TRUTH:
The war in Gaza is the Current Thing.
Eventually the war will end and there will be a new Current Thing.
There’s a vacuum of purpose and emotional and psychological need that these people must fill and while the Current Thing may change that void stays constant. https://t.co/T1SXFQ8JTj
— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) September 27, 2025
RADICAL CHIC, THE GERITOL YEARS: Chicago Teachers Union Praises Fugitive Cop Killer Assata Shakur After She Passes Away.
This is fucking insane.
She was a “revolutionary fighter” against America. She was part of an organization that robbed banks and killed cops. She was convicted of participating in the murder of a state trooper. If she’s your hero, you hate America. https://t.co/LEalEqtKEK
— Carl (@HistoryBoomer) September 27, 2025
They do, and they want to pass that hatred on to your kids.
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DEVELOPING: Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan and shooter is down, police say.
UPDATE: Mass Shooting, Fire at Church in Grand Blanc, MI, Shooter Down.
NEW: Mormon church in Michigan is on fire following an active shooter incident, leaving multiple victims.
The incident happened at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc.
The shooter is reportedly down.pic.twitter.com/lmKdUIoeIv
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 28, 2025
“This is the Genesee County Sheriff at the scene, updating a little while ago:”
Genesee County Sheriff’s Office calls the Grand Blanc scene “dynamic” as the entire Mormon Church remains on fire after a mass shooting with multiple victims. pic.twitter.com/yEcL6kl5jZ
— Nexus (@nexusdossiers) September 28, 2025
NEW CIVILITY WATCH:
Important to recognize that the left can’t even take two weeks between an assassination and calling for the next assassination
Newsom is demanding the lynching of a government official https://t.co/l82iUjzbCb
— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) September 28, 2025
This comes after Newsom’s comms shop called Miller a fascist previously last Monday: Gavin Newsom Goes Too Far, Compares Stephen Miller to an SS Agent—Hitler’s Notorious ‘Schutzstaffel.’
As Bob Hoge of Red State wrote last week, “Referring to a Jew as a Nazi is widely considered a form of Holocaust denial, as well as antisemitic, because it can — as in this instance — indicate an intent to invert the identities of the perpetrators and the victims of the Nazis’ crimes against humanity.”
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POINT: Newsom 2028!
Counterpoint: “In California, only 28% of Black fourth graders read at or above basic level, for instance, compared to 52% in Mississippi.”
In my home state of California, for instance, only 30% of public school fourth graders can read proficiently. Fully 41% cannot even read at a basic level — which is to say, they cannot really understand and interpret written text at all. Eighth graders, as you might expect, look almost as bad.
These numbers have been tumbling downhill in California and more widely across the U.S. for years now, and not just because of school closures during the pandemic. Nationwide, reading scores for fourth graders peaked back in 2015, and while the especially ugly 2022 outcomes were dismissed at first as COVID-19 outliers, scores have fallen further since. The decline is the worst for the kids who were already struggling; the test scores of the bottom 10% of students have dropped catastrophically.
But scores are not slipping everywhere. In Mississippi, they have been rising year over year. The state recovered from a brief decline during COVIDand has now surpassed its pre-COVID highs. Its fourth grade students outperform California’s on average, even though our state is richer, more educated, and spends about 50% more per pupil.
The difference is most pronounced if you look at the most disadvantaged students. In California, only 28% of Black fourth graders read at or above basic level, for instance, compared to 52% in Mississippi. But it’s not just that Mississippi has raised the floor. It has also raised the ceiling: The state is also one of the nation’s best performers when you look at students who are not “economically disadvantaged.”
Consider this the latest chapter of the “Mississippi Miracle,” which has seen the state climb from 49th in the country on fourth grade reading to ninth nationally. This rise has received a great deal of coverage in publications ranging from The New York Times to The New York Post. And yet, it still feels as if what’s taking place in the Deep South still has been grossly undersold.
As Iowahawk notes:
We've spent 30+ years and infinite money on injecting fashionable nonsense into school curricula, based on nothing but the vibes of the Ed school professoriate, and the incontrovertible empirical evidence from Mississippi proves what a total fucking waste all of it was https://t.co/7YSXaCS2Qy
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 26, 2025
UPDATE: Dispatches from the War on Phonics:
I almost feel bad for the "Balanced Literacy" lady who waged the academic war on phonics for 40 years
Not just that Columbia closed your center in total disgrace…but having to live with the knowledge that your life's work ruined millions of childrens' lives 😬 https://t.co/BznwtkGkba pic.twitter.com/Kbxcn6LtEM
— Alex Armlovich (@aarmlovi) September 27, 2025
MORE:
I was surprised to learn these insane politicized reading wars were going on back in the 90's (and earlier) too.
Republicans push phonics (and get results), and then when D's are in power, they undo it.
1997 Atlantic article:https://t.co/yItsOEOv29 pic.twitter.com/9SBJoE32wa— StewMama- Radically Moderate (@StewMama71) September 28, 2025
ENDORSING OPEN RACISM: Mizzou student gov. overwhelmingly defends black group’s racially exclusive event names.
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CRAZIES CAN BE VIOLENT: Turning Point reporter Cam Higby harassed by trans activist over Kirk assassination debate.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE:
Washington would be a better place if more officials were actually punished for failure, career-wise–which would lead more to ask if a particular course is mistaken and dissent publicly or quit if they feel they'll be blamed. More Chester Bowleses, fewer partisan networkers. https://t.co/7Fd4cDRypW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 26, 2025
K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE:
We've spent 30+ years and infinite money on injecting fashionable nonsense into school curricula, based on nothing but the vibes of the Ed school professoriate, and the incontrovertible empirical evidence from Mississippi proves what a total fucking waste all of it was https://t.co/7YSXaCS2Qy
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 26, 2025
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I’M SO OLD, I REMEMBER WHEN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE VANISHED BY 2000: Claim: Climate Change is Making Amazon Rainforest Trees Fatter.
At least that’s what I was taught in elementary. And since all oxygen came from the Amazon Rainforest, I presume in that time line we’re all dead.
THIS CONTINUES TO BOGGLE THE MIND: Peeling the Onion of School Super. and ILLEGAL Alien Ian Roberts.
EVEN IN RED STATES, ACADEMIA IS INFESTED: Leftist mob attacks conservatives at Tennessee State University.
IT’S ALL SO PREDICTABLE: We now know what it takes to get Democrats to support somebody’s right to bear arms.
And for the x-less.
TO BE FAIR, HE HAD SUPER-HUMAN PATIENCE: After a string of leftwing buffooneries, Rubio throws Colombia’s President Petro out of the U.S.
IT WOULD NOT BE UNJUSTIFIED, BUT I DON’T THINK TRUMP WANTS TO START MORE WARS: Is the U.S. Getting Ready to Strike Inside Venezuela?
BECAUSE IT’S THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT CALL THEM BACK TO SANITY: Retribution Isn’t A Dirty Word. It’s Imperative.
THEY PROBABLY SENSE THAT MOST RUSSIAN WEAPONS AREN’T OPERATIONAL: What is it with the Euro itch for war? And not just any war, but war with Russia bristling with nuclear weapons?
But also the reason for rampant anti-Americanism in Europe — this was audible if you eavesdropped in bars and restaurants when I was young, spoke many languages and had an Euro-rail pass — is that the US stopped them tearing into each other till it was “solved.” I don’t know. I think next time we don’t intervene.
THIS: A Moral Chasm.
AT THE VERY LEAST IT NEEDS A THOROUGH CLEANSING. POSSIBLY WITH FIRE: Reeks of Political Bias.
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