No on 50 advisers worry they are losing attention war to Newsom Despite its robust budget, the deep pocket of billionaire's son Munger, the campaign has effectively conceded digital space to Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democratic figures organizing support for the Yes side online, including in last week’s telethon-style event with social-media influencers. some of the ads tying Munger to Trump has been quite effective.
Trump's Dept of Education has sent a blackmail letter to 9 universities for preferential treatment; among them USC and UT Austin Gov Newsom has responded most probably, Gov wheelie will fall in line https://www.dallasnews.com/news/edu...funding-benefits-under-new-higher-ed-compact/ Pauline Strong, president of the UT Austin chapter of the American Association of University Professors, called on Eltife and UT President Jim Davis to reject the White House’s offer. “It trades autonomy for subservience, academic freedom for censorship, gender science and history for ideology, and the best interests of UT students and faculty for the favor of an administration intent on destroying our university,” Strong said in a statement. “The requirements laid out in this letter will be the beginning rather than the end of the Trump administration’s demands of our institution.”
As a Longhorn, this makes me kinda wanna vomit: The Trump administration has asked the University of Texas at Austin to agree to a “set of operating principles” — which reportedly include adopting a stricter definition of gender, a five-year tuition freeze and a cap on international student enrollment — in exchange for preferential access to federal funding, the University of Texas System confirmed on Thursday. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/02/university-texas-austin-trump-administration-compact/
