WHAT HATH BILL ACKMAN WROUGHT? Harvard Is Trying to Smooth Things Over With Silicon Valley: Endowment brass meets with venture capitalists to address concerns about campus turmoil. “The pressure by some of Harvard’s money managers, which hasn’t previously been reported, adds another dynamic to the tumult that has enveloped elite universities since the attacks on Israel. The uproar was led by big donors such as Apollo’s Marc Rowan and Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman, rather than by investors hired by the schools to manage their money.”

SALENA ZITO: This Motor Court Is Still in Session.

VEEP WATCH: Trump Shreds Haley in Series of Emails, Plus Vivek’s Masterstroke?

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Uncredentialed teachers do as well as normally trained teachers.

Granted, that’s a low bar.

FROM RACONTEUR PRESS:  Or All Will Burn: Fierce Love (Raconteur Press Anthologies)

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What would you do if your children were in danger? What would you do to make sure they survived… or to avenge them if they didn’t.
9 more authors answered that question. Some with humor, some with firepower, and some with all of the above.

CHAT GPT WRITES a really pretty damn good speech.

THIS IS WHY THE INNER CITIES ARE ‘FOOD DESERTS’:  Brazen trio hops counter of NYC bodega, rips off $5K in loot: cops.

THEIRS IS A PHILOSOPHY SO HEINOUS THAT THEIR ONLY HOPE OF STAYING ON TOP IS TO CONTROL WHAT PEOPLE SEE AND HEAR. AND THIS WE MUST BREAK THROUGH EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY:  MSNBC Refuses to Air Trump’s Victory Speech; CNN Cuts Away When Trump Mentions the Border Crisis.

THE HOAXED-IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DESTROY AMERICA. THIS IS URGENT:  Combating the Federal Government’s Determination to Allow a Border Invasion.

I WISH WE HAD US A PRESIDENT LIKE JAVIER MILEI, WEIRD HAIR AND ALL:  Davos: Argentine President Milei Bashes Feminism, Socialism, and Collectivism.

JOHN RINGO, CALL YOUR OFFICE:  Chinese Scientists Create Mutant COVID Strain That is 100% Lethal in Mice and Targets Brain.

THE NEW VICTORIANS: Some facts on “book bans.”

It’s also doubtful that even some of the most liberal advocates of free speech in any era would fail to understand why some parents object to the presence of certain books in K-12 libraries. For example, one of the most targeted books includes an image of a character performing oral sex on a strap-on (“Gender Queer”); one very graphically illustrates how to use a butt plug (“Let’s Talk About It”); and another gives underage gay kids tips for getting on hookup apps (“This Book is Gay”). This is why FIRE not only takes for granted that “age appropriateness” is and should be part of the analysis for what books are in K-12 libraries (and in the children’s sections of public libraries), but also outlines a process for reconsidering library materials that involves all stakeholders in order to provide “due process” for books.

As for “book banners” coming from the political left, there’s some complexity there as well. While they, too, have their fair share of attempts to remove or limit access to certain books like “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Huckleberry Finn,” and “Of Mice and Men,” left-leaning censors also have other tools at their disposal. For example, rather than outright banning or restricting access to certain books, they can remove “problematic” content from works of authors like Roald Dahl and R.L. Stine in new editions of their works through the act of “sensitivity reading” at major book publishers. Activists have also pressured publishers to pull books from publication or circulation based on claims they promote harmful stereotypes or because the author wrote about a race or culture different from their own. Either way, the goal is the same: Remove or restrict access to content they deem inappropriate, offensive, or racist from library (and bookstore) shelves.

JOE’S ONLY GOT FOUR GEARS: SLOW, SLOWER, SLOWEST AND REVERSE:  David Axelrod warns Biden camp after Trump’s easy Iowa win as Harris vows victory: ‘Get into gear’.

PEOPLE IN HELL DEMAND ICE WATER – JUST BECAUSE WE’RE FOOTING THE BILLS DOESN’T MEAN THE UN HAS TO ANSWER TO US:  House Republicans demand testimony from head of UNRWA over Hamas aid allegations.

US out of the UN. UN out of the US. Enough is enough.

JUDAISM HOLDS ETHNICITY PASSES THROUGH THE MATERNAL LINE, SO ANY KIDS ARE JEWISH: Israel prepares for possibility that raped hostages could be impregnated by Hamas.

And none of this is new in the long history of the Jewish people.

FORTRESSES FALL – IF THE ATTACKER IS RESOLUTE:  Hamas’ underground tunnels are at least 350 miles long and have turned Gaza ‘into a fortress’: officials.

WELL, OF COURSE NO. THEY’RE BRANDON’S PET TERRORISTS. I WONDER HOW MANY HAVE COME OVER THE BORDER?  State Department to Redesignate Houthis As Terrorists; Except Not As Real Terrorists.

BECAUSE SHE COULDN’T LIVE THE LIES?  Carole Hooven: Why I Left Harvard.

THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY “DEMOCRACY” THEY MEAN “RULE BY DEMOCRATS”:  Elections : Dangerous for “our” democracy.

PART OF IT IS THE MARK OF AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS LOSING THE CULTURE AND RATIONALITY:  The lawless left.

They are raging, because their whole world view is a mortally wounded beast. It can’t survive, but it’s trying to take everything down with it.

BIGOTRY IS ALL THEY HAVE LEFT:  Joy Reid Burns With Bigotry After Trump Win in Iowa.

THE PROCESS IS THE PUNISHMENT:  After 12 years of frustration, Mark Steyn’s brave battle for freedom of speech reaches court today.

WELL, YOU DON’T EXPECT THEM TO SPEND THEIR OWN MONEY ON THAT, DO YOU?  Damning indictment of the pro-Palestine UN apologists funded with OUR money.

BECAUSE IT’S WHAT HUMANS ARE MADE OF:  Why stories matter.

OH FOR THE DAYS WHEN COMPETENCE COUNTED FOR ANYTHING:  Oh for the days when competence counted for everything.