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Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Politics
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‘Nothing speaks like money.' Republican Senator wants Ohio higher education funds tied to new law
State Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, spoke during a forum at the City Club of Cleveland. (Screenshot). A Republican Ohio Senator wants higher education appropriations to be tied to compliance to Senate Bill 1, the new higher education law banning diversity efforts and regulating classroom discussion that will take effect this summer. 'We're not kidding around,' State Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, said Thursday during a City Club of Cleveland forum. 'This law will not be ignored. It will be welcomed. … We're going to make sure that all the work we've done doesn't go to waste because it's being ignored. We're going to make sure it happens and nothing speaks like money.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX The new law will ban diversity efforts, prohibit faculty strikes, regulate classroom discussion of 'controversial' topics, create post-tenure reviews, put diversity scholarships at risk, create a retrenchment provision that block unions from negotiating on tenure, shorten university board of trustees terms from nine years down to six years, and require students take an American history course, among other things. Cirino introduced S.B. 1 earlier this year which quickly passed the Ohio Senate and House. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed S.B. 1 into law at the end of March and it will take effect on June 27. Members of the Youngstown State University's chapter of the Ohio Education Association are collecting signatures in the hopes of trying to get a referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot. 'Opponents of Senate Bill 1 have said it will destroy higher education in Ohio,' Cirino said. 'Well, the governor signed the bill a couple of weeks ago, and to my knowledge, higher education is still pretty well intact in the state of Ohio.' More than 1,500 people testified against S.B. 1 — including many college students, faculty and staff who said they would leave Ohio if this bill became law. 'Certainly for some of them that would be OK,' Cirino said. 'Some of the ones who came to testify, I will help them pack.' The Ohio Capital Journal recently talked to a Cleveland State University student who is transferring to a New York university after spring semester because of the new law. Cirino talked about the need for a higher education law like this given 'the predominance of left-leaning faculty, which has skewed things on our campuses.' 'Without the very best educational system, we will not have a properly trained workforce, and without a trained workforce, we will not have a robust economy here in Ohio,' Cirino said. 'If our universities and community colleges are fixated on DEI, separating students by race and hiring professors who follow a monolithic liberal agenda, we are not preparing our students to learn how to analyze research and come to their own conclusions.' Cirino said the new law creates more opportunities for speech, reiterated that it's not anti-union and makes education available to everyone. 'Some of our universities have been spending tens of millions of dollars on infrastructure for DEI which has become institutional discrimination,' he said. 'You can't solve discrimination by having other discrimination. The best way to eliminate discrimination is to eliminate discrimination.' The new law also bans faculty strikes, something Cirino said is a student rights issue, not a labor issue. 'When a student signs up for a semester and pays for it, that's a contract between them and the university,' he said. 'Nothing should interrupt that. Nothing at all.' Even though the law only applies to Ohio's public universities and community colleges, private colleges would be required to comply with parts of S.B.1 if they want to continue to participate in the Governor's Merit Scholarship, according to language from the House's version of the budget. The budget is now in the hands of the Senate where Cirino is the chair of the Senate Finance Committee. Follow Capital Journal Reporter Megan Henry on Bluesky. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Business
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Ro Khanna Slams Elon Musk And Reveals 1 Odd Trend Of His: 'Like You Do With An Ex'
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is slamming Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, which the billionaire tech mogul maintains is slashing only wasteful public spending — despite key services and safety nets like Social Security being impacted. The California Democrat spoke Monday in Ohio at a City Club of Cleveland event about President Donald Trump's economic policies and said Musk's 'campaign of mass firings' has left his elderly constituents fearful that Social Security and 'basic services' will vanish. 'Two weeks ago, a mom hugged me in tears.' Khanna told the crowd. 'Her 3-year-old, a NICU survivor, now needs home care and a nurse to be able to take him to school. 'What will happen to him?' she asked. There's fear, Elon, in the families you don't see.' Musk was once a progressive darling for pioneering luxury electric vehicles and pushing for interplanetary travel with his Tesla and SpaceX companies, respectively, but tarnished his reputation in recent years by endorsing Trump and gutting the federal workforce. The world's richest man spent a fortune to help reelect Trump and was then tapped to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. He has since ominously called Social Security, one of America's most enduring safety nets, a 'Ponzi scheme.' On Monday, Khanna left the increasingly unpopular billionaire with some advice. 'I've known Elon for 15 years.' he said. 'Lately, it's been a little rocky. I'll save the profanity, but he keeps following and unfollowing me on X [formerly Twitter]. You know, like you do with an ex. I'll say this about Elon. He's a tech genius, but he should stick to cars and Mars.' In February, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) warned that Musk and his DOGE workers are 'actively dismantling' the U.S. Department of Education. The following month, the agency laid off 1,300 employees — and Trump signed an executive order to shut it down. Musk has since gotten into a public spat with Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro over the president's steep international tariffs on imports to the U.S. — as even the world's richest man relies on functioning global supply chains to keep his companies intact. Peter Navarro Skirts Around Beef With Elon Musk Amid Public Spat Over Trump's Tariffs Musk Wants To 'Harm' OpenAI Because He Can't Stand Its Success Without Him: Lawsuit Elon Musk Helped Democrats Get Their Act Together, But What If He Goes Away?
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Business
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Rep Ro Khanna tees up 2028 rivalry during pointed speech in JD Vance's home state
During remarks in Vice President JD Vance's home state, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., contrasted his vision for America's "new economic patriotism" with the future of the Republican Party with Vance at the helm. Considered a 2028 presidential contender in an already crowded field, Khanna's remarks at the City Club of Cleveland seemed to frame an early rivalry between the rising political leaders from opposite ends of the ideological spectrum. While Democratic leaders, who are likely mulling their own presidential runs, have seized opportunities to contrast President Donald Trump's agenda, Khanna took aim at Trump's likely successor during remarks on Monday. "Vance and Musk want to completely get government out of the way to usher in a new Gilded Age, so that corporate elites, particularly tech titans, can take the wheel," Khanna said. "I say it's time to turn the tables. It's time to put Silicon Valley in the service of America, not America in the service of Silicon Valley. That's why today I'm calling for a new economic patriotism. What we need in this country is a new economic patriotism, not a second Gilded Age." Vance Doubles Down After Trump Admin Admits 'Error' Sending Man To Salvadoran Prison Khanna, who was born in Philadelphia, touted his ties to Ohio during remarks in Cleveland, where his wife was born and raised. Khanna said Trump and Vance campaigned on restoring economic prosperity to industrial American cities but have presented "no hopeful vision, no real solutions" for manufacturing cities in the Rust Belt like Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and Warren, Ohio. Now representing California's Silicon Valley, Khanna called for "fusing Silicon Valley's ingenuity with Ohio's industrial might." Read On The Fox News App Congressman Calls For Zuckerberg To Answer On China Dealings Ohio GOP Chairman Alex Triantafilou responded to Khanna's remarks in a statement to Fox News Digital: "Ro Khanna is a far-left socialist from one of the wealthiest and wokest congressional districts in America. He served as an official surrogate for both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. This speech is nothing but another desperate plea for attention from another elitist politician wholly out-of-touch with Middle Class voters like those in Ohio." "His remarks remind Americans that California extremist liberals like Ro Khanna are responsible for enabling open borders, mass illegal immigration, and the out-of-control government spending of the Biden regime. He should've stayed in California." While Khanna did attack Trump's tariffs and "propaganda," Khanna was careful to target the joint "Trump and Vance" agenda, critique Vance individually and increasingly connect Vance to Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Khanna tied Vance to anti-democracy ideology, his "old" ideas for the United States and his tax breaks for Silicon Valley, which Khanna said they don't need. With the U.S. House of Representatives on recess this week, Khanna is crisscrossing the country and visiting communities tied to his potential political opponent. Khanna visited the manufacturing town of Warren, Ohio, on Sunday, which is across the state from where Vance was born and raised in Middletown. Khanna will continue his Democratic rebuttal of the future of the Republican Party at Yale Law School on Tuesday, where both Khanna and Vance are graduates. "I'm going actually to Yale tomorrow, where JD and I both went to law school, to talk about freedom of speech because he's been lecturing Europe about freedom of speech while sitting silently while students are snatched off campus and deported without due process." During the Munich Security Conference in February, Vance said free speech "is in retreat" across Europe. On Monday, Khanna called for Americans to stand up and speak out against "deportations without due process" – referring to anti-Israel protesters and illegal immigrants who have been targeted by the Trump administration. Khanna and Vance have already had their fair share of sparring on social media. Earlier this year, Vance accused the California congressman of acting like a "whiny" child after Khanna said a former DOGE employee should apologize for racially charged social media posts. Khanna told Vance the now-resigned staffer should apologize "for the sake of both of our kids," who are both of Indian dissent. Vance's office did not provide a comment when requested by Fox News article source: Rep Ro Khanna tees up 2028 rivalry during pointed speech in JD Vance's home state
Fox News
14-04-2025
- Business
- Fox News
Rep Ro Khanna tees up 2028 rivalry during pointed speech in JD Vance's home state
During remarks in Vice President JD Vance's home state, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., contrasted his vision for America's "new economic patriotism" with the future of the Republican Party with Vance at the helm. Considered a 2028 presidential contender in an already crowded field, Khanna's remarks at the City Club of Cleveland seemed to frame an early rivalry between the rising political leaders from opposite ends of the ideological spectrum. While Democratic leaders, who are likely mulling their own presidential runs, have seized opportunities to contrast President Donald Trump's agenda, Khanna took aim at Trump's likely successor during remarks on Monday. "Vance and Musk want to completely get government out of the way to usher in a new Gilded Age, so that corporate elites, particularly tech titans, can take the wheel," Khanna said. "I say it's time to turn the tables. It's time to put Silicon Valley in the service of America, not America in the service of Silicon Valley. That's why today I'm calling for a new economic patriotism. What we need in this country is a new economic patriotism, not a second Gilded Age." Khanna, who was born in Philadelphia, touted his ties to Ohio during remarks in Cleveland, where his wife was born and raised. Khanna said Trump and Vance campaigned on restoring economic prosperity to industrial American cities but have presented "no hopeful vision, no real solutions" for manufacturing cities in the Rust Belt like Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and Warren, Ohio. Now representing California's Silicon Valley, Khanna called for "fusing Silicon Valley's ingenuity with Ohio's industrial might." Ohio GOP Chairman Alex Triantafilou responded to Khanna's remarks in a statement to Fox News Digital: "Ro Khanna is a far-left socialist from one of the wealthiest and wokest congressional districts in America. He served as an official surrogate for both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. This speech is nothing but another desperate plea for attention from another elitist politician wholly out-of-touch with Middle Class voters like those in Ohio." "His remarks remind Americans that California extremist liberals like Ro Khanna are responsible for enabling open borders, mass illegal immigration, and the out-of-control government spending of the Biden regime. He should've stayed in California." While Khanna did attack Trump's tariffs and "propaganda," Khanna was careful to target the joint "Trump and Vance" agenda, critique Vance individually and increasingly connect Vance to Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Khanna tied Vance to anti-democracy ideology, his "old" ideas for the United States and his tax breaks for Silicon Valley, which Khanna said they don't need. With the U.S. House of Representatives on recess this week, Khanna is crisscrossing the country and visiting communities tied to his potential political opponent. Khanna visited the manufacturing town of Warren, Ohio, on Sunday, which is across the state from where Vance was born and raised in Middletown. Khanna will continue his Democratic rebuttal of the future of the Republican Party at Yale Law School on Tuesday, where both Khanna and Vance are graduates. "I'm going actually to Yale tomorrow, where JD and I both went to law school, to talk about freedom of speech because he's been lecturing Europe about freedom of speech while sitting silently while students are snatched off campus and deported without due process." During the Munich Security Conference in February, Vance said free speech "is in retreat" across Europe. On Monday, Khanna called for Americans to stand up and speak out against "deportations without due process" – referring to anti-Israel protesters and illegal immigrants who have been targeted by the Trump administration. Khanna and Vance have already had their fair share of sparring on social media. Earlier this year, Vance accused the California congressman of acting like a "whiny" child after Khanna said a former DOGE employee should apologize for racially charged social media posts. Khanna told Vance the now-resigned staffer should apologize "for the sake of both of our kids," who are both of Indian dissent. Vance's office did not provide a comment when requested by Fox News Digital.
