Turning the clock way, way back. Photo: chulmann-Sachs/Picture Alliance/Getty Images Given a significant backlash over the past few years against what conservatives have called excesses of “wokeness” promoted by progressives fighting against various forms of discrimination, it was no great surprise that the second Trump administration painted a bull’s-eye on recently established diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the federal government. But the anti-woke offensive is