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Marc Andreessen: Background and Commentary on Education and Universities – Perplexity
Editor’s Note: See the earlier article on Marc, from The Washington Post. I thought we should see his views on education, via letting AI (Perplexity) examine his history briefly. Below is the research post, with sources, for your information. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen source of below quotes. Netscape’s IPO in 1995 put Andreessen in the public…
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Billionaire Marc Andreessen says colleges will ‘pay the price’ for DEI – The Washington Post
The investor in a private group chat also criticized Stanford and said colleges are biased against Trump voters: “My people are furious.” By Nitasha Tiku, Yesterday at 6:35 a.m. EDT, 10 min Influential tech investor and Trump adviser Marc Andreessen recently said universities will “pay the price” for promoting diversity and allegedly discriminating against supporters…
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A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press – The New York Times
Opinion, May 13, 2025 By A.G. Sulzberger Mr. Sulzberger is the publisher of The New York Times. This essay was originally delivered as a talk at the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs on Tuesday. The role of a free and independent press in a healthy democracy is…
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MAGA is already rewiring American education – The Economist
The Department of Education is being dismantled; universities are being brought to heel WHEN AMERICAN presidents announce education policies, they are inevitably flanked by a phalanx of pupils. The executive order signed by President Donald Trump on March 20th was no exception—the children even held up their own mock executive orders after practising their…
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The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate – The Conversation
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Ohio’s J.D. Vance rebuked by the Pope, denounced by NATO allies, ridiculed for bizarre rant • Ohio Capital Journal
Commentary Ohio’s J.D. Vance rebuked by the Pope, denounced by NATO allies, ridiculed for bizarre rantBy Marilou Johanek February 25, 2025 4:30 am J.D. Vance has really done Ohio proud these last few weeks, hasn’t he? The lapdog vice-president, with evidently a lot of time on his hands, has managed to be firmly rebuked by…
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Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’ | Trump administration | The Guardian
Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’ Agency says its reporter wasn’t allowed into event in effort to ‘punish’ style guide on upholding use of Gulf of MexicoBy Jenna Amatulli, Tue 11 Feb 2025 20.03 EST The Associated Press said it was barred from sending a reporter to Tuesday’s Oval…
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Is the U.S. facing a constitutional crisis? : Consider This from NPR : NPR
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Disney Changes Content Warnings Amid DEI Strategy Shift – Variety
Home Film News Feb 11, 2025 10:54am PTDisney+ to Change Content Warnings Ahead of ‘Dumbo,’ ‘Peter Pan’ and More Old Movies Amid DEI Strategy Shift PETER PAN, from top left: Michael Darling, John Darling, Wendy Darling, Tinkerbell, Peter Pan, 1953, ©Walt Disney Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Evere Disney is adjusting the content warnings ahead…
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Why does Trump want to abolish the Education Department? An anthropologist who studies MAGA explains 4 reasons
Why does Trump want to abolish the Education Department? An anthropologist who studies MAGA explains 4 reasonsPublished: February 7, 2025 8:20am EST Source Links: Why does Trump want to abolish the Education Department? An anthropologist who studies MAGA explains 4 reasons

