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Professor explains why heโ€™s leaving Yale for Toronto as colleges react to Trumpโ€™s threats

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  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ The Trump administration is reviewing about $9 billion in federal grants to Harvard, citing the schoolโ€™s response to anti-Semitism.
  • ๐Ÿ›‘ Princeton had several dozen of its federal grants halted.
  • ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™‚๏ธ Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley is leaving the U.S. โžก๏ธ to teach at the University of Toronto in Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ.
  • ๐Ÿ‘ช Stanley says heโ€™s making the move so he can โ€œraise his kids in a country ๐ŸŒ thatโ€™s not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship ๐Ÿ˜ โ€œ.
  • ๐Ÿค” Stanley would have wanted all universities ๐Ÿ›๏ธ to collectively challenge the notion that free speech ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ and protest โœŠ threaten Jewish students โœก๏ธ.
  • โš”๏ธ Stanley believes the Trump administration is waging a war ๐Ÿ’ฅ against universities ๐Ÿซ.
  • ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Stanley emphasizes that a universityโ€™s democratic nature ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ is essential to its existence ๐Ÿ’ฏ.
  • ๐Ÿฅบ Stanleyโ€™s children ๐Ÿง’๐Ÿ‘ง are aware of the political climate ๐Ÿ“ฐ and the reasons for their move ๐Ÿšš๐Ÿ’จ.