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JohnDSailer
Posted - September 11, 2023 at 3:50 PM
Saved - September 12, 2023 at 12:02 AM
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US universities are adopting a cluster hiring model based on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements. UC Berkeley eliminated 75 faculty applicants solely based on their DEI statements. Vanderbilt University used Berkeley's rubric, penalizing candidates advocating for equal treatment. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center emphasized DEI commitment in their cluster hire. NIH funds DEI hiring with $241 million, making DEI statements mandatory. These measures may erode trust in higher education. [Link to full article: unherd.com/thepost/americancollegesembracecaliforniasdeimodel]

@JohnDSailer - John Sailer

In the NYT, @powellAtlantic notes that UC Berkeley carried out a cluster hire—eliminating 75% of faculty job applicants based on DEI statement alone. The second photo is Berkeley's own description. Universities around the U.S. have embraced this model. A quick thread.

@JohnDSailer - John Sailer

@powellAtlantic For a 2021 cluster hire in psych, Vanderbilt University's received over 400 job applicants. The search team cut the pool to 50-60 based on DEI statements alone. They used Berkeley's rubric—the one that penalizes candidates who for saying they want to "treat everyone the same."

@JohnDSailer - John Sailer

In 2020, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center lead a cluster hire—noting its commitment "to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, antiracism, and inclusion." The guidelines for writing a DEI statement notes that that might including discussing one's understanding of "antiracism, decolonization, bias mitigation, social justice, etc."

@JohnDSailer - John Sailer

The NIH is funding DEI cluster hiring at universities around the country—to the tune of $241 million. For every job created through the grant, DEI statements mandatory and heavily weighed. When I FOIAed the DEI statement rubrics used by two of the grantee institutions, I learned—with no surprise—that they used UC Berkeley's rubric.

@JohnDSailer - John Sailer

@powellAtlantic Here's a full writeup @unherd. I conclude: As a consequence of these measures, trust in higher education will likely continue to fall, owing in part to a sense that some views are simply not tolerated. https://unherd.com/thepost/american-colleges-embrace-californias-dei-model/

American colleges embrace California’s DEI model What happens in California usually doesn’t stay in California — and that’s bad news for higher education.  [...]Read More... unherd.com
shellenberger
Posted - July 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Saved - July 10, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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DEI programs have become toxic and divisive, despite the demand for them. These programs claim that all whites and Asians are inherently racist, which is a dehumanizing and insulting ideology. An example is the case of Zack De Piero, a former assistant professor who faced mistreatment for refusing to accept the DEI dogma. He eventually received support from the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR) to file a complaint.

@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger

For decades, universities, corporations, and nonprofit organizations have argued that they need diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs to create positive work and educational environments. The idea has been that training employees, students, and faculty to see and denounce structural racism and white supremacy everywhere will improve relationships. And yet, nothing that employers and universities have done in the last several decades has proven more toxic, divisive, and dispiriting than DEI. Dozens, if not hundreds of individuals have gone public to describe the cult-like mistreatment of people who refused to accept the DEI dogma that white supremacy is all-pervasive, that non-whites are inherently victims of oppression, and only whites and Asians, not blacks and Latinos, can be racist. Not everybody dislikes DEI programs. Their rapid spread across America’s colleges and universities, major corporations, and nonprofit organizations is a testament to the genuine demand for such programs among boards of directors, trustees, and executive staff. The thousands of DEI executives, consultants, and authors are a testament to the desire for DEI. Today, DEI is a $10 billion annual global industry. But telling millions of people that they are inherently racist by the color of their skin has provoked an understandable backlash. After all, it’s a racist claim made in the name of fighting racism. The central idea of DEI is that all whites and, depending on the DEI variant, all Asians are racist, for reasons outside of their control. It is a dehumanizing ideology. It is also conspiratorial, paranoid, and insulting. Consider the case of former Pennsylvania State University assistant professor of writing, Zack De Piero. In June 2020, the DEI director of the university sent a memo ordering “white people” to “Stop talking and listen to what needs to be done,” accept that they had “internalized white supremacy,” and “hold other white people accountable…” Then, the university’s DEI Vice President held a Zoom and “told everybody in attendance, ‘I want you to hold your breath in honor of George Floyd. And for all the white attendees, I want you to hold your breath even longer until you feel the pain.’” A few months later, De Piero’s employer made him watch a video called “White Teachers Are a Problem.” One year later, he says, The Penn State Affirmative Action Office told him, point blank, “There is a problem with the white race” and ordered him to attend “antiracist” workshops “until you get it.” De Piero refused to accept that he was racist, simply for the fact of being white. He refused to accept that he should lower the standards he used with his minority students simply because they were minorities. In various ways he pushed back, until he got in trouble with his supervisor. “It’s not that complicated,” he said. “You shouldn’t have to go to work and be told that you’re morally deficient because of your race.” De Piero eventually got into trouble with his advisor for asking too many hard questions about the “antiracism” trainings. De Piero looked into hiring an attorney to sue the college but couldn’t afford it. “I was just about to drop it,” he said, “and in the 12th hour I got news from the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR) that they had some funds to help me file a complaint. None of this would have been possible without them.” In our podcast interview, after I asked De Piero why he thought he stood up to DEI bullies where millions of other people had done nothing...

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Mike Shellenberger discusses the negative impact of DEI programs, citing examples of mistreatment and racism. He interviews Zach De Piero, who is involved in a significant lawsuit against Penn State for racial discrimination, free speech suppression, and constructive discharge. The lawsuit is in the Eastern District Court of PA under Judge Wendy Beetleson. De Piero shares his experiences of facing identity politics and leftist culture in academia. The lawsuit aims to address a hostile work environment and forced resignation due to discrimination.
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Speaker 0: Hey, everybody. It's Mike Shellenberger for Public. For decades, we've been told that we need DEI, which stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, to create positive workplaces and educational environments alike. And yet nothing that employers and universities have done in the last several decades has proven more toxic, divisive, and dispiriting than DEI. The last 3 years in particular have produced dozens, if not hundreds of accounts of individuals describing cult like mistreatment of faculty, employees, and students who refuse to are inherently are inherently victims of oppression, and that only whites and Asians, not blacks and Latinos, can be racist. Not everybody dislikes DEI programs. Their rapid spread across America's colleges and universities, major corporations, and nonprofit organizations alike was a testament to the genuine demand that exists for such programs among boards of directors, boards of trustees, and executives. The thousands of DEI executives, consultants, and authors are testament to the desire for DEI. Today, DEI is a 10, 000, 000, 000 annual global industry. But telling millions of people that they're inherently racist by the color of their skin has provoked an understandable backlash. After all, it is a racist claim made in the name of fighting racism. The central idea of DEI is that all whites, and depending on the DEI variant in question, all Asians too are racists for reasons outside of their control. It's a dehumanizing ideology. It's also conspiratorial, paranoid, and insulting. Consider the case of a former Pennsylvania State University Assistant Professor of Writing named Zach de Piero. In June 2020, the DEI director of his university sent a memo ordering white people to stop talking and listen to what needs to be done and accept that they had internalized white supremacy and that they should hold other white people accountable. Then, the university's DEI vice president held a Zoom and told everybody in attendance, I want you to hold your breath in honor of George Floyd. And for all the white attendees, I want you to hold your breath even longer until you feel the pain. A few months later, DePiero's employer made him watch a video called White Teachers Are a Problem. 1 year later, he says the Penn State Affirmative Action Office told him point blank, there is a problem with the white race and ordered him to attend anti racist workshops, quote, until you get it, unquote. De Pierrot refused to accept that he was racist simply for the fact of being white. He refused to accept that he should lower the standards he used with his minority students simply because they were minorities. In various ways, he pushed back. Speaker 1: It's not that complicated. You know? Speaker 0: He told me in our podcast, Speaker 1: you shouldn't have to go to work and be told that, you know, you're you're morally deficient. Speaker 0: Shapiro eventually got into trouble with his advisor for asking too many hard questions about the anti racism trainings. Japero looked into hiring an attorney to sue the school, but he couldn't afford it. Speaker 1: I was just about to drop just about to drop it. And in the 12th hour, I got news from, FAIR, the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, that they they they had some funds to to help me file a complaint. So none of this would be possible without them. Speaker 0: In this podcast with me, De Puro explained why he stood up to the DEI Bullies, and we talk about what the implications might be for getting rid of DEI nationwide. Zac De Piero, welcome to Public. Speaker 1: Mike, it's a pleasure to be here. Happy Friday. Thanks for having me. Speaker 0: Yeah. Great to have you. Well, you and I have had a couple of chances to to chat and get to know each other. We know each other through the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, and you are a, an English professor, currently involved in what appears to be 1 of the most important DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion lawsuits in the country right now. And so I was really excited to, have a conversation with you for public to try to get a little bit more attention to your case, which has already gotten a fair amount of attention. But, yeah, let's just start from the beginning. Tell me let's let's get into the the main event here, which is you're part of this you're you're you're involved in a very significant lawsuit. Can you tell public listeners what that's all about? Speaker 1: Yeah. I'd love to. So from 2018 to 2022, I worked at Penn State as an assistant teaching professor of English and composition. This it's it's a full time position. You know, it's not to be you know, sometimes people hear assistant, professor, and they think teaching assistant, you know. It's not gonna add Speaker 0: It's not adjunct. It's not adjunct. Yes. Speaker 1: So it's correct. This is a this is a full time gig with the expectation that each time your contract came up, short of, like, setting something on fire, you would get renewed and, you know, you're you're full time, you're the you're the teacher of record, all that stuff. Right. And, Speaker 0: and it's a tenure track position. It was a tenure track position. Speaker 1: This 1 was not. I I was under the impression I could've transitioned into I could I could, turn that into a tenure track gig. But, so I I was on a I was on a 44 teaching load. That means you teach 4 courses in the fall, 4 in the spring. I taught a lot of 1st year writing. I taught writing for the social sciences, business writing, writing for the web, and, well, all, like, really good stuff. You know? Teaching's fun. Like, when it's when you're allowed to do your thing, which you're gonna be doing at Austin soon, it's great. It's awesome. Little by little, identity politics would work its way into the mix. So for instance, this is detailed in our complaint that we filed last summer. But there was 1 instance I was at a professional a writing program meeting. And at the end of the meeting, I had a supervisor hold up her phone and, Zach, look, You're not a registered democrat. You know? I was like, woah. Speaker 0: What? Woah. Randomly someone did that? Speaker 1: I guess this person was excited. This is a supervisor. This isn't just some random colleague. Wow. The supervisor who may have been excited because, I don't know, maybe this is a new app they they they got Okay. That connected your number to your, you know, your affiliation and, and and it was true. III was neither registered democrat, nor republican. I I've I've been a pretty much an independent my whole life. I still am. And, so that I bring that up because that that was almost the start of the culture at that at the school where it's like something's up here. Right. Anybody who's in academia, especially in the humanities and the social sciences knows that there's a pretty hard left leftist streak, especially in the the realm of publishing and, you know, scholarship. But it's a little bit different when you're immersed in that at your workplace, and I think that's 1 of the big issues that keeps that that maybe sets this lawsuit. That makes it interesting. That makes it different and and significant. Speaker 0: So what is it? What is tell us about the law. What is the lawsuit itself? Do you where is it at and and but what yeah. What are you suing for? Speaker 1: We brought suit against Penn State for, a hostile work environment based on racial discrimination, for free speech suppression and for constructive discharge. That that third 1, Mike, is basically, given the circumstances you were in, what a rational person in your shoes have? Resign. Were you almost forced out? Speaker 0: What's the name of it again? Speaker 1: Constructive discharge. Constructive Speaker 0: discharge. Saying that it it what it let's unpack that for me. I've never heard that before. Speaker 1: Yeah. It's a it's an employment discrimination term where Okay. It's like a it's almost like a de facto fire where Okay. You you and it's usually it's usually brought forth alongside in in conjunction with the hostile work environment suit. Speaker 0: I see. Speaker 1: X led to y, you know, that kind of thing. Okay. So it's in the Eastern District Court of PA. It's a this is a federal level lawsuit. Our case was assigned to judge Wendy Beetleson. I believe she was born in Nigeria. She's mixed race.

@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger

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libsoftiktok
Posted - July 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Saved - July 17, 2024 at 10:57 PM

@libsoftiktok - Libs of TikTok

WOW. Microsoft has disbanded its DEI team due to “changing business needs" claiming that DEI programs are no longer deemed “business critical.” https://lottwire.com/microsoft-scraps-dei-initiatives-citing-business-needs/

Microsoft Scraps DEI Initiatives Citing Business Needs » LOTT Wire Microsoft has disbanded its internal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) team due to “changing business needs,” drawing criticism from within the company lottwire.com
America1stLegal
Posted - October 30, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Saved - October 30, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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I reported on the launch of investigations and a lawsuit against the National Science Foundation for misusing billions in federal research funds to promote illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The Biden-Harris administration established a task force to review DEI's impact on scientific integrity and mandated its incorporation into all science-related activities. A recent report revealed that NSF awarded over $2.05 billion to projects promoting DEI, with a significant portion linked to social justice. We're investigating the selection process for these grants and have filed a lawsuit for concealed employment records of approving officials.

@America1stLegal - America First Legal

/1🚨BREAKING🚨 Following a report from @SenateCommerce @SenTedCruz, we launched multiple investigations and filed a lawsuit against the National Science Foundation regarding the misuse of billions of dollars in federal research funds by Biden-Harris to promote illegal DEI:

@America1stLegal - America First Legal

/2 Immediately upon taking power, the Biden-Harris White House created a task force on “scientific integrity” to provide “a review of the impact on [the] scientific integrity of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices” at all science-related agencies.

@America1stLegal - America First Legal

/3 Later, the White House and NSF ordered agencies to “[i]ncorporate DEIA [Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility] considerations into all aspects of science planning, execution, and communication.”

@America1stLegal - America First Legal

/4 On October 9 @SenTedCruz, the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued a shocking and groundbreaking report finding that the NSF has awarded more than $2.05 billion in federal funding to thousands of scientific research projects that promoted DEI or “pushed neo-Marxist perspectives about enduring class struggle.”

@America1stLegal - America First Legal

/5 The @SenateCommerce report analyzed over 32,000 Prime Award grants between January 2021 and April 2024. The data showed that only 0.29 percent of all grants with start dates in 2021 centered on DEI initiatives, but by 2024, more than a quarter (27 percent) of all new grants pushed this divisive, dangerous, and illegal perspective, totaling $2.05 billion. Of this, “social justice”-related grants totaled a staggering $1.6 billion.

@America1stLegal - America First Legal

/6 Following up on the Cruz report, we are investigating: 🚨NSF’s selection process regarding five of the most egregious social justice-related grant awards highlighted in the Senate Commerce report. 🚨The political leadership at NSF was appointed by the Biden-Harris Administration. AFL initially filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for these records on May 9, 2023, but to date, has not received any substantive response from the agency. 🚨Influence by the Biden-Harris White House into federal research funding at the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

@America1stLegal - America First Legal

/7 We also filed a lawsuit against the National Science Foundation for illegally concealing the employment records of the agency officials approving these grants.

@America1stLegal - America First Legal

/8 The Biden-Harris Administration has hijacked billions in federal taxpayer funds meant for important scientific research to promote anti-intellectual, anti-science, and anti-American DEI and leftist ideology. https://aflegal.org/america-first-legal-targets-the-biden-harris-administration-national-science-foundation-for-wrongfully-using-billions-in-federal-research-funds-to-promote-dei-and-illegally-concealing-the-government-o/

America First Legal Targets the Biden-Harris Administration National Science Foundation for Wrongfully Using Billions in Federal Research Funds to Promote DEI and Illegally Concealing the Government Officials Behind Discriminatory Grants WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following up on a shocking and groundbreaking report by U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz, America […] aflegal.org
VivekGRamaswamy
Posted - November 13, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Saved - November 14, 2024 at 1:09 PM
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Biden’s HHS has significantly expanded its focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, employing 207 staff in seven Offices of Minority Health and 294 dedicated DEI personnel, costing over $67 million in payroll. Most of these hires earn six-figure salaries. The latest budget request emphasizes "equity," mentioning it 829 times, prioritizing racial equity and environmental justice. I believe an efficient government should not accommodate such DEI expansion. It's time to take action against this bloat.

@VivekGRamaswamy - Vivek Ramaswamy

Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has gone wild on DEI: - 207 employees spread across 7 Offices of Minority Health - 294 taxpayer-funded staffers dedicated to "diversity, equity & inclusion.” The price tag for payroll alone exceeds $67 million, with a majority of these DEI hires making six-figure salaries. The latest HHS budget request mentions “equity” 829 times, with requests seeking to address “racial equity and environmental justice” at the forefront. An efficient government has no place for DEI bloat. Time to DOGE it.

@open_the_books - OpenTheBooks

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SwipeWright
Posted - November 25, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Saved - November 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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I shared alarming news about the suppression of a study by major media outlets that examined the negative psychological impacts of DEI pedagogy. Conducted by the Network Contagion Research Institute and Rutgers, the research revealed that exposure to DEI materials can amplify perceptions of bias and lead to punitive attitudes, even in scenarios lacking evidence of unfairness. The findings raise concerns about the effectiveness of DEI training and its potential to foster divisive mindsets. The public deserves transparency about these programs as they proliferate in various sectors.

@SwipeWright - Colin Wright

🚨BREAKING: The @nytimes and @business killed stories at the 11th hour covering new research on DEI pedagogy and its negative psychological impacts. The study showed that certain DEI practices increase hostility, authoritarian tendencies, and agreement with extreme rhetoric. 🧵

@SwipeWright - Colin Wright

The study was conducted by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) in collaboration with Rutgers University. It investigated the psychological effects of DEI pedagogy, specifically trainings that draw heavily from texts like How to Be an Antiracist and White Fragility.

@SwipeWright - Colin Wright

The findings were unsettling, though perhaps not surprising to longstanding opponents of such programs. Using carefully controlled experiments, researchers found that exposure to anti-oppressive rhetoric consistently amplified perceptions of bias where none existed.

@SwipeWright - Colin Wright

In one experiment, participants read excerpts from Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi, juxtaposed against a neutral control text about corn production. Afterward, they were asked to evaluate a hypothetical scenario: an applicant being rejected from an elite university. Those exposed to the DEI materials were far more likely to perceive racism in the admissions process, despite no evidence to support such a conclusion.

@SwipeWright - Colin Wright

Those exposed to the DEI materials were also more likely to advocate punitive measures, such as suspending the admissions officer or mandating additional DEI training.

@SwipeWright - Colin Wright

The NCRI also analyzed anti-Islamophobia training materials to determine their effectiveness in reducing anti-Muslim prejudice and to examine whether they unintentionally skew perceptions of fairness, potentially reinforcing biases against institutions viewed as oppressors.

@SwipeWright - Colin Wright

"Following exposure to the texts, participants were presented with a controlled scenario involving two individuals—Ahmed Akhtar and George Green—both convicted of identical terrorism charges for bombing a local government building." "In the control group (corn), Ahmed’s trial was perceived as just as fair as George’s, indicating no baseline perception of Islamophobia. In the anti-Islamophobia content group (treatment), George’s trial ratings were not significantly different from the corn content group (control). However, participants in the anti-Islamophobia treatment group rated Ahmed’s trial as significantly less fair (4.92 vs. 5.25) than did those in the control group. The training led them to perceive injustice toward Ahmed despite the specifics of his situation being identical to those of George." "These results suggest that anti-Islamophobia training inspired by ISPU materials may cause individuals to assume unfair treatment of Muslim people, even when no evidence of bias or unfairness is present."

@SwipeWright - Colin Wright

The study also looked at DEI training on caste discrimination. Participants exposed to materials from Equality Labs—a prominent provider of anti-caste training—were significantly more likely to perceive bias.

@SwipeWright - Colin Wright

Those people were also more likely to endorse dehumanizing rhetoric, including adapted quotes from Adolf Hitler where the term “Jew” was replaced with “Brahmin.” The findings suggest that these programs may not only fail to address systemic injustice but actively cultivate divisive and authoritarian mindsets.

@SwipeWright - Colin Wright

Critics of DEI have long pointed to its lack of empirical support, and the NCRI study adds weight to those concerns. As troubling as the study’s findings are, its suppression may be even more consequential. The decision to withhold this research from public discourse speaks to a larger issue: the growing entanglement of ideology and information. The public deserves to know if the tools being deployed to foster “equity” and “anti-racism” are instead causing harm. As DEI programs continue to expand across schools, workplaces, and governments, the stakes could not be higher. Whether this research sparks a broader reckoning or remains buried will depend on whether institutions—and the media that hold them accountable—are willing to confront uncomfortable truths.

@SwipeWright - Colin Wright

Read more about this new report and the story to suppress it in my latest article: https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/why-was-this-groundbreaking-study

Why Was This Groundbreaking Study on DEI Silenced? Two leading media organizations abruptly shelved coverage of a groundbreaking study that went against their narrative. realityslaststand.com
MarioNawfal
Posted - November 25, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Saved - November 27, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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I’m concerned about a recent study from NCRI and Rutgers that suggests DEI training may actually worsen perceptions of racism and division. It seems major outlets like NYT and Bloomberg have chosen not to cover these findings. The study indicates that certain materials can lead participants to perceive bias without evidence and support punitive measures. Additionally, trainings aimed at combating anti-Islamophobia and caste discrimination have reportedly increased negative sentiments. This silence from the media raises questions about ideological bias in our public discussions.

@MarioNawfal - Mario Nawfal

🚨🇺🇸WHY DID LEGACY HIDE THIS STUDY? DEI’S NEGATIVE IMPACTS REVEALED NYT and Bloomberg reportedly ignored a major report exposing how DEI training might worsen racism and division. A study by NCRI and Rutgers reveals that DEI training can heighten perceptions of bias and hostility, yet outlets like NYT and Bloomberg have declined to cover it. The study found materials like “White Fragility” and “How to Be an Antiracist” led participants to see racism without evidence and favor punitive actions. Anti-Islamophobia and anti-caste trainings also increased bias and negative rhetoric, raising concerns about DEI’s impact. Critics argue the media’s silence on the findings points to ideological bias in public discourse. Source: @SwipeWright

elonmusk
Posted - December 12, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Saved - December 13, 2024 at 2:30 PM

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

Wow

@America1stLegal - America First Legal

The Biden Administration spent $1 BILLION promoting DEI in America’s schools. ➡️ $489,883,797 for race-based hiring ➡️ $343,337,286 for DEI programming ➡️ $169,301,221 for DEI mental health initiatives DEI is illegal, and this is a gross misuse of taxpayer dollars. https://t.co/NycoLpgaFL

elonmusk
Posted - December 13, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Saved - December 13, 2024 at 2:30 PM

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

Insane

@DOGE - Department of Government Efficiency

The Department of Education spent over $1 Billion promoting DEI in America’s schools -$489,883,797 for race-based hiring -$343,337,286 for DEI programming -$169,301,221 for DEI mental health initiatives Source: https://defendinged.org/investigations/granted/

GrantED - Parents Defending Education Exposing $1 Billion in Department of Education grant funding that has entrenched far-left ideologies in education Total ED Grant Money Awarded (2021-present): $1,002,522,304.81 Total number of ED grants (2021-present): 229 Number of States: 42 plus Washington D.C. Number of K-12 school districts*: 296 Number of K-12 students*: 6,766,158 *These numbers are based on available data […] defendinged.org
robbystarbuck
Posted - January 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Saved - January 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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I just received the State Department’s new DEI Accomplishments list, and it highlights various initiatives funded by taxpayer money. Some examples include commemorating Black Consciousness Month through LGBTQ+ culture, creating best practices for preferred pronoun usage, and launching an all-ages DEI Library in Cambodia. They’ve also made DEI part of civil service evaluations, provided training on allyship, and focused recruitment on minority-serving institutions. I believe these actions warrant an investigation and a complete overhaul of the DEI office.

@robbystarbuck - Robby Starbuck

I just received a copy of the State Department’s new DEI Accomplishments list. Want to know what @StateDeptDEIA has been doing with your money? Here’s a small sample of what I found in the 24 page document: • They commemorated "Black Conciousness Month through LGBTQ+ culture" • They created "best practices" to promote "preferred" pronoun usage • They Launched an "all ages" DEI Library in Cambodia • Made DEI part of ALL civil service performance evaluations "so that advancing DEIA became the responsibility of all civil and foreign service employees" • Lots of training on "allyship" • You paid for the career development of women in Gambia • Inclusive language training in Panama, especially with regards to LGBTQ+ Panamanians • DEI workshops in Belgrade • A DEI Hall of Fame in New Delhi • Changed the name of the foreign services "oral assessment" to the "officer assessment" because the term oral assessment may have excluded non-verbal people • Created a DEI Award • State admits to focusing recruitment efforts for paid internships on "minority-serving institutions" and "women’s colleges" (This would seem to violate civil rights laws and discriminate toward White men) • Created new racial equity frameworks for how the State Department works overseas • Created and distributed trainings on how to interact with non-binary identifying people and on "colorism" • Gave US citizens the option to put X on their passport instead of male or female • They launched DEI Mentorship programs • Created new guidances for transgender people so that they can use whatever bathroom or facilities they want and so other employees would be forced to call them by their made up gender This is just some of the crazy stuff Democrats have been doing with your money at the @StateDept. I hope to hear that @marcorubio will end all of this, close the DEI office, fire everyone involved, burn the trainings and deploy an immediate investigation to ensure that the DEI ideology no longer exists at the State Dept. @elonmusk @DOGE @realDonaldTrump

robbystarbuck
Posted - January 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Saved - January 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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The FCC Chairman announced the complete removal of DEI initiatives from the FCC, including its strategic plan, budget, advisory group, equity plan, economic reports, and performance plans. I'm grateful for the efforts of @realDonaldTrump and Chairman Carr in restoring a focus on merit.

@robbystarbuck - Robby Starbuck

The FCC Chairman @BrendanCarrFCC has just announced the total destruction of DEI at the FCC. This is a total repudiation of DEI. • DEI removed from their strategic plan • Elimination of DEI from the budget • Ending the DEI Advisory group & task force • Elimination of their Equity plan • Elimination of DEI from economic reports • Elimination of DEI from performance plans Great work @realDonaldTrump and Chairman Carr! We’re back on our way to merit! 🇺🇸

thackerpd
Posted - January 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Saved - January 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Trump has eliminated NIH and federal research grants for universities with DEI programs. All contracts will exclude DEI, and universities must certify they don't promote it. NIH heads must deter DEI at wealthy institutions, and guidance to end DEI at grant-receiving schools will come in 120 days.

@thackerpd - Paul D. Thacker

TRUMP JUST KILLED NIH AND FEDERAL RESEARCH GRANTS TO HARVARD AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES WITH DEI PROGRAMS -DEI will be removed from all contracts -Contractors (universities) must "certify that it does not operate any programs promoting DEI" -Agency heads (NIH) must take measures to deter DEI at "institutions of higher education with endowments over 1 billion dollars" -Attorney Genera will issue guidance to end DEI at "institutions of higher education that receive Federal grants" in 120 days.

elonmusk
Posted - February 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Saved - February 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

Those are just the explicit DEI grants found. Vastly worse is that EVERY education and research grant made over the past four years required DEI in one form or another.

@Chesschick01 - Natalie F Danelishen

The U.S. Department of Education spent at least $1 billion on grants advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in hiring, programming and mental health training in America's schools since 2021...According to the report, ▪️$489,883,797 was spent on grants for race-based hiring. ▪️ $343,337,286 went toward general DEI programming. ▪️ $169,301,221 went to DEI-based mental health training and programming. Totaling $1,002,522,304.81 spent in all. This is why the Department of Education needs to be abolished.

elonmusk
Posted - February 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Saved - February 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

The federal government has forcibly injected DEI into everything. Most people still don’t get it. Everything.

@fentasyl - ~~datahazard~~

People really don't comprehend the implications of this. All of federal contracting & grant funding has been infected with DEI in both blatant & insidious ways. From the programs themselves, to the terms of awards, to the scoring of proposals. Top to bottom, it's everywhere, with hundreds of billions of dollars impacted.

elonmusk
Posted - February 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Saved - February 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

When not wasting money on bureaucracy, the Department of Education has been funding anti-Americanism, gender nonsense and anti-meritocratic racism

@MarioNawfal - Mario Nawfal

🚨🇺🇸WHERE YOUR EDUCATION TAX DOLLARS WENT—AND IT WASN’T TO STUDENTS The Department of Education has been burning through taxpayer money on contracts that have nothing to do with improving student outcomes. They spent $4.6 million just to coordinate Zoom and in-person meetings, $3 million on a report that concluded prior reports weren’t even used, and $1.4 million to physically observe mailing and clerical operations. Instead of fixing schools, they’re funding pointless bureaucracy. Source: @Doge

aaronsibarium
Posted - February 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Saved - February 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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After Trump's inauguration, the University of Michigan School of Nursing appeared to eliminate its DEI programs, renaming the office to "Community Culture." However, upon investigation, I found that the DEI resources remain intact, just rebranded. The changes seem to be a strategy to maintain DEI initiatives while avoiding scrutiny. Despite the rebranding, the same staff and programs persist, indicating a continued commitment to diversity and equity, albeit under new terminology. This trend may serve as a model for other institutions navigating similar challenges.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

NEW: After Trump’s inauguration, the University of Michigan School of Nursing axed all its DEI programs. Or so it appeared—until we dug deeper. Turns out the school just renamed its DEI office the office of “community culture.” And all its DEI programs are still in effect.🧵

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

Amid Trump’s blitzkrieg of executive orders, a "diversity" tab with links to DEI resources was removed from the school’s homepage. And pages with "DEI" in the title were renamed and purged of the offending adjective, according to web archives we reviewed.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

The main page for the school’s diversity office was taken down entirely, replaced with a new page for "Community Culture” that declares that "culture is at the heart of everything we do." None of the revised pages use the terms "diversity" or "DEI."

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

The changes seemed to indicate that Michigan was finally downsizing a bureaucracy that employs more than 200 officials and has cost the university nearly $250 million since 2016. But Mark Perry, a retired professor at the university’s Flint campus, decided to take a closer look.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

It turns out the new pages link to the same DEI materials as the old ones, including a "DEI 2.0" strategic plan that is in effect through 2028. And lo and behold, the office of "Community Culture" employs all the same staff as the former diversity office.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

The title of just one official, Patricia Coleman-Burns, has changed from "DEI Strategic Planning Co-Lead" to "Strategic Planning Co-Lead." The new office’s description also uses many of the same buzzwords associated with DEI, albeit not the acronym itself.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

"When we talk about Community Culture," the new description says, "we're highlighting our commitment to addressing health disparities and making sure that equity and inclusion are integrated into every aspect of our work."

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

The tweaks to Michigan’s website illustrate how schools may attempt to get around Trump’s EOs and disguise their diversity initiatives without getting rid of them, keeping the programs and personnel but dressing them up in new language.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

"These changes might serve as a blueprint for other schools to follow with similar deceptive changes," Perry told the Free Beacon.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

"Schools at Michigan like Nursing are now attempting to maintain the ‘DEI status quo’ while hiding their DEI programming and services from the regents, media, taxpayers, federal and state government, and the public."

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

On Feb. 8, Perry wrote to Michigan’s Board of Regents about his concerns. By Feb. 11, the nursing school had removed many of the rebranded pages—as well as the list of staff members in the Community Culture office—from the public domain, though they still exist internally.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

The rebrand is part of a larger game of cat and mouse between DEI officials and their newly empowered opponents. See, for example, PBS’s plans to defy Trump’s executive order by moving its top DEI officers to another department.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

At Michigan, DEI was under scrutiny even before Trump’s reelection. In October 2024, the New York Times had published a 9,200 word exposé on the university’s diversity programs, which included trainings on "antiracist pedagogy” and handouts on "white supremacy culture.”

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

The report noted that Michigan’s school of nursing had gone on a DEI hiring blitz, bringing on a chief diversity officer, Rushika Patel, whose title has since been changed to "Assistant Dean for Strategic Education," according to the school’s online directory.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

The change was one of the many made by Michigan in the wake of the New York Times report, which underscored how vulnerable the school could be when Trump returned to the White House.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

While Trump has not directly outlawed DEI at colleges and universities, he has pledged to target schools that discriminate "under the guise of … ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion.’"

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

The nursing school’s DEI strategic plan, which is still available on the university’s website, could run afoul of Trump’s directive. It calls for expanding a "health equity" program designed for "disadvantaged and underrepresented minority (URM)" students, for example.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

And the success of the plan will be measured by "headcount and demographic diversity." The plan also lists "increasing the demographic diversity of graduate and doctoral students" as an explicit goal of the nursing school, which conducts a biennial "DEI campus climate survey."

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

In a section on "inclusive teaching," the plan says that "DEI, social justice, and health equity" will be woven throughout the curriculum.

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

"[W]e are aware that we are up against many forms of oppression," the plan reads. "Given this context, and during this next DEI 2.0 period, the [School of Nursing] remains committed to mobilizing the incredible strength and potential of our School."

@aaronsibarium - Aaron Sibarium

TLDR: It’s not clear how many universities are actually getting rid of their DEI bureaucracies. At schools like the University of Michigan, they’re just hiding them from public view. Read the fully story here: https://freebeacon.com/campus/exclusive-at-the-university-of-michigan-dei-now-hides-in-office-of-community-culture/

Exclusive: At the University of Michigan, DEI Now Hides in Office of ‘Community Culture’ As President Donald Trump unleashed a suite of executive orders targeting DEI, the University of Michigan School of Nursing began quietly revamping its website. A "diversity" tab with links to DEI resources was removed from the homepage. Pages with "DEI" in the title were renamed and purged of the offending adjective, according to web archives reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon, while the main page for the school’s diversity office—which stated, "We are not excellent if we do not reflect diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of our community"—was taken down entirely. freebeacon.com
elonmusk
Posted - February 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Saved - February 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

So many situations like this

@realchrisrufo - Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️

The Department of Education granted $8M to this NGO, which argues that America is a "racialized structure of power, privilege, [and] oppression" and suggests that Republicans are "violently fighting for the maintenance of white supremacy." It advises public schools in 13 states. https://t.co/cgWeKH7bJU

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The system we live in was created by white men, for white men. Its purpose was to build and maintain power and resources, specifically wealth, for them. We see this reflected in society constantly. What we're witnessing now is a new extreme. People are not only defending their whiteness, but violently fighting to maintain white supremacy. They are going to extraordinary lengths politically and economically to ensure the system doesn't change, making it clear that they don't want anyone else to have access or power.
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Speaker 0: Right. If we think about the idea that the system was created in particular, the system was created by white men for white men to have and maintain and build power and resources for themselves, and in particular, I'm talking about resources of wealth. We see that. Right? We see it over and over again. And then what we're seeing, you know, in the country with people not only defending their whiteness, but, like, really violently fighting for the maintenance of white supremacy, and going to extraordinary lengths politically, economically, etcetera, to maintain it, is a whole new level of saying, you know, like, you don't get to change this.
WallStreetApes
Posted - February 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Saved - February 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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I knew this would happen. A colleague in a federally funded grant program shared that many are rewording their proposals to bypass Trump's DEI funding freeze. Programs that have been in development for months now need to be rewritten due to the removal of DEI language.

@WallStreetApes - Wall Street Apes

WE KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN 🚨 This person works for a federally funded grant program, she says everyone is “rewording” their programs to get around Donald Trump’s DEI funding freeze “So much stuff is frozen just for the fact that now DEI, wording, wording has to be removed from it. So now things that have been in the works for months and months are having to be rewritten”

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I work in a federally grant-funded position, and at our recent department meeting, we discussed the ongoing impact of the federal funding freeze. Despite a judge blocking the freeze, the administration isn't fully compliant, leading to continued grant cancellations and freezes across various sectors. The initial day the funding portals were blocked significantly disrupted the funding schedules for numerous organizations. Furthermore, many projects are stalled due to the required removal of DEI language. This necessitates extensive rewrites of proposals that have been in progress for months. Essentially, it's a way to impede funding without an outright freeze by making the process extremely difficult.
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Speaker 0: So I work in a position that is federally grant funded, and we had our department meeting yesterday. And something that I think it's important for people to know is that even though a federal judge blocked the freeze of funding, blocked the funding freeze, the administration is not in full compliance with that. So a lot of grants are still being canceled or frozen in all sorts of areas. Also the day that they decided to freeze funds and basically blocked all the federal funding grant portals, like just having that one day freeze has totally messed up the schedule of funding for so many different organizations and so many different, things that are grant funded. Not to mention so much stuff is frozen just for the fact that now DEI wording has to be removed from it. So now things that have been in the works for months and months are having to be rewritten. Which if you think about it, is that essentially, way to freeze funds without freezing funds, by making them extremely difficult to get. So
libsoftiktok
Posted - February 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Saved - February 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM

@libsoftiktok - Libs of TikTok

JUST IN: The Department of Education sent this letter to all education departments in all 50 states, notifying them they have 14 days to remove all DEI programming in their schools. Failure to comply will result in a loss of federal funding. https://t.co/To6cPpcRWk

elonmusk
Posted - February 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Saved - February 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

Wow

@DOGE - Department of Government Efficiency

The Department of Education has terminated 18 grants for $226mm to Comprehensive Centers, which provided consulting services with a large focus on DEI. One Center application stated: “Embedding DEI reviews across all deliverables and materials ensures it is not a one-off task specific activity.” A 2019 study (which itself cost $8mm) was “not able to measure the causal impact of the centers’ work”. Examples of DEI content from a center:

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I encourage staff to move away from binary language like "girls versus boys" when splitting into teams. Instead, use inclusive language such as "party people," "everyone," "humans," "y'all," or "friends and family." Considering the intersections of gender, race, and sexual orientation is important, especially when thinking about sexuality as a developmental reality. As educators, we should prepare ourselves to be responsive to our students' developmental stages and growing identities. Expect pushback, as it often indicates that you're challenging the status quo and shifting practices and policies towards equity.
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Speaker 0: Asking if staff members could move away from the binary and not just say things like, you know, let's split into two teams, girls versus boys. Why not instead use, non heteronormative language like, hey, party people, let's get ready to do this activity. Everyone, humans, y'all, friends, family, however you wanna do it. Speaker 1: And the intersections of that in terms of my gender, my race, and my sexual orientation as a as a, young person developing in my sexuality. There was a lot of intentionality, I think, in certain spaces in my professional career where we thought about sexuality as a developmental reality. And as a language arts teacher in reading literature, what type of preparation am I preparing myself for to be responsive to where my students are at developmentally, as well as in terms of their growing identities? And if pushback arrives, and that's probably within the equity context and indication, that you're moving towards shifting practices and policies that are undoing the status quo.
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We exist within systems designed to assimilate us, a legacy of formal education's intent to erase indigeneity and integrate us into settler society. This settler colonial reality persists today. It's time to reject the "white gaze" – that pressure to conform to settler norms. This isn't about individual white people, but about dismantling the structures of settler colonialism and patriarchy that dictate our behavior. Once we remove that gaze and the expectations that come with it, we create space for our ancestors and our true selves to guide us.
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Speaker 0: The white gaze or the white man's gaze, the white man sitting on her shoulder telling her not to write those things. We are, I'll just be bold and claim undeniably sitting in systems that are meant to assimilate us. The whole founding of formal education in these territories was meant to erase indigeneity scrubbed clean to participate in a settler society. Why bring that up now? Well, we still live in a settler colonial reality. Flick that white man off your shoulder. And it's not about individual white people, individual white men. It's about the settler colonial reality and the settler patriarchy that pushes us to move and behave in certain ways that what if that wasn't there? Because I realized once you flick that the settler gaze, the person holding that settler gaze off your shoulder, who takes the place? My ancestors took the place.
SecretaryTurner
Posted - February 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Saved - February 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM

@SecretaryTurner - Scott Turner

$4 Million in diversity, equity, and inclusion contracts were just cancelled at HUD. DEI IS DEAD AT HUD! https://t.co/If9ElwdhUg

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We've cut $4,000,000 in DEI contracts here at HUD. These contracts were intended for culture transformation, outward mindset thinking, and subscription services. This money should be used to serve the American people and ensure that our time is well spent serving those we are called to serve. DEI at HUD is dead.
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Speaker 0: Today, we're announcing that we cut $4,000,000 in DEI contracts here at HUD, which were supposed to be for a culture transformation and mindset outward mindset thinking and subscription services. So we wanna announce today, you know, we're working hard, and we will cut $4,000,000 in DEI focused contracts. This is money that should go to serve the American people and also time well spent to serve the people we're called to serve. And so, you know, DEI here at HUD is dead, Brian.
wakeupnj
Posted - March 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Saved - March 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I shared that Rutgers University allocated $10 million for 136 employees in DEI roles in 2023. This figure is conservative, as it doesn't account for additional staff involved in diversity initiatives who aren't officially classified as DEI employees.

@wakeupnj - Wake Up NJ 🇺🇸 New Jersey

Let everyone know that Rutgers University, the flagship state school in New Jersey, spent $10 million on payroll for 136 employees in DEI roles in 2023 The dollar figure is a low-end estimate. It does not include several dozen more employees who are not listed as DEI workers on the payroll but contribute to diversity groups and teams throughout the university https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/03/14/waste_of_the_day_10_million_for_dei_employees_at_rutgers_1097543.html

Waste of the Day: $10 Million for DEI Employees at Rutgers Topline: Rutgers University, the flagship state school in New Jersey, spent $10 million on payroll for 136 employees in DEI roles in 2023, according to payroll records obtained by OpenTheBooks.com.&nb realclearinvestigations.com

@wakeupnj - Wake Up NJ 🇺🇸 New Jersey

Did you know Rutgers University had 136 DEI-related employees as of 2023, total salary expenditure of $10 million? They have taken $285.5 million from foreign governments (including China & Saudi Arabia) since 2013 &received $3 billion in federal contracts &grants since 2020, much of which was spent on far-left priorities Source: https://www.openthebooks.com/assets/1/6/State_of_the_State_Schools_Oversight_Report_FINAL.pdf https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/04/exclusive-rutgers-university-spent-10-million-on-dei-staff-in-one-year/

Rutgers University Spent $10 Million On DEI Staff In One Year State schools spend millions on DEI, rake in money from foreign governments, and use federal grants to fund social experiments. thefederalist.com
amuse
Posted - April 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Saved - April 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM

@amuse - @amuse

DEI: I toured Vanderbilt with my daughter last month and can personally confirm their enthusiastic commitment to DEI. During the tour, administrators proudly announced that fewer than one-third of the student body is white—as if DEI was a badge of honor rather than a topic for sober reflection.

@Riley_Gaines_ - Riley Gaines

Vanderbilt University Hospital was caught *hiding* DEI policies behind password-protected web pages in light of Trump's EOs. Vandy subsidizes woke (and now illegal) programs with toxic 340B funding. TN should take action. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vanderbilt-medical-center-allegedly-hiding-dei-resources-report

Vanderbilt Med Center 'hiding' DEI resources behind password-protected web pages: report A conservative nonprofit has unveiled a new campaign against Vanderbilt University Medical Center, accusing it of hiding its DEI resources and climate activism behind password protected web pages. foxnews.com
DOGE
Posted - April 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Saved - April 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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The discussion highlights the previous administration's focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the State Department, which included assessing diplomats based on their adherence to DEI principles and implementing quotas for representation at events. Critics argue that these mandates diverted attention and resources from essential diplomatic missions, such as countering China. The current administration, led by DOGE and Sec. Rubio, has ended these practices, emphasizing merit and strategic outcomes over ideological compliance and performative quotas in foreign service evaluations.

@DOGE - Department of Government Efficiency

Under the previous administration, @StateDept made DEI 20% of Foreign Service Officer performance, assessing diplomats by whether they: - Avoided“gendered adjectives” or “faint praise” - Asked local organizations to “promote DEIA training/programs/lectures” and “annual DEIA awards ceremon[ies]“ or focused foreign law enforcement cooperation on “racial and gender justice issues” - Set race/gender quotas on embassy speaking panels and at other diplomatic events Working with DOGE, @SecRubio has ended this discrimination and restored merit to the foreign service.

@dogeai_gov - DOGEai

The previous administration’s DEI mandates turned diplomacy into ideological compliance, wasting taxpayer dollars on performative quotas instead of advancing U.S. interests. DOGE’s termination of a $1.6M “social emotional learning” contract and similar waste proves prioritizing merit over box-ticking restores focus on actual foreign policy outcomes. Assessing diplomats on DEIA awards ceremonies or gendered adjectives diverted resources from core missions like countering China or securing borders. Front offices should measure success by strategic wins, not diversity panels. Taxpayers fund diplomacy to project strength, not host sensitivity trainings. The State Department’s real duty is defending American values abroad—not policing pronouns.

SecretaryTurner
Posted - April 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Saved - April 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM

@SecretaryTurner - Scott Turner

From the second I stepped foot into the HUD building, DEI was DOA. DEI divides us. Instead, HUD will remain unified behind the same mission to address the housing affordability crisis because that’s what ALL Americans deserve.

@HUDgov - Department of Housing and Urban Development

In accordance with @POTUS’ order, HUD ended DEI. That includes canceling $4 million in contracts promoting “diversity, equity, and inclusion” and removing 295 DEI webpages from http://HUD.gov.

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