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Were Target DEI protests fake?

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Thu Jun 5 2025

 

Daniel de Visé Personal Finance Reporter

Good morning! It's Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.

An orchestrated campaign to stoke tensions over Target's rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives deployed fake accounts to flood social media with manufactured outrage, a new report claims. 

Accounts impersonating Black users actively promoted calls to boycott Target, using trending hashtags such as #EconomicBlackout. Some posts accused Target of "bending the knee" to President  Donald Trump, while others pushed specific campaigns such as "Target Fast" or "40-day boycott" to persuade people to stop shopping at Target.

Trump escalates campaign against Harvard

President Trump has revoked Harvard University's permission to host incoming international students, the latest escalation in an ongoing battle between the White House and the country's oldest university.

In an executive order issued June 4, Trump declared that Harvard's admission of international students represents a threat to the United States.

Harvard enrolls roughly 6,800 out of 1.2 million international students in the United States. What will happen to the others?

Your boss might bully you and feel good about it

Horrible bosses − the ones who lose their temper, shout at subordinates and berate their work − are bad for everyone.  

On that point, the research is clear. And yet, some bosses continue to act out, perpetuating a legacy of managerial tongue-lashings that stretches from Steve Jobs to Gordon Ramsay to Donald Trump.  

A team of researchers decided to find out why

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A Target store sign.

A new report claims a coordinated campaign of fake X accounts stoked tensions over Target's DEI rollback and manufactured online outrage.

An attendee wears a sticker that reads "Without our international students, Harvard is not Harvard" during the 374th Commencement exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 29, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
 

Trump bans Harvard from admitting new international students

About 25% of Harvard's enrollment consists of international students, and university officials have been pushing back against White House attacks.

Apple Computers acting head Steve Jobs presents Apple's new iMac computer at the Paris Apple Expo 17 September.
 

Why your boss might bully you and feel good about it

Horrible bosses are bad for everyone. Why, then, do they continue to act out? Researchers set out to find an answer.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) (R) and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) hold a press conference on the Republican budget bill at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Republican leaders spoke on the reconciliation process and said they would find $1.5 trillion in cuts as the House prepares to vote on President Trump's budget outline for his tax and spending plan after Republican holdouts refused to vote without deeper cuts.
 

CBO: Nearly 11 million Americans will lose insurance under Trump bill

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said 10.9 million Americans would lose health insurance coverage through 2034 under Trump tax bill

A blue Dodge Charger Daytona EV.
 

This EV accelerated on its own during test drive. How common is that?

A road test vehicle review expert experienced unintended acceleration in Dodge Charger Daytona EV. How common is it in self-driving vehicles?

Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan on March 12, 2025.
 
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Ford thinks it can reduce the impact of tariffs

John Lawler, Ford's vice chairman, laid out the possibilities during an interview with autos analyst Daniel Roeska at the Bernstein 41st conference.

An Aldi grocery store is pictured on May 02, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The discount grocery chain more plans to add over 225 new stores in the U.S. in 2025 as part of a five-year growth plan to add 800 stores by the end of 2028.
 

Aldi cuts its prices for the summer, up to 33% off 400+ items

Low-cost grocery store chain Aldi said it will reduce prices on more than 400 products this summer including baby back ribs and ground beef.

A person at a desk holding a document.
 

Read this before you get your first Social Security check

The amount of money Social Security pays you each month may not be the same amount of money you were getting at your job -- not even close.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.
 

Musk excoriates Trump's big tax bill as a 'disgusting abomination'

Days after leaving the White House, Elon Musk slammed President Trump's big tax bill. "I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore," Musk said.

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