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DOGE cancelled a $349,000 grant to replace a museum’s HVAC after ChatGPT flagged it as DEI, court documents show

Elon Musk’s cost-saving agency uploaded more than 1,000 grant proposals into the chatbot, which determined whether or not they pertained to DEI, according to filings.

Fortune

‘It’s going to upset the balance’: how will Paramount buying Warner Bros change Hollywood?

Warner Bros might have swept the Oscars with Sinners and One Battle After Another, but the impending merger has those in the industry worried about the future

The Guardian - US

DOGE bros exposed: Depositions from Elon Musk’s team reveal ChatGPT process for gutting ‘DEI’ grants

10 hours of testimony uncovers their largely uninformed judgments behind sweeping decisions about grant funding

The Independent UK

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Former DOGE Staffer Helped Flag 'LGBTQ+' Grants With ChatGPT and No Expert Input

A former DOGE staffer testifies that LGBTQ+ grants were marked for cancellation, highlighting how federal funding decisions were influenced by anti-DEI directives.

International Business Times UK

The war on DEI reflects the quiet normalization of white nationalism — in the U.S. and beyond

Political theorist Hannah Arendt warned that authoritarian politics rarely begin with spectacles of repression. More often, authoritarianism advances through routine administrative decisions that appear technical or neutral but gradually reshape public life — a kind of bureaucratic normalization of injustice she later described as the banality of evil.

The Conversation

‘Only Nazis ban books’: on the frontlines with students fighting Trump over higher education

Documentary First They Came for My College goes inside the fight for academic freedom at Florida’s New College

The Guardian - US

'The Pitt': a masterclass display of DEI in action

"The Pitt" transforms DEI from something far beyond a moral imperative: nothing less than the difference between life and death.

Fortune

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Diversity programs have become a tick-the-box exercise. They need to become more political, not less

Diversity programs are a favourite target of right-wing populists who claim they represent a radical left agenda that is politicising workplaces.

The Conversation

‘DEI is dead, equality isn’t’: experts chart path forward amid Trump’s culture war

Two law professors outline strategies for equality’s survival in a Trumpian post-DEI era in new book How Equality Wins

The Guardian - US

Carnegie Mellon Must Provide Discovery About Relationship with Qatar, in Ex-Student's Lawsuit Alleging Anti-Semitism

The student was explaining the concept of an eruv, a feature of certain Jewish neighborhoods, in class to an architecture professor, who allegedly said the time the student had spent on project "would have been better spent if [Ms. Canaan] had instead explored 'what Jews do to make themselves such…

Reason

“Recording her crying”: Candace Owens slams Erika Kirk kissing Charlie Kirk casket as filmed funeral video draws criticism

Candace Owens is in a heated online dispute with Turning Point USA after criticizing Erika Kirk’s funeral video. Zach Costello’s post sparked the debate, and Ryan Marty’s “DEI queen” remark made it more intense. Owens denies claims about deleted show episodes and continues to question TPUSA leaders while inviting them…

The Times of India

White men file workplace discrimination claims but are less likely to face inequity than other groups

In December 2025, Andrea Lucas, the chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, invited white men to file more sex- and race-based discrimination complaints against their employers.

The Conversation

25 years after the death of Dale Earnhardt, we remember NASCAR's darkest day

There will only ever be one Dale Earnhardt, and 25 years after the race that claimed his life, his shadow looms large over the sport he left behind

Motorsport

In a contest to regulate Texas’s oil and gas industry, one Republican wants to talk DEI and China

Jim Wright, the GOP incumbent, and several other Republican candidates dismissed Bo French’s campaign rhetoric as distracting from the Railroad Commission’s mission.

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Reason

Fourth Circuit Rejects Facial Challenge to Two Trump Anti-DEI Executive Orders

"What plaintiffs are really asking us to do is read subtext into the Provision's text."

The Independent UK

Republicans blame ‘woke’ policies as Nashville residents fume about power outages

Power outages in Tennessee stretched into a second week following the ‘historic’ weather events

Euronews

Is Nike anti-white? Trump civil rights chief subpoenas sports giant

The EEOC is seeking court-enforced access to Nike's records as the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on corporate diversity programmes.

The Independent UK

Programs aim to diversify winter sports, but gaps persist at Winter Olympics

Organizations like the National Brotherhood of Snowsports and Skate Global Foundation are working to diversify winter sports

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"DEI only improved things" at Ubisoft, says former employee "stunned" at "misinformation" claiming diversity, equity, and inclusion to blame for Assassin's Creed studio's drop in share prices

He thinks it'd be bad news for Ubisoft if the company decided to use "DEI advocates as scapegoats"

The Guardian - UK

UK LGBTQ+ charities are in ‘hostile environment’ amid falling donations, experts warn

Stonewall’s corporate funding halves against backdrop of US attacks on DEI and freezing of aid for LGBTQ+ causes

The Independent UK

Bill Maher rails against DEI practices in podcast rant: ‘Not everything has to look like Angelina Jolie’s Christmas card’

Tim Allen joined Maher for a conversation about how DEI is affecting sitcoms

Reason

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Flashing blue lights, veteran housing, and DEI trainings.

The Independent UK

Trump’s equal opportunity agency wants to talk to white men about discrimination they have faced

Former workplace civil rights officials say Andrea Lucas falsely suggests white men in particular face egregious discrimination

International Business Times UK

A Tale of Two Billionaires: Zuckerberg Ends Immigration Funding for AI While MacKenzie Scott Doubles DEI Giving

Mark Zuckerberg ends decade-long funding for pro-immigration group FWD to focus on AI and science, leaving MacKenzie Scott as the main champion of DEI and equity causes.

Fortune

Billionaire philanthropy's growing divide: Mark Zuckerberg stops funding immigration reform as Mackenzie Scott doubles down on DEI

Two models for tech wealth are emerging, as notable billionaire donors reveal their priorities.

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