DEI Initiatives

DC Plane Collision

The Claim: https://x.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1885012231038828780 https://x.com/AP/status/1885021291624755683 https://x.com/BowTiedRanger/status/1886096861678698550 The Debunk: https://x.com/KyleKulinski/status/1884987093782282422 (FAA quit, musk wanted him out, but no direct evidence) https://www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-michael-whitaker-quit-on-jan-20-after-elon-musk-told-him-to-resign/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/01/31/musk-faa-director/ https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-freeze-hiring-air-traffic-controllers-washington-crash-2023348 (freezing of depts and hiring) https://x.com/AP/status/1885068582305845543 (staffing not normal, 1 controller running 2 positions) https://x.com/Shayan86/status/1885349956015321464 (Jo Ellis, not the pilot, because she's trans) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyeg61pnl5o (disability hires) Other Resources: https://youtu.be/UHU989JOyuk?si=Pio6T_Bk1au0dDjY https://youtu.be/maJuj9ubpf4?si=qzpnHfi9dtqX5hhl https://youtu.be/o3e8aNyp73Y?si=EOMvgJI3PF5pjvOq https://youtu.be/b0UcrqLCAC4?si=cQWFW0RL_3ws-rof https://youtu.be/BZjRrpuZDAI?si=khbap4Szch-YpxSC https://youtu.be/AwM7fmm_owg?si=ReKZiNAmvtVjbWTb https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/business/faa-short-on-air-traffic-controllers/index.html (faa still short 300o people) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/30/airspace-safety-at-reagan-washington-airport-long-been-a-concern/78039475007/ (Reagan airport due to elected people wanting direct flights) https://www.wvtm13.com/article/dc-plane-helicopter-crash-victims/63623529 (victims) https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faqs-midair-collision-reagan-washington-national-airport https://www.flyingmag.com/news/atc-communications-between-jet-army-black-hawk-face-scrutiny-in-d-c-midair/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/01/30/dc-plane-crash-video-flight-path-helicopter/78049992007/ https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5281166/dca-crash-helicopter-air-traffic-controller-radio ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

DEI Initiatives

The claim: https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-black-pilots-racism-accusations-1863546 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jesse-watters-uses-photo-of-female-la-firefighters-to-make-bizarre-criticism-about-fire-department-sure-hope-they-know-what-they-re-doing/ar-BB1ravxS https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/ Debunk: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/applying/articles/how-does-affirmative-action-affect-college-admissions https://hr.uoregon.edu/affirmative-action-myths-and-realities https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78wn5qg3nyo https://www.axios.com/2025/01/23/trump-dei-snitches-government https://abcnews.go.com/US/dei-programs/story?id=97004455 Other resources: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment https://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/data-stories/redlining/j https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/japanese-american-incarceration https://time.com/7209960/companies-rolling-back-dei/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Elon Musk's Salute

Post uploaded edit: I found the Harris clip showing she didn't make the same salute as Musk did and as the screen cap suggests: https://x.com/tify330/status/1881512417387040998 Another user found even more clips disproving that other democrats did this: https://x.com/ExposingNV/status/1881647306724049116 Claims: https://x.com/AdamNutter/status/1881505279139057724 https://x.com/AstorAaron/status/1881467415646920733 https://x.com/delinthecity_/status/1881468832411521194 Debunk: https://x.com/KahliefAdams/status/1881432971976339916 The N*zis think it's a N*zi salute: https://x.com/TheRoyalSerf/status/1881445349690392704 https://www.fox10tv.com/video/2025/01/20/elon-musk-appears-give-nazi-style-salute-capital-one-arena-rally/ News being coy: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/elon-musk-hand-gesture-speech.html https://www.live5news.com/2025/01/20/elon-musk-appears-give-awkward-salute-during-speech-after-inauguration-twice/ Things that got less coverage because of it: https://apnews.com/article/trump-paris-agreement-climate-change-788907bb89fe307a964be757313cdfb0 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pardons-nearly-all-jan-6-defendants-inauguration-day https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c391j738rm3o ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

California Fires

Claims: https://x.com/skylikeajedi/status/1877168548637712464 (dei firefighters) https://x.com/UniquelyDone247/status/1756789608614940781 (trees didn't burn) https://x.com/Milennial_con/status/1877057645384769923 (17 million budget cut) https://x.com/ZavalaA/status/1877058654001566079 (water restoration declaration) https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1r9Kcq.img?w=1920&h=1080&q=60&m=2&f=jpg (fish) Debunks: DEI Firefighters:https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5252757/california-wildfires-dei-diversity-influencers-firefighters https://www.flickr.com/photos/lafd/25056861492 (8 year old picture from flickr, found via google image search, exact matches) Trees didn't burn: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/los-angeles-wildfire-trees-1.7428870 Budget cuts: https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-los-angeles-cut-fire-department-funding-2011568 increased by a total of 50 m, budget for 2023-2024 was over 800m budget actually almost doubled under Newsom https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/did-california-cut-100-million-083924312.html?guccounter=1 from 2.525 billion in 2018-19 budget to 4.249 billion in 2024-25 budget Helicopter help was limited due to high winds: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/fire-fighting-planes-grounded-due-to-wind-gusts/3603767/ Fire hydrants ran dry: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/los-angeles-wildfires-water-scarcity -water pressure goes down as more hydrants are used (4x normal demand) A majority of leadership at calfire is still men https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/los-angeles-wildfires-water-scarcity, 11 men, 10 women Full employee lists, lots of men https://cdnverify.osfm.fire.ca.gov/media/4nxn30qw/fdidmstr1.pdf Power was also shut off by power companies instead of those companies having better procedures https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-claim-about-empty-hydrants-undermined-la-water-utilitys-lack-common-wildfire-safety-protocolt Water restoration declaration doesn't exist https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/politics/fact-check-trump-california-wildfires-fema/index.html Fish protection https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/394283/los-angeles-wildfires-trump-newsom-delta-smelt https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservatives-play-blame-game-california-wildfires-pointing-fingers-de-rcna186983 Republicans for fire: https://meidasnews.com/news/republicans-who-voted-against-wildfire-prevention-tweeted-about-the-la-fires Other creators: https://youtu.be/IRVp1uqXRE0?si=ev6G07xJSuEPGf41 [https://youtu.be/IRVp1uqXRE0?si=ev6G07xJSuEPGf41] https://youtu.be/7USejIf-4SM?si=um1yssage69FhJQe [https://youtu.be/7USejIf-4SM?si=um1yssage69FhJQe] https://youtu.be/aL4NB4HCyb4?si=H0jDI3zEnoarBOZR [https://youtu.be/aL4NB4HCyb4?si=H0jDI3zEnoarBOZR] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

New Years Truck Attack

Other Creators covering this: https://youtu.be/hbwREpD__f8?si=IoyFO4m_vGtfY-Wd [https://youtu.be/hbwREpD__f8?si=IoyFO4m_vGtfY-Wd] https://youtu.be/-YU7rv7aKrw?si=Qo5K9YrHGfL0AFk7 [https://youtu.be/-YU7rv7aKrw?si=Qo5K9YrHGfL0AFk7] The Claim: https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1874478242624680112 [https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1874478242624680112] https://x.com/Johnnypatriot64/status/1874547583995216214 [https://x.com/Johnnypatriot64/status/1874547583995216214] Debunk: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-republicans-new-orleans-attack-border-1235223376/ [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-republicans-new-orleans-attack-border-1235223376/] https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-falsely-pushes-anti-immigrant-151017489.html [https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-falsely-pushes-anti-immigrant-151017489.html] https://apnews.com/article/cybertruck-explosion-trump-hotel-las-vegas-6c85af85255753db497f2cd344fb2ace [https://apnews.com/article/cybertruck-explosion-trump-hotel-las-vegas-6c85af85255753db497f2cd344fb2ace] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/man-killed-in-cybertruck-explosion-was-active-duty-u-s-army-soldier-officials-say [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/man-killed-in-cybertruck-explosion-was-active-duty-u-s-army-soldier-officials-say] Resources: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate [https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-truck-attack-motive-possible-accomplices/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-truck-attack-motive-possible-accomplices/] https://www.thedailybeast.com/las-vegas-cybertruck-bomber-matthew-livelsberger-was-a-trump-supporter-source/ [https://www.thedailybeast.com/las-vegas-cybertruck-bomber-matthew-livelsberger-was-a-trump-supporter-source/] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/soldier-who-died-in-cybertruck-explosion-left-note-saying-it-was-a-wakeup-call-for-countrys-ills [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/soldier-who-died-in-cybertruck-explosion-left-note-saying-it-was-a-wakeup-call-for-countrys-ills] https://www.yahoo.com/news/driver-tesla-cybertruck-exploded-us-171956920.html [https://www.yahoo.com/news/driver-tesla-cybertruck-exploded-us-171956920.html] https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/cybertruck-explosion-suspect-matthew-livelsberger-vegas-b2672940.html [https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/cybertruck-explosion-suspect-matthew-livelsberger-vegas-b2672940.html] https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it [https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it] https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/27/in-america-far-right-terrorist-plots-have-outnumbered-far-left-ones-in-2020 [https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/27/in-america-far-right-terrorist-plots-have-outnumbered-far-left-ones-in-2020] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.