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Yeah, I CANNOT IMAGINE why anyone would assume anything ill of the revolving door between business and government, what a bunch of conspiracists. You also might want to learn what the word "xenophobia" means since at no point in this article does it discuss foreign actors or organizations.

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> You also might want to learn what the word "xenophobia" means since at no point in this article does it discuss foreign actors or organizations

"Two out of the three publishers are foreign publishing giants"

"funding some foreign publishers"

"supporting foreign publishers"

Yeah but it has nothing to do with the fact that they are specifically foreign but pointing out yet another point of ridiculousness with the administration's position on this matter given this is 2/3rds foreign agents vs American colleges. Xenophobia is just a ridiculous accusation by OP to personally attack the author of this article.

Not to nit pick but...

"Two out of the three publishers are foreign publishing giants..."

The point is that the President of the United States, supposedly the representative of Americans, is directing his administration to protect the financial interests of foreign companies to the detriment of the academic mission of an American university. That is not really xenophobia, at least not in my view...

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