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Jackson Challenges Presidential Authority While Kavanaugh Warns Of Agency Sabotage
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Jackson Challenges Presidential Authority While Kavanaugh Warns Of Agency Sabotage

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The Supreme Court held more than two hours of oral arguments Monday in Trump v. Slaughter, a case that will determine whether the President of the United States has the constitutional authority to remove commissioners who lead independent federal agencies, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.

The case stems from President Trump’s March decision to remove Federal Trade Commission commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya.

WASHINGTON – February 22, 2025: President Donald Trump arrives at the White House South Lawn on Marine One after his visit to CPAC.

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson issued a statement at the time, saying, “President Donald J. Trump is the head of the executive branch and is vested with all of the executive power in our government. I have no doubts about his constitutional authority to remove Commissioners, which is necessary to ensure democratic accountability for our government. The Federal Trade Commission will continue its tireless work to protect consumers, lower prices, and police anticompetitive behavior.”

Slaughter and Bedoya sued after being removed. In July, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan, appointed by former President Biden, ruled in Slaughter’s favor and ordered her reinstated. The D.C. Circuit upheld that ruling, citing the 1935 case Humphrey’s Executor.

In September, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request for a stay, allowing the removal to remain in effect pending full review.

During Monday’s arguments, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned whether presidents should have the authority to remove the leadership of certain independent agencies.

She said Congress had established structures where “non-partisan experts”—including scientists, economists, and regulators—hold responsibilities that she argued should not fall under direct presidential control.

Reflecting concerns she linked to the Founding era, Justice Jackson said, “That some issues, some matters, some areas should be handled in this way by non-partisan experts; that Congress is saying that expertise matters with respect to aspects of the economy and transportation and the various independent agencies that we have. So having a President come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists, and the PhDs, and replace them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything, is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States.”

She added, “These issues should not be in presidential control. Can you speak to me about the danger of allowing, in these various areas, the President to actually control the Transportation Board and potentially the Federal Reserve and all these other independent agencies? In these particular areas, we would like to have independence. We… we don’t want the President controlling.”

Justice Jackson continued by asking why Congress’s judgment “should take precedence,” noting, “One would think, under our constitutional design, given the history of the monarchy and the concerns the Framers had about a President controlling everything, that in the clash between those two, Congress’s view—that we should be able to have independence with respect to certain issues—should take precedence.”

Justice Brett Kavanaugh posed a hypothetical about potential structural problems arising when independent agencies are staffed in a way that prevents a newly elected president from carrying out executive functions.

He asked, “I want to give you a chance to deal with the hard hypothetical. When both Houses of Congress and the President are controlled by the same party, they create a lot of these independent agencies or extend some of the current independent agencies into these kinds of situations so as to thwart future Presidents of the opposite party.”

The hearing is part of an ongoing challenge to longstanding limits on presidential removal authority. A decision is expected later in the term.

Homeless Illegal Alien Charged in Charlotte Light Rail Stabbing After Two Prior Deportations
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Homeless Illegal Alien Charged in Charlotte Light Rail Stabbing After Two Prior Deportations

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A homeless illegal alien who had twice been deported from the United States was arrested after a stabbing on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail line.

The incident occurred while the city continues to deal with the recent murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, who was fatally stabbed by a homeless man with a long criminal record.

According to a report from the New York Post, Oscar Solarzano was arrested on charges including first-degree attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon causing serious injury, breaking and entering, carrying a concealed weapon, and being intoxicated and disruptive.

He is being held without bond.

Police said Solarzano, 33, allegedly ran onto the Charlotte light rail on Friday evening and stabbed a man with a large knife.

Authorities said the Honduran illegal alien forced his way onto the train while intoxicated, started a fight with the victim, and then stabbed him, causing serious injuries.

ABC News reported that the victim was hospitalized at Novant Health Presbyterian Hospital in stable condition.

Court records list the victim’s address as a homeless shelter in Charlotte.

Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin wrote on X that Solarzano had been deported from the United States twice before returning illegally.

“ICE lodged a detainer to ensure this criminal illegal is not released back into North Carolina neighborhoods. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the county will honor the detainer since they have a history of not cooperating with [ICE],” McLaughlin wrote.

McLaughlin stated that Solarzano was first deported by the Trump Administration, returned illegally in 2021, and was deported again.

“He entered the country illegally for a THIRD time at an unknown date and location,” she wrote.

DHS said Solarzano has an extensive criminal history in the United States, including arrests for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, destroying evidence, resisting arrest, using a false ID, and convictions for robbery and illegal re-entry.

The stabbing took place about four months after the murder of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee killed in an unprovoked attack by a homeless man with a long record.

A GoFundMe page created by her family said she had “recently arrived in the United States, seeking safety from the war and hoping for a new beginning,” and that “her life was cut short far too soon.”

Video from the scene shows the alleged attacker, Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, stabbing Zarutska with a butcher knife after she sat down on a city bus. Brown, who has a lengthy criminal history, then left the bus as Zarutska bled to death.

Authorities said Brown had 14 criminal cases filed against him before the attack.

His record included a robbery with a deadly weapon conviction that resulted in a five-year prison sentence.

Brown was arrested at the scene and charged by North Carolina prosecutors with first-degree murder.

He is also facing a federal charge of causing death on a mass transportation system, which carries a possible life sentence or the death penalty.

In the aftermath of Zarutska’s murder, North Carolina lawmakers passed “Iryna’s Law,” which changed several of the city’s criminal justice policies, including measures related to cashless bail.

‘Open Cover Up’: Biden’s FBI Was Not Incompetent, They Were ‘Competent at Corruption’
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‘Open Cover Up’: Biden’s FBI Was Not Incompetent, They Were ‘Competent at Corruption’

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Mike Benz delivered a detailed allegation that the FBI’s handling of the January 6 pipe bomb investigation amounted not to bureaucratic failure but to an intentional obstruction of justice.

Benz said early public reactions framing the matter as incompetence under the Biden-Harris administration misrepresent what he believes occurred.

“The point I’m getting at is what little I checked in on Twitter today. I was frustrated that one of the early evolving narratives here is FBI incompetence under the Biden administration. There’s no f**king way it’s incompetence. It was an open cover up,” he said.

Benz argued that “They gave us fake, doctored footage, and they hid the evidence, and they pulled people off the case. That is not incompetence. That was competence at corruption.”

Benz said the actions he described meet the definition of obstruction of justice.

“What you have here is a crime. You have federal law enforcement officers obstructing justice by destroying an investigation of criminal wrongdoing. We should not be talking about this as though the FBI was incompetent this whole time. We should be talking about this, like the FBI committed a f**king crime of obstructing justice,” he said.

According to Benz, accountability should come through prosecution: “The FBI agents who are a part of this should not be disciplined for incompetence. They should be prosecuted for obstruction.”

Benz also discussed the reported role of Dan Bongino, saying, “Dan Bongino, who took lead on this, as it’s reported, is the f **king man for cracking this and won’t go over the way to the evidence.”

He argued that the contrast lies not between competence and incompetence but between investigation and cover-up.

“The mirror here is not Kash and Dan’s competence to Biden’s incompetence. It’s Kash and Dan’s competence. Biden’s corruption and obstruction and cover up,” he said.

Benz rejected the idea that differences in FBI performance reflected improvements or regressions under shifting administrations.

“I don’t like this emerging dichotomy of this FBI is so much more competent than the last one. No, no, no, no, no, no. They were competent at very different things. Our FBI was competent at cracking the case. Theirs was competent at corrupting it and obstructing it, to kill it and cover it up. One is law enforcement, the other one is law breaking.”

A central element of Benz’s argument involved chain-of-custody questions surrounding security camera footage from the DNC.

He said the relevant evidence must exist in federal records.

“What was the name of the FBI agent, or agents who physically seized the security cameras from the DNC building the day of the incident,” he asked.

Benz said proper documentation is required: “Those names will be in a file chain of custody with the evidence mandatory under law.”

He raised a series of questions about what federal officers did with the material, whether it went to forensic analysis, whether it was stored, and whether any third-party contractors handled digital processing.

Benz also questioned whether the DNC retained copies and said lawmakers should obtain them.

“Subpoena the DNC for their copies of the footage and cross match it against what the FBI showed us, and get the chain of custody and interrogate every single officer who touched it along those links,” he said.

Benz tied these concerns to the handling of cell phone data.

He noted that investigators in other cases used cell phone pings to identify suspects, but that officials said the January 6 pipe bomb investigation was hindered because “the cell data was corrupted.” He said the explanation unraveled once Republicans gained control of the House.

Benz said, “Finally, the cell carriers, late in the game, like 2024 got back to the Republican controlled House of Representatives. It said, actually, the FBI is either lying or something happened to the tapes after we gave it to them, because when we gave the data to the FBI, it wasn’t corrupted.”

He said this raised two possibilities: “Either the FBI deliberately corrupted the cell data or accidentally did so.”

Benz pressed further on identifying individuals involved.

“What was the name of the FBI agent coordinating with the cell phone carrier? Carriers for the cell phone data. What was his or her name?” he asked.

Benz said the names of agents who handled subpoenas, received data, and maintained records should be retrievable.

He said gaps in those records would themselves suggest violations. “If there’s not a hard record, there’s a violation of federal records law,” he said.

He concluded by outlining the potential criminal exposure he believes may exist.

“You’ve got a crime there. You got a crime of perjury, or a crime of obstruction or crime of tampering with evidence, or a crime of failure to adhere to Bell records laws,” Benz said.

He argued that matching evidence, identifying agents, and pinpointing when data or footage changed could show “who sabotaged this, to cover this up, to protect the narrative that this was some white supremacist MAGA supporter.”

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Liberal News Channels Wouldn’t Cover Somali Fraud Until They Could Frame Them as Victims
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Liberal News Channels Wouldn’t Cover Somali Fraud Until They Could Frame Them as Victims

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A NewsNation segment featuring Batya Ungar-Sargon and video of President Donald Trump focused on federal charges involving nearly 90 individuals accused of embezzling up to $1 billion in COVID relief funds in Minnesota.

Ungar-Sargon said the case highlighted failures in media coverage and ongoing frustrations among working-class Americans over immigration and economic pressure.

Ungar-Sargon said, “It’s 2016 all over again,” adding that “hard working Americans are being called racist for objecting to having their generosity taken advantage of by overwhelming waves of immigrants.”

She continued, “Over the weekend, the New York Times revealed that a massive fraud had taken place in Minnesota’s Somali community posing as charitable NGOs, feeding the hungry or protecting the homeless, or servicing autistic kids.”

She said, “Nearly 90 Somalis have been charged with embezzling up to a billion dollars in government funding dispersed during the covid pandemic.”

According to Ungar-Sargon, “No children were fed, no homeless were housed. The money was spent instead on luxury cars, mansions and real estate overseas.”

She said that when officials attempted to investigate, “the Somali criminals threatened to sue and call them racist in stories that would be sprawled across the news.”

Ungar-Sargon asked, “Can you even imagine being gifted the greatest privilege on Earth, the gift of American citizenship, and then turning around and throwing that generosity back in our faces?”

She added, “It is galling,” and noted that major networks “refused to even cover the story until they could make the Somalis the victims of it all.”

Video of President Trump played during the segment. Trump said, “Somalians ripped off that state for billions of dollars.”

He added, “I don’t want them in our country. I’ll be honest.”

Trump continued, “Their country is no good for a reason. Their country stinks.” He said, “We’re going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country.”

Ungar-Sargon said the focus on Trump’s tone rather than the fraud itself served as a distraction.

“The outrage that the President is giving voice to is completely justified,” she said. She added that “focusing on his linguistic choices rather than the actual fraud is just a smoke screen for those complicit in it.”

She said this response from political and media figures was “exactly the kind of gaslighting that got Trump elected in the first and second place.”

Ungar-Sargon said, “For years, Americans who have been upset about the massive pressure mass migration put on their lives were called racist for wanting their government to think about what’s best for America’s children before thinking about everybody else’s.”

She said the media labeled them “a basket of deplorables, xenophobic Nativists and haters.”

She said wealthy commentators and elected officials criticized the working class while “struggling to make it by working three jobs,” and said many believed that “maybe if the labor market was tighter, they wouldn’t have to choose between chicken for dinner and soccer practice for their kids.”

Ungar-Sargon said, “Maybe if the government hadn’t plonked 80,000 migrants into their town, housing wouldn’t be as prohibitive,” and that “those factory jobs, well, maybe they would be theirs.”

She said the Minnesota case reflected this dynamic.

“The outrageous, massive fraud perpetrated by members of Minnesota’s Somali community is this exact scenario on steroids.”

She added, “They literally threaten to call Minnesotans racist if they dared to object to being stolen from.”

Ungar-Sargon concluded by saying, “To the left, the only outrage is how Trump talked about the scandal.”

She said, “That’s what we learned about America this week, the elites have learned nothing.”

She added that Trump won twice by telling Americans, “You’re not bad for wanting the most basic version of the American Dream for yourself and your children.”

She repeated his message: “This is your country. You come first.”

Ungar-Sargon said Democrats will not regain working-class voters “until they can bring themselves to choke out some version of this message, and maybe even actually believe it.”

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Dr. Oz Put Tim Walz on Notice Over Somali Medicaid Fraud Flourishing on His Watch
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Dr. Oz Put Tim Walz on Notice Over Somali Medicaid Fraud Flourishing on His Watch

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Dr. Mehmet Oz outlined new federal actions in response to a major Medicaid fraud scheme in Minnesota, describing how the operation unfolded, why it continued for years, and what steps federal authorities are now taking to address it.

Oz said the scheme involved more than a billion dollars in losses tied to a Somali fraud network operating within programs managed by the Minnesota state government.

In his statement, Oz said the scale of the misconduct reflected systemic failures at the state level.

“It’s true, a Somali fraud ring in Minnesota stole over a billion dollars from Medicaid. How did this happen? Well, Medicaid programs are run by the states, which in Minnesota means the Tim Walz administration,” he said.

According to Oz, warnings went unaddressed because of political concerns.

“Governor, Walz and the state’s other Democrats rely on Somali votes to get elected, so they decided to look the other way, because they were afraid of quote, unquote political backlash. Don’t take my word for it. That’s what a Somali American fraud investigator told New York Times.”

Oz said the lack of oversight allowed the scheme to expand rapidly.

“When these scammers realized that nobody was guarding the cash register, they went gangbusters,” he said.

He pointed to a housing stabilization program as an example.

“One program designed to provide housing stabilization assistance to patients, ballooned to $104 million when four years ago, it was projected to cost only 2.6 million,” Oz said.

He added that “some of these taxpayer funds may have even ended up in the hands of a Somalian terrorist group.”

According to Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began reviewing the program after concerns were raised.

“When CMS became aware of the housing program situation, Minnesota insisted it could clean up its own mess. A few months ago, it admitted it could not so we stepped in to shut down the fraud infested housing initiative,” he said.

Oz said the issues extend beyond a single program.

“Today, we’re taking action on more than a dozen other programs, which I’ve outlined in the post below,” he said.

He also stated that the federal government has given Minnesota a deadline to resolve remaining problems.

“Our message to Wallace is clear, either fix this in 60 days or start looking under your cash for spare change, because we are done footing the bill for your incompetence.”

Oz said the administration’s priority is safeguarding public funds and ensuring that vulnerable individuals receive legitimate services.

“This administration will never stop fighting to protect the vulnerable Americans who rely on these programs and the taxpayers who fund them. We’re going to crush waste, fraud and abuse,” he said.

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Million Pension Program Questioned Again After Exits of Pelosi, Greene
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$38 Million Pension Program Questioned Again After Exits of Pelosi, Greene

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The decisions by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Nancy Pelosi of California to retire from Congress have focused new attention on the taxpayer-funded pension system available to former lawmakers — a program that cost roughly $38 million in 2022 alone, according to Congressional Research Services, as reported by The New York Post.

Greene and Pelosi are among a record number of lawmakers leaving office next year. Their departure dates also highlight how the system functions and how lawmakers qualify.

Under federal law, members of Congress become eligible for annual pension benefits only after completing five full years of service.

Jul 15, 2024; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) speaks during the first day of the Republican National Convention. The RNC kicked off the first day of the convention with the roll call vote of the states. Mandatory Credit: Mike Desisti-USA TODAY

Demian Brady, vice president of research for the National Taxpayer Union Foundation, noted that Greene, who began serving on Jan. 3, 2021, and will leave office on Jan. 5, 2026, selected a retirement date that gives her just enough time to meet the vesting requirement.

“I can’t read her mind, but it certainly seems as if it was timed to make sure she got vested,” Brady said. He added, “She wasn’t in there for very long. So it’s not a huge pension, but it’s a little extra that she’s going to get.”

Using the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) formula, Brady estimated that Greene will begin receiving $8,717 per year at age 62. Based on actuarial projections, her total lifetime pension payouts could exceed $265,000.

Pelosi, who entered the House before reforms made congressional pensions less generous, will receive a far larger annual amount. Brady described her expected pension as “one of the most substantial” in FERS.

After nearly 40 years in Congress — including serving as House speaker — Pelosi is estimated to begin collecting $107,860 per year in 2027.

Sep 21, 2022; Washington, D.C., USA; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a memorial service for the late Queen Elizabeth II at Washington National Cathedral Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Mandatory Credit: Josh Morgan-USA TODAY

The broader system includes two pension tracks: FERS, which covers members who entered service after 1984, and the older Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), now closed to new lawmakers.

In 2022, former members collected an average of $45,276 under FERS, while 261 remaining CSRS enrollees received an average of $84,504. In 2018, with more CSRS participants still active, total pension payouts exceeded $53 million.

Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a longtime advocate for ending congressional pensions, defended Greene’s participation in the program while pushing for reform.

“Senators can opt out of paying into FERS but Representatives may not,” Massie said.

“So Representative Greene was unable to decline participation in FERS. If a member is required to pay into the program, they should be able to receive it.”

Massie said he plans to “reintroduce soon” legislation to eliminate House eligibility for FERS and to make participation optional.

He argued that members of Congress should save for retirement the same way private-sector workers do.

“If congressmen want to save for retirement, they should do so with 401(k)-type plans, rather than rely on taxpayers to take care of them even after leaving Congress,” Massie said.

“To tackle out-of-control federal spending, Congress must lead by example by ending defined-benefit pensions for Members of Congress.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who served in Congress beginning in 2013, publicly declined his own eligibility at the time and reasserted his position following Greene’s announcement.

“I didn’t run for Congress for the perks,” he said in 2013. Last week he reiterated on X, “The important thing is to reform the system for everyone, namely, by ending congressional pensions.”

DeSantis also highlighted that lawmakers receive retirement benefits through the Thrift Savings Plan.

“How many private sector workers get a pension and a 401k? End Pensions in Congress,” he wrote. He added that his earlier legislation to eliminate pensions “did not get a terribly warm reception among the members.”

Brady said the biggest obstacle to reform remains the lawmakers themselves. “I think the big roadblock are career politicians,” he told The Post.

With decades spent in public office, he said many intend to keep the pension benefits.

He noted that while Greene’s retirement date may not directly advance reform efforts, it has “raised a lot of awareness” about how the program operates.

Greene and Pelosi did not respond to requests for comment.

JetBlue Jet Nearly Knocked From Sky by Radiation From Exploding Star
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JetBlue Jet Nearly Knocked From Sky by Radiation From Exploding Star

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A JetBlue flight traveling from Cancun to Newark on Oct. 30 experienced a sudden and severe drop of several thousand feet, injuring multiple passengers and forcing an emergency landing, as reported by The New York Post.

Space analysts now say the incident was most likely caused by cosmic rays originating from a star that exploded in another galaxy.

The Airbus A320 abruptly plunged during the flight, a drop that sent 15 people to the hospital and left roughly 20 passengers with serious injuries, including head wounds.

Pilots regained control of the aircraft and diverted to Tampa, Florida, where the plane landed safely.

Initial statements from Airbus pointed to “intense solar radiation” interfering with the aircraft’s navigation computer.

The plane involved was about 20 years old, and the manufacturer indicated solar activity may have disrupted its systems.

However, according to Clive Dyer, a space and radiation specialist at the University of Surrey, the solar radiation recorded at the time was not strong enough to have caused the failure.

Speaking to space.com, Dyer said the more likely explanation is that the plane was hit by cosmic rays from a distant supernova.

“Cosmic rays can interact with modern microelectronics and change the state of a circuit,” Dyer said.

“They can cause a simple bit flip, like a zero to one or one to zero. They can mess up information and make things go wrong. But they can cause hardware failures too, when they induce a current in an electronic device and burn it out.”

Cosmic rays originate from massive stars that explode in supernovas, sending high-energy particles across the universe at the speed of light.

When these particles eventually reach Earth, they can strike electronics inside aircraft sensors or onboard computers, triggering malfunctions such as the one that caused the sudden plunge.

An airplane comes in for a landing at Teterboro Airport on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

Dyer has spent decades studying how solar and cosmic radiation affects aviation and satellite equipment.

He noted that while the sun can produce radiation spikes capable of disrupting systems, conditions on the day of the JetBlue incident did not match the levels required to cause such a malfunction.

The National Transportation Safety Board continues to examine the incident, though investigators have not publicly identified a definitive cause.

The event has renewed attention on the vulnerability of commercial aircraft electronics to rare but powerful cosmic phenomena.

DEI Collapse Continues: AT&T Joins Verizon and T-Mobile in Ending Programs
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DEI Collapse Continues: AT&T Joins Verizon and T-Mobile in Ending Programs

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AT&T announced this week that it is ending all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs across the company, joining a growing list of major corporations that have rolled back or eliminated DEI initiatives.

The move comes as the Trump administration continues its nationwide effort to remove DEI policies from both federal agencies and the private sector.

The telecommunications company, which employs approximately 100,000 people in the United States, informed Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr of the change in a formal letter on Monday.

AT&T said the decision was prompted by recent legal developments affecting corporate DEI programs.

“AT&T has always stood for merit-based opportunity, and we are pleased to reaffirm our commitment to equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination today,” wrote David McAtee, senior executive vice president and general counsel at AT&T.

“Consistent with applicable law, our multi-pronged approach allows employees to thrive in an environment free from invidious discrimination.”

According to reporting from the New York Post, AT&T’s previous DEI training materials included language describing racism as a “uniquely white trait” and instructed white employees that they “are the problem,” citing details published by Christopher Rufo of City Journal.

AT&T’s announcement follows similar decisions by multiple large companies.

Amazon, Meta, Lowe’s, and McDonald’s have all scaled back or ended their DEI programs in recent months.

Verizon Communications and T-Mobile, the other two major U.S. wireless carriers, have also dismantled their DEI initiatives.

President Donald Trump shut down DEI offices across the federal government during his first week in office, and Carr has publicly stated that he intends to use all regulatory tools available to eliminate DEI requirements from companies overseen by the FCC.

AT&T is currently seeking federal approval for a $1.02 billion agreement made in November 2024 to purchase wireless spectrum licenses from U.S. Cellular.

The FCC is responsible for reviewing and approving the transaction.

On Tuesday, Carr wrote on X that AT&T had “memorialized its commitment to ending DEI-related policies,” following the company’s letter to the commission.

In the filing, AT&T said it would no longer maintain any positions dedicated to DEI functions.

“It is AT&T’s longstanding practice to pay and advance individuals based on merit and qualification,” the company stated.

McAtee added that AT&T “will not use hiring quotas based on race, sex or sexual orientation,” and confirmed that all DEI training programs have been removed.

The company did not provide a timeline for completing the removal of existing DEI structures but said the shift aligns with its broader commitment to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity under federal law.

Tom Homan Obliterates Heckler at TPUSA Event After Being Called ‘Racist’
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Tom Homan Obliterates Heckler at TPUSA Event After Being Called ‘Racist’

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White House border czar Tom Homan confronted a protester Thursday during a Turning Point USA event at the University of Texas at El Paso after the individual repeatedly shouted accusations while Homan spoke about immigration enforcement, as reported by Fox News.

Homan was addressing the audience when an attendee called him a “racist” and “traitor.” Homan immediately responded, telling the individual, “Call me what you want, I don’t care.”

Jul 17, 2024; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Thomas Homan, Former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum. The third day of the RNC focused on foreign policy and threats. Mandatory Credit: Jasper Colt-USA TODAY

He then challenged the protester directly, saying:

“Why don’t you grow a backbone, put a Kevlar vest and a gun on your hip and go secure this border?”

Later in the event, while Homan was taking questions, a man who appeared to be the same protester linked Homan’s prior public statements to Patrick Crusius, the gunman responsible for the 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso.

The protester claimed that Crusius was “inspired” by Homan and that “the Great Replacement is now a mainstream conservative narrative.”

The protester alleged, “Patrick Crusius, your everyday conservative, drove hundreds of miles to our city based on your belief that Hispanics are replacing the white race of white people and we need a scare to deter Hispanics from coming into the country,” and further argued that the belief has been “fully integrated into mainstream media.”

Homan responded by clarifying his own remarks about border policy. “To be honest, what I said was the open border was an action, was a mess, and it was by design,” he said.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Border Czar Tom Homan, on right, during an immigration panel at New College of Florida on Wednesday, March 20, 2025.

Homan has previously argued that the Biden administration deliberately kept the southern border unsecured to build a long-term Democratic voting bloc, though he acknowledged in congressional testimony that he does not have evidence to support this allegation.

Crusius, who left his grandparents’ home in Allen, Texas, and drove roughly 650 miles to El Paso before the attack, was sentenced earlier this year to life without parole after pleading guilty to state charges.

He also pleaded guilty in 2023 to 90 federal murder and hate crime charges and received 90 consecutive life sentences.

His manifesto contained white nationalist themes and referenced the Great Replacement Theory as part of his motivation for the shooting.

The exchange at the TPUSA event drew significant attention from the audience, with Homan continuing his speech after the confrontation.


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