Venerable Bishop Fulton Sheen once said, &#8220;To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood.&#8221;  Using that metric, if America has even a handful of women even remotely close to the caliber of Minnesota mother Kofi Montzka, then we&#8217;re doing just all right.
Earlier this week, Monztka took a sledgehammer to Critical Race Theory-inspired education a la &#8220;Ethnic Studies&#8221; courses that Democrats in The Gopher State want to mandate <a href="https://www.twincities.com/2022/02/23/minnesota-house-panel-approves-adding-ethnic-studies-climate-change-to-k-12-curricula/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">starting in kindergarten</a>.
Montzka is a volunteer with <a href="https://takechargemn.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Take Charge Minnesota</a>, an &#8220;organization committed to supporting the notion that the idea of America works for everyone regardless of race and station in life.&#8221; She is also an excellent communicator of why the Democrats&#8217; so-called anti-racism crusade is bad for all students — regardless of their skin color — and the country as a whole.
&#8220;This bill requires that schools teach ethnic studies starting in kindergarten, and I am against this,&#8221; she said on Tuesday. &#8220;You might ask, &#8216;Why in the world would a black person speak against ethnic studies?’ Because not everything that sounds good is good.&#8221;
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Black mother denounces ethnic studies curriculum in Minnesota: &quot;I see why you white proponents of this bill might support it. It&#39;s not your kids being told they can&#39;t succeed and you get to shed some of your white guilt in the process.&quot;<a href="https://t.co/Ktkc7RFMes">pic.twitter.com/Ktkc7RFMes</a>
&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) <a href="https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1639733617453678592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Monztka then drilled down exactly how the bill is racially discriminatory while wrongfully indoctrinating a sense of inferiority amongst minorities while telling them they are &#8220;stuck in a caste system.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m sick of everyone denying the enormous progress we&#8217;ve made in this country, acting like it&#8217;s 1930,&#8221; she continued.
Monztka also compared the class to Jim Crow.
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&#8220;This curriculum will not help kids of color succeed. All it does is remove any reason to try,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;This is not some theoretical crap,&#8221; she continued before giving a real-world example where her children&#8217;s high school band teacher “took 20 minutes at the beginning of class to talk about anti-racism. He told the kids to look around and then he said the black boys in the school would likely not live to retirement because of racism and the police.&#8221;
Montzka wasn&#8217;t done. She directly called out the white leftist adults pushing this &#8220;hopelessness&#8221; onto children.
&#8220;I can see why you white proponents of this bill might support it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not your kids being told that they can&#8217;t succeed and you get to shed some of your white guilt in the process, but you legislators of color — how can you?&#8221;
Montzka argued that they all succeeded &#8220;despite the invisible Boogeyman of systematic racism&#8221; and were voted in by &#8220;a majority of white people&#8221; to hold &#8220;some of the most powerful positions in this state.&#8221;
The woman was praised endlessly on social media for her comments.
In response, DailyWire+ host Dr. Jordan B. Peterson tweeted, &#8220;The reason the curriculum &#8216;removes any reason to try&#8217; is because the point of the curriculum is to deny the utility of trying.”
&#8220;This is precisely how unconscientious people rationalize their parasitism,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And cloak that rationalization in the guise of moral virtue.&#8221;
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Black mother denounces ethnic studies curriculum in Minnesota: &quot;I see why you white proponents of this bill might support it. It&#39;s not your kids being told they can&#39;t succeed and you get to shed some of your white guilt in the process.&quot;<a href="https://t.co/Ktkc7RFMes">pic.twitter.com/Ktkc7RFMes</a>
&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) <a href="https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1639733617453678592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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It&#8217;s rare that something is must-watch, but Montzka&#8217;s statements fit that description.
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TOPSHOT – A community leader speaks as protesters rally outside the Brooklyn Center police station to protest the death of Daunte Wright who was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on April 13, 2021. – Tensions have soared over the death on April 11 of African American Daunte Wright near the Midwestern US city, a community already on edge over the ongoing trial of a policeman accused of killing another Black man, George Floyd.

‘Invisible Boogeyman Of Systematic Racism’: Black Mom Shreds Minnesota ‘Ethnic Studies’ Bill, Slams Woke Nonsense

'Invisible Boogeyman of systematic racism': Black Mom Shreds Minnesota 'Ethnic Studies' Bill, Slams Woke Nonsense

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Ethnic Studies

Minnesota

Racism

Systemic Racism

U.S.

The following is the opening satirical monologue from &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1123-the-lost-rule-of-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show.</a>&#8220;
On this show, we are never afraid to examine the insights and ramifications of leftist theory, because there’s only so many times we can watch the movie “Sausage Party” and we need a good laugh. Today, we’d like to take a look at the theory of Systemic Racism, the left’s attempt to explain why American blacks fail to thrive even though Democrats have done everything they can to destroy them.
To begin with, let’s use the term in context. Let’s say you’re a sleazy Democrat con-woman who’s the president of the American Federation of Teachers only not named Randi Weingarten because we don’t want to get sued. And this low grifter — let’s call her Wendy Ramsbottom — uses her sinister control of the Democrat party to keep schools closed for two years so her teachers get paid while poor children sink into incurable ignorance. NOW Whiny Garfinkel has created a situation where many black children — who weren’t getting much of an education from Barfy Whinefartel anyway — can’t read or write, so employers won’t hire them and the only job they can get is starting fistfights at McDonald&#8217;s. Systemic Racism occurs when employers privilege reading and writing because that&#8217;s what rich white people do because they don’t go to schools controlled by low sleazy Democrats like Farty Whinecandy.
So how exactly is “Systemic Racism,” defined? Well, let’s take each word in turn. “Racism” is a meaningless noise you scream in a harsh repetitive voice that sounds something like a seagull being chased by a jackhammer. And “systemic” is a multisyllabic nonsense meant to make the screeching seagull-noise sound like it means something. Put the two words together, and “Systemic Racism” means someone has noticed that Democrats have destroyed the lives of black people, and you have to drown them out by screaming &#8220;Systemic Racism.&#8221;
Now, here’s what makes the theory of Systemic Racism so much fun. Once Democrat unions have abandoned public education in black neighborhoods, once you’ve installed Democrat welfare programs that encourage fatherless children among the poor, once Democrats have taught black people to feel that everyone is against them and they have no chance of success, once Democrats have defunded the police so that criminals can terrorize black neighborhoods which have been destroyed by riots incited by Democrats, just about everything Republicans do is Systemic Racism.
Here are some examples, and as God is my witness, every single one of these is a real example from a left-leaning news source.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says “picnics” are racist because white Democrats used to have picnics at lynchings. Now personally, I think the Inquirer may have missed the actual racist part. Namely, the lynchings. Seems to me you could have picnics with, like, sack races instead, but then maybe that would go against an old Democrat tradition. Namely lynchings.
The Los Angeles Times says white people driving cars is racist because white drivers pollute the neighborhoods they drive through but don’t stop to buy things in the black neighborhoods&#8230; because there’s high crime there&#8230; because Democrats have abandoned the schools and defunded the police&#8230; so white drivers are racist.
The Democrat California state assembly says Skittles and jelly beans are racist because candy is bad for you and many black people eat it to get a little sugary pleasure in their lives which have been destroyed by Democrats.
Mother Jones says that eating three meals a day is racist because colonial settlers ate three meals a day but indigenous natives kept a less rigid eating schedule and so the colonial settlers associated less rigid eating schedules with living in mud huts and being conquered by colonial settlers.
And finally, Afru magazine says coffee is racist because coffee used to be harvested by slaves … and okay they have me there because I don’t care, as long as I get my damn coffee.
As you can see, Systemic Racism is all around us, like fairies or those invisible aliens who send messages into your brain telling you Jesus is coming back so you should sell everything you own and move into the desert. Only by being illiterate and skipping lunch can we break the chains that hold black people down in Democrat-run cities where there’s no education or police. After all, If we can’t end Systemic Racism by giving up jelly beans and picnics, it&#8217;s just really, really hard to imagine what possible solution there could be to dysfunction in black neighborhoods caused by Democrat policies.
But give me a few seconds, and maybe I’ll think of something.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Klavan</a> is the host of The Andrew Klavan Show at The Daily Wire. A popular political satirist and Hollywood screenwriter, Klavan is also an award-winning novelist. His newest novel is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Habit-Mind-Cameron-Mysteries/dp/1613163517/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Strange Habit of Mind</a>, book two in the Cameron Winter Mystery series.
The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Systemic Racism Is All Around Us, Like Fairies And Invisible Aliens

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Randi Weingarten

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Satire

Typically the question &#8220;Did you pull that number out of thin air?&#8221; is rhetorical and doesn&#8217;t warrant a serious response. In the case of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/san-francisco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco</a> panel tasked with creating a dollar amount for potential reparations to be paid to the city&#8217;s black citizens, the answer is actually, &#8220;Yes, we did.&#8221;
The 15-member panel — which was put together in 2021 — really did pull the $5 million-apiece recommendation for reparations out of thin air without doing any sort of mathematical equation, according to a new report.
In January, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-francisco-reparations-committee-proposes-5-million-lump-sum-payment-debt-forgiveness-to-qualified-black-residents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee concluded that the city should redistribute millions in order to rectify injustices allegedly caused by systemic racism. The committee&#8217;s chair Eric McDonnell revealed how the group came to that conclusion.
&#8220;There wasn’t a math formula,” McDonnell told The Washington Post. &#8220;It was a journey for the committee towards what could represent a significant enough investment in families to put them on this path to economic well-being, growth and vitality that chattel slavery and all the policies that flowed from it destroyed.&#8221;
As pointed out by the paper, the reparations aren&#8217;t intended to act as compensation for the blight of slavery — rather the money would make up for “the public policies explicitly created to subjugate Black people in San Francisco by upholding and expanding the intent and legacy of chattel slavery.”
The suggested figure has critics and supporters perplexed.
“This is just a bunch of like-minded people who got in the room and came up with a number,” John Dennis, chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party, said. “You’ll notice in that report, there was no justification for the number, no analysis provided. This was an opportunity to do some serious work and they blew it.”
William A. Darity Jr., an economist at Duke University who supports reparations, told the Post, &#8220;Calling for $5 million payout by a local government undercuts the credibility of the reparations effort.&#8221;
In order to qualify, applicants must be at least 18 years old at the time the city enacts the committee’s proposal, have identified as black or African American on public documents for at least 10 years, and prove they were born in the city between 1940 and 1996.
These residents must also be able to prove that they lived in the city for at least 13 years or had personally been incarcerated — or the direct descendant of someone imprisoned — during the War on Drugs since 1971.
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San Francisco&#8217;s Board of Supervisors will vote to approve the economic program later this year after the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee releases its final report in June.
As a conservative, you often look at the insanities of the Left and wonder if they are just making it up as they go along. In the case of San Franciso&#8217;s potential reparations program, that is exactly what is happening.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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San Francisco’s Reparations Committee Really Is Just Making It Up As It Goes Along

San Francisco's Reparations Committee Really Is Just Making It Up As It Goes Along

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Reparations

Social Issues

California Democrats and activists are working to outlaw multiple uses of police K-9s in the state, citing claims of present and historical racism.
Assembly Bill 742, introduced on February 13 by Democratic Assemblymembers Corey Jackson (Perris) and Ash Kalra (San Jose), would end the use of K-9 units for arrest, apprehension, and crowd control. Police dogs would still be permitted in other situations, such as explosives detection and search and rescue missions.
&#8220;From the brutal attempts to quell the Civil Rights movement, Black Lives Matter protests, and their day-to-day use in law enforcement, police K-9s remain a gross misuse of force and victimize black and brown people, disproportionately,&#8221; Jackson <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5dDvcq1Gcg&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a press conference announcing the bill last week. &#8220;The need for AB 742 is apparent, not only through a historic perspective but also through the clear racial disparities we see every year.&#8221;
In a press release, the assemblyman cited research that said that black and Latino individuals are more likely to be involved in K-9 apprehensions. According to Jackson, 65% of those seriously injured by police dogs in 2021 were “people of color.”
Jackson said using police dogs for matters such as apprehensions of suspects has racist roots back to the days of slavery, noting that AB 742&#8217;s role is largely meant to remedy past racial wrongs.
&#8220;I&#8217;m always looking for ways to atone for the past,&#8221; the Democrat said. &#8220;How do we get out systemic racism? How do we get out racism in our narratives? And how do we make sure that we erase practices that are currently being done today that were originated and perfected on our ancestors?&#8221;
Jackson went as far as to quote black nationalist Malcolm X, saying that &#8220;the white man has traded in white sheets for police badges and K9s.&#8221;
Unsurprisingly, there&#8217;s been much <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11767551/Fury-new-bill-proposes-banning-Californias-racist-police-dogs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushback against the bill</a>, particularly from law enforcement. Officials have underscored the critical role K-9s play in keeping law enforcement safe and protecting suspects from potential deadly force; they see the bill as counterproductive to its aim. 
Sheriff Mark Lamb, of Pinal County in Arizona, told OAN last week that he&#8217;s &#8220;absolutely seen cases where lethal force would have been justified, and was likely going to be used next had the [police] dog not been effective.&#8221;
“The dogs are extremely valuable,&#8221; Sheriff Lamb continued. &#8220;And the fact that they want to take this away seems to be contradicting what they want across this country, which is more and more reform. So, I can’t understand what they’re trying to do.”  
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Tonight on Real America! Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb weighs in on the proposed California bill that would ban K9 units from making arrests with police dogs.<a href="https://twitter.com/DanNewsManBall?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanNewsManBall</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealAmerica?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RealAmerica</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Conservative?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Conservative</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TalkShow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TalkShow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OAN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OAN</a> <a href="https://t.co/B693dwZCmR">pic.twitter.com/B693dwZCmR</a>
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Factions of both the ACLU and the NAACP <a href="https://aclucalaction.org/bill/ab-742/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support</a> AB 742. The measure could be heard in committee as early as next month.

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California Democrats Move To Ban Uses Of Police K9s, Citing Racism

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Police

Politics

The lead of the Daily Mail said it all: &#8220;Scientists claim that there are fewer wild animals in neighborhoods where mostly people of color live — and their absence is affecting residents&#8217; mental health.&#8221;
Let&#8217;s pause just there. Uh, &#8220;people of color&#8221; often live in cities, and cities often have fewer animals than, say, rural areas, where, you know, &#8220;people of color&#8221; also live.
But what&#8217;s a woke biologist to do? In the endless quest to find racism everywhere (and let&#8217;s be clear, racism exists all across the world), biologists have turned to the animal world.
A new <a href="https://rlearley.people.ua.edu/uploads/2/5/6/9/25693686/schmidt_2022_systemic_racism_alters_wildlife_genetic_diversity.pdf">study</a> titled &#8220;Systemic Racism Alters Wildlife Genetic Diversity&#8221; claims to have found that neighborhood that were mandated to be segregated for minorities by the government are still suffering.
The study suggests that areas where mostly white people live have a greater animal diversity than those that are predominantly black.
&#8220;In the United States, systemic racism has had lasting effects on the structure of cities, specifically due to government-mandated redlining policies that produced racially segregated neighborhoods that persist today,&#8221; said the study.
But the second sentence acknowledges the obvious: &#8220;However, it is not known whether varying habitat structures and natural resource availability associated with racial segregation affect the demographics and evolution of urban wildlife populations.&#8221;
After thousands of words, the study concludes with this verbose passage: &#8220;If models including both covariates explain more variation than models with either covariate, this suggests that the effect of neighborhood racial composition and environmental disturbance on genetic composition are to some extent independent. If the opposite is true, it is more likely that racial composition affects genetic composition due to its correlation with environmental disturbance.&#8221;
That&#8217;s a lot of words.
Two of the researchers, University of Manitoba biologist Colin Garroway and Chloé Schmidt from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, also conclude that cities have less animal diversity.
They say that several factors — such as densely populated areas, lots of pavement, railroads, and nighttime lights — may contribute to the lower diversity of wildlife in non-white neighborhoods.
Ya&#8217; think?
&#8220;Our results suggest that neighborhoods that are largely non-White support smaller, more fragmented, less genetically diverse wildlife populations. Notably, the effects of racial composition and habitat degradation on genetic composition were consistent across the majority of taxa regardless of urban sample locality,&#8221; the researchers wrote.
&#8220;We have shown that the well-described environmental patterns associated with historic and ongoing racial segregation in US cities have caused parallel patterns in wildlife demography detectable with genetic data. It is clear that systemic racism is altering the demography of urban wildlife populations on a national scale in ways that can shape the evolutionary processes acting on them and the probability of long-term persistence in cities.&#8221;
&#8220;These results are concerning because urban biodiversity is important for human mental and physical well-being, and disparities in access to nature build on existing health-related environmental disamenities in predominantly non-White neighborhoods.&#8221;
&#8220;Equitably distributing and increasing the amount and connectivity of natural habitat in cities can therefore benefit human well-being while simultaneously helping build resilience in urban wildlife.&#8221;
Yup, there is now a study out there that says there is more animal diversity in rural areas than there is in urban areas. You gotta&#8217; wonder how much THAT cost to conduct?
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Systemic Racism Is Driving Animals Out Of ‘Deprived’ Areas, Woke Biologists Claim

Systemic Racism Is Driving Animals Out Of 'Deprived' Areas, Woke Biologists Claim

Animals

study

Wokeness

Energy Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-granholm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jennifer Granholm</a> was asked to comment about urban and rural <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/systemic-racism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disparities</a> in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/gas-prices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gas prices</a> by a <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reporter</a> who appeared to be implying a race-driven cause for the phenomenon.
April Ryan of TheGrio noted during a Monday <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/01/23/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-secretary-of-energy-jennifer-granholm-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press briefing</a> that “there were some communities that felt the relief” as a result of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden</a> releasing millions of barrels from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/strategic-petroleum-reserve" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strategic Petroleum Reserve</a> in order to reduce prices at the pump, while “other communities did not, particularly those in urban areas.” She asked Granholm to explain why “there was such a difference in communities with gas prices in one community versus the other.”
The official replied that infrastructure costs are a primary factor behind variances in fuel prices across the country. “Some rural areas, for example, or some who might be at the very end of a line or may not even have a line, they may get it trucked in. It takes longer and it’s more expensive,” she said. “If you’re not near a refinery, that’s another reason why the transportation costs are tacked on at the pump. So you’re seeing, for example, when refineries go down in regions, then the prices go up in those regions much more than they would nationwide.”
Ryan nevertheless continued to press the issue. “But specifically, the urban areas,” she asserted. “Because there was still a big pinch in urban areas with these gas prices when the outlying communities, particularly majority white communities, were seeing the drop to $3.00, and many of these urban areas were seeing $4.00 and $5.00 gas prices. Could you speak to that?”
Granholm noted that gas stations are typically owned by individuals rather than branded oil companies, affirming that local authorities should prosecute those who seek to profit from emergencies. “State attorney generals should go after because gouging is illegal,” she said. “You cannot take advantage of a crisis to jack up the prices in that way.”
The exchange between Ryan and Granholm comes as fuel prices remain elevated, worsening inflationary pressures faced by households. The national average price of gas is currently $3.45 per gallon, according to <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from AAA, marking a 45% increase since the start of the Biden administration. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed on Monday that “House Republicans are using their narrow majority to force the American people to pay higher gas prices, just as big oil companies are amassing record profits.”
Fuel analytics company GasBuddy recently <a href="https://twitter.com/gasbuddyguy/status/1608830476298469377?s=46&amp;t=wYpu520Rr20bfmNRwVR-aw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marked</a> average gas prices at $3.96 per gallon for 2022, far surpassing the $3.02 per gallon average charted in 2021 and the $2.17 per gallon average charted in 2020. Even though GasBuddy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-when-gas-prices-could-return-to-4-per-gallon-according-to-new-projection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forecasts</a> that prices will drop to a national average of $3.49 per gallon in 2023 after approaching $4.00 per gallon by summertime, the reading would still rank among the highest years for prices at the pump in more than a decade.

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Reporter Presses Biden Official To Embrace Race Narrative On Gas Prices

Reporter Implies Race Is Responsible For Gas Price Disparities

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Media

A program that grants monthly payments to black “pregnant people” will soon expand across the state of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a>.
The <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/san-francisco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco</a> Department of Public Health partnered with Expecting Justice, a program from the University of California San Francisco, last summer to provide the “pregnant people” with $1,000 per month for one full year in the hopes of reducing purported racial health <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/systemic-racism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disparities</a> stemming from childbirth. The program, which has aided as many as 150 residents of San Francisco, will expand next year to Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties, where recipients can expect monthly stipends between $600 and $1,000.
“The Abundant Birth Project has proven to be successful in San Francisco and brings an innovative, equitable approach to addressing disproportionate health impacts largely among Black families, which is why I committed to investing $1.5 million over the next two years to grow the program in our City and neighboring counties,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed remarked in a <a href="https://sf.gov/news/program-providing-basic-income-black-pregnant-women-expands-help-mothers-across-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. “This guaranteed income program helps ease some of the financial burdens that all too often keep mothers from being able to prioritize their own health and ultimately impact the health of their babies and family.”
Expanding the program through a $5 million grant from the California Department of Social Services will enable benefits for 425 more “pregnant people,” a term favored by Expecting Justice Director Zea Malawa. “For so long, Black women have been excluded from the resources needed to have safe and healthy pregnancies,” the University of California San Francisco visiting professor remarked. “This funding will provide pregnant people with economic stability during this critical phase in their lives while allowing public health institutions to test a novel and promising public health intervention.”
The San Francisco Department of Public Health claimed that black women are twice as likely as white women to have a preterm birth and experience “the highest infant and maternal mortality rates among any population” partially because of wealth and income disparities. The city <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-francisco-launches-program-to-pay-trans-residents-1200-a-month-for-18-months" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched</a> a similar initiative that will provide $1,200 monthly checks for 18 months to 55 transgender residents in an effort to fight “poverty our most impacted community members face.”
The maternal health program comes after judges <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-knew-its-racial-preferences-for-covid-relief-were-unconstitutional-went-ahead-anyway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nixed</a> a Department of Agriculture policy last year that excluded white farmers from receiving debt relief. Judge William Griesbach of Wisconsin ruled that the Biden officials’ decision to use “race-based criteria in the administration of the program violates their right to equal protection under the law.” A task force <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsoms-reparations-task-force-kicks-around-giving-223000-to-black-californians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created</a> by Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is now weighing a program that would grant each black resident as much as $223,000 as reparations for the country’s “painful legacy of racial injustice.”
Beyond the initiative meant to improve maternal health outcomes, the University of California San Francisco hosts multiple programs meant to train future abortionists, according to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-uc-san-franciscos-massive-abortion-training-network" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Daily Wire published last year. The school’s Fellowship in Family Planning, for instance, provides a two-year intensive complete with health insurance, loan repayment assistance, and a stipend so that participants can access “the opportunity to develop high-level research and clinical skills in contraception and abortion.” The program is offered at many of the nation’s most elite postsecondary institutions, including four of the eight Ivy League colleges.
The University of California San Francisco also made headlines last year after a pro-life group obtained <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/uc-san-francisco-harvests-preborn-baby-genitalia-gonads" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research logs</a> proving that researchers had harvested reproductive organs from preborn children for various experiments, according to Live Action.

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California Expands Program Giving Black ‘Pregnant People’ Up To $1,000 Per Month

San Francisco Program Giving $1,000 To Pregnant Black Women Will Expand Across California

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lottery">lottery</a> ticket for the biggest Powerball jackpot ever was recently sold in California, and in response <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn">CNN</a> published a report on the lottery&#8217;s critics, one of which argued that the lottery system in general is an example of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/racism">systemic racism</a>.” 
The winner, whose race is currently unknown, had a one in 292.2 million chance of matching all six numbers. That person’s luck led them to winning an unprecedented $2.04 billion prize. 
With the jackpot finally won, lottery experts are reflecting on how they believe the game is unfair for certain people. CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/09/us/lottery-jackpot-systemic-racism-reaj/index.html">reported</a> that, according to researchers, lotteries typically target low-income communities, especially those populated by “black and brown people,” dangling the promise of instant wealth from a game that residents are statistically unlikely to win.
The lottery&#8217;s critics argued that lower-income minorities who play the lottery are more likely to be driven into debt, CNN reported.
Les Bernal, national director of Stop Predatory Gambling, accused the lottery of being a form of “consumer financial fraud” and evidence of “systemic racism,” according to CNN. 
“They’re hoping to pay their rent at the end of the month or pay an outstanding medical bill or put their kids through college or they just lost their job and they’re just trying to find a way to make ends meet,” Bernal said. “And here you have what is a government program encouraging citizens to lose their money on rigged games.”
Stores that sell lottery tickets are more likely to be located in poorer areas, and the profits gained by the states from the lottery are rarely used to benefit those poorer areas, according to a study from the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism cited by CNN.
“Commercialized gambling like state lotteries, like the Powerball drawing, they represent a financial exchange that is mathematically stacked against you,” Bernal continued.
The report also cited a 1999 report by The Howard Center to the National Gambling Impact Study Commission that found that black and low-income people are more likely to play the lottery. Players are also more likely to be high school dropouts.  
“Poor people are collateral damage to a cause of raising money for what the legislators feel is good purposes … public safety, local schools,” former Massachusetts inspector general Gregory W. Sullivan said in the article. “State governments become dependent on the revenue and any moral considerations get pushed out of view and out of mind.”
Other sources interviewed in the article said people are more likely to play the lottery during difficult financial times. 
Cornell economics professor David Just summed it up, saying, “It’s an investment. It may not be a good investment but… to people with limited resources, this may be the only way they have to sort of dream big and think that something, something great is gonna happen, that’s just gonna change everything.”

Doris Natal of Reading checks out her 126 Powerball tickets as part of a pool with the Berks County Sheriff’s Office at the Sunoco in Exeter. Photo by Natalie Kolb 8/23/2017

CNN Report On Lottery Critics Includes One Who Calls It A Form Of ‘Systemic Racism’ Following Record High Payout

CNN Report On Lottery Critics Includes One Who Calls It A Form Of 'Systemic Racism' Following Record High Payout

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/whoopi-goldberg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whoopi Goldberg</a> interviewed Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stacey-abrams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stacey Abrams</a> and said that &#8220;everyone is now&#8221; suffering from &#8220;systemic racism,&#8221; including white women, LGBTQ people, and more.
In a clip Goldberg posted on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cj5-wcIKcEg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> Wednesday, the co-host of &#8220;The View&#8221; spoke to Abrams about the state&#8217;s upcoming election as the TV host threw her support behind the candidate, while admitting she can&#8217;t vote in GA. During their discussion, Abrams blasted Georgia Governor Brian Kemp for reportedly calling her an &#8220;angry black woman&#8221; before she corrected herself and claimed the governor actually called her &#8220;angry and mad.&#8221;
&#8220;So, I was very calm and measured on that [debate] stage,&#8221; Abrams said. &#8220;And he called me an angry black woman. He didn&#8217;t use — he called me angry and mad, I think. And then just today, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/19/brian-kemp-stacey-abrams-georgia-vital-election/">George Will</a> wrote a piece in the Washington Post about my &#8216;anger management problem.&#8217; I&#8217;ve been accused of many things in my life, but nobody&#8217;s ever seen me that mad. I mean, certainly no one in public life.&#8221;
Abrams said she&#8217;s &#8220;so close&#8221; that they are pulling out every &#8220;racist and sexist trope&#8221; they can.
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Whoopi said she&#8217;s had &#8220;many run-ins with racists&#8221; as she challenged Abrams to say to Will, &#8220;Okay, prove me wrong.”
&#8220;But you know, women are not having this crap,&#8221; Goldberg added. &#8220;We&#8217;re not taking it. We don&#8217;t like it. We don&#8217;t like the way you&#8217;re talking to us. Black women don&#8217;t like it. White women don&#8217;t like it. Asian women don&#8217;t like it. Hispanic women don&#8217;t like it. … We don&#8217;t like it.&#8221;
&#8220;So you can call me an incredibly annoyed black woman, incredibly annoyed, because I don&#8217;t understand why I have to explain to you how my body works,&#8221; the host continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t understand why you have to explain to me why you have a problem with American history. American history.&#8221;
Goldberg then started talking about a movie she just made about Emmitt Till as she explained that everyone&#8217;s suffering from &#8220;systemic racism,&#8221; including women who &#8220;are white.&#8221;
&#8220;And it is insane to me when you watch what systemic racism looks like,&#8221; Goldberg said. &#8220;And then you realize that everyone is now starting to suffer from this. Whether you are LGBTQ. Whether you are Asian. Whether you are white and a woman. Whether you are — it doesn&#8217;t matter.&#8221;
&#8220;Everyone is starting to be effected by what we call systemic racism,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what to call it when that trope goes out and starts to encompass everyone.&#8221;
Kemp is currently ahead of Abrams in a <a href="https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/10/12/new-poll-shows-kemp-warnock-likely-lead-in-tight-races-its-more-nuanced" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> from the University of Georgia.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crazy-cult-talk-rogan-blasts-stacey-abrams-claim-that-fetal-heartbeats-are-a-manufactured-sound-at-6-weeks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Crazy, Cult Talk&#8217;: Rogan Blasts Stacey Abrams&#8217; Claim That Fetal Heartbeats Are &#8216;A Manufactured Sound&#8217; At 6 Weeks</a>

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Whoopi Says That ‘Everyone Is Now Starting To Suffer’ From ‘Systemic Racism’ Including White Women, LGBTQ

Whoopi Says ‘Everyone Is Now Starting To Suffer’ From ‘Systemic Racism’ Including White Women, LGBTQ

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> has repeatedly suggested that the water crisis in Jackson, <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/mississippi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mississippi</a> is the fault of “systemic and environmental racism.”
Multiple water pumps at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mississippi-water-crisis-drags-into-fifth-day">failed last week</a> after severe storms caused the Pearl River to flood, prompting low water pressure and risk of bacterial infection, according to a <a href="https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/23,24664,341.html">press release</a> from the Mississippi Department of Health. Federal and state officials — including President Joe Biden, Governor Tate Reeves (R-MS), and Jackson Democrat Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba — have issued emergency declarations as many residents of the state capital are unable to access potable water.
Some have pointed to a general economic decline in Jackson as a factor behind the crisis since the city’s population declined from roughly 174,000 residents in 2010 to 154,000 residents in 2020, according to <a href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/jacksoncitymississippi/PST040221#PST040221">data</a> from the Census Bureau. Others have noted political turmoil, as Jackson has seen eight mayors since 1997, including two who died in office. In its coverage of the crisis, however, CNN continues to float “systemic racism” as a viable explanation.
“Advocates have previously pointed to systemic and environmental racism as among the causes of Jackson’s ongoing water issues and lack of resources to address them,” CNN reported on <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/us/jackson-water-system-failing-wednesday/index.html">August 31</a>, noting that the Mississippi legislature is “majority White” while the population of Jackson is overwhelmingly “Black.”
In another article published on <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/03/us/jackson-water-crisis-systemic-neglect-frustration-reaj/index.html">September 3</a>, CNN said that “White flight” is responsible for the city’s population decline, while “the state’s Republican-controlled legislature, which is predominantly White, has thwarted efforts to upgrade the Black metropolis’s decrepit water system.” The article noted that Reeves refused to allocate $47 million for repairs and has asked the city to “start collecting their water bill payments before they start going and asking everyone else to pony up more money” after a previous water crisis.
In an opinion piece published on <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/opinions/jackson-water-crisis-mississippi-racism-eubanks/index.html">August 31</a>, W. Ralph Eubanks said that the “White power structure” in Mississippi was responsible for the crisis. “How could a state ignore the needs of the residents of its capital city and allow things to deteriorate to this point? The answer as I see it is simple: racism,” he said. “Jackson is a Black majority city and Mississippi is governed by a White Republican supermajority that refuses to invest in Jackson because of who lives there and who governs it.”
For evidence, Eubanks referred to remarks from deceased Sen. James Kimble Vardaman (D-MS), who called African-Americans in Mississippi “lazy, lying, lustful animals.” He neglected to mention, however, that Vardaman was born months after the Civil War began and died in 1930. Though Eubanks said that messaging from the current leadership of Mississippi is “not much different” from the late lawmaker’s comments, he did not cite any specific examples.
None of the articles from CNN mentioned that every mayor of Jackson since 1997 has been African-American. Also missing from the discussion is the reality that Jackson overcharged residents or neglected to charge them at all in a <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1120166328/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis">series of clerical issues</a> stemming from a contract with Siemens to upgrade sewer lines, water treatment plants, and water-sewer billing systems. The unpaid bills reportedly hamstrung Jackson’s ability to fix its water infrastructure.
In June 2020, Reeves accordingly <a href="https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2020/jun/30/gov-reeves-vetoes-jackson-water-bill-more-paving-m/">vetoed legislation</a> that would have exempted some residents from paying water obligations. “I&#8217;m very concerned about the &#8216;free money&#8217; concept that has taken over politics today,” Reeves argued. “Allowing a few politicians to determine who does and does not have to pay for government services is bad policy. It removes all responsibility for the city from the equation.”
CNN’s apparent willingness to chalk up the Mississippi water crisis to “systemic racism” — while neglecting to provide any rationale for why race has a salient impact on Jackson’s decades of water infrastructure issues — is by no means a new rhetorical tactic from Left-wing commentators. In fact, as Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shapiro-the-circular-logic-of-systemic-racism">written</a> about “systemic racism,” such accusations are rooted in the notion that disparity is always a sign of discrimination — while asking for evidence is often “treated as proof of guilt.”
“In the end, evidence for systemic racism is utterly unnecessary,” Shapiro commented. “Systemic racism requires no evidence of intent, either individual or systemic. It requires only evidence of disparate outcome by race.”

CNN Suggests ‘Systemic Racism’ From Republicans Is To Blame For Mississippi Water Crisis

CNN Suggests ‘Systemic Racism’ From Republicans Is To Blame For Mississippi Crisis

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Apparently, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/corruption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scandal</a> has been uncovered deep inside the offices of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-times" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
On Tuesday, The NewsGuild of New York Local 31003, CWA <a href="https://www.nyguild.org/2022-nyt-performance-evaluations-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a lengthy report arguing that the management of the Left&#8217;s favorite paper is not living up to its equitable commitment. The data was compiled by The NYT Guild Equity Committee and reportedly shows that white people are treated more favorably — leading to promotions and better career opportunities — than black, Asian, and Hispanic colleagues.
The back and forth has been going on since November 6, 2020, when the NYT Guild Equity Committee first claimed discrimination was fueling racial disparities in performance bonuses and other metrics. Flash forward two years, and after internal and external reviews — as well as changes to the system itself — the problems still allegedly persist.
&#8220;The analysis, which relied on data provided by the company on performance ratings for all Guild-represented employees, found that in 2021, being Hispanic reduced the odds of receiving a high score by about 60 percent, and being Black cut the chances of high scores by nearly 50 percent&#8221; the committee alleged on Tuesday. &#8220;Asians were also less likely than white employees to get high scores.&#8221;
&#8220;In 2020, zero Black employees received the highest rating, while white employees accounted for more than 90 percent of the roughly 50 people who received the top score,&#8221; the group argued.
Now, according to the committee, the only thing that could explain such differences is the system — not individual efforts.
&#8220;It is not clear whether the racial imbalance is a result of problems in the performance review system itself or whether that system is simply revealing barriers to success for employees of color at the company,&#8221; the committee opined.
In recent years, The Times has committed itself to diversify its newsroom and hiring more minorities.
&#8220;To ensure we tell and share stories with respect, empathy and accuracy, we are committed to fostering a diverse staff that reflects the society we report on. And we’re committed to giving our people a workplace that feels inclusive and rewarding to all,&#8221; it says in a Diversity and Inclusion statement.
Nonetheless, staffers argue that recently hired minorities are not given enough support to succeed once they are in the job. Paper management even admitted that new employees were more likely to have bad reviews.
&#8220;If our recently hired Black and brown colleagues are disproportionately receiving low performance ratings, that suggests that The Times is not doing an effective job making our workplace a welcoming and nurturing environment for all employees – something we have heard anecdotally from many current and former colleagues, some of whom left the company for this exact reason,&#8221; the report claimed.
You hate to see such strife occurring amongst such self-proclaimed defenders of democracy.
Yet there is a solution: Reparations.
The white NYT employees could redistribute their wealth and ill-gotten bonuses to their colleagues who identify as people of color. It would set a great example for leftists across the country who believe in that sort of thing. It is the least they could do.
Take Ben Casselman for instance. He is an economics reporter and recently told NPR that he loves working at The Gray Lady, but he wants to see more done to help diversity efforts.
&#8220;The Times is far from unique here. The Times is trying to build a more diverse staff. I believe they really mean that,&#8221; Casselman <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/23/1118817023/new-york-times-race-employees-job-review-union?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_term=nprnews&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=npr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the outlet. &#8220;But building a diverse staff means more than hiring a diverse staff &#8230; This whole process has been evidence there&#8217;s still a long way to go on all the rest of it.&#8221;
Casselman can take the first step of doing &#8220;more than hiring a diverse staff&#8221; by donating part of his salary to those colleagues less fortunate than him — victims of a system rigged against them. He must have had inherent privileges within the walls of The Times.
In the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/08/12/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-at-oakland-generation-fund-event/">words</a> of Vice President Kamala Harris, &#8220;&#8230; Equity, as a concept, says: Recognize that everyone has the same capacity, but in order for them to have equal opportunity to reach that capacity, we must pay attention to this issue of equity if we are to expect and allow people to compete on equal footing.&#8221;
What does that mean? Who knows, but obviously all the reporters at The Times have the same capacity, they just need some extra help attaining the same outcome.
The Left has set these standards, and it is time they live up to them. Until that happens, we will just step back and enjoy watching them eat their own.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

The premises of The New York Times during a strike by the newspaper printing pressmen’s local union, New York City, USA, 1978.

Are Reparations Needed At The New York Times? NewsGuild Alleges ‘Racial Disparities’ At ‘Paper Of Record’

Are Reparations Needed At The New York Times? NewsGuild Alleges 'Racial Disparities' At 'Paper Of Record'

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eeoc">EEOC</a>) issued a reasonable cause finding to automaker <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tesla">Tesla</a> over <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/systemic-racism">systemic racism</a> allegations, according to a recent filing from the company.
In February, California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) <a href="https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2022/02/TeslaPR2.10.22.pdf">said</a> that it had received hundreds of complaints from African-American workers who claimed they had been segregated “to the lowest levels of the workforce” at the company and lacked representation “in the ranks of executives, senior officials, and managers.” Tesla’s most recent <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000095017022012936/tsla-20220630.htm">filing</a> with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicated that the EEOC had issued a finding that “closely parallels” allegations from the state of California.
Tesla will begin the “mandatory pre-filing conciliation process” with the EEOC, according to the document, by which the company will potentially <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/what-you-should-know-eeoc-conciliation-and-litigation">engage</a> in a mutual resolution with the alleged victims of discrimination.
Yet Tesla had formerly called the DFEH investigation “misguided” and an attempt to “generate publicity,” noting that every one of the more than 50 discrimination accusations faced by Tesla over the past five years had been debunked by the DFEH.
“It therefore strains credibility for the agency to now allege, after a three-year investigation, that systematic racial discrimination and harassment somehow existed at Tesla,” the company said in a <a href="https://www.tesla.com/blog/dfehs-misguided-lawsuit">blog post</a>. “A narrative spun by the DFEH and a handful of plaintiff firms to generate publicity is not factual proof … Attacking a company like Tesla that has done so much good for California should not be the overriding aim of a state agency with prosecutorial authority.”
The news of the federal inquiry follows the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-confirm-investigation-into-elon-musk">announcing</a> in May that it would investigate Musk’s disclosure that he failed to disclose on time that he held more than 5% of Twitter shares. Musk has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-misses-earnings-forecast-blames-elon-musk">argued</a> that Twitter’s disclosed number of false or spam accounts is inaccurate and claimed that the company has neglected to provide him with precise information about its number of users.
The Biden administration’s Department of Energy said on Monday that it would provide General Motors (GM) with a $2.5 billion loan to finance construction of new electric battery facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan, according to a report from <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/exclusive-us-energy-department-set-loan-gm-battery-joint-venture-25-bln-2022-07-25/">Reuters</a>. President Joe Biden has frequently lauded GM and Ford amid their efforts to expand electric vehicle offerings — yet has consistently decided to turn a blind eye to Tesla, the world’s largest electric vehicle automaker.
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki hinted at Tesla’s lack of unionization last year when she was asked why the company did not receive an invitation to an electric vehicle <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-bidens-electric-vehicle-summit-excludes-tesla">summit</a> in which Ford and GM participated.
“Well, we, of course, welcome the efforts of all automakers who recognize the potential of an electric vehicle future and support efforts that will help reach the president’s goal. And certainly, Tesla is one of those companies,” Psaki said. “Today, it’s the three largest employers of the United Auto Workers, and the UAW president who will stand with President Biden as he announces his ambitious new target, but I would not expect this is the last time we talk about clean cars, the move toward electric vehicles, and we look forward to having a range of partners in that effort.”
Nevertheless, GM recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-praised-gm-over-tesla-now-gm-is-moving-jobs-to-mexico">announced</a> that it plans to manufacture the battery-powered 2024 Chevrolet Blazer in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, where the gas-powered version of the car is presently assembled.

Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk News Conference

Federal Government Launches Systemic Racism Probe Into Tesla

Federal Government Takes Cue From California, Launches Systemic Racism Probe Into Tesla

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