Biden's DOD ridiculed for claiming 'diversity' training is a 'strategic imperative'



The Biden administration's Department of Defense was torched online after the agency shared a Twitter post on Sunday claiming that its "diversity" training is a "strategic imperative."

The DOD tweeted a video from its Office for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion's annual DEI Summit, with the caption, "Diversity is a strategic imperative critical to mission readiness and accomplishment. We were on site for the 2023 inaugural @DoD_ODEI. Summit as DEIA experts led forums to advance the DEIA and DoD mission -- because our people matter."

\u201cDiversity is a strategic imperative critical to mission readiness and accomplishment. We were on site for the 2023 inaugural @DoD_ODEI Summit as DEIA experts led forums to advance the DEIA and DoD mission -- because our people matter.\u201d
— Department of Defense \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Department of Defense \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1676732428

Elon Musk responded to the post by stating, "Your strategic imperative is defending the United States."

Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton added, "The Left seeks to turn our military into an enforcement arm of the 'Party.'"

Jeremy Redfern, deputy press secretary to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), replied to the DOD's tweet, "Your entire mission is to deter an attack on the US homeland, and if there is a war, to effectively and efficiently destroy the enemies of the United States. That's it."

The summit, which was launched as a part of the Pentagon's diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative, was held February 15-17.

The DOD described the event as including "distinguished presenters and renowned experts in government, higher education, business, science, and technology."

In January 2021, the Biden administration issued an executive order to support racial equity initiatives in the federal government. Last year, the DOD released a 37-page plan to push DEI.

Last week, Biden signed another executive order on "further advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities through the federal government."

"This order builds upon my previous equity-related Executive Orders by extending and strengthening equity-advancing requirements for agencies, and it positions agencies to deliver better outcomes for the American people," the White House stated.

The order stated that the secretary of defense "shall, within 30 days of the date of this order, ensure that they have in place an Agency Equity Team within their respective agencies to coordinate the implementation of equity initiatives and ensure that their respective agencies are delivering equitable outcomes for the American people."

According to Fox News Digital, the agency has spent $91,000 on diversity seminars for the Air Force Band, comprising 184 active-duty members.

Earlier this month, Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana told Fox News Digital that the Pentagon's DEI initiatives peddle a "dangerous message" and teach "anti-Americanism" to service members.

"It's a travesty and it sends a dangerous message to troops and recruits about the Pentagon's priorities and values. Funding poisonous ideologies will destroy our military's readiness and cohesion," Banks stated.

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Biden administration grants Afghan nationals 'temporary protected status' protecting them from deportation



The Biden administration will not deport citizens of Afghanistan who are illegally living in the United States.

The Washington Examiner reported that the Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday the implementation of “Temporary Protected Status" (TPS) for Afghans currently residing in the United States. This program, debuted by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, means that Afghans brought to the United States during last fall’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan are protected from deportation and will be able to secure employment for the next 18 months.

Many of these Afghan citizens were not fully vetted by the federal government prior to their evacuation from Afghanistan.

Mayorkas said, “This TPS designation will help to protect Afghan nationals who have already been living in the United States from returning to unsafe conditions.”

He said, “Under this designation, TPS will also provide additional protections and assurances to trusted partners and vulnerable Afghans who supported the U.S. military, diplomatic, and humanitarian missions in Afghanistan over the last 20 years.”

DHS officials said that the TPS policy is not necessarily intended for the nearly 80,000 Afghans whom the U.S. evacuated from Kabul last year, but “these individuals may also be eligible for TPS.”

Afghan refugees brought to the U.S. during this time were released into the country’s interior on a “parole basis” that protected them from deportation and enabled them to secure employment for a period of two years.

In a press release, the DHS said that Afghan refugees were targeted for TPS due to the “extraordinary and temporary conditions that prevent the country’s nationals from returning in safety.”

Since the Taliban came into power last summer, terror groups like al Qaeda and Islamic State-Khorasan have periodically carried out attacks on civilians.

The department’s press release also indicated that Afghanistan’s unstable economy and poor record on human rights issues justified extending the TPS program to cover Afghan refugees.

It cited “a collapsing public sector, a worsening economy, drought, food and water insecurity, lack of access to healthcare, internal displacement, human rights abuses and repression by the Taliban, destruction of infrastructure, and increasing criminality” as reasons for protecting Afghan refugees from deportation.

However, the department noted that TPS will not be granted to Afghans who arrived in the country after March 15, 2022, and that to qualify for TPS, Afghans must undergo background and security checks.

DHS officials did not say how many Afghan refugees currently in the country are protected from deportation.

Over 300,000 people — from 13 total countries — have been approved for TPS since Congress launched the program in 1990.

Horowitz: Why is only one state bucking the CDC?



The last time I checked, there were 28 GOP governors, 23 of whom have Republican legislatures to back them up. Two years into the corruption, lies, and unscientific incompetence of the CDC, how is it that Florida is the only state where the health department is actively bucking the CDC?

Rather than serve as a state conduit for the CDC’s relentless misinformation promoting clot shots, quarantine, and masking, the Florida Department of Health is now a positive force for science and health. Under Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Gov. DeSantis’ newly confirmed surgeon general, the health department is actively issuing guidance encouraging doctors to treat patients early with what they find to work rather than relying on the same voodoo that has failed so many people for two years.

Last Thursday, DeSantis and Ladapo posted a video announcing several new changes to their guidance. The guidance includes the following five changes:

  • Pushing Back Against Corporate Masking for Employees
  • Advising Health Care Practitioners and Facilities to Reevaluate Status Quo Protocols in Favor of Scientifically Based Treatment Options to Benefit Patients
  • Updating Daycare Guidance to Limit Child Isolation to 5 Days
  • Updating the School Rule to Limit Student Isolation to 5 Days
  • Reducing Isolation for Floridians with COVID to 5 Days

Even in other red states where the governors claim to oppose the mandates, the departments of health continue to promote masks, continue to pressure people to get boosters, and continue to support quarantine. DeSantis has already banned school mask mandates, but he noted in several speeches in recent weeks how some big businesses continue to forcibly mask their workers, creating a quasi two-tiered serfdom system. Rather than simply announcing that we no longer “need” masks, DeSantis and Ladapo went after the entire premise of masking.

“Businesses are advised to no longer require facial coverings for employees, as there is no proven significant clinical benefit for facial coverings among the general population,” states the guidance.

To this day, deep red state departments of health continue to peddle discredited misinformation from the CDC that masks work against this virus. The twitter banner of the Alabama Department of Health still has a goofy mask montage promoting them with more passion than the Biden administration.

How is it that all these GOP governors claim to oppose the Biden administration, yet their own administrations continue to promote lies months after they were discredited? Medical freedom and COVID fascism are the issues of our lifetime, and these governors have ensured that there is not one iota of difference between the parties. Any governor who claims to oppose the CDC and Fauci but has his or her department of health disseminating this dangerous misinformation about efficacy and safety of the jabs or masks is a complete fraud.

Then there is early treatment. We already know that masks do not work and the vaccines waned last year and don’t work at all for Omicron. So, what does work? “If you take a look at Fauci, what he puts out, what he says you can do, he’s been very negative on a lot of treatments that have actually shown positive results,” declared the Flroida governor in the “Buck the CDC” video. “And so what Dr. Ladapo has done is made sure that practitioners understand that they have the flexibility, and they can use their judgment, to use off-label products in order to treat Covid-19.”

To that end, the Florida Department of Health sent out a provider alert to doctors, recommending they “exercise their individual clinical judgment and expertise based on their patients’ needs and preferences.” Why it has taken this long across the board is mind-boggling, but Ladapo did this on his first day after being confirmed to his position. Where are the other governors?

The guidance added this important line in bold type:

“If you are a health care practitioner who is aware of a hospital that is preventing licensed health care providers from using evidence-based care and exercising clinical judgment in treating patients, please report those instances to the Agency for Health Care Administration.”

So rather than putting doctors on notice to lose their licenses for saving lives, this guidance actually encourages doctors to contact the department if hospitals are preventing them from using standard clinical judgement in treating patients.

Too many GOP governors straddle the fence and proclaim their opposition to Fauci’s policies, but then their departments of health continue to put out misinformation while failing to discuss actual early treatment. Even last week, after so much information came out about vaccine injury, the Tennessee Department of Health recommended shots even for children as young as five, despite the lack of efficacy for Omicron.

Wondering about COVID vaccines for your kids? The CDC recommends everyone 5 years and older get vaccinated to protect them from serious illness and hospitalization due to COVID.pic.twitter.com/v4Ldp3ky6x
— TN Dept. of Health (@TN Dept. of Health) 1645567208

Georgia is still going strong promoting these dangerous and needless shots on children.

Same game in Wyoming, which looks more like California:

Most children and all teens can get COVID-19 vaccines. The CDC recommends everyone ages 5 and older get a COVID-19 vaccine. For more information, visit: http://spr.ly/6010KEIlk\u00a0pic.twitter.com/vexeAfrz1P
— WYhealth (@WYhealth) 1645639200

South Dakota is even promoting boosters on children to this very day!

#Booster doses help keep you and your loved ones protected. Everyone 12 years or older is eligible to receive a #COVID19 booster. \n\nFind a vaccine at http://Vaccinefinder.org\u00a0.pic.twitter.com/IWkjhWyc5E
— Department of Health (@Department of Health) 1645653685

Its red-state neighbor to the north had the nerve to endorse the lie that somehow the shots prevent you from getting COVID and suffering potential heart problems, all the while failing to provide informed consent showing that the shots can also cause heart problems:

Did you know? People with a history of COVID-19 are at higher risk for long-term heart diseases. In the spirit of Heart Month, TeamND encourages you to protect your heart by getting vaccinated and taking precautions against COVID-19.\n\nRead more: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/fRzOzjN729
— ND Department of Health (@ND Department of Health) 1645030942

Just last Friday, Arizona’s Department of Health encouraged the shots even for people with prior infection and had the nerve to insinuate that it stops the spread!

Did you know? People with a history of COVID-19 are at higher risk for long-term heart diseases. In the spirit of Heart Month, TeamND encourages you to protect your heart by getting vaccinated and taking precautions against COVID-19.\n\nRead more: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/fRzOzjN729
— ND Department of Health (@ND Department of Health) 1645030942

Oklahoma is still touting boosters too.

Oklahomans ages 18+ are encouraged to get a booster shot if it\u2019s been 5 months since their initial Pfizer or Moderna series or 2 months since their J&J vaccine. 12-17-year-olds are eligible to receive the Pfizer booster shot. Visit http://vaccinate.ok.gov\u00a0 to find a dose near you.pic.twitter.com/ejU2GGhrKX
— OK Dept of Health (@OK Dept of Health) 1645207230

Rep. Wendi Stearman (HB 4322) has a bill to prevent the department of health from advertising the shots.

On the same day, they promoted the #MaskUp fairy tale:

Whether you prefer an N95, KN95, disposable or cloth, wearing a face covering consistently and properly helps prevent the spread of #COVID19 and its variants.\n\nChoose a mask that's comfortable for you and #MaskUp.pic.twitter.com/escBAyupkD
— AZ Dept of Health (@AZ Dept of Health) 1645739582

On the same day, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare promoted mask-wearing, months after its efficacy has been debunked.

KN95 masks (one pack of 10 per household) are available for free at various locations around the state. Call the Idaho CareLine by dialing 2-1-1 or 800-926-2588 or your local public health district to find a location near you. https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/health-wellness/community-health/public-health-districts\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/RIQS1IbVRe
— DHW (@DHW) 1645569900

As of a week ago, the Indiana health department was tweeting out messages that could have come straight from Biden and Fauci:

Along with getting vaccinated/boosted and wearing high filtration masks, testing is one of the best tools to prevent the spread of #COVID19.\n\nFind PCR and rapid tests in your area http://tinyurl.com/C19testingIN\u00a0\n\nLearn how to use a rapid self-test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pxk6ZcCfz8\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/Ds3jHsRAcC
— Indiana Department of Health (@Indiana Department of Health) 1645277450

They even have the Spanish version to promote them on 5-year-olds:

Todas las personas de 5 a\u00f1os o m\u00e1s son elegibles independientemente de la ciudadan\u00eda. \n\nEncuentra la vacuna contra el covid http://OurShot.in.gov\u00a0\n\nEveryone 5 and older is eligible regardless of citizenship.\n\nFind a COVID-19 vaccine http://OurShot.in.gov\u00a0pic.twitter.com/GeM7DWvASt
— Indiana Department of Health (@Indiana Department of Health) 1645104617

There is now a wealth of evidence that everything the CDC has done was counterproductive and that many people need treatment help both for long COVID and for vaccine injury. Hospitals are still mistreating patients, kicking out spouses, and preventing them from giving them safe medications. Yet all these same governors who remain silent in the face of this humanitarian crisis are raucously shouting about Ukraine, and issue in which, as governors, they have zero impact.

With red states like these, who needs blue states?

'Take power into your own hands': Putin calls for Ukrainian military to seize power and make agreement with Russia



As Ukrainians bravely fight to defend their country against a Russian invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for the Ukrainian military to seize power and make an agreement with Russia, according to reports.

"Take power into your own hands," Putin said, according to reports.

"It seems that it will be easier for us to come to an agreement than with this gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis, who occupied Kyiv and took the entire Ukrainian people hostage," Putin said, according to Politico, which noted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish.

Russia has been laying siege to Ukraine, but Ukrainians have been fighting back.

People around the globe have watched in horror as Russia began invading the sovereign country, wreaking death and destruction against the Ukrainian people.

The U.S. and other nations have condemned Russia and levied sanctions — President Biden has said that American troops will not defend Ukraine against Russia, but will defend NATO allies.

.@POTUS: Our forces are NOT going to Europe to fight in Ukraine\u2014but to defend our @NATO Allies. As I made crystal clear, the United States will defend every inch of NATO territory with the full force of American power. NATO is more united\u2014and more determined than ever.pic.twitter.com/6XMS9SbvvV
— Department of State (@Department of State) 1645736373

The president is slated to deliver a State of the Union address next week, but has been underwater on his job approval numbers in various polls for quite awhile. In addition to domestic issues like rapidly rising prices, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is likely to cast a pall over his upcoming speech.

A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll of adults in the U.S. found that just 33% approve of how Biden is dealing with the Russia-Ukraine issue, while 47% disapprove, and 20% have no opinion on the matter. The poll was carried out Feb. 20 to 24.

Biden admin's virtual embassy to Iran gets shredded for sharing 'disgraceful' quote from Kamala Harris deemed an 'insult to all Americans'



The Biden administration's U.S. virtual embassy to Iran shared a post featuring a quote from Vice President Kamala Harris across multiple social media platforms this week that many critics lambasted as an "insult to all Americans."

The United States has not had a diplomatic presence in Iran since the 444-day hostage crisis where Iranians sieged and captured the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 and detained over 50 hostages.

The U.S. instead has a virtual embassy to Iran, which touts itself as "the primary official resource for the Iranian people to get information directly from the U.S. government about U.S. policy and American values and culture." It adds, "But, in the absence of direct contact, we hope it can serve as a bridge between the American and Iranian people."

On Wednesday, the U.S. virtual embassy to Iran posted a quote from Vice President Harris to its social media accounts, including Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

The post includes a photo of Vice President Harris with her quote that was written in Farsi, and translated says:

The truth is: There is segregation in America. Xenophobia exists in America. Antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, all exist. Wherever injustice is dealt with, there is activity ahead.
.@VP: \u062d\u0642\u06cc\u0642\u062a \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u062a: \u062a\u0628\u0639\u06cc\u0636 \u0646\u0698\u0627\u062f\u06cc \u062f\u0631 \u0622\u0645\u0631\u06cc\u06a9\u0627 \u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f \u062f\u0627\u0631\u062f. \u0628\u06cc\u06af\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u0633\u062a\u06cc\u0632\u06cc \u062f\u0631 \u0622\u0645\u0631\u06cc\u06a9\u0627 \u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f \u062f\u0627\u0631\u062f. \u06cc\u0647\u0648\u062f \u0633\u062a\u06cc\u0632\u06cc\u060c \u0627\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u0647\u0631\u0627\u0633\u06cc\u060c \u0647\u0645\u062c\u0646\u0633\u06af\u0631\u0627 \u0647\u0631\u0627\u0633\u06cc\u060c \u062a\u0631\u0646\u0633 \u0647\u0631\u0627\u0633\u06cc\u060c \u0647\u0645\u0647 \u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f \u062f\u0627\u0631\u0646\u062f. \u0631\u0633\u06cc\u062f\u06af\u06cc \u0628\u0647 \u0628\u06cc \u0639\u062f\u0627\u0644\u062a\u06cc \u0647\u0631\u06a9\u062c\u0627 \u06a9\u0647 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f\u060c \u0641\u0639\u0627\u0644\u06cc\u062a \u067e\u06cc\u0634 \u0631\u0648\u0633\u062a.pic.twitter.com/mF14nwl9CZ
— USAbehFarsi (@USAbehFarsi) 1645027386

The original Harris quote was said in May during the ceremony to mark President Joe Biden signing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, the White House confirmed to the New York Post.

In January, the U.S. Department of State used the quote on its social media platforms to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

.@VP on injustice: "Here's the truth: Racism exists in America. Xenophobia exists in America. Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, it all exists. The work to address injustice wherever it exists remains the work ahead."pic.twitter.com/QTCAQ6hERy
— Department of State (@Department of State) 1642453201

The tweet from the U.S. virtual embassy to Iran using the vice president's quote was vehemently denounced by many online.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: "For Vice President Harris to suggest moral equivalence between the Iranian regime's desire to eliminate Israel and a national policy of gender apartheid with American equality under the law is truly dangerous and ungrounded in reality. Americans are better than this."

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich: "Why would VP Kamala Harris tweet this to Iran? What level of hating America does it take for the vice president to attack her own country."

Fellow at the Independent Women's Forum Ellie Cohanim: "This is *appalling* coming from a USG account. Why is the US @VP messaging as do America’s worst enemies? This is demeaning to Iranians who are being executed for being gay, oppressed for being Jewish…and an insult to all Americans!"

Former Congressman Scott Taylor: "We have democracy, freedom of speech, rule of law and equality under it. We have the ability to move towards a more perfect union. None of this is true in Iran. This is a disgraceful tweet by our vice president."

Iranian-American journalist Karmel Melamed: "MORE GARBAGE from the @StateDept Persian lang handle. Instead of calling out Jew-hatred, misogyny, anti-gay beliefs & overall bigotry of the Ayatollah regime, these fools call America xenophobic, Islamophobic, etc. Wake up CLOWNS, when will you focus on mullahs' evil?! SMH."

Iranian-American activist Mariam Memarsadeghi: "There’s constant reason Iranians across the political spectrum are insulted and irate at Biden’s Iran policy: the admin actively seeks ways to minimize their oppression, even suggesting moral equivalence between the grotesque, systematic inequality they suffer and life in America."

Former Senior Advisor for Public Affairs in the Iran Action Group for the U.S. Department of State Len Khodorkovsky: "Posting this from the @StateDept’s Farsi channel knowing full well it will arm the Iranian regime, the world’s top sponsor of terrorism and sworn enemy of the United States, with propaganda talking points is shocking."

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