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FLORIDA TECH PRESIDENT RECORDED; Admitting to ‘Tweaking the Language’ of 'DEI Courses' to Bypass DeSantis-Backed DEI Ban and Secure $7 Million in Taxpayer Funding; O’Keefe Escorted Off Campus After Heated Confrontation “They [the Government] are not smart people... They are simply searching, whatever comes back on [the] web, searching without understanding.” “Part of me driving back, I thought: ‘Why don't we fight back?’” “Talked to the Diversity Cabinet, had a very good conversation... and we modified some of the language.” @OKeefeMediaGroup

FLORIDA TECH PRESIDENT Admits to ‘Tweaking the Language’ of 'DEI Courses' to Bypass DEI Ban “We have not changed, if you noticed, our core values on our website,” stated John Nicklow, President of Florida Institute of Technology, in a secretly recorded board meeting provided to O’Keefe Media Group by a source. In the recording, Nicklow speaks candidly with faculty and administrators about the need to modify language in public-facing documents and course catalogs to avoid becoming a target for state and federal defunding efforts. “We are going to do what we do, let’s not unnecessarily put a target on our back,” Nicklow furthered. Nicklow described direct pressure from Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration, revealing, “These people are just looking for words, okay?” referencing how language about “gender expression” on a Title IX page drew attention from Gov. Desantis. “If it then hits NSF [National Science Foundation], we lose millions of dollars,” he warned staff and educators, noting that the legislation extends to the university’s ability to secure federally funded research grants. “We are seeing specific projects being pulled… because they had the words in executive summary of ‘climate change.’” His recommendation: “If you word it as surveillance and defense, it will probably get funded.” Nicklow didn’t hold back in his assessment of driving political efforts, stating, “They are not smart people,” adding, “They are simply searching, whatever comes back on [the] web, searching without understanding.” Despite the warnings, Nicklow maintained support for educators, “You’re not going to get fired for teaching those [DEI] courses,” assuring faculty that the university’s General Counsel would back them if issues arose. Nicklow recalled conversations with legislators, claiming, “They didn’t know that overhead keeps the lights on.” “I had frank conversations with our congressmen, and they had no idea,” he said. When questioned about how to navigate the changing environment, he concluded: “Well, you don’t get to pick and choose which parts of diversity community you support and which you don't. My advice is, be mindful of words.” OMG has reached out to Florida Tech, Ron DeSantis, and the White House regarding President Nicklow’s comments. @OKeefeMediaGroup

⚡️📣 Breaking: It is now coming out the massive amount of invested (in Ukraine) money the west has lost on Ukraine's failed invasion into the Kursk region "over $27 billion — more than half of all Western aid sent to Ukraine in 2024".   ⚡️📣.   The Russian Army North group has reported: "Burned Western Aid in the “Kursk Adventure” Or where Western taxpayers’ money really went Massive losses of Western-supplied equipment by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during their failed offensive in Kursk Oblast: Europe: Soviet era tanks: 349 destroyed, 9 captured — $1.57 billion Soviet era SPGs: 31 destroyed — $124 million Soviet APCs: 135 destroyed, 7 captured — $142.6 million Soviet era IFVs: 205 destroyed, 6 captured — $126.6 million Soviet era MLRS: 76 destroyed — $304 million Soviet era SAMs: 13 destroyed — $520 million Towed guns: 219 destroyed — $262.8 million Krab SPGs: 36 destroyed — $144 million Challenger 2: 6 destroyed — $48 million AS-90: 6 destroyed — $18 million L-118: 4 destroyed — $8 million Leopard 2: 17 destroyed, 4 captured — $231 million ARVs (Leopard 2 base): 18 destroyed, 1 captured — $24 million Marder IFVs: 31 destroyed, 8 captured — $97.5 million PzH 2000: 11 destroyed — $187 million Caesar: 13 destroyed — $65 million CV90: 14 destroyed, 4 captured — $81 million Archer: 8 destroyed — $40 million Total European losses: 1,192 destroyed, 39 captured — $3.99 billion USA: M1 Abrams: 5 destroyed, 6 captured — $110 million Bradley IFVs: 79 destroyed, 16 captured — $332.5 million Strykers: 131 destroyed, 24 captured — $775 million M113: 46 destroyed, 4 captured — $50 million Other U.S. MRAPs (MaxxPro, HMMWV, etc.): 2,130 destroyed, 109 captured — $1.12 billion M109 Paladin: 35 destroyed — $490 million HIMARS: 9 destroyed — $45 million M270 MLRS: 4 destroyed — $28 million NASAMS: 8 destroyed — $96 million ARVs (Abrams base): 21 destroyed, 4 captured — $36 million RPS-42 radars: 13 destroyed — $3.9 million Counter-battery radars (AN/TPQ): 18 destroyed — $18 million M777A2 howitzers: 167 destroyed — $668 million Total U.S. losses: 2,666 destroyed, 163 captured — $3.8 billion Australia: Bushmaster MRAPs: 81 destroyed, 12 captured — $139.5 million Turkey: Kirpi MRAPs: 10 destroyed, 1 captured — $4.4 million Total combined equipment losses: Tanks: 396 IFVs: 363 APCs: 347 MRAPs: 2,343 Artillery: 530 MLRS: 89 Air defense radars: 13 Counter-battery radars: 18 ARVs: 14 SAMs: 8 Total cost: ~$7.94 billion Not included: 2,654 soft-skinned vehicles (trucks, utility) Infantry weapons, body armor, comms gear, EW devices, rations, field supplies 561 mortars, 24 command vehicles, 121 EW stations — approx. $1 billion Confirmed manpower losses: 22,500+ Ukrainian — $8.65 billion in family compensation 55,000+ wounded/disabled — $1.59 billion in payouts Force support for ~60,000 troops for 8 months — food, salary, uniforms: $2.4 billion Logistics, ammunition, gear, protection: another $2.5 billion Total cost of the “Kursk adventure”: over $27 billion — more than half of all Western aid sent to Ukraine in 2024. All this — just for 90 kilometers of front line out of a 2,000 km war zone. All calculations are made without taking into account ammunition"

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