"Use logic"
Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie
The bureaucrats in charge of US monetary policy must believe it’s possible to make the shallow end of a pool deeper by transferring water from the deep end of that pool.
11:55 AM · Mar 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1638570013572452356
BNO News Live @BNODesk
BREAKING: Grand jury investigating Trump cancels today's meeting, delaying possible indictment - Insider
11:39 AM · Mar 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1638566030413889538
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee
Watch this brief video, then tell me whether you want to send more “dots” to Ukraine.
Quote Tweet
Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd·Jan 12
Each Dot = $100,000 U.S. Taxpayer Dollars
12:04 AM · Mar 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1638391222241722368
RealClearInvestigations
The Problematic Rise of Media Literacy Education
March 22, 2023
How Public Schools Are Teaching Kids to Be Woke Fact-Checkers Under Guise of 'Media Literacy'
New Jersey is enlisting public-school teachers and librarians to show children how to combat what it calls the grave threat of disinformation.
“Our democracy remains under sustained attack through the proliferation of disinformation,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in signing the nation’s first law mandating “information literacy” instruction for all K-12 students. The law, which aims to provide students with the “critical thinking” skills necessary to differentiate between “facts, points of view, and opinions” will, Murphy proclaimed, ensure “that our kids … possess the skills needed to discern fact from fiction.”
At a time when the nation’s political and thought leaders are wrestling over the meaning of facts and truth, and distinctions between disinformation, misinformation and plain old information, the New Jersey bill is part of a growing effort to have teachers tell students how to settle these questions.
Since 2016, ten states controlled by Democratic legislators, and three run by Republicans, have passed “media literacy” laws.
Demand for media literacy education has seemingly grown in the “fake news” age, buoying bills like New Jersey’s, which had languished for years, only to pass with overwhelming bipartisan support.
Media literacy advocates such as Erin McNeill, President of Media Literacy Now, say the goal is to teach students “how to consume information, not what information to consume.”
But other educational experts see information and media literacy as inherently political, or minimally ripe for politicization.
The “guise of ‘media literacy,’” writes John Sailer, a senior fellow at the National Association of Scholars, “often functions as a trojan horse, casting certain political views” – conservative ones, say critics – “as prima facie wrong and biased.”
The progressive politics of those backing information and media literacy bills in some states give skeptics further pause – concerns heightened by rhetoric like that of Gov. Murphy, who framed New Jersey’s bill as responsive to the “violent insurrection” of Jan. 6, 2021.
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https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/03/22/media_literacy_ed_the_true-or-false_question_that_schools_might_blow_on_the_big_test_888153.html
h/t: Paul Sperry
https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1638577070686052360
United States Space Force @SpaceForceDoD
Recently, Maj. Gen John Olson, the Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations spoke on the America's Future Series - Offensive Space Capabilities / Defensive Strategies. #ReadyForces
America's Future Series
Commercial Space Assets - Offensive Capabilities and Defensive Strategies
with Ken Peterman, Maj Gen John M. Olson
Mar 15, 2023
https://youtu.be/Iesq_aJiXKQ
12:06 PM · Mar 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/SpaceForceDoD/status/1638572748518703107
Jason Frazier:
A Citizen Voter Roll Cleanup Expert in Fulton County, Georgia
Describing the Mess He’s Trying to Clean Up… Try 12,000 Duplicates in the Fulton County Voter Rolls!
Who's Counting With Cleta Mitchell
Mar 22, 2023
42-minutes
https://youtu.be/F6Enh7ATYlc
Bipartisan trio introduces bill to ban lawmakers from owning and trading stocks
in renewed push
Members of Congress who violate the ban on trading individual stocks would be fined $50,000
A bipartisan trio of lawmakers introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban members of Congress and their spouses from investing in individual stocks, a move that the authors say is necessary to restore public trust in the institution.
The Bipartisan Ban on Congressional Stock Ownership Act was introduced by Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, along with Reps. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., and Ken Buck, R-Colo., who are both members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus.
The bill would ban members of Congress from owning and trading individual stocks, bonds, futures, and other securities, with a $50,000 fine for each violation of the law. Members of Congress would still be able to own diversified investments such as mutual funds and ETFs.
"Members of Congress are elected to serve the people, not our own financial interests," Jayapal said in a statement on Tuesday. "As long as members and their spouses are allowed to trade individual stocks – the door to corruption remains open."
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https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/bipartisan-trio-introduces-bill-ban-lawmakers-owning-trading-stocks-renewed-push
All too often career politicians abuse their office to enrich themselves.
I am proud to lead this bipartisan effort and take this critically important step toward restoring public confidence in our institutions.
https://twitter.com/MattForMontana/status/1638582161140850693