Nick Craig In For Pete Kaliner (03-31-2025--Hour3)

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[00:00:29] We've got a busy week slated ahead in the North Carolina General Assembly. To get some details on that this afternoon, it's my pleasure to welcome to the show this afternoon, AP Dillon, who covers news over at her Substack as well as at North State Journal. AP, a bill filing deadline expected in the next couple of days. Tell us what you're keeping track of in the GA this week.

[00:00:51] Well, there's been over 1,000 bills filed across both chambers so far, but the House still has until third of this week to file more bills. And I have a feeling we're going to see that total increase. Most of those bills probably won't make it through the crossover. So far, the committees that have been hearing certain bills have only been really concentrating on things like public safety, law enforcement, some of the hurricane,

[00:01:20] related issues, and health care, and a couple education bills, in particular cell phone ban bill for K-12 schools. Those have been the things that we've seen mostly moving through the committees. You know, it's pretty interesting, AP, and you bring up hurricane relief. And obviously, going back six months ago, the western half of our state was dealing with the devastation and destruction of Helene. You do kind of wonder if that didn't happen, what this legislative session would have looked like.

[00:01:49] A vast majority of the conversation has been around that hurricane relief. But as you noted, some other major priorities for Republicans still able to at least squeeze through as of right now. Yeah, there's been a lot of talk about the hurricane pieces, and I think that we're going to see a little bit more in whatever budget plans come out.

[00:02:08] It does seem like there is a push within the Republican side of the legislature for doge-related type things, cutting waste, cutting fraud. I know the House Oversight Committee has been looking at all the different agencies and seeing where they can shore things up, you know, getting rid of vacant positions, you know, checking on contracts and leases and that sort of thing.

[00:02:30] But also in the Senate, we've seen Senator Berger taking a good look at DEI programs and K-12 schools and the university level. There's a bill running through there right now, which I'm sort of keeping tabs on. But he's also taking a look at the calendar bills for K-12. This has been a sticky wicket for a number of years now where districts have wanted more flexibility in their start and end dates.

[00:02:55] And about 10 or 11 districts in the past couple of years have basically thumbed their notes at the calendar law and set their own opening and closing. But with Berger signing on to it, a bill was filed in the Senate that would give an alternative day and start opening and start as opposed to what's currently in statute. Normally, it's like I think the last Friday closest to the end of the year near Labor Day, which is the earliest opening.

[00:03:24] And then the earliest closing is something like the last Friday in June, typically. But he's offered a different set of opening and closing dates in this bill. So that'll be worth watching. You know, it's so funny you bring up something like the school calendar bill, which inherently does not sound like it's really that big of a deal, AP.

[00:03:43] But for districts that are mandated and required, you know, we've got 100 counties, 100 and I think it's 20 some odd school districts across the state that are mandated to work by the law set out in general statute. This causes real havoc when you get around the Christmas break and standardized test time, midterms and all of that are coming up. It creates real havoc for these local districts. And as you noted, a couple of them and said, we're just going to break the law and they've decided to do it anyway. Yeah, there were no teeth in the previous law.

[00:04:11] This version, however, would put teeth into it and would cut into funding, make funding threats if they don't adhere to one of those two opening and closing date sets. It's interesting because, you know, the lobbyists for the tourism industry, you know, they've said that, you know, the current calendar law has stabilized tourism dollars. And there's been an increase in tourism spending because the summer block is set in stone.

[00:04:37] But the districts have said, you know, hey, this doesn't really work for us in particular where we are in the state. And it's causing kids to, you know, take exams from their second quarter, from their first half of the year after the Christmas break into January. So it's breaking up the year in a way that's not good for the students. So there's some discussion to be had on both sides. And I have a feeling that when this one hits the different committees, it's going to get some discussion. We're joined by AP Dill this afternoon on the Pete Callender Show.

[00:05:07] So AP, walk us through this process now. Thursday is the deadline for everything to be filed through the House. What do things look like in the coming weeks and months after that? The Senate deadline was last week. Where do we go from here? Yeah, public bills. The Senate deadline was last week. The public bill deadline is April 3rd, which is this week for the House. Once that happens, the bills will be passed through different committees. And we'll have to get approved by the committees in order to get to a floor vote.

[00:05:37] Any bill that doesn't receive a floor vote in its chamber of origin, say, you know, say House Bill 5 is in the House. And it goes to the committees and it gets to the floor and it gets passed by that. That bill will make it through crossover. So crossover is on May 8th. And that's when all the bills that are passed by one chamber have to be sent to another in order to be considered for full passage by the General Assembly.

[00:06:04] AP, obviously Democrats are in the minority up in the North Carolina General Assembly. While Republicans do not hold a super majority in both chambers, they do very squarely hold the majority. You mentioned that there's likely a vast number of pieces of legislation that won't go through. Many of those introduced by Democrats in the Raleigh. What are some of those pieces of legislation that you've been keeping an eye on? Well, there's been some interesting pieces in there.

[00:06:31] A lot of them look like they're bills that have been filed multiple times in the past. Some of them dealing with marriage equality, wanting to recognize unions outside of what state law says is one man, one woman. There's another one that wants to protect certain hairstyles. One in particular was giving over $10,000 to North Carolina State University for diversity in pickleball. I'm sorry. Say that one more time. How much for diversity in pickleball?

[00:07:01] Are you talking about the game? Yes. Over $10,000 to NC State University. Another one would prohibit octopus farming for the purpose of human consumption. In other words, no calamari for you. There is another one that just was landed about a week ago, and it was the Skip the Stuff Act.

[00:07:21] And it would impose penalties on restaurants not to exceed $100 per day for any restaurant that gave out single-use foodware items with to-go food or delivery services that weren't asked for specifically by the customer. Wow. I don't know what that's about. Hard-pressing issues up for Democrats in the General Assembly. Now, let me ask you this. So, obviously, we've got a brand-new governor. We've got Josh Stein. He is very much a Democrat.

[00:07:50] You can look at his track record as he previously served as the attorney general. But, AP, we really don't know how this relationship between him and the Republican GA is going to work out. We know what the past relationship was with Roy Cooper. But up to this point right now, things seem to be pretty amicable between the Republican-led GA and the Democrat governor. Well, that's sort of the sense that I got. I sat down with the rules chair, Representative John Bell, a couple weeks back.

[00:08:19] And we were talking about bills that might or might not go through, whether Josh Stein would be taking up Roy Cooper's veto pen. And he said that he didn't really see that being as much of an issue and that he had talked to Stein more in the last few weeks than he had talked to Roy Cooper in all eight years of his term. Wow. So, apparently, he's been very communicative with the leadership over at the legislature. And a lot of it has been about the hurricane funding and disaster relief. He seems to be extremely engaged in that.

[00:08:47] So, I give him credit for that. Yeah. When I think the disaster relief, I mean this idea, which it truly is a bipartisan issue. Everybody wants the recovery and restoration efforts to get kicked into full drive out in western North Carolina. It might end up being a saving grace in terms of keeping that relationship square between the governor and the general assembly. AP, you just went through a lot. You're tracking those details over at the North State Journal. You're also tracking those over at your Substack. How do folks keep up to date with you?

[00:09:18] Well, they can find my stuff at NorthStateJournal at NSJOnline.com. And just look for my byline, AP Dillon. And if you're looking for me on Substack, you can find me at APDillon.Substack.com. Also, I'm X at APDillon with an underscore right after the end. AP, thanks for the time. Thanks for the information this afternoon. Absolutely. Thanks, Nick. Likewise. AP Dillon joining us here on the Pete Callender Show. News Talk 1110-993-WBT. I'm Nick Craig.

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[00:11:12] But one of the things that I've really noted with this second administration, or Trump 2.0, is that everybody associated with Trump is moving in the same direction. All of the cabinet picks, all of the cabinet secretaries, everybody that is surrounded himself with, they all understand what's going on. They all know what is in front of them, the time frame that's in front of them, and how they need to get things done.

[00:11:40] And obviously, Trump is the one that is driving the narrative, sure. But he's not pulling people across the line, yelling and screaming and kicking, to implement his agenda. He's working with a cabinet, working with individuals that are lock and step with what he believes and feels, and want the same thing. And that has made his job so much easier. Now, in the grand scheme of things, incredibly complicated, sure. But he's not having to fight with his own people to get things done.

[00:12:11] And even, and I caught an interesting story over the weekend, the Federal Communications Commission, the FCC, which is responsible for regulating AM and FM radio stations, broadcast television outlets, the FCC, you're very familiar with them. Well, over the weekend, we learned that they have opened an investigation into ABC,

[00:12:34] and their parent company, Disney, to ensure that neither entity is violating equal employment opportunities and regulations through DEI discrimination. And so when I talk about everybody working together, this is an example of it. Trump signs his executive order on DEI. The left, of course, flies off the handle because, you know, what else are they going to do? They're in the minority. Their ideas are no good.

[00:13:03] Their ideas aren't popular. Nobody agrees with what they want. So they just fly off the handle on it. But yet, inside the administration, inside Trump camp, individuals that are working alongside the president, they're continually moving in the same direction that he is. And so FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who was already on the FCC, he was one of the lone voices against the major sale of hundreds of radio stations to George Soros

[00:13:32] and his entity back late last year, he is now the chairman of the FCC under this new administration. And he wrote a letter to Walt Disney Company chief operating, or chief executive officer, rather, Bob Iger. And he wrote this, quote, I want to ensure that Disney and ABC have not been violating the FCC's equal employment opportunity regulations

[00:13:56] by promoting individual forms of diversity, equity, and inclusion discrimination. The FCC reported that they are working to ensure that ABC and Disney have ended, quote, any and all discriminatory initiatives in substance, not just in name. The letter continues. The letter continues. That's key right there as well. What we've seen this take place, I talked about this on my podcast on Friday.

[00:14:25] These college campuses that are getting rid of their DEI departments because they're now being deemed illegal. While many of them are getting rid of the name, diversity, equity, and inclusion. While they'll put out a press release and claim that they are shuttering the office. In practicality, what they're doing is they're just reorganizing the people. Right? They're not throwing out the chessboard. They're just reorganizing where everybody's sitting.

[00:14:53] So, in fact, they are getting rid of their diversity, equity, and inclusion departments. But everybody is still employed. And those agendas, those narratives, those actions are now just taking place under different agencies, under different groups. Instead of doing it under the DEI department, now you're doing it under the student services department.

[00:15:16] Or now you're doing it under human resources or campus life or whatever other entity you've got on your college campus that can continue to roll out this work. And this is going to be a big kind of whack-a-mole game that I see taking place over the next couple of years. Is as these groups, as these entities begin the process of dismantling DEI, well, somebody's got to be coming in behind them and making sure that it's actually happening.

[00:15:47] Because we know that deep down, these individuals are all in favor of these incredibly discriminatory practices that they have ushered in. We know deep down that they are all in favor of these things that come out of DEI. And they're not going to give it up without a fight. They're going to attempt to masquerade it. They're going to shove it somewhere else in the organization so that they can publicly state, DEI's over. DEI no longer exists.

[00:16:16] No, we're not doing any of that stuff anymore. Look at this. Look at this press release. We don't even have a DEI department. That's how they're going to operate. The left is very smart on dealing with this stuff. So when FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sends this letter to Bob Iger over at Disney and says, hey, we're going to make sure that you've not only just ended these practices in name, but make sure that you're doing it in substance. That's a pretty big deal.

[00:16:44] The FCC Chairman is also investigating whether Disney's actions at all times were in compliance with FCC regulations, even if those actions in question have ended. The chairman wrote in the letter to Bob Iger, quote, Disney started out a century ago as an iconic American company. And for decades, Disney focused on churning out box office and programming successes. But then something changed.

[00:17:13] Disney has now been embroiled in rounds of controversy surrounding its DEI policy, noting that there have been several reports that have come forth to the FCC suggesting that Disney executives went all in on various DEI policies that in fact were incredibly discriminatory in nature. The FCC Commissioner said that Disney was, quote,

[00:17:39] infected and that the company's entire operation and decision making was surrounding DEI. Under the Communications Act and FCC guidelines, companies like ABC and Disney, their parent company, are prevented from discriminating under the basis of race, religion, natural origin, age, or gender,

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[00:19:28] and make memories that'll last a lifetime. We were talking before the break about this letter that the FCC commissioner, Brendan Carr, has sent to the CEO over at Disney, which owns ABC, Bob Iger, talking about their discriminatory practices that we are all well aware of, that we have seen play out and unfold in the national public media space over the last couple of years.

[00:19:53] And the one line I want to go back to, and this really is going to be a big issue for this administration to deal with, is this. In the letter from Carter Iger, it says this. The FCC is working to ensure that ABC and Disney have ended any and all discriminatory initiatives in substance, not just in name, end quote. So actually ending the policies.

[00:20:20] And as I mentioned, this is going to be a big whack-a-mole for this administration to deal with. Because the left, to their credit, is very smart at masquerading what they do. To their credit, they are very smart at not announcing publicly how they're going to operate. Now, they did spin up all of these DEI departments and entities all over the place.

[00:20:45] It's a multi-billion dollar industry across the United States and in other portions of the world as well. But now that they've been called on it, now that they've been told, you can't operate in this manner, you're not going to be allowed to, and the fact that this even has to be said is quite remarkable, but the fact that they are no longer going to be allowed to discriminate against individuals based on their race or their sex, which are the core principles of so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion

[00:21:14] that has been brought in by these people. The fact that they're no longer going to be able to do this, well, they don't want to go down without a fight. There's a lot of people getting rich off DEI. There's a lot of consulting firms, a lot of entities that have gone into major businesses and raked down a ton of cash promoting this kind of ideology. And they're not just going to give it up. It's something like an eight or nine billion dollar industry.

[00:21:41] I mean, it's an insane amount of money that is spent on diversity, equity, and inclusion. And so because it's such a big business, because it has been, at least for the left, what they believe a very prosperous venture, even though the vast majority of the American people are disgusted by the notion, the vast majority of the American people are not okay with discriminating against individuals like come out of these diversity, equity, and inclusion departments.

[00:22:10] They're not going to give it up without a fight. And so step one for them is to hide how they're doing DEI, to just not call it DEI anymore. Because in their minds, in their book, once they stop calling it DEI, then the scrutiny goes away. Once they have abolished their diversity, equity, and inclusion departments, or their EDI departments, they kind of jumble around the acronym a little bit,

[00:22:40] depending on the entity that you're in. But once they get rid of that group, they're going to pat themselves on the back and say, job well done. But see, the reality is the group's not going away. Now, its name is going away, but all of the employees are still there. Nobody's being fired when these DEI departments are being dissolved. They're being shifted into other entities within the organization. I had a story last week out of the University of Michigan,

[00:23:10] which has the largest diversity, equity, and inclusion department across college campuses. The amount of money that they spend on DEI over at the University of Michigan is absurd. It is nuts when you start digging into the details of what is spent on DEI over at the University of Michigan. And like many other entities, they have said, we're scrapping our DEI department. They put out a letter last week.

[00:23:38] The chancellor sent a note out to the entire student body and to all the staff, everybody working at the University of Michigan, and said, we're ending our DEI strategic plan. We're getting rid of our department. Even though they'd already spent $250 million on DEI efforts and had a whopping 163 people employed in the DEI profession. 163 people within the University of Michigan.

[00:24:07] So what have they done? Oh, they have moved individuals into new programs. They have shifted the agency in the department in which they work under and moved them somewhere else. For example, now under the student body organization, there is the enhancing international graduate student diversity group. But it's no longer under the DEI umbrella. So they think they're good to go.

[00:24:37] How about the DEI in carbon neutrality and sustainability efforts group? Now that one's got DEI right in the name. I'm not sure what they're thinking with that. And some of the other entities and agencies within the University of Michigan. Because they don't want to give this stuff up. They've spent $250 million on DEI. They have 163 full-time employees dealing with this.

[00:25:04] This is a massive cash cow for the left. There are people that have gotten filthy rich off of DEI. Shaking down companies. Shaking down colleges. Shaking down institutions. That, hey, you better hire us at the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Millions of dollars a year. To bring DEI into your university. To bring DEI into your company. To bring DEI into your institution.

[00:25:31] Or if not, we're going to maybe stage a protest in front of you guys. Maybe we'll start planning some coverage in the news about how awful your entity is. It equates to extortion. It would be illegal. But because it's being propagated by the left. And because everybody's on board with it. No problem at all. This is a massive money maker for the left. And so for Trump and his administration. For the FCC commissioner, Brendan Carr. Who we're talking about this afternoon.

[00:26:01] It's not as simple. And I appreciate his comments in the letter. That it's not just getting rid of DEI in name. But it's actually ripping out these incredibly destructive and dangerous policies. That are within DEI. And rooting them out of these organizations. Now, the FCC chairman has jurisdiction over these groups. Disney owns ABC. They fall under the umbrella of the FCC. And they are legally obligated and required to follow what comes out of the FCC.

[00:26:30] If not, they would have to potentially revoke their broadcast licenses. On some of the ABC owned and operated stations. I mean, so they're not playing around here. This administration is not playing around. I don't think the FCC commissioner is playing around with this either. And this is going to happen all over the place. It's happening over at the University of Michigan right now. As they move into their DEI strategic plan 2.0. Which is what they're calling it.

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[00:27:59] I use the Vantage plan to get unlimited access to every feature. Your subscription then not only helps my podcast. But it also supports Ground News as they make the media landscape more transparent. 10. I got a tweet during the break. Or an X. A post. However you're supposed to call it. During the break. About DEI. The comment says, There's no way DEI is a multi-billion dollar industry. Well, I've got a press release here. This was from Business Wire back in December of 2023.

[00:28:28] And I knew I had this report somewhere. I knew I wasn't completely unhinged on this. And it says this. That DEI is currently. This was in 2022. They published the report in 2023. But in 2022, it was a $9.4 billion industry. And the study, which was conducted by ResearchAndMarkets.com,

[00:28:53] indicated that global diversity and inclusion markets, DEI markets, would reach a whopping $24.4 billion by 2030. Now, I think it's safe to say that that number is probably no longer accurate with the executive orders that have come out of this administration.

[00:29:17] But the fact that this was a $9 plus billion industry back just a couple of years ago, I think only lends itself more to the point that you're really going to have to try hard to shut this stuff down. I mean, somebody is making money on a $9.4 billion industry. Somebody is getting rich off of diversity, equity, and inclusion. And in many cases, it's the consulting groups.

[00:29:44] I mean, since the rise of DEI, there are numerous companies and groups that go around selling their services to companies all across the world. And I would akin it to some level of extortion. They go into these companies and claim, hey, you guys don't have DEI policies. You're a bunch of racists. Start writing us checks or we're going to put a boycott out for your company. That's how this shakedown happens.

[00:30:12] And it's been very successful to the credit of the big DEI business, to the DEI industry, who has been able to rake in all of this money. These consulting groups are getting rich off this stuff. But of course, it has a real impact. We've seen the impact that DEI has had. We've watched, and unfortunately, all of the different trainings and all of the different questions that are asked during the job hiring and interview process.

[00:30:42] All of this stuff has made its way to social media. All of it's made its way on Facebook and X and all over the place. And every day, regular, normal American people have looked at this stuff and gone, this is what you're asking somebody on a job interview? You're specifically discriminating against people based on their race? You're specifically discriminating against people based on their sex?

[00:31:07] In what country and what time are we living where that is socially acceptable in 2023, 2024, 2025, whatever the year is? It's absurd. All of the work that went on over the last 80-plus years in regards to civil rights, and now we're back to actively hiring people based on their skin color? But where did we lose the narrative here?

[00:31:35] Where did we lose the messaging here? But that's what DEI has brought forward. And it's all of these efforts that have seeped out into regular mainstream discussions that have caused people to say, this stuff is a disaster. It has caused regular, everyday people to go, this stuff is nuts. And the political party that is trying to shovel this stuff down our throats, these people are crazy.

[00:32:03] And the end result is, well, you see how it plays out in the elections. The end result is, and all-time lows for the Democrat Party when you look at political polling. All-time lows. With individuals evacuating the Democrat Party at a record rate. Makes perfect sense. Completely makes sense to me.

[00:32:27] Nobody is for actively discriminating against people, except for individuals working within the DEI business. Now, of course, they'll claim that's not true. That's not really happening. This is a manufacturing of the far-right, radical, conservative wing of the GOP. They'll claim whatever to try and get the pressure off of them. But it's all out there in the public. It's all out there for everybody to see.

[00:32:57] Now, there was a period of time where they tried keeping this stuff pretty close to their vest, where it didn't seep out into the greater lexicon of the American people. But that kind of evaporated away a few years ago. With all of these job postings and interviews being recorded and all of this stuff, there was no good way for them to hide it anymore. And then everybody became aware of these practices.

[00:33:24] Everybody became aware of the policies that had been enacted by major institutions, both public and private, and the impacts that it had. I mean, look at what happened up at Chapel Hill with their admission scandal. I mean, they were struck down by the United States Supreme Court in who they were admitting into UNC Chapel Hill. The Supreme Court claimed that they were actively discriminating against people.

[00:33:52] So the idea that this is just some right-wing fairy tale is absurd. There is example after example after example of this happening, of this rolling out. And I'll go back to the premise on all of this. Started off with this letter from FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to the CEO of Disney, Bob Iger, late last week, in which he said, we are going to make sure that you're not only getting rid of DEI in name,

[00:34:21] but making sure that the substance of DEI actually goes away as well. Because Brendan Carr, the individuals in the administration, the people that are surrounding him at the FCC, know how big of a business this is. They know the hoops that the left will jump through to make sure that these policies stay in place. He knows that they will fight tooth and nail to make sure that these entities continue to exist just under a different name, or just under a different entity within their company.

[00:34:51] The policies, the platforms, the discrimination, all of that will stay if the left had their way. And so I give a huge shout out to Brendan Carr, who's doing a phenomenal job in leading the FCC on calling out Disney and hopefully putting other entities and organizations under the same watch. Because this is going to be a major, major issue for this administration to root out. All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you so much for listening.

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