After Trump's Victory, Biden's Mentally Ill State Department Sent Out Memos Advising Employees to Seek Solace in "Reflection Rooms" and Oh Yeah All-Gender Bathrooms Too

Are you not reassured?

Do you not feel confident that strong, wise, mentally-healthy people are conducting diplomacy on your behalf?

Adam Kredo

Two weeks after President-elect Donald Trump's November election victory, the Biden-Harris State Department issued an internal diplomatic cable that touted sweeping diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across the agency, including dedicated "reflection rooms" and "all-gender restrooms" at American embassies abroad.

The Nov. 19 cable, issued by outgoing secretary of state Antony Blinken and reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon, is part of a larger Biden administration bid to embed DEI initiatives within the federal government before Trump takes office next year.

In some cases, that's meant rebranding job titles "promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" in an attempt to make them less noticeable to Trump, the Washington Post reported. The State Department's cable, however, is open in its embrace of DEI.

Titled, "Developing a More Inclusive and Accessible Work Environment," the internal message "outlines efforts the Department is taking, in both domestic and overseas locations, to create workplaces that are welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to all employees and visitors." It references Blinken's so-called Modernization Agenda, which it says "calls for a work environment that is resilient, agile, secure, and inclusive."

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The cable also focuses on employee bathroom habits.

The State Department is "identifying more inclusive options for employees and visitors who would like more privacy," according to the message, which notes that "employees and family members and guests visiting Posts abroad can access men's or women's restrooms and single-use (all-gender) restrooms (as available) and other facilities that align with their gender identity."

"Most" of the agency's office buildings, the cable says, "include single-occupant restrooms." Such restrooms "may also benefit people of diverse faiths by providing a private place for ritual washing and a safe environment for a wide range of employees and visitors, including transgender and non-binary individuals."

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Under President Joe Biden, the State Department has championed DEI initiatives overseas, pumping around $80 million into programs meant to advance "racial equity" and prevent "gender and sexuality discrimination." The agency has also held "internal staff sessions and meetings" on how to preserve DEI policies once Trump takes office, according to Simon Hankinson, a former Foreign Service officer who now serves as a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

"Some staff are concerned with how to preserve DEI, and there are suggestions that they could keep the essence of it by renaming and keeping the same dedicated staff with new titles," Hankinson said. "Some employees are not willing to let what they see as 'progress' go, even if the order comes down."

As Dirty Harry would say: "Swell."

posted by Ace at 06:30 PM

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