Diversity Thursday

show me what you spend your money on, I'll show you your priorities

During most DivThu over the last two decades we discuss the very human impact of the cancer that is the philosophy grounded in sectarianism, division, disorder, and discrimination that are the modern diversity industry’s primary products.

In civil society, growing parts of education, industry, and some state-level governance - push back has begun. At the federal government, the commissariat’s Zampolits have only buried themselves deeper into every department, but especially the easily manipulated and intimidated national security apparatus.

There, you don’t just see the human impact of this corrosive worldview; you can see the very real operational cost of diverted funds from real priorities going to the pockets of otherwise unemployable bureaucrats and the industries they feed.

Adam Kredo over at the Free Beacon is bringing receipts:

The Biden-Harris administration is quietly floating a funding cut for a national security initiative that protects America's underwater infrastructure.

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The administration recently informed Congress that it wants to strip $10 million in annual funding for the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Cable Security Fleet (CSF), which protects the underwater infrastructure powering America’s connection to the internet. Hostile nations like Russia and China have repeatedly attempted to sabotage these networks, plunging the American government and military into darkness.

A sizable portion of this funding is being diverted into equity programs (that) includes more than $1 million to hire 11 full-time staffers dedicated to "diversity and equity priorities" at the Transportation Department. An additional $6 million is allocated to programs that will "address environmental issues and ‘mitigat[e] the impact of climate change.’" Another $10 million is slated for the U.S. Marine Highway Program to support "environmental justice," Cruz disclosed.

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Congress approved $10 million in annual funding for MARAD’s CSF program, which ensures American ships are on standby to deal with any disruption to the underwater cable system. The fleet acts as a last line of defense "in times of national emergency" should hostile actors succeed in severing the country’s internet connection.

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"But what the MARAD budget does include is millions in additional funding for headquarters operations to implement the administration’s executive orders on race and equity, environmental justice, climate and sustainability, and pandemic response," Cruz wrote.

Our modern society runs on the data that runs through the cables on the ocean floor, and the pipelines that deliver hydrocarbons.

We’ve known this for well over a century and got a good reminder just recently.

"The administration’s request to zero out the CSF program is puzzling considering the uptick in attacks on undersea cables," the senator wrote.

Read the rest of Adam’s article for even more details that outline the incredible malpractice taking place in DC just to feed division.

Unserious people in serious positions abound.

Elections have consequences.

h/t John and Brent.