FTC Commissioner Slams Agency’s New GOP Leader For Targeting DEI As First Move
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Democrat Alvaro Bedoya said he's met struggling Americans all over the country. “Let me tell you what they didn’t talk about: ‘DEI.’”
The new chair of the Federal Trade Commission has moved without delay to fulfill President Donald Trump’s goal of ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government ― and drawn brutal criticism for it from one of the agency’s five commissioners.
On Wednesday, Andrew Ferguson, Trump’s Republican pick to lead the FTC, announced that “DEI is over” at the agency, calling the diversity efforts “a scourge on our institutions.” He shuttered the commission’s DEI office and terminated its diversity council, among other quick moves.
“The Biden-Harris Administration reveled in this pernicious ideology. They encouraged it, and it has festered within the federal government for four years,” Ferguson said in a statement. He also took to X to say the FTC would do its part to “end the DEI plague.”
Then, on Thursday, the five-member commission held a procedural vote on whether to grant Ferguson the powers to come “into full compliance” with Trump’s anti-DEI orders. It passed by a vote of 2-1, with Ferguson and another Republican, Melissa Holyoak, in favor.
Two Democratic commissioners, Rebecca Slaughter and Lina Khan, its erstwhile progressive chair, did not take part, leading to a GOP majority on the vote.
“Everyone is being ripped off,” the Democrat said while criticizing the tastemakers and billionaires normalizing Trump and currying favor with him.
Republicans say they are confident that Hegseth, who has been accused of alcohol and domestic abuse, will ultimately be confirmed to lead the Pentagon.
Several states sued the Trump administration over the order, arguing the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court case law have cemented birthright citizenship.
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, who was pardoned by Trump, said “the people who did this” need to “feel the heat.”
"Bet you did nazi that coming," the billionaire wrote.
A new report is yet another sign of the growing gap between the European Union's push for clean energy and the new Trump White House's pursuit of more fossil fuels.
The president's remarks came as another major fire broke out in California.
Private Eye apologized "unreservedly" for its previous critical coverage of the president. But then came an utterly brutal twist.
"It just makes no sense at all," said Andrew Weissmann, who also predicted how it could spectacularly backfire.
Former prosecutor Elie Honig described it as "very heavy-handed."
Trump's own actions stand in direct contradiction to Miller's claim.
It's the latest in a feud between the two billionaires that started on OpenAI’s board and is now testing Musk’s influence with the new president.
“Glad to see that our campaign for truth and transparency through the @FCC won’t be stopped," a conservative group wrote after the news.
The executive order, which requires federal documents to reflect sex assigned at birth, has sparked concern among trans Americans.
Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was also handling Trump’s coup attempt case, said the pardons would not change “the historical record.”
The political pundit suggested the podcast host was a hypocite by posting a photo of her in a sexy outfit with the caption, "This you?"
Police say a 17-year-old shooter killed himself after fatally wounding a female student in a shooting at a Nashville high school.
Russell Vought, likely to return as director of the Office of Management and Budget, echoed the former House speaker's criticism of the social safety net.