Show threadNonilex11h ago

The resolution is the latest in a string of announcements that the #DOJ has rolled out that align closely with Trump’s agenda since #Trump ousted #PamBondi as attorney general earlier this month. Deputy Attorney General #ToddBlanche has been tapped to at least temporarily lead the department, & Trump has signaled he wants him to carry out his #political agenda more aggressively than Bondi did.

#law #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #CivilRights #labor #business #heterosexism #racism #sexism

Show threadNonilex11h ago
The #DOJ touted the settlement as a “major” win for the #Trump admin’s crackdown on #DEI policies, saying it is the first successful use of the False Claims Act under the department’s new #CivilRights “Fraud” Initiative. Under that act, federal officials investigated whether IBM “lied” on federal forms to receive #government contracts when it certified that the company was in compliance with antidiscrimination laws.

#law #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #business #heterosexism #racism #sexism
Show threadNonilex11h ago
#IBM, a leading corporate computing company & one of the most storied names in US #business, has agreed to pay the #US #government $17 million to settle #DOJ allegations that the company’s diversity, equity & inclusion [#DEI] policies violated antidiscrimination laws [they weren’t hiring an over abundance of straight white Christian men].

#law #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #CivilRights #labor #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #racism #sexism
Nonilex11h ago

#DOJ settles with #IBM over alleged #DEI practices

After the “modest” [we’re paying you a pittance just to get you leave us be] $17 million agreement with the company, #Trump admin attempted to paint it as a win saying they expect it to be the first of many such settlements.

#law #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #CivilRights #labor #business #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #racism #sexism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/16/justice-department-settles-with-ibm-over-alleged-dei-practices/

Justice Department settles with IBM over alleged DEI practices

After the modest $17 million agreement with the company, officials say they expect it to be the first of many such settlements.

The Washington Post
Show threadWilliam Lindsey 1d ago

"Anti-capitalism and anti-Christianity are not further defined. Views on gender are not further defined. The $166 million is very specifically defined."

#Trump #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #patriarchy #homophobia #heterosexism #abortion #ReproductiveRights
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 1d ago

"The White House’s proposed 2027 budget includes a push for the FBI to 'proactively' target what it describes as 'extremism' related to gender.

According to the new FBI budget, domestic terrorism is motivated by, among other things, anti-capitalism, anti-Christianity, and views on gender."

~ Corinne Straight

#Trump #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #patriarchy #homophobia #heterosexism #abortion #ReproductiveRights
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https://www.alternetamerica.com/p/being-anti-christian-is-domestic

Being 'Anti-Christian' Is Domestic Terrorism Under Trump's FBI

The DOJ is vacating the convictions of Jan. 6 insurrectionists, a toddler who nearly died in ICE custody was sent right back, and illegal U.S. boat strikes have killed 170 people

Alternet America
Show threadWilliam Lindsey 1d ago

"Vigilante enforcement of white Christian nationalist ideals does not stop with race or immigration. 'God’s soldiers' seem to believe that nonadherence to white, heterosexual, right-wing ideals threatens 'cultural degradation from "un-American" influences both inside and outside our borders' — and they’ll do anything to defend 'American values.'”

#Trump #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #patriarchy #homophobia #heterosexism #abortion #ReproductiveRights
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 7

"And maybe queer people can show how. After all, the gay archetype encompasses more than just stereotypical titans of industry and hunky Adonises; it includes so many of society’s pivotal artists and writers and thinkers. Alienation doesn’t only spur people to conquer the system that alienated them. It can instead provoke a quest to creatively redefine success on one’s own terms."

#homophobia #MAGA #LGBTQ #men #YoungMen #Trump #machismo #MaleEntitlement #heterosexism #patriarchy
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 7

"The irony is that a minority once viewed as filled with sissies and losers is now portrayed as filled with bullies and power brokers, and straight people, especially men, seem to perceive themselves as the weak and afraid ones. …

Maybe, as the cartoonish machismo of Trumpism proves its hollowness, America’s latent resentment can be channeled to better ends."

#homophobia #MAGA #LGBTQ #men #YoungMen #Trump #machismo #MaleEntitlement #heterosexism #patriarchy
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 7

"During the 2020s, measures of intra-group prejudices of all sorts—racism, sexism, ageism—have been rising, according to a New York Times article about the return of homophobia by Charlesworth and her Northwestern colleague Eli J. Finkel."

#homophobia #MAGA #LGBTQ #men #YoungMen #Trump #machismo #MaleEntitlement #heterosexism #patriarchy
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