They're running out of acronyms to cover their racism
DEI didn't kill our soldiers and it isn't going to re-elect Trump
Using dead soldiers hits a new height
Every time I think the disgusting people on Fox News can’t hit a new low they manage to find a way. Last week I spoke with Juliet Jeske about how ridiculous the channels have become but it only took a few days for the disgusting Maria Bartiromo to show how low she is willing to go.
These three citizen soldiers from Georgia died in a drone attack by Iranian-backed militias last week in a base in Jordan.
It appears by early reports the incoming suicide drone was mistaken for a returning U.S. small drone that was on its way back to the base as well. This is tragic but its war. I did four tours in combat and the one thing you learn fast is that death is random; mistakes happen; and nothing is perfect. This is another case.
Maria Bartiromo wasted no time going on camera to smear our service members and the military leadership by asking an idiot Congressman if perhaps “DEI” (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) had something to do with the drone slipping through.
Yes…you read that right. Three black soldiers were killed and Bartiromo blamed programs that aim to incorporate more Americans into our armed forces and and law enforcement. She is saying that perhaps a black person caused this. Don’t try to pretend otherwise.
Let’s talk about this bullshit
You can watch the clip at the opening of this weeks show weeks show and I had the perfect guest to discuss it, Kaivan Shroff, who has been active in Democratic politics and fighting this ridiculous racism for years. We discussed this attack on DEI as just the latest attempt by the Republicans and their propagandists to stoke racist fears and fan the flames of white victimhood.
At some point we have to stop pretending that they are all just racist pieces of shit and cut the bullshit letting them hide behind cute little euphemisms and code words. Nikki Haley wants to run around and try to convince us that a racist murder of black church goers wasn’t and that the entire thing was stoked by the media.
She is lying and we need to call it just that.
Well…we do in this show.
The show
Kaivan Shroff
Kaivan Shroff joins Fred to discuss the outrageous twisting of DEI to cover for Republican racism, Taylor Swift hysteria, and much more. Kaivan is a public interest attorney who serves as press secretary for the youth mobilization nonprofit Dream For America and as senior advisor for the Institute for Education, a D.C. nonprofit. He worked on the litigation team at Everytown for Gun Safety and as a digital organizer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. He continues to organize for a range of Democratic causes. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School, an MBA from the Yale School of Management, and an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School. Follow him on Twitter (at)KaivanShroff.
Update on life
Look…I’m not going to bullshit you here. It’s been a bumpy couple of months. My family has faced some shocking losses that we are still trying to wrap our minds around, I have had a couple of medical challenges, and this ridiculous Flynn case drags on and on.
But the fight goes on and there isn’t much to do but keep at it. I will keep on plugging away and I appreciate your patience as I navigate this moment. Your support matters.
We will be filing our dismissal for his latest stupid attempt to sue me for $150M over one single tweet. We will also be filing for sanctions against his malicious and vile law firm. If you would like to support my legal defense fund I would appreciate it. We are going to have to keep going as he refused to drop the case as he is funded by bottomless amounts of MAGA grift money.
You can chip in here: Wellman Legal Defense Fund
In the mean time…let’s keep up the fight.
Fred, this comment is in relation to something that I have heard recently about some things at the VA and I thought that you should know about it. Recently, 3 VA Psychologists had posted a shared authored article on a Right Wing Website about their opposition to VA policies about Transgender Veterans, in stark violations of the Hatch act and VA policies. Then, the Secretary of the VA was asked about this in a press conference and had blown it off and didn't condemn their actions or that the VA is looking into firing them because of these violations. WTF?? I know that it is an Election Year, but this kind of thing can not stand. The Sec of the VA needs to be, at a minimum, admonished, if not removed from office and these three VA doctors need to be removed and charged with Hatch act violations.
I know that you have connections and can look into this from other angles. Please do so.
The VA Sec was also asked about the stalled VA medical care for Transgender Veterans that has been backpedeled for two years now and wouldn't answer any further questions about this as well.
I am NOT a Transgender Veteran, but I DO know a few and am an ally.
And Bartiromo talking about DEI is because all three of the dead soldiers are African Americans (from GA, no less for her narrative) and this all implies that they are dead and the others are injured because they are black and it was their fault (because they are black & being from GA, too stupid to do the jobs to keep the white servicemen safe) for them getting killed. Racism at it's worst!!!