Trump Regime orders hundreds of progressive terms to be ‘removed’, 8,000 websites to be shut down
Trump administration orders hundreds of progressive terms to be ‘removed’, 8,000 websites to be shut down
President Trump has flagged hundreds of terms as restricted terms in government agencies and shut down or blocked 8,000 government websites in an attempt to eliminate ‘progressive’ policies in the federal government.
The New York Times released the restricted terms designated by the Trump administration on the 7th, and reported on the 8,000 government websites being shut down or blocked on the 2nd of last month.
The NYT said, “The terms have appeared in government memos, official and unofficial agency guidelines and other documents,” and “Some have ordered the removal of the words from websites that are intended for the public, and other materials (including school curriculums) that may contain the words.”
The NYT went on to say, “Federal agency managers have not enacted an outright ban on the terms, but have stated that they will be ‘careful about their use,’” and “Some of the conditions were used to automatically flag some grant proposals and contracts that could conflict with Trump’s executive order.”
The New York Times reported that “every administration has changed the language used in official communications to reflect its own policies on the term,” and “it is within the prerogative of government officials, as is the case with editing or deleting web pages, and has happened thousands of times under the Trump administration.”
The New York Times reported earlier on March 2 that “more than 8,000 web pages on more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down,” as “federal agencies rush to heed President Trump’s executive order targeting diversity initiatives and ‘gender ideology.’”
The website closures and purges were mainly focused on topics such as vaccines, veterans’ welfare, hate crimes, and scientific research.
These sites were blocked primarily by professionals such as doctors, researchers, scientists, professors, and other professionals who have used government data, and some government agencies removed entire sections of their websites, while others blocked only a few pages.
The websites that were removed are as follows: (The link is to an archived version.)
The 3,000-plus page report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes 1,000 research papers on chronic disease prevention, S.T.D. treatment guidelines, information on Alzheimer’s warning signs, overdose prevention education, and vaccine guidelines for pregnant women. (The use of the phrase “pregnant women” may have contributed to the deletion.)
The 3,000-plus page report from the Census Bureau, the majority of which are articles submitted under the Study and Methodology Act. Other missing pages include data management policies and documentation of multiple datasets and surveys.
The 1,000-plus page report from the Office of Justice Programs includes a feature article on teen dating violence and a blog post about funding to end hate crimes. More than 200 pages of deletions from Head Start, a program for low-income children, include videos on how families can prevent postpartum depression and advice on how to establish routines.
More than 180 pages of deletions from the Department of Justice, including state-level hate crime data and a seven-page anti-L.G.B.T.Q. discussion of hate crimes.
Nearly 150 pages of deletions from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, including more than 50 press releases about using the National Disaster Distress Helpline in the aftermath of a shooting or natural disaster.
More than 100 pages of deletions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, including more than 60 regulatory guidance documents on topics such as increasing diversity in clinical trials and the potential for addiction and abuse in drug trials.
Approximately 50 research papers from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information. The deleted papers span a range of fields, including optics, chemistry, and experimental medicine.
More than 25 pages from the IRS, including a video script titled “How to Avoid IRS Penalties and Interest” and a form that private schools must file annually to prove they are not engaging in racial discrimination, were removed.
Twenty web pages from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, including one detailing the organization’s zero-tolerance harassment policy, were removed.
18 pages from the Health Resources and Services Administration, including a toolkit for caring for women with opioid addiction and FAQs about the Mpox vaccine.
18 pages from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including a page on innovation and entrepreneurship among veterans and a program to teach high school students about intellectual property.
Eight deleted pages from the Department of the Interior included some details about environmental policy initiatives. The phrase “environmental justice” may have contributed to some of the deletions. The four-page deletion from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission included an overview of the agency’s equal employment opportunity programs and diversity initiatives.
The three-page deletion from the Department of Veterans Affairs included information on L.G.B.T.Q. Veterans Care, Minority Veterans Care, and Equity in the Louisiana Health Care System.
The two-page deletion from the Marshals Service included one link to the Department’s revised standards for correctional facilities and another link to the department’s fitness readiness program.
The terms being deleted include: * Accessible *Activism
Activist
Advocacy
Care Affirmation
All Inclusive
Allies
Anti-Racism
Anti-Racist
Assigned at Birth
Assigned Female at Birth
Assigned Male at Birth
Risks
Barriers
Belonging to
Bias
Prejudice
Bias
Bias About
Biologically Female
Biologically Male
BIPOC (English)
Black
Breastfeeding + People
Breastfeeding + People
Breastfeeding + People
Clean Energy
Climate Crisis
Climate Science
Commercial Sex Workers
Community Diversity
Community Equity
Confirmation Bias
Cultural Competence
Cultural Differences
Cultural Heritage
Cultural Sensitivity
Culturally Appropriate
Culturally Responsive
DEI
Deia
Dive
DEIJ
Disability
Discrimination
Gap
Diverse
Diverse Backgrounds
Diverse Communities
Diverse Groups
Diverse Diversification
Diversity
Enhancing Diversity
Enhancing Diversity
Environmental Quality
Equal Opportunity
Equality
Fair
Equivalence
Equitivity
Ethnicity
Exclusion
Women
Feminism
Fostering Inclusion
Genderbyte
Gender
Gender-Based
Gender-Based Violence
Gender Diversity
Gender Identity
Gender Ideology
Gender-Affirming Treatment
Gulf of Mexico
Hate Speech
Health Disparities
Health Equity
Hispanic Minority
Historical
Identity
Immigrants
Implicit Bias
Implicit Bias
Inclusion
Inclusive Leadership
Inclusion
Inclusion
Increasing Diversity
Indigenous Communities
Inequity
Unfair
Injustice
Institutions
Intersectionality
Key Groups
Key People
Key Populations
Latinx
LGBT
LGBTQ
Marginalizing
Marginalized Beings
Men Who Have Sex with Men
Mental Health
Ethnic Minorities
Minorities
Most dangerous
MSM
multicultural
MX
Native American
nonbinary
oppression
oppression
direction
people + uterus
people-centered care
people-centered
people-centered treatment
polarization
politics
pollution
pregnant women
bias
privilege
empowerment
promoting diversity
promoting diversity
pronouns
prostitutes
race
race and ethnicity
racial diversity
racial identity
racial inequality
racial justice
racial discrimination
segregation
belonging
sex
sexual orientation
gender
social justice
sociocultural
socioeconomic
status
stereotypes
organizational
systematically
they/them
trans
transgender
trauma
traumatized
race
unconscious bias
underrepresented
disadvantaged
underrepresented
underserved
undervalued
victims
vulnerable populations
women
women and marginalized people
Some terms listed with a plus (+) sign in these terms can be used together It represents a combination of words that recognize transgender people. The New York Times said, “This is inconsistent with the current federal government’s position that there are only two immutable genders,” and “The terms collected above are included in more than one agency’s list, but that doesn’t mean other agencies shouldn’t use them as well.”