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A federal judge ruled Monday it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants, adding that the cuts raise serious questions about racial discrimination.

U.S. District Judge William Young in Massachusetts said the administration’s process was “arbitrary and capricious” and that it did not follow long-held government rules and standards when it abruptly canceled grants deemed to focus on gender identity or diversity, equity and inclusion.

In a hearing Monday on two cases calling for the grants to be restored, the judge pushed government lawyers to offer a formal definition of DEI, questioning how grants could be canceled for that reason when some were designed to study health disparities as Congress had directed.

After 40 years on the bench, “I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this,” Young added. He ended Monday’s hearing saying, “Have we no shame.”

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

He was by no means the saint that the GOP has made him out to be over the past decades, but Reagan would not have stomached today’s MAGA movement.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Lmfao you really think Reagan wasn't shooting for exactly this?

May I politely point at history?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Nah, Regan was commonly known to be, well, just the dumbest fucking guy ever. I could totally see him being taken advantage of by literally everyone on his staff

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Or, the background forces behind him, really.

Pretty sure they are one and the same here.

[–] defaultusername 4 points 9 hours ago

Literally the Heritage Foundation