executive order
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On the 75th Anniversary of Armed Forces Desegregation, Republicans Don’t Get to Pretend They Support Our Military
They don’t get to puff out their chests, talk about national security and profess the love and respect they hold for every man and woman who wears a uniform.
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Biden Signed an Executive Order Combatting Inequality, Here’s What It Actually Does
In the wake of the Tyre Nichols murder, President Biden signed an executive order to address racial inequality. But what does the order actually do?
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Labor Department Suspends Trump’s Federal Diversity Training Ban—Because It’s Racist and Dumb
Welp, Donald Trump is on his way out of office and it looks like some of his stupid-ass policies are soon to follow. Remember when the commander-in-insurrection issued an executive order barring federal agencies and contractors from funding anti-racism and diversity training? Well, last month, a federal judge blocked that Orangey-white nonsense, and now, the…
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Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Diversity Training Ban
In September, The Root reported that the commander-in-white-fragility that y’all call president ordered all federal agencies to end anti-racism training and any other training that implements critical race theory. Well now, Trump’s order against hurting white people’s feelings is facing its first legal challenge as three civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing that…
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Texas State University Stops Diversity Training Programs After Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Funding
Nothing says “I’m not racist,” like signing an executive order that threatens to cut federal funding for universities unless they stop diversity training, and y’all already know that’s exactly what the president did. The Texas Tribune reports that Texas State University announced it will freeze its diversity training program as it tries to make sense…
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40,000 Former Inmates in Iowa Have Their Voting Rights Restored After Governor Signs Executive Order
On Wednesday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed an executive order that immediately restored voting rights to former inmates who have completed their sentences. According to NBC News, this move means Iowa is no longer the only state to permanently disenfranchise former inmates. Approximately 40,000 former inmates who have completed their prison sentences, probation and parole…
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Mask On: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Did Not Come to Play With Goofy Georgia Governor Brian Kemp
This is totally hypothetical but what if there were a state like say, Georgia, and the governor, let’s say his name was Brian Kemp, was a thief who stole the election and was also an idiot. And then let’s say that a major city in Georgia, like say Atlanta, happened to have a Black mayor…
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Rhode Island Gives Voters a Chance to Remove ‘Plantation’ From Its Official Name
Say what you will about 2020, but this has been the year that America is confronted with all the racism—blatant and subtle—that it celebrates through monuments, flags, product brands and the very names given to schools, streets and even entire states. It’s gotten to a point where the state of Rhode Island is moving toward…
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Trump Says He Will Suspend Immigration Into the United States. Now If He Could Only Get Someone to Write the Executive Order
Trump is a victim of poor performance. According to several Russian prostitutes whom I didn’t speak with but will speak for, the president tends to jump the gun. On Tuesday, Trump’s minions—also known as his administration—were hurrying to get together an executive order after Trump late-night tweeted to Vladimir Putin “Hey, big head. You up?”…