Idiocracy

Florida Politics reports: Florida is extending its recent focus on civics education to the undergraduate level with a $6.5 million civil service and government leadership program. The funding will help open three “civics academies” located at Broward State College, Florida State College at Jacksonville and Polk State College. Beginning with the 2023-34 school year, students in ninth grade through the …

The Houston Chronicle reports: Is an unborn fetus a human being in the eyes of…Texas traffic laws? A pregnant Dallas-area woman argued as much to police officers after recently being cited for driving alone in the HOV lane. “I pointed to my stomach and said, ‘My baby girl is right here. She is a person,'” Brandy Bettone said. However the …

“This event is more like a political rally for the far left. I mean, it’s kind of a combination of Human Rights Campaign, BLM, you know, Earth Justice League, whatever it is. “But what it’s not about is education and this is why I think a lot of people are saying it’s time to defund government education or at least …

Media Matters has the transcript: BILL BENNETT (CONTRIBUTOR): You need police. You need parents for sure. You need schools. You need to clean up social media. You need all that. But you know, you may need an exorcist, too. Before your audience shakes its head on that, if you look at these boys, these men, these young men, they have …

The San Antonio News-Express reports: A San Antonio man was killed by fireworks on Monday night, according to the San Antonio Police Department. It happened around 12:20 a.m. in the 800 block of Harriman Place on the city’s Southwest Side. The medical examiner’s office identified the man as Pablo Ruiz, 43. According to police, a witness and Ruiz were shooting …

The New York Daily News reports: Joey Chestnut won a record 15th Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Monday, scarfing down 63 hot dogs and 63 buns in 10 minutes. The Major League Eating champ’s final tally perhaps could have been higher had he not been interrupted by an animal rights activist in a Darth Vader costume who briefly …

Via press release from Sen. Susan Collins:  The Supreme Court has abandoned a fifty-year precedent at a time that the country is desperate for stability. This ill-considered action will further divide the country at a moment when, more than ever in modern times, we need the Court to show both consistency and restraint. Throwing out a precedent overnight that the …

Mediaite reports: Sean Hannity pledged to vape a Juul e-cigarette on air if the FDA’s plan to ban the devices is implemented. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday the FDA is preparing to order Juul to all of its e-cigs off the market. Hannity is a noted e-cig enthusiast and last year was caught vaping on air after a …

Forbes reports: Bitcoin has crashed under $20,000 per bitcoin after a huge crypto market meltdown wiped away around $400 billion of value in just a week – with some traders’ worst fears materializing. Billionaire investor Jeff Gundlach warned he wouldn’t be surprised to see the bitcoin price fall further to hit $10,000. The brutal bitcoin and crypto crash was partly …

Davis Marcus writes for Fox News: In 1994, when then-mayor Rudy Giuliani began the transformation of crime and poverty ridden New York City, one of his first actions was to kick the porn theaters out of Times Square. It was not a minor policy, what he understood was that those coursing avenues are the public square, and porn was choking …

CNBC reports: Bitcoin tumbled below $23,000 on Monday, hitting its lowest level since December 2020, as investors dump crypto amid a broader sell-off in risk assets. Meanwhile, a crypto lending company called Celsius has paused withdrawals for its customers, sparking fears of contagion into the broader market. Over the weekend and into Monday morning, more than $200 billion had been …

“We’re setting these kids up for failure, for a generation deep in a mental health crisis after lockdowns, forced masking, woke ideology. Kids are feeling depressed. Just look at what happened in the Buffalo situation. A teenager whose school system failed him decided his only option was to turn to the dark web where he was radicalized. A failed education …

The Daily Beast reports: When the Missouri state legislature on Wednesday passed a standard-issue licensure bill for physical therapists, few noticed a clandestine provision on its 32nd page banning pharmacists from telling patients about the potential dangers of using unproven drugs touted by conspiracy fringe groups as “forbidden cures” for COVID-19. The measure in the bill, passed unanimously by the …

The Bangor Daily News reports: “Susie, please, Mainers want WHPA —–> vote yes, clean up your mess,” the message read, according to a Bangor police report. WHPA refers to the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would codify the right to abortion into law and ban restrictions on abortion access. Bangor police responded to West Broadway at 9:20 p.m. Saturday to …

Jezebel reports: In this week’s edition of “Are Men Okay?,” we need to discuss the annual Christian men’s conference taking place in Missouri this weekend, in which, on Friday night, a monster truck drove off a giant ramp in an arena amidst shooting columns of flames against the soundtrack of really bad live electric guitar music. If and only if …

“As much as the left likes to claim that they’re being erased — you’re erasing me — lesbians actually are — the category of lesbian is in fact, in reality, being erased. “And, if you follow the demographic trends, in another 30, 40 years, they just won’t exist anymore. “And you look at the younger generations – Gen Z and …

Chicago’s CBS News affiliate reports: Nearly two dozen gunshots rang out Thursday afternoon within easy earshot of a freshman baseball game in progress at St. Rita of Cascia High School on the Southwest Side. As CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reported, Gamechanger app video shows the baseball game between the St. Rita Freshman Mustangs and Marmion Academy in progress when …

Orlando’s ABC News affiliate reports: The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office has released body cam video showing the questioning of two newlyweds after their wedding guests fell ill from cannabis-laced food last February. The sheriff’s office said that it was called to the The Springs Clubhouse in Longwood on Feb. 19 after several guests fell ill from the food. In total, …

Reuters reports: Delta Air Lines said on Wednesday it plans to restore flight privileges to about 2,000 customers who were barred from flights after failing to comply with mask rules. The Biden administration on Monday said it would no longer enforce a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation and airlines after a federal judge struck down the directive as unlawful. …

CNN reports: Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and former attorney to ex-President Donald Trump, was unmasked on Wednesday’s episode of Fox’s “The Masked Singer.” Giuliani’s appearance on the show comes as no surprise. Back in February, it was reported that two judges had walked off during the taping of the episode after Giuliani was unmasked. Giuliani said …