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Left鈥憌ing politicians, campus academics, and TV talking heads are shrieking that the Trump administration鈥檚 move to withhold federal dollars unless Harvard reins in antisemitism and other bias somehow 鈥渢hreatens academic freedom.鈥� They鈥檙e dead wrong.

Harvard鈥攋ust like most elite universities鈥攋umped at every woke demand from Black Lives Matter activists and gender extremists. It amplified every lie about police brutality and now pretends gender is an endless buffet of identities you can switch on a dime. But the moment someone dares defend Jewish students from discrimination, Harvard suddenly morphs into a crusader for 鈥渁cademic freedom.鈥� Don鈥檛 buy it.

Now, Harvard is suing to unfreeze those funds, insisting it鈥檚 owed tax dollars with zero oversight. Newsflash: No institution gets a blank check.

Yes, academic freedom matters. No, the federal government shouldn鈥檛 script curricula. I agree. But when billions of taxpayer dollars are on the line, we deserved some guardrails. Critics of this move aren鈥檛 upset because it鈥檚 a slippery slope鈥攖hey鈥檙e clinging to misinformation, ignorance, or outright lies.

CNN panel claims Trump demanding Harvard stop teaching Middle Eastern history

Consider CNN鈥檚 panel claiming the administration wants Harvard to stop teaching African鈥慉merican or Middle Eastern history. When a fellow panelist corrected them, left鈥憌ing author Alencia Johnson doubled down, “That鈥檚 what the demands say.” Except they don鈥檛.

The from the Trump administration to Harvard is public.

Harvard must commission an independent audit of programs “that most fuel antisemitic harassment or reflect ideological capture.” It should also identify faculty who “discriminated against Jewish or Israeli students or incited students to violate Harvard’s rules following October 7.” If there鈥檚 nothing to hide, why block a neutral audit?

Stop fueling antisemitism

The other faux concern from the left involves the Trump administration demanding Harvard promote viewpoint diversity in hiring, the very thing universities used to strive for.

Instead, they push groupthink and actively discriminate against or silence conservative viewpoints. Or, in the case of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), the school promotes antisemitism, according to many. And apparently, the Trump administration was right to specifically call out CMES.

Last month,听The Harvard Crimson聽 that the university “dismissed the faculty leaders” of CMES after the program had “come under fire for its programming on Israel and Palestine.”

Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers wrote in a March post on X that a February panel at CMES about “Israel鈥檚 war in Lebanon” was “very likely” antisemitic under the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, which Harvard adopted as part of a settlement agreement in January.

A report from the Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance, an alumni advocacy group, in May accused the CMES of demonizing Israel as the 鈥渓ast remaining colonial settler power embodying the world鈥檚 worst evils: racism, apartheid, and genocide.鈥�

Harvard is actively fighting the Trump administration. They did not have to make this change, but did anyway.聽罢丑补迟’蝉听how bad the alleged antisemitism was.

Trump administration can save Harvard

Did Harvard really demand CMES teach鈥攐r ignore鈥攕ome particular topic? No. The Trump administration isn鈥檛 dictating course syllabi; it鈥檚 insisting Harvard stop turning its Center for Middle Eastern Studies into an antisemitic echo chamber. In plain English: teach, don鈥檛 indoctrinate.

If CNN panels or left鈥憌ing activists can鈥檛 fathom a Middle Eastern Studies department that doesn鈥檛 villainize or call for the destruction of Israel, that鈥檚 their problem鈥攏ot the White House鈥檚. The Trump administration鈥檚 real goal is, perhaps ironically, to rescue Harvard鈥檚 reputation. Once a world鈥慶lass university, it鈥檚 devolved into a left鈥憌ing circus that graduates activist warriors, not thoughtful citizens.

You can argue the White House shouldn鈥檛 play dean of Harvard. Fair. But taxpayers shouldn鈥檛 underwrite a truly awful investment.

Taxpayers deserve guardrails

Billions in federal support deserve guardrails鈥攅specially when programs have 鈥渆gregious records of antisemitism or other bias,鈥� per the public letter. Harvard can either submit to an independent audit and restore viewpoint diversity, or keep begging for blank鈥慶heck funding from George Soros.

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