North Dakota's"WonderFund" DEI Strategy Under The Microscope

North Dakota Department of Commerce's corporate welfare boondoggle is back in the spotlight due to Trump-era ban on DEI policies.

Back in March of 2023, I wrote about the State of North Dakota investing $45 million in federal pass-thru dollars with Kevin (“Shark Tank Guy”) O’Leary’s “WonderFund:

North Dakota Shark Tank Program Embraces ESG and DEI

One irony was how the “WonderFund” contradicted the State of North Dakota’s own policies regarding both DEI and ESG:

Even more interesting is what criteria beyond “temporarily moving to Nor…