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US Department of Homeland Security terminates all advisory boards, halts all investigations
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- Eric Geller (@ericjgeller.com)
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- Eric Geller (@ericjgeller.com)
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- Jan 21 2025
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- 86 words
This even stopped the work on Salt Typhoon, which is a massive compromise of our telecommunications infrastructure by China.
WTF? Why?
I guess cause China probably paid them to
While my first thought was that 'surely this is not the case as trump is antagonistic towards China'...
But then, China is certainly willing to go the 'pay to win' route of using economic power to get the things they want. And trump is, quite clearly, engaged in selling out the country for maximum personal gain...
Wow. I can actually see this as a possibility. I still feel the probability is low-ish, but yeah, possible.
Yeah he’s tryna be biggie over here “fuck bitches get money” idk why everyone thinks its more complicated than that
Edit: I thought this post was more about DEIA type councils. The fact that this is actually about pausing activities of groups like CISA and telecommunications systems and critical infrastructure is actually far more concerning.
I'm a DHS employee. Relatively new one, though maybe not for long since OPM is seeking information on all probationary employees, ie <1yr of employment (or <2yr or even <3yrs for certain kinds of appointments).
Anyway, this is the letter we all got this afternoon from the acting department head, regarding the end of DEIA within the whole department. Text:
I'm a federal contractor, this language was circulated via memo to all agencies as a template to share from department heads. This fucking blows.
if
was a template everyone chose to take up, it seems like these executive agencies are every bit as frustrated as we are at all this.
I'm not following -- to be clear, the department heads are folks who've been put there within the last couple of days by the Trump administration
And the template was really like, "Send this email, sub in your department/agency/whatever acronyms apply"
Can you elaborate on what you mean?
@smiles134
reading back, I kind of realize this can be read in two opposite ways. Ending DEI progams do start to divide americans by race (as decades of "natural" history has shown), waste taxpayers dollars (over lawsuits), and let shameful discrimination continue.
But having them, people can make the same arguments: divides americans (becasuse minorities get different treatment), waste taxpayer dollars (on govenment jobs?), and let discimination (against whites) continue.
So i'm not frustrated with DEI programs. At all. I'm asking which thing between those two you meant?
I'm not going to get into how diverse hiring practices and cultural competency are what allow companies and agencies to actually hire the most talented people and that white people aren't discriminated again by having DEI trainings.
Also as noted, this language was required.
I confusingly assumed the first and didn't think it could be interpreted as the 2nd until I re-read it a day later. My apologies
Yes, I didn't know until between today and yesterday that it was a form memo. I just thought there was some bold interpretation inserted into it (again, me assuming the former interpretation I listed above),
I don't even understand this. Why halt major DHS investigations that can't in any way be construed as political?
I don’t normally like guessing but it does seem kind of clear that the current administration doesn’t want the United States to be securely protected from foreign actors.
It doesn't seem to want to function at all. Remove all barriers from the richest people getting richer.
That was my first thought too, but who gets rich if China shuts down our infrastructure?
A guy I know is suggesting that maybe the DPR pardon, DHS shutdown etc are meant to grab headlines and occupy the attention of everyone who's opposed to this bullshit, so Trump and co can sneak their real agenda through unnoticed.
I don't think this is specifically a move to make anyone richer, but taken with everything else, it's about crippling and neutering government services, programs, regulations, etc.
I could see that. They will be wanting to cripple as many institutions as they can that could potentially get in their way.
What's next after that? Selling Russia / China / Iran F-35s and a B-21 Raider along with the full technical specifications and R&D history?
Well I just saw a rumor that the US could give B2s to Israel...
That would be far less of a surprise, they already have the F-35.
Because clearing out the civil service and replacing them with people loyal to Trump, or not replacing them at all in some cases, is a core part of Project 2025.
They're going to need to redirect their resources to go after political enemies, of course.