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Trump admin orders federal DEI staff to be placed on paid leave by Wednesday
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Source: axios
Updated 2 hours ago -
The Trump administration is directing agencies to move to close federal diversity, equity and inclusion offices and place DEI staff on paid leave by 5pm Wednesday ET ahead of being laid off.
The big picture: The memorandum that the Office of Personnel Management sent to federal agencies on Tuesday follows President Trump's signing of an executive order a day earlier to dismantle DEI initiatives within the federal government.
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Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-dei-staff-leave-offices-close
HOLY SH**
How many families will be hurt by this?? ..paid leave for how long??---ahead of being laid off!!
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President Donald Trump signs an executive order for pardons on January 6 offenders in the Oval Office of the WHite House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.
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