1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: What's going on. Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,640 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:12,519 to three on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,719 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:18,719 my daily show prep with all of the links. Become 6 00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:22,359 a patron, go to dpeteclendershow dot com. Make sure you 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,920 hit the subscribe button. Get every episode for free right 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,320 to your smartphone or tablet, And again, thank you so 9 00:00:27,399 --> 00:00:28,359 much for your support. 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: We've got a busy week as slated ahead in the 11 00:00:32,679 --> 00:00:36,119 North Carolina General Assembly. To get some details on that 12 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,359 this afternoon. It's my pleasure to welcome to the show 13 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:41,600 this afternoon. AP Dylan, who covers a news over at 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,880 her substack as well as at North State Journal APA. 15 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,240 Bill filing deadline expected in the next couple of days. 16 00:00:48,399 --> 00:00:50,159 Tell us what you're keeping track of in the GA 17 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:50,640 this week. 18 00:00:51,719 --> 00:00:55,679 Speaker 3: Well, there's been over a thousand bills filed across both 19 00:00:55,799 --> 00:00:58,880 chambers so far, but the House still has until third 20 00:00:59,079 --> 00:01:02,359 of this week to file more bills, and I have 21 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:06,159 a feeling we're going to see that total increase. Most 22 00:01:06,159 --> 00:01:09,480 of those bills probably won't make it through the crossover 23 00:01:10,079 --> 00:01:12,799 so far, the committees that have been hearing certain bills 24 00:01:12,799 --> 00:01:16,879 have only been really concentrating on things like public safety 25 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:23,319 law enforcements, some of the hurricane related issues, agriculture issues, 26 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,319 and healthcare, and a couple of education bills, in particular 27 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,959 the cell phone band bill for K twelve schools. Those 28 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,239 have been the things that we've seen mostly moving through 29 00:01:33,239 --> 00:01:33,760 the committees. 30 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,359 Speaker 2: You know, it's pretty interesting, Apen you bring up hurricane relief, 31 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,000 and obviously, going back, you know, six months ago, the 32 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,040 western half of our state was dealing with the devastation 33 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,840 and destruction of Helene. You do kind of wonder if 34 00:01:45,879 --> 00:01:49,159 that didn't happen, what this legislative session would have looked like. 35 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,599 A vast majority of the conversation has been around that 36 00:01:52,719 --> 00:01:55,879 hurricane relief, but as you noted, some other major priorities 37 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,359 for Republicans still able to at least squeeze through as 38 00:01:58,359 --> 00:01:59,000 of right now. 39 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,959 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's been a lot of talk about the hurricane pieces, 40 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,480 and I think that we're going to see a little 41 00:02:04,519 --> 00:02:09,039 bit more and whatever budget plans come out. It does 42 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,000 seem like there is a push within the Republican side 43 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:19,039 of the legislature for dose related type things, cutting waste 44 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,560 cutting fraud. I know the House Oversight Committee has been 45 00:02:21,599 --> 00:02:24,319 looking at all the different agencies and seeing where they 46 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,759 can shore things up, you know, getting rid of vacant positions, 47 00:02:27,879 --> 00:02:30,560 you know, checking on contracts and leases and that sort 48 00:02:30,599 --> 00:02:34,000 of thing. But also in the Senate we've seen Senator 49 00:02:34,039 --> 00:02:38,400 Berger taking a good look at DEI programs and K 50 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,120 twelve schools and the university level. There's a bill running 51 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,840 through there right now which I'm sort of keeping tabs on, 52 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,639 but he's also taking a look at the calendar bills 53 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,400 for K twelve. This has been a sticky wicket for 54 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:53,439 a number of years now where districts have wanted more 55 00:02:53,479 --> 00:02:57,280 flexibility in their start and end dates, and about ten 56 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,319 or eleven districts in the past couple of years of 57 00:02:59,439 --> 00:03:02,599 basically their notes at the calendar law and set their 58 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,719 own opening and closing. But under with Burger signing on 59 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:08,439 to it, a bill was filed in the Senate that 60 00:03:08,479 --> 00:03:12,919 would give an alternative day and start opening and start 61 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,479 as opposed to what's currently in statute. Normally, it's like, 62 00:03:17,599 --> 00:03:20,719 I think the last Friday closest to the end of 63 00:03:20,759 --> 00:03:24,520 the year, near Labor Day, which is the earliest opening, 64 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,240 and then the earliest closing is something like the last 65 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:32,159 Friday in June typically, but he's offered a different set 66 00:03:32,159 --> 00:03:34,439 of opening and closing dates in this bill, so that'll 67 00:03:34,479 --> 00:03:35,240 be worth watching. 68 00:03:35,879 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 2: You know, it's so funny you bring up something like 69 00:03:37,919 --> 00:03:41,199 the school calendar bill, which you know inherently does not 70 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,759 sound like it's really that big of a deal ap, 71 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,719 but for districts that are mandated and required. You know, 72 00:03:46,759 --> 00:03:48,639 we've got one hundred counties, one hundred and I think 73 00:03:48,639 --> 00:03:51,520 it's twenty some odd school districts across the state that 74 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,400 are mandated to work by the laws set out in 75 00:03:54,479 --> 00:03:57,840 general Statue. This causes real havoc when you get around 76 00:03:57,879 --> 00:04:01,400 the Christmas break and standardized time, midterms and all of 77 00:04:01,439 --> 00:04:03,719 that are coming up. It creates real havoc for these 78 00:04:03,759 --> 00:04:06,280 local districts. And as you noted, a couple of them 79 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:07,680 and said, we're just going to break the law, and 80 00:04:07,719 --> 00:04:09,120 they've decided to do it anyway. 81 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, there were no teeth in the previous law. This version, however, 82 00:04:12,759 --> 00:04:15,400 would put teeth into it and would cut into funding 83 00:04:16,319 --> 00:04:19,439 ex funding threats if they don't adhere to one of 84 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:24,199 those two opening closing date sets. It's interesting because you know, 85 00:04:24,759 --> 00:04:28,120 the lobbyists for the tourism industry, you know, they've said that, 86 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:32,439 you know, the current calendar law has stabilized tourism dollars 87 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,720 and there's been an increase in tourism spending because the 88 00:04:34,759 --> 00:04:38,519 summer block is set in stone. But other but the 89 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,800 districts have said, you know, hey, this doesn't really work 90 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,360 for us in particular where we are in a state, 91 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,680 and it's causing kids to you know, take exams from 92 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,720 their second quarter from the first half of the year 93 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,439 after the Christmas break into January. So it's breaking up 94 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,879 the year in a way that's not good for the students. 95 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,480 So there's some discussion to be had on both sides. 96 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,480 And I have a feeling that when this one hits 97 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,879 the different committees, it's going to get some discussion. 98 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 2: We're joined by Ap dill in this afternoon on the 99 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,279 Pete Calendar Show. So Ap walk us through this process. Now, 100 00:05:10,199 --> 00:05:12,879 Thursday is the deadline for everything to be filed through 101 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,560 the House. What do things look like in the coming 102 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,480 weeks and months after that? The Senate deadline was last week. 103 00:05:18,519 --> 00:05:19,560 Where do we go from here? 104 00:05:20,079 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, public bills, the Senate deadline was last week. The 105 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,720 public bill deadline is April third, which is this week 106 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:31,000 for the House. Once that happens, the bills will be 107 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,639 passed through different committees and we'll have to get approved 108 00:05:33,639 --> 00:05:36,240 by the committees in order to get to a floor vote. 109 00:05:37,319 --> 00:05:41,360 Any bill that doesn't receive a floor bill vote in 110 00:05:41,399 --> 00:05:44,199 its chamber of origins, say, you know, say House Bill 111 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,439 five is in House in the House, and it goes 112 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,439 to the committees, and it gets to the floor and 113 00:05:49,439 --> 00:05:51,720 it gets passed by that that bill will make it 114 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,439 through crossover. So crossover is on May eighth, and that's 115 00:05:55,439 --> 00:05:58,160 when all the bills that are passed by one chamber 116 00:05:58,199 --> 00:05:59,920 and sent have to be sent to another in order 117 00:05:59,959 --> 00:06:03,600 to be considered for full passage by the General Assembly. 118 00:06:04,439 --> 00:06:07,399 Speaker 2: Ap Obviously, Democrats are in the minority up in the 119 00:06:07,439 --> 00:06:11,079 North Carolina General Assembly. While Republicans do not hold a 120 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,879 super majority in ball chambers, they do very squarely hold 121 00:06:14,879 --> 00:06:18,720 the majority. You mentioned that there's likely a vast number 122 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,959 of pieces of legislation that won't go through, many of 123 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,120 those introduced by Democrats in the Raleigh. What are some 124 00:06:25,199 --> 00:06:27,560 of those pieces of legislation that you've been keeping an 125 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:27,920 eye on. 126 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 3: Well, there's been some interesting pieces in there. A lot 127 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,360 of them look like. There are bills that have been 128 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,920 filed multiple times in the past, some of them dealing 129 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,920 with marriage equality, wanting to recognize unions outside of what 130 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,759 state law says is one man, one woman. There's another 131 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:51,600 one that wants to protect certain hairstyles. One in particular 132 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,199 was giving over ten thousand dollars to North Carolina State 133 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:57,360 University for diversity and pickleball. 134 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 2: I say that one more time. How much for diversity 135 00:07:01,399 --> 00:07:03,120 pick aby? You talking about the game? 136 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 3: Yes, over ten thousand dollars to university. Another one would 137 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,240 prohibit occupant octopus farming for the purpose of human consumption. 138 00:07:12,319 --> 00:07:16,360 In other words, no kalamari for you. There is another 139 00:07:16,399 --> 00:07:19,519 one that this was landed about a week ago, and 140 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,639 that was the Skip the Stuff Act, and it would 141 00:07:22,639 --> 00:07:25,920 impose penalties on restaurants that took seed one hundred dollars 142 00:07:25,959 --> 00:07:29,360 per day for any restaurant that gave out single use 143 00:07:29,399 --> 00:07:33,759 foodwaar items with to go food or delivery services that 144 00:07:33,959 --> 00:07:39,079 weren't asked for specifically by the customer. Wow, I don't 145 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:39,920 know what that's about. 146 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 2: Hard pressing issues up for Democrats in the General Assembly. 147 00:07:44,839 --> 00:07:47,000 Now let me ask you this. So obviously we've got 148 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,199 a brand new governor. We've got Josh Stein. He is 149 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,839 very much a Democrat, you can look at his track 150 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,120 record as he previously served as the Attorney General, but 151 00:07:55,199 --> 00:07:57,639 a pee, we really don't know how this relationship between 152 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,120 him and the Republican GA is going to work. We 153 00:08:01,199 --> 00:08:04,120 know what the past relationship was with Roy Cooper, but 154 00:08:04,199 --> 00:08:06,240 up to this point right now, things seem to be 155 00:08:06,439 --> 00:08:10,160 pretty amicable between the Republican led GA and the Democrat governor. 156 00:08:10,959 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 3: Well, that's sort of the sense that I got. I 157 00:08:12,839 --> 00:08:18,360 sat down with the Rules chair represented John Bell a 158 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:21,959 couple weeks back, and we were talking about bills that 159 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,519 might or might not go through where whether Josh Stein 160 00:08:24,519 --> 00:08:27,600 would be taking up Roy Cooper's veto pen and he 161 00:08:27,639 --> 00:08:30,040 said that he didn't really see that being as much 162 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:31,759 of an issue, and that he had talked to Stein 163 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:34,159 more in the last few weeks than he had talked 164 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,039 to Roy Cooper in all eight years of his term. 165 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,039 So apparently he's been very communicative with the leadership over 166 00:08:40,159 --> 00:08:42,200 the legislature, and a lot of it has been about 167 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:46,720 the hurricane funding and disaster relief. He seems to be 168 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:50,159 extremely engaged in that, So I give him credit for that. 169 00:08:51,279 --> 00:08:53,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I think the disaster relief I mean this 170 00:08:53,519 --> 00:08:57,080 idea which it truly is a bipartisan issue. Everybody wants 171 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,320 the recovery and restoration efforts to get kicked into full 172 00:09:00,399 --> 00:09:03,080 drive out in western North Carolina. It might end up 173 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,200 being a saving grace in terms of keeping that relationship 174 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,879 a square between the governor and the General Assembly. AP, 175 00:09:10,039 --> 00:09:12,320 you just went through a lot. You're tracking those details 176 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,679 over at the North State Journal. You're also tracking those 177 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,840 over at your substack. How do folks keep up to 178 00:09:16,919 --> 00:09:17,360 date with you? 179 00:09:18,399 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 3: Well, they can find my stuff at North State Journal 180 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:23,639 at nsjonline dot com and just look for my byline 181 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,480 AP Dylan. And if you're looking for me on substack, 182 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,039 you can find me at AP Dylan dot substack dot com. Also, 183 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,759 I'm x at AP Dylan with an underscore right after 184 00:09:33,799 --> 00:09:34,080 the end. 185 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 2: AP, thanks for the time, Thanks for the information this afternoon. 186 00:09:37,879 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 3: Absolutely Thanks Nick. 187 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,919 Speaker 2: Likewise, AP Dylan joining us here on the Pete Calender 188 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,639 Show News Talk eleven, ten ninety nine three WBT. 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Mail orders 207 00:10:47,639 --> 00:10:50,559 are accepted to get all the details at create a 208 00:10:50,759 --> 00:10:52,159 video dot Com. 209 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 2: Earlier this earlier in the show Today, talking about Susie 210 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,879 Wilde's who of course, is the chief of staff for 211 00:11:00,159 --> 00:11:04,000 President Trump, led an incredibly successful campaign for him in 212 00:11:04,279 --> 00:11:07,639 the past election cycle last year and really has been 213 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,039 setting the tone for what's going on in this administration 214 00:11:11,639 --> 00:11:14,639 in Washington, d C. But one of the things that 215 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,519 I've really noted with this second administration or Trump two 216 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:23,159 point zero is that everybody associated with Trump is moving 217 00:11:23,159 --> 00:11:27,080 in the same direction. All of the cabinet picks, all 218 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,159 of the cabinet secretaries, everybody that has surrounded himself with 219 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:35,399 They all understand what's going on. They all know what 220 00:11:35,519 --> 00:11:38,120 is in front of them, the timeframe that's in front 221 00:11:38,159 --> 00:11:40,360 of them, and how they need to get things done. 222 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,159 And obviously Trump is the one that is driving the narrative. Sure, 223 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,120 but he's not pulling people across the line, yelling and 224 00:11:48,159 --> 00:11:52,080 screaming and kicking to implement his agenda. Right, He's working 225 00:11:52,159 --> 00:11:55,919 with a cabinet, working with individuals that are lock and 226 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,440 step with what he believes and feels and want, the 227 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:02,639 same thing that has made his job so much easier 228 00:12:02,799 --> 00:12:06,240 now in the grand scheme of things, incredibly complicated, sure, 229 00:12:06,799 --> 00:12:09,320 but he's not having to fight with his own people 230 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:13,000 to get things done. And even in that caught an 231 00:12:13,039 --> 00:12:18,000 interesting story over the weekend, the Federal Communications Commission, the FCC, 232 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:24,759 which is responsible for regulating AM and FM radio stations, 233 00:12:24,799 --> 00:12:29,360 broadcast television outlets. The FCC, you're very familiar with them. Well, 234 00:12:29,399 --> 00:12:31,879 over the weekend we learned that they have opened an 235 00:12:31,919 --> 00:12:38,200 investigation into ABC and their parent company, Disney, to ensure 236 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:44,080 that neither entity is violating equal employment opportunities in regulations 237 00:12:44,159 --> 00:12:50,039 through di discrimination. And so when I talk about everybody 238 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,879 working together, this is an example of it. Trump signs 239 00:12:53,879 --> 00:12:57,519 his executive order on DEI, the left of course flies 240 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,440 off the handle because you know what else are they 241 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,080 going to do there in the minority. Their ideas are 242 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,840 no good, their ideas aren't popular, Nobody agrees with what 243 00:13:05,879 --> 00:13:08,399 they want, so they just fly off the handle on it. 244 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:14,120 But yet inside the administration, inside Trump Camp, individuals that 245 00:13:14,159 --> 00:13:18,440 are working alongside the president, they're continually moving in the 246 00:13:18,519 --> 00:13:23,759 same direction that he is. And so FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, 247 00:13:23,759 --> 00:13:26,480 who was already on the FCC, he was one of 248 00:13:26,519 --> 00:13:30,240 the lone voices against the major sale of hundreds of 249 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:35,240 radio stations to George Soros and his entity back late 250 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,399 last year. He is now the chairman of the FCC 251 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:41,320 under this new administration, and he wrote a letter to 252 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,639 Walt Disney Company Chief Operating our chief executive officer rather 253 00:13:45,799 --> 00:13:49,399 Bob Iger, and he wrote this quote, I want to 254 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:53,480 ensure that Disney and ABC have not been violating the 255 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:59,879 FCC's Equal Employment Opportunity regulations by promoting individual forms of 256 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:05,320 diversity equity and inclusion discrimination. The FCC reporter that they 257 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,200 are working to ensure that ABC and Disney have ended 258 00:14:09,279 --> 00:14:15,120 quote any and all discriminatory initiatives in substance, not just 259 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:20,679 in name. The letter continues, that's key right there as well. 260 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:22,759 We've seen this take place. I talked about this on 261 00:14:22,799 --> 00:14:28,000 Maya podcast on Friday. These college campuses that are getting 262 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,879 rid of their DEI departments because they're now being deemed illegal. 263 00:14:32,679 --> 00:14:36,159 While many of them are getting rid of the name diversity, 264 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,720 Equity and inclusion. While they'll put out a press release 265 00:14:39,759 --> 00:14:44,679 and claim that they are shuttering the office, in practicality, 266 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,919 what they're doing is they're just reorganizing the people, right. 267 00:14:48,919 --> 00:14:52,799 They're not throwing out the chessboard. They're just reorganizing where 268 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,320 everybody's sitting. So in fact, they are getting rid of 269 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:01,320 their diversity equity and inclusion departments. Everybody is still employed 270 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:06,840 and those agendas, those narratives, those actions are now just 271 00:15:06,919 --> 00:15:12,080 taking place under different agencies, under different groups. Instead of 272 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,960 doing it under the DEI department, now you're doing it 273 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:18,279 under the Student Services department, or now you're doing it 274 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:22,960 under human resources or campus Life or whatever other entity 275 00:15:23,039 --> 00:15:25,879 you've got on your college campus that can continue to 276 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,519 roll out this work. And this is going to be 277 00:15:28,559 --> 00:15:30,600 a big kind of whack a mole game that I 278 00:15:30,639 --> 00:15:34,559 see taking place over the next couple of years. Is 279 00:15:34,679 --> 00:15:39,519 as these groups, as these entities, begin the process of 280 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,600 dismantling DEI, well, somebody's got to be coming in behind 281 00:15:43,639 --> 00:15:48,039 them and making sure that it's actually happening, because we 282 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,919 know that deep down these individuals are all in favor 283 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:56,840 of these incredibly discriminatory practices that they have ushered in. 284 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,000 We know deep down that they are all in faise 285 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:03,159 of these things that come out of DEI, and they're 286 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,919 not going to give it up without a fight. They're 287 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,360 going to attempt to masquerate it. They're going to shove 288 00:16:09,399 --> 00:16:12,039 it somewhere else in the organization so that they can 289 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:16,799 publicly state dei's over. DEI no longer exists. No, we're 290 00:16:16,799 --> 00:16:18,720 not doing any of that stuff. Anymore. Look at this, 291 00:16:18,879 --> 00:16:20,960 Look at this press release. We don't even have a 292 00:16:21,039 --> 00:16:24,679 DEI department. That's how they're going to operate. The Left 293 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,480 is very smart on dealing with this stuff. So when 294 00:16:28,799 --> 00:16:32,039 FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sends this letter to Bob Iger 295 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,919 over at Disney and says, hey, we're going to make 296 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,879 sure that you've not only just ended these practices in name, 297 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,039 but make sure that you're doing it in substance, that's 298 00:16:42,039 --> 00:16:45,519 a pretty big that's a pretty big deal. The FCC 299 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:50,360 chairman is also investigating whether Disney's actions at all times 300 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:55,759 were in compliance with FCC regulations, even if those actions 301 00:16:55,759 --> 00:16:58,720 in question have ended. The chairman wrote in the letter 302 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,679 to Bob Iger, quote, Disney started out a century ago 303 00:17:03,159 --> 00:17:07,720 as an iconic American company, and for decades Disney focused 304 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:12,079 on churning out box office and programming successes. But then 305 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:16,839 something changed. Disney has now been embroiled in rounds of 306 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:22,319 controversy surrounding its DEI policy, noting that there have been 307 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:27,079 several reports that have come forth to the FCC suggesting 308 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:32,319 that Disney executives went all in on various DEI policies 309 00:17:32,519 --> 00:17:37,480 that in fact were incredibly discriminatory in nature. The FCC 310 00:17:37,519 --> 00:17:41,440 Commissioners said that the Disney was quote infected and that 311 00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:46,720 the company's entire operation and decision making was surrounding DEI. 312 00:17:47,319 --> 00:17:52,440 Under the Communications Act and FCC guidelines, companies like ABC 313 00:17:52,759 --> 00:17:57,200 and Disney, their parent company, are prevented from discriminating under 314 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:02,160 the basis of race, religion, natural origin, age, or gender 315 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,759 because in many cases they are operating licenses that are 316 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:10,839 under the sole authority of the Federal Communications Commission. 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To their credit, they are very 359 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:41,160 smart at not announcing publicly how they're going to operate. Now, 360 00:20:41,279 --> 00:20:44,200 they did spin up all of these DEI departments and 361 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,480 entities all over the place. It's a multi billion dollar 362 00:20:47,559 --> 00:20:50,920 industry across the United States and in other portions of 363 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,000 the world as well. But now that they've been called 364 00:20:54,039 --> 00:20:57,240 on it, now that they've been told you can't operate 365 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,720 in this manner, you're not going to be allowed to 366 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,799 And the fact that this even has to be said 367 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,720 is quite remarkable. But the fact that they are no 368 00:21:04,799 --> 00:21:08,599 longer going to be allowed to discriminate against individuals based 369 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,720 on their race or their sex, which are the core 370 00:21:10,759 --> 00:21:14,960 principles of so called diversity, equity and inclusion that has 371 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,480 been brought in by these people. The fact that they're 372 00:21:17,519 --> 00:21:19,559 no longer going to be able to do this, well, 373 00:21:19,559 --> 00:21:21,799 they don't want to go down without a fight. Or 374 00:21:21,799 --> 00:21:25,319 there's a lot of people getting rich off DEI. There's 375 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,440 a lot of consulting firms, a lot of entities that 376 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:32,319 have gone into major businesses and raked down a ton 377 00:21:32,559 --> 00:21:36,839 of cash promoting this kind of ideology, and they're not 378 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,279 just going to give it up. It's something like an 379 00:21:39,319 --> 00:21:42,319 eight or nine billion dollar industry. I mean, it's an 380 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,799 insane amount of money that is spent on diversity, equity 381 00:21:45,799 --> 00:21:50,279 and inclusion. And so because it's such a big business, 382 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,759 because it has been, at least for the left, what 383 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:57,240 they believe, a very prosperous venture, even though the vast 384 00:21:57,279 --> 00:22:00,680 majority of the American people are discussed by the notion, 385 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,200 the vast majority of the American people are not okay 386 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:09,119 with discriminating against individuals like come out of these diversity 387 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,880 equity and inclusion departments. They're not going to give it 388 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:16,000 up without a fight, and so step one for them 389 00:22:16,599 --> 00:22:21,240 is to hide how they're doing DEI, to just not 390 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,400 call it DEI anymore, because in their minds, in their book, 391 00:22:25,799 --> 00:22:29,880 once they stop calling a DEI, then the scrutiny goes away. 392 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,359 Once they have abolished their diversity, Equity and Inclusion departments 393 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,880 or their EDI departments, that they kind of jumble around 394 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,119 the acronym a little bit depending on the entity that 395 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,559 you're in. But once they get rid of that group, 396 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,000 they're going to pack themselves on the back and say 397 00:22:46,279 --> 00:22:50,079 job well done. But see, the reality is the group's 398 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,519 not going away now. Its name is going away, but 399 00:22:53,599 --> 00:22:57,640 all of the employees are still there. Nobody's being fired. 400 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,640 When these DEI departments are being dissolved, they're being shifted 401 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:07,160 into other entities within the organization. I had a story 402 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,960 last week out of the University of Michigan, which has 403 00:23:11,039 --> 00:23:16,119 the largest Diversity, Equity and Inclusion department across college campuses. 404 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,960 The amount of money that they spend on DEI over 405 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:24,359 at the University of Michigan is absurd. It is It 406 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,240 is nuts. When you start digging into the details of 407 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,279 what is spent on DEI over at the University of Michigan, 408 00:23:30,799 --> 00:23:34,039 and like many other entities, they have said we're scrapping 409 00:23:34,039 --> 00:23:38,039 our DEI department. They put out a letter last week. 410 00:23:38,079 --> 00:23:41,559 The chancellor sent a note out to the entire student body, 411 00:23:41,559 --> 00:23:43,880 into all the staff, everybody working at the University of 412 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,480 Michigan and said, we're ending our DEI strategic Plan. We're 413 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,119 getting rid of our department, even though they'd already spent 414 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:55,720 two hundred and fifty million dollars on DEI efforts and 415 00:23:55,799 --> 00:23:59,960 had a whopping one hundred and sixty three people employed 416 00:24:00,599 --> 00:24:04,920 in the DEI profession, one hundred and sixty three people 417 00:24:05,079 --> 00:24:10,119 within the University of Michigan. So what have they done. Oh, 418 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:15,720 they have moved individuals into new programs. They have shifted 419 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,640 the agency and the department in which they work under 420 00:24:18,839 --> 00:24:23,480 and moved them somewhere else. For example, now under the 421 00:24:23,519 --> 00:24:29,880 student Body organization there is the Enhancing International Graduate Student 422 00:24:30,039 --> 00:24:35,319 Diversity Group, but it's see no longer under the DEI umbrella. 423 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,119 So they think they're good to go. How about the 424 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:44,839 DEI in Carbon Neutrality and Sustainability Efforts Group Now that 425 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,759 one's got DEI right in the name. I'm not sure 426 00:24:46,799 --> 00:24:50,759 what they're thinking with that. And some of the other 427 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:55,480 entities and agencies within the University of Michigan because they 428 00:24:55,519 --> 00:24:58,720 don't want to give this stuff up. They've spent two 429 00:24:58,799 --> 00:25:00,920 hundred and fifty million dollar dollars on DI They have 430 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,640 one hundred and sixty three full time employees dealing with this. 431 00:25:05,519 --> 00:25:08,480 But this is a massive cash cow for the left. 432 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:13,359 There are people that have gotten filthy rich off of DEI, 433 00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:19,680 shaking down companies, shaking down colleges, shaking down institutions that hey, 434 00:25:19,759 --> 00:25:21,960 you better hire us at the tune of hundreds of 435 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,680 thousands of dollars a year, millions of dollars a year 436 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,759 to bring DEI into your university, to bring DEI into 437 00:25:28,799 --> 00:25:31,920 your company, to bring DEI into your institution. Or if not, 438 00:25:32,759 --> 00:25:35,000 now we're going to maybe stage a protest in front 439 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,400 of you guys. Maybe we'll planning some coverage in the 440 00:25:39,519 --> 00:25:44,720 news about how awful your entity is. Equates to extortion, 441 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,359 It would be illegal, but because it's being propagated by 442 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,759 the left and because everybody's on board with it, no 443 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,599 problem at all. This is a massive money maker for 444 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,839 the left, and so for Trump and his administration. For 445 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,279 the FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, who were talking about this afternoon. 446 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,480 It's not as simple, and I appreciate his comments in 447 00:26:04,519 --> 00:26:07,359 the letter that it's not just getting rid of DEI 448 00:26:07,519 --> 00:26:11,960 in name, but it's actually ripping out these incredibly destructive 449 00:26:12,319 --> 00:26:16,759 and dangerous policies that are within DEI and rooting them 450 00:26:16,799 --> 00:26:20,720 out of these organizations. Now, the FCC chairman has jurisdiction 451 00:26:20,839 --> 00:26:24,599 over these groups. Disney owns ABC, they fall under the 452 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,079 umbrella of the FCC, and they are legally obligated and 453 00:26:28,279 --> 00:26:31,599 required to follow what comes out of the FCC. If not, 454 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,880 they would have to provoke, potentially revoke their broadcast licenses 455 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,240 on some of the ABC owned and operated stations. I mean, 456 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,720 so they're not playing around here. This administration is not 457 00:26:43,839 --> 00:26:46,839 playing around. I don't think the FCC Commissioner's playing around 458 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,359 with this either. And this is going to happen all 459 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,920 over the place. It's happening over at the University of 460 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,799 Michigan right now as they move into their DEI Strategic 461 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:02,319 Plan two point zero, which is what they're calling, really 462 00:27:02,599 --> 00:27:05,799 hiding it there and Plane Psychi is great work, all right. 463 00:27:05,839 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 1: If you're listening to this show, you know, I try 464 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,440 to keep up with all sorts of current events and 465 00:27:09,519 --> 00:27:11,519 I know you do too, and you've probably heard me 466 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,839 say get your news from multiple sources. Why Well, because 467 00:27:15,839 --> 00:27:18,519 it's how you detect media bias, which is why I've 468 00:27:18,559 --> 00:27:21,759 been so impressed with ground News. 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Subscribe through that link and you'll get fifteen 480 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,720 percent off any subscription. I use the van plan to 481 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,119 get unlimited access to every feature. Your subscription then not 482 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,160 only helps my podcast, but it also supports ground News 483 00:28:07,279 --> 00:28:09,839 as they make the media landscape more transparent. 484 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 2: Ten. I got a tweet during the break or an 485 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,200 ax A post, however you're supposed to call it during 486 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,519 the break about DEI the comment says there's no way 487 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,839 DEI is a multi billion dollar industry. Well, I've got 488 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,319 a press release here. This was from Business Wire back 489 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,480 in December of twenty twenty three, and I knew I 490 00:28:29,559 --> 00:28:32,519 had this report, Somemore. I knew I wasn't completely unhinged 491 00:28:32,559 --> 00:28:37,680 on this, and it says this that DEI is currently. 492 00:28:37,759 --> 00:28:40,160 This was in twenty twenty two. They published the report 493 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,079 in twenty twenty three, But in twenty twenty two it 494 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:49,599 was a nine point four billion dollar industry, and the study, 495 00:28:49,799 --> 00:28:54,640 which was conducted by Research and Markets dot Com, indicated 496 00:28:55,160 --> 00:29:01,480 that global Diversity and Inclusion Markets DEI markets would reach 497 00:29:01,599 --> 00:29:08,880 a whopping twenty four point four billion dollars by twenty thirty. Now, 498 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,599 I think it's safe to say that that number is 499 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,799 probably no longer accurate with the executive orders that have 500 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,119 come out of this administration. But the fact that this 501 00:29:19,359 --> 00:29:23,279 was a nine plus billion dollar industry back just a 502 00:29:23,359 --> 00:29:27,200 couple of years ago, I think only lends itself more 503 00:29:27,559 --> 00:29:29,559 to the point that you're really going to have to 504 00:29:29,599 --> 00:29:33,319 try hard to shut this stuff down. Somebody is making 505 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:38,000 money on a nine point four billion dollar industry. Somebody 506 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,720 is getting rich off of diversity, equity and inclusion. And 507 00:29:41,839 --> 00:29:45,640 in many cases it's the consulting groups. I mean, since 508 00:29:45,839 --> 00:29:50,759 the rise of DEI, there are numerous companies and groups 509 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:55,920 that go around selling their services to companies all across 510 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,839 the world, and I would akin to some level of extortion. 511 00:30:00,359 --> 00:30:03,039 They go into these companies and claim, hey, you guys 512 00:30:03,079 --> 00:30:06,440 don't have DEI policies, you're a bunch of racists. Start 513 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,440 writing us checks, so we're going to put a boycott 514 00:30:08,559 --> 00:30:12,519 out for your company. That's how this shakedown happens, and 515 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,079 it's been very successful, to the credit of the big 516 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:20,079 DEI business, to the DEI industry who has been able 517 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,359 to rake in all of this money. These consulting groups 518 00:30:23,359 --> 00:30:26,960 are getting rich off this stuff. But of course it 519 00:30:27,039 --> 00:30:30,599 has a real impact, right We've seen the impact that 520 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:35,400 DEI has had. We've watched, unfortunately, all of the different 521 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,119 trainings and all of the different questions that are asked 522 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,960 during the job hiring and interview process. All of this 523 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,359 stuff has made its way to social media. All of 524 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,720 it's made its way on Facebook and x and all 525 00:30:47,799 --> 00:30:50,880 over the place, and every day, every day, regular normal 526 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,400 American people have looked at this stuff and going, this 527 00:30:53,599 --> 00:30:58,240 is what you're asking somebody on a job interview, you're 528 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:03,880 specifically discriminating against people based on the race, you're specifically 529 00:31:04,039 --> 00:31:08,759 discriminating against people based on their sex, and what country 530 00:31:08,799 --> 00:31:11,359 and what time are we living where that is socially 531 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,200 acceptable in twenty twenty three, twenty twenty four, twenty twenty five, 532 00:31:15,279 --> 00:31:20,119 whatever the year is. It's absurd. All of the work 533 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:25,039 that went on over the last you know, eighty plus 534 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,039 years in regards to civil rights and now we're back 535 00:31:28,119 --> 00:31:32,920 to actively hiring people based on their skin color. But 536 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,359 where did we lose the narrative here? Where did we 537 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:40,960 lose the messaging here? But that's what Dei has brought forward, 538 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,519 and it's all of this, all of these efforts that 539 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:50,279 have seeped out into regular mainstream discussions that have caused 540 00:31:50,319 --> 00:31:53,720 people to say, this stuff is a disaster. It has 541 00:31:53,839 --> 00:31:57,200 caused regular everyday people to go, this stuff is nuts. 542 00:31:57,319 --> 00:31:59,920 And the political party that is trying to shovel the 543 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:04,000 stuff down our throats, these people are crazy. And the 544 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,359 end result is, well, you see how it plays out 545 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,519 in the elections. The end result is an all time 546 00:32:10,799 --> 00:32:14,400 lows for the Democrat Party when you look at political polling, 547 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:19,960 all time lows with individuals evacuating the Democrat Party at 548 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:26,079 a record rate, makes perfect sense, completely makes sense to me. 549 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:32,720 Nobody is four actively discriminating against people except for individuals 550 00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:36,400 working within the DEI business. Now, of course they'll claim 551 00:32:36,519 --> 00:32:41,160 that's not true, that's not really happening. This is a 552 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:46,039 manufacturing of the far right, radical conservative wing of the 553 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,960 GOP right. They'll claim whatever to try and get the 554 00:32:50,039 --> 00:32:53,119 pressure off of them. But it's all out there in 555 00:32:53,279 --> 00:32:57,599 the public. It's all out there for everybody to see. Now, 556 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,319 there was a period of time where they tried this 557 00:33:00,359 --> 00:33:03,680 stuff pretty close to their vest where it didn't seep 558 00:33:03,759 --> 00:33:08,039 out into the greater lexicon of the American people. But 559 00:33:08,559 --> 00:33:12,440 that kind of evaporated away a few years ago. With 560 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,160 all of these job postings and interviews being recorded in 561 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,200 all of this stuff, there was no good way for 562 00:33:18,279 --> 00:33:21,599 them to hide it anymore. And then everybody became aware 563 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:27,559 of these practices. Everybody became aware of the policies that 564 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:32,680 had been enacted by major institutions, both public and private, 565 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,559 and the impacts that it had. I mean, look at 566 00:33:35,599 --> 00:33:38,680 what happened up at Chapel Hill with their admission scandal. 567 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,480 I mean, they were struck down by the United States 568 00:33:42,559 --> 00:33:46,519 Supreme Court in who they were admitting into UNC Chapel Hill. 569 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,359 The Supreme Court claimed that they were actively discriminating against people. 570 00:33:52,799 --> 00:33:55,279 So the idea that this is just some right wing 571 00:33:55,519 --> 00:34:00,680 fairy tale is absurd. There is example after example after 572 00:34:00,799 --> 00:34:05,759 example of this happening, of this rolling out, And I'll 573 00:34:05,799 --> 00:34:08,280 go back to the premise on all of this started 574 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,559 off with this letter from FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to 575 00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:15,599 the CEO of Disney, Bob Iger, late last week, in 576 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,360 which he said, we are going to make sure that 577 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,960 you're not only getting rid of DEI in name, but 578 00:34:22,119 --> 00:34:25,480 making sure that the substance of DEI actually goes away 579 00:34:25,519 --> 00:34:30,079 as well. Because Brandon Carr, the individuals in the administration, 580 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:32,880 the people that are surrounding him at the FCC know 581 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,119 how big of a business this is. They know the 582 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,039 hoops that the left will jump through to make sure 583 00:34:39,079 --> 00:34:42,159 that these policies stay in place. He knows that they 584 00:34:42,199 --> 00:34:45,320 will fight tooth and nail to make sure that these 585 00:34:45,519 --> 00:34:49,039 entities continue to exist, just under a different name or 586 00:34:49,159 --> 00:34:52,880 just under a different entity within their company. The policies, 587 00:34:53,039 --> 00:34:56,360 the platforms, the discrimination, all of that will stay if 588 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,360 the left had their way, And so I give a 589 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,559 huge shout out to Brendan Carr who's doing a phenomenal 590 00:35:01,639 --> 00:35:05,119 job in leading the FCC on calling out Disney and 591 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:09,719 hopefully putting other entities and organizations under the same watch right, 592 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,480 because this is going to be a major major issue 593 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:14,360 for this administration to root out. 594 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,599 Speaker 1: All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you 595 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,760 so much for listening. 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