The Trump administration is steadily—and one might say quietly—dismantling the discriminatory DEI deep state. On Thursday, the Small Business Administration released a proposed rule that would end racial discrimination in federal contracting under the category of being “socially disadvantaged.” It’s a huge win for those who support equality before the law. “Under the new rule, individuals will no longer be considered ‘socially disadvantaged,’ and therefore eligible for the 8(a) program, simply because they are a member of a racial minority group,” the Small Business Administration wrote in a statement. This may sound shocking, but the federal government has been handing out what amounts to race-based small business loans for nearly half a century. President Donald Trump is putting an end to that. Now, instead of just handing out loans based on race, the SBA plans to keep the program alive but with the criteria of “fact-based evidence of social disadvantage.” “It will end a system of racial favoritism, restore equal treatment under clear and objective criteria, and keep the 8(a) program open to job creators of every race,” SBA announced. “Importantly, Americans discriminated against by unlawful DEI and race-based practices in the public and private sector can now qualify for 8(a) contracts.” All are welcome, and that’s not just a slogan. Today, SBA introduced a proposed regulation to end racial discrimination in the 8(a) Business Development Program.Under the new rule, individuals will no longer be considered “socially disadvantaged,” and therefore eligible for the 8(a) program, simply because they are a member… pic.twitter.com/rDWYqQeS3U— SBA (@SBAgov) June 11, 2026 The Trump administration has done a remarkable job eliminating racialist DEI initiatives from federal policy. As the State Leadership Initiative noted on X, this move by the SBA is just one in a long line of initiatives to bring “fairness back to government contracting” by eliminating a huge amount of fraud and ending claims Along with the new changes to the 8(a) program from the SBA, no other administration has done more to bring fairness back to government contracting.Absolutely incredible list to see. pic.twitter.com/WLqXEV7XDo— State Leadership Initiative (@RedStatesLead) June 11, 2026 U.S. civil rights policy has been warped and racialized for some time, but the problem accelerated under President Joe Biden. His administration essentially took cues from Ibram X. Kendi and other so-called antiracists who insist that colorblind policies are actually worse than direct, explicit racism. To correct the wrongs of history as they see it, they’ve gone with the “two wrongs make a right” approach and promoted racist policies in the name of eliminating racism. As Heritage Foundation senior fellow Mike Gonzalez wrote in 2024, the Biden administration “jammed DEI into every policy and government department.” Biden signed an executive order effectively mandating racial hiring in the federal government, though the list of the aggrieved expanded beyond race too. Biden’s 2021 order on “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility,” his administration announced that it would “advance opportunity for communities that have historically faced employment discrimination” which included “people of color; women; first-generation professionals and immigrants; individuals with disabilities,” among others. Some of these practices were ruled unconstitutional by the courts but the government continued to skirt federal law. The 8(a) Business Development Program was one of the dubious programs that was expanded under the previous administration, as SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler noted in here statement about the proposed rule change. Today, the SBA introduced a new proposed rule to formally dismantle the race-based admissions framework that effectively barred white Americans from accessing 8(a) set-aside and sole-source contracting opportunities.Under this new rule, no applicant can be admitted to or denied…— Kelly Loeffler (@SBA_Kelly) June 11, 2026 Even after a 2023 ruling that “de facto race-based 8(a) eligibility for certain minority groups was unconstitutional” the Biden administration continued to use the program to favor certain racial groups and handed these loans out like candy. “From 2021 through 2024, the Biden Administration approved roughly 2,100 new 8(a) firms, compared with just 65 approved to date under the Trump Administration,” the SBA’s announcement noted. Under Biden the message was clear: white men need not apply. But if you were the “right” race you could get a loan with practically no questions asked. When would enough discrimination in the name of fixing past discrimination be enough to call it even? The woke legions who brought us these policies would likely say that they would continue when all outcomes are equal. Though they are, of course, highly selective about which unequal outcomes are more worthy of fixing than others. It feels somewhat ironic that the most extreme version of DEI policies were brought to you by such a mediocre—to be charitable—white, male president. It should be clear now that Biden was propped up as the “moderate” face of an extremely radical regime. Trump’s election essentially put a halt to this long-term and accelerating perversion of civil rights. Even more impressively, his administration has successfully begun unwinding the DEI tentacles from our government and our society. Perhaps we will finally be able to say that Americans can expect to be treated according to their merit and their character instead of their skin color. That was the dream, right?

The Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Donald Trump announced an “immediate suspension” on all funding to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, citing a “clear pattern of fraud.” “Year after year, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars were funneled to LAHSA with little accountability,” HUD Secretary Scott Turner said in statement Thursday. “Meanwhile, homelessness skyrocketed. Taxpayers will no longer bankroll an organization that puts its own self-interests ahead of the Americans it was created to serve.” The New York Post reported in March that taxpayers are paying up to $1.5 million per homeless person in Los Angeles. This amount is nearly eight times larger than the average 50-year-old’s retirement fund and more than 20 times larger than the average 35–39-year-old’s retirement fund, per Fidelity Investments reporting. While much of these funds are sourced from the city and county of LA, nearly $1 billion in federal taxpayer dollars have gone toward LAHSA since 2021. Despite this, homelessness in LA has doubled since 2013. For years American taxpayers have been sending billions to Los Angeles. The result? Fraud and corruption. That ends today. https://t.co/YW8h9w4SC8— Scott Brady (@ScottBradyPA) June 11, 2026 The HUD press release cites multiple instances that the agency claims “establish a clear pattern of fraud,” including poor financial management and internal controls, conflicts of interest, and false certifications and statements. “During a 2025 assessment, LAHSA failed to provide documentation to verify the existence of nearly 2,300 housing sites for which it was responsible,” the press release said. “The agency’s former CEO resigned after she and LAHSA violated federal conflict-of-interest rules by committing more than $2 million in federal funds under LAHSA’s control to her husband’s employer.” Despite the increase in homelessness, some of the LAHSA shelters remain merely half-full, the letter states. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized the Trump administration’s move to defund LAHSA. While she admitted she had concerns about the agency, she stated that these federal cuts do “nothing to house people.” “Ultimately, people will lose their lives,” Bass claimed. The letter, however, states that the agency “cannot ignore” the blatant fraud. “Turning over billions of dollars from American taxpayers to an organization under investigation and suspected of gross misuse of federal funding and ‘obvious fraud’ does nothing to reduce homelessness,” the letter states. “Indeed, diverting dollars from worthy programs to LAHSA merely makes the homeless crisis worse.” LAHSA-notice-of-suspensionDownload

Graham Platner’s candidacy as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine continues to draw headlines, including over new criticisms from fellow Maine Democrats. Paige Loud, who ran in the Democratic primary to represent Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, had strong words for Platner’s strategist, especially since she’s no longer a candidate. In addition, a woman claiming to have been Platner’s romantic partner posted to X about his tattoo. Loud posted on Instagram her thoughts on Platner’s strategist, Daniel Moraff, referring to him as “a misogynistic, sexist piece of s—.” Loud added that Moraff is “[a]lso a terrible liar LOL.” Screenshots of the post were shared on X by Politics & Poll Tracker and on Facebook by The Maine Wire. Townhall also covered Loud’s post, pointing out that Loud wasn’t the only one to speak out against Platner’s campaign this week. On Monday, The Washington Post published an op-ed by Genevieve McDonald, Platner’s former campaign manager, titled “I Know Firsthand Why He Shouldn’t Be U.S. Senator.” Maine’s 2nd Congressional District has increasingly been a race to watch. President Donald Trump won the district in 2016, 2020, and 2024, with Maine offering an electoral vote to the popular winner in each of its districts. In 2024, the race between retiring Rep. Jared Golden and Republican Austin Theriault was the closest in Maine’s history and involved a recount before Theriault conceded. Golden has often voted against his party and announced last November that he was retiring, with his vote record making him a member worth mentioning for Thursday’s episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast.” In addition to reading Loud’s comments on air, host Tony Kinnett agreed that it is “dead on correct” that Loud “makes you wonder what other Mainers are not saying what’s on their mind about Platner,” and that Maine’s 2nd Congressional District will be “a close race to watch.” Speaking about Golden, Kinnett said, “He is a moderate Democrat who often broke with Democrats to vote alongside Republicans on a lot of common-sense measures.” He added that in his wake there are “a lot of Democrats who are trying very, very hard to secure the independent-heavy Democrat territory,” and “they’re struggling to do so.” Kinnett referenced various scandals plaguing Platner, as he mentioned a liability for fellow Maine Democrats “running alongside” the Senate candidate. The open seat remains one to watch, especially as a potential GOP pickup, given that Cook Political Report rates the race as favoring the Republican. Former Gov. Paul LePage is the Republican nominee, while the Democratic primary is drawn out by rank-choice voting, since none of the candidates won a majority of first-choice votes. Loud came in fourth place, with 10.3% of the vote. In addition to reading Loud’s comments on air, Kinnett also recounted the story of an ex-lover on X and covered by Fox News, with Kinnett also noting that the woman posted text messages. The woman detailed how when she confronted Platner about his Totenkopf tattoo associated with Nazis. According to this romantic partner, who recognized and asked about the Totenkopf symbol, Platner responded that he kept it as a reminder that the United States, and by extension himself, were “the bad guys, a blood brand of sorts that would serve as a constant reminder of his growth and change, but a mark that he would always carry.” It was an explanation that Kinnett mocked, noting “it fits, because beneath all of the scandals, he is still a garbage, worthless socialist.” He also discussed how other Democrats have reacted to Platner. “Other Democrats out there that are also running in Maine have made the case that … there’s no way that he actually gets to the end of this race and beats … the milquetoast, middle of the road, wishy-washy, Charlie Brown, freaking Susan Collins,” Kinnett added. Speaking to Fox News, a spokesperson for the Platner campaign said, “Graham repeatedly said he picked a skull-and-crossbones tattoo off a wall in Croatia to commemorate surviving Ramadi and his friends who were killed there. Graham has also since covered up the tattoo and answered countless questions about it.” My statement regarding Graham Platner https://t.co/ysQDAGaUAg pic.twitter.com/ZJfBJ70Jqo— Dipshit Usagi (@420mercymain69) June 11, 2026

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: So, Victor, let’s turn again to the Karmelo Anthony case, just for a minute. We did talk on Friday about it. But Jasmine Crockett—who probably doesn’t deserve press, but since she kind of represents an extreme segment of the United States, we’ll give her some attention here. After the trial verdict and sentencing, she got on a podcast and said that the knife was not really a weapon, basically, that it was just too small and who could consider it a weapon? I think she was trying to argue with the murder charge. I don’t know. She didn’t actually say that. Victor Davis Hanson: She’s a lawyer, and she’s such an ignoramus. She really is. She reminds me of Graham Platner. He was from the upper-upper-upper middle class, and then he plays Joe Working Man, Oyster Man, while his dad’s friend gives him an island to work on, and his mom is his only customer. And he went to a prep school, right? She’s the same way. She grew up in an upper-upper-middle-class family in the suburbs, and then she created, she didn’t develop it naturally, this inner-city ghetto accent. She uses that and gets sassy, and then when she gives a serious interview, she turns it off, and she’s acting as if she’s a professional. But she’s also an abject racist. All she talks about is white, white, white. White people, white people, white people, white people. Well, I said ignoramus without being defamatory, but evidential. She doesn’t understand the law. What does it matter if I take a rock and hit someone—if you took a rock and smashed Metcalf’s head, the rock is a murder weapon. It doesn’t matter if there was a two-by-four in the tent and he charged him and hit him with a two-by-four. That’s a murder weapon. The only distinction is if it’s illegal to carry a knife of a particular—then that’s an accessory felony. But that doesn’t matter, because that’s an accessory charge. The main charge is murder—using a murder weapon. It could be a rock, it could be a two-by-four, it could be a piece of steel, it could be a knife, it could be a gun. But she’s all hung up on that. And then she almost implied—she said, if somebody was beating me down and was 300 pounds, I wouldn’t just restrict myself to the fists. Everything about that was a lie. He doesn’t weigh 300 pounds. He weighed 35 or 40 pounds more than Karmelo, and he was about the same size. And more importantly, he didn’t beat him down and knock him down. He sat there—about 15 times, he said to everybody, I’m not leaving, and what are you going to do about it? Then finally, he said he didn’t want to fight, but he gently tapped him back. That’s not beating you down. So, then she’s suggesting that he beat him down, he weighed 300 pounds, and then he had no choice to stab him through the bone into the heart, and then she would do the same thing. That’s what she was implying. And then, the worst was when they unleashed those thugs that were outside the courtroom. And the family came out, and they said, we’re going to urinate on your son, your brother’s grave. And people on social media said, go check his tombstone. I’ve already smeared feces on it. It was horrible, just pre-civilizational. All these things. Now we hear that Decarlos Brown is going to sue the FBI, who cut a poor [Ukrainian] immigrant’s throat. And we had a young kid walking near his home in Philadelphia, and what happened? Two people came up, African American young people, and they stole his phone. He asked for it back, and they shot him and killed him. Killed him right in front of his house. This is all happening at once. Then you superimpose that on what’s happening in Belfast, or with the attempted beheading and blinding of a person. And people are starting to realize that there is a common thread. It transcends just illegal immigration. The thing is, if you create in the West this binary, which Barack Obama started, that it’s not black-white anymore, it’s non-white versus white, and class does not matter. The Sikh family can be millionaires, like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s family, who’s Hindu, or Sikh truck drivers can be driving for a multimillion-dollar trucking firm, but they’re victims. Therefore, they don’t have to have a license the way everybody else has had to get one. But if you start saying that these people have innate grievances that have to be conceded by the majority, and you keep demonizing white, white, white, white, white, white, white, and then you add to that the idea that they can’t do anything, and ha ha, I’m a Sikh guy, and I just took out my ceremonial sword that they let me have and which they don’t let anybody else have, even though it was probably 8 inches rather than 5. And then you stab somebody and you think, ha ha, the fact that I had this weapon and I used it means they gave me preferential treatment. And the fact that all I have to do is hit the race button and they’ll come out here and exonerate me, as I kind of show them a superficial little thing on my eye. And then my family can hide the weapon and say he’s a racist, and they’ll let him bleed to death. That’s all predicated on the idea that I’m protected. And when you add the idea of immigration into it, that you come to a foreign country, and this is the Irish and British indigenous population, and you give them exemptions and entitlements, and then they reward that magnanimity with ingratitude and anger, then it’s time to call an end to it. And here in the United States, if you, like Jasmine Crockett, and if you, like half the [Congressional] Black Caucus, cannot finish a sentence without saying white, white, white, and the whole intention of the civil rights movement, according to Martin Luther King Jr., the archetypal leader, was to downplay race: the content of our character, not the color of our skin. But it has been accentuated with DEI because it is a get-out-of-jail ticket, and it is a ticket on the fast track to employment, promotion, retention. All you have to do is play a minority person, and you’re going to get preferential treatment. And the final absurdity, as I said last time, when you have three generations of Americans, for that matter Europeans, that were born after the civil rights movement, passed civil rights legislation, passed, they grew up not with Jim Crow, not with institutionalized discrimination, not with Lester Maddox, not with George Wallace, but affirmative action, affirmative action, DEI. And they went along with it, as everybody did. Yet, at the end of that three-generational, in 2026, racial relations are a lot worse. Because the more that you claim that a particular tribal group, white people, owe you something for something that happened that they had no part in, and especially to a group that doesn’t understand the present—Jasmine Crockett doesn’t know what segregation was. And so it’s not sustainable. And after the Karmelo Anthony verdict, they showed pictures of black people going up and hitting white people. One guy was on a bike. Did you see that? He just knocked him off and said, you’re a juror. He wasn’t. Then he tried to go to a bus stop and attack a couple. That’s not sustainable because what’s finally going to happen, the elite white who created this, the left-wing elite white is going to find out that they’re not exempt. Because the people who are racist who are attacking white people don’t care about their politics. In fact, they have contempt for the elite white because they feel they’re a lot easier prey. They don’t go down to rural Alabama and do it. They don’t come out here to southern Fresno County and attack the Hispanic population or the Oklahoma diaspora. They never do that. They go into big cities where they’re in the plurality, and then they attack tourists or other people. But they have no idea that America is not the faculty lounge at Stanford, white America. It is not John Kerry and Bernie Sanders. It isn’t. It’s the deplorables, and they’re not going to put up with it. And you can see what’s happening in Britain. And it’s tragic because when you have people like Jasmine Crockett and they’re not being cross-examined, then the entire Black community suffers, even though they’ve got brilliant people. They have to speak out about it.

Allowing boys to compete in girls sports isn’t just wrong—a new lawsuit reveals that it can make girls vulnerable to sexual assault, even alleged vaginal penetration. Yes, according to a verified complaint filed in a federal court Tuesday, a young man who claimed to identify as female not only competed against a teenage girl in girls’ wrestling, but also digitally penetrated her vagina, causing lasting pain. How can anyone defend transgender sports policies after this? The Alleged Sexual Assault According to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, a 16-year-old girl, identified as K.M.K., unknowingly faced off against a male in a wrestling match on Dec. 6. Had she known her opponent was male, she would not have competed. “During the match, the male athlete sexually assaulted K.M.K., shoving his fingers through her spandex clothing, digitally penetrating her vagina, and holding the position for several seconds,” the lawsuit states. “Visibly distressed, K.M.K. shouted to her mother, who was videorecording the match, that the opponents fingers are ‘in my c—hie!'” The lawsuit describes the incident in detail, providing a record of exactly what the girl claims happened. “The opponent reached between K.M.K.’s legs with his left hand, and pushed fingers hard, through her singlet, her Nike Pro spandex shorts, and her underwear,” the lawsuit states. “The opponent’s fingers penetrated her vagina for several seconds, causing great pain.” The lawsuit also claims the male athlete “groped” K.M.K. again before the match ended. Understandably, the teen girl “felt deeply violated.” She was so in shock that she effectively forfeited the match, allowing the male to win. He took third place in the competition, which enabled him to compete for higher honors, while she lost those opportunities. “The male athlete was entitled to be honored at any awards ceremonies, the male athlete was entitled to take K.M.K.’s podium spot, and the male athlete was entitled to receive K.M.K.’s medal on a ribbon for his neck,” the complaint states. The lawsuit states that vaginal penetration “is not a legal wrestling move, and it is not something that could easily happen accidentally. Wrestling singlets are very tight spandex and so the fabric resists pressure, and K.M.K. was wearing three layers of fabric.” The lawsuit also cites Washington criminal statutes, which define “sexual intercourse” to include “any penetration of the vagina or anus however slight, by an object.” Washington law penalizes rape in the third degree as a class C felony, defined as sexual intercourse without the victim’s consent. Failure to Act on Sexual Assault Claims According to the lawsuit, both the victim and her mother reported the alleged assault on Dec. 8, but the school did not follow its own policies requiring a report and investigation into the claims in a timely manner. The lawsuit claims that 13 girls later expressed discomfort to school administrators because two boys had been using the girls’ bathroom and locker room when they were competing in girls’ wrestling. The alleged sexual assault victim identified her former competitor as one of these boys. K.M.K. asked the school district to change its policy, allow her to change teams, or at least give her notice if she would be expected to compete against a male. The district allegedly refused. K.M.K. and her mother, represented by the conservative Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom, sued, claiming that the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the state superintendent, the school district, and school officials violated their rights. Among other things, the lawsuit claims defendants violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and violated K.M.K.’s 14th Amendment rights by placing her in “state-created danger.” The lawsuit seeks an injunction restoring fairness in girls sports and awarding K.M.K. any victories she lost at the hands of a male competitor. ADF KMK ComplaintDownload An Indictment Against Transgender Policies Alliance Defending Freedom has won multiple cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, and the jaw-dropping train of abuses documented in this case cries out for justice. Whether or not K.M.K. prevails in court, this case illustrates the horrific truth about transgender sports policies. While many men who claim to identify as women may not do so in order to seek an advantage, these men have a biological edge over women in most sports competitions—even before puberty. The vast majority of them also do not likely seek to compete against women merely for the opportunity to prey on these women sexually. However, when policies remove the guardrails and allow men into women’s private spaces in the name of gender identity, they enable unscrupulous men to take advantage. I do not know the man’s side of this story, but it is beyond the pale for a man to rape a woman in a women’s sports competition. At the very least, this incident should finally wake Americans up to the danger of these absurd policies. It is high time we protect women, rather than making them vulnerable in the name of political correctness.