J ennifer Schuessler reports that DOGE used ChatGPT as a blunt D.E.I. sieve for NEH grants, while Michael McDonald signed off on a broader โclean slateโ reset. โDoes the following relate at all to D.E.I.? Respond factually in less than 120 characters. Begin with โYesโ or โNo.โโ Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times, 7-Mar-2026 โWeโre getting pressure from the top on this and weโd prefer that you remain on our side but let us know if youโre no longer interested.โ Justin Fox, in an email quoted by Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times, 7-Mar-2026 โI was the final decider. I made that decision.โ Michael McDonald, quoted by Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times, 7-Mar-2026 โIt wasnโt just whipped up overnight with ChatGPT.โ Joy Connolly, quoted by Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times, 7-Mar-2026
๐๐คก๐ค๐ช๐๐ฅ NYT: DOGE staff reportedly ran NEH grant blurbs through ChatGPT to sort โD.E.I.โ from acceptable work, then helped wipe out most Biden-era awards. That is ๐๐๐ efficiency; it is ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. #Trump #MAGA #DOGE #IdeologicalPurge #CultureWar #CULT