The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) allocated huge sums of money to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the months and years leading up to the wildfires currently gripping Los Angeles County, rapidly devastating thousands of acres of land while claiming two lives and around a thousand properties and counting as of the time of publication.
City budget documents covering the 2022-23 fiscal year show a $673,810 operational request for “Equity and Inclusion Staffing,” allocated to “a new Human Resources Bureau to implement a strategic diversity and inclusion plan, mediate conflict, mitigate complaints, grievances, lawsuites [sic], and facilitate a positive work environment.” Another operational request for “Diversity in Recruitment” allocates $418,778 for “the targeted recruitment of women and members of underrepresented groups.”
City documents covering the 2024-25 fiscal year also show an approved $1,777,715 operational request for “Equity and Inclusion Staffing,” allocated to “Continue funding and resolution authority for nine positions consisting of one Fire Deputy Chief, two Fire Battalion Chiefs, one Management Analyst, one Fire Assistant Chief, and four Fire Captain[s] to mediate conflict, implement a strategic diversity and inclusion plan, mitigate complaints, grievances, and lawsuits, and facilitate a positive work environment.”
Local firefighters have struggled to tackle the blazes, which currently remain at zero percent containment after starting Tuesday morning. Waterless fire hydrants and a lack of personnel and equipment have hampered the response to the crisis.
In addition to expending large sums of money on DEI, fire departments in the state have also been giving away allegedly surplus equipment to Ukraine in recent years. […]
🚨 JUST IN: A firefighter has been rescued after being injured fighting the Palisade Fire
At least four firefighters have been transported after sustaining injuries so far tonight
Pray for these heroes. pic.twitter.com/KU5XMn0jWP
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 8, 2025
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Independent Journalism Is Dying
Ever since President Trump’s miraculous victory, we’ve heard an incessant drumbeat about how legacy media is dying. This is true. The people have awakened to the reality that they’re being lied to by the self-proclaimed “Arbiters of Truth” for the sake of political expediency, corporate self-protection, and globalist ambitions.
But even as independent journalism rises to fill the void left by legacy media, there is still a huge challenge. Those at the top of independent media like Joe Rogan, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson are thriving and rightly so. They have earned their audience and the financial rewards that come from it. They’ve taken risks and worked hard to get to where they are.
For “the rest of us,” legacy media and their proxies are making it exceptionally difficult to survive, let alone thrive. They still have a stranglehold over the “fact checkers” who have a dramatic impact on readership and viewership. YouTube, Facebook, and Google still stifle us. The freer speech platforms like Rumble and 𝕏 can only reward so many of their popular content creators. For independent journalists on the outside looking in, our only recourse is to rely on affiliates and sponsors.
But even as it seems nearly impossible to make a living, there are blessings that should not be disregarded. By highlighting strong sponsors who share our America First worldview, we have been able to make lifelong connections and even a bit of revenue to help us along. This is why we enjoy symbiotic relationships with companies like MyPillow, Jase Medical, and Promised Grounds. We help them with our recommendations and they reward us with money when our audience buys from them.
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Even our faith-driven precious metals sponsor helps us tremendously while also helping Americans protect their life’s savings. We are blessed to work with them.
Independent media is the future. In many ways, that future is already here. While the phrase, “the more the merrier,” does not apply to this business because there are still some bad actors in the independent media field, there are many great ones that do not get nearly enough attention. We hope to change that one content creator at a time.
Thank you and God Bless,
JD Rucker
