Posted on 01/22/2025 6:48:34 AM PST by karpov
President Donald Trump ‘s administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.
The moves follow an executive order Trump signed on his first day ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs that could touch on everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority farmers and homeowners. Trump has called the programs “discrimination” and insisted on restoring strictly “merit-based” hiring.
The executive order on affirmative action revokes an order issued by President Lyndon Johnson, and curtails DEI programs by federal contractors and grant recipients. It’s using one of the key tools utilized by the Biden administration to promote DEI programs across the private sector — pushing their use by federal contractors — to now eradicate them.
The Office of Personnel Management in a Tuesday memo directed agencies to place DEI office staffers on paid leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday and take down all public DEI-focused webpages by the same deadline. Several federal departments had removed the webpages even before the memorandum. Agencies must also cancel any DEI-related training and end any related contracts, and federal workers are being asked to report to Trump’s Office of Personnel Management if they suspect any DEI-related program has been renamed to obfuscate its purpose within 10 days or face “adverse consequences.”
By Thursday, federal agencies are directed to compile a list of federal DEI offices and workers as of Election Day. By next Friday, they are expected to develop a plan to execute a “reduction-in-force action” against those federal workers.
The memo was first reported by CBS News.
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Major League Winning
Nice. I wonder how big this list is.
Score!
This is GREAT! Let the race and gender hustlers get a real job!
They were getting rid of DEI anyway because of shortages, and now got the Republican half of the Uniparty to take the blame.
The solution to DEI was more DEI, and it was working - forcing the Left to choke on their own policies. Don't interfere with an enemy who's in the process of making a mistake.
Winning!
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They still get paid. For now. But I’d suggest they polish their resumes for a new career path.
There’s still plenty of DEI “jobs” in the private sector. COSTCO is pimping DEI when their employees are not out there on strike.
I hope he nails that big 600 pounder DEI pig in the burlap sack dress famous for her meme.
This is so heart warming. A new, sensible day in America. Thank you, Pres. Trump.
Reduction in force takes time.
I would detail them to North and South Dakota nuclear missile bases for the rest of the winter.
If they fail to show up at the igloo “office” they are fired.
also, their FedGov email access has been terminated, and they are no longer allowed access to their Federal offices ...
IOW, they’re now totally out in the cold and are unable to utilize Fed resources to “resist” President Trump’s agenda from within ... this is exactly how employees are usually terminated in large corporations ...
still, i guess being frog-marched out of the office was too much to hope for ...
I’m not tired yet. More winning, please!
True. I’d love to know when/if that crowd of lazy, entitled, overpaid and biased losers in US universities will be canned as well
Think of the effect that would have in reducing tuition!
AKA Didn't Earn It
This is like excising a cancerous tumor in the government. Also, it may be the deathknell for the disgusting DEI “consultants” infecting society.
>>”They still get paid. For now. But I’d suggest they polish their resumes for a new career path.”
I suggest that Trump create a department tasked with encouraging and spreading appreciation of our founding fathers. If they refuse to do their job then fire them.
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