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Snickers Bites Back at Biden, DEI Derailing U.S. Semiconductor Plants, The VA’s VJ-Day Insanity

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Inez Stepman of the Independent Women's Forum and host of the "High Noon" podcast is in for Jim. Today, Inez and Greg discuss three stories featuring insanity - or attempted insanity - from the Biden administration.

First, they applaud Snickers for calling out President Biden's falsehoods about the company's alleged "shrinkflation" practices. They not only discuss Biden's obvious efforts to distract from his own inflationary policies but his decades-long practice of trying to convince low-information voters that he's actually the stronger choice on issues like border security.

Next, they dig into the infuriating story of how the Biden administration is undermining the CHIPS Act and efforts to manufacture semiconductors here in the U.S. by saddling companies with absurd DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) mandates for hiring and more. As a result, companies are delaying or scrapping plans to build new plants here. Biden and his people are choosing a radical agenda over national security.

Finally, they highlight the story the Department of Veterans Affairs wishes would just vanish. A memo was drafted ordering the removal of the famous photo of the sailor and nurse kissing in Times Square from VA facilities. The photo depicts the jubilation after the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, meaning World War II was over. Why did the VA try to ban the photo? Because the kiss was "non-consensual" and therefore runs afoul of the Justice Department's current definition of sexual assault. The policy was quickly scrapped by VA Secretary Denis McDonough after an intense & immediate public backlash.

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Greg CorombosJim Geraghty