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Listen this IS in fact how it’s done.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Listen this IS in fact how it’s done.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
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“RESIST. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES.”Judge Ortiz emailed her EEOC colleagues after the anti-trans EO. She told me, “The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up. I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”
How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk
Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“RESIST. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES.”Judge Ortiz emailed her EEOC colleagues after the anti-trans EO. She told me, “The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up. I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”
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The IRS will not allow a member of Elon Musk’s team to view individual tax returns while he works at the agency, according to a copy of an agreement laying out his temporary job assignment.
I.R.S. Bars Musk Ally From Seeing Personal Information
A document setting the terms of work at the I.R.S. by Gavin Kliger, a software engineer on Elon Musk’s team, only allows him to see anonymized taxpayer information.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The IRS will not allow a member of Elon Musk’s team to view individual tax returns while he works at the agency, according to a copy of an agreement laying out his temporary job assignment.
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@karenattiah.bsky.social not an answer but perhaps relevant to the broader inquiry.
New memo from law professors explaining to universities that their DEI policies are lawful and should be protected.
New memo from law professors explaining to universities that their DEI policies are lawful and should be protected.
We urge university leaders to respond confidently, with law and moral principle on your side, and not to sacrifice essential and legally defensible DEI initiatives that help universities fulfill their most basic mission to pursue truth and knowledge for the common good.
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OGC Memo re Trump DEI and SFFA 2025 02 20.pdf | Powered by Box
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February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
@karenattiah.bsky.social not an answer but perhaps relevant to the broader inquiry.
New memo from law professors explaining to universities that their DEI policies are lawful and should be protected.
New memo from law professors explaining to universities that their DEI policies are lawful and should be protected.
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On Feb. 20, six days after receipt of a letter from the Department of Education that instructed institutions of higher learning to remove programs with race as a criterion for selection, Pitt started deleting its diversity-focused web pages.
Diversity-focused pages, language fade from Pitt, CMU websites
Federal Department of Education guidance preceded the move by University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon units to scrub some evidence of diversity-focused and “anti-racist” pages from the schools’…
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
On Feb. 20, six days after receipt of a letter from the Department of Education that instructed institutions of higher learning to remove programs with race as a criterion for selection, Pitt started deleting its diversity-focused web pages.
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Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
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Illinois schools chief tells districts to follow state law, not Trump threats
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/02/21/illinois-schools-chief-says-keep-teaching-black-history-after-trump-letter/
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/02/21/illinois-schools-chief-says-keep-teaching-black-history-after-trump-letter/
State schools chief tells schools: Don’t stop teaching certain subjects because of Trump
Illinois State Superintendent Tony Sanders tells schools to continue teaching subjects like Black History and to keep educating students regardless of their immigration status, despite a recent letter from the U.S. Department of Education threatening federal school funding.
www.chalkbeat.org
February 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Illinois schools chief tells districts to follow state law, not Trump threats
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/02/21/illinois-schools-chief-says-keep-teaching-black-history-after-trump-letter/
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/02/21/illinois-schools-chief-says-keep-teaching-black-history-after-trump-letter/
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Trump keeps racing to rehire federal workers he fired because — surprise! — we need experts on nuclear weapons, bird flu prevention and park management.
All The Times DOGE S**t Had To Be Cleaned Up
Trump keeps racing to rehire federal workers he fired because — surprise! — we need experts on nuclear weapons, bird flu prevention and park management.
www.huffpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Trump keeps racing to rehire federal workers he fired because — surprise! — we need experts on nuclear weapons, bird flu prevention and park management.
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“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed,” said Amy Paris, who had been working to help reform the US organ transplantation network. “That is the scariest thing in the world.”
New: @anniewaldman.bsky.social @deldeib.bsky.social
New: @anniewaldman.bsky.social @deldeib.bsky.social
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behin...
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed,” said Amy Paris, who had been working to help reform the US organ transplantation network. “That is the scariest thing in the world.”
New: @anniewaldman.bsky.social @deldeib.bsky.social
New: @anniewaldman.bsky.social @deldeib.bsky.social
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This is the clearest commentary and description of the actions of this regime that I have heard. Thank you for providing the terms, framework, and most importantly as you assert THE LANGUAGE to address, resist, and attack this effort.
My latest podcast episode is out!
I promised y'all on Bluesky I would talk about the Obama to anti-DEI pipeline.
So let's talk about it.
Trump's segregationist agenda is a reaction to Obama open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
I promised y'all on Bluesky I would talk about the Obama to anti-DEI pipeline.
So let's talk about it.
Trump's segregationist agenda is a reaction to Obama open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Trump's segregrationist agenda is a reaction to Obama
And we need to talk about it.
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is the clearest commentary and description of the actions of this regime that I have heard. Thank you for providing the terms, framework, and most importantly as you assert THE LANGUAGE to address, resist, and attack this effort.
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This month, @karenhao.bsky.social spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who described how the Trump administration is pushing a new ideology and stoking paranoia. “People are terrified,” one source said, “not for losing their jobs but for losing democracy.”
‘Terrified’ Federal Workers Are Clamming Up
Sources within the government reveal the true extent of the Trump administration’s crackdown on speech.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This month, @karenhao.bsky.social spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who described how the Trump administration is pushing a new ideology and stoking paranoia. “People are terrified,” one source said, “not for losing their jobs but for losing democracy.”
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BRAVO to Maine Governor Janet Mills for slapping petty tyrant trump in the face with her calmly defiant "see you in court."
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥
February 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
BRAVO to Maine Governor Janet Mills for slapping petty tyrant trump in the face with her calmly defiant "see you in court."
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump.
Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.
Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.
February 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump.
Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.
Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.
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YES.
JUST IN:
“A federal judge in Maryland on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI as called for in executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
“A federal judge in Maryland on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI as called for in executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating DEI-related grants
The judge found the administration's mandate that grant recipients do not engage in "equity-related" programs was too broad.
www.nbcnews.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
YES.
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LET'S GOOOOOOO STUDENTS!!
Meanwhile, in Maryland where my daughter goes for almost nothing in-state... this: www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/fe...
ICE pulls out of University of Maryland career fair after student backlash
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not participate next week in a career fair at the University of Maryland’s flagship school after pushback from students alarmed by the Trump administratio...
www.washingtontimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
LET'S GOOOOOOO STUDENTS!!
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My kid lives in Siddall Hall and sent me these yesterday. First is what was put up by the school, second is the students’ alteration of the administrations’ cowardice.
February 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My kid lives in Siddall Hall and sent me these yesterday. First is what was put up by the school, second is the students’ alteration of the administrations’ cowardice.
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AP could have been cowardly and rolled over for Trump.
“We had to comply or we’d lose [funding/access/privileges]” like so many orgs are doing.
It would have been easy for them to say “gulf of America”
But it never stops there.
They got the memo. Good job AP.
“We had to comply or we’d lose [funding/access/privileges]” like so many orgs are doing.
It would have been easy for them to say “gulf of America”
But it never stops there.
They got the memo. Good job AP.
BREAKING: Associated Press is suing the Trump administration for violating the First Amendment.
This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back.
Well done AP👏
This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back.
Well done AP👏
February 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
AP could have been cowardly and rolled over for Trump.
“We had to comply or we’d lose [funding/access/privileges]” like so many orgs are doing.
It would have been easy for them to say “gulf of America”
But it never stops there.
They got the memo. Good job AP.
“We had to comply or we’d lose [funding/access/privileges]” like so many orgs are doing.
It would have been easy for them to say “gulf of America”
But it never stops there.
They got the memo. Good job AP.
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BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.
February 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.
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An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation
Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.
www.insidehighered.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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If you look at all the firings across the government over the last two weeks it's frequently been taken as a given that any black or woman official or officer is either a DEI hire or supports DEI and is summarily fired on that basis. Seems like the same model here.
Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
February 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
If you look at all the firings across the government over the last two weeks it's frequently been taken as a given that any black or woman official or officer is either a DEI hire or supports DEI and is summarily fired on that basis. Seems like the same model here.