NEW STUDY: Vouchers are helping wealthy families whose kids are mainly already in (religious) private schools. Imagine that! If only that had been entirely foreseeable. Clearly @GovBillLee’s goal all along. reachcentered.org/publications...

From July 3:

Ryan Walters, the guy forcing Oklahoma schools to teach the Bible caught watching porn in his office. Not a drag queen, just another garden variety MAGA right-wing, "Christian' Nationalist, extremist terrorist. oklahomavoice.com/2025/07/25/p...

Zohran: rips “Trump’s unconstitutional military action Cuomo: *joined Netanyahu’s defense team*

NGL this one hit different

"Palestine Is Really the Center of the World": Angela Davis on Gaza, Black-Jewish Solidarity & Trump

Every single western pundit, politician, person on this site, pro Israel group, who mindlessly chanted for 18 months, ‘if Hamas released the hostages the war would be over’… should hang their heads in shame, & spend the rest of their lives apologizing, especially for being played by Netanyahu!

A ProPublica analysis revealed a stark pattern across the Deep South, where about 200 majority-Black public school districts educate 1.3 million students. Alongside those districts are private academies filled almost entirely with white students. (Published Dec. 2024)

I wrote about the modern intellectual poison of “knowningness,” in which people who don’t know something are a) convinced they do know; and b) are utterly incurious about seeking information that may correct their view. www.forkingpaths.co/p/knowingnes...

This is surreal... archive.org/details/Albe... #freePalestine

Discrimination and attacks against American Muslims and Arabs rose by 7.4% in 2024 due to heightened Islamophobia caused by US ally Israel's war in Gaza and the resulting college campus protests, a Muslim advocacy group said reut.rs/43zsPuu

Trump accuses teachers of secretly turning students trans

The last time Missouri took control of St. Louis’ police force, the Civil War was underway and the state’s secessionist-leaning leaders were trying to protect slavery and prevent officers from taking up arms against the Confederacy. By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

AP headline about “No Other Land” winning an Oscar VS Politico headline for the *very same AP story* about “No Other Land” Absolutely shameful

‘No Other Land,’ a film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community, won the documentary feature film Oscar, and its directors appealed to the world to help end the conflict and accused the United States of blocking a solution reut.rs/41oltqZ #Oscars2025

Elon Musk told federal workers they needed to justify themselves—or else. Then the administration changed its mind, Isaac Stanley-Becker and @jonlemire.bsky.social report. theatln.tc/l3RY79mU

The DC police last week sought to arrest a sitting member of Congress, a Florida Republican, for physically assaulting a woman in DC. But the US attorney’s office didn’t sign off on it. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...