Glenn Beck: Here's why Tractor Supply said goodbye to woke DEI



Tractor Supply Co. is a farming supplies retailer headquartered in Tennessee, and it's just gone where no large modern company has gone before.

The company is dropping the diversity, equity, and inclusion goals that it had previously set for itself. In addition, DEI roles will be eliminated, carbon emissions goals will be withdrawn, and the company will stop sending data to the Human Rights Campaign.

Tractor Supply made the move after information began circulating that the company was deeply involved in DEI and ESG initiatives, and its stock price took a nosedive.

“We work hard living up to our mission and our values every day, and represent the values of the communities and customers we serve,” the company wrote in a statement. “We’ve heard from our customers that we have disappointed them. We have taken this feedback to heart.”

The backlash began when conservative Robby Starbuck highlighted the company's actions on X, which included DEI hiring practices, in-office Pride Month decorations, climate change activism, and “funding sex changes.”

“He decimated them,” Glenn Beck says. “Just took them apart with everything that they have.”

Stu Burguiere is impressed by the company's response.

“It’s very rare,” Burguiere tells Glenn. “Even Bud Light, who seemingly overtly changed directions, right? Like you could tell by their actions. They never came out and said, ‘And just so you know, we’re totally off the bandwagon.’ They just kind of did it and hoped you noticed.”

Glenn, however, remains skeptical.

“I’d like to see if this is just, you know, another customer service kind of thing and a campaign ad,” he says.


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Businesses Are Fleeing San Francisco In Droves, Leaving The City Devastated As Crime, Drug Use Runs Wild

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Newsom hailed the Silicon Valley Bank bailout, but did not point out his own business with the institution: Report



The Intercept reports that while California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has expressed support for the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank depositors, the Golden State governor failed to point out that he is a client of the belly-up bank.

Linking to a document titled "Silicon Valley Bank Wine Division Premium Wine Client Promotions," the Intercept claimed that wineries owned by the governor — CADE, Odette, and PlumpJack — are listed as clients. Newsom kept personal accounts at the bank for years, according to a former Newsom employee, the outlet said.

"Governor Newsom's business and financial holdings are held and managed by a blind trust, as they have been since he was first elected governor in 2018," Newsom spokesperson Nathan Click said via email, according to The Intercept.

Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank customers are being bailed out and therefore will not incur losses even though the two banks have failed.

"The Biden Administration has acted swiftly and decisively to protect the American economy and strengthen public confidence in our banking system. Their actions this weekend have calmed nerves, and had profoundly positive impacts on California — on our small businesses that can now make payroll, workers who will get their paychecks, on affordable housing projects that can continue construction, and on non-profits that can keep their doors open tomorrow. California is a pillar of the American economy, and federal leaders did the right thing, ensuring our innovation economy can continue to grow and move forward," Newsom said in a Sunday statement.

Amid fears of possible contagion, GOP Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer has said that the U.S. government should temporarily insure all bank deposits in order to prevent massive flows of funds from smaller banks to larger institutions.

"If you don't do this, there's going to be a run on your smaller banks," Luetkemeyer said, according to Politico. "Everyone's going to take their money out and run to the JPMorgan’s and these too-big-to-fail banks, and they're going to get bigger and everybody else is going to get smaller and weaker, and it's going really be bad for our system."

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Disney, Apple, Amazon, and other major businesses urge the Senate to pass the Respect for Marriage Act



Well over 100 businesses have signed on to a letter urging the U.S. Senate to pass the Respect for Marriage Act.

The bill, which cleared the House of Representatives last week, would advance the LGBT agenda as it pertains to gay marriage.

While the Supreme Court previously steamrolled states' rights regarding same-sex marriage in its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, the Respect for Marriage Act would enshrine into law a prohibition against states declining to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.

The measure would prohibit states from denying "full faith and credit to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State pertaining to a marriage between 2 individuals, on the basis of the sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individual." The bill would bar states from denying "a right or claim arising from such a marriage on the basis that such marriage would not be recognized under the law of that State on the basis of the sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals."

The measure would also stipulate that when it comes to federal laws, rules, and regulations, a person should be viewed as married provided that their marriage is valid in the state where it occurred.

Last week, 47 House Republicans joined 220 Democrats in voting to approve the measure.

Major businesses such as the Walt Disney Company, Airbnb, Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Bank of America, Comcast NBCUniversal, General Mills, General Motors, Harley Davidson, Intel, Microsoft, Pfizer, PepsiCo, Starbucks, Target, Twitter, Tesla, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Zillow are just a few of the many companies that have signed onto the letter urging senators to back the bill.

"No person, including same-sex couples and interracial couples protected by this bill, should fear their marriage will not be recognized by the federal government or their employment benefits threatened," the letter says. "Our businesses strongly embrace diversity and inclusion because we want everyone who works for us or does business with us to feel included and welcomed as their true, authentic selves. Inclusive business practices improve our bottom lines and lead to more productive and engaged employees, increased customer satisfaction, and, ultimately, improved competitiveness and financial performance."

The Human Rights Campaign, a pro-LGBT advocacy organization, is behind the letter.

\u201cOver 170 businesses are making their voices heard and urging the Senate to safeguard marriage equality nationwide. \n\nWe need to protect marriage equality. We need to pass the Respect for Marriage Act. https://t.co/kBSUk7pbH0\u201d
— Human Rights Campaign (@Human Rights Campaign) 1659029406

Black Lives Matter calls for 'Reparations NOW'



Black Lives Matter is calling for reparations and urging American businesses to lend their support.

"This year, on the first anniversary of Juneteenth’s designation as a federal holiday, it is imperative that our economy, government, and society demonstrate a true commitment to Black emancipation. We want, deserve, and are owed reparations," the Black Lives Matter Global Network declared in a Medium post.

\u201cReparations NOW.\u201d
— Black Lives Matter (@Black Lives Matter) 1655668020

Last year, President Joe Biden signed legislation to make Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, a federal holiday.

BLM suggested that "corporations can and must pave the way for reparations in this country."

"Today, we call upon the same companies who rapidly rallied behind the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020: Step into the fullness of your financial positioning and power. Act on your claims to value Black life via holistic reparations for Black communities and push for reparations," BLM declared.

"While we are not opposed to Juneteenth recognition, we ARE opposed to corporate America using Black pain, Black joy, Black victories, and Black history as an opportunity to expand their pockets without investing back into OUR communities. Stop exploiting our holiday," BLM wrote.

BLM said that reparations are required because of slavery, but that slavery is not the sole issue.

"We demand that American corporations reckon with how they may have profited from slavery and take concrete steps that go beyond mere feel-good public relations efforts," BLM noted. "American companies should announce their public support for reparations immediately. We know that many corporations have benefited from the legacy and continued oppression of Black people, and therefore they must do their part in making true reparations.

"We demand reparations for African descended people in the United States and beyond. While we prioritize the demand for reparations for slavery, we do not limit our demand for reparations to slavery. We believe demanding reparations only for slavery erases the reality that the United States has continued to exploit and harm Black people through convict leasing, sharecropping, Jim Crow, redlining, and other policies of structural discrimination and exclusion, and mass criminalization and incarceration through policies such as the 'war on drugs,'" BLM wrote.