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BREAM: What is your message to Black voters about redistricting? MIKE JOHNSON: This brings back fairness and certainty to the system

@scdlcaramia @TheBrancaShow x.com/jeffanderson_/…

@TheBrancaShow If blacks are 13%, they should get only 15% admissions. Why do they get 65% when Whites are smarter and 65% of the population.

"And I have never argued that race itself is a credential." You literally advocate for using race as a qualification to displace objective test scores.

These women (@ElevateUtahPAC ) are doing really great investigations into a 40,000 acre data center being developed by none other than @kevinolearytv

.@LAGovJeffLandry had backed 4 constitutional amendments on Louisiana's ballot with a $1 million campaign. They all failed by big margins. At least part of that is likely because of backlash to Landry's role in redistricting from Black voters. #lalege lailluminator.com/2026/05/16/for…

This is a better graph - about med students. The statistical significance between students is zip.

What this graph actually shows is that medical school admissions are not based solely on MCAT and GPA, and NEVER have been. Admissions committees also weigh research, leadership, adversity overcome, first-generation status, service, communication skills, geography, military service, rural background, language skills, and whether an applicant is likely to serve underserved populations. And before people pretend this is some modern corruption of merit, legacy admissions, donor influence, elite prep pipelines, and family connections have advantaged certain applicants for generations without triggering the same outrage. More importantly, the graph quietly assumes the MCAT score alone is a proxy for future physician quality. The evidence for that is weak. MCAT predicts performance on standardized exams reasonably well. It predicts clinical skill, communication, professionalism, and patient outcomes poorly. Meanwhile, we have strong evidence that physician diversity improves trust, preventive care uptake, access in underserved communities, and even mortality outcomes. So the real question is not whether admissions committees sometimes consider race. They obviously do. The real question is whether medicine exists to maximize standardized test symmetry or to produce the physician workforce that best serves the actual population. Those are not necessarily the same thing.

A Tennessee school district has banned Alex Haley’s “Roots” under the state’s so-called ‘Age-Appropriate Materials Act’ theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

I disagree with the Department of Justice going after Yale School of Medicine over DEI admissions policies and arguing that objective metrics like GPA and MCAT scores should dominate admissions decisions. The evidence does not support the idea that standardized test scores alone identify the best physicians. The MCAT predicts performance on other multiple-choice exams reasonably well. What MCAT scores do NOT predict are clinical judgment, communication, bedside skill, or physician performance. Put another way: doctors who test well tend to do well on examinations. But test scores do not predict how well they care for patients in clinics, hospitals, surgery, or real-world medicine. Meanwhile, more diverse physician workforces are associated with better preventive care, greater trust, improved access, and lower mortality in underserved communities. There is no objective evidence that excluding minority applicants within a reasonable score range improves patient outcomes. We need minority physicians in this country, and we have the data to prove why. So when people insist that “objective measures” alone should determine admission into medicine — while ignoring the evidence about what actually improves patient care — I increasingly see that argument as less about merit and more about preserving exclusion under the comforting language of statistics. "Equality feels like oppression to those who are privileged"

The American Bar Association voted to eliminate a ​rule that requires law schools to demonstrate their commitment to diversity in recruitment, admissions, and student programming reuters.com/legal/governme…

Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years, driving up the cost of everything from frankfurters to tomatoes to cupcakes, according to government data. abcnews.link/QRS6yCU

Seems like this could be bigger news. Trump and Markwayne Mullin are making a senior executive of private prison company GEO Group the acting head of ICE.

@trendyhoopstars She needs to slow down and take time to step up plays.

COTIE MCMAHON IN HER WNBA DEBUT: 13 PTS 5 RBS 2 AST 💫

Wow Bret Baier plays Trump’s statement where he said he doesn’t think about Americans’ financial situation. Trump’s Response: That’s a perfect statement. I’d make it again.

@GovernorVA virginiamercury.com/2026/05/05/bla…

Today, I signed the Momnibus — a package of bills to improve healthcare coverage for moms and babies. No mother should have to fear dying from childbirth. We have the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income country, and we know Black women are at greatest risk.

@TheDamaniFelder Why would Obama endorse a Republican? Anyway, Trump didn’t even endorse her. thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Liberals love pretending that black people's power is being taken away but when they had the chance to vote for a black woman for Governor of Virginia, they chose the old white Democrat lady instead. And Obama told them to do it. They are the oppressors.

BREAKING: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announces a major crackdown on parents who let their children take part in teen takeovers that have been causing chaos throughout Washington, D.C. Pirro vows to prosecute parents who fail to supervise their children, threatening the adults with fines and even jail times. "If the evidence shows the parent knew or should have known or permitted or failed to prevent participation, we're going to charge them." "If you drop your kid off and you fail to supervise them, or you let them skip school to join the chaos, you are going to face fines, court ordered classes, and possible jail time"

Jesse Watters at @foxnews says if “The Blacks” want more seats, they need to get in between the sheets if “The Blacks” want representation. This kind of racism will accelerate in our media, our politics and our economy after the Callais ruling. We need to call it out every time.

MIT is doing less research and enrolling fewer graduate students as a result of federal actions, the university president warned. Federally funded research on campus is down more than 20 percent compared to this time last year, she said. wapo.st/4uTeALJ

@RenuMukherjee1 x.com/jeffanderson_/…

Yale Medical School continues to discriminate on the basis of race, completely ignoring Students for Fair Admissions. In 2025, the median GPA/MCAT score for black matriculants at YMS was 3.88/518. For Asians, 3.98/524.

@RenuMukherjee1 The DOJ report stated that Yale uses a holistic-review of applicants including interviews. There is no way that you can conclude applicants were selected solely because of race. They are purposely ignoring the other factors that come into play.