There's another Big Lie that has been gaining traction this year - the false notion that Diversity makes industries and institutions less safe.

Recently Republicans have been hammering Military officials, accusing them of crippling the Defense Department's military capabilities by promoting diversity and inclusion in its ranks.

Don't ask me how treating our military members equally and with respect is affecting their fighting ability. It's not. Period. It's a ridiculous lie to feed Trump's base more raw meat. 

Right-wing Fox News hosts are coming up with absolutely stupid theories like host Maria Bartriomo who suggested the three soldiers recently killed in Jordan died because of DEI (diversity, equality, and inclusion).

"Maybe the military is focused too much on DEI," Bartriomo told viewers. There's no low too low for Fox and Friends.

It's so ironic hearing right-wing messengers claim to be deeply concerned over the military readiness and capabilities after putting our nation at risk when Sen. Tommy Tuberville had a month's long blockade against the approval of military appointments over his opposition to the Pentagon's policy of reimbursing service members, veterans, and dependents for travel expenses related to abortion and reproductive health care. 

That traitorous stunt hurt our military's readiness a hundred times more than the imagined harm of diversity.

The MAGA cult - aka the GOP - would have us think Wokeness, DEI, and Critical Race Theory (all fever dreams) are ruining the country. They're not. MAGA is with their messages of hate and racism.

A constant stream of anti-diversity boogeyman nonsense saturates right-wing media and Congress. 

Earlier this month, conservatives began boycotting various airlines, citing bogus claims that the aviation industry's DEI initiatives were allowing unqualified pilots to captain planes.

Instead of blaming Boeing for the recent malfunctions, including a door flying off an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight, conservatives chose to attack female and non-white pilots for safety problems.  

Un-American piece of crap, Elon Musk, asked his 170 million followers if they "want to fly in an airplane where they prioritized DEI hiring over safety?" 

As it stands, America has always been a diverse nation. The grand goal (not yet achieved) is total equality and freedom for all.