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Politics·Mediaite Trump Education Secretary Bluntly Tells Fox News How ‘Terribly’ American Kids Are Doing in School Trump Education Secretary Linda McMahon gave a startling answer when asked by Fox News's Harris Faulkner how well American kids are doing in school. “We’re doing terribly,”...

note: Casual observers of congress might wonder if 30 seat "flip", whether the Democrats are getting close to taking leadership control of the house, this early in Trump's second term. The following headline & news report applies to U.S. politics beyond Capitol Hill. * Democrats win another...

🤯 - surprise - I did not imagine this reaction. My #132 is not intended as an endorsement of religion. Nor is it intended as a condemnation of deliberate institutional address of the radical gradient in wealth distribution. But #132 was inspired by an anecdote recounted to me in the previous...

There's an argument that for each human need there is a satisfaction. - For hunger there is food. - For thirst, water. - For drowsiness, sleep. - And for spiritual vacuum, god? Or at least, that is how some believers have framed it. BUT ! Agnostics might instead observe: for spiritual...

It is so spectacularly easy to undermine peaceful protest, a single uneducated, talentless drunkard on parole can pretend to join the protest, and then introduce false flag violence. Thus, a single malefactor can undermine the peaceful First Amendment exercise of millions. And yet and yet and...

S2 #105 - wrong - Trump isn't all that popular in the U.S., as demonstrated by last weekend's "No Kings" demonstrations not only in the U.S., but beyond our shores as well. note: Tomorrow SCOTUS is scheduled to consider Trump's challenge to the U.S. Constitution's enumeration of...

He made a mistake ! snicker He should give up, grow up, and learn to talk Franch, 'cause he's stupit. Ojibwe

S2 #131 and hmmm Seems like we have a potential solution in sight. Let's think it through. Before such government programs as "food stamps" currently known as SNAP / EBT, the church ministered to the poor. However well intended, by government elbowing the church aside, the separation of...

Me too. My intended counterpoint is: rather than being beholden (officially or not) to other co-workers, demonstrate primary loyalty DIRECTLY to the Constitution. There would likely be unforeseen / unintended consequences. The question is, would they be worse than what we have now. - - - -...

The key arguments in the birthright citizenship case By Amy Howe / on Mar 27, 2026 On April 1, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in one of the highest-profile cases of the 2025-26 term – and indeed, one of the biggest cases in several years. Trump v. Barbara is a...

He's icky !

And Rob Roy was way better than Braveheart too. &, I get it. The Republicans warn against the danger to children posed by the gays, & then the Republicans themselves manifest the danger they falsely warn of.

The problem is: - Trump made the same foolish mistake other authoritarians do, including (and likely inspired by) Putin. Trump purged those that would not pledge loyalty to Trump. - So when Trump chose to act on his will-o'-the-wisp fantasy of vanquishing Iran as easily as capturing...

"Sometimes"? :unsure: Steady. You & I know what U.S. politics is like WITH partisanship. We can only guess at what it would be like WITHOUT it. Out of the frying pan, into the fire? It would CERTAINLY be different. Whether it would be an improvement or not, a separate issue. I'm not sure mine...

That's fine matt. Problem is, the comforting pastel world of unambiguous right and wrong is fiction. I'm not any more delighted about that than you are matt, just perhaps decades / generations inured to it. It's more complicated than this, but partisan politics is enough to explain it. Elected...

US troops brace for ‘hit-and-run’ guerilla attacks as 82nd Airborne deploys to Iran By Emma Bussey Fox News / Published March 25, 2026 6:21pm EDT Former CIA chief warns sending troops to Iran's Kharg Island 'extremely risky' "Mission Creep" is often the consequence of...

Do Not Resuscitate Thank you Dr. Kevorkian.

The language of science is mathematics, right? What objective scientific quantifiable standard should the IOC apply here? - - - - - There seems to be a double-standard here. - It's asserted that they're beyond normal range: - Yet we simultaneously assert they should compete as a woman. A...

Trump has a metaphorical tiger by the tail regarding Iran. Trump's War there is already spiraling out of control, already inflicting global pain by Trump closing down the Hormuz Strait. Trump cites opening the Strait of Hormuz as one of his U.S. military objectives there. BUT ! The Strait of...

How does President Trump play darts? He throws a dart without aiming, and then draws the bullseye where ever the dart landed. x x x x x Q: What do you say to a politician during his most noble day of government obligation? A: Will the defendant please rise.