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3 months, 1 week ago

George Conway Flips A Republican Dog Whistle Right Back On Trump

LOADING ERROR LOADING Conservative attorney George Conway put a Donald Trump-trolling spin on Republican claims that Vice President Kamala Harris is the “DEI candidate” in the 2024 election. The former president is actually the “DEI candidate,” Conway declares in a new 60-second ad from his Anti-Psychopath PAC that will air on Fox News, ESPN and the Golf Channel. The “D” …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Virginia senate candidate Hung Cao goes viral for blaming a drag queen on low military recruitment numbers

Daily Mail

The Republican running for Senate in Virginia was asked about lagging military recruitment numbers during a debate and bizarrely put the blame squarely on drag queens in the Navy. But when pressed on why DEI - diversity, equity and inclusion, caused low recruitment numbers, Cao blamed a drag queen the Navy recruited two years ago to do outreach. Hung Cao, …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Critics of Kamala Harris pivot to well-worn historical playbook of attacks

Raw Story

LAWRENCE — Gender politics researchers and authors Mary Banwart and Teri Finneman weren’t surprised the old misogynist playbook for campaigning against women was dusted off when Vice President Kamala Harris stepped forward as the Democratic Party’s presumed nominee for president. When President Joe Biden removed himself from the 2024 campaign, GOP officeholders and activists quickly labeled the first Black woman …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nikki Haley says Harris is Democrats’ ‘weakest candidate’ – but DEI attacks ‘aren’t helpful’

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former GOP presidential candidate and one-time UN Ambassador Nikki Haley …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kevin McCarthy slams ‘stupid and dumb’ Republicans for calling Kamala Harris a ‘DEI hire’

The Independent

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “One hundred percent, she was a DEI hire,” Burchett replied, later posting …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

'Expedia offered me a $650,000 job, but then changed their mind because I'm white.'

Daily Mail

A white executive has sued Expedia, saying the travel website offered him $650,000 to head a division only to backtrack and give his job to a 'safer' candidate — a black woman. Michael Kascsak, 49, a married dad-of-one from Austin, Texas, says Expedia gave him the runaround for months before making him America's latest victim of reverse racism. Expedia told …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Baltimore mayor responds to racist remarks, 'they don't have courage to say the N-word'

Hindustan Times

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has responded to racist online attacks in the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse earlier this week. During an interview with MSNBC host Joy Ann Reid on Wednesday night, Scott addressed the right-wing social media chatter, stating that Black men “have been the bogeyman for those who are racist and think that only straight, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

DeSantis bans funding for Florida college diversity programmes

Al Jazeera

Ron DeSantis, Florida governor and likely US presidential candidate, says programmes aim to impose an ‘ideological agenda’. Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to block federal and state funding to programmes that aim to ensure diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities, boosting a conservative push against such initiatives. DeSantis approved the measure on Monday, decrying DEI …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Florida governor backs ban on diversity lessons in state colleges

Al Jazeera

Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida in the southeast United States, has announced plans to block state colleges from having programmes on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as critical race theory. DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, has heavily criticised critical race theory, which examines systemic racism, along with programmes about diversity, equity and inclusion, commonly known as …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Mater Dei football player's parents detail hazing allegations

LA Times

The Mater Dei Monarchs warm up before the game against the Duncanville Panthers in Panther Stadium on Aug. 27 in Duncanville, Texas. I did it willfully because I wanted to belong.” — Father of Player One, who has sued Mater Dei High School They didn’t want their son to endure the added stress of an interview, and they insisted on …

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