Apple shareholders have rejected a proposal to halt the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program, as many other companies are ditching DEI. The initiative to end woke DEI policies at Apple was led by the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank.
In the proposal, the center cited potential litigation and financial risks linked to DEI programs as a primary concern for shareholders. A similar proposal was previously rejected at Costco’s annual meeting. Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the company’s culture relies on hiring exceptional talent and fostering collaboration. “We’ve never had quotas or targets for Apple,” Cook claimed.
In recent months, businesses like Google, Target, and Disney have reduced or eliminated their DEI programs. Conservative activism and court decisions have largely influenced the policy changes, with many companies scrapping DEI after President Trump’s election win last November.
In the first days of his administration, President Trump signed an executive order to eliminate DEI within the federal government and among federal government contractors. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) also ended its DEI policies shortly before Trump’s inauguration.
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Apple shareholders have rejected a proposal to halt the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program, as many other companies are ditching DEI. The initiative to end woke DEI policies at Apple was led by the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank.
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Google has decided to ditch its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) recruitment goals, becoming the latest major corporation to abandon woke hiring policies. The tech giant is also reevaluating other DEI initiatives.
Between 2021 and 2024, Google publicly committed to integrating DEI into all aspects of its operations. However, this commitment was notably absent from its most recent investor report.
Following the 2020 riots after George Floyd’sdeath, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, set a goal for a 30 percent increase in leadership roles for individuals from so-called diverse backgrounds—that is, people who are not white, not straight, not men, or not able-bodied—over five years.
Google’s shift away from DEI aligns with several other major companies including Meta, Amazon, and Walmart, which have either reduced or eliminated their DEI policies.
In contrast, Apple is resisting this trend, advising investors to oppose a proposal from the National Center for Public Policy Research to abolish its diversity initiatives. Apple’s board argues such policies carry potential risks.
Companies’ moves to abandon DEI come after President Donald J. Trump scrapped DEI policies in the U.S. federal government, dismantling entire departments dedicated to DEI practices. Some agencies, like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), eliminated DEI policies even before President Trump’s inauguration.
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Google has decided to ditch its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) recruitment goals, becoming the latest major corporation to abandon woke hiring policies. The tech giant is also reevaluating other DEI initiatives.
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War Room host Stephen K. Bannon believes that the tech oligarchs who control America’s major technology firms surrendered to President Donald J. Trump at his inauguration, likening their appearance to the signing of surrender by the Japanese in World War II. Speaking with British journalist Steven Edginton, Bannon explains: “It was like [Trump] wanted to re-create the deck of the battleship Missouri in Tokyo harbor in 1945, with MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz taking the surrender of the imperial high command.”
“These were the bro-ligarchs that essentially came to sign a surrender document,” he said, noting that the bosses of Meta, Amazon, Google, and others had opposed President Trump during his first term.
Bannon contends that Trump wanted the whole world to see Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai, and Apple’s Tim Cook on display and to know he had beaten them. According to Bannon, once Pennsylvania was called for Trump on November 5—securing him the presidency—the tech oligarchs had their “road to Damascus” moment, referencing the story of Saint Paul in the Book of Acts.
“They all realized they really weren’t progressive Democrats that were in partnership to suppress the MAGA movement, they were actually populist-nationalists,” he said. “They had the revelation, and they couldn’t wait to get to Mar-a-Lago.”
Along with attending the inauguration, some of the Big Tech firms have made steps to distance themselves from the past. For instance, Mark Zuckerberg is ending biased “fact-checking” across Meta’s platforms, which include Facebook and Instagram.
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‘The tech bro-ligarchs came to sign a surrender document’
Steve Bannon describes Trump’s inauguration in which the CEOs of Facebook, X, Google and Amazon attended.
‘On November 5 they all realised they weren’t progressive Democrats & they were actually populist nationalists’ pic.twitter.com/gHCjX6Bbyz
War Room host Stephen K. Bannon believes that the tech oligarchs who control America's major technology firms surrendered to President Donald J. Trump at his inauguration, likening their appearance to the signing of surrender by the Japanese in World War II. Speaking with British journalist Steven Edginton, Bannon explains: "It was like [Trump] wanted to re-create the deck of the battleship Missouri in Tokyo harbor in 1945, with MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz taking the surrender of the imperial high command."
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In his long-awaited farewell address to the nation, Joe Biden warned Americans that the country faces an emerging “oligarchy”—specifically pointing to the tech industry—that is flooding elections with so-called “dark money.” However, the Democrats received far more funding that Donald Trump during the November elections, with a majority of the wealthy backing the left-leaning establishment party.
Biden claimed ultra-wealthy individuals in the technology sector pose a significant threat to democracy in thinly veiled comments mostly directed at Elon Musk. Notably, Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and other business leaders will attend President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration alongside his cabinet nominees on January 20. Biden’s remarks may ring hollow to many Americans, as the Biden campaign was the top beneficiary dark money donations, raking in a record-breaking $145 million.
The total dark money that flowed into the 2020 election surged to over $1 billion and largely benefited Democratic Party candidates in 2024. The problem of dark money has become so prolific that Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has called for the repeal of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and for passage of new election regulations that would effectively end the Democrat Party’s dark money behemoth.
BIG TECH & OLIGARCHS.
The outgoing Democratic president’s concerns about the power of technology industry moguls surprised many as well. It was the Biden government that pressured social media platforms to censor Americans’ opinions online. In August last year, Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg admitted his companies worked in conjunction with the Biden government to censor COVID-19 content that Biden’s staff found to be contradictory to their public positions, even if it was factual. Zuckerberg has now pledged to end his partisan political contributions to Democrat-aligned election groups.
While Biden decried the threat of oligarchy, some of his most prominent political backers are individuals many would describe as oligarchs. George Soros and Reid Hoffman have been heavily supporting Biden’s campaigns. Biden even awarded Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom earlier this month.
Polling data suggests Biden’s political hypocrisies have fueled widespread disapproval of the 82-year-old. Data released on Wednesday shows Biden’s favorable rating at just 33 percent and his unfavorable rating at nearly 60 percent.
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In his long-awaited farewell address to the nation, Joe Biden warned Americans that the country faces an emerging "oligarchy"—specifically pointing to the tech industry—that is flooding elections with so-called "dark money." However, the Democrats received far more funding that Donald Trump during the November elections, with a majority of the wealthy backing the left-leaning establishment party.
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War Roomhost Stephen K. Bannon believes that, despite his differences with the MAGA base, Elon Musk “deserves a place at the table” in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s administration—and that he can be turned into a true populist.
“Elon Musk came in and totally backed the… populist, MAGA play,” Bannon said of the tech mogul at a POLITICO event, noting how he “wrote $250 million worth of checks to back that play… not over a whole cycle, [but] in five months.” Bannon stressed that he had “said from the beginning” that Musk “deserves a place at the table” for his contributions.
“[T]his is a new coalition, much broader than 2016,” Bannon said of the current iteration of the America First movement, likening it to a “1932 FDR-type realignment in American politics.”
“[C]learly, you’re going to have members of that coalition that don’t agree on everything,” he said, readily assenting that he “fundamentally” disagrees with figures such as Musk, Peter Tiel, and Mark Zuckerberg in several areas, and “there’s going to be clashes.” However, he noted that “President Trump is particularly good about people arguing ideas, and the best idea and the best policy wins.”
Bannon believes that, so far, the MAGA base is “actually, I think we’re winning this round, and we’re winning this round pretty big.” He cited Musk having “backed off the H-1B visas,” saying they have “got to be reformed”—although Bannon’s camp wants the visa program “to be done away with.”
“I think we’ll get Elon there, and as soon as I can turn Elon Musk from a techno-feudalist to a populist nationalist, that will start making real progress,” he added.
EARLY BATTLES.
Bannon recalled that around 2017, he and Musk clashed “virtually every day about the EV tax credits” and that similar clashes are now taking place over appointments and the aforementioned H-1B visas.
“[Musk] was adamant about Howard Lutnick being Secretary of the Treasury, actually trashed Scott Bessent. Last time I looked, Scott Bessent’s hearing, I think, is on Thursday or Friday for Secretary of the Treasury. Many of the picks he wanted didn’t come to pass,” Bannon said, suggesting Musk’s influence has been exaggerated by the corporate media.
“Look, when you write $250 million worth of checks, when you’re that involved, when you’ve actually backed a ground game, you’re going to have a seat at the table… [but] it can’t be at the head of the table,” Bannon said.
The former White House chief strategist said the X platform owner has “had some influence over policy,” but his own view of the tech community as “essentially importing indentured servants to take jobs of American citizens” with H-1B visas seems to be prevailing.
“Elon’s not going to go away, and quite frankly, he shouldn’t go away,” Bannon said. For his part, Bannon acknowledges he has “been quite intense,” largely because it is his goal to “shift the Overton window,” and he is untroubled by a “continued fight over ideas.”
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War Room host Stephen K. Bannon believes that, despite his differences with the MAGA base, Elon Musk "deserves a place at the table" in President-elect Donald J. Trump's administration—and that he can be turned into a true populist.
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Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes European populists such as Nigel Farage should be wary of accepting money from Elon Musk and other “tech bros” who may seek to alter their agenda. Speaking to Puck’s Tara Palmeri on the Somebody’s Gotta Win podcast, Kassam also predicted tech sector leaders entering D.C. politics as President-elect Donald J. Trump reclaims the White House may have a rude awakening when things do not go their way.
Kassam told Palmeri that Musk, possibly the world’s richest man, seeks power and influence rather than more money. This explains his political activities not only in the United States and the United Kingdom but also in countries where he has relatively weak personal ties, such as Italy.
HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER.
The former senior adviser to Nigel Farage—leader of Britain’s Reform Party—recommended that the Brexit leader not accept the donations the Tesla owner has been considering offering to Reform. This is not only because Farage could not run a U.S.-style political campaign with the money due to British campaign laws but also because Musk—who recently said he wishes to replace Farage as party leader—could negatively influence the party’s direction.
“I think they should refuse it, and I do think I’ve changed my mind on it, having seen how he’s behaved,” referencing incidents such as Musk pushing Trump to embrace legalized mass migration through H-1B visas.
“I always give Soros as the example,” he said, explaining how, before the Hungarian-born plutocrat and other corporate donors came along, the Democratic Party “still classed itself as a pro-American worker party; a pro-union party… an anti-war party, and then suddenly all these corporate donors… come along and fundamentally change [the party].”
He recalled how the same transformation overtook the Tea Party movement, which was “completely bought and sold” by the neoliberal Koch brothers.
THE TECH BROS GO TO WASHINGTON.
Kassam predicted the “socially awkward” tech bros who have injected themselves into the America First movement may struggle to adapt to Washington politics, not least since they include “lots of people who aren’t used to being told ‘no.'”
“[M]y biggest worry is that a lot those tech bros have subscribed to a political philosophy where they truly believe that democracy, American democracy, representative democracy, is passé,” Kassam said.
“[P]eople are right to be extremely, extremely skeptical of those people,” he added. However, he stressed that the fact that he and other established figures in the conservative movement are alive to the danger, as demonstrated by the pushback to H-1B migrants, means there is hope the newcomers’ worst tendencies can be kept at bay.
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Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes European populists such as Nigel Farage should be wary of accepting money from Elon Musk and other "tech bros" who may seek to alter their agenda. Speaking to Puck's Tara Palmeri on the Somebody's Gotta Win podcast, Kassam also predicted tech sector leaders entering D.C. politics as President-elect Donald J. Trump reclaims the White House may have a rude awakening when things do not go their way.show more
Apple has consented to a $95 million cash settlement following a class action lawsuit over alleged privacy violations caused by its voice assistant, Siri. The lawsuit claims that Apple’s assistant recorded and shared user conversations without consent.
The lawsuit argues that Siri was unintentionally activated, capturing private discussions, which were then shared with third parties, including advertisers. Users say that these incidents occurred without initiating Siri with typical trigger words. Apple maintains its denial of any wrongdoing as the settlement awaits approval by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in Oakland, California.
If approved, the settlement could allow users of Apple’s products between September 17, 2014, and 2024 to claim compensation. Each claimant might receive up to $20 per eligible Siri-enabled device, capped at five devices. These include a range of Apple products such as iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and more. However, claims are expected from only a small fraction of eligible customers.
Financially, this settlement equates to around nine hours of profit for Apple, a company with a net income of $93.74 billion in its latest fiscal year. Since September 2014, Apple has accumulated $705 billion in profits. A hearing to review the settlement terms has been suggested for February 14.
A similar case against Google‘s Voice Assistant is underway in California, represented by the same legal teams involved in the Apple lawsuit.
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Apple has consented to a $95 million cash settlement following a class action lawsuit over alleged privacy violations caused by its voice assistant, Siri. The lawsuit claims that Apple's assistant recorded and shared user conversations without consent.
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Meta is set to restructure its global policy team, with Sir Nick Clegg—the liberal former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom—stepping down. Joel Kaplan, currently Clegg’s deputy, is expected to take over. Kaplan, who served as Deputy Chief of Staff in the George W. Bush administration, has staked out a public stance in opposition to aggressively limiting political speech on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram social media platforms, arguing that such measures disproportionately affect conservative voices.
After the 2016 presidential election, Kaplan worked to create an internal Facebook whitelist of Republican and conservative-aligned accounts and pages on the website that would allegedly protect them from censorship. Despite the whitelist, Facebook has continued to censor factual posts, pages, and accounts belonging to conservative activists and lawmakers.
The National Pulse reported last year that Facebook was directed by the Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board to reinstate a post that parodied Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz, comparing them to the characters in the film Dumb and Dumber. Additionally, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr criticized Meta’s censorship policies last October, arguing they suppressed factually accurate content critical of the Biden-Harris movement.
Last August, Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg admitted that the Democrat White House pressured his company to censor American citizens.
MENDING FENCES WITH TRUMP?
Kaplan’s promotion comes as Meta’s political strategy gears up for a Republican-led government. The former Bush White House official has extensive ties to lawmakers on Capitol Hill and will likely oversee Zuckerberg’s efforts to mend fences with President-elect Donald J. Trump. Meanwhile, Republican lobbyist and fundraiser Brian Baker was hired by the Meta CEO in September to aid the political public relations campaign as well.
“I’m grateful for everything you’ve done for Meta and the world these past seven years,” Zuckerberg said in a message to Clegg, saying the Briton has shaped the company’s approach to AI and the metaverse. Zuckerberg also voiced confidence in Kaplan’s leadership abilities, citing his longstanding experience in policy matters.
Meta is set to restructure its global policy team, with Sir Nick Clegg—the liberal former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom—stepping down. Joel Kaplan, currently Clegg's deputy, is expected to take over. Kaplan, who served as Deputy Chief of Staff in the George W. Bush administration, has staked out a public stance in opposition to aggressively limiting political speech on Meta's Facebook and Instagram social media platforms, arguing that such measures disproportionately affect conservative voices.
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President-elect Donald J. Trump is receiving push back from his America First base on Truth Social, after sharing an article by the far-left Editorial Board of the Boston Globe newspaper, saying he “got it spot on when he embraced the kind of visa program used to bring highly skilled technology workers to this country”—i.e.,H-1B migrants.
The Boston Globe board is packed with NeverTrumpers, far-leftists, globalists, and anti-Trump hoax peddlers.
“I lost my job to Indian Outsourcing by Verizon,” wrote one user, adding: “Tens of Millions of others have lost their jobs in a similar fashion. You are telling my Daughter that her college degree means nothing anymore because she now has to compete against 7 Billion people across the entire PLANET for a job,” he added, warning of a “bloodbath” in the midterms if the President-elect does not make a course correction, followed by another impeachment.
Another concurred, “I’m a software engineering manager at a FAANG company. There is no skill shortage whatsoever; we have an oversaturation of qualified American computer science graduates already. H1B is big tech’s way of stifling American salaries with less qualified foreign workers to help their bottom line.”
“H1B foreign tech workers have destroyed and undermined the American tech workers,” argued a third. “Over my 45 years in IT, I have seen thousands of good Americans [lose] their jobs and be forced to train their foreign imported replacements,” he continued, saying it is “a lie that there are not enough IT tech talent in America,” and, “The truth is these visas are used to control and suppress American workers and increase the profits of all companies that exploit them.”
‘YOU NEED TO HEAR US.’
Many objectors appealed to appeal to President-elect Trump’s better nature, posting replies such as, “President Trump, I voted for you three times. My family and I prayed for your safety. We supported you because you fought for us, the regular people. My humble opinion, sir, you need to hear us instead of people who benefit from cheaper foreign labor. Put Americans first, sir, just like you promised in the past.”
“[R]espectfully Sir, read all these comments,” pleaded another. “I have scrolled and scrolled and I have not read one American that supports this idea. We want #AmericaFirst #AmericansFirst,” they added.
Many highlighted President-elect Trump’s past opposition to the H-1B visa, saying, “You got it right the first time,” and sharing screenshots of his previous statements on the issue.
BOSTON GLOBE BOARD.
Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, noted that the Boston Globe‘s editorial board, which is pushing Trump to go with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on the H-1B debate, is “one of the most far left, America-hating institutions in the country.”
“They endorsed Kamala, now they’re endorsing the H1-Bs,” he stressed.
The board is led by James Dao, who has peddled a number of hoaxes against Trump, including but not limited to the Russia hoax. He is supported by Marjorie Pritchard, a COVID and impeachment hoax peddler, as well as MSNBC contributor Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
The board features another dozen or so opinion writers, all but one of them being out-and-out leftists.
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President-elect Donald J. Trump is receiving push back from his America First base on Truth Social, after sharing an article by the far-left Editorial Board of the Boston Globe newspaper, saying he "got it spot on when he embraced the kind of visa program used to bring highly skilled technology workers to this country"—i.e.,H-1B migrants.
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WarRoom hosted a powerful discussion centered on the state of American democracy, the rising threat of “tech feudalism,” and the challenges faced by American workers in the era of mass immigration and corporate elitism on Monday, December 30, 2024. The show focused on the dangerous push towards establishing a new ruling class, driven by tech oligarchs and corporate interests, which threatens to dismantle the traditional American way of life.
Host Stephen K. Bannon was joined by several prominent guests, including Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, who contributed deep insights into the ongoing shift in power dynamics in America. The guests discussed the growing influence of figures like Elon Musk, who, according to Kassam, is championing a form of governance that rejects traditional American principles.
Kassam referred to this movement as “tech feudalism,” in which a small elite class controls the political and economic systems, leaving ordinary American workers at the mercy of these powerful entities. Kassam argued that this is a clear deviation from the founders’ vision for a republic based on representative government.
The show also delved into the controversial H-1B visa program. Bannon and his guests discussed how the visa program undermines American workers by allowing foreign labor to take jobs that could be filled by U.S. citizens. They argued that the influx of foreign workers, especially in the tech industry, depresses wages and pushes hardworking Americans out of meaningful employment opportunities.
The guests emphasized that this issue is not just about illegal immigration but about the broader systemic forces working against the American worker, fueled by the elites who benefit from cheap labor.
Bannon and his guests called for action, urging Americans to wake up to the threats posed by these powerful forces and demand accountability from tech giants and government officials. They stressed the importance of defending American sovereignty and preserving the country’s democratic ideals.
“The Demand For H-1B Visa Workers Has Gone Down.” Will Upton Blows Elon Musk’s Foreign Labor Argument Out Of The Water @wuptonpic.twitter.com/eTFtIeGZWS
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WarRoom hosted a powerful discussion centered on the state of American democracy, the rising threat of "tech feudalism," and the challenges faced by American workers in the era of mass immigration and corporate elitism on Monday, December 30, 2024. The show focused on the dangerous push towards establishing a new ruling class, driven by tech oligarchs and corporate interests, which threatens to dismantle the traditional American way of life.
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