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This is Justin Fox, a former DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) who said his job was to review and flag grants for "DEI" which would then go to superiors for termination under Trump's Executive Order.

This deposition is part of a lawsuit filed by the American Council of Learned Societies, the American History Association, and the Modern Language Association. They say Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) used ChatGPT to process to identify DEl programs to inform decisions to terminate grants awarded by the NEH.

Here is Fox attempting to answer questions about what DEI is.

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[โ€“] Jhex@lemmy.world 56 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

exactly the level of intelligence expected from an American employee of the Pedophile regime

[โ€“] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

"Pedo Files" is how their bootlicking backbirths think it's spelled, and they're so close... as always. ๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[โ€“] tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Basic obstruction on display.

[โ€“] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 30 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This guy is clearly obvious to the fact that his masters are painting him at the patsy to take the fall

[โ€“] CeffTheCeph@kbin.earth 3 points 3 weeks ago

This story doesn't even get into the problems from before 2020. The rabbit hole is fucking deep, and the systemic problems at TBPS well documented. As mentioned, this story is only the final episode in an award winning documentary series. The TBPS is a shit show.

[โ€“] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago
  1. Everything is "obvious" to this idiot.

  2. "The Patsy" sounds like a mafia-themed speakeasy where one of each party gets the bill and no one sees it coming.

[โ€“] thenextguy@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago

Dude probably can't even spell DEI.

[โ€“] CatalpaRed@lemmy.zip 38 points 3 weeks ago

Government Employees watching this while foaming at the mouth

[โ€“] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I genuinely feel like half my brain just atrophied watching this guy.

[โ€“] CubitOom 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

His wife's a dirty, dirty whore?

You just need to read the EO. It'll clear everything up.

I guess this is the new-age fascist version of "just following orders".

[โ€“] Tuuktuuk@nord.pub 24 points 3 weeks ago
[โ€“] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago

Well there goes my imposter syndrome for today.

[โ€“] Krauerking@lemy.lol 8 points 3 weeks ago

"Females"

Yeah, anyone that talks like that is a piece of shit.
You know it comes from using "male" as a compliment in his head rather than a fucking gender!

[โ€“] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Well obviously it's when a city like Baltimore elects a black mayor