Gotta give Zig props

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Alan Dershowitz leaves Democratic Party, cites DNC: 'I was disgusted'
Dershowitz cited the recent Democratic National Convention that was held in Chicago last month as the final straw

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alan-de...-disgusted

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Caterpillar makes policy changes in yet another corporate DEI rollback
Caterpillar's DEI rollback follows similar moves at Molson Coors, Lowe's, John Deere, Ford and Tractor Supply

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/cate...i-rollback

[ScarletHayes]

That sounds like good news on the surface.  I mean I want to believe them, but part of me knows that Black Rock calls the shots, so my cynical side says they'll just slap on some lipstick and continue down the same path in a much more subtle fashion.  

I want to take these companies at their word, but in the mean time I'll be taking the Missouri approach.  We'll see.

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That sounds like good news on the surface.  I mean I want to believe them, but part of me knows that Black Rock calls the shots, so my cynical side says they'll just slap on some lipstick and continue down the same path in a much more subtle fashion.  

I want to take these companies at their word, but in the mean time I'll be taking the Missouri approach.  We'll see.

They do it over loss in money.  Faking it won’t work….people are done with woke.   Pull shady phony crap then lose to the competition

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https://www.foxnews.com/media/high-schoo...gue-report
Interesting

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Vulnerable Dem Jon Tester turns on Biden admin over DEI after Montana universities stripped of federal funds
'Montana’s students are more important than [made-up] DC hiring practices,' says Tester

FIRST ON FOX – Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is calling on President Biden and his administration's Department of Education to promptly reverse a grant rejection for Montana universities because of a failure to meet certain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring standards.


In a statement exclusively to Fox News Digital, the senator said, "The Biden Administration’s decision to strip critical funding from local schools is just another example of one-size-fits-all policies from Washington bureaucrats who don’t understand Montana."

"I’m calling on the Biden Administration and the Department of Education to immediately reverse this decision, because Montana’s students are more important than [made-up] D.C. hiring practices."



Tester, who is fighting for his political life in a competitive re-election match in a traditionally Republican state, first voiced his concerns about the grant rejection due to insufficiently diverse hiring practices in a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona last month.


"I am deeply troubled by indications that the Department rejected Montana's application based primarily on an unfair scoring decision related to subjective diversity hiring requirements that failed to recognize the work already being done on this front," he wrote.



https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vulnera...eral-funds

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UPenn donor who cut ties with alma mater redirects millions to Israeli universities instead: 'Unreformable'
Magerman severed ties with the University of Pennsylvania over its response to antisemitism last year

https://www.foxnews.com/media/upenn-dono...reformable

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Portland pushes back on progressive policies by resetting new city council
The Oregon city is suffering from a drug and homelessness crisis
https://www.foxnews.com/media/portland-p...ty-council

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Black students dismiss University of Michigan’s DEI programs as ‘well-meaning failure’: Report
NYT magazine reported that of students it talked to, 'not one expressed any particular enthusiasm for Michigan’s D.E.I. initiative'

Black students dismiss University of Michigan’s DEI programs as ‘well-meaning failure’: Report
NYT magazine reported that of students it talked to, 'not one expressed any particular enthusiasm for Michigan’s D.E.I. initiative'


One student called UM’s diversity efforts "superficial" and, despite the institution’s programs, they betrayed "a general discomfort with naming Blackness explicitly."

Princess-J’Maria Mboup, the speaker of the university’s Black Student Union, told Confessore that "the students that are most affected by D.E.I. — meaning marginalized communities — are invested in the work, but not in D.E.I. itself."

Furthermore, Confessore added that Mboup’s "discontent" reflected a tension he found "threaded throughout DEI" at UM. More precisely, he found a "pervasive uncertainty around whom—and what—DEI is really for."

After meeting with students with a "wide range of backgrounds and perspectives," Confessore wrote that "not one expressed any particular enthusiasm for Michigan’s D.E.I. initiative."

"Where some found it shallow, others found it stifling. They rolled their eyes at the profusion of course offerings that revolve around identity and oppression, the D.E.I.-themed emails they frequently received but rarely read," he added.
He explained further that UM’s "own data" suggests that in its pursuit of diversity and equity, the academic institution has become less inclusive via a survey in 2022 showing "students and faculty members reported a less positive campus climate than at the program’s start and less of a sense of belonging."

Confessore went on to write, "Students were less likely to interact with people of a different race or religion or with different politics — the exact kind of engagement D.E.I. programs, in theory, are meant to foster."

Another criticism of UM's DEI efforts came from a member of the university's Board of Regents: Mark Bernstein, a lawyer and a Democrat.

Berstein told Confessore, "D.E.I. here is absolutely well-intentioned, extremely thoughtful in its conception and design."

He added, explicitly."
"Everyday campus complaints and academic disagreements, professors and students told me, were now cast as crises of inclusion and harm, each demanding some further administrative intervention or expansion," Confessore wrote.
"On a campus consumed with institutional self-criticism, seemingly the only thing to avoid a true reckoning was D.E.I. itself."
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The University of Michigan did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital'srequest for comment. "But it’s so virtuous that it’s escaped accountability in a lot of ways."

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I was blasted for saying MSM was not very powerful… yet once more I am proven right
Media executive panics that Trump winning means press has no influence: 'Mainstream media is dead'
Executive said of Trump supporters, 'we’ve lost this audience completely'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/tv-executi...media-dead

[ScarletHayes]

If the msm wasn’t powerful then Trump would be leading by double digits.  The media is definitely losing its grip on controlling the narrative though. That’s becoming pretty clear.   

Trump voters, and many GOP voters in general, dropped out of the msm ages ago.  Now the media are losing unaffiliated voters as well.  People like Joe Rogan trash the media and he has a giant internet platform of influence.

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If the msm wasn’t powerful then Trump would be leading by double digits.  The media is definitely losing its grip on controlling the narrative though. That’s becoming pretty clear.   

Trump voters, and many GOP voters in general, dropped out of the msm ages ago.  Now the media are losing unaffiliated voters as well.  People like Joe Rogan trash the media and he has a giant internet platform of influence.

The double digits is opinion.  When major executives admit it you know its true

If MSM were so powerful Harris would be up double digits.  See how this works?

[ScarletHayes]

The media isn’t more powerful than day-to-day reality.  People can’t afford groceries, etc…. There’s only so much the media can influence.  The fact this race is this close though shows that they still shape opinion.  They’ve been hammering Trump, prison style, for 8 years.  So an election that would normally be a blow out for Trump is rather close by general population.  

And again, Trump voters left the msm ages ago.  The execs admitting that is akin to saying water is wet.

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The media isn’t more powerful than day-to-day reality.  People can’t afford groceries, etc…. There’s only so much the media can influence.  The fact this race is this close though shows that they still shape opinion.  They’ve been hammering Trump, prison style, for 8 years.  So an election that would normally be a blow out for Trump is rather close by general population.  

And again, Trump voters left the msm ages ago.  The execs admitting that is akin to saying water is wet.

Thats nonsensical.   The media is feckless or Trump would be trounced.  I linked MSM executive admitting it.

If they’ve been hammering with results Why isn’t harris rolling easy to victory?  Its because people do not believe them.  Look at 60 minutes!  Everyone is aware of the attempt to change that interview.  They were busted.   They are trying to cover for biden gaffe.  Everyone knows the truth.

Trump is roaring strong…betting markets have him winning,  they certainly would not if MSM were so powerful.

[ScarletHayes]

It’s perfectly sensible.  Just read what I wrote.  It makes perfect sense.  And execs admitting to losing Trumpers is some revelation?  No sh1t, Trump voters don’t tune into msm outlets?  Most GOP voters have largely tuned out going back to the 80s and 90s.

Are the msm as powerful as they were 20 years ago?  No.  Is social media gaining in influence?  Yes.  Does the msm still influence many people?  Yes.