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News & Current Events Apr 2, 2026 at 12:34 PM

Universities pressured to strip names of Epstein associates from campus buildings

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Universities pressured to strip names of those who appear in the Epstein files from campus buildings
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Universities pressured to strip names of those who appear in the Epstein files from campus buildings
Protests are growing at U.S. universities where buildings are named for those connected to the files on the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

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ZenBreaking Apr 2, 2026 +367
The absolute irony when trump is slapping his name on every building he can
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steve_ample Apr 2, 2026 +83
Which is fine in the sense that once he's gone, the names will go too. How cults of personality are dismantled are always gong to be a spectacle. And it may help a bit with healing, to see symbols being torn down in real time as the dystopia they have created.
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TuckerCarlsonsOhface Apr 2, 2026 +25
We need to see the perp walk for any healing to happen
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SalSimNS2 Apr 2, 2026 +8
After the perp walk, put him in stocks and chains in front of the whitehouse, for all to see.
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kaisadilla_ Apr 2, 2026 +7
I've been saying for a year that, in the next decade or two, we'll see a "de-Trumpification of the US" that will be explicitly called so. Once the guy is dead and the furor is gone, the country will have a collective "what the f*** did I just do?" moment and no one will have ever had supposed Trump.
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itsnotcomplicated1 Apr 2, 2026 +790
*"Why are they trying to erase America's history?"* -Republicans probably
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joestaff Apr 2, 2026 +226
\**meanwhile, buries the Enola Gay because DEI*\*
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TheModWhoShaggedMe Apr 2, 2026 +94
*Sinks the Statue of Liberty because DEI*
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gangy86 Apr 2, 2026 +58
*Melts the Liberty Bell because DEI*
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zMerovingian Apr 2, 2026 +30
*Enters a sale-leaseback agreement for Ellis island, putting proceeds in a personal account for Trump and leaving taxpayers on the hook for perpetually renting the island from private equity*
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UncaringNonchalance Apr 2, 2026 +8
*… because DEI.*
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even_less_resistance Apr 2, 2026 +17
probs more buildings associated with his associates than confederates honored in the south, if i had to bet lmao
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physicsking Apr 3, 2026 +1
"This is our heritage and I am proud to stand behind it". - some idiot
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leaonas Apr 2, 2026 +1
tRump needs to issue an Executive Order to ban Black Friday due to DEI.
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TerpChasersClub Apr 2, 2026 +259
And this is controversial because?
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nobody_smart Apr 2, 2026 +216
Because those people have money.
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AscensionToCrab Apr 2, 2026 +87
Also because epstein also associated a hell of a lot with academics and, in particular, science funding in general. There are probably associates of epstein that have also made advances in their field. But yeah id strip their names because f*** em.
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kaisadilla_ Apr 2, 2026 +7
Noam Chomsky and Richard Dawkins were friends of his. It won't be just random names nobody other than experts in a very specific field know. It will be household names, too.
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__mud__ Apr 2, 2026 +12
And the money probably came as a directed donation, meaning it has strings attached. Whether naming a building has to be one of those strings would be a case by case thing
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Sotanud Apr 2, 2026 +3
I wouldn't be against removing their money from them as well for what it's worth
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A-Capybara Apr 2, 2026 -1
And are Israel
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Alantsu Apr 2, 2026 +20
No but it’s incredibly hypocritical when the universities themselves were listed as Epstein’s co-conspirators. The universities laundered the money from Epstein to his victims. When are the universities and the university employees who allowed it to happen going to be held accountable? Removing names is meaningless theatrics at this point. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/19/jeffrey-epstein-emails-files-power-for-benefit/88701802007/#
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LordKnt Apr 2, 2026 +42
it's absolutely not meaningless theatrics, just because they should be doing way more doesn't mean they shouldn't do anything at all
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Alantsu Apr 2, 2026 +9
Not meaningless. Bad word choice. More of a smoke screen to hide their own involvement.
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kaisadilla_ Apr 2, 2026 +4
The universities didn't do anything, as they are not conscious beings. The people managing them did. As such, it is not hypocritical for universities to remove all positive mentions of Epstein's associates, for as long as they also purge anyone in their ranks who was involved in Epstein's affairs.
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Alantsu Apr 2, 2026 +1
Not true. Universities (NYU, Columbia, MIT, ect) can be tried as coconspirators for money laundering. Along with the supporting financial institutions like JP Morgan who had all the the SARs and ignored them all making JP Morgan a coconspirator too. We are currently filing charges against universities , just for “extreme left wing ideology “ and ignoring the actual crimes of money laundering and supporting sex trafficking of minors.
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Money_Statement_9861 Apr 2, 2026 +26
If only we had some kind of investigation where the real associates were caught and arrested, stripped of all their ill gotten gains, and thrown in prison forever. Oh well.
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chokokhan Apr 2, 2026 +2
The shame of potentially having a child rapist’s name on an academic building outweighs the “shame” some rich guy was stripped of naming rights. You’re here playing devils advocate like those two wrongs are the same. Nope, some of them raped children. Hopefully some of them will go to jail. The presumption of innocence doesn’t apply to having buildings named after you. Also big deal you got your name removed you can go cry in your millions. The only reason this is not happening faster and across the board is money, not principle.
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Money_Statement_9861 Apr 2, 2026 +5
You say "in the meantime" as if it's ever going to happen. The wealthy pedophiles prefer this ambiguity because that way no one gets arrested and no one gets accused/punished. That way centrists can carry water for all of them guilty or not so nothing ever happens regardless. Also, youre acting like they're lynching people instead of doing the bare minimum of gestures. Im sorry I dont feel sorry for the rich and powerful for getting a name scratched off a university wall when they're not even inconvenienced by it.
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Money_Statement_9861 Apr 2, 2026 +4
>That doesn’t come with criminal charges, but it would come with major reputational and financial harm in academic, business, and philanthropic circles Oh that is bullshit and you know it. We literally have Alan dershowitz still running around despite openly being in the epstein files with just a flimsy excuse that he never took his underwear off when the underage girls "massaged" him. And that's after openly writing articles against the age of consent. And nowadays? He's still doiing everything he used to and never suffered any repercussions. Then there are traitors like ollie north who are still referred to as "experts" who never got ostracized from society. Hell we have literal murderers still running around. The wealthy dont suffer real financial or reputational damage unless their jobs are based on public support like celebrities. It just becomes another rumor.
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thefugue Apr 2, 2026 +2
“Negative bias” against the wealthy isn’t some arbitrary prejudice. It is informed opinion. Do I think the wealthy, as a group, are disproportionately likely to commit capital offenses? No. I think the amassing of wealthy necessarily entails habitual inequitable behavior. I also think wealthy people are disproportionately *allowed* to commit crimes.
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thefugue Apr 2, 2026 +2
Buddy “socioeconomic status” isn’t a protected category- and the wealthy had better pray every day that it never becomes one. I agree with you in regard to proof of guilt. The problem is that we dwell in a legal limbo in that issue regarding these cases because we have a fascist regime in place that’s made it clear that it sees the crimes of the wealthy as opportunities for grift.
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Alantsu Apr 2, 2026 +10
It’s not just an association when the universities themselves were listed co-conspirators for laundering money to victims, but never prosecuted. There was enough evidence to suggest prosecution. That prosecution was blocked. That blocked prosecution and unreleased indictment listing the actual evidence proves way more than “association “.
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Alantsu Apr 2, 2026 +4
The email that list the co-conspirators recommended for prosecution included universities. For example: Between 2000 and 2002, Epstein paid for a survivor, whom he abused from 2002 to 2005, to attend NYU and arranged a scholarship for her. When the individual transferred from NYU to Hunter College, Epstein arranged for her tuition at Hunter—to which he has also previously donated; Around 2004, a survivor was in high school when Epstein repeatedly promised that he would get her admitted to NYU and pay for her to attend. She eventually reported this conduct to the Palm Beach Police Department; Between 2004 and 2007, Epstein helped pay for a survivor, whom he abused from 2002 to 2009, to attend Columbia. Towards the end of her time at the school, Epstein would make payments in excess of tuition fees for Survivor 3, so when the tuition was refunded, Survivor 3 would receive several thousand dollars directly from Columbia, through Epstein; and Around 1993, at a modeling event, Epstein promised to “take care of” of a survivor, a young foreign model. At that same event, an associate of Epstein promised that he would ensure she received both a visa and admission to NYU. She did not accept this offer of assistance to receive a visa or gain admission to NYU. Multiple survivors also reported that their tuition, paperwork, and expenses were personally arranged by Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, Epstein’s long-term lawyer and accountant and now co-executors of his estate. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/19/jeffrey-epstein-emails-files-power-for-benefit/88701802007/#
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Alantsu Apr 2, 2026 +2
There is reference in a released email asking for updates on recommended prosecutions. Those recommendations were sent in another email which the doj refuses to release. Same way the doj is refusing to release the court filed indictments. We know these documents exist. So that’s not a conspiracy. Raskjn and many others have seen it and are going after several universities (I believe NYU and Columbia are complying) and at least one financial institution, JP Morgan.
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Intrepid_Ad3083 Apr 2, 2026 +43
This shouldn’t be that hard
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lexm Apr 2, 2026 +14
My thoughts as well... "forced"? Are you shitting me?
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phosdick Apr 2, 2026 +25
I'd much prefer to see Americans stripping the names of Epstein's known associates and protectors from the Federal Government, especially from the White House.
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No_Cucumber3978 Apr 2, 2026 +23
Hang on, didn't some guy who was allegedly in there just rename a building after himself?... Oh, wait... Wait, I get you. 100% right! Knock yourself out. 
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Pretend-Function-133 Apr 2, 2026 +6
Whole fuckin airport too
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frogstampede_9 Apr 2, 2026 +44
Honestly, if your name’s on a building and tied to that mess, you should be begging them to take it down. Maybe replace them with scholarships for abuse survivors.
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SkyDaddyCowPatty Apr 2, 2026 +9
They have to be PRESSURED?! Excuse me???
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yawara25 Apr 2, 2026 +41
> “As I’ve said repeatedly, I deeply regret ever having met this individual, but at no time have I conducted myself inappropriately,” Farkas said in a statement. Of all the things that could come out of a billionaire's mouth, "at no time have I conducted myself inappropriately" takes the cake for being the least believable.
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The-Traveler- Apr 2, 2026 +7
As they should. We need to get rid of everything associated with people who looked the other way, too, like Jim ‘Gym’ Jordan and Chase Bank officials.
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hayyimsandwich Apr 2, 2026 +7
and then theyll name an airport in florida after his best friend
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Irreverent_Bard Apr 2, 2026 +4
Just name everything after Dolly Parton… least problematic person in history!
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paulsoleo Apr 2, 2026 +4
This absolute bare minimum action shouldn’t require the word “pressure”
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BlainethePayne Apr 2, 2026 +7
Does this include Trump University? Oh, I guess technically it WAS stripped, wasn't it?
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ThePensiveE Apr 2, 2026 +8
Ohioan here. Sorry for all the r*** enthusiasts America. And JD. And Vivek (it's not too late for us to reject him). I truly didn't know how awful our people were growing up.
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smallangrynerd Apr 2, 2026 +7
Hey, we also had Neil Armstrong and John Glenn, those guys were cool
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ice-eight Apr 2, 2026 +8
People known for going as far from Ohio as any human being has ever been
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ThePensiveE Apr 2, 2026 +4
At some point though we stopped producing astronauts and patented producing assholes 🤷‍♂️
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Strange-Effort1305 Apr 2, 2026 +3
In Trump's country? Yeah sure thing
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Av8tors Apr 2, 2026 +10
So they have to remove anything that mentions the Felon in Chief?
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txroller Apr 2, 2026 +3
The president in chiefs white washing will have its day. When he’s gone and out of office/buried/etc we will do our best to remove this stain from American history
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Dramatic_Original_55 Apr 2, 2026 +2
Removing the stain is what the current administration is trying to do. Eliminate the stain of slavery, eliminate the stain of imperialism, eliminate the stain of genocide, etc. The stain needs to be knocked off its pedestal, yes, but it needs to remain a part of history, as a warning to future generations.
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agent674253 Apr 2, 2026
Felon in Chief's signature will soon be on all our money 🤮 [https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0425](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0425)
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kaisadilla_ Apr 2, 2026 +1
A unique opportunity to deface all these bills with references to Epstein.
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Wizard_with_a_Pipe Apr 2, 2026 +7
But no one goes to jail. Got it. Laws really only apply to poor people.
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yasfan Apr 2, 2026 +2
Now they also need to do that with the Epstein associate plastered on the Kennedy Center and the US Institute of Peace.
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KDR_11k Apr 2, 2026 +2
I must say, causing a global economic catastrophe certainly managed to overshadow the Epstein files.
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Iribumkiak Apr 2, 2026 +1
Mission accomplished!
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Witne55 Apr 2, 2026 +2
and give back the money?! Should have written a morals clause where the universities get to keep the pedollars.
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aussiegreenie Apr 3, 2026 +2
How could institution ***NOT*** already quietly remove the name of anyone associated with Epstein,
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ViolettaQueso Apr 3, 2026 +2
Hope to it. All the states actually got it done within days or weeks, even changing street signs, all over the country without question once Huerta’s interview that Cesar Chavez had abused her and others including minors for years. What are universities waiting for? And on that note, why are we allowing Trump to put his perverted criminal face and name on anything now, and not erasing where it already appears?
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aquagardener Apr 2, 2026 +2
Wow, is nothing sacred anymore?!
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Tall_Hat_4246 Apr 2, 2026 +2
States should stop funding the government then. This administration would leave only money for war, and some dipshits don’t see a problem with that. America has fallen so far under this evil administration
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799green Apr 2, 2026 +2
Fuckhead #1 is about to put his name on our money. What will we do about that?
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Sweatytubesock Apr 2, 2026 +2
Better strip Trump’s name from everything, campus or otherwise. He was Epstein’s co-conspirator, and equally guilty. The only place Trump’s name placement is appropriate is on the Trump-Epstein files.
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nightninja13 Apr 2, 2026 +2
All for stripping people that have broken laws or done something wrong. Not everyone associated with epstein was apart of his island or knew his business. Just being in his files doesn’t mean they should be fired. Let’s focus on people that have actually broken the law. Like Trump, Maybe that guy? And maybe people the victims specifically call out. Not saying some of these people may not have done something but we still need to do this the right way not just look at who the guy knew and say “you must have known”.
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kaisadilla_ Apr 2, 2026 +2
Anyone who was friends with Epstein after his first conviction has no excuse.
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nightninja13 Apr 2, 2026 +2
Sure but prove that they knew about it first. Being reasonable is all I am saying because it's how justice works. 
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Ill_Painter5868 Apr 2, 2026 +1
One Nation Under Epstein Blackmail
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Resies Apr 2, 2026 +1
Can't wait for trump to erect statues to them
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Heimerdingerdonger Apr 2, 2026 +1
Great way to clear some room for new giant donations from the next gen of Billionaire perverts. Will be the Elon Musk Football Complex -- with no irony.
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AcanthisittaNo6653 Apr 2, 2026 +1
Save some time and just rename it all after trump. We can fix that later..
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leaonas Apr 2, 2026 +1
They’re just doing this now? When was he convicted of raping children? WTF?
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justanothershmuckmd Apr 2, 2026 +1
How about someone break out some handcuffs already.
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cattlemanish Apr 2, 2026 +1
Harvard ties to him are undeniable. I think the whole University needs to be renamed.
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Unhappy_Plankton_671 Apr 2, 2026 +1
Stop naming things after people.
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tacs97 Apr 2, 2026 +1
I’m n Florida they’re trying to find ways to put Epstein associates names on all types of buildings! The airport is the start!
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realdonaldtramp3 Apr 2, 2026 +1
Meanwhile trumps signature is going on every bill printed in the us mint
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-You-know-it- Apr 2, 2026 +1
WHY do they have to be “pressured”? Why aren’t they just wanting to do this on their own?
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jabaturd Apr 2, 2026 +1
Wait. Do we feel sorry for the poor Epstainers or... the media is so c***.
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bluesam3 Apr 2, 2026 +1
Seriously, this is why we should just name things after bits of geography. Very few bits of geography commit crimes.
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oldfogey12345 Apr 3, 2026 +1
That is going to be the only real consequence those people are likely to see. Light embarrasment.
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Jouleswatt Apr 2, 2026 +1
Names on buildings?! Sheesh.. universities should fire their asses. There’s the sick pedo who was the former ambassador to Mexico who’s now on staff at American University. Slime balls like that should be tarred and feathered
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sooper_dooperest Apr 2, 2026 +2
I’d think these are mostly donors not employees
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Thirsty4Knowledge911 Apr 2, 2026 +1
Good luck doing that with Trump’s name. He might not be on buildings at universities, but he’s stamped his name on nearly everything else.
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