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Especially since the team can't decide where it wants to put a stadium they want someone else to build. They've spent enough looking to finance the needed infrastructure at the racetrack in Arlington Heights.

I had to give both credit since the Bluesky folks linked to the Post.

Breaking news: Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member responsible for a sprawling leak of classified information, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison in a case that shook the U.S. national security community. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/12/jack-teixeira-sentence-discord-leak/

From BSKY and the WPO

From BSKY and the WPO

Mike Huckabee, next U-S Ambassador to Isreal

I tend to agree. Show the American public your better angels. Trumpers are going to Trump and if they can't Trump they'll whine and pout like the children they are

JVL brought up an interesting point concerning the inauguration. Should Biden and Harris return the favor to Trump by boycotting the event, or should they show up and make it seem like an act of submission in the public's eye. In Trump's world their presence would make them seem weak and like losers. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/you-have-all-these-norms-and-you?utm_campaign=email-post&r=45wcm&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

I have no problems with the school. My GS is doing quite well and is the star of the school's Quiz Team (he's in 7th grade). From the way my son talks they are paying full tuition.

To answer your question https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/most-americans-think-us-k-12-stem-education-isnt-above-average-but-test-results-paint-a-mixed-picture/#:~:text=By Brian Kennedy,pupils in these other countries.

Google is your friend. I'm still looking for your definition of public.

"Let the scum eat cake"

That didn't exactly answer my question. Once again define public in your world as it pertains to school attendence

Didn't we fight a war over that over 100 years ago. Or at least that's what the losing side's argument is

Unless it comes to things you don't like

Define public in your world. Full transparency, my grandson goes to a parochial school. His parents are fine with paying tuition (we really don't discuss it). It's their choice, I'm fine with it. I also don't live in their community

I guess for me the bottom line is I want the portion of my tax money for schools to go to local public schools. I don't want to fund private interests religious or otherwise.

98% of the vouchers go to religious schools. Doesn't that violate the separation of Church and State (one of the foundations the nation was founded on)? Do the churches pay taxes on tuition money? Once again I'm not opposed to private schools, but as a taxpayer whose child left the system 20 plus years ago why should I be underwriting religious indoctrination? And yes you may have an opportunity to practice whatever religion you choose, I have no problem there. Just don't do it at my expense.

I have a niece who teaches in one of the poorest counties in Virginia (Westmoreland County), the area is fairly similar to Michigan's Thumb region above Bay City. There is one private school about 30 miles away. She has stories to tell about some of their kids and backgrounds that break your heart. What do you tell them? One of the problems is not just funding or underfunding a school system, but making sure parents are also equipped to handle the situations. Many of these folks have no clue on parenting because they were never taught. It takes more than money and the states and Feds have never addressed the problem efficiently.

Vouchers effectively reduce the amount of funds that would normally go to school systems. Most public schools funding is based on the number of students. Vouchers virtually guarantee eventual failure of the public schools in favor of private or charter schools. Basically the rich get richer and the poor get screwed. It's a foregone conclusion that private funded institutions can pick or choose students as opposed to public schools who must accept anyone. This effectively reduces the quality of education in public schools. Once again enforcing the argument that schools are failing. Reduction in funding also reduces the chance that public schools can hire better educators. Private and charter schools do not have the same degree of oversight that public institutions have, yet they still receive public funding because of vouchers. Once again less money for schools means fewer options for lower middle class and poor students. Perpetuating the poverty rate in many inner city and low populated rural areas. Personally I feel that every parent can send their kids to whatever school they want. I just don't want my tax money to underwrite them.

If a split between Trump and Musk does occur we might be looking at the implementation of the 25th Amendment we're halfway expecting. I see Vance more aligning with the Musk factions. While what we're hearing about appointments seem to lean more heavily on Trump loyalists, I do expect to see a large number who would be willing to throw him overboard should Trump stumble. The big question is where does Vlad stand on this?

Interesting takeaway on where voters received their information during this past cycle. Seems like a lot of it evolved like the old game of telephone https://www.chip50.org/reports/2024-us-elections-sources-of-news-and-information

Does that mean more Ted Cruz reading Goodnight Moon. They need to also make the speeches relative and include mandatory fact checking.

Especially when you factor in aid to farmers who were affected by the tariffs, according to the posted article, about $28 million. I seem to remember a large chunk went to agri business, not to mention several members of Congress who claimed to have "family farms" It was a bit like the first round of subsidies during COVID several members of Congress (or family members) on both sides of the aisle made out fairly well. https://rollcall.com/2020/07/08/14m-in-relief-funds-find-members-and-family/

https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/1856158197439946831?s=61&t=akgNyUltuSb7RN54lulxTw https://x.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1856157547750629554?s=61&t=akgNyUltuSb7RN54lulxTw