Reagan-appointed federal judge temporarily strikes down Mississippi anti-DEI law
When the Mississippi legislature duly passed a DEI ban in April, the usual suspects — the ACLU and a Soros-backed NGO — sprang into action to block its implementation.
On July 20, Reagan-appointed federal judge Henry Wingate granted a temporary restraining order to block enforcement of the law, arguing that cutting off the supply of public funds to such social engineering projects as transgender ideology in schools would create “a chilling effect on constitutionally protected speech.”
Via The National Pulse (emphasis added):
U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate, appointed by Ronald Reagan, issued a temporary restraining order on Sunday against a Mississippi law that bans diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs from public schools and universities. The law, House Bill 1193, had taken effect on July 1 after being approved in April. The 78-year-old judge’s order halts its implementation for at least 14 days.
The plaintiffs and their representatives include the Mississippi Association of Educators, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Mississippi Center for Justice—a Democrat-aligned lawfare group funded by George Soros’s Open Society Foundations and grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). They argued that the law’s allegedly vague language and punitive measures, such as the withdrawal of state funding, created a chilling effect on constitutionally protected speech. Judge Wingate agreed, citing examples of how the law had already impacted faculty and institutions…
The Mississippi law prohibits DEI offices, programs, and trainings, as well as courses promoting so-called “divisive concepts,” including the idea that one race or sex is superior to another. It also bans concepts tied to transgender ideology, gender-neutral pronouns, and related topics. Institutions found in violation risk losing state funding or facing other penalties.
It’s unclear how a state government’s elected representatives deciding what ideology to support or not with state funds constitutes a violation of free speech, but I imagine Mississippi’s lawyers will make a good case on appeal.
By that logic, any state institution not preaching Marxist gospel would open it up to lawsuits from the American Communist Party USA or any other interested party.
Also, since when do leftists support free speech?
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Dunkin’ triggers nationwide Social Justice™ meltdown
Dunkin’, formerly Dunkin’ Donuts, upped the American Eagle ante recently.
Whereas the highly triggering or deeply gratifying, depending on whom you ask, American Eagle ad featuring Sydney Sweeney merely made a pun out of “good jeans” in a vague nod to Sweeney’s demonstrably fine genetics, Dunkin’ nixes the innuendo (mostly).
Via Ad Week (emphasis added):
Dunkin’s latest ad, released on the heels of American Eagle’s new campaign starring Sydney Sweeney, is facing backlash on social media for mentioning genetics.
The ad stars The Summer I Turned Pretty star Gavin Casalengo and promotes Dunkin’s Golden Hour Refresher by playing on the actor’s “golden” tanned skin…
While the Dunkin’ ad’s mention of genetics is subtler, it has struck a nerve for praising traits associated with white beauty ideals while mentioning genetics. In the ad, Casalengo says, “This tan? Genetics. I just got my color analysis back and guess what? Golden summer.”
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The social media freakouts are already coming hot and heavy.
So it begins… a liberal is calling Gavin Casalegno’s new Dunkin’ Donuts ad “borderline if not 100% racist.”😂 https://t.co/NRP3aD8uyt pic.twitter.com/rAHI1CXuj4
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) July 30, 2025
OMG, now the liberal snowflakes on TikTok are being triggered by a Dunkin Donuts commercial 😂😂
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) July 30, 2025
Enjoy this one 👇😂 pic.twitter.com/SebdCzXgZf
Marc Lamont Hill says that Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad pushes the idea that non-white people are “less human.”
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) July 30, 2025
This is truly insane. pic.twitter.com/U9rHomYFQt
This genre of ad would have been unimaginable in the post-Floyd era.
From a purely marketing standpoint, unlike the Bud Light debacle, the silly controversy these two companies have ginned up are liable to be great for business.
