[back to original WaPo exclusive]
…even before #Trump took office, a #DOGE team that included #ElonMusk’s top aides — who have links to his companies but little to no #government or #political experience — was planning actions far beyond DOGE’s original remit of reducing the government’s size & spending.
The weeks leading up to the inauguration, DOGE positioned & envisioned itself as the executor & #enforcer of Trump’s #ExecutiveOrder against #diversity.
#DOGE staffers developed a 3-part plan for #Trump’s anti-DEI campaign….“Phase 1” marked the 1st day of Trump’s presidency, when #Trump signed an #ExecutiveOrder stating all #DEI offices, positions & programs within the #ExecutiveBranch must be terminated within 60 days. The DOGE plan laid out how, on Inauguration Day, all #FederalAgencies should begin placing DEI workers on paid leave & shutting down DEI websites & social media accounts. Those changes transpired almost exactly as DOGE laid out.
The nation is now in #DOGE’s “Phase 2,” which is scheduled to last until Wednesday, per the documents. In this stage, DOGE planned for the #Trump admin to place on leave some employees working at statutorily required [by federal legal statute] offices. The admin is also supposed to cancel “#DEI-focused” federal contracts & grants. And the admin is meant to ID workers across the govt who hold non-DEI jobs but who can be tied to #diversity initiatives through unspecified other means….
“There are DEI-focused personnel embedded throughout divisions that do not have any identifying #DEI criteria in their name,” one doc states. “Phase 2/3 will be focused on identifying these employees & putting them on administrative leave.”
Some of Phase 2 appears to be underway at the #Education Dept. The dept last month placed on leave nearly 100 employees in non-DEI roles after #DOGE staffers unearthed personnel records showing most took a #DiversityTraining during the first #Trump admin….
#DOGE’s “Phase 3” starts later this month, on the 31st day of the #Trump admin, & lasts until the 180th day, which is in mid-July, acc/to the documents. That stage moves from placing workers on paid leave to calling for large-scale #firings, the documents show. Ultimately, DOGE intends for the Trump admin to #terminate all DEI-linked employees via a Reduction In Force (#RIF) action—the federal form of #layoffs — including some who work for legally mandated offices.
Goals for Phase 3 are listed in brief bullet points in the #DOGE document.
“#RIF the Phase 1 offices in their entirety,” one bullet point reads, referring to offices dedicated to #DEI. That process is already underway: The [#RussVought of #Project2025] #OPM last month directed agencies to submit written plans for firing all DEI office workers & encouraged agencies to begin issuing #termination notices immediately.
#law #USpol #CivilRights #TrumpCoup #Autocracy #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy
A 2nd bullet point states: “#RIF the Phase 2 offices’ *corrupted* branches,” referring to what DOGE has determined are #DEI elements of offices required by #law. The bullet point concludes: “We are exploring options for this.”
One such option emerged this week. On Tues, #Trump signed an #ExecutiveOrder paving the way for #FederalAgencies to reshape or terminate offices legally mandated to exist.
#law #USpol #FederalGovernment #CivilRights #TrumpCoup #Autocracy #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy
@Nonilex
To summarize:
The former United States of America will replicate South Africa's former Apartheid government. Genetically pure Aryan people will be allowed to vote, own property, hold government jobs. Any efforts by any individual or organization to disrupt this standard will be crushed.
