the dear colleague letter from speaker johnson. tell us what you know about this agreement. we ve got a lot of numbers here. yes, symone. a lot of numbers. a little bit of a discrepancy and what we re hearing from republican leader, speaker johnson and democratic leaders. you mentioned we have that dear colleague letter that gives us the first sense of these top line members. you know, one point 59 trillion for fiscal year 2024, which republicans say allots 886 billion dollars in defense and 704 billion in non-defense. now, democrats are saying that they ve secured more than 772 billion in non defense spending. so, this is getting a little in the weeds here. but the difference is a side card dam deal that is a 69 billion dollars, that was negotiated as part of that speaker mccarthy, biden deal. and so, that is actually sticking around, explaining that discrepancy. what this does is it allows democrats to show that they ve got more money and it allows speaker johnson to kind
unwilling to weather the storm of criticism. gay, who became the first black president in the second woman to lead the university and all of harva s 387 year story, published an op-ed and in the new york times, she wrote, it s not lost on me that i make an ideal canvas for projecting every anxiety about the generational and demographic changes of american campuses, a black woman selected to lead a storied institution. claudine gay was in the top job when the most prestigious universities in the world, this may come as a shocker to some folks out there, black women don t get handed anything without qualifications, especially president of the most prestigious university in the world. if anything, we need to go above and beyond to prove our worth. as women, especially women of color, especially black women, we need to be unicorns to break glass ceilings just earn half asuch as our white male counterparts.
beforehand. frankly, they were answers that were counseled to give. soon after the hearing last month, the next day, gay apologized, harvard issued a statement of support for gay, that they had confidence that she could heal the campus community. conservative activism leach a pressure campaign to oust gay, the calder mediocre, unqualified, and affirmative action hire. and they falsely called her let s be clear, harvard has never accused doctor claudine gay of plagiarizing anything, she stands by her work but offered to make minor changes to improper citations. that folks, is not plagiarism. but the support started to crumble and she made the decision to resign saying, quote, after consultation with members of the corporation, it has become clear that it is in the best interest of harvard for me to resign. so that our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge, put the focus on institution rather than any individual. harvard to sided it was
you can take a refreshing shower all in one product! call now! i d like to take a few moments to talk about harvard university president dr. claudine gay, she resigned last week after drawing criticism from her testimony at a congressional hearing on comp pace on antisemitism, along with allegations of plagiarism. dr. gay, along with two other university presidents provided a legal answer to a very human question about whether calls for the genocide of jews violated the student cold of conduct at their school. frankly, every answer that each president gave was terrible. and they were poorly prepped
and her op-ed, she issued a wake up call for america, writing, having now seen how quickly the truth can become a casuty amid controversy,i urge a broader caution, a tense moments every one of us must be more skeptical than ever of the loudest and most extreme voices in our culture. however well organized or well connected they might be. what happened to claudine gay, it s chilling, it s part of a larger war on diversity, on history, on black people in this country, people of color. and if one of the most prestigious universities in the world came to pressure from the conservative activists mob, who won t stand up to them than? if our institutions will not stand up firm in the face of lies, targeting, and vitriol, then who will? this is a moment where institutions, individuals, people, must be willing to stand strong against the storm of targeted attacks from political extremists.