Actor and wrestling star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has expressed regret over his endorsement of Joe Biden in 2020, and has vowed not to repeat the error. His comments came in an exclusive interview with Fox News aired Friday morning. Johnson also used the opportunity to blast “woke culture” and “cancel culture.”
“Am I happy with the state of America right now? Well, that answer is no,” Johnson said.
“The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time,” he explained, saying he felt it was his duty to use his influence and his position to share his preferred candidate with the public.
“Am I going to do that again this year? That answer’s no,” he confirmed.
🚨BREAKING: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson says he regrets endorsing Joe Biden in 2020 and will not endorse him in 2024. pic.twitter.com/oP2DM5ogE5
“What I realize, what that caused back then was something that tears me up in my guts back then and now, which is division. That got me. The takeaway after that, months and months, I realized, that caused division in our country. I realize now going into this election, I will not do that, my goal is to bring this country together.
“[With] this level of influence, I’m going to keep my politics to myself; I think it’s between me and the ballot box,” he said, adding he would support whoever the American people choose.
Johnson also said he was not planning to enter the political arena himself “as of now.”
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Not only did The Rock express regret over his 2020 endorsement of Joe Biden this morning in an interview with @willcain, he also slammed "cancel" and "woke" culture.
Actor and wrestling star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has expressed regret over his endorsement of Joe Biden in 2020, and has vowed not to repeat the error. His comments came in an exclusive interview with Fox News aired Friday morning. Johnson also used the opportunity to blast "woke culture" and "cancel culture."
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Scotland’s International Development Alliance (SIDA), funded by the Scottish government, has unveiled an ‘inclusive language guide’ suggesting the terms ‘mother’ and ‘father’ foster oppression.
The organization views the traditional family terminology as potentially “reinforcing existing power structures,” and argues for a change to ‘parent’ and ‘guardian.’
SIDA also recommends eschewing terms like ‘girls’ and ‘guys’ in favor of ‘colleagues’ or ‘everyone’ and replacing ‘chairman,’ ‘spokeswoman,’ and ‘manpower’ with genderless alternatives.
“With this language guide we hope to ensure our language is contributing to — not getting in the way of — the fundamental changes we are looking to make in the world: equality, inclusion, fairness, decolonisation [sic], and global justice,” the document proclaims.
SIDA’s guide also contends terms like ‘global warming’ and ‘climate change’ are insufficiently urgent, proposing ‘climate crisis’ and ‘climate emergency’ as replacements, and denounces ‘third world’ and ‘the West’ as “problematic phrases.”
A spokesman for the Free Speech Union argued, “the real reason these red-pencil wielding zealots want to ban words like mother and father is to enforce radicalprogressive dogma. “
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Scotland's International Development Alliance (SIDA), funded by the Scottish government, has unveiled an 'inclusive language guide' suggesting the terms 'mother' and 'father' foster oppression.
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A recently published paper casts doubt on the legitimacy of multiple studies from global consulting firm McKinsey & Company that suggested a positive correlation between corporate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and companies’ financial performance. The authors of the Econ Journal Watch study describe McKinsey’s conclusions as ‘junk research.’
The Econ Journal Watch research evaluated several studies conducted by McKinsey, concluding that neither conceptually nor empirically could it be established that large public firms in the U.S. could expect higher financial returns through increasing racial or ethnic diversity within their executive team.
“Our results indicated that despite the imprimatur often given to McKinsey’s 2015, 2018, 2020, and 2023 studies, McKinsey’s studies neither conceptually (in terms of the correct definition of causality) nor empirically (in terms of their set of large US public firms) support the argument that large US public firms can expect on average to deliver improved financial performance if they increase the racial/ethnic diversity of their executives.”
McKinsey’s studies have been referenced by institutions such as the U.S. Navy, being incorporated into the Navy’s 2021 ‘Task Force One’ report, advocating for a diversification of their forces.
Elaine Donnelly, president of The Center for Military Readiness, recently said that the Pentagon’s prioritization of DEI programs has led to an ongoing recruitment crisis. “Race-conscious ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ (DEI) policies are making personnel shortages worse,” Donnelly said. “Minority recruitment has remained steady or increased, which is fine, but a steep decline in white recruits almost entirely accounts for the ongoing recruiting crisis.”
The research from Econ Journal Watch is likely to add to growing concerns over the consequences of DEI initiatives. Last month, it was reported that DEI initiatives are costing UK taxpayers at least half a billion pounds a year, or roughly $632.5 million.
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A recently published paper casts doubt on the legitimacy of multiple studies from global consulting firm McKinsey & Company that suggested a positive correlation between corporate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and companies' financial performance. The authors of the Econ Journal Watch study describe McKinsey's conclusions as 'junk research.'
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Music mogul and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs is currently embroiled in multiple civil lawsuits alleging sex trafficking, sexual abuse, and rape. Federal agents with U.S. Homeland Security conducted raids on the rapper’s residences in Los Angeles and Miami on March 25 as part of the investigation. Combs, 54, has refuted all allegations, with his legal team describing the lawsuits as opportunistic attempts for monetary gain.
Combs faces accusations involving at least five women and one man.
CASANDRA ‘CASSIE’ VENTURA.
Last year, singer Casandra Ventura filed a lawsuit alleging that she was beaten, raped, and sex-trafficked by Combs on multiple occasions spanning a decade. She alleged the abuse began soon after they met. Combs signed Ventura to his label in 2005. She was 19, and he was 37. Ventura claimed that when she tried to end their relationship in 2018, Combs forced his way into her home and raped her.
RODNEY ‘LIL ROD’ JONES.
In February, music producer Rodney Jones filed a lawsuit against Combs, alleging he was “subjected to unwanted advances by associates of Diddy at his direction.” Jones worked for Combs from September 2022 to November 2023. He claims that during that time, Combs sexually harassed, drugged, and threatened him. Jones’s suit also alleges that Combs hosted “sex-trafficking parties” featuring underage girls and illegaldrugs.
JOIE DICKERSON-NEAL.
Dickerson-Neal filed a lawsuit in November 2023 alleging that Combs drugged and sexually assaulted her and secretly recorded the assault. The alleged assault occurred in 1991 when Dickerson-Neal was a college student. After “reluctantly” agreeing to go out to dinner with Combs on January 3, 1991, Dickerson-Neal alleges she was drugged, “resulting in her being in a physical state where she could not independently stand or walk.”
JANE DOE 1.
Also, in November 2023, an anonymous plaintiff filed a lawsuit against Combs, accusing him and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall of raping her and her friend in 1990 or 1991. The plaintiff alleges that after being invited by the two men to an afterparty, she “was offered more drinks and was coerced into having sex with Combs.” She then discovered that her friend was “forced to have sex with Combs and Hall in another room,” according to the suit. Days later, the lawsuit alleges, Combs visited the plaintiff and her friend at their residence, where he became angry “and began assaulting and choking Jane Doe to the point that she passed out.”
JANE DOE 2.
In December of 2023, another anonymous plaintiff accused Combs of drugging and gang-raping her in 2003 when she was just 17 years old. The plaintiff alleges she was plied with drugs and alcohol at his New York studio before Combs and two of his associates raped her. Her suit accuses Combs of engaging in a “sex trafficking scheme” in which she was flown to New York on a private jet from her home in Michigan.
THE MEIDAS TOUCH?
Kenny Meiselas, longtime attorney for Combs, is the father of Ben, Brett, and Jordan Meiselas, the brothers who founded MeidasTouch Network, a White-House linked media organization that created the Trump ‘bloodbath‘ hoax. Ben Meiselas got his start in politics by interning for Combs, who was involved in pro-Democrat get-out-the-vote efforts at the time. The extent to which the Meiselas patriarch — or his son Ben — knew of Combs’s alleged sex trafficking schemes and rapes is unknown.
Combs is at least the third individual connected with MeidasTouch Network to be associated with alleged sexual crimes. The media organization was funded by the Lincoln Project, which was co-founded by accused sexual predator John Weaver. MeidasTouch Network also receives funding from Reid Hoffman, the E. Jean Carroll megadonor, a personal friend of Jeffrey Epstein, and a guest at Epstein’s notorious private island.
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Music mogul and rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs is currently embroiled in multiple civil lawsuits alleging sex trafficking, sexual abuse, and rape. Federal agents with U.S. Homeland Security conducted raids on the rapper's residences in Los Angeles and Miami on March 25 as part of the investigation. Combs, 54, has refuted all allegations, with his legal team describing the lawsuits as opportunistic attempts for monetary gain.
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A new version of the strategy game Catan, in which players contend with clean energy, fossil fuels, overpopulation, and pollution, is set to be released. Catan: New Energies replaces the game’s classic themes of settlement and conquest with a left-wing ‘green‘ political message. Original game creator Klaus Teuber and his son, Benjamin Teuber, developed the new version.
This new version of the game sees players choose between cheaper fossil fuels or renewables, wrestle with limited resources as pollution increases, deal with the alleged effects of climate change, and use “green tokens” to counter pollution. If pollution hits a certain level, the entire game ends.
“You must decide: Invest in clean energy resources or opt for cheaper fossil fuels, potentially causing disastrous effects for the island?” states its description in the Catan shop.
Benjamin Teuber revealed the new version is less about having fun and more about spreading a political message. “Very often at the end of the game, you see everybody completely freaking out,’” he noted. “But the pollution is already here, like what did you expect? And then maybe people start working together,” he continued. Teuber said the game makes people think “If we do all work together and all did our share, then it can work, and all it cost is that we grow a little bit slower.”
The types of policies that appear to be implicitly encouraged by Catan: New Energies are currently wreaking havoc in Europe. Recent reports suggest that green policies in the UK could spark nationwide food shortages. The EU recently backpedaled on much of its green agenda following mass protests by farmers.
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A new version of the strategy game Catan, in which players contend with clean energy, fossil fuels, overpopulation, and pollution, is set to be released. Catan: New Energies replaces the game's classic themes of settlement and conquest with a left-wing 'green' political message. Original game creator Klaus Teuber and his son, Benjamin Teuber, developed the new version.
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Cartoon Network, which airs animated content primarily aimed at children and young viewers, celebrated the “Transgender Day of Visibility” — which coincided with Easter Sunday this year — on an Instagram post.
Along with a series of colorful, child-friendly images featuring pro-trans slogans, the Warner Bros.-owned network wrote “Affirmations for our trans and gender non-conforming family. You are valid, just as you are 💖🏳️⚧️ #TransgenderDayofVisbility.” The network also implied that opposition to promoting transgenderism is “hate,” commenting: “We’re not doing hate today. Be kind or be blocked.”
Cartoon Network’s persistent promotion of transgender and gender non-conforming themes has been evident in its programming. Last year, the “We Baby Bears” animated series introduced “non-binary” characters that used “they/them” pronouns. During last year’s “Transgender Day of Visibility,” the network promoted “preferred pronouns.”
The Biden regime caused controversy this week when it promoted the “Transgender Day of Visibility” on Easter Sunday, the holiest day in the Christian calendar. Transgender ideology is explicitly at odds with Christian teachings, and many viewed the Biden government’s support for the “Transgender Day” observance as a direct and intentional insult to Christians, especially in light of the fact it had banned Christian symbols at its annual Easter egg hunt.
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Cartoon Network, which airs animated content primarily aimed at children and young viewers, celebrated the "Transgender Day of Visibility" — which coincided with Easter Sunday this year — on an Instagram post.
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House Republican Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (Pa.) — supported by co-sponsors Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Barry Moore (R-Ala.), and Troy Nehls (R-Texas) — has put forward a bill that would rename Dulles Airport the Donald J. Trump International Airport.
“In my lifetime, our nation has never been greater than under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump,” Reschenthaler said.
“As millions of domestic and international travelers fly through the airport, there is no better symbol of freedom, prosperity and strength than hearing ‘Welcome to Trump International Airport’ as they land on American soil.”
“In 1998, Congress renamed the National Airport in Washington after one of our great presidents, Ronald Reagan. It is only fitting that we would do the same for another one of our greatest presidents, Donald J. Trump, especially as he stands against the onslaught of weaponized government to fight for Americans like us,” concurred Rep. Moore.
Dulles is currently named for John Foster Dulles, a former Senator and Secretary of State who helped draft the United Nations Charter and assemble the NATO-like Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), which fell apart in the 1970s.
Scoop: A group of House Republicans are pushing to have Washington Dulles, DC’s main international airport, renamed — after Donald Trump
The bill’s being led by House GOP chief deputy whip Guy Reschenthaler & is co-sponsored by 6 other lawmakers pic.twitter.com/PdhlpJ9Oo9
House Republican Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (Pa.) — supported by co-sponsors Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Barry Moore (R-Ala.), and Troy Nehls (R-Texas) — has put forward a bill that would rename Dulles Airport the Donald J. Trump International Airport.
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Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo appeared to be taken aback recently when Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) referred to transgenderism as a “mental illness.”
Burchett’s comments came during a dialogue focusing on President Biden’s designation of Trans Day of Visibility on Easter Sunday. “You know, this thing is, it’s, it’s a mental illness. We just gotta address it. It’s it’s not a, it’s not a normal type lifestyle, and and, I can’t… be more… against what the president did. And I think it shows, too. He is just trying to secure his base—” Burchett said.
During Burchett’s remarks, Bartiromo acted shocked. “Mental illness?” she interrupted incredulously. After allowing Burchett to finish his thought, Bartiromo said, “And I don’t know what you’re saying in terms of mental illness. I have no idea what you’re talking about in that regard.”
Transgenderism — known clinically as gender dysphoria (GD) — was previously recognized in psychiatry and psychology as a mental disorder called gender identity disorder (GID). GD replaced GID as the preferred term in 2013 with the publication of an updated Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. According to the American Psychiatric Association, “Mental Illness…refers collectively to all diagnosable mental disorders.”
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GOP Rep. Tim Burchett describes being transgender as "a mental illness," which goes too far even for Maria Bartiromo.
"I don't know what you're saying in terms of mental illness. I have no idea what you're talking about in that regard," she says. pic.twitter.com/13OhNARS7G
Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo appeared to be taken aback recently when Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) referred to transgenderism as a "mental illness."
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Nigel Farage, a key figure in the Brexit movement and founder of Reform UK, announced that he no longer attends church due to what he perceives as the Church of England’s capitulation to the so-called ‘woke‘ agenda.
“I won’t go to my local church, I won’t go. I am christened and confirmed in the Church of England, all my family on both sides have been Church of England,” Farage said during an interview with GB News. “I used to believe in it, I used to attend, not every Sunday but regularly during the year, I will not go. It is hopeless, they’ve given up, they’ve surrendered,” he continued.
Farage‘s comments follow calls from Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, Archdeaconess of Liverpool, for “anti-whiteness” and to “smash the patriarchy.” Farage noted that Ms. Threlfall-Homes represents everything wrong with ‘wokeness’ and the Church of England today. “Her name sums it up, I don’t know her personally but I’ll have a bet she’s upper middle class, completely detached from reality,” Farage said.
Farage also criticized the contemporary Church of England’s obsession with slavery and ‘atoning’ for it. “On slavery can I remind everybody that today is the 217th anniversary of the passing of the Abolition of Slavery Act as it became, in parliament,” he noted. “When it comes to this issue. You’d think to listen to some of our lefties, that we are the only country that ever practiced it. No, far from it. Slavery persists to this day. We as a nation have done more to stop slavery than any other nation in the history of our earth.”
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Nigel Farage, a key figure in the Brexit movement and founder of Reform UK, announced that he no longer attends church due to what he perceives as the Church of England's capitulation to the so-called 'woke' agenda.
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The city council of Sacramento has voted to designate the city as a ‘sanctuary’ for transgenders, in what is understood to be the first move of its kind in California.
The resolution was initially proposed by former councilwoman Katie Valenzuela. “California has been a leader in protecting the rights of transgender individuals to access care, but many states across the nation are moving in the opposite direction,” Valenzuela said in the proposal. “In preparation of future legislation that may criminalize those providing or seeking gender-affirming care and given the Council’s stated values of equity and inclusion, it is important for the City of Sacramento to be proactive in reiterating our commitment to transgender rights and equal protections for transgender people.”
The proposal explicitly referred to states seeking to protect children from being subjected to the dangerous medical experiments and chemical treatments known by the euphemism ‘gender-affirming care.’
A number of Sacramento residents have voiced their opposition to the measure. “If we’re so progressive in Sacramento, why are we going against what all these European countries are doing,” said Sacramento resident Beth Bourne. “This does not make sense.”
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The city council of Sacramento has voted to designate the city as a 'sanctuary' for transgenders, in what is understood to be the first move of its kind in California.
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