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https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/index.html I'll go out on a limb. This trial ends in a hung jury. How do find someone that doesn't hate or adore Trump, although it's probably easier to find the haters in NY. All he needs is 1 juror.

This is odd. How could the NCAA suspend Harbaugh because his lawyer was criticizing them on Twitter? They have a thin skin. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/michigans-jim-harbaugh-was-threatened-with-suspension-by-ncaa-last-fall-for-lawyers-social-media-criticism/amp/

My point about CNN was how much they report on Trump especially with the Iran Israel situation still only two days old. I am not the only one who noticed either. "Real Time" host Bill Maher took a swipe at his corporate colleagues at CNN for the network's non-stop bashing of former President Trump, suggesting it has gotten "boring" even for a Trump hater like himself CNN fired the guy who was attempting to bring them back to middle BTW. I was hopeful when CNN was moving that way, but of course it did not last. I want the CNN of old....from the 90s. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/07/media/chris-licht-cnn

I agree. This was for cheeseburger-gate and Harbaugh not cooperating because he thought it was stupid. I am surprised Michigan took the penalty since Harbaugh was suspended for 3 games for this and Moore one game, but it doesn't really hurt them. In other notes an NFL scout was asked if sign-gate would affect the draft stock of Michigan players. This was his answer. "Nobody in the NFL cares." "I've watched them play, and I've watched them physically beat the snot out of everybody up front." "I don't think there's some piece of information that's the reason why Aiden Hutchinson just put the Ohio State tackle on his backside. I don't see the connection there." "They have a bunch of NFL players, they're big, they're strong, they're physical, and they beat people up." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v30gfDyg6cY?si=7hox5L9K4OM7BYEf

Yes I did. Haven't read this thread in awhile. Another former executive weighed in. https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-npr-executive-praises-whistleblower-exposing-liberal-bias-identified-real-problem "I think a lot of news organizations are struggling with these issues, with issues of fairness and the ability to tell more than one story," they said, noting that journalists need to figure out how to accurately report on something they personally disagree with. "The job of journalism has become more frightened than ever before, and it's a kind of cultural McCarthyism, where people are being frightened out of saying what they think." It goes for FOX too. I was looking at head lines Monday. Fox's top story was the Trump hush money trail followed by Israel-Iran. The top 4 stories on CNN were all Trump hush money with a fifth down the page aways. The Fox story was favorable to Trump. CNN stories were not.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/14/middleeast/israel-air-missile-defense-iran-attack-intl-hnk-ml/index.html US helped defend against Iran's attack. I wonder how many "death to America" chats we will hear from folks that live here in the coming days.

I saw this the other day. Didn't think much of it at the time. He could be disgruntled. https://www.insideradio.com/free/npr-niche-public-radio-senior-editor-uri-berliner-accuses-network-of-biased-journalism/article_28a5877a-f77f-11ee-b4de-cbdb341c259e.html. “It’s true, NPR has always had a liberal bent, but during most of my tenure here, an open-minded, curious culture prevailed. We were nerdy, but not knee-jerk, activist, or scolding,” Berliner writes. “In recent years, however, that has changed. Today, those who listen to NPR or read its coverage online find something different: the distilled worldview of a very small segment of the U.S. population.” Then Juan Williams says this. Of course I read NPR let him have it for saying he was uncomfortable around Muslims in airports after 9.11. https://www-foxnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.foxnews.com/media/juan-williams-responds-editors-charges-npr-bias-insulated-cadre-people-who-think-theyre-right.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From %1%24s&aoh=17128461991779&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fjuan-williams-responds-editors-charges-npr-bias-insulated-cadre-people-who-think-theyre-right "So they are a very much an insulated cadre of people who think they're right, and they have a hard time with people who are different,"

Just covering their bases or expecting a Trump victory? https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/european-diplomats-scramble-access-trump-allies/index.html

https://www.foxnews.com/media/state-department-mandates-support-dei-ideology-prerequisite-promotions-judged According to Abercrombie-Winstanley, State created a policy under Biden that conditions promotions on whether employees are able to demonstrate through documentation that they are actively involved in DEI practices. "We made the change that if you wanted to be considered for promotion at the Department of State, you must be able to document what you are doing to support diversity, equity and inclusion and accessibility. This is how you are judged for promotion," she said at a City Club Forum event in April 2023. "So that means my allies who are not female or minority are also interested in being able to show 'I'm doing good work on this.'"

See Cali....it's not so hard. https://floridapolitics.com/archives/668442-desantis-theft-crackdown/ "Those policies are dead on arrival in Florida. We catch criminals and prosecute them," DeSantis wrote on X, following a news conference he hosted at a Walgreens in Stuart, Florida, where he signed legislation known as HB 549. The new law increases penalties for retail theft, porch piracy and inciting looting via social media.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aclu-threatens-sue-georgia-election-bill-conservatives-praise-commonsense-reform "The bill also makes ballots, once certified, immediately available as public record in an effort to increase the scope of poll watchers on Election Day. It also makes audits of voter rolls easier, to ensure deceased residents or those who have moved out of state are no longer eligible to vote. " "Among other things, the NVRA, signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, bans states from removing registered voters from voter rolls unless certain criteria are met." It seems like dying and moving away are valid reasons. Do they want Chicago style voting? "The majority in the Georgia General Assembly persists in passing laws that will undermine our democracy," Young told local news station FOX 5. "This is a recipe for election chaos, and we strongly urge the governor to veto it." I remember the angst over the last Election reform bills, nothing bad came of it and there was record turn out. Sue away. I bet they lose.

I am not sure you can leave that to the students. I think some kids think they are gifted in certain areas, or their parents tell them they are, and they are not. Others are gifted, but are too unmotivated or shy or humble to do anything about. I think teachers and parents working to figure out where their students gifts are and encouraging them in those areas is a great idea. They may suck at writing and be great at music and math, for example. Either way you should always have advanced classes for kids that are ready. Don't cancel them because of the class make up. That is just stupid. Instead go seek out and find minority kids that have the talent, but don't display it because of whatever circumstances they are in. Then give them a class that helps get them to the advanced level.

Wasn't sure whether to put this in Democratic Utopia or education... but i guess the Dems own education now. https://www.google.com/amp/s/komonews.com/amp/news/nation-world/seattle-public-schools-decision-to-replace-gifted-program-ignites-debate-on-inclusivity-parents-defending-education-alex-nester-students-classrooms-race Seattle closes gifted and talented schools because they had too many white and Asian students, with consultant branding black parents who complained about move 'tokenized'

"Indeed, if we were to blindly register nonvoters and get them on the rolls, we would be distinctly aiding Trump’s quest for a personal dictatorship," the memo explained, casting doubt on the longstanding Democrat voter registration push that typically has resulted in favorable results in previous elections. The memo argues that Democrats should focus their registration efforts only in "specific, heavily pro-Biden populations" and the Washington Post explained that "the rise in Trump support among nonregistered voters has run up against a long-held Democratic policy priority of growing the voter rolls."

There was a topic posted on an M board today: "Let’s Speculate on Harbaugh first draft pick." The first answer was...Connor Stallions.