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legitster12 hours ago

> “It was malpractice on the side of Harvard’s lawyers not to pick up the phone and call the members of the antisemitism task force who they had been talking to for weeks,” said May Mailman, the White House senior policy strategist. “Instead, Harvard went on a victimhood campaign.”

So what was supposed to be the most "transparent" administration is upset that people don't want to resign to secretive backroom dealings.

OhMeadhbh12 hours ago

dang. these guys make previous administrations look like geniuses. i mean... all administrations make mistakes and missteps, especially in the first couple of months. but this is pretty incompetent.

lwo32k11 hours ago

They don't/can't believe they are incompetent, which adds another dimension to the entire story.

"One must beware of anyone who is both stupid and hardworking; he must not be entrusted with any responsibility because he will always only cause damage" - Hammerstein-Equord

So how to deal with such people? Society hasn't come up with any great answer so far.

rhelz12 hours ago

Does anybody really think this letter was sent by accident?

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