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Florida lawmakers this week approved legislation to prohibit local governments from funding or promoting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts ...

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2. On Tuesday, the Florida legislature passed a bill that would ban local governments from "promoting" or "adopting" activities related to "DEI"--and bar any recipients of city contracts from doing the same. The bill includes gender identity and sexual orientation in its definition of DEI.

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-- Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com) Mar 12, 2026 at 11:09 AM

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My two guesses were FL or TX.

Now TX has to catch up!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-15 03:55 PM | Reply

The Party of Small Government is dictating what the smallest governments must do.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-15 04:45 PM | Reply

What a ------- --------

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-15 09:58 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

My money was on Alabama.

#4 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-03-16 04:50 AM | Reply

More "limited" government Republicans at work.

#5 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-03-16 10:23 AM | Reply

We already have EOE laws. Anyone who doesn't like it can move to New York where Mamdani has created his own DEI task force...

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-16 05:31 PM | Reply

Locally elected officials who violate the bill may be removed from office, and local governments found in violation could face lawsuits from any resident who chooses to sue

So. If you hire anyone other than a white guy, you can get sued.

This is the America worthless white guys need in order to survive.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 05:43 PM | Reply

move to New York where Mamdani has created

Remember when you were predicting people would flee from New York if Mamdani wins?

I bet you hate Talarico.

He represents real Americans and you only represent yourself.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 05:49 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

-This is the America worthless white guys need in order to survive.

I wish it would help me. But it doesn't.

#9 | Posted by eberly at 2026-03-16 06:07 PM | Reply

You don't seem like the type who needs to be worried.

What this law will do though is allow white guys to sue potential employers who hire women or black and brown people instead of them.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 06:10 PM | Reply

James Talarico (D), Zohran Mamdani (D), and Graham Platner (D) will be pilloried from both sides of the political aisle because they do not receive AIPAC funding and represent a genuine grassroots threat to the well-entrenched status quo.

That is why we see the ridiculous and illogical attacks against them.

Voters that stayed home for midterm elections (35% - 45% historic turnout) and Presidential elections (65% historic turnout) because they were stuck choosing between Scylla and Charybdis-- a Republican or an AIPAC Democrat-- will now come out to vote for these peace-loving progressives on the Democratic ticket.

We saw it in Texas with James Talarico's primary win and last year in NYC with Zohran Mamdani, but we failed to find an antiwar POTUS candidate in 2024.

The antiwar movement, a movement as old as our very own American Revolution, finally have excellent candidates to choose from in 2026 and beyond.

i.guim.co.uk

#11 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-16 06:13 PM | Reply

Remember when you were predicting people would flee from New York if Mamdani wins?

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 05:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

No scooter, I remember when I said if Mamdani had his way with taxes, a lot of wealthy people would leave.

#12 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-16 06:32 PM | Reply

I wish it would help me. But it doesn't.

#9 | Posted by eberly at 2026-03-16 06:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

You gotta get that white privilege card updated.

#13 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-16 06:34 PM | Reply

I remember when I said if Mamdani had his way with taxes, a lot of wealthy people would leave.
#12 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

You posted several articles about mass evacuations of NYC.

None have happened and raising taxes won't change that.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 06:39 PM | Reply

You gotta get that white privilege card updated.
#13 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

You two have white privileged up the yin yang.

But that's not enough for you.

You need to make sure brown and black people suffer.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 06:42 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 06:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

Liar

#16 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-16 07:02 PM | Reply

You need to make sure brown and black people suffer.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 06:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

I mainly just use mine to get front row tickets and cut in line at the sporting events.

#17 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-16 07:03 PM | Reply

Says the trust fund baby.

#18 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 07:05 PM | Reply

You poor victim.. You just can't get over being brown. It's always something other than you, holding you back. You must be miserable.

#19 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-16 07:10 PM | Reply

I get why a Trump supporter would assume everyone wants to be white.

You've based your entire life on being white.

Which is why "the great replacement theory" scares the shht out of you.

You voted for Trump to save white America.

Without white superiority, you'd have nothing.

#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 07:19 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Without white superiority, you'd have nothing.

#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 07:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

You're talking to someone who spent the majority of their career working for an international oil company. I've worked with and for people from all over the world and of all different races - both men and women. You are a victim. You use ethnicity as an excuse for your failures. I do not feel sorry for you..

#21 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-16 07:26 PM | Reply | Funny: 1


Without white superiority, you'd have nothing.

#20 | Posted by ClownShack

You're the same moron wanting Talarico. You can't even see yourself being played by the White Elite Democrats.

You use ethnicity as an excuse for your failures.

I use it for my successes.

#22 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-16 07:34 PM | Reply


You need to make sure brown and black people suffer.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack

So do you. ... I can't beleive you're so blind to your own racism with Talarico?

What the White media did to Crockett is a shame. Everyone knows it, only the intelligent can figure it out.

#23 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-16 07:36 PM | Reply

CSAMRUNT supports the child-raping racist son of klansman Fred Trump.

#24 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-16 07:38 PM | Reply


You posted several articles about mass evacuations of NYC.

None have happened and raising taxes won't change that.

#14 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

In a place like NYC where state + city taxes already push combined rates over 50% for millionaires. IRS migration data from 2021-2022 shows NY losing over 60,000 residents to Florida alone, with an estimated $4-5B in foregone revenue annually from out-migration. A deep dive into 2025 NYC data revealed the city's highest earners (top 0.1%) fleeing with $14B in gross income"directly tying it to tax pressures and remote work flexibility.

Its going to get worse...

#25 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-16 07:39 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#21 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

I'm not sure what your resume has to do with anything.

You had to be in proximity of brown and black people?

You poor poor thing.

No wonder you cheer on Trump destroying America in his quest to rid the nation of Brown and Black people.

#26 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 07:41 PM | Reply

You're the same moron wanting Talarico. You can't even see yourself being played by the White Elite Democrats.
#22 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

Unlike you white supremacists, I have no problem with people of other races.

I've lived my entire life with friends of all races and genders.

The idea there's one race inherently better than the rest is something I learned in history classes and later in life when I discovered politics and how conservatives treated other human beings.

#27 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 07:46 PM | Reply

What Texas conservatives did to Crockett is a shame. Everyone knows it, only the intelligent can figure it out.
#23 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

First Texas Republicans eliminated her district and then shut down polling stations in districts they knew she'd preform well in.

Why do you feel compelled to lie so much?

#28 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 07:52 PM | Reply

shows NY losing over 60,000 residents to Florida alone,
#25 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

Love the concern trolling.

"New York City's population grew by 87,000 between July 2023 and July 2024"

www.nyc.gov

#29 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 07:56 PM | Reply

I'm not sure what your resume has to do with anything.

You had to be in proximity of brown and black people?

#26 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 07:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

The point is, the brown people and women I reported to over the years, didn't play victim. They got out there and proved their leadership/productivity and innovation. What's your excuse?

#30 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-16 07:58 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

"New York City's population grew by 87,000 between July 2023 and July 2024"

www.nyc.gov

#29 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 07:56 PM | Reply | Flag:

Mostly illegal immigrants more than likely. They brought in so many they had to commandeer the hotels because there was no where to put them.. The people leaving are the people with money, dummy.

#31 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-16 08:00 PM | Reply

the brown people and women I reported to over the years,
#30 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

Made you angry at women and minorities, so you voted for Trump so he can kick all brown people out of the country and put women back in the kitchen?

#32 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 08:05 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Mostly illegal immigrants more than likely.
#31 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

Of course. Thanks for sharing.

Not totally racist and xenophobic at all ...

#33 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 08:09 PM | Reply

By the way,

The state with the most undocumented immigrants is Texas.

#34 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 08:11 PM | Reply

New York City's population grew by 87,000 between July 2023 and July 2024"
www.nyc.gov
#29 | Posted by ClownShack

Same with California but the people that came in generate less tax revenue than those that leave.

#35 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-16 08:11 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

The state with the most undocumented immigrants is Texas.
#34 | Posted by ClownShack

I doubt it.

California
Texas
New york
Florida

Would be my guess.

#36 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-16 08:12 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#35 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

Of course!

Only poor people come to the most expensive state in the union.

Your fact free posts are very amusing.

Stupid.

But amusing.

Why are you still living in California?

#37 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 08:14 PM | Reply

I doubt it.
#36 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

Who gives a shht?

Unlike your fact free posts, I actually look up the information I post before posting it.

Texas has the most undocumented immigrants living in America out of any state.

#38 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 08:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The state with the most undocumented immigrants is Texas.

#34 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 08:11 PM | Reply | Flag

Is this supposed to surprise anyone? You voted for the guy who chose to not protect the Mexican border... And then you got pissy because we deported them to DC.

#39 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-16 08:17 PM | Reply

You voted for the guy who chose to not protect the Mexican border...

I never voted for Trump.

#40 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 08:18 PM | Reply

Why are you still living in California Missouri?

#41 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-16 08:33 PM | Reply

Turdfyck and Onetinynut can both burn in the lake of fire

#42 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-16 08:54 PM | Reply

The incompetent, white cabinet members in the White House are absolute DEI hires. Hegseth being exhibit A.

#43 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-03-16 09:04 PM | Reply

Who gives a shht?

Unlike your fact free posts, I actually look up the information I post before posting it.
~ ClownShack

Me too .. you aren't very good at this....

The six states with the largest unauthorized immigrant populations in 2023 were:
A map showing U.S. unauthorized immigrant population by state, 2023

California (2.3 million)
Texas (2.1 million)
Florida (1.6 million)
New York (825,000)
New Jersey (600,000)
Illinois (550,000)
www.pewresearch.org

#44 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-16 09:45 PM | Reply

Only poor people come to the most expensive state in the union.

You aren't from California are you? You literally have no idea what is happening here.

#45 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-16 09:52 PM | Reply

drudge.com

#46 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-16 09:55 PM | Reply

Of course!

Are we counting the immigrants Texas busses to other states?

What about the ones they keep in concentration camps and then "misplace"?

You really are an idiot if you believe numbers coming out of that shhthole state.

#47 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 09:55 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1


You really are an idiot if you believe numbers coming out of that shhthole state.
#47 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

So where did you get your "FACTS"? Claiming people don't use FACTS, then people show you the facts, then you claim the FACTS are false.

You are clearly the idiot.

#48 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-16 10:00 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

You aren't from California are you? You literally have no idea what is happening here.
#45 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

Oh wise Lumper, immigrant of zero years living in America, open borders champion, liberal and California geography illiterate, please, enlighten us as to what's happening in California.

We're all waiting.

#49 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 10:02 PM | Reply

where did you get your "FACTS"?
#48 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

Guy gets one thing right and wants an award.

Congratulations. You get your broken clock award.

You were right twice today.

California has more undocumented immigrants and Iran forced its athletes to come back by threatening their families.

Go buy a lotto ticket. It's your lucky day.

#50 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-16 10:07 PM | Reply

Diversity, equity, and inclusion were the greatest things about America, that separated it from much of the rest of the world. Now it's devolving into a fascist $#!+#013

#51 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-03-16 10:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The six states with the largest unauthorized immigrant populations in 2023 were:
A map showing U.S. unauthorized immigrant population by state, 2023
California (2.3 million)
Texas (2.1 million)
Florida (1.6 million)
New York (825,000)
New Jersey (600,000)
Illinois (550,000)

Which explains Trump targeted Minneapolis.
Because Republicans hate the fact that Somalis are allowed to become United States citizens.

#52 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-16 10:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I think it is common sense that both the government and large corporations should have employee demographics which mirror both the citizenry and the customer base they serve. If that is too "DEI" for some of you then you are probably either racist or homophobic or pathetically insecure.

#53 | Posted by moder8 at 2026-03-16 10:45 PM | Reply

"government ... should have employee demographics which mirror both the citizenry and the customer base they serve"

That's why Republicans in Government are about 99% White.
Republicans serve Whites, and they don't want non-Whites to be part of the citizenry.

#54 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-16 10:52 PM | Reply

Fantastic!

#55 | Posted by THEBULL at 2026-03-16 11:59 PM | Reply

This is great! DEI codifies racism and discriminates against meritocracy. It's a cancer on our society and needs to be stamped out whenever possible.

#56 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-17 12:22 AM | Reply

"DEI codifies racism"

Got any examples?

#57 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-17 01:01 AM | Reply

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