What to know about Trump’s comments about DEI after plane crash
Initiatives aimed at expanding the workforce existed under President Trump’s first term, including a program that aimed to recruit and train qualified individuals with disabilities, including veterans, for careers in air traffic operations.
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US military deportation flight likely cost more than first class – https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-military-deportation-flight-likely-cost-more-than-first-class-2025-01-30/
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Bernie Sanders Grills RFK Jr. On ‘Unvaxxed, Unafraid’ Baby Onesies
The health nominee spent much of his confirmation hearing claiming to be pro-vaccine.
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| January 29, 1996 |
| Three Ploughshares activists, Lotta Kronlid, Andrea Needham and Joanna Wlson, caused millions in damage and were arrested in Warton, Lancashire, England, for disarming a British Aerospace F-16 fighter jet destined to be sold to Indonesia for use in its illegal occupation and genocide of the people of East Timor. |  |
| Seeds of Hope/East Timor Ploughshares activists > |
| Angie Zelter was arrested later for saying she planned to finish what the other three had started. The four were later acquitted of all charges on the grounds of preventing a greater crime. |
https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistoryjanuary.htm#january29
Opinion | The Black middle class is under attack from Donald Trump
As the Center for American Progress has noted, “the federal government has hired Black Americans at higher rates than the private sector going back a century or more.”
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The Implications of Trump’s Executive Order on Sex
With Trump proclaiming the U.S. will recognize two sexes, male and female, there are a host of implications for trans and nonbinary people.
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Trump’s DEI order strips Air Force curriculum of 1st Black pilots, female WWII pilots
Trump’s executive order halting DEI means the Air Force no longer teaches recruits about WWII’s Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
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Colombia caves to Trump’s threats after canceling deportation flights
Colombia is already caving to Donald Trump after he threatened steep economic and diplomatic sanctions when they refused to accept flights of migrants being deported from the U.S.
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