Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon is launching a civil rights investigation into the University of Virginia’s continuation of racist Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices.

The move comes following calls by the legal campaign group America First Legal (AFL) exposing how the university is refusing to comply with rulings from the administration that DEI is unconstitutional and all related programs should be eliminated.

Rather than remove the programs, the university simply “rebranded” them to alternative job titles. But nobody was fooled.

AFL wrote in a press release last week:

AFL’s letter, including over 48 exhibits, supports DOJ’s April 28, 2025, letter placing UVA on notice for failing to comply with federal civil rights laws, controlling U.S. Supreme Court precedent, and recent Executive Orders issued by President Donald Trump. DOJ demanded that UVA certify, with “precision and particularity,” that every division, school, and program had fully complied with a March 7 resolution adopted by UVA’s Board of Visitors. That resolution required UVA to dismantle all DEI-related policies, programs, and preferences that discriminate based on race, sex, ethnicity, national origin, or other protected characteristics.

DOJ also directed UVA to provide a detailed accounting of every department, role, preference system, and title that had been eliminated; to disclose all individuals who previously held DEI-related positions and whether they remain employed in any capacity; and to produce records demonstrating the full dismantling of DEI across the institution. UVA was required to respond by May 2, 2025.

On April 29, the University adopted a new resolution titled “Advancing Free Inquiry and Viewpoint Diversity at UVA,” claiming it had “made progress” in dismantling DEI while asserting that “additional work remains to be done” to advance “open inquiry” and to cultivate “citizen leaders.”

Rather than certifying compliance with DOJ’s directives, UVA announced the creation of a working group — not to bring the University into compliance with federal law — but to “promote open inquiry, constructive conversation across differences, and development of a civic mindset.” The resolution failed to identify which parts of its $1 billion DEI initiative had been rescinded and provided no evidence that any discriminatory programs had been dismantled.

/1UVA’s Board of Visitors voted to dismantle its DEI infrastructure.

Instead, UVA just rebranded.

When it failed to comply, DOJ demanded proof.

So AFL investigated — and found the truth:

Same people.
Same responsibilities.
Same agenda.
New titles.

We’ve got the receipts. pic.twitter.com/TCSjbM75o9

— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) May 29, 2025

Following the demands from AFL, a DOJ spokesperson confirmed to The Federalist they had opened an investigation into the matter:

The Justice Department confirmed its investigation into the school to America First Legal (AFL), The Federalist learned, after the group sent a 98-page letter to Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, a UVA alumna, on Friday detailing how UVA is attempting to disguise its DEI infrastructure in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

The university’s Board of Visitors voted to dismantle DEI earlier this year, but actually executing that directive is left to the very people who injected the ideology into the school in the first place, as The Federalist reported.

“UVA has not dismantled its DEI framework — it has merely rebranded it to evade legal scrutiny. What the law prohibits, UVA simply renamed,” AFL counsel Megan Redshaw told The Federalist. “We are grateful the DOJ has taken our findings seriously and is taking action to hold UVA accountable. No institution that receives taxpayer funds is above the law.”

After the UVA board’s vote, the Department of Justice sent an April 28 letter to the school’s president, rector, and legal counsel requiring that the school prove it was dismantling the DEI regime they had built in order to be in compliance with civil rights law.

Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has aggressively moved to dismantle DEI initiatives across the federal government, education, and government contractors.

This has also executive orders that eliminate DEI offices, ban race- and sex-based preferences, and mandate strict adherence to merit-based hiring and program eligibility. 

WATCH: President Trump Says He Ended “Bullish*t” DEI – “There Are Only Two Genders: MALE AND FEMALE”

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Comedian and actress Roseanne Barr leveled explosive claims against ABC and parent company Disney who wrote her out of the title role in the reboot of her iconic show ‘Roseanne’, for what many believe is because the outspoken Barr is conservative and a Donald Trump supporter.

After an initial 10-year run starting in 1988, the show returned in 2018 with most of its original cast, including Barr. That iteration was short-lived. The show was cancelled and Barr was abruptly fired over a tweet about former President Barack Obama and his senior advisor Valerie Jarrett.

The network launched a spinoff of the show, ‘The Connors’, where they killed off Roseanne’s character, wiping away the inspiration and comedic genius behind the original version leaving behind a bland, woke version in its place.

In a new interview with the Daily Mail, Barr breaks her silence on the unceremonious firing and points to a deeper scandal behind her ouster saying that cancel culture gave her network bosses the rationale to get rid of her.

Trending Politics News reports:

“They were waiting for me to slip up,” the comedian alleged, further claiming that the network’s executives already had it out for her due to her outspoken support for President Donald Trump and conservative views. Barr also accused the network of taking extraordinary steps to axe the show before the post was ever made.

“They spied. They monitored everything I did. They wanted to censor me from the very beginning,” Barr told the Daily Mail. “They hijacked that tweet and made out it said something that it didn’t.”

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The comedian also rescinded her apology ,in which she claimed she was “truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and looks,” adding that her joke was “in bad taste.”

“The worst mistake you can do is apologize to the left. Then they are on a crusade against you,” she said in the new interview. “Once you admit a mistake, they will keep on until you’re dead.”

Barr recently announced her new film, ‘Roseanne Is America,’ which will be released June 10, 2025

For years, the legendary Roseanne Barr was America’s most popular and beloved comedian. Her groundbreaking TV show, Roseanne, revived working class humor and earned legions of fans for America’s “domestic goddess.” Often political, Roseanne fearlessly addressed the issues of family, class, race, gender, and gay rights. In 2012, Roseanne Barr even ran for president. The Roseanne Show was number one in the 1990s, and revived in 2018 with excellent ratings. However, when Roseanne posted a tweet about the Iran nuclear deal and Obama ally Valerie Jarrett, the lifelong civil rights activist was promptly accused of racism over the misunderstood post. Roseanne and her show were abruptly “canceled”.

In Roseanne Barr Is America, the still hilarious and highly opinionated Roseanne recounts the untold story of her unusual upbringing and her extraordinarily successful career in comedy and television. A master storyteller, Roseanne exposes the sinister political forces and the twisted “cancel culture” that must be overcome for America to survive as a free nation. An impassioned lover of America, Roseanne explains in her uniquely entertaining way her views on today’s pressing issues and the path forward. As viewers will quickly come to understand, Roseanne Barr Is America!

Watch the trailer here:

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On Thursday, May 29, The Gateway Pundit reported that President Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia, a former standout contributor at The Gateway Pundit, to head the United States Office of Special Counsel.

Ingrassia currently serves in the Trump administration as White House Liaison to the Department of Homeland Security. In January, Ingrassia began serving in the Trump administration as White House Liaison to the Department of Justice.

Ingrassia must still secure US Senate confirmation before leading the United States Office of Special Counsel.

On Saturday, May 31, President Trump took another opportunity to congratulate Ingrassia on his prestigious nomination.

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War Room’s Steve Bannon discussed tariffs and China’s dishonest trade policies with author Spencer Morrison.

“Where we are right now, and where do you think this thing is going?” Bannon asked regarding tariffs.

“So right now the tariffs that negotiation they’re paused, they’re paused for 90 days. The effective tariff rate right now is about 51 percent,” Morrison said.

“The reality is here from my perspective. China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001 and in doing so they made a ton of commitments that they would play fair,” Morrison said.

“The point of trade for China has nothing to do fair business. They don’t care about American industry. They don’t care about the American people. They only care about enriching the Communist Party,” Morrison warned.

“China’s entire economic system is geared towards ripping off America,” Morrison said.

“There’s two prongs to it. The first prong is the unfair trade practices which are netting them approximately 400 billion dollars a year or more in the trade deficit, and in the second part of that is the intellectual property theft,” Morrison warned.

“President Trump is the first President to fight back against this in over 50 years,” Morrison continued.

“We have 36 trillion dollars in debt. We have 25 trillion dollars in a trade deficit. 18 trillion dollars directly associated with China and the Chinese Communist Party, but we have an intellectual property deficit I think 25 trillion dollars,” Bannon said.

Bannon also explained that intellectual property theft occurred because not only industrial espionage, but also because of Wall Street and corporations.

“It’s not just simply from industrial espionage. That is because Wall Street and the corporations have basically been kowtowed that if you want to have anything to do with mainland China, you have to put it into a joint venture. Your joint venture partner is the Chinese Communist Party,” Bannon warned.

“All your intellectual property goes in and they just steal it right there and reverse engineer it,” Bannon continued.

“What China has done is they have leapfrogged about two centuries in the last 40 years and this was done through stealing technology,” Morrison said.

Watch:

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Former vice-president Kamala Harris is fading as a contender in the 2028 presidential election, according to latest polling data.

The latest poll from AtlasIntel shows that Harris has dropped back to 16.6 percent of support among likely Democratic voters.

Harris is lagging behind New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at 19.4 percent as the left-wing grassroots seek to rally around a candidate who makes no secret of her intention to turn America into a socialist state.

However, it is former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg who has emerged as the unlikely frontrunner, garnering 31.5 percent support.

The 43-year-old, who was spectacularly unsuccessful during his stint as Transportation Secretary, previously ran for the Democratic nomination in 2020.

After raising over $75 million, he won 17 percent of the popular vote before dropping out and endorsing Joe Biden.

WATCH: CBS’s Margaret Brennan Laughs in Buttigieg’s Face When He Is Unable to Explain Why Only 7 or 8 Charging Stations Have Been Built

Other leading contenders included Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey at 10.4 percent, California Governor Gavin Newsom 7.1 percent, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro at 4.8 percent and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at 3.7 percent.

New - 2028 primary poll

Buttigieg 32% (+4)
AOC - 19% (+3)
Harris - 17% (-7)
Booker 10%
Newsom 7%
Shapiro 5%
Whitmer 4%
Warnock 1%

Atlasintel #A+ pic.twitter.com/m9f3UBOR9m

— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) May 30, 2025

During a recent interview on Substack Live, Buttigieg maintained that “any kind of decision process there is a long way off."

”There are times I follow that process and decided to run, and there are times I followed that process and decided not to run — and the process can lead you to surprising places," he explained.

Meanwhile, Vice-President J.D. Vance remains the clear frontrunner in the Republican field, followed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The ASME poll found that 37.3 percent said they preferred Vance as the 2028 presidential nominee, Rubio trailing at 18.7 percent.

Donald Trump Jr. garnered 8.8 percent, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis received 7 percent.

Around 16 percent of respondents opted for “none of the above.”

Veteran pollster and election analyst Nate Silver has described AtlasIntel as “top-rated” and credited it as the most accurate polling firm during the 2024 presidential race.

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