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demmiblue

(39,623 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 10:42 AM 16 hrs ago

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

That this sentient walnut ever got a job is the real DEI

Blue Heron Farm (@blueheronfarm.bsky.social) 2026-03-10T14:36:51.156Z

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A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI (Original Post) demmiblue 16 hrs ago OP
Another unqualified Trump MAGA hire. Swede 16 hrs ago #1
the republican party is a party of stupid and greed Jvp 14 hrs ago #8
We knew this is what was happening crud 15 hrs ago #2
Oh, my f'ing god!!! I am speechless. Maybe we are doomed. They are dumber than trump!!! Biophilic 15 hrs ago #3
My reaction was the same - OMFG! yellow dahlia 12 hrs ago #10
This crud 15 hrs ago #4
"I'm an idiot who cannot explain the main focus of my job." intheflow 15 hrs ago #5
Who is this guy? Bobstandard 14 hrs ago #6
justin fox. there are 7 videos of his deposition orleans 3 min ago #18
On top of being a clueless git GenThePerservering 14 hrs ago #7
Wow. Solly Mack 14 hrs ago #9
It really was. yellow dahlia 12 hrs ago #11
And "we" paid the salary of this guy? yellow dahlia 12 hrs ago #12
Guarantee you he was making six figures while he worked there Prairie Gates 12 hrs ago #13
Pathetic. sinkingfeeling 12 hrs ago #14
omg -- just reading the comments, i HAVE to watch this video... but not now orleans 2 hrs ago #15
god! i watched it. well, i would like this add this one and start a collection of DOGE depositions orleans 16 min ago #16
adding this one to the list here orleans 5 min ago #17

crud

(1,247 posts)
2. We knew this is what was happening
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:13 AM
15 hrs ago

It's a little different when this depravity is displayed in daylight. Interesting to see the cognitive dissonance register on his face, as he hears the words coming out of his mouth.

intheflow

(30,149 posts)
5. "I'm an idiot who cannot explain the main focus of my job."
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:42 AM
15 hrs ago

DEI is just for Jewish women? What the actual fuck?

orleans

(36,843 posts)
18. justin fox. there are 7 videos of his deposition
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 02:51 AM
3 min ago

here's the first one (and see my post below -- there's another kid with only 6 videos)



Prairie Gates

(7,902 posts)
13. Guarantee you he was making six figures while he worked there
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:15 PM
12 hrs ago

Total grift.

I'd say he was making no less than $140,000 + benies.

orleans

(36,843 posts)
15. omg -- just reading the comments, i HAVE to watch this video... but not now
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:13 AM
2 hrs ago

we've been having some storms, loud thunder booms and it scares my little dog. i finally got her calmed down a bit with her thunder shirt and i'm watching colbert on the laptop but if i turn on something else she'll get freaked out again.

so this long tirade is essentially a bookmark for this post

orleans

(36,843 posts)
16. god! i watched it. well, i would like this add this one and start a collection of DOGE depositions
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 02:38 AM
16 min ago

cancelled 1500 grants simply by reading a paragraph summary. (he didn't have to read the file to get the jist of it.) if it had "DEI" listed on the grant he cancelled it (and probably didn't even bother reading the fucking paragraph summary)

this part 5 was the first one i ran across. if you put Nathan Cavanaugh Deposition in the youtube search you can find all six



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