The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/03/newsom-threatens-to-cut-off-funds-to-universities-that-comply-with-trumps-threats-to-cut-off-funds-to-universities/Governor Newsom has created a Spiderman-pointing-at-Spiderman GIF dilemma for any state universities that comply with Trump's demands to adopt his policies or lose federal funding, as Newsom says he’ll yank their state funding. One of the many fascist-leaning subplots of the second Trump administration is Trump’s war against universities and colleges, where he’s threatening to pull their federal funding if he feels they are too “woke” or DEI for his thin-skinned, billionaire-inheritee sensibilities. This has hit close to home here in California, where Trump has vowed to cut funding to University of California

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