Plus: Major School District Eyes ‘Anti-Racism’ Instead of Questioning Assumptions
May 10 2021
Good morning from Washington, a short drive from an affluent Northern Virginia county where public schools propose to implement “anti-racism” policies focused on skin color rather than character. Fred Lucas reports. What’s the daily toll of the Biden administration’s border crisis on nearby residents? Shea Garrison finds out. On the podcast, learn more about Trump administration veterans fighting to put America first. Plus: Big Tech’s trust problem; numbers put the lie to the left’s “voter suppression” claims; and your letters on election reforms. On this date in 1990, the Chinese government announces release of 211 prisoners arrested during the Tiananmen Square crackdown a year earlier, while keeping about 400 others behind bars.
“It was almost nonexistent [during] the four years of Trump, but now it’s started up again. … They’re catching 50 [illegal immigrants] a day, just on my property,” says rancher John Ladd.
Parents in one of the nation’s largest school districts are being asked how schools should teach their kids about systemic racism, “multiple identities,” and ways to “challenge power and privilege.”
Former White House official Brooke Rollins leads a group of Trump administration alumni to defend the former president’s policy accomplishments and prepare for the future.
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have been accused of intentionally designing their algorithms to promote and amplify certain content, while hiding or even suspending other content for no specified reason.
In an election year in which we were dealing with the shutdown of the country due to a pandemic, we had, according to the Census Bureau, “the highest voter turnout of the 21st century.”
“It is incredible to see some politicians and activists say that it’s racist to require a free ID to vote, when IDs are required in so many other activities of American life,” writes Brian Reigart.
Mask fights, deboarding flights, and the crazy people driving alone in their cars with masks on all stem from a government that refuses to treat Americans like adults who can handle the truth.
