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Feb 23, 2024 10 tweets 4 min read Read on X
Hello there, @mcuban. It appears as though some remedial education is in order. Please follow this 🧵 for a primer on the law.

- Federal law--the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in fact--prohibits discrimination on the basis of race and sex. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1).Image
/2 As the plain text of the statute says, you cannot "discriminate against any individual . . . because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."

"Discriminate" means treating an individual worse than others who are similarly situated. See Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644, 657 (2020).Image
/3 "Pay equity," as Microsoft describes it, is illegal. "Equity" is not "equality." Microsoft apparently explicitly considers an employee's race or sex as a factor when setting his or her compensation. Meaning, it "discriminates against" that employee if they are white or male. Image
/4 So when a company like Microsoft then goes on to brag that all racial and ethnic minority groups earn $1.007 total pay for every $1.000 earned by white employees, that's an explicit sign of illegal consideration of race in employee compensation. You cannot pay someone less because of their skin color.Image
/4 Same for sex. Microsoft brags that it pays women $1.007 total pay for every $1.000 earned by men.

You cannot discriminate against someone because of their sex. Image
/5 Your straw man argument doesn't work.

No one has said, "it is inconceivable that various minorities and women could be hired and promoted . . . exclusively based on merit."

They certainly can and are. That's fabulous. It's 2024.
/6 But people have rightfully called out policies that EXPLICITLY consider race and sex as factors in employment decisions. And they should, because that's ILLEGAL.
/7 You simply cannot discriminate on the basis of race or sex. It's black-letter law. All Americans deserve equal treatment under the law regardless of race or sex.

There's even a Constitutional Amendment on point.
/8 As lawyers, we'd encourage you to comply with your legal obligations and NOT discriminate against Americans based on race or sex in your employment decisions.

As Chief Justice Robert said nearly two decades ago, "[t]he way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."Image
/9 But if you continue to embrace "equity" (aka discrimination) as much as it seems, please at least do us all the favor of being consistent with it in all areas of your life.

Make a wish come true for @WuWei113 and embrace "equity" for the players on the @dallasmavs

--❤️AFL Image

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May 1
/1🚨BREAKING — AFL filed a federal civil rights complaint with HHS calling for an investigation into Henry Ford Health for illegal race and sex-based discrimination throughout its entire system — in patient care, hiring, education, and research — all funded by American taxpayers. Image
/2 AFL recently exposed Harvard’s use of federal dollars to push DEI ideology in healthcare.

Henry Ford Health (HFH) has engaged in similar discriminatory behavior on American taxpayers’ dime.

At HFH, DEI isn’t in the margins — it’s central to how the entire system operates…
/3 Since 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded nearly $1 BILLION in taxpayer funds to Henry Ford Health for programs that embed race and sex preferences into nearly every aspect of medical care — affecting who gets an organ transplant, which doctors get hired, and how residents are trained.

This is identity politics with a federal stamp of approval and possible life-or-death consequences.
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/1🚨BREAKING — AFL has filed a bar complaint against NY Attorney General Letitia James following a DOJ criminal referral.

The complaint alleges she committed mortgage fraud spanning decades by falsifying bank documents and property records for government aid and favorable loans. Image
/2 On April 14, 2025, U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte sent a criminal referral to DOJ, alleging AG James repeatedly “falsified bank documents and property records” to obtain “government-backed assistance” and loans with “favorable loan terms.” Image
/3 FHFA’s criminal referral lays out serious allegations spanning two decades, stating AG James may have violated:

➡️ 18 U.S.C. § 1343 — Wire fraud

➡️ 18 U.S.C. § 1341 — Mail fraud

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➡️ 18 U.S.C. § 1014 — False statements to a financial institutionImage
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Apr 24
/1🚨BREAKING — AFL is suing the Judicial Conference and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to enforce lawful oversight, expose leftist lawfare, and deliver accountability. Image
/2 AFL’s lawsuit arises from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for communications between the Judicial Conference, the Administrative Office, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and Representative Hank Johnson regarding Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
/3 Both the Judicial Conference and the Administrative Office denied AFL’s FOIA requests, claiming they “are not subject to FOIA” because they are protected by FOIA’s carve-out for “courts of the United States.”
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Apr 24
/1🚨UPDATE — Paramount has ended its DEI policies following lawsuits from AFL.

AFL also secured an amicable resolution of a discrimination claim against Paramount and CBS for Brian Beneker, a “SEAL Team” writer denied opportunities because he didn’t “check any diversity boxes.” Image
/2 AFL filed the lawsuit against Paramount Global, CBS Entertainment, and CBS Studios on February 29, 2024, alleging that the companies engaged in unlawful discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by denying Mr. Beneker employment and career opportunities based on his race, sex, and sexual orientation.
/3 Mr. Beneker alleged that Paramount and CBS had imposed racial quotas in their writers’ rooms.
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Apr 18
/1🚨BREAKING — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified the Biden Administration’s top-secret surveillance and censorship strategy — exposing a chilling plan to weaponize the intelligence apparatus against the American people.

🧵👇 Image
/2 On April 2, AFL formally urged @DNIGabbard to declassify the Biden Administration’s classified domestic surveillance and censorship strategy — a top-secret plan AFL uncovered through litigation against the Department of Homeland Security.
@DNIGabbard /3 This week, in direct response to AFL’s request, DNI Gabbard declassified and released the Biden Administration’s top-secret surveillance and censorship strategy.
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Apr 15
/1🚨BREAKING — Harvard is using MILLIONS of YOUR tax dollars for DEI “research.”

Harvard received payouts through the end of the Biden Admin — and grants are still active…

Unless terminated, Harvard will continue to receive federal funds to push DEI initiatives through 2030! Image
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/2 DIVERSE RESEARCH WORKFORCE — One federal grant shows that HHS has already paid out $17.3 million to the Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTR) since May 2023 for projects focused on fixing what it calls a “workforce [that] is not sufficiently diverse” and on increasing participation of “diverse populations in research.”

The grant also outlines plans to meet the needs of “diverse patient populations” through training and “diversify[ing] the CTR workforce” at Harvard to meet the needs of “diverse patient populations” and “reduce health inequities.”Image
/3 This grant doesn’t end with Harvard. It includes 37 sub-awards to various hospitals and institutions — each in pursuit of the same DEI agenda, with many even adding to it.

Just after the 2024 presidential election, the General Hospital Corporation received an $83,445 sub-award to “enroll 30 Latino individuals and 30 non-Latinos and hold group discussions” to investigate why Latinos familiar with research studies and clinical trials do not participate.Image
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