Politics

By Evan Poellinger, MRC TV - The Univ. of Michigan is spending in excess of $30 million on more than 500 positions focused on diversity, equity, and inclusions (DEI)... An analysis by The College Fix found 241 jobs devoted exclusively to DEI, and more than 500 overall. It delineates the costs associated with Michigan’s DEI jobs, including $23.24 million set aside for employee salaries with an additional $7.44 million allotted for employee benefits. Yet, even this represents only a fraction of the total positions at Michigan with a focus on DEI, which amounts to over 500 positions

By Joy Pullmann, Executive Editor, The Federalist - Americans who shopped at sporting goods stores and bought religious books “like a Bible” were flagged through their banks as potential domestic terrorists, Rep. Jim Jordan revealed Jan. 17... The federal government also flagged as potential criminals any transactions that involved the terms “MAGA” or “Trump."... These Americans were tagged as possible “violent extremists” with zero due process or even notification of this criminalization of their constitutional rights to property, free speech, consent to their government’s activities, and religious exercise.

By P. Gardner Goldsmith, MRC TV - The increasing heat between state governments and the feds may be reaching a virtual boiling point, as the Biden Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Friday added a supplemental filing to the Administration’s days-old request for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to “reinstate” federal control over the southern Texas border with Mexico.

By Al Perrotta, The Stream - Yesterday we mentioned how Delta and the FAA have fallen under the DEI/woke spell. Well, here comes United CEO Scott Kirby. “We’ve committed that 50% of the (aviation academy) classes will be women or people of color.” A quota. Right now, only 19% of pilots at United are women or people of color.