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gentlegardener<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> “We have diverse…areas of expertise…We write united in extreme concern, as we witness…the term <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> deployed in an effort to harass, expel, arrest, deport, dox and defame students, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faculty</span></a>, staff…as part of a broader assault on…<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>…we have heard the word “antisemitism” used more in the last 18 months than we did in the…aftermath of August…2017…when President Donald <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> called the neo-Nazis who marched on our campus “very fine people.”</p><p><a href="https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/07/a-statement-by-40-jewish-faculty-and-staff-on-antisemitism-and-dei-at-uva" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cavalierdaily.com/article/2025</span><span class="invisible">/07/a-statement-by-40-jewish-faculty-and-staff-on-antisemitism-and-dei-at-uva</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>The U.Va. library has a lot of material on this subject, especially about Lafayette's time here. The Rotunda was still under construction but it was ready enough to host a banquet in his honor <a href="https://smallnotes.library.virginia.edu/2015/08/27/lafayette-at-u-va/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">smallnotes.library.virginia.ed</span><span class="invisible">u/2015/08/27/lafayette-at-u-va/</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/UVa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVa</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/07/letter-from-11-deans-to-board-of-visitors-goes-unanswered-for-almost-two-weeks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cavalierdaily.com/article/2025</span><span class="invisible">/07/letter-from-11-deans-to-board-of-visitors-goes-unanswered-for-almost-two-weeks</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/UVa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVa</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virginia</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/07/uva-faculty-senate-overwhelmingly-adopts-a-no-confidence-vote-in-board-of-visitors" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cavalierdaily.com/article/2025</span><span class="invisible">/07/uva-faculty-senate-overwhelmingly-adopts-a-no-confidence-vote-in-board-of-visitors</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/UVa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVa</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Cville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cville</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virginia</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A week after the June 17 letter, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> demanded the removal of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> President James E. Ryan, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. Dhillon has since denied that such a demand was made, telling CNN she had expressed to the governing board that she didn’t have confidence in Ryan’s ability to follow the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> &amp; said significant money was on the line.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> letters, along w/ interviews w/ several people close to the university, provide new details about the lengths the agency was prepared to go to to compel changes at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> — part of escalating actions by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to root out <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> from institutions &amp; reshape the country’s colleges &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a>.</p><p>letters: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/9fd88174-ebf4-4878-9fce-cc20f23e6a9f.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/documents/9</span><span class="invisible">fd88174-ebf4-4878-9fce-cc20f23e6a9f.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Time is running short, &amp; the Department’s patience is wearing thin,” read a June 17 letter from top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> ofcls Harmeet K. Dhillon &amp; Gregory W. Brown, both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> alumni. “Dramatic, wholesale changes are required, now, to repair what appears to be a history of clear abuses &amp; breaches of our nation’s laws &amp; our Constitution by the University of Virginia under its current administration.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The letters, obtained by WaPo through a records request, revealed the agency’s increasing frustration at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a>. They warned that a failure by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> to take “immediate corrective action” could lead to punitive steps, including possible termination of federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p><p>‘Time is running short’: Letters show growing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> ire at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a></p><p>Over 2 months this spring, *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a>* Dept officials sent 7 letters to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UniversityOfVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfVirginia</span></a>, alleging possible *racial* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/admissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>admissions</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a>, inaction to address *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>* [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>] on campus, &amp; a failure to cleanse <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> efforts at the institution.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/02/university-of-virginia-justice-department-investigation-letters/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/education/2</span><span class="invisible">025/07/02/university-of-virginia-justice-department-investigation-letters/</span></a></p>
AnnaAnthro<p>Dem Senator Warner slams <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin resignation pressure on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> President Ryan </p><p>«&nbsp;For him to be threatened, and, literally, there was indication that they received the letter that if he didn’t resign on a day last week, by five o’clock, all these cuts would take place,” Warner added.</p><p>“It was that explicit?” moderator Margaret Brennan asked.</p><p>“It was that explicit,” Warner said.&nbsp;»</p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5376051-justice-department-demands-university-president-resignation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/homenews/senate/53</span><span class="invisible">76051-justice-department-demands-university-president-resignation/</span></a></p>
Crooks&Liars<p>Trump admin. bullied UVA Pres Ryan because he cared too much about helping people of color and those less fortunate. <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://crooksandliars.com/2025/06/trump-admin-bullied-uva-president?utm_source=social&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_content=104095" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crooksandliars.com/2025/06/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-admin-bullied-uva-president?utm_source=social&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_content=104095</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Shame on The University of Virginia’s board. Shame! Shame!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UVa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DoNotComply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotComply</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpsUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpsUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChooseAnotherSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChooseAnotherSchool</span></a></p>
John Coates<p>Hey, alma mater (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UVa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVa</span></a>): giving in to bullies does not make them stop.</p>
Bryan Wright<p>From Ryan's note to the UVa community:</p><p>"I am inclined to fight for what I believe in, and I believe deeply in this University. But I cannot make a unilateral decision to fight the federal government in order to save my own job. To do so would not only be quixotic but appear selfish and self-centered to the hundreds of employees who would lose their jobs, the researchers who would lose their funding, and the hundreds of students who could lose financial aid or have their visas withheld."</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/uva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uva</span></a></p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/OlVirginny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlVirginny</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/VAPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VAPol</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TheGremlinZoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGremlinZoo</span></a> </p><p>From WTOP News.com: University of Virginia president resigns under Trump administration pressure on DEI, AP source says </p><p><a href="https://wtop.com/local/2025/06/university-of-virginia-president-resigns-under-trump-administration-pressure-on-dei-ap-source-says/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wtop.com/local/2025/06/univers</span><span class="invisible">ity-of-virginia-president-resigns-under-trump-administration-pressure-on-dei-ap-source-says/</span></a></p>
Bryan Wright<p>I'm just spluttering and speechless:</p><p><a href="https://cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-report-uva-president-jim-ryan-resigns-in-face-of-pressure-from-trump-administration/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cvillerightnow.com/news/208802</span><span class="invisible">-report-uva-president-jim-ryan-resigns-in-face-of-pressure-from-trump-administration/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/uva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uva</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ComplianceWillNotSaveYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComplianceWillNotSaveYou</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Depressing.</p><p>Trump Administration Ousts University of Virginia President<br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-administration-ousts-university-of-virginia-president-james-ryan/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/trump-admini</span><span class="invisible">stration-ousts-university-of-virginia-president-james-ryan/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JamesRyan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesRyan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DoNotComply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotComply</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpDidThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansDidThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In a letter to the head of the board overseeing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> sent on Thurs, Ryan said that he had planned to step down at the end of the next academic year but “given the circumstances &amp; today’s conversations” he had decided “with deep sadness” to tender his resignation….</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a>’s board has accepted Ryan’s resignation….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>For the leader of a major <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> to take such an extraordinary step demonstrates <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s success in *harnessing* [weaponizing] the investigative powers of the federal govt to accomplish his goals.</p><p>The NYT reported on Thurs night that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> had demanded Ryan’s resignation as a condition to settle a *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a>* investigation into the school’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> practices.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UniversityOfVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfVirginia</span></a> president, James E. Ryan, has told the board overseeing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> that he will resign in the face of demands by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin that he step aside in order to help *resolve* a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> inquiry into the school’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> efforts, according to 3 people briefed on the matter.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UVA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/uva-president-resigns-jim-ryan-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/uva-president-resigns-jim-ryan-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
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