Trump’s Bold Strike Against DEI Ends 60 Years of Discrimination — and Makes History; Acting Trump Agency Chiefs Warn Against Disguising Banned DEI Programs — Could Face ‘adverse consequences’

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Trump’s bold strike against DEI ends 60 years of discrimination — and makes historyl

We’re only days into the Trump administration, and we can already identify one of his top five achievements.

With one carefully crafted act, the president initiated the end of DEI in the federal government and perhaps in the private sector and educational system, as well.

It is a breathtakingly bold and wholly righteous move that could bring about a generational change. One way or the other, books will be written about the executive order, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.”

Trump’s directive repeals a series of executive orders promoting affirmative action in government, including the granddaddy of them all, President Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 Executive Order 11246.

The implementing regulations for 11246 have created a vast archipelago of racial preferences in federal contracting. The roll-back of the LBJ order alone would be momentous.

It instructs executive departments and agencies to “terminate all discriminatory and illegal preferences, mandates, policies, programs, activities, guidance, regulations, enforcement actions, consent orders, and requirements.”

This is not empty verbiage. The Trump administration immediately ordered diversity offices in the federal government closed and DEI workers put on administrative leave, while it suspended contracting programs that run afoul of the race- and gender-neutral standard set by Trump’s order.

Again, all of this would be historic on its own, but the order goes further still.

It takes solid aim at other institutions of American life that have, through government pressure or their own initiative, embraced DEI.

Trump’s order goes further, though.

A key, and correct, contention of the Trump order is that DEI’s race-consciousness practices violate federal civil-rights laws. --->READ MORE HERE

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Acting Trump agency chiefs warn against disguising banned DEI programs — could face ‘adverse consequences’:

The acting heads of federal agencies warned government workers this week that they are aware efforts have been made to “disguise” diversity, equity and inclusion programs banned by President Trump – and employees that don’t report those obfuscations could face “adverse consequences.”

“These programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination,” read a memo sent to NASA employees Wednesday by Acting Administrator Janet Petro.

The memo, obtained by Space News, notified workers that the space agency is “taking steps” to implement Trump’s Day One executive order terminating government DEI programs and contracts.

“We are aware of efforts by some in government to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language,” the notice continued. “If you are aware of a change in any contract description or personnel position description since November 5, 2024 to obscure the connection between the contract and DEIA or similar ideologies, please report all facts and circumstances.”

Petro’s memo was identical to a form letter included in a missive sent out to all federal agencies by the Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday in response to Trump’s executive order.

“There will be no adverse consequences for timely reporting this information,” read the NASA memo, which noted employees have 10 days to report disguised DEI programs to OPM.

“However, failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences,” the letter warned.

An identical note was sent out the same day to Department of Homeland Security employees by Acting Secretary Benjamine Huffman, according to NewsNation.

OPM, the government’s top human resources agency, has been tasked under Trump’s order with providing the White House Office of Management and Budget with a list of all DEI programs, positions and expenditures that have been “misleadingly relabeled in an attempt to preserve their pre-November 4, 2024 function.” --->READ MORE HERE

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