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    Sie werden sehen wollen, wie dieser DOGE-Mitarbeiter versucht zu definieren, was DEI ist

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    1. Due_Bluebird3562 on

      Something tells me I’m not going to want to watch this DOGE staffer try to define what DEI is.

    2. RamonaQ-JunieB on

      I’m embarrassed for him but then again I question his ability to be embarrassed.

    3. eskimospy212 on

      It seems like he was coached to say ‘whatever was in the EO’ but wasn’t smart enough to figure out what to do when that didn’t work. 

    6. brain_overclocked on

      >Thanks to newly released depositions related to the suit, we now know that DOGE staffers, who had no personal academic experience in the humanities, used ChatGPT to identify “DEI” — or diversity, equity and inclusion — initiatives and retroactively cancel their funding.

      >At DOGE’s behest, ChatGPT ingested the descriptions of all of NEH’s grants, then spat out a spreadsheet with a “Yes/NO DEI?” column and its “DEI rationale.”

      >This ultimately resulted in the retroactive cancellation of more than $100 million in funds that had already been appropriated, along with the firing of 65% of NEH staff.

      >According to a release from the plaintiffs, the process violated the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection clause because it explicitly targeted the terms “BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color),” “homosexual,” “LGBTQ,” and “Tribal,” among others.

      >Here’s DOGE staffer Justin Fox flailing as he attempts to explain DEI in a deposition in the case.

      >[Video]

      >In addition to a documentary about Jewish women’s slave labor during the Holocaust, which is mentioned in the above video, DOGE also nixed an archival project on the lives of Italian Americans; a project to digitize photographs of Appalachian residents; and multiple projects to preserve endangered Native American languages and cultures.

      >Even grants for routine maintenance were canceled.

      >A museum in North Carolina that had been awarded $349,000 to replace its failing HVAC system had its grant scrapped because ChatGPT decided “diverse audiences” might view its collections.

      >A joint effort by the University of Oregon and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to help digitize newspapers was similarly canceled because digital newspapers are “more accessible,” and therefore, ChatGPT determined, more inclusive.

      >Here’s Fox explaining, then retracting his remark that a grant for a documentary about anti-Black violence was canceled “because it was not for the benefit of humankind.”

      >[Video]

      >The American Historical Association, one of the plaintiffs, put Fox’s entire deposition on its YouTube page, in addition to the deposition of Fox’s boss at DOGE, Nate Cavanaugh.

    7. Romantic_Piscean on

      Ever wonder what a mid-level official from the Third Reich would look like in today’s America?! Here you go….

    8. Dinker54 on

      Summary: anything that acknowledges the existence of any group of people who are not white, heterosexual, Christian males is DEI.  

    9. Tom1952Phx on

      These clowns have a hard time because they like equality and inclusion but just for themselves it’s only the D. Diversity that’s a problem for them

    10. -chadwreck on

      Well you see, a documentary focusing on jewish women being forced into slave labor by nazis is inherently discriminatory against anyone who isnt a woman, or Jewish. 
      It just wouldnt be fair to have a narrow view of these events!       /s

      This administration is pretending history is dead, America is a post racial society, and public access to anything is a threat. 

    11. AffectionateSwan5129 on

      Again – these aren’t serious people with any morals. Their main driving force is to extract as much money as possible to grow their bank account. The political alignment is secondary. They are cronies brought in to do a job they don’t know how to deliver on, but take it because they can.

      They know it’s a farce, but they’ll laugh at you in the face because they’ve made their money and that’s all people care about anymore.

    13. QuitStockingMe on

      Reminds me of when Muskhole was asked “why is twitter important” and he just short circuited

    14. Global_Crew3968 on

      It’s not funny at all. 
      It’s fucking racist.
      It’s undeniably sexist.

      It’s depressing.
      It’s incredibly frustrating to watch this loser have any control over the funding and direction of this country. 

    15. brithus on

      To these people, DEI apparently meants „Don’t Ever Include“ [insert bigoted target word i.e. – black, people of color, native american, girls, women, jewish, muslim, disabled, etc. etc]

    16. All_Hail_Hynotoad on

      Having DOGE on your résumé should be the equivalent of having a big red flag.

    17. CireEdorelkrah on

      I worked for the government when DOGE first came in. They basically provided a list of keywords and cancelled any program that has any of those words in them and didn’t review the context of how they were used.

    18. LimpyDan on

      What the fuck did I just watch? I wanna get paid as much as that guy did to be completely ignorant.

    19. TransiTorri on

      He can’t answer because the real answer is „DEI = Minorities“ he skates close to it several times, but can’t openly state it, so instead, you get this word salad of a defense. Also, somehow women, despite being 55% of the population, are a minority.

      Let’s be clear, everything DOGE did, was illegal. The locations they went to, the systems they accessed, they did not have clearance or authorization for. I cannot begin to count the number of laws they violated starting with criminal trespass, breaking and entering, and unlawfully accessing classified materials without authorization. If there’s any justice, everyone involved, including the officers who assisted in accessing secure locations, will eventually face criminal charges.

    20. Th3FinalStarman on

      I want the name and location of the f*cker that stole my grandmother’s social security data and hocked it to his new employer.

    21. Werftflammen on

      Whoah. I had low expectations, but am still disappointed by how dumb this POS is.

    22. AceofKnaves44 on

      “It’s whoever Elon tells us he doesn’t like that week. Right before he nut taps us and shows pictures of “some bitch I TOTALLY almost scored with last week.”

    23. astroglitch0 on

      Everyone knows DEI means Donalds Enormous Imbeciles and they’re all part of the current administration.

    24. Tramadol_Lollies on

      So he’s the dude that got my civil servant friend fired, rehired, and then fired again in less than a year, forcing him to pull his kids out of school, and move his family out of Virginia and back to NY. Cool. Hope I see this kid around DC.

    25. BigBennP on

      There is an important point here.

      This lawsuit alleges that the termination of federal grants dealing with Dei related topics was invalid because it was „arbitrary and capricious“ and therefore invalid as an administrative action.

      While the testimony seems very stupid, the much higher likelihood is that it is malicious. A regulatory action taken specifically in accordance with a written administrative order is much less likely to be arbitrary and capricious. Therefore, the witness is specifically refusing to offer his own definition of DEI except through the administrative order.

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