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demmiblue

(39,623 posts) Tue Mar 10, 2026, 10:42 AM 13 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 13 hrs ago OP

Another unqualified Trump MAGA hire. Swede 13 hrs ago #1

the republican party is a party of stupid and greed Jvp 11 hrs ago #8

We knew this is what was happening crud 13 hrs ago #2

Oh, my f'ing god!!! I am speechless. Maybe we are doomed. They are dumber than trump!!! Biophilic 13 hrs ago #3

My reaction was the same - OMFG! yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #10

This crud 12 hrs ago #4

"I'm an idiot who cannot explain the main focus of my job." intheflow 12 hrs ago #5

Who is this guy? Bobstandard 12 hrs ago #6

On top of being a clueless git GenThePerservering 11 hrs ago #7

Wow. Solly Mack 11 hrs ago #9

It really was. yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #11

And "we" paid the salary of this guy? yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #12

Guarantee you he was making six figures while he worked there Prairie Gates 10 hrs ago #13

Pathetic. sinkingfeeling 9 hrs ago #14

omg -- just reading the comments, i HAVE to watch this video... but not now orleans 8 min ago #15

Swede

(39,173 posts)

1. Another unqualified Trump MAGA hire.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 10:49 AM

13 hrs ago

Stupid is as stupid does.

Jvp

(62 posts)

8. the republican party is a party of stupid and greed

Reply to Swede (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 12:33 PM

11 hrs ago

a dangerous mix

crud

(1,247 posts)

2. We knew this is what was happening

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:13 AM

13 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.

Biophilic

(6,503 posts)

3. Oh, my f'ing god!!! I am speechless. Maybe we are doomed. They are dumber than trump!!!

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:14 AM

13 hrs ago

yellow dahlia

(5,596 posts)

10. My reaction was the same - OMFG!

Reply to Biophilic (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:03 PM

10 hrs ago

Speechless.

crud

(1,247 posts)

4. This

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:41 AM

12 hrs ago

intheflow

(30,149 posts)

5. "I'm an idiot who cannot explain the main focus of my job."

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:42 AM

12 hrs ago

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

Bobstandard

(2,255 posts)

6. Who is this guy?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 12:19 PM

12 hrs ago

What’s his name?I want to follow his career. Should be fun.

GenThePerservering

(3,245 posts)

7. On top of being a clueless git

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 12:25 PM

11 hrs ago

he has resting asshole face.

Solly Mack

(96,821 posts)

9. Wow.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 12:47 PM

11 hrs ago

That was painful to watch.

yellow dahlia

(5,596 posts)

11. It really was.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:03 PM

10 hrs ago

yellow dahlia

(5,596 posts)

12. And "we" paid the salary of this guy?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:04 PM

10 hrs ago

Can we look up what he was paid?

Prairie Gates

(7,902 posts)

13. Guarantee you he was making six figures while he worked there

Reply to yellow dahlia (Reply #12)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:15 PM

10 hrs ago

Total grift.

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

sinkingfeeling

(57,716 posts)

14. Pathetic.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:38 PM

9 hrs ago

orleans

(36,840 posts)

15. omg -- just reading the comments, i HAVE to watch this video... but not now

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:13 AM

8 min 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

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