Plus: Schools Use ‘Equity’ as Trojan Horse for Toxic Critical Race Theory
July 9 2021
Happy Friday from Washington, where some lawmakers don’t want to talk about what sparked rising crime rates. They can look to San Francisco to learn how this plays out, our Jarrett Stepman argues. The misguided concept of “equity” unleashes critical race theory in schools, Tamra Farah writes. On the podcast, former Trump aide Jason Miller talks about his new social media platform, which is friendly to free speech. Plus: getting serious about cyberattacks; government spending slows the economy; and guns as an antidote to violence. On this date in 1947, in a Pentagon ceremony, Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower appoints Florence Blanchfield as a lieutenant colonel, making her the first woman in U.S. history to hold permanent military rank.
Voters approved Proposition 47, which “reclassified certain theft and drug possession offenses from felonies to misdemeanors.” The change applies when the property stolen amounts to less than $950.
Gettr’s promise to users is “you're never going to be censored or deplatformed or cancel-cultured because of your political beliefs,” says Jason Miller, a former aide to President Trump who is the company's...
