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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

These are the Trump Administration’s demands on UCLA, in addition to a 1.2 billion dollar fine, as reported by the LA Times today. I must note again that the Trump Administration’s attempt to use title vi to enforce conservative agenda items is flagrantly illegal.

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• Make five years of payments — $200
million annually - and set up a $172 million fund for people with claims of civil rights violations.
• Ensure foreign students who are "anti-Western" will not be admitted.
• Pay for all costs of the settlement, including the fee for an outside monitor.
• Annually release demographic data for hires as well as students who have applied or have been admitted, broken down by "race, color, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests."
• Make a public statement declaring that transgender people's identities are no longer recognized.
• End gender-affirming care for minors at medical facilities.
• Give the government access to "all
UCLA staff, employees, facilities, documents, and data related to the agreement" not protected by attorney-client privilege.

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Mina @minerva1.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Extortion

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Kirk Murphy @kirkmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Trump Regime's ultimatum to UCLA effectively demands all records of trans patients of @dgsomucla.bsky.social. Stand up, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social - will you protect the University of California's world class medical system, or will you keep silent as Trump sabotages it - and UCLA's medical ethics?

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WTF Seriously @stopbeingaderp.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Except, the trump administration can't do any of this. Take them to court and win. Period.

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Gary Rickelman @vanillaghosthouse.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Counterpoint: no its not. Anymore.

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xpyredomainz.bsky.social @xpyredomainz.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Limited government in action.

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ellynsong @alienbeach.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

So, the deal is: We take your money, give it to the red states we like, and then tell you how to change… to please and entertain the King’s court. Is that a fair summary? Note from experience: The best time to consider a divorce settlement, is before the abusive behavior is triggered.

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This would seem to be a situation where Gavin Newsom and the California legislature simply tells UCLA to "just say no."

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sz3 @sz3.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

📌

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David Bailey @drgdave.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The correct response to any request made by fascists --- including "You should fire this employee who said mean things about Charlie Kirk" --- is "fuck off".

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Dock Ellis @dockellis10.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

That last one is 😬

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Tim Just Tim @timkrauss.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Yeah, Republicans don't care about laws anymore

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rachelg is @cachecrashmusic @rachelpersonal.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This type of attack is what shut down my school Icon Collective in May (iconcollective.edu/closure) and there is a current one ongoing against my current school Musicians Institute, but I think MI is just gonna fold...

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ICON Collective

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8647th Aerial Sandwich Brigade @mrstorage.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

That would be a no. SCROTUS here we come.

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totesnhose.bsky.social @totesnhose.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Here’s my counter offer

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Salty Moon Goddess (she/her) @saltymoongoddess.northsky.social · 16/09/2025

in a reasonable society ppl would flat out reject this and fucking laugh in their face for even making these demands. this is such a clown ass time to be alive. I can't be scared b/c I'm embarrassed that humanity hasn't learned how to handle goofy ass clowns like this. three stooges administration

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Fredxie @rodgilbert.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

They might as well shut the doors before agreeing to that

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

It’s a small detail, but I remember that “race, color” language from the Columbia settlement too … Where are they getting this from? Is there some statute/regulation that actually uses it? Did they use AI to write this and accidentally leave it in? I’m so confused

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IMPEACH & REMOVE @thetd.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

It’s a state school, so basically it’s another tax .

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gigideang.bsky.social @gigideang.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

What’s the point caving? It’s never going to be enough. It will never end.

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gnarlygale.bsky.social @gnarlygale.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

republicans have repeatedly demonstrated that don’t believe in the rule of law

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🇺🇦🇵🇸 A Guy Who Really Likes Elephants @elephantasmagoria.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I have high hopes that UCLA won't cave. They've been a proponent in the legal charge against this administration

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Jen d’Arc @jenonymous.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Did any of the other university shakedown settlements for the universities force them to promise not to recognize transgender individuals’ identities (and refuse to provide medical care) or is this a new escalation as the Trump administration accelerates its efforts to demonize the minorities?

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Do you get the sense that UCLA is going to cave on this?

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David Zack @davidzack.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

UCLA's counteroffer:

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ssommer642.bsky.social @ssommer642.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The UC system doesn’t use test scores which should tell you how little they know about anything

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Christopher Morgan @chrism1973.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I’m surprised they are not making them pay towards the estate of Charlie Kirk.

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La Zarigueya @lazarigueya.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🚨Trump admin stuck in 1980s, cites grade point average, performance on standardized test as only criteria for getting into school.

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misgivings.bsky.social @misgivings.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

- Rename UCLA “Donald J Trump University of Excellence”

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misgivings.bsky.social @misgivings.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

So it’s a classic mob shakedown

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e.g. Cric @cricketpristine.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Oh, so attorney-client privilege still exists? Oh. Okay. Well, that's news, I suppose.

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⛧ Rev.Underskor ⛧ @goodgryphrev.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I'd reply "Lol, u so rndm" Done with shit. Can't take these necrophiliacs tossing a corpse at us. No means no. We don't mourn the assassination of a person who pits humans against humans while praising open gun lobbies. We aren't genocidal maniacs. Though the assassination irony is Shakespearean.

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Billy @billyclub13.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

It doesn’t get any more anti American than this.

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

These schools really seem to be betting on fascism forever Because if they thought there was an “on the other side of this,” how could they ever expect to be taken seriously as an academic powerhouse again?

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The Ghost of Mr Hand @theghostofmrhand.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

FTS

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Richard Royster, LPCC @richardroysterlpc.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Holy Shit. It’s a demand for unconditional surrender.

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Desert Girl @desertgirl.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Dumb question (there is simply too much news to keep up with these days - like the lynching that happened at Delta State today) - Has a lawsuit been filed to protect UCLA against this extortion?

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StickyBunny @stickybunny.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Jfc. Mortifying.

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

www.latimes.com/california/s...

latimes.com

Here are the details of Trump's $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image

The Times describes the details, for the first time, of the 28-page proposal the Trump administration has made to remake the UCLA campus.

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

siri what is an anti-western student?

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So that's who we are @wasserl.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Isn't UCLA a public California university? Trump is trying to extort the state of California. I sure hope Newsome backs them and they tell him to FO.

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Berni @bviola.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Screw that!

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James Geluso @atlemar.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Does the $1.2 billon go to tax cuts for the rich, buy crypto, or ICE?

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Michael Low @mlow29.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The settlement is 2.5x the grant money. UCLA should find other funding sources.

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Michael Low @mlow29.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The correct response is to decline federal money.

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bellchamber.bsky.social @bellchamber.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Why isn't the answer a huge FUCK YOU. 🤷🏼???

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Alrac Miserables (You can call me Al) @carla-cb.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Disgraceful! I hope UCLA tells him where to stick it!

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FulcrumOut (she/her) @fulcrumout.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

If I was judged by my standardized test scores, I’d never have pulled off a 3.98 and 3.89 in undergrad and a 4.0 in post-grad.

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Janet Carter @janetdcarter.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

UCLA, the UC President, and the Regents must resist and fight back! Do not capitulate or negotiate with an extortionist.

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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

If UCLA caves, I am completely done with UCLA.

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Frank Hunt. @carraigeen.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Will the administration fund for brown shirts?

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SueB @graeberfan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This anti-pronouns movement (now anti-trans, anti-woke, anti-feminism, anti-gay marriage, anti-education) got momentum because a mid-level professor at a 🇨🇦 University was afraid of getting laughed at or scolded for incorrectly addressing a student & ranted on Rogan’s show. I hate this timeline.

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Broccolee🥦🥦🥦 @broccolee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

fucking Trump what a fucking narrow minded demented Nazi in the hands of an ugly eraser, headed incel racist hate mongering nazi piece of shit Stephen Miller. Miller needs to meet a submarine sandwich

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