DeSantis funds DEI? He Sure Does.

DeSantis funds DEI? He Sure Does.

Tim O'Connor – Center for the Preservation of Humanity – 5/28/2023

First, I want to encourage everyone to remember all of those who have fallen in service to the United States so that we can have this day to remember them. We can have our cookouts and be with friends and family in part because of their sacrifices. I can only offer my gratitude to all who served. Remembering these men and women, especially those who remember, uphold, and live by their oath, makes me wonder what they think about their service. If the fallen in foreign and domestic wars could be queried regarding the America they fought and died for compared to the one which presently exists, would they be pleased? I cannot answer that question for anyone but myself and the answer, for me, is a resounding no.

The America as the shining example of liberty has a thick black tapestry cast over it. Words and letters on the fabric read Build Back Better, Great Reset, SDG, ESG, DEI, and many others. I have serious doubts that these letters represent what our fallen military members had in mind while they fought. I have even more doubt that they knowingly waged war in order to allow the entities in the US government to do everything they can to destroy election integrity and Amendments One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, and Ten, hold and persecute political prisoners, celebrate anti-human measures, discredit the family unit, disparage God, drive up the national debt into the tens of trillions of dollars, and to erase the moral underpinnings of the Bible which the nation was founded on and replace them with progressive ethics.

The America I would fight for no longer exists except for in memories and history books. I would fight for that version of America in an effort to restore the nation, but I hope to not have to do so. I have serious concerns about what would be left of the United States should this war commence in earnest. They are the the same concerns I have with the idea that the United States should call an Article 5 convention to address issues like congressional term limits. The potential that a new Constitution be drafted is high because of the degeneracy of the United States which sounds great until certain biases are relinquished. There is a much greater chance that the California's and Maryland's would prevail in instituting their version of America in legally binding progressive mandates. States like Florida generally have better ideas than their progressive peers; however, some of their ideas are merely lip service – as I wrote about in my last piece about South Dakota's investment practices.

South Dakota seems to have a proclivity towards sending state funds into investments featuring ESG. But, South Dakota only represents a fraction of spending power of other states making similar investments. South Dakota invests about $14 billion. Florida has more than $250 billion in investments. Another difference is that Kristi Noem has not stupidly decided to run for president while Ron SeSantis had Florida law reinterpreted to allow him to serve as Florida's governor while running for president. One of DeSantis' major strong points are his remarks and policies demanding to divest from ESG and DEI. So, let's see if he is putting these $228 billion in Florida funds where his mouth is.

Florida has a State Board of Administration which is tasked with investing Florida's money. At the top of this administration is Florida's Governor, Attorney General, and Chief Financial Officer which forms the board of trustees. Under the governance section of the above mentioned document there is a passage which explicitly notes that by the investments made by Florida they are endorsing the investments governance. It reads, “As part of the SBA’s mission to invest, manage and safeguard the assets of its various mandates, the SBA plays a vital role in supporting initiatives to ensure that public companies meet high standards of independent and ethical corporate governance. The SBA acts as a strong advocate on behalf of FRS members and beneficiaries, retirees and other clients to strengthen shareowner rights and promote leading corporate governance practices at U.S. and international companies in which the SBA holds stock.” It then goes on to remind everyone that because the state is invested as shareowners, it has voting rights at the company. While that clearly opens the door for fascism it is something all states have decided to undertake as they are all similarly invested. While the potential for fascism exists, it doesn't necessarily mean that all of the outcomes are necessarily bad. For instance, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), a part of the environmental, social, governance (ESG) accounting metrics under the World Economic Forum's Great Reset and United Nations SDG's could be voted against by Florida representatives.

A lot of money was moved around between 2021 and 2022. Three investments in BlackRock started off in 2021 with $140,681,483. After earning $14,806,598, Florida lessened their holdings in these three BlackRock investments by $49,688,212 leaving the state invested in BlackRock to the tune of $105,819,869 million. One penny invested in BlackRock is problematic for Florida as BlackRock is the largest asset manager on the planet and is integrating ESG accounting into all of its investments.

Florida invested over $22 million between 2021 and 2022 into Carlyle Group which has incorporated DEI into their compensation packages. David Rubenstein, the is a co-founder and co-chairman of Calyle and is also on the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum. During the same time period, the State of Florida bumped up their holdings in a hedge fund called Caerus DT Fund, LLC which is directed by BlackRock and audited by Deloitte and Touche. Deloitte is so heavily invested in ESG auditing that it has been promoted as the go-to company for ESG auditing as well as a partner in many WEF designs. One of the largest investments made was in Centerbridge. Having $263 million invested in total and $90 million invested during the reporting period one may think that this company would be free of ESG and DEI implementations. Centerbridge's website describes their commitment to both, “The Sustainable Value Creation Reports feature the progress we have made in the areas of ESG, Inclusion & Diversity and the Centerbridge Foundation, all of which are critical components of our approach to driving sustainable value creation across our firm, portfolio and the communities where we operate.”

$1.75 billion of Florida's investments are with Lexington Partners. $1.87 billion is associated with TrueBridge. $1.868 billion is invested in SVB according to the 2022 report. These 3 investments alone represent 2.2% of Florida's total investments. All of them are ESG compliant. All of them are invested in DEI. One of them is invested in it so much that it assisted their complete collapse – the third largest bank failure in the United States.

Ron DeSantis, as mentioned earlier, is now a presidential candidate running on the Republican ticket. The waves he has made in Florida regarding DEI are clearly hypocritical. His state is heavily invested in DEI and ESG compliant businesses and funds. State laws he has signed; however, don't reflect the investment reality. The law DeSantis signed bars state funds from being able to be used for DEI in state universities. That sounds great until one realizes that he has tens of billions invested in DEI and ESG funds. Even more duplicitous is that BlackRock owns 6.65% of Disney – a company which has been rightly smacked around by DeSantis for their decisions to peddle alphabet mafia and pedophilia propaganda to children – and Florida has over $100 million invested in BlackRock.

The lowest hanging fruit is all that people need to see or hear about in order to make a decision. People are far more complicated than that; however. Ron DeSantis really is a lemon. He is like a car that looks great and the radio makes it sound like the engine is beefy. When the key gets turned though, there is nothing but sputtering and when the hood is opened it is discovered that there is no engine.

The state of Florida absolutely has a machete in the backs of not just Floridians, but of everyone in the nation, as DeSantis is running for the republican nod with a lot of RINO and global government support. Governors like California's Newsom and Michigan's Whitmer are criminals against humanity but at least we are all aware of their devotion to DEI and ESG. DeSantis and other republican governors go around making their names on battling global financial sustainability projects publicly while in the background investing hundreds of billions of dollars funding those driving the initiatives. Those who fought for this country and died for this country would not recognize it and ESG-compliant investments by so-called republican state governments would likely make them puke.

This will have national political implications as well because of the upcoming presidential election. Donald Trump has his foot in his mouth over Warp Speed and refuses to remove that foot from his mouth. DeSantis has already attacked Trump over that fact while presenting himself as a champion against globalism in general. In fact, DeSantis is the most globally-aligned republican on the ticket. He is also perhaps the biggest liar. Florida's State Board of Administration has $1.085 billion invested in Ballie Gifford which owns 11.2% of Moderna's shares. Trump screwed up with Warp Speed and everyone knows it – DeSantis is funding our death and lying through his teeth to the US public about that fact. DeSantis actually sits on the board which determines where Florida's money is invested.

ESG exists to implement the WEF's Great Reset and the UN's Build Back Better plan at the corporate level. It is basically a tool the global government uses to decide what companies are going to win and which are slated to be destroyed. At it's most basic, ESG is fascism and the corporate version of the social credit scores individuals are supposed to abide by. ESG is death, plain and simple. Without funding, ESG cannot function yet those in positions to divest from ESG are still funding the ESG-compliant. DEI is meant to control individual's actions through corporate controls. The idea is to have the global government sit in the shadows while their allies in the corporate world enforce their decrees. The corporations, in return for their obeisance to the global government, will receive elevated stakeholder status and a voice in shaping the global government's directions. Ron DeSantis is absolutely directing Florida's investments into investment vehicles which are interested in a future where whatever human survivors are left are hopelessly enslaved. He's an anti-human-future proponent.

Consider this before DeSantis gets a check next to his name in the primaries. Consider this the next time you look at your taxes to the state of Florida. Know that the State of Florida is funding your extermination. Do what you can to demand that Florida start paying attention to ESG investments. Also, make sure you, yourself, are not invested in ESG-compliant vehicles. Always pray to God. Always deepen the understanding and relationship with God. Follow His ways so we are not following the ways of the Adversary – the ways of death and destruction. Beware of all of those who refuse to speak the truth yet seek to curry favor for your devotion....

Bless God and God bless.