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Tom Hoffman
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Assoc Prof of Political Science&Law @sprhill specializing in political philosophy, US politics & Con law. All views my own; RT doesn't imply endorsement.
Mobile, AL Katılım Şubat 2018
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“Average cost per public school student is now higher than typical private school tuition.”
Stephen Moore@StephenMoore
Public K–12 spending just topped $1 TRILLION. Average cost per public school student is now higher than typical private school tuition. Meanwhile, students are falling behind and can't read or write proficiently.
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@bobbyfijan In 1950, only 1/3 of new house had 3 bedrooms and just 1% had 4+ bedrooms
Source: fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/new-hous…
In 2024, 45% have 3 bedrooms and 49% have 4+ bedrooms
Source: census.gov/construction/c…
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How to spend more than $40,000 per pupil: diagnose 22% of the kids as disabled, get a 9:1 pupil-to-teacher ratio, make it illegal to cut the budget as enrollment swiftly declines, and stop anyone from changing the laws. Then, increase the budget.
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…
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First of all, identifying the names of people who attend a public event is 100% protected speech. You don't have a right to anonymity in public.
Second, enough with these double standards. Threatening only one side with punishment for engaging in the same (protected) expression as the other side is viewpoint discrimination.
@UCLA_Law compounds its errors in this sordid affair.
FIRE@TheFIREorg
UCLA Law has threatened its @FedSoc chapter with punishment if it publicly identifies students seen on video disrupting last week’s viral campus event with a Department of Homeland Security lawyer. But when protesters named chapter members online? No signs of concern from @UCLA_law. This double standard is striking and sounds First Amendment alarms. The First Amendment protects students’ right to share truthful information about a public event, including the names of students who disrupted it, especially where attendees were informed in advance that the event would be recorded. UCLA must make clear that no Fed Soc student member will face discipline for protected speech. Stop picking favorites, UCLA. Correct this immediately.
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I would nominate another Jimmy Stewart (w/ John Wayne) Western altogether: "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962)
Del Gue's hair@st7v7ns
@ATRightMovies You could pick either: Bend of the River The Far Country Both Jimmy Stewart movies.
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This seems a bit extra relevant today
Greg Lukianoff@glukianoff
Speech being violence is one of the oldest arguments in the book. People discover that the line between speech and violence is a social construct, then decide that means they can redraw it however they like. Usually in a very convenient way.
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#OnThisDay in 1731, Daniel Defoe passed away due to "lethargy".
J. H. Pearl looks at the power of utopias, particularly in Defoe's Crusoe novels, to disrupt our surrender to orthodoxy: publicdomainreview.org/essay/defoe-an… #otd
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Students are free to object to invited speakers. But a university has a problem when protest becomes an effort to stop others from hearing.
@UCLA clearly has some work to do.
YitzyFrankel@YitZionist
Truly abhorrent and unimaginable behavior today at the @FedSocUCLA event that hosted a @DHSgov lawyer. Leftist students repeatedly disrupted the event, yelled profanities, shouted, made their phones ping incessantly, and eventually stormed out to a rally that violated all time, place, and manner restrictions. These students can’t handle @FedSoc event about the law, but will remain students at @UCLA_Law and eventually be admitted to the Bar. It is a damning indictment on higher education that students behave so despicably.
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The wording of this question is so absurdly biased that it should be rejected without even considering the substance, frankly. (Not my ballot, I live in DC. Stolen from @CorieWhalen.)
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The stats here are kind of remarkable. BART's new fare gates have led to a 1,000-hour decline in clean up time; 41% drop in crime; and $10 million increase in projected revenue. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…
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@NoVA_Campaigns @LGJustinFairfax Our thoughts and prayers are with his family--children especially.
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How on earth can it cost $30 million and three years for the NYC government to build a grocery store in Harlem?
There are *dozens* of grocery stores for sale, all over New York City, for less than $5M.
Many are less than $1M.
This seems like a scam.
(or vanity project)
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Ha ha!! How well we remember! @VicenteFoxQue !
Christopher Landau@ChrisLandauUSA
This is one of my favorite sayings in the Spanish language. It comes from a 2002 phone call between then Mexican President Vicente Fox and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro which was surreptitiously recorded and leaked. Fox told Castro that he was unwelcome to linger at an international forum in Mexico after a lunch, and put it beautifully: “Comes y te vas” (“You eat and you leave.”) This line comes in handy when you don’t want a work lunch to eat up half your day!
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LEFT: The highest spending states and their state rank on NAEP for 4th grade reading
Vs.
RIGHT: The top ranked states on 4th grade reading and their expenditure ranking
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
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In 1995, the liberal-conservative ratio among faculty members was roughly 2 to 1.
In 11 surveys conducted between July 2021 and August 2022, those calling themselves “far left” or “very liberal” (11.4%) outnumbered the entire right-of-center faculty combined (10.9%).
Joyce Carol Oates@JoyceCarolOates
anyone who says "academia went far left" has spent little time at a university department meeting or senate. in fact, anyone who says "academia" isn't on any university payroll.
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What are your other favorite charts in this genre? Thinking of stuff like this:
Alec Stapp@AlecStapp
Government regulation in France: Above a certain size, building new homes requires a licensed architect. Outcome:
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Horseshoe theory remains undefeated
When you do something to knock supply and demand out of whack, and have no solutions, last refuge is to blame greedy firms
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Footage from 2015 shows Marco Rubio predicting exactly how Iran would play out.
His level of accuracy is truly insane.
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I'm sure Liz Warren sent them a thank you note.
Chris Freiman@cafreiman
It looks like egg producers got less greedy.
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