Pentagon Halts Observing Black History Month, MLK Jr. Day, And Others

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In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford recognized Black History Month. Ten years later, President Ronald Reagan issued Proclamation 5443, recognizing National Black (Afro-American) History Month. In 2025, just after a hellish, chaotic month, at Donald's urging, the Defense Department’s intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Women's History Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance, Juneteenth, and other cultural or historical annual events in response to the prissydent's ban on DEI programs in the federal workplace.

I'm sure this will bring the price of eggs down:

Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth

Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social) 2025-01-29T15:24:50.383Z

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