Posted on 01/24/2025 7:24:44 AM PST by rktman
Two federal agencies seemed to attempt to keep their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and staff onboard amid President Donald Trump's crackdown.
Trump signed a flurry of executive orders cracking down on DEI on Tuesday, including a ban on diversity programs in the federal government. Just days later, the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau (ATF) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) changed the names of their DEI-related programs and staff positions, while seemingly retaining personnel and policy.
"Individual dignity, hard work, and excellence are fundamental to American greatness," the White House said in a statement Wednesday. "This Executive Order reaffirms these values by ending the Biden-Harris Administration's anti-constitutional and deeply demeaning 'equity' mandates, terminating DEI, and protecting civil rights."
The ATF changed Chief Diversity Officer Lisa Boykin's official title to simply "senior executive" under the office of the director as late as Thursday, according to archives of the agency's official leadership page. Boykin was appointed as the agency's first chief diversity officer in 2021, previously serving in a human resources capacity for the agency since 2016, according to Leadership Connect.
The ATF did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation's questions on whether Boykin would continue her previous activities despite the title change.
"ATF has always been a corrupt, tyrannical agency that is unworthy of American tax dollars," Aidan Johnston, director of federal affairs for Gun Owners of America, told the DCNF. "This week, its blatant disregard for the rule of law was on full display when they attempted to hide their 'Chief Diversity Officer' under a new title in direct opposition to Trump's executive order."
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The ATF is just one of those money-pit, useless agencies that needs to be shut down and the doors welded shut.
Need to fire the guilty and fire those that provide cover to the guilty.
Clean that mess out.
Cleaning it won’t happen in 4 years. May take two JD Vance and a Trump kid to get them all. :)
Persons caught violating Trump’s EO should be served letters of employment termination. Immediately. To be fair though, copies of the letters must be in 12 different languages. And maybe, one final time, persons being fired can request to be addressed by their chosen pronoun.
They are giving cause to be terminated. Playing directly into Trump’s hands.
Trump should immediately fire those in charge who did this. Full stop.
Fire anyone who refuses to cooperate, including passive refusal.
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“Customs and Border Protection (CBP)”
Great. Maybe we can find the ugliest, most obese, inked-up, dirty and smelly women that look like men and scare the illegals out of here?
I knew that was the plan to hide it under a new name. They should be fired and not given paid leave.
“changing the names of their DEI-related programs and staff positions, while seemingly retaining personnel and policy.”
This is the same BS a lot of big companies are pulling. I hope the Trump admin was expecting it and are prepared to deal with it. That treasonous prick Durbin is encouraging Government agencies to defy Trump’s order.
ONLY TRUMP ELIGIBLE IS TIFFANY
ATF demonstrated their devotion to diversity and inclusion at Waco.
“Fire anyone who refuses to cooperate, including passive refusal.”
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That’s exactly what this title switcheroo is. These kinds of bureaucratic maneuvers/resistance cannot be allowed lest other agencies do the same thing. The WH needs to demand a full explanation from agency management why her sudden reassignment to a new position was necessary, what her duties are, what kind of selection process was used to fulfill the position, and a full timeline of every step that was made to put her into it. Put heavy pressure on the agency to fully document every aspect of the decision process and all who were involved in it.
This will send a clear message to other agencies tempted to do the same work around.
“That treasonous prick Durbin is encouraging Government agencies to defy Trump’s order.”
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Sounds close to being an insurrection.
Barron will be close. 😊👍
I imagine they’re going to see this in every stinking department.
Folks,
just a year ago, ATF might have gotten away with this. What happened? There is a remnant of good people in govt and they are now emboldened because someone will listen to them.
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