Trump’s war on ‘woke AI’ will stifle innovation — and free speech

The First Amendment was designed precisely to prevent government actors from dictating which viewpoints are acceptable. But America's leadership on AI and free speech depends on maintaining a steadfast commitment to these principles...

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-woke-ai-anthropic-ceo-free-speech-rcna239199 

 

Opinion | China and Xi are winning the technology race - The Washington Post

Xi is building the future while Trump pushes tariffs and fights the woke wars...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/03/xi-jinping-trump-tech-race/

Facing serious new allegations, Pete Hegseth advances purge of Pentagon leaders

While Hegseth's entire tenure at the Department of Defense has been a shambolic mess, the last week has been especially brutal. Last Tuesday, for example, the secretary took steps to end the Pentagon's Women, Peace and Security program, condemning it as a "woke" initiative championed by "feminists and left-wing activists." What Hegseth apparently didn't know was that Trump championed the program, characterizing it as a key first-term accomplishment, after it was crafted by Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem — two of Hegseth's Cabinet colleagues…

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/facing-serious-new-allegations-pete-hegseth-advances-purge-pentagon-le-rcna205055 

 

Miller touts Trump’s war against ‘cancerous, woke culture’ in fiery remarks - The Washington Post

The remarks crystalized just how much of an emphasis Trump has placed on fighting culture wars in his second term, particularly those he views as a central reason for his victory. Miller made little mention of the nation's current economic worries...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/01/trump-stephen-miller-immigration-transgender-diversity/

Wrecking ball: Trump’s war on ‘woke’ marks plunge into ‘dark times’

"…Don't get distracted by arguments over the initials. We've got to focus on the intent. The intent in a country like America is to create a more fair and just country for all Americans."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/02/trump-woke-dei-culture-wars

 

Nicolle Wallace Says Trump Funding Freeze Stunt Has A Huge Silver Lining | HuffPost Latest News

Nicolle Wallace said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's brazen attempt to suspend federal assistance to review whether certain programs are too woke has revived Democrats…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nicolle-wallace-donald-trump-resuscitate-democratic-party_n_679a5684e4b0e3f22979be90 

 

US sees rise in rightwing stores

"We're now having these companies that only cater to the anti-woke demand of the market. It's very easy to advertise to that market because you're not actually [selling] the benefits of your products. You're just saying, 'I understand and respect your values,'" Warren said...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/28/anti-woke-shopping-public-square

 

Firms’ anti-woke offerings soak consumers (The Guardian)

A thriving retail niche caters to the performative masculinity of the right wing, oftentimes bilking its chauvinistic client base…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/11/anti-woke-vitamin-economy

Ron DeSantis condemned as Florida removes sociology as core college class

"The costs to society are higher still. Sociology students learn how to use empirical research and logic to assess the accuracy of claims made about the social world. They also gain skills to critique how power is distributed. 

"In short, they are positioned to be engaged citizens, armed with the power to destabilize right-wing policy makers' agendas, and this is the threat these regulations seek to neutralize."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/26/florida-sociology-classes-ron-desantis-condemned

‘That decision cost lives’: Covid data case further deflates Ron DeSantis’s campaign

In reality, as DeSantis dismissed reporting on the pandemic as "media hysteria", the Delta variant of the virus was just taking hold, and cases and fatalities spiked, to a record 385 a day in Florida by September 2021. Simultaneously, Florida led the nation in pediatric Covid hospitalizations...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/15/ron-desantis-republican-presidential-campaign-covid-data-florida-deaths

We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority — ProPublica

Having reshaped the courts, Leo now has grander ambitions. Today, he sees a nation plagued with ills: "wokism" in education, "one-sided" journalism, and ideas like environmental, social and governance, or ESG, policies sweeping corporate America. A member of the Roman Catholic Church, he intends to wage a broader cultural war against a "progressive Ku Klux Klan" and "vile and immoral current-day barbarians, secularists and bigots" who demonize people of faith and move society further from its "natural order."…

https://www.propublica.org/article/we-dont-talk-about-leonard-leo-supreme-court-supermajority

‘No enemies to the right’: DeSantis ally hosts debate hedging white nationalism

Christopher Rufo's Twitter space discussed conservatives cooperating with extremists 'to destroy the power of the left'…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/conservative-christopher-rufo-florida-twitter-debate

Florida’s “War on Woke” Is Spurring a Brain Drain | The Nation

In January 2019, when DeSantis was sworn into his first term as governor, there were 2,217 teacher vacancies in the state's K-12 public schools. As he entered his second term in January 2023, that number had ballooned to 5,294, according to the FEA. This August, the FEA found the number of unfilled positions neared a staggering 7,000...

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/desantis-florida-education/

A DeSantis Speech Too Dangerous to Teach in Florida - The Atlantic

If Florida teachers allowed their students to read DeSantis's speech, they might ask about the motive for the attack. A teacher who explained that the shooter was motivated by white-supremacist hatred would risk making a white student feel discomfort, "guilt, anguish, or other forms of psychological distress," as the law itself puts it. If the teacher tried to put the speech in context, and attempted to explain the ideological tenets, origins, and history of white supremacy in the United States, they would increase that risk. A teacher could not explain why someone would, as DeSantis put it, target people "based on their race," because it would lead to answers about the history of Florida and America that the governor and other Republicans would prefer students not learn, lest they have nonconservative thoughts…

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/desantis-speech-too-dangerous-teach-florida/675228/

House Freedom Caucus hands Kevin McCarthy a new headache

To the extent that reality will play a role in the conversation, there's ample room for a bipartisan compromise on immigration policy but House Republicans won't accept concessions; federal law enforcement has not actually been "weaponized"; and Freedom Caucus members didn't even bother to identify which "cancerous woke policies" they're so eager to eliminate. 

Nevertheless, as far as the right-wing contingent is concerned, unless their demands are addressed, they'll refuse to consider supporting a temporary spending bill championed by their own party's leaders...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/house-freedom-caucus-hands-kevin-mccarthy-new-headache-rcna101140

House Freedom Caucus rolls out demands to avoid shutdown - POLITICO

In addition to vowing to oppose a so-called clean short-term funding bill, the Freedom Caucus is also planning to vote against any spending legislation that doesn't meet certain priorities of the party's right flank. That would mean including, according to the announcement, a sweeping GOP border bill that has stalled in the Senate; addressing "the unprecedented weaponization" of the Justice Department and FBI and ending "woke" Defense Department policies…

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/21/house-freedom-caucus-potential-shutdown-00112068

Republicans shouldn’t be too quick to celebrate Target boycott

In other words: So-called wokism can be good for business…

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/target-boycott-lgbtq-bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-rcna100484

DeSantis' 'war on woke' looks a lot like attempts by other countries to deny and rewrite history

If the way governments are rewriting history in other parts of the world is a guide, DeSantis' and other states' legislation could be the prelude to an even greater assault on accurate history and freedom of thought...

https://theconversation.com/desantis-war-on-woke-looks-a-lot-like-attempts-by-other-countries-to-deny-and-rewrite-history-204884

"Don't Let A Fascist Tell You What Woke Means"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xucfvWUIrD8 

Three useful revelations from Trump’s Fox News lovefest - The Washington Post

"A lot of things going on with our military, with the woke and all this nonsense," he said, "they're not learning to fight and protect us from some very bad people. They want to go woke. They want to go woke. That's all they talk about now." 

Hannity, of course, didn't press him on it. The audience clapped. That's how it works with Trump. DeSantis is bad because he says "woke," and one audience claps. The military is bad because it's woke, another audience claps. Trump has mastered the flow and vibe of political speeches even if his comments aren't consistent over the course of a few hours...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/02/trump-fox-news-hannity-nuclear-weapons/+