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One of the oldest arguments against workplace diversity was that qualified white men would be passed over for unqualified or incompetent members of equity groups, which of course presumed that no one in those disadvantaged groups could themselves ever be qualified hires.

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“RESIST. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES.”Judge Ortiz emailed her EEOC colleagues after the anti-trans EO. She told me, “The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up. I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”

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President Trump's approach to the war in Ukraine is a reversal of the last three years, the editorial board writes, "but also a repudiation of a nearly eight-decade core belief that the United States was safer in a world where it stood against aggression and authoritarianism and for freedom."

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments

so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

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"Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), Jim Moran (Kansas) and Steve Daines (Mont.) were all co-sponsors of this law. None responded to requests for comment."

submitted 4 days ago • 121 comments

For this exact reason is why you have folks like Erin Kane, Clark's agent, making comments like this. And tbh I think there's a lot of merit to what she's saying. Why should the #WNBA be responsible for making the [M]NBA more entertaining?

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

“We are alarmed how quickly the business community has given in to the current administration’s retaliatory threats. It is not ‘illegal’ for a company to create a business model based on what it believes to be important ethical and business standards.”

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

All while dropping: 49 Points (71% TS) 13 Assists 5 Rebound . . . . . #Hawkeyes #CaitlinClark #Number22 #History #WBB #WNBA #Iowa #IowaHawkeyes #IndianaFever #Herstory

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Yahoo! Count me in @ltgovflanagan.mn.gov !

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NEWS: The Department of Education has rescinded Title IX guidance that stated NIL payments must be proportionate between a university’s male and female athletes. Details ⤵️ http://dlvr.it/THxMGN

submitted 10 days ago • 20 comments

New Nike commercial with Sha’ccari Richardson, Caitlin Clark, A’ja Wilson, Juju Watkins, and Jordan Chiles. #nike #wnba #wnba #unrivaled #ncaaw #ncaawbb

submitted 13 days ago • 21 comments

What is with these announcers on the USC vs OSU game?

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As the Trump administration and Elon Musk work to dismantle USAID, the government’s lead agency for delivering humanitarian aid for generations, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work, promoting unfounded claims and conspiratorial thinking. nyti.ms/4htWHN0

submitted 15 days ago • 131 comments

Trump appointees and allies of Elon Musk wanted to use the Treasury Department’s sensitive payment system to block USAID payments, emails show.

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look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls

submitted 20 days ago • 80 comments

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

submitted 20 days ago • 3292 comments

These look like fake headlines in a dystopian themed oppo ad.

submitted 21 days ago • 15 comments

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

submitted 22 days ago • 4419 comments