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9 Years Into Common Core, Test Scores Are Down, Indoctrination Up

9 Years Into Common Core, Test Scores Are Down, Indoctrination Up


Via: vic-eldred  •  News & Politics  •  19 Comments  •  8 years ago

It’s been about nine years since the Obama administration lured states into adopting Common Core sight unseen, with promises it would improve student achievement. Like President Obama’s other...
Pittsburgh Synagogue Suspect Robert Bowers is Neo-Nazi Who Posted About Killing Jews on Far-Right Social Network Gab

Pittsburgh Synagogue Suspect Robert Bowers is Neo-Nazi Who Posted About Killing Jews on Far-Right Social Network Gab


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  388 Comments  •  8 years ago

The man accused of murdering at least 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning appears to be a neo-Nazi who posted online about murdering Jews. Robert Bowers, 46, of Pittsburgh...
Trump called Foxconn's Wisconsin factory an 'incredible investment'— but evidence is mounting that it's a terrible deal

Trump called Foxconn's Wisconsin factory an 'incredible investment'— but evidence is mounting that it's a terrible deal


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  3 Comments  •  8 years ago

Trump called Foxconn's Wisconsin factory an 'incredible investment'— but evidence is mounting that it's a terrible deal Foxconn is building a giant factory complex in Wisconsin, powered...
'Instilling Fear in the 11th Hour': Experts Warn Trump DOJ Poll Monitors Being Sent to Intimidate Voters, Not Protect Them

'Instilling Fear in the 11th Hour': Experts Warn Trump DOJ Poll Monitors Being Sent to Intimidate Voters, Not Protect Them


Via: don-overton  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  8 years ago

In a move civil rights groups denounced as a blatant attempt by the Trump administration to intimidate minorities, spread hysteria about  non-existent voter fraud , and suppress turnout, the...
Grand jury indicts 4 allegedly linked to white supremacy group, accused in attacks at rallies

Grand jury indicts 4 allegedly linked to white supremacy group, accused in attacks at rallies


Via: dulay  •  News & Politics  •  200 Comments  •  8 years ago

Robert Rundo, 28, who is accused of being a founding member of the Rise Above Movement, as well as three other men — Robert Boman, 25; Tyler Laube, 22; and Aaron Eason, 38, are charged with one...
China grants more trademark approvals for Ivanka Trump firm - including voting machines

China grants more trademark approvals for Ivanka Trump firm - including voting machines


Via: pj  •  News & Politics  •  13 Comments  •  8 years ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - China last month granted initial approval for 16 new trademarks for the fashion brand of U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka, including voting machines, a...
Trump Says He’ll Put Any Asylum Seeker From Migrant Caravan In ‘Tent Cities’

Trump Says He’ll Put Any Asylum Seeker From Migrant Caravan In ‘Tent Cities’


Via: tessylo  •  News & Politics  •  559 Comments  •  8 years ago

Trump Says He’ll Put Any Asylum Seeker From Migrant Caravan In ‘Tent Cities’   Nick Visser, HuffPost   10 hours ago   President Donald Trump said Monday on Fox News that he...
 Amazon is planning to split its new headquarters between two cities

Amazon is planning to split its new headquarters between two cities


Via: perrie-halpern  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

By   Dylan Byers More than a year after Amazon announced that it was searching for a second headquarters, the company has decided to split the new offices between two cities, according to a...
Anti-Semitic graffiti at Brooklyn synagogue prompts event shutdown

Anti-Semitic graffiti at Brooklyn synagogue prompts event shutdown


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  20 Comments  •  8 years ago

(Photo: Robert Bumsted/Associated Press) PITTSBURGH — Barry Werber usually attends services Friday night and Sunday morning, but this week was the anniversary of his mother’s death. Werber...
Tomorrow belongs to me -  (Der morgige tag ist mein)

Tomorrow belongs to me - (Der morgige tag ist mein)


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  52 Comments  •  8 years ago

NBC and Fox finally stop running Trump's racist ad after it was viewed by millions

NBC and Fox finally stop running Trump's racist ad after it was viewed by millions


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  8 years ago

NBC and Fox News said in separate statements on Monday that their networks will no longer air the Trump campaign's racist anti-immigrant advertisement. NBC was first to announce the...
Men with Nazi Costume & Bloody Border patrol Costume" get kicked out of bar

Men with Nazi Costume & Bloody Border patrol Costume" get kicked out of bar


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  5 Comments  •  8 years ago

Timmy lawrence, co-owner, Muny Inn: "the one that stood out the most was a gentleman wearing an all black nazi ss uniform, even with the nazi armband. it just totally shocked.". Lawrence...
 Elon Musk 'probably would not' take money from Saudis after Khashoggi murder

Elon Musk 'probably would not' take money from Saudis after Khashoggi murder


Via: perrie-halpern  •  News & Politics  •  13 Comments  •  8 years ago

By   Alyssa Newcomb Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said his company “probably would not” take money from Saudi Arabia right now amid the fallout of the attempted cover-up and murder of...
Alec Baldwin arrested for fight over parking spot in New York City

Alec Baldwin arrested for fight over parking spot in New York City


Via: perrie-halpern  •  News & Politics  •  55 Comments  •  8 years ago

By   Marc Santia and David K. Li Actor Alec Baldwin was arrested Friday after he allegedly roughed up another man in a fight over a parking spot in New York, police said. The incident happened...
Trump Unveils Plans For Tent Cities That Sound A Lot Like Concentration Camps

Trump Unveils Plans For Tent Cities That Sound A Lot Like Concentration Camps


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  187 Comments  •  8 years ago

Trump Unveils Plans For Tent Cities That Sound A Lot Like Concentration Camps by Red Painter via Crooks and Liars Donald Trump is a pathetic, scared,...
Michael Cohen: Trump said 'black people are too stupid to vote for me'

Michael Cohen: Trump said 'black people are too stupid to vote for me'


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  35 Comments  •  8 years ago

Michael Cohen: Trump said 'black people are too stupid to vote for me' President Donald Trump once said, "Black people are too stupid to vote for me," and suggested that all countries run by...
Trump's Approval Rating Is Better Than You Think

Trump's Approval Rating Is Better Than You Think


Via: xxjefferson51  •  News & Politics  •  29 Comments  •  8 years ago

Polls: Despite the overwhelmingly negative coverage of his administration, President Donald Trump's approval rating is as high or higher than half of the previous six presidents at this point in...
Trump, stoking caravan fears, says troops will fire on migrants if they 'throw rocks'

Trump, stoking caravan fears, says troops will fire on migrants if they 'throw rocks'


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  8 years ago

President Trump said Thursday that he hopes the military troops being deployed to the United States’ southwestern border will not have to fire upon any migrants attempting to enter the country...
3 siblings struck, killed by truck at bus stop in Indiana

3 siblings struck, killed by truck at bus stop in Indiana


Via: freefaller  •  News & Politics  •  74 Comments  •  8 years ago

ROCHESTER, Ind. - A 9-year-old girl and her twin 6-year-old brothers were struck and killed by a pickup truck as they crossed a northern Indiana road to board a school bus before sunrise Tuesday,...
Kavanaugh accuser referred to DOJ for false statements, Grassley’s office announces

Kavanaugh accuser referred to DOJ for false statements, Grassley’s office announces


Via: vic-eldred  •  News & Politics  •  69 Comments  •  8 years ago

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on Friday referred a woman who'd accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of raping her “several times” in the backseat of a car to the...
Antifa podcast host discusses “easily concealable” guns and “assassination”

Antifa podcast host discusses “easily concealable” guns and “assassination”


Via: sunshine  •  News & Politics  •  42 Comments  •  8 years ago

The co-host of the far-left podcast, The Guillotine, recently took to Twitter to brainstorm with his 5K+ followers about the best way to organize an armed insurrection. “Dr. Bones” (@Ole_Bonsey)...
Stirred by Trump’s call to arms, militias head south against ‘invasion’

Stirred by Trump’s call to arms, militias head south against ‘invasion’


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  8 years ago

FALFURRIAS, Texas - Gun-carrying civilian groups and border vigilantes have heard a call to arms in President Donald Trump's warnings about threats to American security posed by caravans of...
Father apologizes for dressing son as Adolf Hitler for Halloween

Father apologizes for dressing son as Adolf Hitler for Halloween


Via: hal-a-lujah  •  News & Politics  •  65 Comments  •  8 years ago

A Kentucky father has apologized for dressing his young son as Adolf Hitler for a Halloween event while posing as a Nazi soldier, saying his intent was to portray historical figures. Bryant...
Trump defends military presence on border and says 'I do try' to tell the truth

Trump defends military presence on border and says 'I do try' to tell the truth


Via: tessylo  •  News & Politics  •  32 Comments  •  8 years ago

Trump defends military presence on border and says 'I do try' to tell the truth   JONATHAN KARL, DEVIN DWYER and MEGHAN KENEALLY, ABC News   3 hours ago     Trump:...
Kids of GOP Missouri House Candidate: Don’t Vote for Dad; “He Must Be Stopped”

Kids of GOP Missouri House Candidate: Don’t Vote for Dad; “He Must Be Stopped”


Via: hal-a-lujah  •  News & Politics  •  8 Comments  •  8 years ago

The kids may be all right after all. Two of the three children of Steve West, a Missouri Republican running for a seat in the State House, are urging citizens not to cast a vote for their father....
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