Summary

Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered the DOJ to investigate private companies for DEI programs, potentially pursuing criminal charges.

Citing the 2023 Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action, she argues DEI initiatives violate anti-discrimination laws. The directive targets large corporations, nonprofits, and universities, with reports due by March 1.

Legal experts warn this move likely violates First Amendment protections, as courts have upheld employers’ rights to promote diversity.

Civil rights groups are expected to challenge the policy, setting up a major legal battle for the administration.

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    17 hours ago

    “she argues DEI initiatives violate anti-discrimination laws.”

    Up is down, wrong is right, black is white.

    God I hate this country

      • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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        policies relating to “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (“DEi”) and “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (“DEIA”) “violate the text and spirit of our longstanding Federal civil-rights laws” and “undermine our national unity.”

        Thank God for Lemmy. Reading this made me feel like I was taking crazy pills until seeing your guys’s comments. These people are straight up going full 1984 “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

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        14 hours ago

        “When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”

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      16 hours ago

      My attitude at this point is that the US is getting what it deserves, you want to be as racist as possible? OK, enjoy your destroyed economy, lost civil rights, and felon president who’s just white enough to steal all your tax revenue.

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          16 hours ago

          Indeed. Most of us either voted directly against it, sat out, or voted for some useless third party. And as infuriating as the second two groups are - most people did not actively vote FOR this shit.

          And then there are the people that are ineligible to vote like kids, who definitely don’t deserve this shit.

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            16 hours ago

            Please do not forget that republicans have been actively disenfranchising voters and making it hard to vote. Not everyone who didn’t vote “sat out”; they were literally unable to vote.

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            13 hours ago

            And an awful lot of them voted FOR this. I am marrying into an Hispanic family with some people who voted for Trump… who were then surprised when they were fired from their jobs immediately after he announced the DEI orders.

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        16 hours ago

        Billionaires bought the election; enough propaganda, both via manipulated social media platforms and marketing in swing states, can buy anyone willing to be the stooge of private interests the presidency.

        Most Americans don’t deserve to suffer at the hands at such corruption.