Zeldin Canceling 400 DEI, Environmental Justice Grants Totaling $1.7 Billion
“Working hand-in-hand with DOGE to rein in wasteful federal spending, EPA has saved more than $2 billion in taxpayer money."...
“Working hand-in-hand with DOGE to rein in wasteful federal spending, EPA has saved more than $2 billion in taxpayer money."...
“It’s hard to predict the full impact of the administration’s actions, but it does seem clear that colleges and universities are reconfiguring and rebranding DEI efforts in order to avoid scrutiny”...
How is this allowed?...
Justices hostile to claim that 'majority' plaintiffs have extra burden of proof. Justice Samuel Alito at oral argument raised point EPP made in its Amicus Brief, that discrimination against majority parties (White/Male/Straight) was no longer "rare"....
Good....
"The programs thus provide a steady stream of scholars committed to activist disciplines like 'critical refugee studies' and 'queer of color critique.'"...
Truly enormous, impactful things have been done. But nobody should think this is going away. This is going to be a years-long fight....
"At a time when principles of diversity, equity and inclusion are under siege, the Supreme Court will hear and decide Ames. Just as Students for Fair Admission changed the DEI landscape in education, Ames is likely to usher in further change for employers."...
White House responds: A judge cannot nullify the Civil Rights Act and order the government to award federal taxpayer dollars to organizations that discriminate based on race...
How much do you want to bet it will fight to keep DEI?...
“We are committed to working aggressively to continue seeking diversity through legal means."...
VDH compares the eight years under Obama and “the four-year, more radical third term of Obama using or employing the waxen effigy of Joe Biden” to the French Revolution under the Robespierre brothers. It was "a cultural, economic, political, social revolution.”...
"The university administration is not willing to stand up for its students. We pay so much money to go here."...
"We will not take any preemptive actions at this time as the letter indicates further guidance will be forthcoming."...
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As the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health get the DOGE-treatment, scientists are filled with dread....
The CIA and DNI offered buyouts to the fired employees....
My discussion of how Reports of the Death of DEI Are Greatly Exaggerated: "People should not get complacent. People should not think that just because Trump signed a half dozen executive orders, this stuff is going away."...
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