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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

In his recent viral essay, "The Lost Generation," published in Compact, Jacob Savage describes how U.S. media and academia in the 2010s closed their doors to millennial white men. The self-righteous, racist ideology of diversity, equity and inclusion wasn't a problem only within those rarified fields. It also infected the U.S. armed forces. Under President Biden, senior officers worked to make our military less white, precipitating a recruitment crisis.

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During the first Trump administration, lethality was the military's overriding focus. That changed in 2021. Mr. Biden issued an executive order embedding "diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility" across "all parts of the Federal workforce." Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took the unprecedented step of ordering a "stand-down" to combat "extremism" in the armed forces. By the time an independent report commissioned by the Pentagon found these concerns to be baseless, they had already formed the ideological permission structure for a DEI crusade.

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Jeffy is SO worried that Jose Will Replace Him.

Racism is ugly no matter it's form.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-13 04:25 PM | Reply

The biggest winner of DEI was White Liberal Women, this is why their mental breakdowns are on full display.
Older Male Boomer managers/execs were fine with screwing over younger white men, to get sexual access to the women.

Boomers are clearly the cause of America's decline.

#2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-13 04:35 PM | Reply


Racism is ugly no matter it's form.
#1 | POSTED BY CORKY

The great fallacy of DEI was that it was about race, NOPE it was about White Women, top of the victim hierarchy.

#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-13 04:35 PM | Reply

#1 Part of racism is discrimination by race / skin color, which is exactly what DEI does.

#4 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-13 04:37 PM | Reply

Give us examples of DEI disseminating by skin color.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-13 04:38 PM | Reply

Before DEI ..... After ... DEI ...

#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-13 04:39 PM | Reply

Give us examples of DEI disseminating by skin color.
#5 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

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#7 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-13 04:41 PM | Reply

How DEI created a military recruitment crisis

I wonder if Major DEI Boazo will comment on this?

#8 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 04:41 PM | Reply

#6 | #7 Well, onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut (25 plonks), are you ever going to take personal responsibility for your own lies ? ? ? ?

#9 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 04:42 PM | Reply

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#10 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-01-13 05:01 PM | Reply

#10 Come on! It should have warranted at least 2 dots.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-13 05:02 PM | Reply

Before DEI ..... After ... DEI ...
#6 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

If you smelled that picture on the right it would reek of loneliness and inadequacy.

Good example of what incles, like OneTrumper, look like in real life.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-01-13 05:03 PM | Reply

Well I can't read the article so.

#13 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-01-13 05:05 PM | Reply

#13 Really. Here, try this:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com

First link on the page.

#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-13 05:10 PM | Reply

#14 I would recommend HTML for Dummies, bell boi.

#15 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 05:11 PM | Reply

Palantir Technologies (Peter Thiel) and the Manhattan Institute

The institute's research has faced criticism. One law journal critique described a fellow's book as relying "almost exclusively on anecdotal information and inflated rhetoric," misrepresenting its subject matter, and presenting no objective or empirically-based measure for its claims. Critics often accuse the think tank of cherry-picking data and manufacturing misleading narratives to support an ideological agenda.
Quelle surprise.

#16 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 05:17 PM | Reply

#2 -posted by 1Nutted Misogynist from China

"Misogyny in China is a deeply rooted, evolving issue, deeply connected to a patriarchal social structure, Confucian traditions, and the modern political environment.

Despite legislative promises of gender equality, Chinese women face pervasive discrimination in the workplace, family, and online, alongside a tightening of political restrictions on feminist activism.

As of late 2025, misogyny has become more pronounced in digital spaces, with the rise of "digital manosphere" spaces, often referred to as Chinese "incels," which target feminists and harass women... more:

www.google.com

They asked 1Nut to pose for the story, but he claimed he was busy being a Professional Poser online.

#17 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-13 06:01 PM | Reply

The great fallacy of DEI was that it was about race, NOPE it was about White Women, top of the victim hierarchy.

#3 | Posted by oneironaut

Minority generations fucked over by white men resulting in few if any members of their families with college educations and little to no generational wealth often in underfunded schools suddenly get a helping hand to compete with white people's already existing headstart and often legacy admissions causes racist Conservatives to have a meltdown.

Charlie Kirk himself made up a story about not getting into West Point because of a minority woman taking his spot.

99% of the time, it's some white dude imagining they didn't get a job or get into their college of choice because of DEI.

White Dude Jeff Bellringer: "Sure, I got two DUIs, an 8th grade education, no experience, and have to wear an ankle monitor for things I won't discuss, but they hired that black woman with a masters degree, no criminal history, and 10 years of experience due to DEI."

(Irony, DEI was HELPING men compete with women at colleges were trying to balance gender of incoming classes because many more women were applying. Not anymore.)

#18 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-01-13 06:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The great fallacy of DEI was that it was about race, NOPE it was about White Women, top of the victim hierarchy.
#3 | Posted by oneironaut

Like that woman with the dog, and the black comic book guy?

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-13 06:34 PM | Reply

#18 you don't help people up by tearing other people down. That's Marxist logic.

#20 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-13 06:36 PM | Reply

#20 Then why do you insist on licking Trump's feet, bell boi.

He loves tearing others down while helping only the wealthy.

Make your words match your actions, bell boi.

#21 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-13 06:39 PM | Reply

#18 you don't help people up by tearing other people down.
#20 | Posted by BellRinger

Who said you do?
Who was torn down by DEI?

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-13 06:40 PM | Reply

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