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And why not pile it on. I do feel for the kids a bit. They have been duped.

I love it. I wonder if AOC remembers when parents at school board meetings were being labeled as domestic terrorists by some on the left. Maybe even the DOJ?

A bias media spinning the story? Not surprising at all. Par for the course these days.

Well UT leaders have some kahunas. Put up signs, scream, chat... all good. Throw stuff, burn stuff, destroy property, block others from getting where they should be able to go...not peaceful. Who are these other folks joining in? "The protesters tried to deliver on their stated intent to occupy campus," President Hartzell continued. "People not affiliated with UT joined them, and many ignored University officials’ continual pleas for restraint and to immediately disperse. The University did as we said we would do in the face of prohibited actions. We were prepared, with the necessary support to maintain campus operations and ensure the safety, well-being and learning environment for our more than 50,000 students."

There are videos of protestors at either Columbia or NYU chanting 'We are Hamas'. Who knows if they were even students.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/23/nypd-blames-faculty-professional-agitators-in-nyu-gaza-protest-arrests-anti-semitism/ Police are saying outside agitators and faculty were the most aggressive. “The faculty were — from what I personally observed, and spoke to lieutenants and captains out there — the most aggressive towards the police,” NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry said I am not surprised at all about outside agitators. They were probably getting board in Mama's basement. I do wonder who funds them though. Faculty? I shouldn't be surprised. They are busy shaping young minds.

I noticed some of protestors in the videos are wearing surgical masks. In some shots it looked like half. At NYU, they started chanting against the racist police. It makes me wonder if these are the same defund the police agitators and virtue signaling masks wearers from 2020. Sometimes, when you create the monster, you have deal with it.

Where are these people coming from? I am beginning to wonder if the organization of these protests are from groups external to the schools. They are certainly finding willing participants though. It's breaking out at Yale. https://abc7chicago.com/nyc-mayor-says-hes-horrified-by-antisemitism-at-columbia-univers/14714002/ https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-israel-yale-protesters-joining-columbia-students-in-tear-down-our-society-ivy-league-movement-law-prof

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/columbia-university-rabbi-sends-letter-to-students-antisemitism "It deeply pains me to say that I would strongly recommend you return home as soon as possible and remain home until the reality in and around campus has dramatically improved." "*It is not our job as Jews to ensure our own safety on campus.* No one should have to endure this level of hatred, let alone at school," Buechler said.

My respect for UN continues to fall. I hope this is not true but if it is, we need to lay down a hammer with their funding. Obviously there were attempts to execute this that backfired and ticked people off. I hope this wakes people up to UN agendas. https://www.foxnews.com/world/un-newsletter-exposed-sharing-ways-protest-in-us-against-israel-tax-day Included within the list were instructions about how protesters who did not "want [their] tax dollars to fund genocide" could "disrupt for a free Palestine." The second item on USCPR’s list was a hyperlink for protesters seeking to engage in a "coordinated multi-city economic blockade to free Palestine," an effort organizers noted was "not affiliated with USCPR." In the destination page, blockade organizers A15 describe efforts to "identify and blockade major choke points in the economy, focusing on points of production and circulation with the aim of causing the most economic impact," effectively "blocking the arteries of capitalism and jamming the wheels of production."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-chief-says-foreign-adversary-isnt-taking-back-illegal-immigrants I wonder how so many made it so far just to walk across our border, and why the huge increase? FY21 about 300 Chinese FY22 about 1900 FY23 24000+ FY24 24000+ with 6 months to go.

Biden said “Don’t retaliate !”…and Israel ignored him.

Columbia University. "We are all Hamas". https://nypost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/nypost.com/2024/04/18/us-news/columbia-university-protester-yells-were-all-hamas-video/amp/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From %1%24s&aoh=17135674973955&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2024%2F04%2F18%2Fus-news%2Fcolumbia-university-protester-yells-were-all-hamas-video%2F I could not post the actual YouTube video due to Fbombs.

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.