{"id":2704021,"date":"2026-11-12T07:50:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T12:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignforget-affordability-dei-is-back-with-democrats-power-trip\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T07:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T12:55:45","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignforget-affordability-dei-is-back-with-democrats-power-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignforget-affordability-dei-is-back-with-democrats-power-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Affordability. DEI Is Back With Democrats&#8217; Power Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignforget-affordability-dei-is-back-with-democrats-power-trip%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2704021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The election,sold as a mandate for \u201caffordability,\u201d instead unleashed Democrats\u2019 priorities: purging moderates,reviving a Green New Deal-style agenda,enacting rent-control measures critics say will worsen housing supply,and launching investigations into Trump-era officials. DEI (diversity,equity,inclusion) is returning as a top objective,backed by unions like the NEA and state affiliates wiht race-based quotas. Examples include a Muslim-onyl internship in Colorado. With new power, Democrats aim to reverse Education Department rollbacks and press for sweeping progressive policies-Medicare for All, reparations, expanded rights-despite concerns about legality and effectiveness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>So, I thought this election was about \u201caffordability.\u201d That\u2019s what the big spending left kept telling us. <\/p>\n<p>Turns out, not so much. <\/p>\n<p>The first order of business for the triumphant Democratic Party is getting rid of \u201cmoderates\u201d like Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., radical progressives who aren\u2019t nearly radical enough. They have, after all, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/set-to-be-us-house-speaker-israel-supporter-hakeem-jeffries-may-need-to-tread-carefully\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supported<\/a> the continued existence of Israel and Jews. <\/p>\n<p>So, what\u2019s next? Policies to bring down the price of gas and diesel? No. A <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elections-midterms-climate-policy-clean-energy-trump-b193e352f5905acc0e921a13ee237a4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Green New Deal<\/a> without the baggage of the name. Plans to make housing more affordable? No. Failed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/10\/25\/business\/rent-control-providence-mayor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rent control policies<\/a> that will disincentivize housing construction, further burdening supply, and jacking up prices. <\/p>\n<p>Affordability will also have to take a backseat to revenge. Flush with power, Democrats are preparing for never-ending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/trump-democrats-congress-investigations-midterm-victories\/74369198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigations and impeachments<\/a>. The subject has filled their dreams since Nov. 5, 2024. How will impeaching President Donald Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/democrats-missed-crucial-hegseth-impeachment-vote-blamed-traffic\/story?id=138053963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">members of his administration<\/a> save you money? It won\u2019t. But it will sate the blood lust of the unhinged left. <\/p>\n<p>And for leftists about to take control of congress and statehouses across the country, one of the largest rallying cries will be DEI. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018DEI is Back\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>As Rep. Ro Khanna cringingly announced right after the big blue wave struck, DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) is top of mind for the identity politics party. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, DEI is back as Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/politics\/2026\/11\/a-night-of-firsts-5-ways-the-2026-midterm-elections-made-history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">celebrated diversity and inclusion,<\/a>\u201d the California Democrat and possible 2028 presidential candidate said in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/2117850539044008142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> to his X account. \u201cLikely three Black governors, the first Latina governor in Texas, the first Muslim American senator, the first gay [male] senator. I love this America!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, nothing says lower grocery bills like <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/jazz-jenningss-book-was-read-to-first-graders-the-school-faced-with-backlash-says-its-consistent-with-our-values-235421707.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Am Jazz<\/a><\/em>, tampons in boys\u2019 bathrooms, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/news\/wauwatosa-school-district-proposed-curriculum-vote-monday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oral sex education for sixth-graders<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Terry Stoops, director of Government Affairs for national parental rights organization <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Defending Education,<\/a> says Khanna\u2019s DEI declaration gets to the heart of what the Democrats\u2019 agenda will be when they assume power. The truth, Stoops said, is that DEI never left the Democratic Party despite some \u201cprogressives\u201d in tight races toning down the men in women\u2019s sports and locker rooms talk. <\/p>\n<p>While Stoops sees congressional Democrats pushing some DEI legislation, the full-on campaign will be in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/6211869-democrats-win-state-legislatures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">majority of state legislatures<\/a> they will control as of Jan. 3. <\/p>\n<p>In Iowa, for instance, Governor-elect Rob Sand, a Democrat parading as a moderate, has tapped <a href=\"https:\/\/iowacapitaldispatch.com\/2026\/11\/09\/gov-elect-rob-sand-adds-republican-independent-to-transition-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Morgan Miller<\/a> as co-director of his transition team. Miller is political director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/labor-union\/iowa-state-education-association-isea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iowa State Education Association,<\/a> the state\u2019s teachers union. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, why is this important? This is important because the National Education Association and all of its affiliates, including the Iowa State Education Association, have been the strongest proponent of DEI,\u201d Stoops told me recently during an interview on NewsRadio 1040 WHO in Des Moines. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Collecting on those Investments\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The far-left NEA\u2019s so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/about-nea-edjustice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EdJustice initiative<\/a> \u201cengages and mobilizes activists in the fight for racial, social, and economic justice in public education,\u201d according to its website. Constitutions and bylaws of state NEA members are saturated with constitutionally suspect woke quotas. Perhaps not surprisingly, the California Teachers Association 2024-2025 Elections Manual <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/investigations\/teachers-unions-bylaws-bipoc-delegates-and-reps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states<\/a> At-Large Representatives \u201cmust be BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color).\u201d The Michigan\u00a0 Education Association\u2019s  <a href=\"https:\/\/mea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/A-0-MEA-BOARD-POLICIES-BOOK-2-13-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 Board Policies Book<\/a> required the MEA\u2019s Governing Board be comprised of \u201cTwo (2) members who identify as Black, Indigenous or a Person of Color (BIPOC) appointed by the chairperson based upon recommendation of local associations.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The NEA spent more than a half billion dollars on <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/campaigning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">political activity and advocacy<\/a> over a decade, between 2016 and 2025, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/45557309.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/45557309\/NAVI%20Resources\/The%20Power%20Pipeline%20-%20How%20the%20NEA%20Turns%20Member%20Dues%20into%20Political%20Power.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> issued last month by the <a href=\"https:\/\/navivalues.org\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North American Values Institute,<\/a> a nonpartisan organization tracking extremism in the classroom and promoting American civic values. The report found the nation\u2019s largest teachers union\u2019s disclosures substantially understated \u201cthe full scope of its activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubstantial sums also flowed through its super PAC, advocacy organizations, and intermediary groups, making the ultimate destination of union dollars harder to trace,\u201d the NAVI reported. To pay for some of its political activity, NEA delegates \u201capproved a $10 dues increase for a ballot-measure and media fund projected to generate more than $20 million annually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NEA and its state affiliates have made substantial investments in both the congressional candidates and state level candidates and they are going to be collecting on those investments,\u201d Stoops said. \u201cThey are going to be expecting people like governor-elect Rob Sand, the congressional candidates, the state-level candidates for the legislature to begin to reintroduce many of those DEI initiatives we thought were long dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They are alive and well in certain quarters, where the constitution no longer counts.  <\/p>\n<p>Colorado state <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/news\/amy-curtis\/2026\/11\/11\/colorado-muslim-only-program-n2686295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sen. Iman Jodeh<\/a> kicked off the triumphant return of diversity, equity, and inclusion by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1517139536904672&#038;set=a.288035053148466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advertising<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >paid legislative internship program open exclusively<\/a> to candidates who identify as Muslim, North African, or South Asian. White kids need not apply. Jodeh, the first Muslim elected to the Colorado legislature, noted that applicants also must be interested in policy and \u201csocial change\/justice.\u201d On its face, the internship program appears to be <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/news\/amy-curtis\/2026\/11\/11\/colorado-muslim-only-program-n2686295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in violation<\/a> of state and federal anti-discrimination laws. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Colorado State Senator Iman Jodeh, who\u2019s celebrated as the first muslim elected to the Colorado legislature, is advertising an internship program at the Colorado Capitol<\/p>\n<p>Qualifications are you have to be muslim or north african.<\/p>\n<p>This is illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Cc <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CivilRights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CivilRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GQTGxSk1Iq\">pic.twitter.com\/GQTGxSk1Iq<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/2120502936585322524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Emboldened by their sweeping election wins, congressional Democrats have made it clear they will weaponize committees to go after the Trump administration for dismantling the Department of Education, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/victories-higher-education-eliminating-dei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massive feeder of DEI programs<\/a> and initiatives. <\/p>\n<p>In the minority, Democrats were unable to stop further erosion of the DOE. Now, feeling their new power, members of the incoming majority plan to take another bite at the apple. But Trump\u2019s veto stands in the way of their big, radical plans. No matter, leaders of the education industrial complex say. The idea is to keep up the pressure. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if he vetoes them, let\u2019s put the pressure on to get it to his desk, and then you see what the contrast is,\u201d Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/democrats-plan-new-power-rein-trumps-education-agenda-137984500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> ABC News. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018You Have Another Thing Coming\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., sees the left\u2019s big electoral victories as an open door for reparations. Following the election, the Squad member implored fellow Democrats to do what congressional Republicans so often fail to do: use their power. The DEI lawmaker wants it all, and she wants it now \u2014 in the name of \u201caffordability\u201d, of course. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats, don\u2019t just talk about healthcare justice, pass Medicare for All. Democrats, don\u2019t just talk about abortion justice, pass the EACH Act, and repeal the Hyde Amendment. Democrats, don\u2019t just talk about black lives mattering, enact reparations now. Democrats, don\u2019t just talk about ending ICE\u2019s terror, take every last dollar from them and abolish ICE,\u201d Pressley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/squad-member-urges-dems-take-advantage-midterm-sweep-passing-far-left-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exhorted<\/a> her fellow radicals.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst-journal.com\/2021\/12\/what-the-1619-project-got-wrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1619 Project,<\/a> Ethnic Studies, Black Lives Matter, pronouns, cancel culture, <a href=\"https:\/\/extensionpubs.unl.edu\/publication\/g1375\/na\/html\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cultural competency,<\/a> implicit bias. What may have gone underground in recent years amid a parental revolt is coming back in full force in the wake of the Bluenami. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you thought those things were dead, you have another thing coming,\u201d Defending Education\u2019s Stoops said. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats win, purge moderates, push DEI, target Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2704022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-11-at-8.41.38-PM-1024x581.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18297,16574,3685,5894,87761],"class_list":["post-2704021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-affordability","tag-dei","tag-democrats","tag-politics","tag-powertrip"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-11-at-8.41.38-PM-1024x581.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2704021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2704025,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704021\/revisions\/2704025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2704022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2704021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2704021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}