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NASA ends DEI programs that 'wasted taxpayers dollars and resulted in shameful discrimination'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] NASA has ended its diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEI) programs after all federal agencies were directed to 'terminate' the initiatives.Staff received an email Wednesday from acting administrator Janet Petro, which said the space agency is 'taking steps to close all agency DEIA offices and end all DEIA-related contracts in accordance with President Trump's executive orders.' The order is titled 'Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.' NASA's email admitted that 'these programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination.' The space agency has spent at least $22.4 million annually on such programs. DailyMail.com had uncovered millions of taxpayer dollars were dished out for DEI data analytics and to help the agency 'embark on a venture to incorporate and deeply engrain diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility in the culture and business.' Petro, who is the first woman to lead NASA as its acting administrator, also urged staff to report colleagues who have attempted to disguise DEI programs with coded language. 'There will be no adverse consequences for timely reporting this information,' the email reads. 'However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences.' Related: NASA : 2024-11-27 NASA staff slam 'woke' DEI policies that cost Americans $22 million a year NASA : 2024-10-18 Another blow for Boeing as NASA halts all space missions using its spacecraft - after stranded astronaut scandal NASA : 2024-06-26 Lost in Space Related: DEI 01/23/2025 Government agency [ATF] is caught deploying sneaky tactic to get around Trump's anti-woke purge DEI 01/23/2025 Trump revokes Biden order allowing transgender troops in bid to rid DEI from military DEI 01/22/2025 Coast Guard surging assets to Gulf of America, other waterways to support Trump's executive orders Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-24 |
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