DOGE Staffer Fails To Define DEI In Deposition
Following a lawsuit filed against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), revelations have emerged regarding the termination of over 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants. DOGE staffers, lacking academic expertise in the humanities, employed ChatGPT to identify grants that could be retroactively canceled based on perceived “DEI” initiatives, ultimately cutting over $100 million in funding and dismissing 65% of NEH staff. This process, which targeted terms such as “BIPOC” and “LGBTQ,” allegedly violated the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection clause. Grants for diverse projects, including a documentary on Jewish women’s slave labor and efforts to preserve Native American languages, were among those eliminated, with even routine maintenance grants being rescinded.
John Q. Hosedrinker