Weeks after winning a school board seat in her deeply red Texas county, Courtney Gore immersed herself in the district’s curriculum, spending her nights and weekends poring over hundreds of pages of lesson plans that she had fanned out on the coffee table in her living room and even across her bed. She was searching for...
Instead, Gore found the materials taught children “how to be a good friend, a good human.”
Honestly, I can respect this. It’d be much easier to pull a Trump and claim that you fixed something that was never an issue by doing absolutely nothing, but she actually went through with it and admitted that she couldn’t find the issues she was looking for.
It kinda goes to show that there are actually sincere people (albeit ones that still tend to have disagreeable stances) on the right that just keep getting tricked by the grifters and conmen that won’t just bury their heads in the sand when something doesn’t fit their narrative.
The optimist wants to believe that makes up a lot of them, but the realist in me isn’t so sure.
I’ll now incorporate into my world view that anybody who shares these physical characteristics is a war criminal. I took a statistics class once and I’m pretty sure that’s how it works.
Okay while I get what you’re saying, and you are right that it is unfairly different for govt. officials than for citizens looking for a job, I really have to correct that it’s not "any amount of debt" that will keep you from getting a clearance, or else they’d never get fresh college graduates. They specifically care about whether you seem to be in a financially precarious situation or are financially irresponsible. Student loans, mortgage, or credit card balances that haven’t gotten out of control will likely get a pass whereas loan shark loans, balances sent to collections, or gambling debt will very much flag red. Again I do agree that it’s ridiculous that politicians aren’t held to the same standard.
MAGA Republicans say that America is in crisis: The economy is collapsing while the nation is being overrun by hordes of violent immigrants. Not true....
Oh I’m sure he did notice, the question is probably more of “why did you keep sending them aid” to which the answer is probably something like trying to keep a stable power balance in the middle east since Israel is like, our only consistant ally out there, but considering both the abuses of power Israel has committed and the general poor record of US middle eastern interventions, I don’t think very many people will be happy with that explanation.
I was going to say something about “cost of living in an area” because 10M in WV is gonna go a lot further than 10M in NYC, but then I started wondering what kind of knock-on effects setting that hard cap would have? Would cost of living in NYC decrease because now the rich people can’t be rich enough to comfortably afford it, or will it cause them to keep contributing to society for a paycheck because they don’t want to move? Feel like this might be a good speculative essay subject for a financial policy class.
I do not advocate for violence and would never celebrate somebody’s tragedy. Having said that, if Kristi Noem literally jumped in front of a train I may decide to get an ice cream cake that day.
The reason behind the husband’s death is equally uncertain, except to say that he died in prison in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) when serving a sentence for the “crime” of accessing overseas websites, one of six men from the same village to leave this world in similar circumstances....
Okay valid but at that point it’s not even like, specifically targeting latinos if the workforce being affected is no longer predominantly immigrant labor…
From what I’ve seen of her (not a swifty) I don’t think she would ever outright tell people who to vote for. However, if, on top of telling people to vote in general, she just passively mentioned who she was planning to vote for, I feel like that person would get a +20 point lead on the other guy.
President Joe Biden announced Thursday $3 billion toward identifying and replacing the nation’s unsafe lead pipes, a long-sought move to improve public health and clean drinking water that will be paid for by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law....
Idk man knowing Ronnie he’s probably going to say something like “well us REAL AMERICANS grew up with lead pipes and we all turned out FINE!” turning it into a partisan issue like the stupid gas stoves and just reject all funding
A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum. (www.texastribune.org)
Weeks after winning a school board seat in her deeply red Texas county, Courtney Gore immersed herself in the district’s curriculum, spending her nights and weekends poring over hundreds of pages of lesson plans that she had fanned out on the coffee table in her living room and even across her bed. She was searching for...
CIA Chief officer ready to share Intel of Hamas top leaders to mossad (www.arktrek.shop)
Gov. Jim Justice Faces Heavy Business Debts as He Seeks Senate Seat (www.nytimes.com)
This kind of debt likely means that he’s for sale, which is not great when it comes to public officials
Moms for Liberty accuses schools of antisemitism. The irony is rich. (www.motherjones.com)
Give Me Laundry Liberty or Give Me Death! (www.nytimes.com)
MAGA Republicans say that America is in crisis: The economy is collapsing while the nation is being overrun by hordes of violent immigrants. Not true....
A high-stakes report looms from the Biden administration on whether Israel violated international law (www.cnn.com)
The easiest problem (discuss.tchncs.de)
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Israel seizes 'operational control' of Rafah crossing in Gaza (www.middleeasteye.net)
Any Volunteers (programming.dev)
Abortion bans drive away up to half of young talent, new CNBC/Generation Lab youth survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
How rich is too rich? (www.nature.com)
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Kristi Noem’s Team Told Her to Nix the Dog Story Two Years Ago (www.politico.com)
In China, where authoritarianism is justified by redefining the term, a woman has reportedly been beaten to death during interrogation after accusing police of murdering her husband (dominotheory.com)
The reason behind the husband’s death is equally uncertain, except to say that he died in prison in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) when serving a sentence for the “crime” of accessing overseas websites, one of six men from the same village to leave this world in similar circumstances....
Florida workers brace for summer with no protections: ‘My body would tremble’ | Effects of heat are expected to worsen with law prohibiting municipalities from enacting shade and water protection (www.theguardian.com)
GOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’ (www.nj.com)
Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem suggests Biden's dog Commander should also be put down (www.cnbc.com)
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What is your weekly routine like?
Which days do you do laundry, grocery shop, cleaning, other life necessities? Any good planners or LPT YouTube channels for a less chaotic life?
"just got doxxed to within 15 miles by a vision model, from only a single photo of some random trees. the implications for privacy are terrifying. i had no idea we would get here so soon. holy shit" (twitter.com)
Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups (www.wired.com)
James Carville Has Meltdown Over Young Voters Sitting Out the Election (mishtalk.com)
Trump Media: Donald Trump just got another $1.8 billion worth of stock | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Biden unveils $3 billion for nationwide lead pipe replacement (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden announced Thursday $3 billion toward identifying and replacing the nation’s unsafe lead pipes, a long-sought move to improve public health and clean drinking water that will be paid for by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law....