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babylonsister

(172,804 posts) Wed Jan 22, 2025, 04:01 PM Jan 2025

Trump Revokes Order That Banned Discrimination

https://politicalwire.com/2025/01/22/trump-revokes-order-that-banned-discrimination/

Trump Revokes Order That Banned Discrimination
January 22, 2025 at 2:29 pm EST By Taegan Goddard

“President Trump on Wednesday revoked a 60-year-old executive order banning discrimination in hiring practices in the federal government, his latest action aimed at gutting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives,” the New York Times reports.

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Trump Revokes Order That Banned Discrimination (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2025 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Jan 2025 #1

What's next? Reimplementing segregation? sakabatou Jan 2025 #2

Yup. IrishAfricanAmerican Jan 2025 #3

He'll start with the drinking fountains... Wuddles440 Jan 2025 #6

Start with trans people, then immigrants nilram Jan 2025 #7

If they could MFM008 Jan 2025 #4

I'll do what I can lame54 Jan 2025 #5

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sakabatou

(46,335 posts)

2. What's next? Reimplementing segregation?

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 04:11 PM

Jan 2025

IrishAfricanAmerican

(4,510 posts)

3. Yup.

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 04:29 PM

Jan 2025

Wuddles440

(2,130 posts)

6. He'll start with the drinking fountains...

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 04:54 PM

Jan 2025

and move on from there.

nilram

(3,563 posts)

7. Start with trans people, then immigrants

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 05:34 PM

Jan 2025

then same-sex marriage, then...

MFM008

(20,042 posts)

4. If they could

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 04:49 PM

Jan 2025

Would take away the rights of people of color to vote, of women to vote, of people under 18 to vote. They would just have it like it was about the time the Constitution was written the only ones who could vote were white male property owning and there it is.

lame54

(40,099 posts)

5. I'll do what I can

Reply to MFM008 (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 04:51 PM

Jan 2025

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