Trump's Latest Executive Order Takes on
Disparate-Impact Theory
Posted By: Dreadnought, 4/25/2025 2:06:54 AM
Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order titled "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy." The basic point of this is to undermine what is known as disparate-impact theory. Here's how the executive order describes it. A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated equally under the law. This principle guarantees equality of opportunity, not equal outcomes. It promises that people are treated as individuals, not components of a particular race or group. It encourages meritocracy and a colorblind society, not race- or sex-based favoritism. Adherence to this principle is essential to creating opportunity, encouraging achievement, and sustaining the American Dream.
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Susan Rice Throws a Tantrum
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Susan Rice got fired the other day by Pete Hegseth. As a member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee for the last two years, she was canned along with a number of others because the DOD Director decided that their services were no longer needed.
Rice, a long-time government employee and ally of the Obama-Biden kabal, wasted no time in going on both social media and MSNBC to whine and stomp her feet. Calling Hegseth "dumb as a rock," Rice said:
Well, if you’re a white male Christian cisgender macho MAGA man, you can be as dumb as a rock
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Hegseth had an unsecured internet line
set up in his office to connect to Signal,
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set up in his office to connect to Signal,
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Known as a “dirty” internet line by the IT industry, it connects directly to the public internet where the user’s information and the websites
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Based on the information available on the website two days ago, the now-defunct panels included several well-known Democrats and Bush-era Republicans.
Janine Davidson (Chair) – Former Under Secretary of the Navy under Obama. A staunch Democrat and longtime proponent of Obama-era military reforms, now steering Pentagon policy advice.
Michèle Flournoy – Held major Pentagon roles under Clinton and Obama; often discussed as a potential Secretary of Defense under Hillary Clinton or Biden.
Colin Kahl – National Security Advisor to then-VP Biden, later Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under Biden. .
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She also spent two years as the director of the Domestic Policy Council under Biden and has served as a member of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee at the Pentagon.
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The Daily Beast reported:
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