The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals said the President’s ban on DEI programs is likely
to be constitutional, overruling a decision last month by a judge in Maryland

Infowars.com

President Donald Trump’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) programs at the federal level will be allowed to continue, thanks to a new appeals court decision.

On Friday, the 4^th US Circuit Court of Appeals said the President’s ban on DEI programs is likely to be constitutional, overruling a decision last month by a judge in Maryland.

Two of the three judges on the panel provided separate commentary in which they said that, despite the decision, they disagreed with the substance of the Trump order.

“Despite the vitriol now being heaped on DEI, people of good faith who work to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion deserve praise, not opprobrium,” Circuit Judge Albert Diaz wrote.

Circuit Judge Allison Rushing, a Trump appointee, responded by saying her colleagues’ policy views were irrelevant to whether Trump’s directives should stand.

NaturalNews.com

• The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) movement emerged in the aftermath of the 2020 George Floyd protests, initially as a well-intentioned effort to address systemic inequalities. However, it quickly transformed into a bureaucratic initiative aimed at embedding social justice programs into the fabric of universities and corporations.
• Fueled by psychological manipulation, ideological extremism and the threat of violence, DEI programs spread across institutions. This led to the creation of a bloated bureaucracy that enforced ideological conformity and promoted divisive rhetoric, often pitting individuals against each other based on identity markers.
• By 2024, the flaws in DEI became evident, with major corporations like Ford, Walmart and John Deere rolling back their DEI commitments due to legal and political pressures. A growing number of employees and students criticized DEI for fostering division and mediocrity, leading to a widespread backlash against the movement.
• As DEI retreats, proponents are rebranding their ideology with terms like “inclusive excellence” and “belonging.” However, critics argue that the underlying ideology remains unchanged, and the movement’s advocates are likely to adapt and continue promoting their agenda under new labels.
• The collapse of DEI has prompted a shift towards merit-driven frameworks that emphasize objective criteria and measurable outcomes. This includes structured hiring practices, transparent promotion policies and collaborative decision-making processes, which are seen as more effective and less divisive than the top-down mandates of DEI.

The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) movement, once heralded as a moral and business imperative, has been exposed as one of the most elaborate cons of the 21st century. What began as a well-intentioned effort to address systemic inequalities quickly devolved into a bureaucratic hustle, enriching thousands of ideological hustlers while sowing division and mediocrity across academia and corporate America. Now, as DEI collapses under the weight of its own contradictions, it’s time to reflect on how this con took root—and why its demise is a victory for common sense and meritocracy.

TheGatewayPundit.com

Workers in Washington, D.C., have started the process of dismantling Black Lives Matter Plaza — including the bright yellow mural that has been on 16th Street since the race riots of June 2020.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered the eyesore painted a block away from the White House after George Floyd’s death.

Bowser described the city-sanctioned vandalism as a show of “solidarity,” but it was widely mocked as pandering — even by the left.

The 35-foot-tall letters cost taxpayers over $4 million to install and maintain.

Congress passed the removal of the mural after Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde introduced a bill threatening to withhold millions in federal funds from D.C. unless the removal was conducted and the plaza renamed “Liberty Plaza.”

ThePostMillenial.com

A group of 14 current and former Minneapolis Police Department Officers signed sworn declarations attesting to their belief that Assistant Chief Katie Blackwell committed perjury during the trial of Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Blackwell testified that the method of restraint used by Chauvin was not part of MPD officer training. Blackwell had said at the trial "that's not what we train."

However, others say that the "knee-on-neck restaint Chauvin employed was trained under the maximal-restraint technique (MRT), a restraint the MPD taught and allowed until 2023." The officers who signed the declarations "swore that this training was well known—indeed, common knowledge—and omnipresent," Alpha News said.

DailySignal.com

Coincident with Donald Trump’s electoral victory, increasing numbers of America’s corporations are backing off their DEI—diversity, equity, inclusion—programs.

Trump’s opposition to DEI is clear, and JD Vance’s bold opposition to this agenda was one of the reasons for his selection as Trump’s running mate.

As the Trump transition team completes its work bringing in the new leadership that will run our government, it’s clear that a priority is to uproot the woke rules, directives, and institutions that Democrats have implanted in our federal government.

ZeroHedge.com

We've known the ESG grift has been coming to a screeching halt for years now, with major investment banks and companies dropping their initiatives while the GOP goes on a rampage to try root out the faux-virtue signaling. 

But now with President Trump once again taking the White House, one investment bank is advising ESG fund managers to "keep their lawyers very close", as the full scale death of ESG may very well be on the door step, according to Yahoo Finance.

Aniket Shah wrote in a note this week: “We’d encourage all ESG fund managers to have a lawyer on the team, or on speed-dial.”

He continued: “Antitrust risk remains high for asset managers in ESG; there haven’t been any cases yet, thus there is no legal precedent. Further, legal risks regarding fiduciary duty will stay relevant as states enforce anti-ESG laws.”

Yahoo reports that Trump's victory has already hit green sector stocks, with wind-energy companies among the hardest hit. Beyond potential bans and obstructive policies, the ESG sector faces rising legal risks.

Alt-Market.us

If you thought Kamala Harris was a sure win in 2024, then you haven’t been paying attention to the epic shift in the cultural zeitgeist over the past few years. The thing that bothers me most about political and social analysis is dealing with people who foolishly assume nothing ever changes. Things change all the time. People can and do learn from the past. Nothing is hopeless, and nihilists are lazy and incompetent.

For example, since 2020 within liberty movement circles there has been a contingent of naysayers claiming that red states were being subversively “turned blue” by leftists relocating during the pandemic. My argument was that this was an idiotic take.

Yes, there were mass relocations across the US but all the data showed the vast majority of these people were conservatives seeking to escape blue state tyranny. I can’t tell you how many “experts” tried to argue with me that Texas, Florida, Idaho, and even my state of Montana were all going to be overrun by progressives. In the aftermath of the election I was once again proven right and they were utterly wrong.

TheGatewayPundit.com

A longtime liberal journalist is speaking out about her decision to leave the Democratic Party, and the story behind it is pretty terrifying.

As Fox News reported, “The Young Turks” co-host Ana Kasparian appeared on fitness expert and businesswoman Jillian Michaels’ “Keeping it Real” podcast on October 7 to speak out how she feels “politically homeless” due to the left’s hostility toward freedom of speech and pro-crime policies.

The podcast took a turn when Kasparian opened up about a genuinely horrific experience she endured two years ago. She explained to Michaels that she encountered two homeless men while walking her dog in Los Angeles and thought nothing of it.

“In 2022, I was walking my dog, it was not quite dark but the sun was setting,” she told Michaels. “I see these two guys that were kind of moving around weirdly.”

TheGatewayPundit.com

In a searing critique of the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. military, the American Principles Project (APP) and Logan Circle Group have released a hard-hitting documentary titled “Culture War: Consequences of a Woke War Machine,” the true story of Abbey Gate.

This documentary comes in the wake of the third anniversary of the Abbey Gate bombing.

On August 26, 2021, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive at the Abbey Gate of Kabul Airport, killing 13 U.S. service members and over 170 Afghan civilians.

13 US servicemen and women were killed in the attack.

Reports have surfaced that top military officials, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, were aware of an imminent threat hours before the attack. Despite this knowledge, they failed to act decisively to protect American troops and civilians.

WokeSpy.com

With our short attention span, many have  forgotten that the idea of “LGBTQ Pride Month” happened overnight and yesterday in cultural terms. Prior to about 2016, actual homosexuals—as compared to “queers” focused on public perversion and body mutilation—marked their political progress with a day, or a weekend.

Now we’re all choking on rainbow tat for an entire month while mind-addled, drug-ridden hedonists grind and flash out on the streets in front of grandmas and children. Even in solidly conservative states like West Virginia, the queer brigade has been claiming public territory with garish “pride crosswalks” slopped onto public thoroughfares. Fed up motorists have been spinning their tires in an automotive expression of “I’ve had enough.” Government activists have gone hysterical, describing these incidents as “hate crimes” and “desecration.”

Predictably, Seattle is arresting normal teenage boys for what they clearly believe are acts of religious desecration—skidding scooter tires on these “murals.”

But have you noticed something else? Even though we’re still suffering “Pride Month,” it’s a lot quieter in 2024 than it’s been in recent years. The account Reddit Lies (Reddit is an online topical discussion forum) brings us this from the site’s LGBT forum: