U.S. Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) recently celebrated Massachusetts Institute of Technology's decision to reject a deal from the Trump administration, leading to a public dispute with Stephen Miller.Raw Story reported on the MIT's initial statement saying it cannot support the Trump admin's plan. That l...

U.S. Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) recently celebrated Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s decision to reject a deal from the Trump administration, leading to a public dispute with Stephen Miller.

Trump adviser Stephen Miller chimed in on that post, writing, “MIT is a federally funded and financed institution. The US government asked MIT, as one of America’s largest recipients of taxpayer dollars, to certify that students and professors will be hired based on objective merit and not skin color.”

“Undergrad tuition is privately funded at MIT with a few exceptions like Pell grants which apply to all colleges,” Massie wrote. “I trust MIT more than any party at the White House to know which 18 yr olds can solve differential equations. Also, Feds policing speech on campuses is Orwellian.”

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Here’s an AI summary.

      Key details from the excerpt

      The dog's behavior: Noem wrote that Cricket, a wire-haired pointer, had an "aggressive personality" and was "untrainable". She described taking the dog on a pheasant hunt, where Cricket became overly excited and ruined the hunt. 

The chicken attack: On the way home, Noem stopped at a family's home that owned chickens. Cricket jumped out of the truck and attacked and killed some of the chickens.  

The decision to shoot: When Noem intervened, the dog bit her. Noem wrote that she "hated that dog" and that it was "dangerous to anyone she came in contact with". She then took the dog to a gravel pit and shot it.  

The reasoning: She framed the event as an example of being willing to make "difficult, messy, and ugly" decisions, a point she wanted to illustrate to readers.  

The goat: In the same episode, Noem also shot and killed one of her family's goats, which she described as "nasty and mean" and given to chasing her children. She shot the goat twice after the first shot missed.
      • And009@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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        2 days ago

        The south park episode makes so much sense now lol. The goat was obviously, “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with”.