Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike -- what time is it? Closing tabs time ...
It’s bad enough that they’re teaching with this kind of material—material that’s explicitly designed to push an agenda—but by telling parents they can’t opt their children out of it, they crossed a serious line.
And for what?
You can opt your kid out of health class when they talk about sexual education even though an improper understanding of the subject could result in potentially fatal diseases and/or pregnancy that could sideline one’s entire life all because it may not align with parental values, but pushing the LGBTQIAWTFBBQ agenda is too important to let parents have a say.
The goal isn't education. It's indoctrination. Tom Knighton believes that the justices will order Maryland to allow parents to opt out, and that would be a just outcome. But Maryland parents and voters need new leadership that will replace the public indoctrination system with actual education -- or eliminate it altogether.
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Another bizarre moment from Justice Jackson yesterday - Justice Jackson: "If the school teaches something that the parent disagrees with, you have a choice. You don't have to send your kid to that school, you can put them in another situation.” So your "choice" is have your 3-year-old sit through trans story hour without question, OR pay for expensive private school/ shift to home-schooling. Not an actual "choice" for a lot of working families. And your tax dollars will fund the woke schools whether your kids goes there or not.
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) Apr 22, 2025
Ed: Does Justice Jackson understand that parents do not have a choice in sending their children to school? The law requires them to do so, and in places without school vouchers, that means the public school for all but the wealthiest families.
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The head of Harvard University doubled down on his defiance against the Trump administration Wednesday, saying the Ivy League school would not compromise on certain issues despite the federal government’s threat to freeze more than $2 billion in funding.
In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Lester Holt, Harvard President Alan Garber said the school had “no choice” but to fight back against what it believes is federal overreach and an illegal attempt by the government to withhold funding as leverage to control academic decision-making.
Ed: What's the difference between now and the decades in which the federal government used funding and leverage? Garber doesn't like the current people elected to run the federal government. That's it. If Garber wants true independence for Harvard, he should adopt the Hillsdale College model. With a $53 billion endowment, Harvard can certainly afford independence.
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CNN: “Are you a real journalist?”
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) April 23, 2025
Natalie: “The rest of the media covered for a president that was essentially dead. You failed. That’s why new media is here.” pic.twitter.com/ok5YtruWRt
Ed: Kudos to Natalie. And yes, that's the same CNN 'reporter' last seen yukking it up with Taylor Lorenz over how Luigi Mangione was so dreamy and such a "morally good man."
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The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has operated in relative anonymity since, but is now central to President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul elections. One of the commission’s boards will meet Thursday in North Carolina, the first commission-related meeting since the directives were announced.
Among other things, Trump directed the agency to update the national voter registration form to add a proof of citizenship requirement. But whether the president can order an independent agency to act and whether the commission has the authority to do what Trump wants will likely be settled in court.
Ed: Golly, I guess Congress should have thought about that before passing the buck on its legislative responsibilities to the executive branch -- over and over again for the last century. I'd prefer to see Congress address this, but then again, I would have preferred that Congress did their own work for the last 100 years, too.
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Rosie O’Donnell: I left the USA after consulting my therapist. pic.twitter.com/66Dn4XaZFl
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 23, 2025
Ed: Oh no! Anyway ...
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BREAKING
— Astraia Intel (@astraiaintel) April 22, 2025
President Zelensky rejects the Trump regime's ultimatum regarding the ceding of Crimea to the Russian Federation.
"There is nothing to discuss—this lies outside our Constitution. This is our territory, the land of the Ukrainian people. This will NOT happen."
🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺 pic.twitter.com/FzJsnGUGjt
Ed: Russia grabbed it eleven years ago. Ukraine has tried for three years to push the Russians out, and even with massive infusions of materiel from the West, they can't do it. If Zelensky wants to fight for every last inch of Ukraine for an interminable time, he's welcome to do so, but he's going to find himself increasingly alone.
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There are some other more minor terms, but those are the basics. I think there is good reason to think that this is essentially the deal that could have been struck a long time ago. Some Europeans, recently including French President Macron, object to any loss of Ukrainian territory. I am sympathetic to that position; after all, Russia invaded Ukraine, not the other way around.
But the war has dragged on for more than three years, with probably close to one million casualties. I am about as far from a peacenik as you can get, but isn’t that the paramount fact? Isn’t it time to bring the killing to an end? It seems to me that both Ukraine and Russia would be crazy to prolong this war.
Ed: I am in complete agreement with John Hinderaker. However, Zelensky may fear for his life if he accepts these concessions, and it's not at all clear that Ukrainians will accept them even if he does strike this bargain. It's a mess. But yes, this stalemate will go on forever unless both parties find a way to live with each other. And if they won't, it doesn't have to be our problem.
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Crimea should be the easiest concession for Zelensky to make because:
— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) April 23, 2025
1) it’s been part of Russia for the last decade.
2) the vast majority of its population are ethnic Russians who (as western polling shows) want to be part of Russia.
3) Ukraine has no military way to retake it.… pic.twitter.com/XwQYlc7cMc
The disastrous Summer Counteroffensive of 2023 made that abundantly clear.
If Zelensky won’t concede this, he won’t concede anything, so a deal with him is impossible. The Secretary of State is right to walk away.
Ed: This stinks -- it really does. But it's the reality on the ground, and three years of war preceded by eight years of Russian occupation haven't changed that reality.
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“At the top of the list it says ‘Survival Gear List with Alternative’ which included sleeping bag, lighters, 8 magazines, knives, pepper spray, a ‘6-mag chest right,’ bows and arrows,” says the criminal complaint. “Mohammed [sic] had stolen eight magazines.”
Further, court documents say that a police officer was recently on a call for service which involved social media posts Mohamed made featuring ammunition and guns. The officer noted that one of the posts showed Mohamed pointing an assault rifle at the camera and included the hashtag “#deathtoamerikkan&israelliImperialism.”
A special agent with Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) who was aware of the social media postings and the alleged theft reportedly told law enforcement officials that “there were strong indicators that Mohamed was preparing to conduct some sort of attack (Mass Casualty Event) in the next twenty-four hours.”
Ed: Kudos to the BCA for their good work on this threat.
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NEW🚨: President Trump will sign an executive order today prohibiting higher education accreditors from participating in unlawful DEI discrimination, @DailySignal has learned. pic.twitter.com/qkbSwe4s2M
— Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell (@TheElizMitchell) April 23, 2025
Ed: Our VIP members wondered when Trump and his team would take a closer look at accreditors. Looks like that day is arriving, if not here already.
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.@VP: “The thing that I will always remember Pope Francis for is that he was a great pastor. People on the margins, poor people, people suffering from diseases — they saw in Pope Francis an advocate and I think a true expression of Christian love.” pic.twitter.com/RicA5gyBZB
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 23, 2025
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