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TARGET’S ‘WOKE’ HOLIDAY MERCHANDISE SPARKS OUTRAGE AFTER PRODUCT CHANGES

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Minneapolis, Minnesota – Target’s decision to limit the availability of its new Pride collection comes after facing backlash for previous LGBTQIA+ products. The company stated that the collection, including apparel and home items, would be curated based on consumer feedback and historical sales performance. In the past, Target has displayed rainbow and LGBTQ+ messaging for Pride Month, but faced criticism for offering female-style swimsuits suitable for “tucking” male genitalia in 2023. According to reports, Target …

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Activist Investor Nelson Peltz Takes Aim at Disney’s ‘Woke’ Strategy, Questions Marvel Leadership: What’s Next for the Board?

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Los Angeles, CA – Activist investor Nelson Peltz is making waves in the Disney board proxy fight, targeting the company’s “woke” film strategy, with a focus on hit films like Black Panther and The Marvels. In a recent interview with The Financial Times, Peltz raised concerns about Marvel chief Kevin Feige’s leadership and questioned the overall movie strategy under Disney CEO Bob Iger. Although not actively campaigning to replace current board members Michael B.G. Froman …

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Disney Investor Slams “Woke” Marvel Strategy: Should Feige Be Fired?

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Orlando, Florida – Activist investor Nelson Peltz has stirred controversy by criticizing Disney’s “woke” strategy, particularly taking aim at Marvel’s “Black Panther” and “The Marvels” for featuring Black and women leads, respectively. Peltz, known for agitating to win two board seats at Disney, questioned the necessity of having movies with all-female or all-Black casts in a recent interview with the Financial Times. The 81-year-old investor, who lacks experience in the media business, expressed his skepticism …

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Ruling Upheld: Florida’s ‘Stop Woke Act’ Blocked by Appeals Court for Violating Free Speech – What You Need to Know

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Orlando, Florida – A federal appeals court in Orlando, Florida, issued a ruling on Monday affirming a decision to block the enforcement of a Florida law that aimed to restrict how companies implement diversity and inclusion training in the workplace. The law, known as the “Stop Woke Act,” was championed by Governor Ron DeSantis. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit concluded that the “Stop Woke Act” violates the First Amendment’s protection of …

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Google AI Scandal Unveiled: House Republicans Demand Answers on Woke Gemini Program

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Washington D.C., USA – House Republicans are on a mission to uncover the extent of the U.S. government’s involvement in influencing Google’s woke artificial intelligence program, Gemini. In a bold move, the House Judiciary Committee has demanded that Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, hand over all communications related to Gemini by March 17. The committee, led by Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, is concerned about reports indicating that Alphabet intentionally biased its AI …

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American Fiction: Trying to Break the Mold – Is It Woke or Anti-Woke?

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Los Angeles, California – American Fiction, a stinging race satire starring Jeffrey Wright, has garnered widespread acclaim and crossed political divides since winning the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival in 2023. Based on Percival Everett’s novel Erasure, the film follows Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, played by Wright, as he navigates the expectations placed on him as a “black author” by the publishing industry. It cleverly satirizes the tokenization of black creatives by white …

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Google “Pauses” Woke Chatbot’s Image Generation After Creating Absurdly Diverse Historical Figures

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NEW YORK, NY – Google has announced that it will be pausing its Gemini chatbot’s image generation tool after facing widespread criticism for creating historically and factually inaccurate images of figures such as black Vikings, female popes, and Native Americans among the Founding Fathers. The AI-generated images created by Gemini prompted backlash on social media, with users calling the tool “absurdly woke” and “unusable.” According to Google, they are already working to address the recent …

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