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opening thoughts: DEI Federal court grants preliminary injunction blocking NH state law attacking diversity, equity, and inclusionLaw would have forced K-12 public school educators and colleges and universities to guess what was prohibited or risk loss of funding

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opening thoughts:

Federal court grants preliminary injunction blocking NH state law attacking diversity, equity, and inclusionLaw would have forced K-12 public school educators and colleges and universities to guess what was prohibited or risk loss of funding

The court explained: "The breadth of the anti-DEI laws' prohibition is startling. The definition of 'DEI' contained therein is so far-reaching that it prohibits long-accepted even legally required teaching, and administrative practices. It is hard to imagine how schools could continue to operate at even a basic level if the laws' prohibitions were enforced to their full extent."

https://www.aclu-nh.org/press-releases/federal-court-grants-preliminary-injunction-blocking-nh-state-law-attacking-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/

rethink the week:

talkers:

Stephen Pimpare is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Master in Public Policy program at Vermont Law and Graduate School. He is the author of four books, numerous articles, and the Host of the New Books Network's public policy channel.

Lincoln Mitchell teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. He is the author of nine books and his writings have appeared at CNN, Reuters, the New York Times, NBC, the San Francisco Examiner and numerous other media platforms. For more of Lincoln’s work you can subscribe to his Substack “Kibitzing with Lincoln” at /lincolnmitchell.substack.com/.”

Jamie Rowen is a professor of Legal Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the founding director of UMass' Center for Justice, Law, and Societies. Her work focuses on both domestic and international criminal law. Her book, Worthy of Justice: The Politics of Veterans Treatment Courts in Practice, is forthcoming with Stanford University Press in December 2025.

David Atkins is a Washington Monthly, contributing writer, activist, and research professional living in Santa Barbara as well as an elected DNC Member from California. He is president of The Pollux Group, a qualitative research firm.

topics:

The Trump administration...bringing pink slips, higher prices and less healthcare to America!

White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political FoesThe Trump administration forged ahead with plans to conduct mass layoffs, as the fiscal standoff appeared to intensify.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/politics/white-house-shutdown-punishment.html

Deepfakes, Insults and Job Cuts: A Government Shutdown Like No OtherShutdowns are always unpleasant affairs. But President Trump has used his power in aggressive and strikingly personal ways. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/shutdown-trump-clinton-gingrich.html

The ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ Phase of the ShutdownRuss Vought has no authority during the shutdown to implement DOGE 2.0 to extract political pain from Democrats. In fact, he’s admitted that outright.

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-03-look-what-you-made-me-do-phase-of-the-shutdown/

Partisan Language Inserted Into Education Dept. Workers’ Automated EmailsThe out-of-office responses from the accounts of employees on furlough cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/education-dept-shutdown-emails.html

Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader ShiftA quiet retreat by Democrats from the pre-eminent pro-Israel lobbying group is the latest evidence of a realignment underway in Congress on Israel.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/democrats-aipac.html

Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/trump-compact-universities-constitution.html

Newsom Vows to Cut State Funding for Universities That Sign Trump’s ‘Compact’ NOTUS

Hegseth Plus Trump Equals Unrestrained State Violence—Here, in the USA

Today on TAP: Hegseth wants our troops to run amok. Trump says, against ‘the enemy within.’https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-10-02-hegseth-plus-trump-equals-unrestrained-state-violence/

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid. https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated