Trump Administration Calls Government Diversity Trainings “Un-American Propaganda” and Cancels Them

“These types of ‘trainings’ not only run counter to the fundamental beliefs for which our Nation has stood since its inception, but they also engender division and resentment within the Federal workforce,” OMB Director Russell Vought wrote in the memo.

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The Trump administration has found yet another way to ratchet up racial tension in the country. This time, it’s by targeting race-related trainings for federal employees, calling anything with a focus on white privilege “un-American propaganda,” according to a memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget, released late Friday night.

“These types of ‘trainings’ not only run counter to the fundamental beliefs for which our Nation has stood since its inception, but they also engender division and resentment within the Federal workforce,” OMB Director Russell Vought wrote in the memo. Vought added that all federal agencies will be tasked with coming up with a list of contracts that involve subject matter like “white privilege” or “critical race theory” and then do everything within their power to cancel those contracts.

The inspiration for this Friday night announcement may have been a Fox News appearance on Tuesday night by Chris Rufo a filmmaker and fellow with the right wing Discovery Institute. He was on Tucker Carlson and suggested that federal employees were being indoctrinated with dangerous left wing ideology. “It’s absolutely astonishing how critical race theory has pervaded every institution in the federal government,” Rufo said. “What I have discovered is that critical race theory has become, in essence, the default ideology of the federal bureaucracy and is now being weaponized against the American people.” After Friday’s announcement, President Trump triumphantly tweeted. 

Not any more! https://t.co/7Z2wxA6K13

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2020

The news comes as another branch of the federal government cautions about the rise of white supremacy. The Department of Homeland Security is set to release a report that identifies white supremacists as the most serious terror threat facing the country. In three drafts of the report obtained by Politico, DHS says hate groups and white supremacists pose a more imminent threat to American safety than any foreign entity—including China and Russia. “Foreign terrorist organizations will continue to call for Homeland attacks but probably will remain constrained in their ability to direct such plots over the next year,” all three documents say, according to Politico.

These divergent messages from the federal government clearly appear to be tactics to energize the Trump base just before the election. They come on the heels of a violent summer, roiled by protests against police violence and confrontations with armed vigilantes. That “American carnage” Trump described in his inaugural address? This is it.

Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Pits Spy Against Spy

New York Times drinks Trump kool aid. Much of all medical research is done in the open with papers open to all. Except when US under Trump pulls out of world research and cooperation to fight international disease. Sad isolated and out of context “reporting.”

The intelligence wars over vaccine research have intensified as China and Russia expand their efforts to steal American work at both research institutes and companies.

Between the Pandemic and the President: Mexico City Mayor’s Balancing Act – The New York Times

So far, her strategy has been to follow the science, while refusing to criticize the president.

“I will not allow this to become a political conflict,” said Ms. Sheinbaum, 58, sitting rigidly at her desk, her voice muffled by a cloth mask. “But I also believe I have a role here in the city, and I’m going to abide by what I believe in.”

“This is how we have always behaved, always respecting, always informing,” she said. “Trying to coordinate as much as possible.”

Ms. Sheinbaum is a renowned scientist, and has followed best practices to fight the virus in the city: “I’m going to abide by what I believe in.”

COVID-19 Update: Jamaica Now Has Community Transmission

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Early discussions with the Prime-Minister will result in new measures that will come into effect on Monday, September 7, 2020.  Some of these new measures may include:

  1. The increase in the curfew restrictions to 7:00 PM to 5:00 AM across the island;
  2. An increase in the stay at home orders for the elderly moving from 75 to 70 years;
  3. Re-emphasis on the work from orders for the private and public sector; and
  4. Restrictions on public gathering.

The Portland Protests: What This Teenager Learned – The New York Times

So Ms. Allen’s summer is different this year. She has not had time for dance classes. She is instead one of the many protesters who have rallied nightly in downtown Portland, mounting one of the longest-running cries for racial justice since Mr. Floyd’s death on May 25.

Next week, she will start her junior year of high school. The main thing she is worried about is how her class schedule will conflict with protests.

Melbourne anti-lockdown protests: at least 15 arrested in violent clashes with police | Australia news | The Guardian

Earlier, the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, labelled the protesters “selfish”. “It is not smart, it is not safe, it is not lawful, in fact it is absolutely selfish to be out there protesting,” he said. “The only fight we should be engaged in is against this virus.” Victoria police said the protests were “disappointing” and were “putting the lives of Victorians at risk”. They said more than 150 infringement notices were issued. Fourteen of the arrests were for breaching the chief health officer’s directions, while one was for allegedly assaulting police.

Source: Melbourne anti-lockdown protests: at least 15 arrested in violent clashes with police | Australia news | The Guardian

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