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Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 2:39 p.m. No.24721123   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1135 >>1161 >>1169 >>1175 >>1181 >>1184 >>1189 >>1191 >>1193 >>1194 >>1212 >>1246 >>1269 >>1306 >>1326 >>1341 >>1406 >>1477 >>1493 >>1533 >>1558 >>1569 >>1606 >>1708 >>1753 >>1816

We are so unbelievably f*cked.

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11 minutes ago

 

https://youtu.be/I42LzZ2VB70

 

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We are ruled by the ignorant’: Curley makes his case for a voter literacy test

Jun 13, 2026, 5:00 AM

 

BY JOHN CURLEY SHOW

Weekdays on KIRO Newsradio 3pm - 7pm

A bartender in Washington, D.C., has become a popular candidate for office, but The New York Times recently uncovered several red flags littered throughout his past.

 

Democratic nominee Graham Platner reportedly said he joined the Marines just to kill people, got drunk and received a Nazi tattoo, had numerous girlfriends accuse him of being abusive and demeaning, and was overall a “deeply flawed” person.

 

John Curley, host of “The John Curley Show” on KIRO Newsradio, likened Platner’s rise through the political ranks to that of many other politicians with troubled pasts but favorable policies to win votes.

 

“The hooligans are at it again. They are the ones making the bad choices that all of us will suffer when it comes to voting,”

Curley said.

“The argument is that it doesn’t matter if the person is a strong moral character. If the only thing that matters is that their positions on policies that best serve the public can be demonstrated. I’m sure you’re thinking of a bunch of people who have questionable morals who are presently serving in the House, Senate, and the White House. After all, we really can’t afford to have high standards”.

 

Testing voters could weed out the uninformed.

 

Curley summarized how a sociologist named Jason Brennan characterizes

voters in three categories: hobbits, hooligans, and vulcans.

 

A hobbit is the uninformed voter; a hooligan clings to opinions regardless of facts and is heavily biased; and the vulcan uses logic and analysis based on information to achieve the best outcome for the greatest number of citizens.

 

Curley found that the overall fix may lie withrequiring a literacy test in order to vote, and laid out how people technically could lose their right to vote simply for being unintelligent.

 

Brennan says an educated hobbit actually just turns into a hooligan.

How about testing society, testing voters, and not letting them vote if they fail?” Curley asked. “States can take away your driver’s license, because that’s not a right, that’s a privilege, and voting is a privilege as well. According to the Constitution, there’s nothing in there that says it can’t be taken away; it can just not be taken from people based upon something like sex, race, or creed.

 

“We’ve tried the literacy test before. It was only given to black voters in the hopes that they would fail, but

if they gave it to both white and black voters, then only the smart people would pass the test,”

he continued. “There would have been a pretty good chance that the Jim Crow laws would have been abolished years before. What should be the role of government? It should be to inform the public as to what the outcome of the votes would mean.

For now, democracy in the U.S. we are ruled by the ignorant, elected by the ignorant.

Unfortunately, that is the case.”

 

https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/curley-voter-literacy-test/4247363

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Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 2:47 p.m. No.24721135   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1139 >>1212 >>1246 >>1269 >>1326 >>1341 >>1477 >>1569 >>1606 >>1708 >>1753

>>24721123

Should be given at time of voting, same day, in person EVERYONE, shuffled questions, so cheating by tellin people in lines what questions are on literacy test ahead of the voting, and should be done every election, if you fail and are mad, then study up prior to next election if you care so much you will educate yourself so you can vote, right?

But most will never vote again if they have to learn something ahead of time.

See, there is the solution

 

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How about testing society, testing voters, and not letting them vote if they fail?”

 

 

“States can take away your driver’s license, because that’s not a right, that’s a privilege, and voting is a privilege as well.

 

 

According to the Constitution, there’s nothing in there that says it can’t be taken away; it can just not be taken from people based upon something like sex, race, or creed.

 

 

“We’ve tried the literacy test before. It was only given to black voters in the hopes that they would fail,

 

But

 

 

if they gave it to both white and black voters, then only the smart people would pass the test,”

Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 3:14 p.m. No.24721191   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1193 >>1212 >>1246 >>1269 >>1306 >>1326 >>1341 >>1493

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https://youtu.be/qxnqPyZSHmQ>>24721135

He Asked Classmates To Read A Sentence. The Result Went Viral.

370,756 views · 1 month ago.

Amala Ekpunobi explores the viral trend of students struggling with basic literacy and reading comprehension in high school. This discussion examines the broader implications for education systems, the role of parental involvement, and how shifting academic standards may affect future workforce readiness and critical thinking skills.

Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 3:30 p.m. No.24721246   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1248 >>1269 >>1306 >>1326 >>1493 >>1859

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>>24721135

STUDENTS SPEAK: IS THE RIGHT TO VOTE A CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE OR PRIVILEGE?

By Sarah Swisher

Smiley faceTHE COLLEGES OF LAW - TUE, SEP 17, 2019

Updated on August 6, 2025

Who Has the Right to Vote?

 

“There is no constitutional right to vote” sounds like the beginning of a Margaret Atwood novel. But, unlike other rights listed in the Constitution, such as the right of the people to keep and bear arms in the Second Amendment, or the right to a speedy and public trial in the Sixth Amendment, the Constitution may not explicitly give U.S. citizens this beloved “right” to vote.

 

Scholars disagree on whether the U.S. Constitution gives Americans the right to vote. Some believe that the right is implicit, embedded in the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, and others argue that the right does not exist.

 

While scholars might not agree whether the Constitution guarantees the right to vote, the U.S. Supreme Court does not hesitate to affirm the notion. In the 1972 decision in Dunn v. Blumstein, Justice Marshall stated, “In decision after decision, this Court has made clear that a citizen has a constitutionally protected right to participate in elections on an equal basis with other citizens in the jurisdiction.” And again in the 1974 Richardson v. Ramirez case, Justice Rehnquist wrote: “Because the right to vote ‘is of the essence of a democratic society, and any restrictions on that right strike at the heart of representative government,’… voting is a ‘fundamental’ right.”

 

What the U.S. Constitution Says About Voting

 

It is common for public opinions and judicial interpretations to conflict, but what does the U.S. Constitution actually say about the “right to vote”? The first time the phrase “right to vote” is used is in the 14th Amendment: “But when the right to vote at any election … is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.”

 

Framers of this amendment threatened the loss of congressional representation if that state were to deny the right to vote to any of its (male) U.S. citizens over the age of 21, unless he participated in a crime.

 

Since the addition of the 14th Amendment, the U.S. Constitution has been amended four more times to prohibit states from denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (15th Amendment), sex (19th Amendment), failure to pay poll tax (24th Amendment), and age, 18 years and older (26th Amendment).

 

No constitutional provision asserts that there is a right to vote; only that states cannot deny the right to vote based on the above-mentioned criteria. As Vanessa A. Bee and Oren Nimni, contributors to Current Affairs, so eloquently write, “It’s not so much that we’re entitled to vote, the Constitution tells us: Rather, we are guaranteed freedom from some voting interference on the basis of some reasons.”

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Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 3:30 p.m. No.24721248   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1253 >>1269 >>1306 >>1493

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State’s Authority in Voting Laws

 

So, where do states come in? Under Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, states are accountable for managing federal elections. Most states explicitly assert the right to vote for each of its citizens in its state constitution.

 

Although, this is not a right that states are required to grant: Section 2 of the 14th Amendment “penalizes states that withhold the ballot but does not require them to grant it.” Thus, if a state grants the right to vote to its citizens, then the state will be punished if they prevent a state citizen from voting using specific criteria. Bee and Nimni write: “[States] are merely disallowed from certain specific kinds of infringements. The government can effectively restrict voting access for any reason other than the few enumerated prohibitions, and the right still has not been violated in any legal sense.”

 

Voting Rights Act of 1965

 

Congress has continued working on ensuring voting rights beyond the U.S. Constitution throughout history. To coincide with the 15th Amendment, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1870 (amended in 1957, 1960, and 1964) to prohibit states from denying the right to vote based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin, through violence, threats, intimidation, and destruction of property.

 

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 arose out of the Civil Rights era to enforce the prohibition of states to deny the right to vote based on race, color, and the ability to read English. Furthermore, this act issued a “preclearance” provision to prevent historically racist states from changing voting laws to limit a minority vote.

 

Seeing as Congress has ratified multiple constitutional amendments and passed the aforementioned acts (over the span of approximately 100 years), it may seem that they have taken many precautions to prevent states from denying the right to vote to citizens. However, much has changed since the decision in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013.

 

Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was originally designed to prevent historically discriminatory states from making changes to their voting laws and procedures without first seeking approval or “preclearance” from either the Department of Justice or a federal court.

 

“In the Shelby County decision, the Supreme Court eviscerated that portion of the law, giving states with a history of discrimination free rein to change their voting laws without prior approval,” according to the Brennan Center for Justice. The federal government will intervene to the extent that they can to protect the voting rights of citizens, but ultimately, the power and authority will be returned to the states.

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Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 3:31 p.m. No.24721253   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1269 >>1306 >>1493

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Is the Right to Vote Implicit or a Privilege?

 

Since the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court both point to state law regarding voting rights, it is up to the individual state to determine how it wants to distribute those voting rights. Noah Millman, political columnist for The Week, believes that because there is no constitutional right to vote, the right is treated as a privilege. He argues: “So long as the Constitution presumes that the franchise is a privilege rather than a right, something that states may legitimately seek to limit so long as they don’t do so in certain specified ways or for certain explicit reasons, there will always be a legitimate basis for upholding laws that impose such limits.”

 

Because states are permitted to restrict the right to vote, making it seem more like a privilege than a right, there is a large class of people across the United States who lose their voting rights: convicted felons. Each state carries the weight of responsibility for determining if a felon or ex-felon can or cannot vote; therefore voter disenfranchisement varies across the country.

 

https://www.collegesoflaw.edu/blog/2019/09/17/the-right-to-vote-a-constitutional-guarantee-or-privilege/

Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 3:45 p.m. No.24721326   🗄️.is 🔗kun

From yt vid comments

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxnqPyZSHmQ

 

——@BlueJeanBaby

1 month ago

My sister used to teach at an inner city high school. She taught English. She quit teaching because when she would fail kids the parents would call and complain, and the principal would change their grade. What's the point of school?

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Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 3:48 p.m. No.24721341   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1351 >>1406 >>1493

https://youtu.be/4FdGIRBUds4

 

High Schoolers Who Can’t Read?! Watching the Viral Student Videos

154,909 views · 1 month ago

 

A student went viral for exposing something shocking—high school students struggling to read. But instead of fixing the problem, the school pushed back. In this video, I react to the original clips, break down what’s really going on, and share my perspective as a teacher. This isn’t just one school—it’s a growing issue that more people need to talk about.

 

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Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 4:03 p.m. No.24721406   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1477 >>1520 >>1539 >>1554

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When I was in grade school, I remember a great teacher who gave gold stars all around the top of the classroom wall, like a track, and your name on a car, would move to the completed finish line, visually, all year, as you read entire books and gave the class a spoken summary of the book, you had to write yourself on paper, then read to the class, to get the gold star and your car move around the top of wall around the entire classrom. One kid was weekly doing this.

I still remeber this. Very effective. All books were on a list top to bottom, then you would go to the library, use the dewey decimal system files, and go check out the book yourself, no just asking for the book.

It was a whole ting.

That kid is probably very successful today.

That teacher knew how to motivate and gave every child the opportunity to win.

They just had to make an effort and it cost nothing. Parents were made aware of this beginning of school year. Hardly any kids read the extra curricular books, many did, most did not.

Parents and kids are the problem.

Parents not caring and kids lacking initiative..

Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 5:35 p.m. No.24721753   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1816

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>>24721558 <<<< this video

This should be a viral video.

Send everywhere.

Watch all the way to the end as she breaks it all down.

Parents, students, teachers, administators.

This lady is right and even Trump should watch it. And really listen.

This is going to ruin America fast and forever.

 

https://youtu.be/wa7jOqENzSs

Kids Can't Read Anymore…And It's Getting Worse

 

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Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 6:08 p.m. No.24721884   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>24721558

>>24721123

How hard would it be to make K-12 videos for online for free.

Start with what is expected from age 1-5 for all parents to access online.

One site.

Every American could go through the courses easily and test themselves.

For real.

Put up a video of what age 1-5 should know.

Put up a full video on what a kindergatner should be able to know before going to first grade.

Do this with each grade.

Then have each grade classroom subjects taught, then testing.

Not a gazillion random people doing this.

One spot.

So everyone is on same page across the country what the basic minimum is for each grade.

Every American can take it. Breeze by Kindergarten, but watch and learn and do it with your children.

You may find YOU as an adult missed a lot.

One place, one site.

.american standard learning grade by grade.

Heck, I would love to re-take entire K-12 as adult, just to reabsorb and even learn shit I really was bad at like math.

NO political shit.

All reading, writing, arithmetic, geopgraphy, music.

All LEARNING AND COMPREHENSION.

Everything else a person can do extra curricular on their own once you get the other shit mastered.

Make book reading mandatory again.

Pennmanship, cursive, clock reading, envelope writing, letter writing, etc., all are useful to LEARNING SKILLS even in 2026.

Heck, even knot tying skills.

It is about BRAIN learning and growing.

 

Make an official American School curriculum free, online, one place, grade by grade. What is expected by end of each year, a full year worth of teaching condensed into fast paced information, able to watch it over and over u til you get it, repetition helps many. Then a test to take that WILL NOT let you move to next grade information vids UNTIL you can pass the test to leave grade. Not to get a diploma, but to show people where they are lacking and can improve.

 

Only make the videos with MASTER teachers in every subject.

Don’t over complicate.

Make it really old school, like school in say 1940’s generation would have taught.

Strict teacher , firm instruction videos, rote learning.

I hope some of you see my point.

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Anonymous ID: 0c63a5 June 15, 2026, 6:21 p.m. No.24721939   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>24721920

Also, could be required each year to have every student take a prior to next school year take the course BEFORE school year actual school, so they know what will be expected from them in real school, require it, yearly before school year begins, they go to the government site and take the year couse before school real life begins.

Just like they make you take fucking vaccines.

Sheesh.

This problem could be solved so easily.

 

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