#trumppurge — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #trumppurge, aggregated by home.social.
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#reminder Data hoarders fight back against Trump’s purge, preserving crucial info before it disappears 🗃️🛡️. This resistance highlights the battle over history, memory, and power in the digital age. Dive deeper into the story of these volunteer archivists. #DataResistance #HistoryMatters #TrumpPurge https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-data-hoarders-resisting-trumps-purge
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A former #BLS commissioner told Reuters that staff levels were considerably low at the agency.
"I understand that BLS staffing is down by at least 15% now, that's not reflected in any official numbers yet, because many of them are still being paid," said Erica Groshen. "They are not at work & it is impinging on the agencies. Also the #HiringFreeze means that they can't be replaced."
#economy #tariffs #inflation #recession #TrumpPurge #Trump #IgnoranceByDesign
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The #BLS has also announced that it would, effective w/the release of the July #ProducerPriceIndex (#PPI) data in August, END the calculation & publication of about 350 indexes. That would INCLUDE data from PPI industry, #commodity, final demand-intermediate #demand & special index classifications.
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The #BLS like all #government agencies has been severely affected by #MassFirings, voluntary resignations, early retirements & hiring freezes, which are part of an unprecedented campaign by the #Trump admin to drastically reduce the size of govt & remake it. [if no one is able to collect the data & report it, then Trump can say whatever he wants because there won’t be evidence.]
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The #CPI data will come under close scrutiny in the months ahead also for another reason. Last week the #BLS, which also compiles other economic releases including the closely watched #employment report, announced the suspension of CPI data collection in 3 cities because of resource constraints [Federal #funding & #layoffs — cuts made by #Trump].
#economy #tariffs #inflation #recession #TrumpPurge
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The agency sent “retention incentive” offers to about 800 staffers stationed across the globe, asking them to stay until early September to make sure the agency is appropriately shuttered, acc/to a copy of the notice & 2 #USAID employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid retaliation.
#law #Trump #MarcoRubio #SoftPower #ForeignPolicy #Aid #Musk #DOGE #TrumpPurge #idiocracy #kakistocracy
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More in “oops we probably shouldn’t have cut that” news:
#USAID Offers Workers Bonuses to Stay Until They’re Laid Off
The US Agency for International Development is offering some soon-to-be laid off workers 2 months of extra pay not to quit, as officials fret over potential fallout from workers leaving early, acc/to documents obtained by Bloomberg Law.
#law #Trump #MarcoRubio #SoftPower #ForeignPolicy #Aid #Musk #DOGE #TrumpPurge #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/usaid-offers-workers-bonuses-to-stay-until-theyre-laid-off -
The #TrumpGestapo hardly wants the opposition poking their noses into their sadistic chambers of horror. You can almost see them drooling at the thought of taking their critics down the black hole, to never be seen again:
"McIver said that the charges against her are 'purely political' and 'mischaracterize and distort my actions and are meant to criminalize and deter legislative oversight.'"
#Trump Admin Charges #Democrat After #ICE Scrum at Newark Detention Center https://archive.ph/HFlYO#selection-1703.2-1703.172
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Judge #BerylHowell rules that #Trump / #DOGE's *entire takeover* of the U.S. Institute of Peace #USIP was unlawful—including the removal of board members & termination of programs.
Her order is very long—she not only reinstates the true board members but also boots DOGE's imposter board members & nullifies all of the illegal actions they took during their illegitimate takeover of the Institute of Peace.
#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Musk
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529.40.0_2.pdf -
#Trump #DOJ plans to press ahead with a merger of its 2 agencies that investigate #drug & #firearms offenses, though the effort would still need *approval* from #Congress, 4 sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
In a meeting on Thurs, ofcls from the #DEA & the #ATF [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives] were informed that the merger could be executed as soon as October, one of the sources said….
#law #crime #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #NationalSecurity
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-takes-next-steps-merge-atf-dea-sources-say-2025-05-16/ -
The #Trump admin on Friday—in yet ANOTHER emergency application—asked #SCOTUS to block a judge’s ruling that had temporarily paused plans for #MassLayoffs & program closures at #FederalAgencies.
Last week, Judge Susan Illston of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California called for a 2-week pause on the admin’s actions, which she said were illegal w/o the authorization of #congress.
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Judges Henderson, Wilkins, & Childs, of the #DC #Court of Appeals states that the #discovery order granted #CREW's request to depose Amy Gleason, the *alleged* acting administrator of #DOGE.
(In his order, Judge Cooper noted that parts of a declaration submitted by Gleason appear to be "called into question by contradictory evidence..")
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Judge Illston listed services that could disappear if the offices that administer them were wiped out, including #DisasterRelief funds for #farmers after a #flood, in-person appointments for #SocialSecurity recipients to discuss their #benefits, #workplace #safety inspections in #mines & #grants that support #kindergarten programs.
Judge Illston’s order:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.448664/gov.uscourts.cand.448664.85.0.pdf#law #Trump #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Congress #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
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Judge Illston listed services that could disappear if the offices that administer them were wiped out, including #DisasterRelief funds for #farmers after a #flood, in-person appointments for #SocialSecurity recipients to discuss their #benefits, #workplace #safety inspections in #mines & #grants that support #kindergarten programs.
Judge Illston’s order:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.448664/gov.uscourts.cand.448664.85.0.pdf#law #Trump #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Congress #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
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Judge Illston listed services that could disappear if the offices that administer them were wiped out, including #DisasterRelief funds for #farmers after a #flood, in-person appointments for #SocialSecurity recipients to discuss their #benefits, #workplace #safety inspections in #mines & #grants that support #kindergarten programs.
Judge Illston’s order:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.448664/gov.uscourts.cand.448664.85.0.pdf#law #Trump #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Congress #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
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Judge Illston listed services that could disappear if the offices that administer them were wiped out, including #DisasterRelief funds for #farmers after a #flood, in-person appointments for #SocialSecurity recipients to discuss their #benefits, #workplace #safety inspections in #mines & #grants that support #kindergarten programs.
Judge Illston’s order:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.448664/gov.uscourts.cand.448664.85.0.pdf#law #Trump #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Congress #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
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Judge Illston listed services that could disappear if the offices that administer them were wiped out, including #DisasterRelief funds for #farmers after a #flood, in-person appointments for #SocialSecurity recipients to discuss their #benefits, #workplace #safety inspections in #mines & #grants that support #kindergarten programs.
Judge Illston’s order:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.448664/gov.uscourts.cand.448664.85.0.pdf#law #Trump #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Congress #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
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Of all the lawsuits challenging #Trump’s vision to dramatically scale back the form & function of the #FederalGovernment, this one is poised to have the broadest effect. Most of the agencies have yet to announce their downsizing plans, but employees across the govt have been anxiously waiting for announcements that have been expected for weeks.
#law #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Musk #DOGE #Congress #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
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Federal Judge Susan Illston on Friday called for a two-week pause in the #Trump admin’s plans for #MassLayoffs & program closures, barring 2 dozen agencies from moving forward w/the largest phase of Trump’s *downsizing* efforts, which the judge said was #illegal without congressional authorization.
#law #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Musk #DOGE #Congress #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/federal-layoffs-trump-ruling.html?smid=url-share -
An additional minimum 10% reduction in general & flag officers would be required in the second phase.
The announcement comes after #Trump fired #JointChiefs of Staff chair Gen Charles "CQ" Brown, Jr & other top #military leaders in Feb.
“Less Generals More GIs,” #Hegseth said in a video about the overhaul.
"We're going to shift resources from bloated headquarters elements to our war fighters," Hegseth said of the changes, which he described as "historic."
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#Trump #Defense Sec #PeteHegseth ordered a reduction in the number of #military #generals & #admirals per a memo published Mon.
#Hegseth wants a minimum of 20% cut to the number of #FourStar positions across the military's active component & the same for general officers in the #NationalGuard to cut "redundant force structure to optimize & streamline leadership.”
[BS, they want honorable career #ServiceMembers out & ignorant malleable kids in]
#TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/06/hegseth-cuts-four-star-generals-admirals -
For months now the #Trump govt has claimed in court that #ElonMusk’s #DOGE merely *advises* & *consults* with #FederalAgencies.
@Lawfare piece on the administrative paper trail now emerging in court that clearly disproves the #Trump admin’s claims.
#law #USpol #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
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#Musk also dismissed #protests against #Tesla as being "paid for," & said that demand for the company's vehicles remains strong despite a sharp decline in sales.
#Tesla's quarterly earnings report, released about an hour before the call, showed that the company's net income plunged by 71% year-over-year & that revenue from selling cars dropped by 20%.
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We’ll #NeverForget the damage he’s done
As #Tesla's sales & profits plunge, CEO #ElonMusk says he'll spend less time working for the federal government—but that he has no plans to stop his work w/ #DOGE entirely.
"If the ship of America goes down, we all go down with it," he said on a call w/investors & analysts Tues night, defending the amount of time he has spent focusing on slashing the size of the federal govt.
#Delusional #Trump #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5371552/tesla-earnings-april-2025-elon-musk-doge -
#Rubio accused the bureau for population, #refugees & #migration of sending millions of taxpayer dollars to nongovernment groups that had promoted mass migration, including “the invasion on our southern border.” The language echoed #Trump’s, & Rubio did not provide evidence for any of his assertions.
#State #NationalSecurity #law #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
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On a new #State Department account on Substack on Tuesday, #MarcoRubio wrote that the bureau for #democracy, #HumanRights & #labor had become a “platform for left-wing activists to wage vendettas” against conservative leaders — including those in Poland, Hungary & Brazil — & to try to promote an arms embargo against Israel.
#Trump #NationalSecurity #law #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
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The New York Times reported on Sunday on a draft document labeled an “executive order” that outlined plans for a drastic restructuring of the #State department, including cutting the entire office of the under secretary for #civilian #security, #democracy & #HumanRights & many other parts of the agency.
#Trump #NationalSecurity #law #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/trump-state-department-overhaul.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=A2810FE2-C5BE-44FF-BD1A-DF09F1C597DE -
The State department released an internal fact sheet that provided more details on Mr. Rubio’s plan, including reducing the agency’s total number of offices from 734 to 602, or by 17%. It also said that Mr. Rubio had instructed senior officials to deliver plans soon to reduce the number of U.S.-based employees by 15%.
#Trump #NationalSecurity #law #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
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Some elements of that office, including a bureau for #democracy & #HumanRights & one for #refugees, would be cut & *folded into* an office for foreign assistance & #humanitarian aid [the same one they folded #USAID into] acc/to the reorganization chart posted on the #State Department website.
#Trump #NationalSecurity #law #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
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In the announcement, #MarcoRubio did not give more information on the ideology or ideas to which he objected, but the chart & a Substack post revealed some of his thinking. The most drastic change is the elimination of the office of the under secretary for #civilian #security, #democracy & #HumanRights, which is charged with advancing American values around the world.
#Trump #State #NationalSecurity #law #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
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The decision further clears the way for #Trump to re-fire probationary employees. Those are typically #FederalWorkers in their 1st or 2nd year on the job, or who have been recently promoted.
In a 2-to-1 decision, the appeals court said the Trump admin was likely to succeed in showing that the lower court lacked #jurisdiction in the case brought by 19 states & DC. The court did not rule on whether the firings were #lawful.
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🤬 #4thCircuit clears the way for #Trump to fire #FederalWorkers again
In a win for Trump, a panel of judges on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a lower court ruling ordering 20 #FederalAgencies to reinstate tens of thousands of employees they had fired.
#law #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Musk #DOGE #Project2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357415/trump-federal-probationary-employees-firings -
#SCOTUS on Tues blocked a ruling from a federal judge in California that had ordered the #Trump admin to rehire 16k of fired #FederalWorkers who had been on probationary status.
The court’s brief order said the nonprofit groups that had sued to challenge the dismissals had not suffered the sort of injury that gave them standing to sue.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/040825zr_1b8e.pdf
#law #Musk #DOGE #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #USpol #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #CorruptCourt
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@mckra1g I agree with the idea of #TrumpSlump but “slump” is too understated. It needs more severity. Perhaps #TrumpCrash
#TrumpPurge
#TrumpDump
#TrumpTravesty
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The termination emails were riddled w/mistakes — w/employees’ names, the month of April & even the institute’s title misspelled in places — a telling sign of the rushed & haphazard nature of the operation….
By Saturday morning, the terminated #USIP headquarters staff were already discussing filing a class-action lawsuit & were debating whether to sign their termination documents.
#extortion #MafiaState #law #labor #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Trump #Musk #DOGE #democracy #fascism #tyranny
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In the latest action, employees were instructed to sign a 4-pg letter ordering them to return all #USIP property while agreeing to forgo all future claims against the institute. It ordered them not to disclose any terms of the agreement in exchange for 1 month of #HealthInsurance & a monthly stipend paid for an unspecified period. Those who refuse to sign, the letter said, will lose all #benefits as of Monday.
#extortion #MafiaState #law #labor #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Trump #Musk #DOGE
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The “Friday night massacre,” as #USIP’s employees were terming the sweeping terminations, is the latest action in what has become a rapid fire of sudden cuts & hostile takeovers across govt & quasi-govt agencies over the past 2 months, implemented by #Musk & #DOGE.
#law #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Trump #democracy #diplomacy #fascism #tyranny
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#USIP employees told WaPo that 200–300 people — nearly the entirety of USIP’s HQ staff — had been fired. The employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of #retribution from the #Trump admin, said some employees were offered severance & one additional month of health insurance, in exchange for their signatures to WAIVE their RIGHTS to sue.
#law #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Musk #DOGE #democracy #diplomacy #fascism #tyranny
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#Musk / #DOGE fires nearly all staff at US Institute of #Peace HQ
The #Trump admin summarily fired the staff of the #USIP late Friday night, <2wks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded org’s president & installing in his place an agent of #tech billionaire #ElonMusk’s DOGE….
#law #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #democracy #diplomacy #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/29/doge-usip-peace-institute-fired/ -
From MorePerfectUnion IG. Had to share this as #valeriecosta proves each and everyone of us can make a huge difference. #teslatakedown #TeslaProtests #muskrat #trumpcoup #TrumpFascism #AOC #grassroots #unionstrong #usa2025 #TrumpPurge #trump2
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Joseph Rillotta, a senior #IRS lawyer, wrote that “no one” at the IRS had taken into account the performance of the probationary workers set to be fired. Rillotta urged that the language be struck from the draft termination letter.
If the falsehood wasn’t removed, Rillotta said he would file a report w/the #InspectorGeneral for the IRS.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOGE #Musk #TrumpPurge #Congress #PowerOfThePurse #FederalAgencies #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary #ConstitutionalCrisis #autocracy
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Emails Reveal Top #IRS Lawyer Warned #Trump Firings Were a #Fraud on the Courts
The Trump admin cited “performance” failures to justify its #MassFiring of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the admin had not conducted any such performance assessment.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOGE #Musk #TrumpPurge #Congress #PowerOfThePurse #FederalAgencies #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary #ConstitutionalCrisis #authoritarianism
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-firings-doge-fraud-law-job-performance -
The program was created by #Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act to finance #CleanEnergy & #climate-friendly projects.
Zeldin [falsely] accused the grant recipients of mismanagement, fraud & self-dealing & froze the #grants.
#Trump #law #ClimateCrisis #DOGE #TrumpPurge #EPA #Citibank #ClimateUnitedFund #ClimateSolutions
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Judge Blocks #Trump Administration From Terminating $14 Billion in 'Green Bank' Grants
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three #climate groups by the #Biden administration
#law #ClimateCrisis #DOGE #TrumpPurge #EPA #Citibank #ClimateUnitedFund #ClimateSolutions
https://apnews.com/article/epa-green-bank-zeldin-climate-trump-380000b014480350b35b7b53bd14e277 -
Sorry to post this yet again, but it was frustratingly predictable:
"It seems likely that the new administration will devastate many government agencies that not only house experts in their respective fields but a treasure trove of institutional knowledge. Once these are destroyed, it will take years to restore them, if they ever can be.”
"Second Foundation” would be a good name for a coalition of blue states, though…
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The #USgovernment is one of the world’s biggest #publishers, & its #research on everything from carbon emissions to infant mortality is conducted on a scale that few private institutions can match. Kellam said that she’d participated in a small data-preservation effort during #Trump’s first term, but had never seen anything like the frenzy that ignited in late Jan, when the #CDC began removing #information…. (It’s since been restored by means of a #TRO.)
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Like the Encyclopedists of #IsaacAsimov’s “Foundation”—who race to compile a collapsing empire’s accumulated knowledge—they’re assembling #information arks to ride out the chaos.
“This is how we know about our country,” Lynda Kellam, a social scientist & data librarian, told me. “People who support the ‘drain the swamp’ mentality don’t seem to understand how much the government does.” Kellam… described the vulnerable data as “irreplaceable.”
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It comes from a loose coalition of #archivists & #librarians, who are standing athwart #history & yelling “Save!” They belong to organizations such as the #InternetArchive, which co-created a project called the End of Term Web Archive to back up the federal web in 2008; the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, or #edgi; & #libraries at major #universities such as #MIT & the University of #Michigan.
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A recently leaked list of pages marked for deletion on military websites includes…the #EnolaGay, …the B-29 bomber that nuked Hiroshima.
Oblivion menaces every scrap of #information that doesn’t spark joy in the Oval Office. “It’s gone,” #Trump said of “wokeness,” during his address to Congress, in almost motherly tones. “And we feel so much better for it, don’t we? Don’t we feel better?” But on this front, at least, Trump is facing well-organized resistance.
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Racing to comply w/ #Trump’s executive orders banning “DEI” & “gender ideology extremism,” agencies have cut materials on everything from supporting transgender youth in school to teaching children about sickle-cell disease, which disproportionately affects people of African descent. But they have also axed records having little to do w/the Admin’s ideological priorities, seemingly assisted by AI tools that flag forbidden words w/o regard to context.