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[patrick]

Did someone mention eggs?

If so I missed that discussion

[ti-amie]

[ashkor87]

Unlikely because demand will also go down..econ 101

[ashkor87]

Btw I see DEI is in full retreat ..Facebook, X and companies like Walmart (?) have ended their DEI programs.
Not surprised..the pendulum has swung, away from wokeness, wonder how long before it swings back...

[ponchi101]

Or the fact that you will have an administration that will side with defendants when sued for discrimination. So no "need" for a DEI program if no lawsuits are expected.

[Suliso]

DEI done properly is "we give a chance to all qualified candidates", not properly is "we need to hire a black woman now to meet our diversity quota". In some places it had started to deviate to the latter hence the backlash.

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

The receipts
(Translated from the Danish by Google)

Inviting random people to lunch: Picked them up in Brugsen
One group after another of locals - many wearing MAGA caps - have been brought into Hotel Hans Egede in Nuuk. They were led into the hotel by Trump's people, who also invited them to lunch

Video at the link

https://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik ... 489387.ece




Video at the link
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/kilder ... lmiddag#!/

[ti-amie]

Does that include

[ti-amie]

‪George Takei‬ ‪@georgetakei.bsky.social‬
Why is the media like this?

[ti-amie]

‪Kevin M. Kruse‬ ‪@kevinmkruse.bsky.social‬
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Wiping out the “deep state” — also known as “competent professionals who understand the job” — at the National Security Council surely won’t lead to anything bad happening

Hayden Center‬ ‪@haydencenter.bsky.social‬
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6h
Incoming National Security Advisor to gut NSC staff of professional agency and department detailees on day one.

www.breitbart.com/politics/202...

Hayden Center‬ ‪@haydencenter.bsky.social‬
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6h
Incoming National Security Advisor to gut NSC staff of professional agency and department detailees on day one.

[skatingfan]

Btw I see DEI is in full retreat ..Facebook, X and companies like Walmart (?) have ended their DEI programs.
Not surprised..the pendulum has swung, away from wokeness, wonder how long before it swings back...

These companies started these programs so they could say that they started these programs - they weren't serious about hiring women, and minorities, and particularly not for senior positions in their companies.

[ti-amie]

I feel for the men and women who were hired. They were hoping to be considered more than a DEI hire and now they'll be let go and be replaced by H1B visa holders.

[ti-amie]

Supreme Court to hear case challenging Obamacare’s preventive coverage
At issue is a provision requiring health-care plans to cover no-cost preventive care, including cancer screenings, immunizations and contraception.

January 10, 2025 at 9:36 p.m. EST Yesterday at 9:36 p.m. EST

By Justin Jouvenal

The Supreme Court said Friday it will review the constitutionality of a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires health plans to provide no-cost preventive care, including cancer screenings, immunizations and contraception, to millions of Americans.

The case puts the law, commonly known as Obamacare, in the crosshairs once again and follows several challenges in recent years by conservatives hoping to overturn it, as well as a landmark 2012 ruling by the justices upholding its legality.

In Becerra v. Braidwood Management Inc., a Christian-owned business and six individuals challenged the preventive-care provision because it requires health-care plans to cover pre-exposure medications intended to prevent the spread of HIV among certain at-risk populations. The plaintiffs argue that the medications “encourage and facilitate homosexual behavior,” which conflicts with their religious beliefs.

The plaintiffs also contend that an expert committee that mandates the preventive care health-care plans must offer is unconstitutional because its members are not appointed by the president with Senate approval, in violation of the appointments clause.

A Texas district court sided with the plaintiffs, ruling that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force — which set the coverage requirements — was unconstitutional because its members had not been confirmed by the Senate and that all mandates it had imposed since 201o were invalid.

The government appealed, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling with one major caveat. The 5th Circuit did not invalidate the task force’s mandates universally, only as they applied to the plaintiffs.

Both the plaintiffs and the government asked the Supreme Court to take up the case, saying the lower court’s rulings could allow other plaintiffs to seek a nationwide ruling that would invalidate the preventive-care provision.

Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar, who defended the case on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, warned in court filings that such a decision could be catastrophic, putting preventive care out of reach for many Americans who have come to rely on it.

“Such a remedy would upend healthcare coverage for millions of Americans,” Prelogar wrote.

It is unclear what position the federal government will take when President-elect Donald Trump takes office this month.

The plaintiffs wrote in their filing to the Supreme Court that they also objected to mandates in the preventive-care provision requiring plans to cover all Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive methods, including contraception that the plaintiffs contend induces abortions.

The Supreme Court is likely to hear oral arguments in the case later this year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... eme-court/

[mmmm8]

I work with a lot of employers (HR and Benefits) - just to unalarm a little bit - I haven't heard the discourse around diversity change much in the last months. Companies that were "truly" committed to DEI (in many forms, it's not just about race or about hiring) continue to be. Companies where it was lip service, continue to pay lip service.