greed of need, brought to you by non-profiteers waving rainbow flags and telling everyone how inclusive and loving they are while they operate their wealth extraction scheme.
That street takeover stuff is a whole new form of retardation.
On a completely different, totally unrelated with no connection what so ever note- how bout that defund the police stuff, eh?
Like, they should get some of those social workers or what ever in there and help those spendy white folks to feel safe so that they start breaking open those wallets again.
Cuz the problem isn’t a bunch of out of control hood rats, its scared white people with their inherent biases.
Is this still going?
I thought that fizzled out?
Let’s ask @marine77 to who is the police (swat… so super police)
Is the ‘defund the police’ movement still big?
The movement expired but the damage is done. A lot of the budgets for full time police/public safety were cut, and haven’t returned to previous staffing levels.
It didn’t expire; it’s hibernating. Wokeness is not going away any time soon.
No… liberal scum jumped on the bandwagon to pander to noncontributing rejects. That ship has sailed. Its back to “racism” and “fascism” now.