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Austin Fire Chief Who Refused To Deploy Rescue Boats For Flood Victims Was A DEI Hire

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Similar to the flood itself, the tragedy of the high waters sweeping through the Central Texas Hill Country has violently ebbed and flowed from the public consciousness. At the last count, the death toll has reached 135 souls, at least a dozen of them little girls at a Christian camp.

True to the spirit of the times, the disaster soon degenerated into yet another game of partisan mudslinging.

Of course, leftists immediately blamed DOGE cuts to disaster relief and climate change, neither of which was true. As for those on the right, when they were not actively debunking these claims, most of them concluded that this was just one of those unavoidable evils that occur in a fallen world.

However, there happens to be more to this story that few people on either side seem to discuss. There actually was someone who could have intervened in time to save many of the victims: Austin’s Fire Department Chief Joel Baker.

According to a public comment from the Austin Firefighters Association (AFA), Chief Baker had several opportunities to “send life-saving swift water boat teams to pre-deploy to Kerrville during devastating flooding” but decided against this out of a “misguided attempt to save money.” Evidently, he didn’t understand that “the fire department is fully reimbursed by the state to deploy,” even when someone explained “this very simple concept” to him. As such, the AFA overwhelmingly affirmed a vote of no confidence in Baker. (Read more from “Austin Fire Chief Who Refused To Deploy Rescue Boats For Flood Victims Was A DEI Hire” HERE)

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Lockheed Martin Awarded Bonuses Based on Race, According to Report

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If the U.S. is going to maintain its military edge in the 21st century it can’t rely on defense contractors that prioritize DEI over building the best warfighting tools.

A report recently released by conservative journalist Christopher Rufo and co-author Ryan Thorpe alleges that defense contractor Lockheed Martin’s executives “were so committed to DEI policies that they awarded some year-end bonuses based on employees’ skin color, rather than performance—in open violation of civil rights law.”

“As we have previously reported, after the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, Lockheed adopted radical DEI policies and, in one instance, required white men in leadership positions to attend a racial reeducation program and atone for their ‘white male privilege,’” Rufo and Thorpe wrote.

This is in reference to Rufo’s reporting from 2021 where he highlighted how Lockheed Martin was hosting conferences for executives to deconstruct their “white male privilege” and generally doing all in their power not to miss out on all the absurdities of the Great Awokening.

It wasn’t just conferences and internal corporate indoctrination according to Rufo and Thorpe’s reporting. They wrote that in December 2022 a person who worked for Lockheed Martin was preparing the “aeronautics division’s year-end bonuses.” (Read more from “Lockheed Martin Awarded Bonuses Based on Race, According to Report” HERE)

GOP-Appointed University of Florida Trustees Vote on DEI Booster for President Today

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Trustees of Florida’s flagship public university vote today on whether to reverse their institution’s nascent success by selecting an identity-politics booster to replace former University of Florida President Ben Sasse.

Sasse’s UF presidency was key to the Florida legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ efforts at reforming higher education away from leftist indoctrination and towards an academics-focused core curriculum. States including Utah, Texas, and Oklahoma have used Florida’s education reforms as a model for their own.

Yet UF trustees will vote Tuesday on a candidate to replace Sasse likely to undo all he and state lawmakers have accomplished to increase the university’s profile, improve its stewardship of public resources, lead the nation in education reform, and remove identity politics corruption. Although the university search committee promised it would “recommend a small number of highly qualified candidates to the UF Board of Trustees,” it ultimately only recommended one finalist, Santa Ono, whose professional record teems with identity politics activism.

On Saturday, journalist Chris Rufo posted a supercut of Ono’s public pledges of allegiance to race and sex discrimination throughout his career.

The Canadian-born Ono was president of the University of Cincinnati from 2012 to 2016, president of the University of British Columbia from 2016 to 2022, and then president of the University of Michigan from 2022 to May 2025. (Read more from “GOP-Appointed University of Florida Trustees Vote on DEI Booster for President Today” HERE)

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Companies Retreat From Gay Pride Events Across US Amid Trump Admin’s DEI Crackdown

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A host of American corporations are backpedaling from their involvement in gay pride events this year amid the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts across the country.

There have been a growing number of reports that organizers of major gay pride parades and festivals across the U.S. are scrambling for funds due to several longtime corporate sponsors scaling back their support of LGBTQ events. Some scholars explained to the Daily Caller News Foundation that news of companies pulling back from pride events may reflect a broader shift away from DEI in corporate America.

“We are seeing major companies, in meaningful numbers, either eliminating or modifying their DEI programs, which certainly does include sponsoring LGBTQ+ pride events and so on,” Stefan Padfield, the executive director of the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project, told the DCNF. “I think really the bottom line here is that there has just arisen an awareness on the part of executives that this promotion of these [pride] events runs such a meaningful risk of being perceived as pushing transgender ideology on parents … I think corporations have finally woken up to the reality that that’s a very big risk for them to be taking.”

“Those of us on the right, conservatives in this space, we are just pushing corporations to get back to neutral,” Padfield added. “We just want them to stop pushing these agendas down our throat, just get back to producing great products and services and making America great through the power of capitalism in that way … the left, on the other hand, wants the corporations to push their agendas. This is really a step back to neutrality, and I think we need to celebrate it and encourage more of it.”

The recent reports of some corporate sponsors backing out of major pride events come amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to eliminate DEI policies across the public and private sectors, including signing several executive orders aiming to terminate what he has referred to as “radical and wasteful” DEI programs across the federal government. (Read more from “Companies Retreat From Gay Pride Events Across US Amid Trump Admin’s DEI Crackdown” HERE)

Nearly 400 Colleges and Universities Refuse to Close DEI Offices

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A recent report from an education watchdog has found that colleges and universities across the nation are still operating diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and programs, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order demanding an end to DEI initiatives among any organizations that receive federal funding.

Defending Education, the higher education arm of Parents Defending Education, published a report this week detailing how nearly 400 colleges and universities in the U.S. still operate DEI offices and programs. Only 16 colleges and universities have shuttered their DEI initiatives.

According to the report, 242 universities still operate DEI offices or programs, as do 162 schools or colleges. Defending Education also found that 26 universities or colleges have simply “rebranded” or “renamed” their DEI offices and programs, in an apparent effort to avoid detection. Examples of new names used to hide DEI initiatives include “Access,” “Advocacy,” “Belonging,” “Community,” “Compliance,” “Inclusive Excellence,” “Institutional Excellence,” “Resilience,” and “Success.”

The report is “not exhaustive,” but it surveyed colleges and universities in 46 states and the District of Columbia. California had the most schools with DEI programs at 27, followed by New York at 24, Illinois at 17, and Massachusetts at 15. Many universities run multiple DEI initiatives, including offices or programs within specialist or graduate schools. The majority of these projects identified by Defending Education are located within medical schools, nursing schools, and engineering schools.

In comments to The Washington Stand, Family Research Council Senior Fellow for Education Studies Meg Kilgannon said, “It would be naive to think that reforming educational institutions could be accomplished by the stroke of a pen.” She explained, “DEI is rooted in a belief system that is enforced, but more than that, it is accepted and believed. The hearts and minds of people running colleges and universities must change if we want true reform. It will take generations to transform higher education.” Kilgannon added, “Prayer, fasting, and the engagement of Christians in the process is necessary.” (Read more from “Nearly 400 Colleges and Universities Refuse to Close DEI Offices” HERE)

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Watch Tucker Carlson: Pilots Are Afraid to Leave Cockpit for Fear of What Their DEI Co-Pilots Will Do Unattended

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Sherry Walker, a seasoned commercial airline pilot with nearly 35 years of experience, is speaking out about the concerning effects that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies have had on safety standards within the aviation industry. According to Walker, the focus on DEI has led to a disturbing erosion of critical safety measures, to the point where pilots now fear for their safety while in the cockpit.

Walker, who has spent most of her life navigating commercial flights and mentoring new pilots, argues that the push for diversity initiatives has undermined rigorous pilot training and competency standards. She claims that pilots, including herself, are sometimes afraid to leave the cockpit during flight for fear of what might happen when the co-pilot is left in charge.

“The pressure to meet DEI quotas has reached a point where the qualifications and skills of pilots can no longer be the only consideration,” Walker said. “I’ve worked alongside many amazing pilots of all backgrounds, but the shift towards inclusivity over competency has compromised the integrity of our profession.”

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Notre Dame Undermines Catholic Mission In Pursuit Of DEI

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The University of Notre Dame has been on a decades-long warpath of undermining its Catholic mission at the altar of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology. But that drive could be on a collision course with the Trump administration’s threat to revoke federal funding from DEI schools.

Just before the Jan. 20 inauguration of President Donald Trump, Notre Dame Provost John McGreevy sent a faculty-wide email stating that the hiring priorities of the school were to increase “the number of women and underrepresented minorities” and that those DEI goals were “equally important” to hiring Catholic faculty. That is one of the latest examples of the school’s dedication to the ideology dating back to at least the 1970s, as detailed in a new report from The Claremont Institute.

“They change Catholicism to be DEI, and while most places are moving in one direction on DEI, Notre Dame is moving in the other direction,” report author Scott Yenor, senior director of state coalitions at The Claremont Institute and political science professor at Boise State University, told The Federalist. “Few conservative or traditional aspects of campus life have grown as quickly or with as much administrative enthusiasm as the DEI efforts have grown in the past several years.”

Yenor said the “worst thing in the report” was McGreevy’s email, especially since the timing was just days before Trump was set to be sworn in after being elected on a mandate to end things like DEI. He said it signaled a “note of defiance.”

“One important goal is to hire Catholic faculty and other faculty deeply committed to our mission to ensure continuity with our past and our future as the world’s leading global Catholic research university,” McGreevy’s email stated. “A second overlapping and equally important goal is to increase the number of women and underrepresented minorities on our faculty so that we become the diverse and inclusive intellectual community our mission urges us to be.” (Read more from “Notre Dame Undermines Catholic Mission In Pursuit Of DEI” HERE)

Delta Upside-Down Plane Crash Allegedly Involved All-Female Crew (UPDATED)

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By The Express Tribune. The upside-down crash of a Delta flight in Toronto has sparked intense scrutiny and debate, particularly surrounding the pilot’s identity and the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in aviation.

The incident occurred on Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport when a Delta-operated Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft flipped upside down during its landing attempt, injuring 21 people. The flight, operated by Endeavor Air, a regional airline affiliated with Delta, was traveling from Minneapolis-St. Paul and had 80 people on board, including crew members.

Following the impact, parts of the aircraft separated, and a fire ensued, according to Canadian investigators. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is leading the inquiry into the crash, with assistance from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Initial reports indicate that weather conditions, including gusting crosswinds and blowing snow, were present at the time of the crash.

However, the lack of the usual “flare” maneuver—where pilots pull the nose of the plane up just before touchdown to slow the aircraft and ensure a smoother landing—has raised questions among aviation experts about potential issues with the pilot’s actions during the descent.

(Read more from “Delta Upside-Down Plane Crash Allegedly Involved All-Female Crew” HERE)

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UPDATED: Delta Finally Releases Information About Pilot, First-Officer

By Riley Moser. Delta Air Lines has revealed information about the crew on board a flight from Minneapolis that crashed and flipped upside down at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.

Officials say the captain was hired by Mesaba Airlines in October 2007, which merged with Pinnacle Airlines in 2012 to form Endeavor Air, a subsidiary of Delta that operated the flight to Toronto. Additionally, he has served as an active duty captain and in pilot training and flight safety capacities.

CBS News learned the first officer graduated from a university with an accredited and well-respected aviation program, and so was able to start working with fewer than 1,500 hours under a Restricted Air Transport Pilot certificate. She crossed the 1,500-hour mark and earned her full ATP certificate in January 2023, which is the highest-level pilot certification in the U.S., before completing training last April, and has been flying for Endeavor since then.

Delta says her flight experience “exceeded the minimum requirements” set by federal regulations.

She passed all of her check rides and there were “no red flags” about her pilot skills, a source familiar told CBS News. (Read more about the crew involved in the Delta plane crash HERE)

Intel Agencies Begin Dismantling DEI In Response To Trump’s Order

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Federal agencies are scrapping diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in response to President Trump’s executive order — and the intelligence community (IC) is no exception.

Trump issued an executive order on day one of his presidency targeting DEI programs in the federal government. Federal agencies have since begun rolling back DEI, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA).

“CIA is complying with the Executive Order,” an agency spokesperson told the Caller.

“We are laser-focused on our foreign intelligence mission. We are complying with the EO and [Office of Personnel Management] Implementing Guidance. CIA sent out a notice on 31 January stating that Agency Resource Groups (ARGs), Directorate Resource Groups (DRGs), and Workforce Partner Groups have been disbanded.”

A CIA page on Diversity and Inclusion now goes to a 404 error page. According to an archived page of the site, ARGs are groups composed of “employees and allies who share a common affinity.”

(Read more from “Intel Agencies Begin Dismantling DEI In Response To Trump’s Order” HERE)

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Trump Signals He’ll Fight For Reality At UNICEF With Motion To Nuke DEI And Trans Ideology

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In an unexpected move Friday, the Trump administration issued a series of amendments to the UNICEF executive board that would have effectively rooted out transgender ideology and so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from the United Nations’ children’s agency.

Though the amendments failed to pass, they demonstrated that even at the U.N., the Trump administration intends to fight on all fronts. They also represented a sea change; only a few weeks ago when Joe Biden was still president of the United States, U.S. diplomats took the opposite position to the one they now take on behalf of the Trump administration.

The U.S. representative told the board, “These country program documents contain terms and concepts that promote immoral discrimination and advance harmful gender ideology in defiance of biological reality, both of which conflict with U.S. policies.”

“The United States objects to any UNICEF efforts to advance such programming in countries,” he added.

“It is U.S. policy to recognize two sexes, male and female, and not to promote gender ideology,” the representative said. “It is particularly disturbing that this language is being used in UNICEF programming documents. Children should be protected from this dangerous ideology and its possible results.” (Read more from “Trump Signals He’ll Fight For Reality At UNICEF With Motion To Nuke DEI And Trans Ideology” HERE)

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