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Cambrian News
12-07-2025
- General
- Cambrian News
Dei Tomos to open 2025 Royal Welsh Show
The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (RWAS) is delighted that Dei, Radio Cymru's trusted former voice of farming and rural affairs, has agreed to perform the ceremony. A household name across Wales, Dei Tomos has reported and reflected on the issues at the heart of Welsh agriculture and its deep significance to the nation for more than 40 years.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Chicago casino settles lawsuit after being accused of barring White men from investing in the business
A Chicago casino settled a lawsuit last week after two would-be investors claimed the business had a policy of preventing White men from investing in the enterprise. Bally's Chicago, which is projected to be Illinois' biggest casino with a 500-room hotel tower and 3,000-seat theater, was accused of excluding White males from its $250 million IPO as part of its Host Community Agreement with the City of Chicago. The $1.7 billion casino and resort, set to open in 2026, faced a lawsuit launched by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on behalf of two White male investors and the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER). Exclusive: Group Launches Tip Line For Dod Employees To Report Dei, 'Woke' Overreach The casino committed to 25% minority and women ownership as part of the community agreement, which was drafted as part of a 2019 Illinois state law expanding gambling in the state. In order to take part in the IPO, an investor would have had to meet its "Class A Qualification Criteria," which stated that an investor must be a "minority or woman." Bally's accepted deposits from 1,500 investors starting in December, but wound up refunding them in February because the SEC had yet to approve of the IPO, the Chicago Sun Times reported. In April, the casino dropped the controversial provisions from the IPO, but stated they preferred investors to be from the Chicago area. Read On The Fox News App JOHNSON & JOHNSON DENIES ENGAGING IN ILLEGAL DEI PRACTICES AFTER GROUP MAKES CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT WILL, which represented investors Richard Fisher and Phillip Aronoff in their case, alleged that Bally's was in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which bars racial discrimination in contracts, the first Ku Klux Klan Act and years of Supreme Court precedent. The conservative legal group is now celebrating the settlement with the casino. "This is a great win for equality. Bally's Casino in Chicago, the city of Chicago, the state of Illinois had all agreed that they were going to open a new casino in Chicago and only allow minorities and women to own 25% of the casino as part of an investment. And Bally has now dropped that requirement. They filed papers with the SEC stating that the investment will now be open to everybody. And we think that's a great win for equality and we're very happy with this result," WILL's managing vice president Dan Lennington told Fox News Digital. Patrick Callahan, 39, a Chicago attorney who had been prevented from investing in the casino, was pleased with the settlement, but voiced a note of caution about the future of his city. "Under current state and local leadership, it's hard to be too optimistic that Chicago will suddenly become a bastion of nondiscrimination. That being said, this is a big victory and I'm hoping to see many more of them," Callahan said. Fox News Digital reached out to Bally's, the Chicago mayor's office and the Illinois Gaming Commission for article source: Chicago casino settles lawsuit after being accused of barring White men from investing in the business
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
EXCLUSIVE: Group launches tip line for DOD employees to report DEI, 'woke' overreach
A West Point graduate and retired U.S. Army captain is launching a tip line for employees at the Department of Defense to report Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and other "woke" overreach. "America's military has suffered from decades of neglect and lowered fitness standards. It's made worse by the taint of woke policies like DEI and Critical Race Theory, which pit our servicemen against one another instead of unifying them to fight as a team," Doug Truax, a former US Army captain and 1992 West Point graduate, told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Our service academies, such as West Point – of which I am a proud graduate – are indoctrinating young officers in extreme, sexualized ideologies, instead of preparing them for combat. Enough is enough," added Truax, who is founder of the Foundation for the Restoration of America. Hegseth Quips '99.9%' Of Dei Initiatives Are Gone From The Military Under Trump's Watch The tip line will be part of founded by Truax, "a project to first expose the bad actors bogging down the culture of America's fighting forces with woke policies and corporatization, then work to reshape the military into the fighting force it needs to be," according to its website. Reports can be made through the website, as well as a telephone hotline. They are also planning to launch similar tip lines for students and faculty at U.S. service academies. Read On The Fox News App President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January ending DEI in the military, saying that "these actions undermine leadership, merit, and unit cohesion, thereby eroding lethality and force readiness. They also violate Americans' consciences by engaging in invidious race and sex discrimination." Trump Dod Creates Task Force To Abolish Dei Offices That 'Promote Systemic Racism' "With we want to help President Trump and Sec. Hegseth throw out the bad apples who've corrupted the Armed Forces," Truax said. "But we need to go beyond de-woking the military toward what I call re-warriorizing the services," he added. "It's time for a culture change, a top-to-bottom transformation to forge elite warriors held to the highest standards of morality and lethality."Original article source: EXCLUSIVE: Group launches tip line for DOD employees to report DEI, 'woke' overreach
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
WATCH: Unearthed footage exposes medical school administrators pledging to resist Trump executive orders
FIRST ON FOX: Leaked video obtained by Fox News Digital shows school administrators at an Illinois school of medicine rejecting multiple Trump executive orders, including on combatting DEI, and outlining how the school plans to fight back against them. Trump's executive order on gender ideology "is an attack on women" and on "basic human rights," according to Dr. Jerry Kruse, Dean, Provost, and CEO of Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine. Kruse recently gave a speech in a small group discussion about Trump's executive orders and actions that was obtained by the medical and policy advocacy group Do No Harm. "We will resist obeying in advance. We won't do any anticipatory obedience," Kruse said. "The existing laws have not changed, no court directives will require any change in compliance at this time." Kruse added that "these executive orders and actions and the general philosophy that they espouse constitute direct attacks on all that is important to us" while mentioning science, higher education and healthcare. 'Woke' Hospital Could Be In Crosshairs Of Trump Admin After Scathing Complaint Alleges Dei Discrimination "More importantly, these orders and actions constitute a direct attack on the people we serve, the people to whom we are accountable," he said. Read On The Fox News App Kruse explained that the school of medicine is "very fortunate" to be part of a university system that is "on top of it" in terms of pushing back on Trump's executive orders. Kruse also claimed that the executive orders on immigration and DEI from the Trump administration are "an attack on human rights and on justice and fairness" that "have engendered fear among large segments of the population of law-abiding people." At one point in his speech, Kruse said he would provide employees with the "resources" to "fight back." The SIU school system has been active in promoting DEI in recent years, and it was a topic discussed in the presentation. Trump's Crackdown On Harvard, 'Woke' Colleges Will Take More Than 100 Days To Leave Lasting Reform: Professor "The work that we are doing around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is a life or death issue for some people," Dr. Wendi El-Amin, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, said during the presentation. The school's website hosts a page featuring its work on DEI that says it works to "ensure that our students, residents, faculty, and staff reflect the demographics of central and southern Illinois while also equipping them with the knowledge and skills to address health disparities through culturally responsive care, patient access, education, and health literacy initiatives." In February of this year, the SIU Board of Trustees reaffirmed its commitment to DEI and the school's VP of anti-racism and DEI, Sheila Caldwell, claimed that DEI is "lifesaving" and has had measurable improvements for minority students in retention rates. SIUSOM receives millions in active grant funding from NIH and HHS and Dr. Donald Torry, Associate Dean for Research, said during the presentation that none of the grant funding has been affected so far. In terms of immigration executive orders, Dr. Vidhya Prakash, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Population Health and Chief Medical Officer, said during the presentation that a school dean recently sent an email to faculty members instructing them not to comply with ICE and that they should call security if a situation arises. "So please understand that no member of our school of medicine whether it's an employee or its a trainee, should have to engage in conversation or discourse with ICE," she said, adding that the school has patients who are "afraid" and live in fear of being apprehended. "Continue doing what you have been doing," Paulette Dove, Senior Counsel for Health Affairs for the SIU system, said during the presentation, adding that the "law has not changed." "These issues demand a strong institutional and collective response," Kruse said. "Thankfully, the SIU system stands firm with a strong voice. SIU president Dan Mahoney has stated that we will hold our ground and that 'the executive actions are antithetical to the values of our institution, the SIU system.'" Lauren Crocks, the university's director of marketing, communications, and engagement, told Fox News Digital that "Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is committed to following the law." "By putting itself directly at odds with President Trump, the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is begging to be investigated by the federal government," Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, Chairman at Do No Harm, told Fox News Digital in a statement. "In this unearthed video, the School of Medicine's Dean, Senior Counsel, and other officials openly and repeatedly flaunt their contempt for the Administration's orders to promote meritocracy and protect children from sex-change procedures. "While defying executive orders and obsessing over DEI and gender ideology, SIUSOM somehow continues to receive millions of taxpayer dollars from the National Institutes of Health. The school's officials made their playbook clear: ignore executive orders until forced to obey; this strategy must be exposed and nipped in the bud. SIUSOM must stop prioritizing identity politics over patients." White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller touted Trump's efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs on Thursday. Miller appeared alongside White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a Thursday morning briefing, declaring that the administration is bringing a "system of merit" back to the U.S. "This administration is not going to let our society devolve into communist, woke, DEI strangulation," Miller said. "We are going to have a system of merit." "It's not just a social and cultural issue, it's an economic issue. When you hire, retain and recruit based on merit, as President Trump has directed, you advance innovation, you advance growth, you advance investment, you advance job creation," he added. Fox News Digital's Anders Hagstrom contributed to this article source: WATCH: Unearthed footage exposes medical school administrators pledging to resist Trump executive orders
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
White House vows to implement 'system of merit' in US, dismantle DEI 'strangulation'
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller touted President Donald Trump's efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs on Thursday. Miller appeared alongside White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a Thursday morning briefing, declaring that the administration is bringing a "system of merit" back to the U.S. "This administration is not going to let our society devolve into communist, woke, DEI strangulation," Miller said. "We are going to have a system of merit." "It's not just a social and cultural issue, it's an economic issue. When you hire, retain and recruit based on merit as President Trump has directed, you advance innovation, you advance growth, you advance investment, you advance job creation," he continued. Defunding Dei: Here's How The Trump Administration Has Undone Biden's Very Prized Programs "When a citizen goes to, say, a hospital in a medical emergency, they don't care what race or sex their doctor or their nurse is. They want the best treatment they can get in that emergency," he added. Read On The Fox News App White House Opm Orders All Dei Offices To Begin Closing By End Of Day Wednesday Trump's administration has taken big steps to cut DEI programs throughout the federal government, from the Pentagon to the Department of Education. Trump shut down all DEI offices across the federal government during his first week in office and signed a number of executive orders to quickly undo former President Joe Biden's efforts on the issue. The administration is also leveraging federal funding in an effort to force the nation's top universities to eliminate DEI programs as well. In February, the Department of Education also warned state education departments that they must remove DEI policies or risk losing federal funding. The Trump administration threatened to pull federal funding if Harvard did not reform governance and leadership, as well as its hiring and admissions practices by August 2025. The letter emphasized the need for Harvard to change its international admissions process to avoid admitting students who are "hostile" to American values or support terrorism or antisemitism. Harvard has so far refused to comply. Fox News' Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this article source: White House vows to implement 'system of merit' in US, dismantle DEI 'strangulation'
