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After vocal commitments following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, DEI programs in the tech industry are in broad retreat. Some companies have laid off DEI staffers and leaders of diverse employee resource groups, downsized learning and development programs, and cut budgets for external DEI groups by as much as 90% in 2023... The cuts come as the tech industry doubles down on artificial intelligence. With fewer diverse voices represented in AI development, the resulting products could be less accurate or more harmful to users. ... By mid-2023, DEI-related job postings had declined 44% from the same time a...

Beer sales in the US are expected to plunge to their lowest level since 1999 — largely due to Bud Light’s massive falloff after its disastrous tie-up with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, industry experts said. Sales declined by more than 5% in the first nine months of the year, dragged down not only by the backlash and boycotts against Anheuser-Busch-owned Bud Light but the changing habits of younger drinkers, according to Beer Marketer’s Insights. Bud Light sales have steadily declined each month by 25% to 30% since Mulvaney’s now-infamous posts touting the brand on April 1, according to industry data.

In this conversation, Mossab, the son of a Hamas leader, discusses the safety of Jewish people outside of Israel, the deep-rooted hatred of Hamas towards Israel, and the fundamental differences between Ishmael and Isaac. In this podcast, Mosab emphasizes the importance of education in the Jewish community and the need for Palestinians to disassociate themselves from Hamas. Mossab also addresses the misconception of Islamophobia and the need for critical thinking. He encourages Jewish people to be proud of their identity and confront hatred with strength. Mossab concludes by discussing the importance of building bridges and seeing Israel as a friend....

A married gay couple had a huge airport meltdown and swore at a wheelchair-bound woman after accusing American Airlines staff of keeping them from their pet dogs.

Vice President Kamala Harris' Kwanzaa message has sparked backlash on Tuesday, as some social media users ripped the vice president after comparing the holiday post to her Christmas greeting a day earlier. Kwanzaa begins on the day after Christmas as a celebration of African-American culture and heritage. The seven-day holiday was created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a professor and activist. It became more popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Former President Bill Clinton was the first U.S. president to officially recognize Kwanzaa. According to the National Museum of African American History & Culture, celebration concepts are expressed in...

Jill and I wish a very Happy Kwanzaa to all those celebrating across America and around the world. May your homes be filled with hope, peace, and light. And in 2024, may we carry with us the wisdom of the seven principles of Kwanzaa — especially those of unity and faith.That was a December 26 post from White House resident Joe Biden. The Delaware Democrat failed to mention anything about the holiday’s founder Ron Karenga, also known as Maulana Karenga and Ronald McKinley Everett, born in Parsonburg, Maryland, on July 14, 1941.As Hollie I. West of the Washington Post noted,...

Dozens of protesters blocked lanes outside an entrance to LAX, and the Los Angeles Police Department has announced that more than 30 people have been arrested in connection with the demonstration, which was described as “not…peaceful.” The Los Angeles Airport Police Department first reported the protest at the Century Boulevard entrance near Sepulveda Boulevard at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday

The Growing Need to Condemn Vatican II’s Errors So We Can Combat Francis’s Heresies“To promote ecumenism means signing a treaty of non-aggression, granting all religions citizenship in the great pantheon of creeds. The only commandment is the exclusion of exclusivity: freedom for all in all things, except for those who believe in the truth.” (Fr. Dominique Bourmaud, One Hundred Years of Modernism Francis is obviously a non-Catholic man who seeks to do as much damage as possible to the Catholic Church. Understandably, this reality leads many sincere Catholics to insist that he cannot possibly be a true pope. As Archbishop...

Vietnamese restaurant that killed 300 cats a month to make soup closes The only cat sanctuary on Airbnb featured in viral TikTok shuts down operations Florida woman, 75, arrested after 309 animals seized from her mobile home with ‘lethal’ levels of ammonia inside Mandy Moore on board for a ‘This Is Us’ reunion Christmas movie Woman saves kitten freezing to death in snow by warming her up with a hair dryer, sweet video shows A Vietnamese restaurant that slaughtered up to 300 cats a month for a stomach-churning soup recipe has closed its doors this month after the owner voiced...

Vice President Kamala Harris faced criticism online this week after sharing a picture of her and second gentleman Doug Emhoff posing next to a gas stove despite the Biden administration’s proposal earlier this year to limit use of the appliance. “Merry Christmas to all. May your day be filled with love, family, and good food,” Harris wrote on X, adding: “P.S. We are making Christmas beef Wellington.” Conservatives quickly spied what appeared to be a gas range in the casual kitchen picture. “Is that another gas stove?” Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., responded. Other conservatives pointed out that the vice president’s...

The new report in The New York Times that Russia is quietly signaling a readiness to freeze the war in Ukraine is both suspicious and tantalizing. The caveats are many: An armistice would leave Vladimir Putin in control of about a fifth of Ukrainian territory. He is not trustworthy; he could use prolonged negotiations to bolster his forces for a renewed push, or to lull Western lawmakers into cutting aid for Ukraine; he may be stalling in the hope that Donald Trump, his preferred choice for president, will return to the White House and stiff Ukraine. But if Mr. Putin...

this is an India Today exclusive I'm being joined by musab Hassan yusf also 0:05 called as the green Prince why is this interview important he is the son of 0:11 shik Hass yussef co-founder of the Hamas and was a a Hamas operative himself then 0:21 moved to Israel uh started working with Israel worked as an undercover agent 0:27 until 2007 when he moved base to the United States of America today he will 0:32 tell us all about Hamas uh what is this organization about and why did he choose 0:39 to leave Hamas thank you so...

Electric Vehicles (EVs) are “piling up on dealer lots” as American consumers continue buying traditional gas-powered cars at faster rates, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, despite major investments from the federal government and automakers into EVs, Americans are not warming to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda the way the administration and the industry had predicted. The Journal reports: As a result, electric cars and trucks are piling up on dealer lots, causing auto companies to reassess their investment plans. It takes a dealership around three weeks longer to sell an EV than a gasoline vehicle,...

John 20:1a, John 20:2-8 Friends, on this feast of St. John, our Gospel tells of his coming to faith in the Resurrection when he saw the empty tomb.From this grave of Jesus, we learn that everything we took to be the case is not the case; that what always moved this way now moves that way.God has shown us his power over death in the most unambiguous way; our lives should not be dominated by the fear of death, and we see the proof of this in the most vivid way imaginable.Some people think that they will make the Resurrection...

A new reactor at Georgia’s Vogtle nuclear power plant is now in commercial operation, according to an announcement from Georgia Power, one of the plant’s owners. It is the first new nuclear reactor to start up in the United States since the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar 2 was commissioned in 2016. The new 1,114 megawatt (MW) Unit 3 reactor joins two existing reactors at Plant Vogtle, which is jointly owned by Georgia Power and three other electric utility companies. The plant’s first two reactors, with a combined 2,430 MW of nameplate capacity, came online in the late 1980s. Georgia...

Contrary to popular belief, apparently there are some lines that even anti-Israel types won't cross after all. But only when they're shamed into doing so. As RedState previously reported, the newly formed "Doctors Against Genocide" (DAG) anti-Israel group, whose powerful allies include antisemitic members of Congress like House Hamas Caucus members Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.), announced on Christmas Day of all days that it was holding a "Stop the Genocide in Gaza" event inside the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, encouraging their supporters to obtain free tickets from the museum. ......

A federal judge rejected Project Veritas’s First Amendment argument in a case that involves Ashley Biden’s abandoned diary. Last year the two individuals who found Ashley Biden’s diary at a halfway house pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property. The guilty plea of Florida pair Robert Kurlander, 59, and Aimee Harris, 41, were used to turn the screws on James O’Keefe. Harris found Ashley Biden’s diary at a halfway house in Palm Beach in 2020 and sold it to Project Veritas for $40,000. Ashely Biden, Joe Biden’s youngest daughter, left her diary under a mattress at...

The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $700 million after there was no winner in Monday's drawing. The estimated cash value of the prize is $352.3 million, according to Powerball.

Some spiders will die when cold weather hits, but scientists warn an invasive species from Asia may survive and continue to invade the US. Scientists at the University of Georgia froze more than two dozen of the eight-inch-long Jorō spiders spotted on the East Coast to see if the black and yellow creatures could survive the harsh winters. The experiment showed nearly 75 percent of the spiders were unaffected, with the rest showing some injuries. The Jorō spider's golden web took over yards all over northern Georgia in 2021, unnerving some residents, and was soon spotted in South Carolina and...

Special Counsel Jack Smith wants to prevent President Trump from blaming provocateurs and undercover agents for the January 6 Capitol riot. “Through public statements, filings and argument in hearings before the court, the defense has attempted to inject into this case partisan political attacks and irrelevant and prejudicial issues that have no place in a jury trial,” Jack Smith’s 20-page filing said. “Although the court can recognize these efforts for what they are and disregard them, the jury — if subjected to them — may not. The court should not permit the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum...