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In a move that stinks, the Trump administration voids a civil rights settlement addressing raw sewage issues in Alabama's Lowndes County, labeling it an illegal DEI initiative. Residents are left wading through the consequences.

In a move that can only be described as both literal and metaphorical sewage, the Trump administration has flushed away a civil rights settlement meant to clean up chronic raw sewage issues in Alabama’s Lowndes County.

Why?

Because they’ve now decided it was part of an “illegal DEI initiative.” That’s right—fighting disease-spreading human waste is apparently too woke for Washington.

The settlement, originally designed to address the abysmal sanitation conditions affecting predominantly Black residents, aimed to bring dignity, health, and working plumbing to a community that’s been ignored since indoor toilets were invented.

But now? Cancelled.

Unilaterally voided by Trump’s EPA and Department of Justice with the finesse of a toddler overturning a potty.

Officials argued the deal unfairly prioritized one demographic—because nothing screams “equal treatment” like making everyone wade through untreated filth.

Meanwhile, locals are still living with raw sewage backing up into their homes, yards, and lives, while the federal government debates whether clean water is an identity issue.

Why it matters? Because this isn’t just policy cruelty—it’s weaponised pettiness.

Civil rights lawyers are fuming, public health experts are appalled, and Lowndes County residents are left asking, “Can we at least get a bucket?” Latest update?

Lawsuits are brewing, septic tanks are overflowing, and somewhere, a MAGA hat is being worn by someone who thinks this is all part of “draining the swamp.” Sources: NBC News – “Trump administration voids sewage settlement in Alabama, calls it illegal DEI” (25 Apr 2025)

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