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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDOGE bro just admitted he thinks veterans' issues are "DEI."
Michael Embrich @MikeEmbrichA DOGE bro just admitted he thinks veterans issues are DEI.
He terminated grants that helped veterans because he supposedly read books about how bad they are then couldnt name a single book.
As a veteran, I honestly dont know how anyone who served could vote for Trump never mind half.
Veterans deserve respect and support, not culture-war nonsense.
Link to tweet
...one year ago:
Mar 11, 2025
DOGE's anti-DEI drive flagged these programs. Only they weren't DEI.
https://www.businessinsider.com/doge-wrongly-flagged-jobs-programs-dei-equity-2025-3
'Absolute chaos': Three veterans fired in DOGE cuts react to Trump speech
Veteran speaks out after job at VA terminated in DOGE purge
Standing With New York Veterans to Fight DOGE's Cuts to the VA
Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump Mar 12, 2026
A DOGE staffer tasked with flagging grants for DEI struggled to define the term during a deposition, after documents reportedly revealed that DOGE staff canceled 97% of National Endowment for the Humanities grants in just 22 days. This is incredibly disturbing. WHY are decisions affecting education and culture being made without what appears to be a full understanding of DEI?!
Mar 11, 2026
A staff member for Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency, who was in charge of flagging grants for DEI, struggled to define the term during a lawsuit deposition.
Justin Fox was assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and described his role as highlighting any projects that would be disqualified for federal funding because they promoted diversity, equity and inclusion, as defined by Donald Trumps executive order of January 2025.
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A staff member for Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency, who was in charge of flagging grants for DEI, struggled to define the term during a lawsuit deposition.
Justin Fox was assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and described his role as highlighting any projects that would be disqualified for federal funding because they promoted diversity, equity and inclusion, as defined by Donald Trumps executive order of January 2025.
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DOGE bro just admitted he thinks veterans' issues are "DEI." (Original Post)
bigtree
8 hrs ago
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Buns_of_Fire
(19,113 posts)1. Cocky little bastards, aren't they?
That said, I know ONE ketamine-flavored cocky bastard who desperately needs to have his citizenship revoked and to be deported back to South Africa.
Hey Joe
(565 posts)2. Jesus Christ!!
Is this baby faced little boy even potty trained?
He knows exactly shit about anything including working for a living or sacrificing himself for
his country.
This really pisses me off!!
erronis
(23,614 posts)7. Got that botoxed lip look that trump likes. Reminds him of his days with Epstein molesting young people.
Aristus
(72,075 posts)3. Got-DAMN if he doesn't look like a creepy little shitweasel.
IOW, he fits right in with this monstrous administration.
2naSalit
(102,165 posts)4. LOCK HIM UP!!!
And if we can't do it here, somebody haul his ass to The Hague!!!
William Seger
(12,408 posts)5. To reactionaries, anything that demonstrates any empathy is "woke"
These assholes were hired by someone who not only brags about having no empathy, he claims it will be the downfall of Western civilization.
orangecrush
(29,980 posts)6. Who hatched these punks?
Seinan Sensei
(1,518 posts)8. I would have asked DOGE-Staffer shitweasel what DEI stood for
Id have to reference the EO
Well, then. What does EO stand for?
Id have to reference the Ketamine-Commandant
Well, then. What does EO stand for?
Id have to reference the Ketamine-Commandant