One yr after #SCOTUS ended race-based admissions at Harvard & other #schools, court rulings have forced the removal of racial preferences from 2 major #covid relief prgms, a federal #contracting prgm that doles out $20B a yr, & even the US Minority #Business Development Agency [#MBDA], a 55-yr-old agency that was ordered in March to open its doors to all races. Meanwhile, private companies are acting preemptively, seeking to avoid #litigation by terminating #fellowships & #executive bonus prgms…
“If you want the most telling data pt on #corporate#America’s lack of enthusiasm for #Trump, look where they are #investing…. Not a single Fortune 100 chief exec has donated to the candidate so far this year, which indicates a major break from overwhelming business & #executive support for #Republican presidential candidates dating back over a century, to the days of Taft & stretching through Coolidge & the Bushes, all of whom had dozens of major company heads donating to their campaigns.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat: "To normalize extreme ideas, you get them circulating through institutions and the public sphere, aiming for prestigious platforms that offer maximum legitimacy. Enter the Supreme Court, which is making itself the tool of bad actors who want issues that should be settled in a democracy seen as up for discussion–including whether a head of state can order an assassination of a political rival and pay no consequence." #SCOTUS https://lucid.substack.com/p/information-warfare-and-the-supreme