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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1ɩ

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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1ɩ @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · Aug 23

{𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿}: At moments like this —𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓— you can almost hear Cicero thunder: the Republic demands light, not flattery; law, not loyalty tests. Stop prostituting 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓼 to shield the prince; restore it to the public good.

⤴ {𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿} ❝At moments such as these, when truth itself seems bent to the service of power, one cannot but summon in imagination the voice of Cicero1, thundering with righteous fury as though the very Forum still echoed with his words from the rostra:❞

❝Studium veritatis, quod sanctissimum semper haberi oportuit atque lumen rei publicae esse debuit, hic non modo flectitur sed plane depravatur, non modo infirmatur sed turpissime prostituitur atque corrumpitur, ut non populi salutem tueatur nec legum auctoritatem confirmet, sed principis mendacia contegat, eiusque libidini ac dominationi serviat.❞

English (thunder in the Forum):
The pursuit of truth, which ought always to be held most sacred and to stand as the light of the Republic, is here not only bent but utterly debased, not only weakened but most shamefully prostituted and corrupted, so that it does not guard the safety of the people nor uphold the authority of the laws, but cloaks the ruler’s lies and serves his lust and tyranny.

1 The Roman statesman, orator, and lawyer Marcus Tullius Cicero (Mon. 03-Jan-0106 BCE — Fri. 07-Dec-0043 BCE). BTW, that’s pronounced KIK-eh-ro ˈkɪkɛro. If you want to hear Italian as close to Latin as possible, listen to Sardinians speak.

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👀 𝙸𝙲𝚈𝙼𝙸︱Plot twist: Trump’s ❝investigate the investigators❞ pit bull, John Durham, is the new star witness — for Comey. Reporting says he told prosecutors he found no evidence to charge Comey with false statements or obstruction. The weaponized probe boomerangs. ➷ tinyurl.com/mr2xwwdt

'New star witness': Legal expert says Trump's weapon will be turned against him in court

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St. Louis, revenge-tour edition: 2,000 M/WBEs at Lambert must prove discrimination buried in rivals’ files —or lose bids— as a $2.8B rebuild lands. The man sued in 1973 now guts DBE (Reagan 1983): slash $37B for 49,000 firms, force a 10% drop, burn $92M. ❝Neutrality❞ pretext. ⬂ tinyurl.com/ycwbm9py

How Trump's racism-fueled revenge tour came for workers in St. Louis

Donald Trump’s revenge tour has come to St. Louis.But this time, it’s not about prosecutors or political enemies. It’s about dismantling civil rights programs — and it’s personal.Nearly 2,000 minority...

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{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman says the Abrego Garcia ruling could blow up Trump’s revenge cases (James, Comey) as ❝vindictive prosecution❞ — and DoJ lawyers who carried out his orders risk disbarment. Next stop: the Rudy Giuliani Hall of Shame. ↴ tinyurl.com/4y9trbeu

'Hall of shame': DOJ lawyers said to face 'severe consequences' for following Trump orders

Donald Trump's DOJ isn't just facing its prosecutions of Letitia James and James Comey being thrown out; it's also facing its attorneys being disbarred, according to a former Watergate prosecutor.On S...

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🚨👀 {𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 déjà vu: Trump cries ❝corrupting our youth❞ and swings a funding cudgel at campuses — ❝merit❞ as cover for purges. Threaten DEI, yank grants; bless loyal speech. MIT said no. Hemlock politics for higher ed: punish independent thought, reward obedience. ➷ tinyurl.com/mr35rd6x

'Corrupting our youth and society': Trump issues winding threat to American universities

President Donald Trump issued a winding threat to American universities on Sunday, saying the institutions are "corrupting our youth and society." "Throughout most of our History, America’s Colleges a...

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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1ɩ @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · 50m

{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: Chicago pastors step in where ICE shuts compassion out — bringing prayer to Broadview and calling abuse by name. ICE escalates from shoves to pepper balls, tear gas, flash-bangs; Rev. David Black says he was hit 7 times, twice in the head. Faith ≡ solidarity. 🙏✊🕊️❤️👏 ➷ tinyurl.com/57ncujp4

‘Step Up and Speak Out’: Chicago Pastors Lead the Charge Against ICE Detentions

As demonstrations against an immigration detention facility in Broadview, Illinois have ramped up in recent weeks, several local priests have joined in the protests to call attention to what they say ...

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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1ɩ @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · 55m

{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: MIT rebuffs Trump’s ❝merit❞ edict; GOP’s Thomas Massie backs his alma mater and swats Stephen Miller: undergrad tuition is privately funded, and ❝Feds policing campus speech is Orwellian.❞ When even allies balk, ❝merit❞ reads like DC control, not fairness. ⬂ tinyurl.com/nhkk5rdv

'Orwellian:' GOP congressman publicly hits back against Stephen Miller

U.S. Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) recently celebrated Massachusetts Institute of Technology's decision to reject a deal from the Trump administration, leading to a public dispute with Stephen Miller.Raw S...

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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1ɩ @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · 1h

{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: ABC’s Stephanopoulos cuts off JD Vance after he dodges a 𝐲𝐞𝐬/𝐧𝐨: did ❝border czar❞ Tom Homan take $50,000 on an FBI tape in 9/2024? Vance filibusters about the shutdown, calls it a ❝left-wing rabbit hole.❞ When answers vanish, interviews end. #Prevaricator ↴ tinyurl.com/4rfz25yf

'Verbal jujitsu:' ABC host ends interview as JD Vance refuses to answer bribery question

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{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: Past-midnight, Trump claims the ❝Biden FBI❞ planted 274 agents in the Jan. 6 crowd — when Biden wasn’t president. Conspiracy, then caps-lock: ❝DO SOMETHING!!!❞ signed ❝President DJT.❞ Reality check: Jan. 6 was under his FBI, not Biden’s. ↷ tinyurl.com/4pmnbfcz

'Do something!': Trump makes bizarre claim about Biden and Jan. 6 in midnight rant

Donald Trump at just after midnight on Sunday morning released onto Truth Social a screed in which he claimed the "Biden FBI" placed "274" agents in the crowd on Jan. 6, 2021, when Trump himself was s...

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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1ɩ @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · 1h

[𝙴𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕]
❝Receipt: Trump claims ❛Biden FBI❜ planted 274 agents on Jan. 6 — when 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘉𝘐.❞|}

❝Screenshot of Truth Social post by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), timestamp Oct 12, 2025, 12:38 AM. Text: ❛THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6… What a SCAM — DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT.❜ Engagement shown: ~9.8k ReTruths, ~33.9k Likes.❞

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Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

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{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: 2011 email to Epstein: ❝we’re in this together… keep in close touch… play some more soon.❞ Andrew had told the BBC he cut contact in 2010. The receipts don’t match the alibi — this timeline torpedoes the Duke and drags the Palace back in.

Prince Andrew’s 2011 email to Jeffrey Epstein —❝we are in this together… keep in close touch… play some more soon❞— collides with his public claim that he ended contact in 2010. The disclosure intensifies pressure on the royal family and revives scrutiny of elite ties, as papers also show Tony Blair met Epstein in 2002 on Peter Mandelson’s recommendation (❝safe,❞ a ❝friend❞). Buckingham Palace has been asked for comment.

❝We are in this together… keep in close touch… we’ll play some more soon!!!!❞
Prince Andrew (email to Jeffrey Epstein, 28-Feb-2011), Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ❛we’re in this together❜ in 2011 email, The Guardian, Sun. 12-Oct-2025

❝I ceased contact with him after I was aware that he was under investigation… and I wasn’t in touch with him again until 2010.❞
Prince Andrew (Newsnight interview, Nov-2019), Ibid

❝I had to show leadership and I had to go and see him and I had to tell him ❛that’s it❜.❞
Prince Andrew, Ibid

❝Safe❞… a ❝friend❞.
Peter Mandelson (email to Jonathan Powell, 2002), Ibid

Epstein ❝visited Blair on 14 May 2002.❞
The Guardian reporting, Ibid

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US business leaders need to find the courage to speak up against threats to the rule of law and democracy (via Bloomberg Opinion)

Mute US Elites Must Find Their Voice to Support Democracy

A month ago, a lobbyist for a US military contractor messaged to ask if I would meet his boss for lunch. Because I write about defense, the CEO wanted to bend my ear about the stuff he sells.

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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1ɩ @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · 4h

🤔 {𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: 1 block, 1 edit, 1 script: streamers stage chaos, the White House blesses the cut, agencies open rooftops, and ❝fake news❞ sticks to anyone left outside. Stop governing by sizzle reel — equal press access, full-context releases, labelled influencer footage.

Sidebar and Reality Check
— Sanity Check, Particularly for the Resistance…

By andy J.S. Decepida

Press Access is the Choke Point
A single block outside Portland’s ICE facility has been packaged into a national morality play. Nights provide flashpoints; days offer absurdist theatre. What powers the jump from curb to country is not scale but control of the lens — who gets to film from the roof, who’s left on the sidewalk, and whose cut becomes ❝evidence.❞

The Pipeline, In Plain View
First come the provocations: scuffles, pepper spray, targeted arrests. Phone cameras swarm. Partisan streamers lean into confrontation, then slice ten seconds of fury that travels well. Platform algorithms reward the hottest clip. That heat triggers presidential validation —DMs, shout-outs, stage time— followed by agency access. From there it’s a short hop to policy salesmanship: clips repackaged into official visuals to justify sending in the Guard. Clip → boost → access → policy Then followers, donations, and fresh access encourage the next round. The loop sustains itself.

How ❝Fake News? Gets Manufactured Without a Script
You don’t need a memo to sideline independent reporting. You just privilege friendlies. In Portland, conservative streamers were welcomed inside and onto rooftops; mainstream outlets were denied. One influencer’s footage turned up in a White House sizzle reel. That asymmetry does the rhetorical heavy lifting: discredit sceptical coverage as ❝fake,❞ then declare loyal footage the only ❝real❞ view. The camera angle becomes the argument.

What the RW-Edit Leaves Out
The spectacle is geographically tiny — a single block standing in for a city.
Arrests are finite and clustered (dozens since early June), not evidence of citywide collapse.
Enforcement looks selective: charges dropped for a favoured influencer while other cases proceed.
These facts don’t absolve anyone; they puncture a narrative that relies on scale inflation and selective prosecution.

Why the Access Gap Matters
Reality gets skewed One block is framed as a city under siege.
Scrutiny gets throttled Reporters who would add denominator and context are kept out.
Theatrics are rewarded Access translates to followers, donations, and more provocation. That incentive structure is the story.

And Now,
Something for the Rest of Us…

Break the loop at the source
Demand reforms that don’t depend on anyone’s sympathy:

Publish and Rotate press-pool criteria for ICE/DHS access. If a roof opens to one outlet, open it to the accredited pool.
Release Full-Context Body-Cam alongside any government-amplified clip.
Label Influencer-Sourced Footage in official communications.
Preserve Equal Sightlines: stop manufacturing vantage-point advantage.

Keep Your Edge Without Letting Them Drain You
Outrage is the business model. Don’t feed it your stamina.

Frame FirstLead with the fact that the drama is a one-block stage and that press-access asymmetry is the lever. Make readers argue from that premise.
Use Context QuotasFor every incident, add one line of denominator: scope, timelines, comparative baselines.
Aim at Chokepoints, Not CharactersEqual access and full-context releases are reforms people can demand and verify.
Batch and CapTwo short windows for clip review; no doom-scrolling in between. Draft, post, log off.
Measure Signal, Not TemperatureShares of explainers, saves of diagrams, successful reframing by others — those are wins.

Protect Your TonePrecision over spectacle; sceptical, not cynical.

( The production thrives on your exhaustion. Keep the focus on who controls the lens and how to prise it open. Do that, and the storyline’s fuel —manufactured scale and curated angles— starts to run out before you do.

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🚨👀🤔 Précis of report co-authored by Robert Klemko and Joshua Partlow follows ⤵

Précis of report co-authored by Robert Klemko and Joshua Partlow

Manufactured Crisis, Made-For-Streaming
Portland’s unrest is largely confined to a single block outside the ICE facility, yet a steady stream of curated clips portrays a city ❝under siege,❞ fuelling calls to deploy the National Guard.

White House Amplification
After influencer Nick Sortor’s Fri. 03-Oct-2025 arrest, Trump personally praised him and later hosted him at a DHS roundtable where antifa was likened to Hezbollah. Trump’s message and stage time validated the narrative and the narrators.

Gatekeeping & Access
Conservative streamers gained rooftop access inside ICE alongside armed agents; mainstream outlets —including OPB, the Oregonian, the Seattle Times, and The Washington Post— were denied. One influencer’s footage became a White House sizzle reel.

Day vs Night Optics
Daytime protests skew absurdist (pyjamas, inflatables, Naked Bike Ride), but nights bring clashes: pepper spray, fireworks, arrests. Portland police mostly contain rather than clear, drawing federal frustration.

The Spark & the Spin
A DHS officer pepper-sprayed 19-year-old Leilani Payne; Sortor filmed her, scuffled with counter protesters, and was arrested for disorderly conduct. His charge was dropped while two others’ cases proceed — then came the White House embrace.

Influencer Economy & Tactics
Right-wing streamers provoke, film, and monetise outrage; followers surge (e.g., ❝TKO Tommy❞ jumping to 16,000+). Critics describe a cottage industry: antagonise, clip out the provocation, claim victimhood, cash in.

Law-And-Order Choreography
Since June 8, police report 47 arrests near the site. ICE invited favoured media inside ❝for safety,❞ while protesters allege excessive force (pepper balls, tear gas). Local officials❜ posture shapes police restraint.

Why It Matters
A feedback loop — provocation → viral clip → presidential signal boost — turns spectacle into policy justification. The ❝Portland is burning❞ storyline is less reportage than production, with the state’s coercive power chasing the edit.

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{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿} Gift article, gentlefolk… ⤸ wapo.st/46YA5jH

A conservative influencer was arrested in Portland. Trump was watching.

After conservative influencer Nick Sortor was arrested outside an ICE facility in Portland, Donald Trump latched on to justify a federal crackdown.

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{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: 🚨👀🤔 Portland’s ❝crisis❞ plays out on 1 block while Trump boosts RWNJ streamers for B-roll 🙄🎥. White House turns influencer clips into ❝evidence❞ for Guard deployment 🚔.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙥❔: provoke → film → clip → cash in. Meanwhile real reporters get iced out. 🤡🔥

Trump-aligned streamers are turning a single Portland block into a stage and feeding curated clips to the White House to sell a National Guard narrative. Conservative influencers get rooftop access and hero treatment while mainstream outlets are denied. Arrests, pepper spray, and sizzle reels stand in for reality as a made-for-social outrage machine helps justify policy in Trump’s second term. The pattern is deliberate: provoke, film, and monetise fury to claim a city ❝under siege,❞ even as coverage choices tilt the field and prosecutions diverge — charges dropped for a favoured influencer while others proceed. It reads like a manufactured crisis in search of footage, not facts.

❝Nick, I saw you on television… Great job. We’re behind you 100%. Let us know if there’s anything we can do. … President DJT.❞
Donald Trump, Inside the online battles streaming from a single block in Portland, The Washington Post, Sun. 12-Oct-2025

❝The Portland politicians are literally willing to sacrifice their own citizens just to appease these antifa terrorists. It’s sickening. I’ve seen it first-hand, obviously.❞
Nick Sortor, ibid.

❝When you have city officials encouraging people to break the law, the politics betray the outcome.❞
Aaron Schmautz, ibid.

❝Some people come out and agitate and provoke the protester and kind of make themselves the story. I don’t consider that journalism.❞
Andrew Mercado, ibid.

❝At least that horrible night made you famous.❞
Donald Trump, ibid.

❝They really enjoy picking on people smaller than them.❞
Leilani Payne, ibid.

❝We’re live, right?❞
Nick Sortor, ibid.

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Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas

Violations include digging without permits and dumping wastewater into storm drains.

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{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: 800 violations, 689 missed inspections, and a $3M max fine cut to $242,800 — yet digging rolls on under Vegas. When penalties are cheaper than permits, spills and injuries aren’t accidents; they’re line items. Will NDEP ever hit pause?

Nevada regulators say The Boring Company amassed nearly eight hundred violations in two years —starting digs without approval, discharging wastewater, and skipping six hundred eighty-nine inspections— despite a prior settlement. A potential penalty of more than three million dollars was reduced to about two hundred forty-two thousand eight hundred dollars (two five-thousand-dollar hits per permit). The agency’s Sept-2025 cease-and-desist letter followed earlier citations and injuries on a project now envisioned at sixty-eight miles and one hundred four stations. The company disputes the allegations; payment waits on dispute resolution. Officials tout oversight, but repeated breaches and worker harm undercut that claim. Deterrence is the test: if fines are marginal, behaviour won’t budge.

If breaking rules is cheaper, expect more of it.

Gaming the rules — working around oversight instead of meeting it.

❝Given the extraordinary number of violations, NDEP has decided to exercise its discretion to reduce the penalty to two $5,000 violations per permit, which it believes offers a reasonable penalty that will still serve to deter future non-compliance conduct.❞
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Lawbreaking — Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas, Ars Technica, Fri. 10-Oct-2025

The agency ❝reserves the right to direct TBC to cease and desist construction activities.❞
Ibid

❝Environmental regulations are, in my view, largely terrible… You have to get permission in advance, as opposed to, say, paying a penalty if you do something wrong, which I think would be much more effective.❞
Elon Musk, Lawbreaking — Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas, Ars Technica, Fri. 10-Oct-2025

❝We wouldn’t have given approvals if we determined things weren’t the way they ought to be and what it needs to be for public safety reasons.❞
Jim Gibson, Lawbreaking — Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas, Ars Technica, Fri. 10-Oct-2025

❝Not if they’re recommitting almost the exact violation.❞
Ben Leffel, Lawbreaking — Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas, Ars Technica, Fri. 10-Oct-2025

❝NDEP is actively monitoring and inspecting the projects.❞
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection spokesperson, Lawbreaking — Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas, Ars Technica, Fri. 10-Oct-2025

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The 17th Ada Lovelace Day is on Tue. 14-Oct-2025 — in 1 ½ days (or a day and 11° 58′ 6.001″).

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Philippines accuses China of ramming vessel near disputed island as tensions soar

The Philippines accused Chinese maritime forces of using water cannon and ramming a Filipino vessel near the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, calling the actions a "clear threat" that escalates tensions in contested South China Sea waters.

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"Forty-two judges went so far as to say that the Supreme Court’s emergency orders had caused 'some' or 'major' harm to the public’s perception of the judiciary[,] [including] nearly half of the Republican-nominated judges."

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Précis of Antonia Juhasz’s article follows ⤵

Précis of Antonia Juhasz’s article

The Shutdown as Political Weapon
President Donald Trump’s extended government shutdown has transformed into an assault on equity, climate policy, and civil rights. Nearly thirty billion dollars in cuts target Democratic states and cities — gutting public transit, clean-energy initiatives, and programs supporting women- and minority-owned businesses. The administration justifies the purge as eliminating ❝race- and sex-based❞ preferences, but scholars and advocates call it systemic re-segregation under a fiscal disguise.

The Ideologues Behind the Cuts
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, both aligned with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, are executing the blueprint. Vought has framed the shutdown as an ❝unprecedented opportunity❞ to eliminate ❝Democratic agencies,❞ while Duffy —a former Fox News host and climate sceptic— has purged his department of any reference to diversity, equity, or environmental justice. His interim rule bans federal contracting programs benefiting women and people of colour, dismantling forty years of bipartisan precedent.

Retaliation Masquerading as Reform
The cuts slash over twenty billion dollars from New York and New Jersey rail projects and two billion from Chicago’s transit upgrades, disproportionately harming Black and Latino communities. Energy initiatives in more than a dozen states have been cancelled, threatening jobs and raising costs. Lawmakers call the move ❝naked and brazen corruption,❞ with union leaders warning of a ❝scorched earth❞ campaign against American workers.

The Deeper Agenda
Legal experts such as Michele Bratcher Goodwin and economists like Valerie Wilson describe Trump’s policy as part of a white-nationalist economic order — a ❝pronatalist❞ push rewarding white, married families while stripping opportunities from marginalized groups. Historical parallels trace back to Reconstruction-era fears of demographic displacement. Equity is reframed as threat, justice as indulgence.

The Stakes
The economic fallout could be enormous —recession risk rising, productivity and health protections collapsing— but the symbolic damage may be greater. Trump’s shutdown has become a tool for ideological cleansing, turning governance into punishment and transforming the machinery of state into an instrument of exclusion.

Where this Lands
The shutdown is no accident of gridlock — it is deliberate demolition, rewriting who government serves and who must pay for it.

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Trump Is Using the Shutdown to Supercharge His War on Equity

Donald Trump's $30 billion in shutdown cuts targeting Democrats will harm the entire economy, hitting women and people of color the hardest.

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