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@SeanTrapani @HoustonChron Uh, no

@HoustonChron Good for the judge. A judge is the symbol of the authority of the court and the laws of the peoples representatives. The IT guy didn’t understand that. He thought he was just talking to a coworker.

Harris County judge Nathan Milliron went viral on social media for his bristly treatment of a county worker who was fixing an audio problem. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst…

Speaking as a private citizen and voter, this is not normal behavior. It must be stopped. Judge Milliron uses the authority of the bench to threaten people with jail for merely doing their jobs.

@JakeCan72 So she didn’t see a report card or meet with a teacher in 4 years? Regardless how poor the school’s performance, some self reflection on the parent’s part is also warranted

A Baltimore mother working three jobs thought her son was on track to graduate. The school kept promoting him. Then she learned the truth. In four years at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts in West Baltimore, he passed three classes. He earned 2.5 credits. He failed 22 courses. He was late or absent 272 times. His GPA was 0.13. The school promoted him anyway — from Algebra 1 to Algebra 2 after failing Algebra 1. From English 2 to English 3 after failing English 2. His class rank was 62 out of 120. Nearly half his classmates had a GPA of 0.13 or lower. In four years, one teacher requested a parent conference. It never happened. No one told his mother he was failing. The school’s response was a two-page statement explaining what should have happened. He was moved back to ninth grade. She pulled him out. Enrolled him in an accelerated program. He graduated in 2022 with mostly A’s and B’s. That was one student. One mother. One accelerated program that happened to work. His school still operates. The district around it has not fundamentally changed. Baltimore City Schools received a 38% funding increase since 2017. Chronic absenteeism district-wide runs at roughly 45%. Academic proficiency in Algebra 1 sits at approximately 9%. The school didn’t fail him because it lacked money.

@Jake_Mintz Yeah. It’s nuts. I decided not to renew

Tried to buy MLBTV for my parents and it took me 30 mins to figure it out. Accidentally bought something called MLB+ in the process which is just radio and MLB Network??!?! Maybe I’m an idiot but it’s incredible how difficult they’ve made this to do through the app.

I stopped paying attention to The Economist years ago. This kind of stuff is why.

A moment that has shaped two thousand years of memory. The Last Supper Chosen by @KriderJackie. You can feel it in their faces. Shock, doubt, denial, loyalty, fear. Every human response, captured in a single instant. This is what great art preserves.

BRENNAN'S LEGAL JEOPARDY: Justice Dept. request for classified records related to former CIA Director John Brennan is a very serious escalation, especially if the records show Brennan doubled down on his Steele Dossier claims. Under oath, Brennan told Congress in 2017 the Democrat funded opposition research was NOT "in any way used as a basis" for the US Intelligence Assessment about Russia's activities during the 2016 presidential election. But records released @DNIGabbard @CIADirector SHOW Brennan was WARNED NOT to include the Steele Dossier by intelligence professionals, but Brennan insisted on including the Dossier because he liked the narrative. Through his lawyer, Brennan has denied wrongdoing. Link to FULL CIA documents and Brennan 2017 testimony 👇

@Thebestfigen Exactly!

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.@GovPritzker has never responded to me regarding the tragic murder of my innocent teenage brother in Chicago on June 24th, 2022. There are countless families who have experienced similar tragedies in Chicago and throughout Illinois, and they have all been completely ignored by Governor JB Pritzker. I hope their voices are heard loudly at the ballot box this November.

.@GovPritzker, I saw your post honoring lives lost in Minnesota—standing publicly, naming Alex Pretti and Renee Good, and laying flowers in their memory. But where was that same compassion on January 19, 2025? That is the day my 20-year-old daughter, Katie Abraham, was killed here in Illinois. She was innocent. She did not knowingly put herself in the middle of an ongoing law enforcement situation. She was not making a dangerous choice. She was simply living her life—and it was taken from her. You have never said her name. You have never come to where she died. You have never acknowledged her publicly. And beyond that—you have never even responded to me. I sent you a simple, non-political letter. Not for attention. Not for headlines. Just a father asking for clarity, for answers, and for understanding of the state’s position. You never replied. And now, in the wake of another tragedy here in Chicago, your public display of compassion elsewhere—while remaining silent about victims in your own state—feels deeply disconnected from the reality families like mine are living every day. Instead, you continue to defend sanctuary policies that create the conditions where preventable tragedies like hers can happen. This is not about politics. It’s about leadership and accountability. When you choose to publicly mourn some victims while remaining silent about others—especially those lost under policies you support—it sends a message. Whether intentional or not, it tells families like mine that our loss does not matter the same way. So I am asking you directly: Where is your compassion for my daughter? Where is your acknowledgment of victims here in Illinois? And when will you take responsibility for the consequences of the policies you defend? Say her name: Katie Abraham. Stand where she died. Show the people of Illinois that every life matters.

@BillyM2k 🤣

i can't wait for apple maps to get even better! hopefully it becomes as good of a product as siri!

Two wrongs do not make a right

Dear Cadbury, “From Cadbury this season.” What season? Go on, say it. It’s EASTER. You are selling EASTER eggs for the EASTER SEASON. How dare you profit off a Christian holiday while erasing its Christian origins. They are Easter eggs. It is Easter. Shame on you.

“Gesture eggs” What does that even mean? When was it decided the word “Easter” needed replacing? For centuries Easter has been part of Britain’s calendar, not a gesture, not a seasonal moment. This isn’t inclusivity. It’s corporate rebranding that strips meaning out of tradition. Britain deserves better.

See……this is the B.S. I’m talking about. This is a disgusting thing coming from our Commander In Chief — especially about a VETERAN and PURPLE HEART recipient. #DamnShameful!

Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters was the man back in the Day!! 😂 So fun in person

@brithume Indeed…

This is the kind of stuff Trump does that makes people not just oppose him but hate him. There was no need to say anything.

Politicians should not be able to shut down our country’s critical infrastructure in an attempt to achieve a political outcome.