I am a professor at the @UofCalifornia. I am appalled by the conduct of one of its Regents, Scott Galloway, appointed in August by Governor Newsom.
@profgalloway is one of only 26 voting Regents entrusted with governing a university system serving hundreds of thousands of students & employing tens of thousands of faculty & staff.
Twice, first on a live Pivot episode featuring Hillary Clinton & on Prof G with Fareed Zakaria, Galloway called Elon Musk a “traitor to the West.”
He invoked Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed for espionage, and declared that Musk should be held to the same standards.
He didn’t explicitly demand Musk’s execution. But invoking the deaths of two convicted spies while calling an American citizen a traitor makes the implication hard to miss.
Musk has not been convicted of treason. Indeed, “treason against the West” isn’t even an actual crime.
Now imagine UCLA alumnus @BenShapiro, appointed a UC Regent, saying the same about George Soros.
Would the Governor defend his right to serve? Would Regent leadership shrug and call it provocative commentary? Or would there be demands for resignation?
But there’s something worse here than another of Scott’s trademark podcast rants.
He sits on the Regents’ Academic & Student Affairs Committee.
The committee’s charter says it oversees student conduct, faculty conduct, academic personnel, & campus climate, among other responsibilities.
This is not some honorary title.
The Board sets university policy, controls institutional budgets, & appoints senior university leadership.
You can unsubscribe from a podcast.
A student who finds Scott’s comments morally repugnant can’t unsub from the Regents.
UC bylaws require Regents to serve the public trust with a “high degree of ethics and candor,” including as private citizens.
Professors owe students intellectual integrity. Regents bear an even greater duty: they govern institutions that teach it.
Yet a Regent serving on the committee responsible for student & faculty conduct invokes executions while labeling a fellow citizen a traitor.
What does that say to our students?
That intellectual restraint is expected of the governed but optional for those who govern?
That standards of conduct depend on whether the target of your rhetoric is politically fashionable to despise, as long as the audience applauds?
This isn’t about defending @ElonMusk. He needs no defense from me.
Nor is it about silencing Scott. As if that were possible. He’s free to express his opinions, however reckless they may be.
But freedom of speech is not freedom from accountability, and holding a university office of public trust is not an entitlement.
There is an enormous moral chasm between exercising your right to speak recklessly and demonstrating the judgment required of one of the 26 people who govern our great public university.
The UC Board of Regents isnt a podcast sponsors can boycott. It’s a public trust.
One final irony. At @NYUStern, Galloway teaches Brand Strategy, including a session on crisis management.
His own prescription for leadership in a crisis is unequivocal: acknowledge the problem, have leadership take responsibility, and “overcorrect.”
He’s praised the departure of corporate leaders as evidence of effective crisis management.
Now Galloway himself sits on the UC Board of Regents.
Will he hold himself to the standards he teaches, or does accountability apply only to other people’s institutions?
Professor lecture thyself!
I believe Scott Galloway should seriously consider whether his continued service on the Board of Regents is consistent with the ethical standards and responsibilities of that office, or whether he should resign.
I welcome the opportunity to discuss these issues with Galloway directly, including what standards we should expect of those entrusted with governing the world’s best university.
Scott, you have an open invitation to join me on @Into_Impossible for an honest conversation.
As an Iranian who has been closely following US politics from the outside over the past two years, let me tell you what was the reason behind the midterm election results in my opinion.
Many were blaming the Iran war.
The war in Iran was essentially a proxy war whose battlefield happened to be in Iran, but behind the scenes, a complex network of global powers was involved. China, Russia, Arab nations, the Democrats, and most importantly, the UK and European liberals were the lifelines and supporters of this regime, they had no intention of ever letting the Islamic regime in Iran go. The Islamic regime functioned as their tool, their financial cash cow, and their asset in the region, to entangle the US in the region and weaken it.
Trump confronted and stood against this entire network. He knew the regime was holding the Strait of Hormuz hostage, but he had the courage to step up, take the risk, and push forward. In response, they had no tools left except the narrative war.
A big sophisticated network started warmongering rhetoric and propaganda. Beyond the mainstream media, they even recruited right-wing podcasters like @TuckerCarlson , who suddenly flipped their positions and began spreading false narratives.
One of their primary tactics was stoking antisemitism and exploiting societal sensitivities, repeating lies until they were accepted as absolute fact. They kept claiming this was Israel’s war, which it simply wasn’t. I grew up in Iran and was forced to chant "Death to America" every morning at school, but I never once said "Death to Israel." This regime was obsessed with US, you are just so lucky you got Israeli intelligence in keeping you updated on the threat. Without Israel, you may had learned about it after a nuclear 9/11. This was America’s war, a fight against a system that was being weaponized to undermine the United States.
As for the necessity of this conflict, Trump had known for years (dating back to his first term) what needed to be done with this regime. Why this timing? Because the people of Iran rose up in January 2026. If you had paid attention, the military buildup started immediately afterward because any meaningful action had to tap into the energy and courage of the Iranian people.
No one in the media tells you that the Islamic regime massacred 75,000 people in Iran, and suddenly that horrific atrocity became a non-issue, completely brushed aside by those who are obsessed with Gaza.
The fearmongers constantly tried to claim that this is just another "forever war," when in reality, Trump was actively preventing a repeat of the Iraq and Afghanistan disasters. What happened back then was a sudden, uncalculated collapse with no plan for the aftermath, plunging those countries into chaos and trapping America in a quagmire. But this time, Trump was handling it in a very controlled manner, applying limited, gradual pressure to steadily weaken the regime so the people could take their country back themselves, without needing any American boots on the ground.
They knew full well that there were no boots on the ground in Iran and that their claims were baseless, yet they intentionally made mountains out of molehills to distort public opinion and hence bail out the regime.
But it changes nothing for @realDonaldTrump , he finishes what he starts, and this will become his lasting legacy. Sadly, by making these choices, Americans have deprived themselves of domestic progress Trump could have offered, and even worse, let the enemy within inside the Senate and the House.
I truly hope this serves as a wake-up call so that by 2028, these lies won’t work on you anymore.
@hpreszler@sjkokinda I was 20 but I sensed it too. Especially in the person of Sam Donaldson and his ilk in the press corps in that era. Very condescending.
In hindsight it was a big decision and a lot of $’s to trust to McIntosh.
I think with the newly increased NIL $’s, the soft schedule, and the desire to succeed, Jimmy Leonard would have been the better choice.
He would have had better assistants too.
He would’ve had experience being around paid athletes that could have been invaluable.
🚨BREAKING: Sec. Marco Rubio DROPS THE MIC on the EU accusing President Trump of violating "international law" by striking narco-terrorists
"I find it INTERESTING all these countries want us to send nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles to defend Europe. But when the United States positions aircraft carriers in OUR hemisphere, where we live, somehow that's a PROBLEM!"
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"I don't think that the European Union gets to determine what international law is. They CERTAINLY don't get to determine how the United States defends its national security!"
"The United States is under attack from organized, criminal narco-terrorists in our hemisphere - and the president is responding in the DEFENSE of our country."
"So I would say that the United States and this president has made very clear his job is to protect the United States from threats against the United States...and THAT is what he's doing in this operation."
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I’m in agreement From Fox News. I wonder how loud it’ll get if Trump could pull this off. It will be interesting.
President Trump is asking everyone to share this, in three days, most people in the United States will have seen the message. This is an idea that should be passed around, regardless of political party.
The TRUMP Rules:
1. Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office. And no more perks go with them.
2. Congress (past, present, & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress must purchase their own retirement plan, just as ALL Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise at the ok same rate as the COLA for monthly Social Security recipients minus 1% if having a budget balance deficit.
5. Congress loses their current care system and participates in the same health care system (Medicare) as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people (i.e. NO MORE INSIDER TRADING!!!).
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women. Congress made all these contracts by and for themselves.
Serving in Congress is an honor and privilege, NOT a career.
The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators should serve their term(s), then go home and go back to work … not get all kinds of freebies. Term limits of 2 terms and treat them like a regular citizen!
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