Todd Blanche Vows to Attack Abortion Rights in Every State

Behind closed doors, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche assured faith-based opponents of abortion that he would act forcefully to outlaw the purchase of abortion pills by mail. The New Republic w…

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Vasquez-Heilig: Real Republicans Don’t Impose Their Views on Others

I remember, a time long ago, when Republicans believed in small government. Except for public health, they believed in allowing localities and states to make their own decisions. Trump Republicans,…

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Was the “Mississippi Miracle” a Short-Time Surge?

John Thompson, writing from Oklahoma, reviews the research on the “Mississippi Miracle,” the strategies that boosted fourth-grade test scores? Those strategies are now being turned into…

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Chan-Zuckerberg Abandon Model School They Founded and Funded

This is a very sad story. Mark Zuckerberg is a billionaire. His wife Priscilla Chan is a pediatrician. Ten years ago, they founded and funded a school that was designed to be different. They sought…

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Florida Threatens to Defund Catholic Schools Unless They Allow Students to Opt Out of Vaccines

Florida has become a very weird state. There’s hardly a conspiracy theory that Governor Ron DeSantis is not championing, especially when the subject is public health. DeSantis hired Dr. Josep…

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Florida: How Vouchers Are Destroying Public Schools and Violating the State Constitution

Article IX, Section 1 of the Florida constitution: a) The education of children is a fundamental value of the people of the State of Florida. It is, therefore, a paramount duty of the state to make…

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Katie Miller Betrays Her Friend, Dr. Anthony Fauci

Andrew Eggers of The Bulwark writes here about the close connection between Katie Miller, wife of Trump confidant Steven Miller, and Dr. Anthony Fauci. They worked together closely during the pande…

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⭐ Your Big Beautiful Wait at the Emergency Room

While Oklahoma families lose health coverage, Washington made permanent room in the tax code for multimillion-dollar estates, corporate aircraft and well-connected special interests.

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The Incredibly Shrinking American Workforce

The official unemployment rate tells us less and less

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July 31, 2026

Courtney Kube, Monica Alba, Peter Nicholas, Gordon Lubold, Katherine Doyle, and Andrea Mitchell of NBC News reported Wednesday that President Donald J.

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Michael Hiltzik: Why Dr. Fauci Took the Fifth Amendment in Congressiknal Hearing

Michael Hiltzik, Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist for the Los Angeles Times, explains why Dr. Anthony Fauci took the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify when questioned by Senator Rand Paul&#821…

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Peter Greene: Will the Federal Voucher Program Put Private Schools at Risk?

Some years back, I was invited to lecture at Notre Dame University. My views of charter schools and vouchers were well known. I wasn’t sure how to frame my critique of school choice at this g…

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Carol Burris: The Hoax of “School Choice”

I posted the link to Carol Burris’s terrific article about school choice yesterday but was unable to copy the text. Carol sent the text to me. Here it is: Advocates of a rightwing, billionair…

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Miami Needs Tip-Top Schools for the Super-Wealthy, So Here Come AI and No-Excuses Schools

The Miami Herald reported on the burgeoning demand for boutique schools by billionaires moving to Florida. Why Florida? Because the state has no state income tax. Where should a billionaire send hi…

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Audrey Watters: More Ed-Tech Hoaxes

Audrey Watters says in this post that she never wanted to be the Cassandra of Ed-tech, but she can’t help herself. There are simply too many for-profit phonies that are coming on to the marke…

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For the Women of August First

A Message to Women Who are Childfree (or Not)

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Vote NO on SQ 846: The Constitutional Amendment Built on a Problem That Doesn't Exist

They Rushed a Constitutional Amendment Through in 24 Hours to Fix a Crime That's Happened Twice.

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Big Tech Chokes Off Popular Blogs That Challenge Them

When I first started blogging in 2012, the number of people reading the blog astounded me. Every day, between 15,000-25,000 people read what I wrote. Most of the referrals to the blog were coming t…

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Miles Taylor: Trump Just Quietly Tripled His Personal Hires for Top Jobs

When I worked in the federal government during the administration of President George W. Bush, I learned a lot about how the civil service functions. I was Assistant Secretary for Education Researc…

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Tennessee: Big Money Backing Marsha Blackburn for Governor

Andy Spears reports that the Walmart billionaires are supporting MAGA Marsha Blackburn in the race for Governor of Tennessee. The Waltons of Arkansas are totally committed to eroding public schools…

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Here's why we should pay attention to the Oklahoma State Chamber's annual survey • Oklahoma Voice

I find myself hopeful that Oklahomans will pay attention to the 2026 findings of the State Chamber's annual  Oklahoma Business Roundtable survey.

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George Will: The Senate Should Reject Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General

George Will is a respected voice of conservatism, not MAGA, but the thoughtful conservatism that once was Republican philosophy. Thoughtful conservatives were fiscally prudent and careful about the…

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The Ghost of Eli Broad, Still Haunting Public Schools

Mike Simpson posts amazing memes on Twitter and BlueSky. He calls himself “Big Education Ape.” He makes the point with his illustrations. Here is one of his best: THE GHOST OF ELI BROAD…

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Randi Weingarten: Why We Are Fighting for a Better Society for All

This is one of Randi Weingarten’s best speeches. She delivered it at the 2026 Convention of the American federation of Teachers on July 26 in Washington, D.C. Not only does she identify incom…

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⭐ Yard Signs Are Not Position Papers

District 1 Voters Deserve Three Public Debates

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July 25, 2026

It turns out Trump has not abandoned his plan to paint the massive grey granite Eisenhower Executive Office Building white.

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Trump Administration Admitted in Court That It Cancelled Major Grants for Political Reasons

The person who is elected President usually says on election night that he will govern on behalf of the American people. He makes a point of obligation to be respectful for all Governors, to send F…

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Trump Insults Reporters and His Critics at White House Correspondents Dinner

You may recall that the annual White House Correspondents Dinner was interrupted last April 25, then cancelled, after a lone gunman tried to break through security and was stopped. The event is a v…

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July 24, 2026

Tony Romm and Brad Plumer of the New York Times reported this afternoon that the Trump administration’s claim last October that it was cutting programs in order to protect taxpayers against waste was,...

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Trump Lashes Out at Smithsonian Museum for Refusing His Censorship

For more than a year, Trump has pestered the Smithsonian Museum to remove exhibits that shine attention on despicable episodes and phenomena in American history. Trump wants a patriotic version of …

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