Defense Secretary‚ Lloyd Austin made a surprise visit to Ukraine to assure President Zelensky‚ or should I say dictator Zelensky‚ that we will keep funding the war. Currently‚ the bill isn’t getting through Congress. Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell backs this endless funding for Ukraine plan. Every dime we give to Mr. Zelensky is […] The post Mitch McConnell Backs Endless Ukraine Spending‚ Credits Reagan appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Famed director Ridley Scott recently had some strong words for French critics who panned his historical biopic‚ “Napoleon.” The “Alien” director spoke frankly while reacting to negative reviews‚ including one that described the new film as “deeply clumsy‚ unnatural and unintentionally funny.” One French critic‚ who also wrote a biography of Napoleon‚ said it was “very anti-French and very pro-British.” Some critics said the film was historically inaccurate. Scott discussed those claims in general during a recently published interview with The Times. “Like all history‚ it’s been reported. Napoleon dies‚ then‚ 10 years later‚ someone writes a book. Then someone takes that book and writes another book and so‚ 400 years later there’s a lot of imagination [in history books]‚” Scott told the outlet. “When I have issues with historians‚ I ask: ‘Excuse me‚ mate were you there? No? Well‚ shut the f*** up then‚’” he added. “Napoleon” will debut in theaters nationwide on Wednesday‚ just in time for Thanksgiving weekend. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as Joséphine‚ his wife.  The description says the historical drama will take a look at “the military commander’s origins and his swift‚ ruthless climb to emperor‚ viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love‚ Joséphine.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE Scott told the BBC that it was a no-brainer to do a movie about Napoleon. “He’s so fascinating. Revered‚ hated‚ loved… more famous than any man or leader or politician in history. How could you not want to go there?” he said. But the British director acknowledged that even though there was so much to explore‚ he kept the movie under three hours intentionally to avoid the “bum ache factor” of extra-long movies.  GET 50% OFF DAILYWIRE+ ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS “When you start to go ‘oh my God’ and then you say ‘Christ‚ we can’t eat for another hour’‚ it’s too long‚” Scott said.

The New York Man suspected of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in New York has been charged with rape. Craig Ross Jr.‚ 47‚ was initially charged with only first-degree kidnapping after allegedly abducting the young girl‚ Charlotte Sena‚ from Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County‚ New York‚ on September 30. Sena was found safe inside the cabinet of a camper belonging to the suspect. Ross is now believed to have raped the young girl while holding her for two days before she was found‚ according to prosecutors. A massive search effort was launched after Sena disappeared‚ with an Amber Alert saying she was “in imminent danger.” She was found on October 2. Earlier that day‚ Ross allegedly placed a ransom note containing his fingerprints in the Sena family’s mailbox. The fingerprints were entered into a database and came back as a match for Ross‚ who had a previous arrest in 1999 for DWI. “He literally drove up to the family’s mailbox‚ assuming they were not home [at] 4:20 in the morning‚ opens the mailbox and inserts the ransom note leaving the critical piece of evidence behind — his own fingerprint‚” New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul said after Sena was found. Two law enforcement teams then took helicopters to land at the address where Ross lived in a camper behind his mother’s house. “After some resistance‚” Hochul said‚ Ross was arrested. “Immediately the little girl was found in a cabinet cupboard‚” Hochul said. “She was rescued and she knew she was being rescued. She knew that she was in safe hands.” It is unclear whether this was random or if Ross targeted Sena specifically‚ investigators said. He does live just two miles away from her family. “But it is not known at this time‚ whether he knew her or had her under surveillance for any length of time‚” Hochul said. Sena was camping with her family over the weekend when she rode her bike around Loop A of the park‚ at first with family friends and then once by herself. When she didn’t return after 15 minutes‚ her parents and others began searching for her‚ finding only her bike. Her parents then called 911. The search for Sena included more than 400 personnel and 75 law enforcement officials on the ground‚ including NY State Police K-9s and bloodhounds.

The Department of Defense (DOD) could drop nearly $270 million in taxpayer funds to further the diversity‚ equity‚ inclusion‚ and accessibility (DEI) agenda from fiscal years 2022 to 2024. The DOD has scaled up its spending on DEIA in the past three years‚ jumping from $68 million in fiscal year 2022 to $86.5 million in fiscal year 2023. But the figure surged another $28.2 million to $114.7 million in the department’s initial request for fiscal year 2024. If the DOD’s initial request for DEIA funding is included in the final legislation‚ the department will have spent $269.2 million on diversity initiatives across fiscal years 2022‚ 2023‚ and 2024‚ an average of $89.7 million per year. Biden’s Pentagon has repeatedly pushed for further adoptions of the DEI agenda in its operations. The department’s Strategic Management Plan for fiscal years 2022 to 2026 listed one of its goals as “inculcate DEIA principles across all DOD efforts.” “DEIA has impacts on both the Department’s workforce and its mission‚ and therefore it should be examined beyond the traditional human resources lens by which it historically has been viewed‚” the strategic management plan reads‚ also touting the department’s effort to “institutionalize the advancement of DEIA and the value of diversity to the Department’s mission.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE The $68 million dedicated to DEIA programs in fiscal year 2022 was earmarked for the Department of the Air Force‚ with the intention of increasing “training programs and diversity and inclusion initiatives‚” with a portion of the funds going to “unconscious bias diversity training” as well as “increasing aviation scholarships for underrepresented universities Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets.” Meanwhile‚ the $86.5 million sum in 2023 went towards “dedicated diversity and inclusion activities‚” going on to say that the DOD is “investing in a number of programs and initiatives aimed at furthering DEIA‚ and incorporating DEIA values‚ objectives‚ and considerations in how we do business and execute our missions.” It isn’t readily apparent what exactly the proposed $114.7 that the DOD requested for fiscal year 2024 would be used for‚ just that more information will be released in an upcoming “DEIA 2023 – 2027 Strategic Plan.” While vague funding requests give little insight into the actual DEIA activities of the DOD‚ the department has been met with criticism over more visible manifestations of Critical Race Theory and the diversity agenda. The National Security Agency (NSA)‚ which is part of the DOD‚ internally published a 34-page diversity‚ equity‚ and inclusion document‚ a recent investigation from The Daily Wire revealed. The leaked document pushes Critical Race Theory and transgender ideology‚ with terms like “white fragility‚” “transmisogny‚” “settler colonialism‚” and even the pronouns “ze” and “zir.” LEAKED NSA DOCUMENT📄: We just published a never-before-seen @NSAGov “diversity glossary” in my new exclusive investigation with @realdailywire. It blames “White Europeans” for “settler colonialism‚" attacks "white fragility‚" and warns of “transmisogyny.” THREAD 🧵 pic.twitter.com/se33D9erP2 — Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) November 15‚ 2023 “Our military is not focused on lethality. They’re focused on diversity and climate‚” Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL)‚ a combat-decorated U.S. Army veteran who fought in the elite Green Berets‚ asserted. “That’s going to result in our enemies not fearing us and respecting us as they should.” Waltz‚ who currently serves on the House Intelligence Committee‚ said that government officials “holding the keys to power‚ those with their finger on the nuclear button or on incredibly powerful surveillance capabilities.” are being “indoctrinated that our civilian institutions are inherently racist‚ are systemically misogynistic and have a colonialist past and therefore bad.” GET 50% OFF DAILYWIRE+ ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS The DOD created its Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion in September 0f 2022‚ with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin appointing General (Ret.) Lester Lyles to serve as its chair. Lyles explained in a statement that the committee would “provide the Secretary of Defense with advice and recommendations to improve racial/ethnic diversity‚ inclusion‚ and equal opportunity as a force multiplier in the military.” A freedom of information request of West Point revealed that the prestigious military academy was teaching cadets Critical Race Theory‚ including a lesson that white people have racial privilege and that “In order to understand racial inequality and slavery‚ it is first necessary to address whiteness.” General Mark Milley‚ the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff‚ infamously defended Critical Race Theory at a Congressional hearing‚ saying he wanted to “understand white rage.” The Pentagon also brought on Bishop Garrison‚ who blasted Trump supporters as racist‚ as the senior adviser to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for human capital‚ diversity‚ equity‚ and inclusion. Garrison went on to lead a DOD working group aimed at countering extremism within the military. But the DOD’s adoption of woke ideology isn’t limited to Critical Race Theory. Last year‚ an American Air Force base in Germany planned to hold‚ but ultimately canceled‚ a drag queen story hour performance for children of service members. Democrats in the Senate have said that any budget proposal from House Republicans that reigns in diversity initiatives will have “no chance of passing.”

Staffers at OpenAI‚ the parent company of ChatGPT‚ threatened to quit in droves to protest the abrupt firing of its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman on Friday. Somewhere around 500 to 600 of the startup’s estimated 770 employees reportedly signed a letter demanding the board of directors resign‚ get replaced by a new board‚ and reinstate Altman and Greg Brockman‚ another co-founder and president of OpenAI who quit after Altman’s ouster. The hundreds of employees also warned they might follow Altman and Brockman to Microsoft‚ one of OpenAI’s investors that hired the pair to lead an in-house artificial intelligence research unit after their departure. “Your actions have made it obvious that you are incapable of overseeing OpenAI‚” said the letter to the board‚ which was posted by WIRED. “We are unable to work for or with people that lack competence‚ judgement and care for our mission and employees.” One person who signed the letter was Ilya Sutskever‚ OpenAI’s chief scientist and a member of the company’s board. “I deeply regret my participation in the board’s actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we’ve built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company‚” Sutskever said in a post to X. Altman had led OpenAI since 2019. He is widely considered a Silicon Valley powerhouse with experience serving as president of startup accelerator Y Combinator. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE When the board fired Altman‚ its members gave little insight into the reasoning for his removal. It did claim Altman “was not consistently candid in his communications with the board‚ hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities.” The board also said Mira Murati‚ the company’s chief technology officer‚ would serve as interim CEO. Then‚ in a twist‚ Murati worked to rehire Altman and Brockman — as OpenAI’s own investors pushed for Altman’s return — while the board members sought to hire their own CEO‚ according to Bloomberg. first and last time i ever wear one of these pic.twitter.com/u3iKwyWj0a — Sam Altman (@sama) November 19‚ 2023 On Sunday‚ Altman posted a photo of himself to X holding an OpenAI guest badge‚ stating‚ “first and last time i ever wear one of these.” But whatever effort there was to bring Altman back into OpenAI over the weekend appeared to hit a snag when the board picked former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear to lead the company. GET 50% OFF DAILYWIRE+ ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS “The process through which you terminated Sam Altman and removed Greg Brockman from the board has jeopardized all of this work and undermined our mission and company‚” said the staff letter to the board. “Your conduct has made it clear you did not have the competence to oversee OpenAI.”