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Rhiannon12866

(232,097 posts)
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:40 AM Mar 30

Trump 'bullying' Tufts University student for having a difference of opinion: Rep. Auchincloss - MSNBC Reports



A Massachusetts judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University graduate student detained by ICE for her pro-Palestinian views. Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) joins Alex Witt to discuss the latest developments in Ozturk’s case and shares his thoughts on the continuing fallout of the Trump administration’s Signal group chat breach. - Aired on 03/29/2025.
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Trump 'bullying' Tufts University student for having a difference of opinion: Rep. Auchincloss - MSNBC Reports (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Mar 30 OP
It's about the First Amendment. no_hypocrisy Mar 30 #1
Thanks! Since when does the federal government take an interest in student newspapers? That's what I don't get... Rhiannon12866 Mar 30 #2
Or what if a paper with words supporting Palestinians is found on the sidewalk no_hypocrisy Mar 30 #3
With Trump it is definitely not merely because of a "difference in opinion." She's a woman and she's a Muslim. Martin68 Mar 30 #4

no_hypocrisy

(51,099 posts)
1. It's about the First Amendment.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 06:16 AM
Mar 30

At this time, if a non-Muslim, domestic American male had published the same essay, word-for-word, he wouldn't have been kidnapped, whisked off to an ICE detention center in Louisiana, and held without charges.

Rhiannon12866

(232,097 posts)
2. Thanks! Since when does the federal government take an interest in student newspapers? That's what I don't get...
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 06:31 AM
Mar 30

no_hypocrisy

(51,099 posts)
3. Or what if a paper with words supporting Palestinians is found on the sidewalk
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 07:00 AM
Mar 30

Last edited Sun Mar 30, 2025, 07:45 AM - Edit history (2)

and "linked" to anyone targeted by the federal government?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/132145218

Martin68

(25,400 posts)
4. With Trump it is definitely not merely because of a "difference in opinion." She's a woman and she's a Muslim.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 12:01 PM
Mar 30

He's a racist misogynist.

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