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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Jul 14, 2025, 08:23 AM Jul 2025

Inside the Conservative Campaign That Took Down the U.Va. President

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Inside the Conservative Campaign That Took Down the U.Va. President

A group of University of Virginia alumni had long called for eliminating D.E.I., without much success. Then they gained a new ally: President Trump.

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Inside the Conservative Campaign That Took Down the U.Va. President (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 OP
Read "Democracy in Chains" to look at historical UVA racism LatteLady Jul 2025 #1

LatteLady

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1. Read "Democracy in Chains" to look at historical UVA racism
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 10:25 AM
Jul 2025

And how money from the Koch bros. and other rich donors enabled the decades long and clearly successful “vast right wing conspiracy” campaign against civil rights and equal rights that has brought us to our current situation.

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