The Gazette’s May 5 online headline reads, “Federal officials to investigate Smith College’s transgender admissions policy,” but let’s call a spade a spade: this is the latest in a multi-year campaign weaponizing all branches of the federal government to do MAGA’s bidding.

A more accurate headline would be “Smith College latest target in multi-year MAGA campaign against institutions of higher learning.”

The reality of the assaults are bad enough; please stop making things worse by normalizing this divisive extremism which President Donald Trump has unleashed on America.

Josh Knox

Holyoke