Mid-Day Update： January 3rd, 2024
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Summary
The firing of Harvard s President, sending shockwaves through academia, a victory for merit and a defeat for affirmative action, and the Marxist acronyms of CRT, DEI, and ESG that have overtaken colleges and universities over the past decade.
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I'm Lou Dobbs with the Great America Show Midday Update for Wednesday, January 3rd.
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The firing of Claudine Gay as president of Harvard sending shockwaves through academia,
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a victory for merit and a defeat for affirmative action, and the Marxist woke acronyms of
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CRT, DEI, and ESG that have overtaken colleges and universities over the past decade.
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Leading educators now calling on Harvard to hire its next president based on merit to
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demonstrate that Harvard means to end the political and ideological corruption of America's elite
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Billionaire Harvard donor Bill Ackman calling for the entire Harvard Corporation board to
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resign that board led by President Obama's Commerce Secretary, Penny Pritzker.
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And beleaguered House Speaker Mike Johnson and 60 Republicans at the southern cartel border
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Biden turned over the border to the Mexican drug cartels and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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An estimated 10 million illegal immigrants have entered the United States in those three
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Our guest today on the Great America Show says that Washington, D.C. isn't a swamp.
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Congressman Tim Burchett, our guest, please join us.
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This is Lou Dobbs with the Great America Midday Update.