Anonymous20 days ago
Sworn depositions in a federal lawsuit reveal that two young DOGE staffers with no humanities experience used ChatGPT to flag over 1,400 NEH grants for termination based on keywords like "LGBTQ," "Tribal," and "Black" — canceling $100 million in congressionally appropriated funding in 22 days without ever defining the "DEI" they claimed to be targeting. The viral deposition videos, ordered removed by a judge after widespread mockery, exposed a process that swept up Holocaust documentaries, Appalachian archives, and a museum HVAC system, while the gutted agency subsequently awarded its largest-ever grant — $10.4 million — to a single organization through a non-competitive process.