DOGE twink admits he canceled... grants that referenced the LGBTQ+ community

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

DOGE twink admits he canceled federal grants that referenced the LGBTQ+ community

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/twink-admits-he-canceled-federal-grants-that-referenced-the-lgbtq-community/ 🔗

John Russell (13 March 2026)

A staffer who worked under Elon Musk at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) admitted that he and another staffer eliminated federal humanities grants simply because they referenced the LGBTQ+ community.

The staffer, 28-year-old Nathan Cavanaugh, made the admission during a January deposition as part of a federal lawsuit brought by the American Historical Association, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Modern Language Association. The lawsuit, filed last May, seeks in part to restore National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant funding canceled by DOGE.

The organizations argue that "DOGE staffers violated the Federal Equal Protection Clause of the 5th Amendment by flagging grant descriptions as 'DEI' solely because they included 'BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color),' 'homosexual,' 'LGBTQ,' and 'Tribal,' among other terms."

In video testimony released by the plaintiffs, Cavanaugh essentially admitted to doing just that.

During his sworn deposition, Cavanaugh admitted to having no experience in scholarly peer review and that decisions to cancel NEH grants were made entirely based on his and Fox's personal judgement about what constituted DEI-related programs.

"I think a person can have enough judgment from reading books and being well-informed outside of traditional experience to make judgment calls about obvious things like a grant that literally lists DEI in its description," Cavanaugh testified, before admitting that he had not read any books that informed his decision about what grants to cancel.

[Lori Dee ✅]

Over a year ago, I warned about what DOGE was really up to.
https://www.susans.org/index.php?topic=250087.msg2293824#msg2293824

Not only were they just hacking away at anything DEI, but they were also stealing private information of American citizens.

Now, we have:
Social Security watchdog opens probe into alleged misuse of data by ex-DOGE employee
Associated Press - Federal News Network - FATIMA HUSSEIN
March 11, 2026 6:26 pm

The Social Security Administration's internal watchdog is investigating a whistleblower complaint into what it describes as a former Department of Government Efficiency worker's potential misuse of data obtained from the Social Security Administration.

According to a document the Associated Press obtained Wednesday, the SSA's inspector general informed the leadership of four congressional committees that it was launching the probe after receiving an anonymous complaint.

The Washington Post on Tuesday reported that a former DOGE software engineer had allegedly told several co-workers that he possessed two tightly restricted databases of U.S. citizens' information and had at least one data set on a thumb drive that he would share with his new employer.

The SSA said the allegations have been refuted by the agency, the former employee, and the company.

Coincidence? I think not.