California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has threatened to cut state funding to any universities, public or private, in the state that sign President Donald Trump’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

Newsom claims that the compact “ties access to federal funding to radical conservative ideological restrictions.” In fact, the document , mailed to several universities and obtained by the Washington Examiner , demands complete academic freedom while also protecting conservatives from being silenced.

The document, part of a response to universities’ failure to fight antisemitism, includes ten provisions:

Maintain “equality in admissions,” with no preference for race, gender, or other categories of identity

Maintain a “marketplace of ideas” and “civil discourse” that refl

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