# Someone just got a Harvard Rejection Letter **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [April 14, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562 "2025-04-14T18:55:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leap1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/leap1/32/72176_2.png) [@Leap1](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Leap1)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/22 "2025-04-16T22:08:58Z")
As something of an Irishman, I am going to laugh instead of cry with that comment. ---
**Author:** ![eldemonio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/eldemonio/32/36963_2.png) [@eldemonio](https://discussion.fool.com/u/eldemonio)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/23 "2025-04-16T22:25:32Z")
> [@steve203](#): > > Must not burden the “right” churches Did you hear about the religious events at the WH? $20 says TFG will appear on Sunday proclaiming he’s Jesus resurrected. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkwin](https://g.foolcdn.com/misc-assets/discourse-member-avatar_120px_green600.png) [@Hawkwin](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Hawkwin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/24 "2025-04-16T22:45:22Z")
> [@DrBob2](#): > > Will the Feds take on Harvard University? If they do, would they win a legal challenge? That we don’t know. I think the two situations are exactly the opposite. BJU was prohibiting students from exercising rights. Harvard is trying to protect the exercising of rights. Now, if Congress passed a law banning the amorphous DEI, then the cases would be more similar. A vague EO banning DEI doesn’t suffice. ---
**Author:** ![steve203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/steve203/32/3302_2.png) [@steve203](https://discussion.fool.com/u/steve203)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/25 "2025-04-16T22:57:54Z")
> [@eldemonio](#): > > $20 says TFG will appear on Sunday proclaiming he’s Jesus resurrected. He’s been pushing the “chosen by God” line since the assassination attempt last summer. Steve ---
**Author:** ![MataroPete](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/mataropete/32/16060_2.png) [@MataroPete](https://discussion.fool.com/u/MataroPete)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/26 "2025-04-16T23:26:16Z")
> [@steve203](#): > > He’s been pushing the “chosen by God” line since the assassination attempt last summer. You forgot the “ “ around assassination attempt. Pete ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/27 "2025-04-16T23:26:28Z")
> [@Leap1](#): > > As something of an Irishman, I am going to laugh instead of cry with that comment. You Irishmen and your church of England. ---
**Author:** ![flyerboys](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/flyerboys/32/2123_2.png) [@flyerboys](https://discussion.fool.com/u/flyerboys)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/28 "2025-04-16T23:48:41Z")
> [@steve203](#): > > He’s been pushing the “chosen by God” line since ever since Jerry Falwell Jr’s problematic _menage a trois_ with wife and a cute poolboy went public and caused him to cut a deal, whereby Trump got emergency PR+ help from Trump’s mafia lawyer trained network (Michael Cohen!), and in return Falwell Jr. gave a USA idiot xtian equivalent of a Papal endorsement, followed by national “salvific” prophecies by the evangelical entrepreneurs, for Prez contestant Trump, whose fogged in campaign took off. It really was that sick. Russell Moore, a long time respected power within the Southern Baptist Convention and conservative Christianity responded: > “Trading in the gospel of Jesus Christ for political power is not liberty but slavery,” one tweet said. “Evangelicals can love a golden calf, as long as Aaron promises to make Mexico pay for it,” another read. ---
**Author:** ![MataroPete](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/mataropete/32/16060_2.png) [@MataroPete](https://discussion.fool.com/u/MataroPete)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/29 "2025-04-16T23:58:46Z")
> [@flyerboys](#): > > Evangelicals can love a golden calf The writer Tim Alberta, son of a minister, and who could be labeled as a real xtian (v. the Golden Calf xtians or xtian nationalists) once replied with a question to an “evangelical” who said Trump was sent by God: did you ever consider that he was sent by God to test your faith? Pete ---
**Author:** ![DrBob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/drbob2/32/3456_2.png) [@DrBob2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/DrBob2)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/30 "2025-04-17T00:48:27Z")
> [@Hawkwin](#): > > I think the two situations are exactly the opposite. BJU was prohibiting students from exercising rights. Harvard is trying to protect the exercising of rights. You’re missing the point. There is precedent for denying tax exempt status to a university. It is up to the courts to decide if it is justified. DB2 ---
**Author:** ![steve203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/steve203/32/3302_2.png) [@steve203](https://discussion.fool.com/u/steve203)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/31 "2025-04-17T00:55:39Z")
> [@MataroPete](#): > > You forgot the “ “ around assassination attempt. I take the attempt as real. Shiny-land has an overabundance of nuts with guns. TIG wasn’t the only one spared by a fluke. Jerry Ford lived because Squeaky forgot to release the safety on her automatic. Sarah Jane Moore would probably have missed Jerry anyway, but a 'Nam vet in the crowd saw her arm holding a gun, and deflected it. George Wallace and Reagan both survived the attempt. Steve ---
**Author:** ![DrBob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/drbob2/32/3456_2.png) [@DrBob2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/DrBob2)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/32 "2025-04-17T00:55:44Z")
> [@MataroPete](#): > > You forgot the “ “ around assassination attempt. Does that mean you don’t think what happened in Butler was real? DB2 ---
**Author:** ![eldemonio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/eldemonio/32/36963_2.png) [@eldemonio](https://discussion.fool.com/u/eldemonio)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/33 "2025-04-17T03:38:44Z")
> [@DrBob2](#): > > Does that mean you don’t think what happened in Butler was real? Who knows? Let’s just say it was a rigged assassination attempt. We don’t need any proof, we can just repeat that it was a publicity stunt to boost TFG’s poll numbers. It doesnt really matter if that’s true, we can just repeat it over and over knowing some will believe what we’re saying. That’s how politics works now. ---
**Author:** ![Leap1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/leap1/32/72176_2.png) [@Leap1](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Leap1)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/34 "2025-04-17T03:50:29Z")
> [@DrBob2](#): > > Does that mean you don’t think what happened in Butler was real? It was real but instantaneously turned into propaganda. How’s them apples? ---
**Author:** ![Leap1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/leap1/32/72176_2.png) [@Leap1](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Leap1)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/35 "2025-04-17T04:05:42Z")
Dear Bob, > **[I.R.S. Is Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html)** > > The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s attempts to choke off federal money and support for the leading research university. _Federal law bars the president from either directly or indirectly requesting the I.R.S. to investigate or audit specific targets. The I.R.S. does at times revoke tax exemptions from organizations for conducting too many political or commercial activities, but those groups can appeal the agency’s decision in court. Any attempt to take away Harvard’s tax exemption would be likely to face a legal challenge, which tax experts expect would be successful._ _Harrison Fields, a White House spokesman, said the I.R.S.’s scrutiny of Harvard began before the president’s social media post._ I would suggest some combination of prison time and psychiatric care. If they had gotten to Hitler with psychiatric care earlier he would have lived past 1945. ---
**Author:** ![Leap1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/leap1/32/72176_2.png) [@Leap1](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Leap1)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/36 "2025-04-17T05:22:30Z")
Which would you put in place first the psychiatric care or the prison sentence? Hitler could have developed into more of a person if he had a good shrink prior to 1933. Of course by 1937 a second prison sentencing would have been appropriate. > **[DHS threatens to revoke Harvard’s eligibility to host international students...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/us/harvard-kristi-noem-international-students/index.html)** > > Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is threatening to strip Harvard University of its ability to enroll international students if it doesn’t turn over records on international students’ “illegal and violent activities,” the agency... ---
**Author:** ![steve203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/steve203/32/3302_2.png) [@steve203](https://discussion.fool.com/u/steve203)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/37 "2025-04-17T05:35:17Z")
> [@Leap1](#): > > Hitler could have developed into more of a person if he had a good shrink prior to 1933. Of course by 1937 a second prison sentencing would have been appropriate. Ever see “The Boys From Brazil”? [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/original/3X/7/4/74b89d7eba155affdceff7e7f4e2a366cc5c0068.jpeg "The Boys from Brazil (1978) ORIGINAL TRAILER [FHD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPvE8oRei70) Steve ---
**Author:** ![captainccs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/captainccs/32/3775_2.png) [@captainccs](https://discussion.fool.com/u/captainccs)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/38 "2025-04-17T07:13:22Z")
> [@Hawkwin](#): > > Now, if Congress passed a law banning the amorphous DEI, then the cases would be more similar. A vague EO banning DEI doesn’t suffice. Interesting observation. A third alternative, SCOTUS finds DEI unconstitutional. The Captain ---
**Author:** ![captainccs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/captainccs/32/3775_2.png) [@captainccs](https://discussion.fool.com/u/captainccs)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 7:19am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/39 "2025-04-17T07:19:55Z")
Religion has been a political tool since the days of the Witch Doctors. Religion granted lands to true believers in biblical times. Religion interfered with Roman Hegemony in the Middle East. The Crusades. It’s ongoing. The Captain ---
**Author:** ![eldemonio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/eldemonio/32/36963_2.png) [@eldemonio](https://discussion.fool.com/u/eldemonio)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/40 "2025-04-17T11:50:39Z")
> [@Leap1](#): > > It was real but instantaneously turned into propaganda. If we’re gonna fight fire with fire, we’ve gotta push the narrative that it was staged, using assassination actors… ---
**Author:** ![DrBob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/drbob2/32/3456_2.png) [@DrBob2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/DrBob2)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562/41 "2025-04-17T12:19:03Z")
> [@eldemonio](#): > > Who knows? Let’s just say it was a rigged assassination attempt. Have you considered buying stock in Alcoa? > [@Leap1](#): > > It was real but instantaneously turned into propaganda. Certainly. DB2 [Previous page](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562.md?page=1) [Next page](https://discussion.fool.com/t/someone-just-got-a-harvard-rejection-letter/115562.md?page=3)