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Colorado refuses to certify DEI removal order, risks $800M in school funds

Chalkbeat Colorado, Approved, National, State / April 12, 2025 / Colorado education officials, Colorado school funding, DEI, Executive order, State Board of Education, Trump Administration

Colorado will refuse a demand from the Trump administration to certify that its schools have eliminated what the federal government says are illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, state Commissioner of Education Susana Córdova said Thursday.

“I am not signing that,” Córdova said. “I am not asking our districts to sign that.”

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UCCS under scrutiny for alleged race-based policies in higher education shakeup

State, Approved, Rocky Mountain Voice, Top Stories / March 17, 2025 / DEI, Higher Education

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is among more than 50 universities facing federal investigations as part of President Donald Trump’s initiative to restore merit-based education and dismantle discriminatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.

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NSA investigates ‘secret sex chats’ under guise of DEI on internal agency message board

National, Approved, Fox News / February 26, 2025 / DEI, Internal agencies, NSA

Federal employees within the intelligence community are under investigation for allegedly misusing an internal agency messaging board to dish on their sexual fantasies under the guise of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), officials say.

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Pepsi drops DEI chief, representation goals

National, Approved, Fox Business / February 21, 2025 / DEI, Pepsi, Trump Administration

Pepsi has become the latest company to significantly roll back its DEI policies, announcing it will be eliminating its role of Chief DEI officer and ending representation goals in hiring.

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Trump’s Dept. of Education sees early wins ahead of Linda McMahon confirmation hearing

National, Approved, Breitbart / February 13, 2025 / DEI, DOE, Linda McMahon

President Donald Trump’s Department of Education (DOE) has seen a burst of early victories since Jan. 20 and ahead of Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon’s confirmation hearing on Thursday morning.

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Trump shows ‘leftist ideologues’ entrenched in military academies the exit

National, The Daily Caller / February 11, 2025 / DEI, Leftism, Military academies

President Donald Trump announced he was firing the board of visitors of all U.S. military academies on Monday in his continued crusade against “leftist ideologues” in the military.

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Education Department spent hundreds of millions injecting DEI into school districts

Washington Examiner, Approved, National / February 6, 2025 / DEI, DOE, Government corruption

The Department of Education, which is facing the ax under President Donald Trump’s new administration, set aside over $300 million in grants intended to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion by prioritizing resources for racial minorities, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of grant records.

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Disgraceful, discriminatory hiring — by CU

Approved, Commentary, gazette.com / January 31, 2025 / CU BOULDER, DEI, Discriminatory hiring

Colorado’s most prominent higher-ed institution, the University of Colorado system, has discreetly changed the name of the office that oversees its controversial “diversity, equity and inclusion” programs — i.e., institutionalized discrimination.

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Air traffic control and the DEI debate in wake of mid-air Reagan Airport collision

National Review, Approved, National / January 31, 2025 / Air Traffic Control, DEI, FAA

As Charlie notes, even after last night’s air disaster culminated a series of near-misses over the past four years, American air travel remains astonishingly safe, and the likelihood is that a full investigation will find that last night’s crash of an Army Blackhawk helicopter into a commercial airliner was (1) a total freak accident, (2) the result of a mechanical problem with the helicopter, and/or (3) human error by the helicopter pilot, perhaps compounded by poor air-traffic control. Efforts to blame this on Donald Trump, whose transportation secretary Sean Duffy only took office yesterday morning, say more about the people …

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Costco board members donated heavily to Democrats in 2024 election cycle

National, Approved, Fox Business / January 30, 2025 / Costco, DEI, Democrat elections

Costco’s chairman of the board donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrats in the last election cycle, and multiple other board members heavily donated to Democrats as well, according to data from the Federal Elections Commission.

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