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Firing a qualified person of color to replace him with a white guy lackey is why DEI initiatives were created. There's tons of data to show that diversity makes for better teamwork, increased productivity, and improved outcomes in any sector. Better-managed orgs will retain these initiatives.

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He nails it.

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Among the targets are the entities that collect education data for K-12 and college. This is data that social scientists use track education metrics, evaluate effectiveness, and so much more. Data = facts, and both are the enemy of this administration. 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

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Scientists gonna science. We have GOT to figure out how to enable government-sponsored research to continue and function independently of whoever is in office. 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...

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The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal. https://buff.ly/42NeEl6

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It's open season on civil rights. MLK Day? Out. Black History Month? Don't you dare promote it. Juneteenth? Don't even think about it. Pride month? We're pretending we never heard about it. Holocaust remembrance day? Forget about it. White male culture forever.

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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

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Mood.

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ED's site now announces the elimination of DEI. It also espouses charter (private for-profit) schools. We'll now all be footing the bill to subsidize education that incorporates religion and increases the gap between the haves and the have nots. The gutting of public education has begun.

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The Reviews Are In! 👀 “Grotesque & Outrageous” “Downright Disgusting” “Disgraceful” “Absolutely Shameful” “Despicable” “Racist & Sexist” “A Betrayal” “Monstrous” “Simply UnAmerican” “Craven” “Pathetic” “Absolutely Vile” “What A Horrible Pathetic Little Man!” #EmbarrassmentInChief 😩 bit.ly/3PZ2H4j

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Watching some of RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearing. His face looks like shoe leather, his voice is broken, and his breath is raspy when he's not talking. I expect him to don a Darth Vader mask at any time.

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The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good. Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.

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When racists say “merit” you say “Hegseth.”

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America is now a mob restaurant being burned down for the insurance money.

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Keep in mind that these individuals were carrying out the Trump administration's desire to be aggressive toward Iran. But because they weren't total lackeys, Trump is endangering them as a pure revenge tactic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...

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NIH scientists have been ordered to cancel meetings and cease outside communications. These actions in and of themselves will hamper such basic efforts as cancer research. More insidiously, they reflect the attempt by this administration to disrupt everything in our healthcare ecosystem.

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Dear healthcare company, stop sending me your superficial newsletters designed to make me feel like you actually care about my health. I don't need another Top 10 list of superfoods clogging up my inbox.

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Trump has turned his inauguration into a rally. He should secure the rights to play Ramblin' Man. Christ. Four more years of this bullshit.

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No words….

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It all feels like a family with a genuinely abusive family member choosing to just carry on with the holiday traditions, hoping to create normalcy through sheer will and denial.

submitted 34 days ago • 896 comments

The president of the United States is a con-artist, rapist, bigoted, narcissistic, money-grubbing, fascist felon. The actions of more than half of our country to vote him in, as well as the inaction of those who didn't vote, will be our undoing. Whether it's a total undoing remains to be seen.

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So sad. The world has lost one of the modern foremost champions for women's rights. We will definitely feel the gap in her leadership during the next four years. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...

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Although the Dept of Education was created in 1867, it was largely buried in other agencies until Jimmy Carter reinstated it as a cabinet-level department in 1979. The fact that ED now had a prominent seat at the table meant an increased focus on and more federal funding for higher education.

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Katie, a 4-year-old dog who lives in Brooklyn, is New York City’s secret weapon in its war on rats. She has found an endless supply of prey, killing nearly 500 rats this year. For some reason, her most productive day of the week is Thursday.

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