Quick Takes from the Past 24-48 Hours

The following is an installment of Trump-Vance team accomplishments (each article is linked for further info):

1. 300 Student Visas Revoked Over Campus Hamas Riots

SoS Marco Rubio announced the State Department has pulled over 300 student visas to rein in the riots. Much of the propaganda media coverage has been about Momodou Taal, who urged taking a cue from Hamas, and Mahmoud Khalil, a key figure in an organization that called for the murder of Jews, and ‘Death to America’, however, the actual number of those involved is apparently much higher.

Momodou Taal and propaganda media.

Speculation about the sources of the pro-Hamas riots aside, two facts are apparent:

– They mostly come out of high-end schools, and

– They come from campuses with a lot of foreign students.

Sec of State Rubio said:

It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visas.

Of course, as we all know, pulling a visa and getting a foreign national out of the country can be too different things. America is full of foreign nationals who are here illegally and the Hamas supporters who have been busted by ICE are fighting their cases in court and through the media, while others may try to lay low, however, an important message is being sent.

2. More of the Same Campus BS: President Trump Shut Down Antisemitic Activism at Columbia Univ

Columbia University, where student protesters in 1968 stormed and occupied many university buildings, forcing the resignation of the university’s president, is again at the center of the news for campus radicalism.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at last week’s briefing:

This administration is not going to tolerate individuals having the privilege of studying in our country and then siding with pro-terrorist organizations that have killed Americans.

Further, Trump also threatened to cancel $400 million in federal research contracts and grants unless the school tightened disciplinary procedures and asserted greater control over academic departments to stem antisemitism at the school, particularly in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Last week Columbia caved—pledging, for example, that masked demonstrators must show identification when asked, that protests will generally not be allowed in academic buildings, and that several dozen public security officers will be empowered to make arrests.

On Sunday, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said on CNN’s State of the Union the school was on the “right track”:

Columbia is demonstrating appropriate cooperation with the Trump administration’s requirements, and we look forward to a lasting resolution.

But many radical professors objected. As classes at Columbia resumed Monday after spring break, about 50 professors chanting “Defend our research,” “Defend our teaching,” and “Defend our students” protested Columbia’s concessions outside the campus gates.

What will not happen here on American campuses, however,—thanks to the Trump administration—is proliferation of the murderous Jew hatred we have seen surging at universities in major Western cities worldwide in the wake of the October 7 attacks.

Crushing this vile antisemitism is not equivalent to restricting academic freedom, which is the disingenuous complaint of Left-wing professors who pretend to value the First Amendment while advocating for the eradication of Israel and Jews.

The scandalous reign of terror is now over. The grownups are being put in charge of Middle East Studies at Columbia.

3. President Trump Has Taken a Sledgehammer to Public Sector Unions

The end of collective bargaining includes Federal unions for the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and Coast Guard in the federal government’s portfolio of National Defense agencies.

The White House said that the Service Reform Act of 1978 had allowed for “hostile Federal unions to obstruct agency management,” having added:

This is dangerous in agencies with national security responsibilities.

There were a number of other agencies that had ability to do collective bargaining removed and around 75 percent of federal workers would not be able to do so, per Politico. Trump used the authority that is granted in the Service Reform Act of 1978 to amend an executive order in 1979 that established the ability to unionize for the federal workers.

Like other executive orders the president has signed regarding federal employees, there may be legal pushback against the order. A number of lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration and have sought to stop actions from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) along with Elon Musk to identify agency staffers to cut from the federal workforce.

4. USAID Staff Told ALL Jobs Not Required by Law Will Be Eliminated

USAID personnel were told Friday all positions not required by law would be eliminated—after the State Department notified Congress it would discontinue USAID functions that do not align with Trump administration priorities.

Jeremy Lewin, a DOGE member, who has been acting as a deputy administrator at the agency, informed USAID staff of the decision by an internal memo.

In the memo, Lewin said all USAID positions not set in law “will be eliminated” and all agency personnel around the world would shortly receive emails notifying them of the decision. Staff would be given the choice of termination on July 1 or September 2, the memo explained.

Further explained:

Over the next three months, the State Department would assume USAID’s remaining ‘life-saving and strategic aid programming.’

A statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the State Department had notified the U.S. Congress on Friday of its intent to reorganize USAID, having said:

[T]he agency had strayed from its original mission long ago. As a result, the gains were too few and the costs were too high.

Further:

Thanks to President Trump, this misguided and fiscally irresponsible era is now over. We are reorienting our foreign assistance programs to align directly with what is best for the United States and our citizens.

5. Ed Secretary Announced Investigation into Maine Schools for Violating Federal Law on Transgenderism

Education Secretary Linda McMahon revealed Maine school districts have reportedly violated FERPA, saying the schools there are reported to have created “gender plans” to support children’s transgender identity, and even worse they hide it from the parents.

McMahon:

That is unacceptable and unlawful if true.

Click HERE to view the announcement (1:26 min).

GOOD! We the People hope and pray McMahon uses every tool at her disposal to bring Maine into compliance and protect these children from this demonic indoctrination. It must be done.

6. President Trump Revealed ‘extremely productive’ Phone Call with New Canadian PM

President Trump is very positive about the ‘extremely productive’ phone discussion with the new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Here is the announcement:

I just finished speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney, of Canada. It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things, and will be meeting immediately after Canada’s upcoming Election to work on elements of Politics, Business, and all other factors, that will end up being great for both the United States of America and Canada. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

This comes after Carney called Trump’s new tariffs a “direct attack” on Canada and lamented “what he said was the end of a long, mutually beneficial economic and security relationship with the United States.”

Donald J. Trump, ever the premiere chess master.

God speed Mr. President.

7. FCC Launches Investigation into ABC and Disney

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has announced he has opened an investigation into both ABC and Disney over concerns they are discriminating against people with their use of DEI.

Here is what he said:

We the People love this because DEI is absolutely discrimination!

God speed with nailing them to the wall over this.