Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Several groups of Never Trumpers have created a media campaign that has gotten under Trump’s skin. He responds to them on Twitter, enlarging their audience. They don’t have loads of money, but they understand very well his egotism, narcissism, and vanity, and they hit their target time and… Read more

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: I just finished reading Mary Trump’s family tell-all, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.  I found it fascinating and horrifying. Mary is the daughter of Fred Trump, Jr., the heir apparent to the family business. The family consisted of paterfamilias… Read more

Originally posted on liebjabberings: [Video link] DR. JON TOLLINGER BLOWS THE WHISTLE ON SWEDEN’S PLAN FOR COVID-19 ELDERLY PATIENTS I don’t do this often, but this one seems very important to me. I have been skeptical of the ‘Swedish Experiment,’ the official Swedish response to the covid-19 pandemic, because anyone who know about epidemiology and… Read more

Originally posted on GFBrandenburg's Blog: This is a very important piece. Please read it and share it. It’s by a 10-year veteran of some city in California, who calls himself a bastard. The article contains three lessons for us all. What are they? Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop Officer A. CabFollowJun 6?·?22?min read… Read more

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: These are the worst of times. Police brutality in Minneapolis murdered a black man who allegedly used a fake $20 bill. Petty crimes are adjudicated in a court of law. Police do not have the authority or right to use lethal force when confronting an unarmed person. After… Read more