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Joy Reid Guest Goes Off on Bizarre Rant: “DEI About Disabled Veterans, Not Race”

MSNBC host Joy Reid made a surprising interpretation of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) this week, claiming it was not about race, gender, or identity politics but about supporting disabled veterans.

Who knew?

During a discussion with her guest, Everett Kelley, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees, both criticized President Donald Trump‘s executive order to shut down DEI offices across federal agencies.

Reid began by referring to the order and asking Kelley how his union would respond.

“This memo, we can put it up on screen, and it went to all heads and acting heads of departments and agencies, shuttering DEI offices and other things. What is the union’s response going to be?” Reid asked.

Kelley argued that the public misconceptions about DEI need to be corrected. “We have an obligation to educate the public as to what DEI really is because, number one, it’s not affirmative action as some might think,” Kelley stated.

He then framed DEI as a program that accommodates disabled veterans in federal jobs.

You heard that right.

“DEI is about making sure that, say, a veteran may have a handicap, an injury from the services, and come to work for the federal government,” Kelley said. “DEI would make sure that that veteran has the, I guess, I would say the opportunity to work in a job, and they were placed in a position where they could accommodate that veteran and so that they can do their job.”

Kelley then insisted that DEI has been misunderstood as a program focused on racial or gender quotas. “It’s not about the color of a person’s skin. It’s about disabled veterans being accommodated,” he added.

Reid chimed in, dismissing the idea that DEI is a racial or gender-based initiative. “And it’s not a quota program. Let’s just be clear. They believe DEI just means black people getting jobs, and so when they see a black person in any job, they say, ‘Oh, that person’s a DEI hire.’”

Reid also pulled out the race card to target anyone daring to question Vice President Kamala Harris’s qualifications.

However, then-candidate Joe Biden openly admitted that choosing a female running mate was a result of mounting pressure from within the Democratic Party for him to select a black woman.

Reid and Kelley’s claim that DEI is a patriotic program for disabled veterans flies against the reality that it is actually about gender equity and LGBTQ+ inclusion.

It appears they are trying to repackage DEI for it to survive under Trump’s presidency.

Regardless of their attempts to re-market DEI, Trump moves forward with his plans to eliminate it from federal agencies.

Read More at Daily Fetched

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Leftists Resort To Boycotts And In-Store Protests As Target Scraps DEI Policies

Target’s revocation of DEI policies has prompted calls for a boycott from a number of left-wing figures including a Minneapolis City Council member where the retailer is headquartered.

Interestingly enough, Target practically pioneered the corporate DEI trend in 2016 when they backed a transgender bathroom policy, and ignored conservative groups who suggested they add a gender neutral/single stall bathroom to their stores (which many already had) instead of allowing grown men in the women’s room.

On Friday, Jan. 24, the retailer announced it would scaling back many of its DEI policies. In a statement, Target announced a conclusion to “three-year diversity, equity and inclusion goals” as well as the “Racial Equity Action and Change initiatives” as previously announced.

Furthermore, it removed wokeism from employee resource groups while also pledging to cease participation in diversity-focused surveys such as the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index.

Anti-DEI crusader Robby Starbuck also shared the news, which follows his efforts as part of what is now a monumental campaign to remove DEI policies at companies such as Tractor SupplyHarley-DavidsonCaterpillarToyota, and Boeing, – all of which have withdrawn from the Corporate Equality Index. Some, like John DeereLowe’s, and Ford, have also withdrawn sponsorship of Pride events, while others such as Molson Coors and Walmart have removed diversity quotas for suppliers.

However, the death of DEI at Target has prompted a boycott from the leftist organization “Strike for All,” who announced a boycott commencing Saturday, Feb. 1.

Target’s DEI revocation also caught the attention of Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez. He said, “It’s disappointing that Target Corporation, based in Minneapolis, decided to roll back and ultimately conclude its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. I urge everyone to consider supporting small businesses and family-owned grocery stores in our community instead.”

Some protests have already begun, including one man who said he “can’t work here” during a vocal rant in a Target store.

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Washington Post Cartoonist Who Called Republicans “Groomers” Arrested on Child Porn Charges

A far-left cartoonist and Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferer has been arrested on suspicion of child pornography offenses.

Pulitzer Prize winner Darrin Bell, who worked for the Washington Post, was arrested following a tip-off from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCEMC).

Investigators discovered 134 videos of child sex abuse material (CSAM) on an account linked to Bell, along with AI-generated child pornography.

AI-generated CSAM became illegal after a law change this year.

Bell’s cartoons, which frequently took aim at President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters, were published by the Washington Post.

The cartoonist also once claimed that Trump “desecrated” Arlington National Cemetery.

In another cartoon, Bell suggested that Republicans were “grooming” children into “bigotry.”

Bell also likened Trump’s supporters to Nazi Party members in Germany.

He is now being held on $1 million bail and is expected to appear in court on Friday, January 17.

“This case was the first arrest by Sacramento Valley ICAC where possession of computer-generated/AI CSAM was charged against a suspect,” the sheriff’s office said.

They are seem to have one thing in common

Bell is just one of many far-left figures to be arrested on charges relating to child abuse material, who all share a collective hatred of Trump.

For instance, former Oregon Mayor and Joe Biden donor Dennis “Denny” Doyle pleaded guilty to CSAM possession in 202.

Meanwhile, former Arizona Democrat state lawmaker Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete was jailed in 2024 for molesting a young boy.

Former Democrat mayor of College Park, Maryland, Patrick Wojahn, pleaded guilty to dozens of child abuse charges.

Wojahn received a 30-year prison sentence after admitting to 140 counts of possession and distribution of CSAM.

Read More at the Daily Fetched

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Judge Rules Target Must Face Lawsuit Following Pride 2023 Backlash for Deceiving Shareholders

A Florida judge has denied Target’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the retailer misled shareholders about the risks associated with its LGBTQ-themed Pride Month merchandise, which faced backlash and a customer boycott.

Publicly traded corporations are required to disclose all potential risk factors in their financial reports, regardless of how unlikely or minuscule they may be.

U.S. District Judge John Badalamenti in Fort Myers ruled that the plaintiffs had presented sufficient information to proceed with claims that Target failed to properly account for social and political risks in its public disclosures.

The lawsuit, filed by investor Brian Craig, accuses Target’s board of prioritizing calls for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from activist groups while neglecting the potential for negative reactions to its 2023 Pride campaign.

The controversy arose after Target introduced LGBTQ-themed merchandise for Pride Month in May 2023, which led to confrontations between shoppers and employees, as well as incidents of products being vandalized or thrown to the floor. In response, the retailer removed some items from stores, citing safety concerns amid a nationwide boycott.

Target had urged the court to dismiss the case, arguing that the allegations were unsupported, that it had warned investors about possible backlash related to its DEI policies, and that the lawsuit stemmed from the plaintiff’s disagreement with Target’s business choices.

However, in a ruling on Wednesday, Dec. 4, Judge Badalamenti noted that the plaintiffs had alleged “numerous Federal securities law violations”, and that the case should be heard in court.

Many on social media highlighted that Target was facing the adage of “go woke, go broke”.

Others noted a shift in the social discourse following last month’s presidential election.

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University of North Carolina Axes DEI and Saves $17 Million

How much do diversity, equity, and inclusion cost? If you’re the University of North Carolina, $17 million.

That’s how much the state’s university system is saving after shutting down huge swathes of DEI offices and positions in every school in the state network. Just take a look below at the table of North Carolina’s public universities, and how much they saved after ditching DEI.

That’s right, readers! The UNC Board of Governors met on September 11 and voted to cut a total of 59 staff positions and to “realign” another 132 job roles (that appears to mean the employees were sent to work in some other, non-DEI office). 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI, has become a mind-numbingly common phrase. We hear it everywhere, all the time. At work. On the news. From the lips of politicians. Every “respectable” public figure, official, or institution talks about it as if “DEI” were the most obviously natural goal that every human should be concerned with above and beyond anything else (including academic excellence). 

We all know what this is really about: race grifting. DEI is simply a benefits and credentials program for non-white people. It’s anti-white racism that never gets called racism, because Americans have been programmed for so long to believe that the U.S. disenfranchises, impoverishes, or kills black people daily just for the sheer perversity of it. You’d never know in 2024 that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 actually passed, since black race baiters talk as if anti-black racism is worse today than in the days of lynching and Jim Crow. 

As far as the white portion of the population goes, the Civil Rights Act may as well never have been passed, as it certainly isn’t used to stop discrimination against white people. It’s a  legitimate question whether many Americans actually know that all racism, including the kind against white people, is illegal under the Act. In recent years companies have brazenly advertised jobs for “people of color,” “women,” and “LGBT” as if it were legal to exclude white people, men, or straight people from jobs. It is not legal, but since the law is rarely enforced when the victim is a white person, it has become de facto  legal to favor minorities in job hiring. 

Let’s see what X users had to say about the news. 

This one asks a question. . .

. . . and someone else has an answer. 

This guy said the quiet part out loud–no one wants to really admit that DEI is nothing but a scam to extract money from everyone to give to a special, sacred caste. 

Alex has a point–DEI watchers are well-advised to keep their eye on this to make sure it’s not just a monetary shell game. 

This sounds like the right lateral move for the newly “un-jobbed.”

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Perfectionism And “A Sense Of Urgency” Are Characteristics Of White Supremacy, According To NASA

Footage shared on social media reveals NASA’s diversity, equity, and inclusion training features engineers claiming they “feel shame” for being white and taking part in “white supremacy culture.”

The video was shared by conservative outlet TENET Media, and features two sections of the DEI training program.

The first element features a white woman explaining how she felt her actions to support minority groups did not go far enough, adding that she held “a lot of shame and regret” for her previous decision making. She also said she was looking forward to the DEI session to make her workplace “more anti-racist” going forward.

In another clip from the seminar, another speaker shared a slide containing characteristics of “white supremacy culture.” Such traits apparently include perfectionism, fear of open conflict, individualism, a sense of urgency and the idea that “progress is bigger, more.”

“These are those different characteristics that you probably see coming up a lot in our workspaces, especially in the practice of science,” she told the seminar. “Perfectionism; a sense of urgency – I’m sure all of us are feeling a sense of urgency about some of the deadlines we may have right now.”

NASA’s DEI training caught the attention of many online, including X owner Elon Musk.

Others questioned whether the space agency had its priorities in order.

There was also a reference to the astronauts stranded in space.


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