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Leftists are threatening to dox incoming freshmen students at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), claiming they will release the students’ personal information if they are caught joining conservative groups on campus, namely the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) and Turning Point USA (TPUSA).

Evergreen State College critic Benjamin Boyce has had many videos on his YouTube channel demonetized this week, part of a larger trend of video creators critical of progressive values being demonetized or blacklisted by the platform.

A pro-abortion student at Whatcom Community College in Bellingham, Washington, recently tore down a pro-life cross display put up by the school’s Students for Life of America group. When asked why he was censoring the pro-life students, he replied, “because I disagree with the message.”

A recent study found that most college students say that the political and social climate on their college campuses prevents students from expressing their true beliefs. The study reveals that more than two-thirds of college students admitted that campus culture causes students to self-censor over the concern that their classmates could find their views “offensive.”

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) blasted campus “free speech codes” during a speech in which she introduced a campus free speech resolution.

A cafeteria worker at the University of Minnesota found herself on the receiving end of a “bias incident report” after she said “hello” to a student in Japanese. The student felt the worker’s greeting of “konnichiwa” was “racialized.”

A Boston University professor suggests taxing — as well as suspending the social media account — of those who spread “fake news.” The professor insists that he does not want to regulate free speech, but rather, punish people for the damage caused by their free speech.

Last week, Santa Clara University refused to recognize a conservative student organization for the third time. According to the university’s Vice Provost, the student government’s decision was “not motivated by the club’s ideological beliefs.”

The jury in the Oberlin College defamation case has awarded Gibson’s Bakery an additional $33 million in punitive damages. The additional damages bring the total award to $44 million.

A new bill moving forward in the Texas legislature could possibly criminalize sex jokes on campus, according to FIRE. The organization devoted to free speech on campus also expects a flood of “unmeritorious complaints” to Title IX offices at universities in the state.

A libertarian high school senior who was excluded from the annual yearbook was shocked to find a picture of Karl Marx included instead. The Principal has apologized for the exclusion, which the student believes was based on his political activism.

One of the creators of the concept of “microaggressions” has expressed concern about overuse of the term. Columbia University professor Derald Sue now claims “not everything is a microaggression.”

A new lawsuit filed against the University of Illinois alleges that administrators have installed a campus “Speech Police” system.

A jury in Ohio has awarded a local bakery $11 million after the progressive Oberlin College falsely portrayed the bakery as racist.

A professor at Georgia Gwinnett College has come under fire from students for his perspective on illegal immigration.

A man was arrested on Monday after attempting to chain the doors to a College Republicans event in a classroom at the University of Washington. The move, which appeared to be an attempt to lock the conservatives inside the classroom, failed, as the speaker’s personal security members and students forced the doors open. The man acted after an Antifa call to action to disrupt the event.

A recent analysis revealed that UC Berkeley has not hosted a conservative commencement speaker in ten years.

In a victory for the First Amendment on campus, a bill that will effectively ban “free speech zones” on Alabama college campuses passed last week.

Whether perpetrated by students or school faculty, instances of violence or threats against conservative students — and sometimes even conservative professors — are becoming commonplace on America’s college campuses. This trend is also expanding to the high school level.

Dan Gallipoli, a student and Turning Point USA chapter president at West Haven High School in Connecticut, told Breitbart News that teachers and administrators at his school got offended over TPUSA signs that read “America is the greatest country in the world.” The conservative student spoke to host Alex Marlow in a Wednesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily for the show’s weekly TPUSA campus report segment.

A student at the University of Central Florida was outraged after seeing pro-life signage on campus, and reacted by allegedly kicking the signs over. When a police officer arrived on the scene, the student told the officer that he does not understand how difficult it is to get out of bed every morning to start his day, due to the fact that he is not a college student.

George Washington University officials have yet to comment on a recent student referendum that called for the end of the university’s “Colonials” mascot, despite the vote occuring almost two months ago.

University of Chicago student government member Brett Barbin says that he has received death threats over his pro-life bill which would have prohibited mandatory student fees from funding student abortions.

Arizona State University student and Rwandan refugee Espoir Le’dieu told Breitbart News that she likes President Donald Trump because he “believes in people,” and that leftists view her “as a puppet, that I need to be led.” Le’dieu spoke to host Alex Marlow in a Thursday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily for the show’s weekly Turning Point USA (TPUSA) campus report segment.

University of North Carolina Wilmington professors expressed their outrage over a commencement speaker who supposedly made a “sexist” remark during his address to graduating students. The speaker, Thomas Fetzer, suggested that a man should invest in a diamond ring for his future wife, to which one professor reacted by claiming his remark was “something right out of 1965.”

Robert Charles, a former assistant secretary of state for President George W. Bush, wrote about his recent experience speaking at Dartmouth College. Charles was surprised to find students eager to discuss his ideas, in the midst of campuses becoming increasingly hostile to conservative speakers.

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Portland State University has rejected a proposal that would have created a class on “Conservative Political Thought.” According to Portland State, the class “did not support the University commitment to access and inclusion.” 

A former Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University claims that he was forced out of the program for his Christian faith.

Dozens of Taylor University students walked out in protest during Vice President Mike Pence’s recent commencement address at their graduation ceremony.

After Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) signed a bill into law requiring public schools to respect free speech on campus, administrators at Southeastern Community College are meeting with an attorney to determine whether there is any leeway in the legislation that would allow the school to blacklist a Turning Point USA student group.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is calling on the president of Williams College to grant club status to a student group that was denied recognition by the school’s student government last month due to having pro-Israel viewpoints.

A student at San Diego State University published an op-ed in the student newspaper arguing that “toxic masculinity” does not exist. His piece earned the scorn of the campus community, which compared it to the writings of “school shooters.”

A new poll reveals that female students are more likely than male students to think it is acceptable to shout down or “deplatform” controversial campus speakers.

The University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) has settled a lawsuit with a Christian student group which forces the university to recognize the group as an official student organization.

Turning Point USA Chief Creative Officer Benny Johnson joined host Alex Marlow in a Wednesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily for the weekly TPUSA campus report. Johnson talked about the students he has met during his time at TPUSA, many of whom have talked about the different ways in which they have been subjected to leftist hate, and that it is important for students to know they should not allow leftist intimidation tactics to silence them.