Billionaire Harvard donor not donating to Harvard after Gay went neo-Nazi in. Congressional hearing

"I have not yet begun to fight"

Jewish billionaire Len Blavatnik and his family foundation have donated over $270,000,000 to Harvard University in the past. Now that Harvard's affirmative action president Claudine Gay has come out as a plagiaristic Jew-hater the philanthropist has decided to stop shelling out money to an organization that refuses to condemn genocide against Jews, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

Ukrainian-born Blavatnik, is worth over $31 billion and Harvard would clearly like to keep getting his monetary support in order to push DEI and other woke bull crap, but refusing to label the call for genocide against the Jewish people harassment or bullying under Harvard's policies, when misgendering a person or saying there are two genders is grounds for expulsion, is a bridge too far for Blavatnik.

He is only the latest donor to close his wallet in protest after Gay refused to call out genocide when she along with the other two stooges basically mouthed the same claims that it all depended upon the "context" and "behavior."

"The problem Harvard has is that all their sources of revenue are strained," David Bergeron told Bloomberg. He is a former deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Education Department. "Their ability to raise money is clearly strained and their ability to leverage federal programs is potentially at risk."

Gay is facing pressure to resign not only for her antisemitic leanings, but also her alleged plagiarism that has now been growing like a tumor.

Bill Ackman, another billionaire investor and influential Harvard alum, is pushing for the university to fire so called Doctor Gay, claiming her handling of antisemitism on campus since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel has cost the university more than a billion dollars in donations.

However, Harvard and a number of other top universities, receive bribe money from the Middle East to gain influence on what is being taught, so it isn't as if all funding for Harvard is going to dry up; and they still have an enormous tuition income. They'll continue to get foreign funding, but the cut-off of private money is bound to hurt.

Fox Business reported that in a letter to Harvard's governing boards of directors posted on X Sunday, Ackman argued Gay "has done more damage to the reputation" of the institution than any other individual in its nearly 500-year history, going through a litany of criticisms over her leadership which he says has contributed to major donors withdrawing significant gifts that are adding up.

"President Gay’s failures have led to billions of dollars of cancelled, paused, and withdrawn donations to the university," Ackman wrote. "I am personally aware of more than a billion dollars of terminated donations from a small group of Harvard’s most generous Jewish and non-Jewish alumni."

Ackman added, "I have been copied and blind copied on numerous letters and emails to the University from alums who have written scathing letters to Gay and/or the Board withdrawing donations."

Ackman called for the resignations of all three stooges: UPenn's Liz Magill (who finally "resigned"), Sally Kornbluth of MIT, and the present stooge discussed here. The three of them refused to say that calling for genocide of the Jews on their campuses violated the rules and amounted to harassment.

One down and two to go.

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"Doctor" Gay's continued clusterfrack from her Congressional testimony

Claudine Gay: anti-Semite and alleged plagiarist

Ever since the "Three Stooges of Ivy" testified before Congress, people are taking sides. The anti-Semites, media and useful idiots on one side, and decent, fair-minded people on the other.

Since their testimony Liz Magill, former President of the University of Pennsylvania had to resign, and now two stooges remain: Claudine Gay of Harvard University and Sally Kornbluth of MIT. For now, Gay seems to be the next school president in the public crosshairs.

The law firm Edelson PC has ended recruiting at Harvard Law School due to Gay's disgusting testimony whereby she argued that context was required to determine whether calls for Jewish genocide violated the school's bullying and harassment policies. We know that misgendering a person or using the wrong pronouns does, but hey, this is about those, you know, Joooze.

NEW: Edelson PC, a major law firm, will no longer participate in on-campus interviews at Harvard Law School due to Claudine Gay’s Congressional testimony.

“Dr. Gay was in a position to help lead the country. She did the very opposite,” writes founder and CEO Jay Edelson: pic.twitter.com/aTWhX62BKL— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) December 16, 2023

Anyway, the firm’s CEO Jay Edelson announced the change in a Dec. 14 letter to the Law School’s director of recruitment and operations, Jesse Ohrenberger.

“We, along with the rest of the nation, observed Dr. Claudine Gay’s testimony before Congress, wherein she refused to unequivocally state that advocating for genocide would breach the school’s code of conduct,” Edelson wrote. “In light of these events, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue our participation in on-campus interviews.”

Edelson’s decision came "despite [Gay's] belated [bull-crap] apology."

"[T]he gravity of her initial response cannot be overlooked. As an expert in political and social studies, Dr. Gay certainly knew to expect the types of questions that would be asked of her," Edelson's letter stated.

The issue regarding Gay's alleged dissertation plagiarism was not addressed by Edelson nor was the fact that she appears to be an affirmative action hire.

He noted that the firm’s move will not punish students. Rather than recruiting on campus, they committed to "exploring alternative channels to connect with those students interested in opportunities at Edelson PC, ensuring that our actions are directed appropriately at the administration and do not penalize students for matters beyond their control."

When asked about the allegations regarding plagiarism, Gay said, "I have not yet begun to fight. I shall fight them on the beaches. I shall fight them on the landing grounds. I shall fight them in the fields and in the streets. I will fight them in the cities. I will never surrender!" she said.

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Magill resigns as UPenn President--time to clean the ivy from the houses

The smirk says it all

New York Congresswoman, Elise Stefanik (R-NY) applauded the resignation of Liz Magill of UPenn who resigned from the post on Saturday for refusing to condemn anti-Semitism as a form of harassment against Jewish students. 

Magill, along with ivy league school presidents Clauding Gay, of Harvard and Sally Kornbluth, of MIT, testified at a Congressional hearing on Tuesday where Rep. Stefanik asked Magill if "calling for the genocide of Jews violate[s] Penn’s rules or code of conduct? Yes or no?"

L to R: Fraus Magill, Gay, Kornbluth

"If the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment, yes," Magill responded, later adding, "It is a context-dependent decision."

"This is unacceptable. Ms. Magill, I’m gonna give you one more opportunity for the world to see your answer. Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Penn’s code of conduct when it comes to bullying and harassment? Yes or no?" Stefanik then asked.

Magill and the rest of her cohorts did a River Dance around the question and refused to condemn the anti-Semitism that runs rampant at her school and the others, where Jewish students have to fear for their safety, and in at least one case at UPenn, had to lock themselves in a room to avoid have violence perpetrated against them.

Rep. Stefanik applauded the resignation of University of Magill on Saturday after hearing about the resignation. 

Rep. Elise Stefanik

"One down. Two to go," Stefanik posted to X Saturday. "This is only the very beginning of addressing the pervasive rot of antisemitism that has destroyed the most "prestigious" higher education institutions in America. This forced resignation of the president of @Penn is the bare minimum of what is required. These universities can anticipate a robust and comprehensive Congressional investigation of all facets of their institutions negligent perpetration of antisemitism including administrative, faculty, funding, and overall leadership and governance."

"@Harvard and @MIT do the right thing. The world is watching," she added.

Board of Trustees Chairman Scott L. Bok wrote in a statement Saturday that Magill has resigned.

"I write to share that President Liz Magill has voluntarily tendered her resignation as President of the University of Pennsylvania. She will remain a tenured faculty member at Penn Carey Law," Bok wrote.

So yes, it's one down, two to go, but let's not stop there. Many schools across the country are allowing blatant anti-Semitism to fester like puss pimples on the butts of the women of the Squad. It's ugly and has no place in the world's greatest nation.

And closing the borders might be a good start to deal with part of the problem too.

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UPenn loses $100,000,000 donation after Magill's congressional testimony

Frau Elizabeth Magill

University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill, along with Harvard President Claudine Gay and MIT President Sally Kornbluth testified before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Each one of these bozos had similar prepared answers to the question posed by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) as to whether calling for the death of Jews went against the harassment policies of their respective schools. Each said, in effect, that it depended upon the context and whether the harassment went against an individual.

It was obvious that they were coached as to what to say and it was both cold and disgusting to hear them each refuse to admit what a 3-year-old could answer correctly. Not only that, but if the "context" was about black people or LGBTQ people, people would be expelled, if not indeed incarcerated.

So people chanting and calling for the genocide of Jews must be explored under an academic microscope because these three universitards are too simpleminded to recognize neo-Nazi and Islamic rhetoric in front of their smug faces.

That smugness and refusal to protect Jewish students has  cost UPenn $100 million (via Axios):

A UPenn donor is withdrawing a gift worth around $100 million to protest the school's response to antisemitism on campus. [With such a strong move, you might think the next thing to happen is for the school to forbid men to compete against women in sports.]

The final straw for Ross Stevens, founder and CEO of Stone Ridge Asset Management, was fed up with Tuesday's widely criticized congressional testimony by Penn's president Magill.

The gift from Stevens, a Penn undergrad alum, was given in December 2017 to help establish a center for innovation in finance. It was in the form of limited partnership units in Stone Ridge, with the current value estimated at around $100 million.

Stevens, in a letter from his lawyers to Penn, alleges that the school has violated the terms of the limited partnership agreement, including its anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies.

"Its permissive approach to hate speech calling for violence against Jews and laissez faire attitude toward harassment and discrimination against Jewish students would violate any policies of rules that prohibit harassment and discrimination based on religion, including those of Stone Ridge," Stevens wrote.

Magill has the constitutional right to say whatever she wants and defend her belief that Jews should all die, and Ross Stevens has the same right stand by his moral principals and refuse to support the school that holds the genocidal hatred. 

So UPenn can keep Magill on board as their president, but they should not expect decent people to support the school. Hopefully, this will carry over to every university and academic institution that supports hatred of any group of individuals.

Context? Schmontext. 

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Ivy League Presidents try damage control after anti-Semitic testimonies

L to R: Frau Magill, Frau Gay, Frau Kornbluth [photo: Babylon Bee]

Question: What’s the difference between a lightbulb and a prostitute?

Answer: You can unscrew a lightbulb.

The presidents of Harvard, and UPenn made a feeble attempt at damage control after they testified on Capitol Hill for the House Committee on Education and the Workplace on Tuesday regarding anti-Semitism at their respective schools of leftist learning and along with the president of MIT came off with talking points that were obviously prearranged, perhaps by a legal team. But they received tons of negative feedback from the public and knew they were screwed.

Harvard President Claudine Gay, MIT President Sally Kornbluth, and University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill each testified and when Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) asked them whether the call for genocide and mass violence against Jews would be considered a violation of harassment and bullying policies of their schools, she was stunned by the responses she received.

[H/T Townhall.com]

They tried to play it off as free speech and as long as nobody acted out on it, no foul, no harm. It all "depends on the context," or "when speech crosses into conduct."

What a load of crap. Put the shoe on the other foot and see how they would have responded if, say, genocide of blacks or gays was called for by students. You don't have to imagine the response because it's obvious.

Their prepared answers and failure to  "answer with moral clarity" shocked both those on the left and the right.

This is a question a child could answer, unless the child grew up in Gaza, perhaps.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, was livid.

White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement on Wednesday, “It’s unbelievable that this needs to be said: calls for genocide are monstrous and antithetical to everything we represent as a country. Any statements that advocate for the systematic murder of Jews are dangerous and revolting — and we should all stand firmly against them, on the side of human dignity and the most basic values that unite us as Americans.

“It should not be hard to condemn genocide, genocide against Jews, genocide against anyone else,” he told reporters. “I’ve said many times, leaders have a responsibility to speak and act with moral clarity, and Liz Magill failed to meet that simple test. There should be no nuance to that — she needed to give a one-word answer,” he added.

By Wednesday afternoon, a petition calling for Ms. Magill’s resignation had grown to more than 3,000 signatures. Marc Rowan, the chief of Apollo Global Management and the board chair at the Wharton School of Business at Penn, asked the board of trustees to rescind their support for Ms. Magill.

“How much damage to our reputation are we willing to accept?” he wrote in a letter to the trustees.

Governor Shapiro, who is a nonvoting member of Penn’s board, urged the trustees to meet soon.

University sources, speaking on background, said that efforts were underway to hold a board meeting by phone this week. The university did not respond immediately to a request for comment. [...]

One can imagine people in the Middle East scrambling to deal with damage control.

Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager and Harvard alumnus, called on all three presidents to resign, citing the exchanges over genocide.

“It ‘depends on the context’ and ‘whether the speech turns into conduct,’ that is, actually killing Jews,” he wrote on X. “This could be the most extraordinary testimony ever elicited in the Congress.”

“They must all resign in disgrace,” he continued. “If a CEO of one of our companies gave a similar answer, he or she would be toast within the hour.” 

With so many calls to resign, Gay and Magill did damage control on Wednesday.

“In that moment, I was focused on our university’s longstanding policies aligned with the U.S. Constitution, which say that speech alone is not punishable, [blah, blah, blah]” Magill said in a video statement. “I was not focused on, but I should have been, the irrefutable fact that a call for genocide of Jewish people is a call for some of the most terrible violence human beings can perpetrate. It’s evil — plain and simple.”

Her Peter Strzok smile no longer seen on her face as she put on a serious demeanor and faked sincerity.

She went on to say she believed "it would be harassment or intimidation" and said Penn is initiating "a serious and careful look at our policies."

While donors may stop donating to these institutes of wokeism, unless something is done about stopping federal funding and foreign donations, nothing is going to change.

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