Evan Poellinger
CNSNews Fellow
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Evan Poellinger | April 3, 2024
On Tuesday, Democrat Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) vetoed a bill that would have prevented transgenders from playing on sports teams associated with their chosen, anti-biological gender identity. The bill initially passed the state Assembly and Senate by respective 63-35 and 21-11 votes, along party lines, leaving Republicans without the necessary votes to override a veto. In part of the…
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Evan Poellinger | April 3, 2024
Revelations of how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideology is being practiced in America’s intelligence community is raising concerns about the state of the nation’s national security apparatus. The Daily Wire reported that a newsletter was distributed among the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other intelligence agencies contains an account of…
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Evan Poellinger | March 29, 2024
A recent Rasmussen poll has shown that most Americans do not believe that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideology has improved entertainment and other products in industries where it has been implemented, and many believe that such policies are detrimental to these industries. In a pair of tweets on X from Tuesday, Rasmussen outlined the results of a recent survey of 1,272 American…
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Evan Poellinger | March 27, 2024
The Goldwater Institute is suing Arizona State University (ASU) on behalf of a professor who is facing disciplinary action after refusing to participate in mandatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training. CNSNews spoke with Goldwater Institute Staff Attorney Stacy Skankey about the case on Monday. Skankey explained to CNSNews that the case originated from the experiences of Dr. Owen…
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Evan Poellinger | March 26, 2024
Virginia's George Mason University (GMU) has mandated that incoming students must take a pair of courses in a new category called Just Societies, which incorporates Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideology. The course requirement, which will come into effect for students entering GMU in the fall of 2024, is currently in the process of approving courses that will count toward the…
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Evan Poellinger | March 21, 2024
Biden Administration climate czar, Former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, spoke about the need to pursue net zero emissions and movement away from fossil fuels Monday at a Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) event. Podesta discussed the ways in which he expects the 2024 presidential election to impact climate policy, declaring “climate is on the ballot, there is no question…
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Evan Poellinger | March 19, 2024
The Kentucky State House has passed a bill withholding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) funding from the state’s public colleges and universities, joining a larger trend of passing anti-DEI legislation at the state level. In a 68-18 vote, the House passed Senate Bill 6, which prohibits the spending of taxpayer money on DEI institutions at Kentucky’s public universities, and requires…
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Evan Poellinger | March 15, 2024
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R, FL) has suggested that the United States should begin apprehending and deporting Haitian migrants at sea before they can reach America. In an interview with NewsNation, Gaetz declared that “Haiti is a failed state right now. The Biden administration officials I was speaking with couldn’t distinguish Haiti from a failed state” and “We know that is the No. 1 push factor that…
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Evan Poellinger | March 13, 2024
Utah Valley University (UVU) has paved the way as the first university in Utah to remove Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)-focused language from its former diversity office. In a statement released via Instagram on March 7, UVU announced that the office was being renamed the Office of Institutional Engagement and Effectiveness to meet “recent legislative action governing equity, inclusion,…
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Evan Poellinger | March 12, 2024
The Fifth Circuit Court of appeals has ruled 2-1 in favor of a Texas law requiring pornography websites to use age verification on their websites. The law, which was signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) last June, and originally scheduled to take effect in December, 2023, mandates such websites “use reasonable age verification methods” in order to “verify that an individual attempting to access…