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Betsy DeVos: ‘Let’s be Really Clear. The 1619 Project is Not History’

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 12, 2021 20 Comments

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the author of the 1619 Project, wants it taught in schools. She recently claimed it was a free speech issue. Former education secretary Betsy DeVos was asked about this in an interview this week and spoke frankly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jwdoAF1kxo

CNN Busted for Deceptive Article Suggesting France School Openings Caused COVID Outbreaks, Deaths

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 06, 2021 18 Comments

Since the start of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic here in the U.S., the mainstream media has faced accusations that they have overwhelmingly focused on negative stories about the outbreak instead of balancing them out with positive reports about recoveries, medical and scientific breakthroughs, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyb-DjVT5_c

Teachers Unions Increased Donations to Democrats When Congress Debated Reopening Schools

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 28, 2021 8 Comments

Coincidence? I doubt it. Roll Call revealed large teachers unions increased their donations to Democrats when Congress debated reopening schools earlier this year.

https://twitter.com/KunkleFredrick/status/1298344285079838720?s=20

Biden Education Dept. Seeks to Prioritize Critical Race Theory and 1619 Project Grant Applications

Posted by Jeff Reynolds on April 19, 2021 32 Comments

Proposed new rule prioritizes applications from school districts to implement critical race theory, the 1619 Project, and 'anti-racism' into civics curriculum....

Teacher’s Union Head Under Fire for “Jewish Ownership Class” Remarks

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on April 18, 2021 29 Comments

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and who is Jewish, faced accusations exploiting anti-Jewish sentiment when an interview she had given to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency emerged.

Biden’s Education Transition Team Includes Employees from Nation’s Largest Teachers Unions

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 12, 2020 30 Comments

If the 'rona lockdowns showed us anything, it's how completely disinterested teachers unions are in education. Teachers unions nationwide used the shutdowns to demand ridiculous policy concessions having nothing to do with educating children, so of course Biden plans to add them to the Department of Education.

Cornell students demand Chemistry Prof. David Collum be fired for tweeting that Buffalo incident was not police brutality

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2020 114 Comments

David Collum is a distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University, and former Chair of the department. He self-identifies as libertarian, making him one of a small percentage of openly non-liberal professors on a large campus dominated by far-left social justice dogma.

Harris Only Three Points Ahead of Gabbard After Ridiculing Her Poll Numbers a Month Ago

Posted by Stacey Matthews on September 05, 2019 16 Comments

In politics as in all things, glory can be fleeting. After the first Democratic debate in late June, the MSM and liberal political commentators treated Sen. Kamala Harris (CA) like the invincible presidential candidate. Her polling numbers rose significantly after she broadsided frontrunner Joe Biden in the opening round. She also saw a nice boost in fundraising. But the last two months have seen the Harris campaign endure an embarrassing freefall. Her polling numbers have tanked, she's lost a significant amount of support from key Democratic voting blocs, and was on the receiving end of a brutal smackdown from Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI) at the second debate over her troubling criminal justice record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbOU2fTg6cI#action=share

“Sleepy” seems to fit Joe Biden’s campaign, but it’s working for him so far

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2019 27 Comments

Donald Trump has branded Joe Biden as "Sleepy Joe." That came as something of a surprise to me, as I expected "Creepy Joe," based on Biden's well-publicized creepy invasions of female personal spaces. But who am I to second-guess Trump when it comes to branding political opponents. Every time I see Jeb Bush, I still think "Low Energy Jeb." And "Crazy Bernie" just seems to fit so well I barely remember his last name. "Crooked Hillary" did the trick.

Hillary Blasts Trump, Republicans For “Organized Cruelty” And Fears Return To 1850s

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 14, 2018 40 Comments

We can probably add twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's speech at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to the ever-growing list of signs she's running in 2020. In her speech Friday, she took aim at President Trump, Republicans, and even those among her own supporters who didn't vote in 2016.

Brown Agrees to Terms for Graduate Student Union Elections

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 23, 2018 0 Comments

"new agreement outlines election procedures, voter eligibility and a dispute-resolution process"...

Georgetown Will Allow Grad Students to Vote on Unionization

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 04, 2018 2 Comments

“Today’s agreement creates a new framework recognizing that graduate students"...

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/977599290750197760

March for Our Lives Narrative Continues to Unravel: Only 10% Teens

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 28, 2018 28 Comments

Unsurprisingly, the "Parkland Protesters" were co-opted by the anti-Second Amendment left, and everyone from the media to politicians on both sides of the aisle to former Supreme Court justices has been falling over themselves to support "gun control" in their name. Last month, Kemberlee blogged about how the "March for Our Lives" had been taken over by a variety of the usual leftist SJW agitators and demagogues.

Huge Leftwing Activist Groups Behind Supposed Teen-Organized March for Gun Control

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 28, 2018 101 Comments

It was bad enough that the media exploited Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting survivors during an incredibly vulnerable time. Now, two weeks after the school shooting that left 17 people dead, these same teenagers are being objectified by leftwing activist groups in a national push for gun control.

Teachers Union President Suggests Betsy DeVos Doesn’t Care About Children

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 25, 2018 4 Comments

"That’s part of why I find her so dislikeable"...

Rumors of the demise of Betsy DeVos, Swamp-Drainer-in-Chief, are greatly exaggerated

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 09, 2017 13 Comments

I saw it on Facebook. So it *must* be true. Betsy DeVos's days are numbered, she's on her way out, the swamp won. The rumor was given a big boost when Salon.com ran an Alternet story about it.

Graduate Assistants at Georgetown Want Union Recognition

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 04, 2017 0 Comments

Always look for the union label....

Smear campaign against Cornell prof who opposed grad student unionization

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2017 33 Comments

David B. Collum is a world-renowned Chemistry Professor at Cornell University, where I teach at the law school. He has been at Cornell since 1980, and is Department Chair through the end of this academic year. I don't know Dave well, but we have met before. He is something of a Renaissance man, able to converse not only in his specialty, but also in the fields of economics and politics. He's an iconoclast, and self-identifies in his Twitter bio as "Libertarian. Fan of Austrian business cycle."

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