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Linda McMahon, Trump’s education secretary pick, says she’ll fight antisemitism — but offers few specifics

JL;DR SUMMARY Linda McMahon, President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, faced scrutiny during her confirmation hearing for her plans to combat campus antisemitism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationEducationFree SpeechRacismTitle ViUniversity PoliciesConfirmation HearingCampus PolicyLinda Mcmahon

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"President Donald Trumps nominee to be Secretary of Education, testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC."
New Jersey, United States
"I want to look into that, she said in response to Sen. Andy Kim, from New Jersey."
Louisiana, United States
"At the hearing, Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, pressed McMahon multiple times on how shed handle the backlog of Title VI investigations."
Maine, United States
"That answer led Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican, to praise McMahons strong commitment to dealing with Title VI."
Connecticut, United States
"She has served on the Connecticut state board of education as well as on a Catholic university board."
Kansas, United States
"The only new idea related to antisemitism McMahon committed to was a request from Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall to form an antisemitism commission"
Michigan, United States
"University boards also remain a target of student activism, with Michigan State University protesters shutting down a meeting of the schools Regents last week to push for divestment from Israel."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles, meanwhile, targeted a Jewish regent at his home with violent messaging."
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"Antisemitism also remains in the spotlight for university leadership: Harvard recently settled lawsuits from Jewish groups in part by promising to more stringently enforce policies on dialogue around Israel, which led two of its prominent pro-Palestinian faculty members to exit the school."
New York, United States
"Columbias faculty senate voted Wednesday on a new resolution to combat antisemitism, shortly after a Jewish professor at the school publicly announced his own exit owing to what he described as systematic anti-Israel bias."
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
"A recent Brown University conference on non-Zionist Jewish traditions, headlined by several prominent Jewish academics, drew opposition from a local pro-Israel group."
South Carolina, United States
"But when you become involved in activities that are actually endangering the students that are on campus, then that is not what should happen."

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