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Zorro

(17,225 posts)
Sat Feb 1, 2025, 10:50 AM Feb 1

How federal agencies have already changed their websites under Trump

“Diversity” has been deleted. “Climate resilience” is now a popular substitute for “climate change.” And “pregnant people” has been replaced by “pregnant women.”

President Donald Trump has moved swiftly to implement his policies across the federal government mainly with sweeping executive orders. His administration has been particularly focused on removing any references to diversity, equity and inclusion from federal agencies’ websites.

Asked by a reporter on Friday in the Oval Office whether he can confirm that websites would be shut down so they can be scrubbed of DEI content, Trump said, “I don’t know. It doesn’t sound like a bad idea to me.”

Trump added: “I think DEI is dead, so if they want to scrub the websites that’s okay with me.” And in many instances they already had. The White House press office released an unsigned statement to The Washington Post saying that the American people had given Trump a mandate “to remove DEI from our federal government and reinstate a system based on merit.”

A Post review of more than 8,000 federal webpages that changed since Inauguration Day found 662 examples of deletions and additions that reflect policy changes at the heart of Trump’s campaign. “Diversity” has been deleted. “Climate resilience” is now a popular substitute for “climate change.” And “pregnant people” has been replaced by “pregnant women.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/31/federal-agencies-websites-trump/

Republicans: We prefer no diversity, no equity, no inclusion. This is our vision for the USA and what it stands for.

This is their perverse, anti-American belief.
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How federal agencies have already changed their websites under Trump (Original Post) Zorro Feb 1 OP
DOGE has taken the place of the US Digital Service underpants Feb 1 #1

underpants

(190,017 posts)
1. DOGE has taken the place of the US Digital Service
Sat Feb 1, 2025, 11:09 AM
Feb 1

I read that yesterday. DOGE is actually a part of the government now.

I don’t know if the Digital Service ran the websites but it had a role in creating them so there could easily still be access. Elon got his people to do this mostly at once, I’m guessing.

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