By Rick Addante, PhD
Hey, @SecDef: DEI is NOT “Dead at DoD”, – I caught it on tape being covertly laundered through woke Universities lying about complying, to indoctrinate our warriors and military leaders with CRT & DEI, who take their civilian teachings right back to the DoD.
It’s paid for with federal funds, while the university President & Professors are caught *laughing* at you on video because they think they’ll get away with it. @DeptofDefense @matthewlohmeier.
Below is Part 3 of my continuing series reporting with @JamesOKeefeIII and @OKeefeMedia on the Defraud by DEI at Florida Tech, here upon the @DeptofDefense & @DeptVetAffairs (which administers GI Bill funds to woke universities indoctrinating warriors).
Why is the Department of Defense & VA (which administers GI Bill funds for tuition payments) still paying and partnering with institutions that actively violate Executive Orders of compliance for receiving federal funds?
They are caught here subversively continuing to indoctrinate its students with the scourge of illegal #DEI discriminations and anti-American Critical Race Theory- while taking federal funds and partnerships with DoD facilities.
They will all continue this shell game of lying to you with words of compliance while doing deeds of non-compliance- until you require them to have full house-cleaning of their top leadership and Boards. A big task, but a needed one, to protect America.
It is a great (though unfortunate) honor to have sacrificed my tenured professorship and job that I was recently fired for speaking up in reporting these truths, akin to @stuartscheller @matthewlohmeier, as a civilian in service of our service members and in service of our great nation.
Hey, @SecDef: DEI is NOT “Dead at DoD”, – I caught it on tape being covertly laundered through woke Universities lying about complying, to indoctrinate our warriors and military leaders with CRT & DEI, who take their civilian teachings right back to the DoD. Its paid for with… pic.twitter.com/pUENmOy3Ri
— Rick Addante, PhD (@RickAddante) September 1, 2025
00:01 @SecDef: “The era of DEI is gone at the Defense department”.
00:05 @JamesOKeefeIII The President of Florida Tech, a man named John Nicklow, talking about changing the wording to get around the presidential executive order not to lose funding, for
@OKeefeMedia
00:17 President of Florida Institute of Technology: “And we’re not done, obviously.”
00:19 @Secdef “We’re done with that shit”
00:21 @TerryNewsome357: “The summarization was that we are going to pretend that we aren’t doing DEI, hahah, but screw you, give us the money” (on @XAmericaNews with @realMikeLauber).
00:33 President of @ Florida Tech, John Nicklow: So I’ve always used the claim that: “Oh, so your opposed to Diversity? Yeah. “so then how do you feel about the Veterans?” [he incorrectly conflates “veterans” as “diversity”, when they are not the same thing at all. Veterans have preference due to earned service and sacrifice they made- not due to melanin, genes, or other discriminations- and it is a disgrace for the President of Florida Tech to conflate the two things of great Veterans and illegal discriminations of DEI].
00:43 We opened the Patrick Space Force off campus instructional site, in the Fall [DoD Funds and Site].
00:49 Are you saying critical race theory? He said yeah, how do you feel about that? Well, I believe in teaching all of history: the good, the bad and the ugly. [so, he approves teaching critical race theory to students]
01:01 And am I saying to remove the course? Absolutely not, [DEI] is probably a very valuable course. [So., he says to keep teaching DEI and CRT to students, including those from DoD paying with DoD dollars and on DoD sites at Patrick Space Force Base]
1:07 Diversity is important, for a number of reasons. [So, he tells us the true “values” of Florida Tech under his leadership, and we know what is being hidden under different names]
1:11 I think [DEI/CRT] is a valuable part of an education [So, he tells us the true “values” of Florida Tech under his leadership, and we know what is being hidden under different names]
1:15 if we have to change some words so they are not being scraped and we are not targeted, then it allows us to do our work. [So, he admits to intentionally, deceitfully, and subversively undermining the Executive Orders of the Federal Government for receiving federal funds from @DODResponse. – this is fraud, on purpose, with intent, and intent to hide what he knows would get in trouble
1:28 Its 7 million dollars, that’s a lot of money, but if I lose 7 million dollars, we can live with it. [Oh… so he can do with out $7 million, you say? Perhaps that should be tested, @GovRonDeSantis and @DeptofDefense].
1:33 Wow, Florida Tech teaches DEI 101, because that’s no longer, is not allowed in a public university’s curriculum. [He knows his private institution is using public funds to do what would not be allowed to be done in public, further evidence of fraud and subversion].
1:43 My inclination is that you continue to teach those [DEI] courses. [Presidential instruction and approval given to college faculty to keep teaching DEI and CRT to indoctrinate students under the radar under the guise of different words. Complete disregard and disrespect for directives issued for complying for federal funds from @WhiteHouse @realDonaldTrump @EDSecMcMahon @EducationFL & @PeteHegseth.
1:48 I think the way I put it to the Diversity Cabinet was: we are going to continue to do what we do, lets not unnecessarily put a target on our back. [He admits the Institution will continue to “do what we do” in discriminating with DEI: is this a problem, @CivilRights and @AAGDhillon?] This is what they say when they think you aren’t looking.
2:01 We opened the Patrick @SpaceForceDoD off site instructional site off campus in the Fall 2025 at @SLDelta45. [Why is the @SpaceForceCSO partnering and paying funds to institutions that admit they are secretly indoctrinating Guardians with DEI and CRT teachings to hate America and denigrate American History while illegally discriminating against its citizens with DEI practices it admits is is continuing but trying to hide from their view so as not to get caught?]
2:07 They are not smart people… they are just looking for words. [oomph… not a good look to your tuition-paying partners and compliance inspectors at @WhiteHouse and @CivilRights, Johnny boy…]
2:15 So we modified some of the language- we have not change, if you noticed, the core values on our website.[So, he admits the fraud: words, not deeds; lies instead of actions; Deeds, not Words, am I right @JayCollinsFL @Bannons_WarRoom?]
2:23 Diversity is important, for a number of reasons. [Not according to Senate testimony of @SecDef.
2:38 If we have a course and it was called DEI 101….do we have that course? Yes! [roaring Laughter from the college faculty and president, because they know the joke is on you and they are getting away with indoctrinating your kids for millions in fraud].
2:50 President of Florida Institute of Technology: “And we’re not done, obviously”.
2:53 @SecDef: “We’re done with that shit”
2:56 President of Florida Tech: “It really does put a target on our back, and that could be problematic”.
DoD happens to be quite good at handling ‘targets’.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
3:01 Action Items
3:07 Ways to support this work
Hey, @SecDef: DEI is NOT “Dead at DoD”, – I caught it on tape being covertly laundered through woke Universities lying about complying, to indoctrinate our warriors and military leaders with CRT & DEI, who take their civilian teachings right back to the DoD. Its paid for with… pic.twitter.com/pUENmOy3Ri
— Rick Addante, PhD (@RickAddante) September 1, 2025
YouTube Video:
Rick Addante, husband, father, neuroscientist, Analog Astronaut, and former tenured professor at Florida Tech was offered $96,000 to stay silent. He chose truth instead, and was fired.
Addante risked everything to expose FIT’s secret plan to undermine government DEI restrictions in order to secure millions in funding. They took his job, but couldn’t take his conviction.
Now, he mows lawns to put food on the table, and truth in his children’s hearts.
(3:40) Inside the Florida Tech Meeting
(10:14) Rick Addante’s Termination and Severance Offer
(14:30) Why DEI Is Raising Concerns
(21:44) Florida Tech’s Public Meeting “Minutes”
(25:41) Cease and Desist Letter/“Run it!”
(28:33) Response from Florida Tech President
(48:36) Willing to Give Up Whatever it Takes
(1:01:45) On Educating and Supporting Children
(1:12:00) Knowing What’s Right: Simon of Cyrene
(1:29:00) What’s Been Lost in the Pursuit of Truth
(1:41:00) How Do You Reconcile Loyalty vs. Truth?
(1:53:01) Faith, Fatigue, and Pushing Through
(2:06:58) The Cost of Truth-Telling
(2:10:18) Astronaut Experience
(2:28:32) The Role and Limits of Philanthropy
(2:44:25) Reflecting on Childhood
(3:00:01) Why Legal Protection Matters for the Constitution
“THE TRUTH IS NOT FOR SALE”: Former Florida Tech Professor Refuses Nearly $100K in Hush Money After Being Terminated for FIT’s DEI Funding Workaround@RickAddante https://t.co/LoOPY1uzwD pic.twitter.com/uIYkToCZI2
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) August 6, 2025
What are we waiting for?! The DEI advocates have NO problems firing Professors who “follow the rules”- yet, the DOW(DOD) can’t seem to fire anyone who REFUSES to follow the “end DEI” orders. We are getting nowhere with this🙄. Professor Addante is correct- get rid of the DEI leadership!!!!!
The Military Academies are thumbing their neses at DoW Secretary Hegspeth and his efforts rid the Academies of DEI and CRT. The only solution is fire the entire DEEP State Academy hierarchy and do a complete re-fit with new people who are loyal to the United States.