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BlueWaveNeverEnd
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December 15, 2025
UPDATED THREAD TITLE: Rob Reiner and wife were stabbed to death. THE SON DID IT.
Has the world gone mad... no link... I'm hearing on media
edit to add link
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/2-found-dead-at-brentwood-mansion-owned-by-director-rob-reiner/3815886/
December 14, 2025
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15382973/Hero-disarmed-one-Bondi-Beach-attackers-grabbing-gun-father-two-fruit-shop-owner.html
His family said Mr Ahmed, from the Sutherland area of the city, remains in hospital where he has undergone surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the 43-year-old is Muslim.
He is seen in the footage, wearing a white T-shirt and crouching behind a car before pouncing on the back of the gunman then grappling with him and snatching the rifle away from him.
The terrorist backs away in a car park area as Mr Ahmed points the shotgun at him.
Muslim Civilian unarms Australian mass shooter (video)
https://www.reddit.com/r/JustGuysBeingDudes/comments/1pmb26r/this_guy_just_saved_countless_lives_by_being_the/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15382973/Hero-disarmed-one-Bondi-Beach-attackers-grabbing-gun-father-two-fruit-shop-owner.html
His family said Mr Ahmed, from the Sutherland area of the city, remains in hospital where he has undergone surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the 43-year-old is Muslim.
He is seen in the footage, wearing a white T-shirt and crouching behind a car before pouncing on the back of the gunman then grappling with him and snatching the rifle away from him.
The terrorist backs away in a car park area as Mr Ahmed points the shotgun at him.
December 14, 2025
Questions swirl around Jordan Peterson's health as daughter ask for prayers
Questions continue to swirl around Canadian psychologist and author Jordan Peterson's health after his daughter asked for prayers for her father, who is out of the hospital but still not doing well.
"He's still not doing well, but he's not doing as badly as he was," his daughter, Mikhaila Fuller, wrote on Instagram. "Prayers are still much appreciated."
She went on to say that the family still is not 100 percent sure of what is going on with Jordan's health, but they have a great team of specialists treating him.
"We're waiting, hoping, and praying for recovery," Fuller added.
Fuller's post comes after Peterson, 63, was diagnosed with chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS), the Christian Post reports.
In August, she announced that he would be stepping away from his public commitments to focus on treatment. A few months later, he reportedly spent nearly a month in intensive care and was unable to communicate with relatives for weeks.
According to Dr. Hina Zaman, CIRS is a multi-system, multi-symptom condition that's triggered when the body's immune system has an inappropriate and ongoing response to environmental toxins, particularly from mold, Lyme disease, and other sources. Common symptoms include profound fatigue and weakness, cognitive difficulties, joint pain without inflammation, unexplained muscle pain and cramping, and more.
https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/questions-swirl-around-jordan-peterson-s-health-as-daughter-ask-for-prayers
December 14, 2025
Deeply pro Trump town of 11,000 losing 3200 jobs because of Trump policies
Tyson plant closes in a 5 weeks
https://www.reddit.com/r/EducatedInvesting/comments/1pll9ds/a_deeply_pro_trump_town_in_nebraska_is_losing/
December 13, 2025
See what happens when unarmed, peaceful citizens put their bodies in the way of an unwarranted ICE raid.
https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1plmm9a/everyone_fing_hates_you_see_what_happens_when/
December 13, 2025
Last July, Wilmer Chavarria, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Vermont, was returning from Nicaragua, where he had visited his mother and other relatives, when he was detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston for no apparent reason. Chavarria was held for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents, who persistently pressured Chavarria to surrender his devices and the passwords for them, informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist.
They were wrong about that, the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) says in a lawsuit it filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which includes CBP. "Americans don't surrender their constitutional rights as the price of international travel," the PLF says. "CBP policies that claim to give its employees the power to search and seize electronic devices without a warrant violate the Fourth Amendment and therefore should be set aside."
The Fourth Amendment guarantees "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects" against "unreasonable searches and seizures." It also specifies that judicial warrants, which are ordinarily required for searches, must be based on "probable cause" supported by "oath or affirmation" and must "particularly" describe the target of the search and "the persons or things to be seized."
CBP Agents Held This U.S. Citizen for Hours Until He Agreed To Let Them Search His Electronic Devices
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cbp-agents-held-u-citizen-202505002.htmlLast July, Wilmer Chavarria, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Vermont, was returning from Nicaragua, where he had visited his mother and other relatives, when he was detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston for no apparent reason. Chavarria was held for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents, who persistently pressured Chavarria to surrender his devices and the passwords for them, informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist.
They were wrong about that, the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) says in a lawsuit it filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which includes CBP. "Americans don't surrender their constitutional rights as the price of international travel," the PLF says. "CBP policies that claim to give its employees the power to search and seize electronic devices without a warrant violate the Fourth Amendment and therefore should be set aside."
The Fourth Amendment guarantees "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects" against "unreasonable searches and seizures." It also specifies that judicial warrants, which are ordinarily required for searches, must be based on "probable cause" supported by "oath or affirmation" and must "particularly" describe the target of the search and "the persons or things to be seized."
December 13, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — The commission that oversees public television in Arkansas voted Thursday to sever ties with PBS, making it the first state to end its contract with the broadcast giant that provides popular television programs such as “Sesame Street,” “Nova” and “Antiques Roadshow.”
The eight-member Arkansas Educational Television Commission, made up entirely of appointees of the governor, announced in a news release Thursday that it planned to disaffiliate from PBS effective July 1, citing annual membership dues of about US$2.5 million it described as “not feasible.” The release also cited the unexpected loss of about that same amount of federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which was targeted for closure earlier this year and defunded by Congress.
PBS Arkansas is rebranding itself as Arkansas TV and will provide more local content, the agency’s Executive Director and CEO Carlton Wing said in a statement. Wing, a former Republican state representative, took the helm of the agency in September.
“Public television in Arkansas is not going away,” Wing said. “In fact, we invite you to join our vision for an increased focus on local programming, continuing to safeguard Arkansans in times of emergency and supporting our K-12 educators and students.”
PBS confirmed in an email Thursday that Arkansas is the first state to definitively sever ties with the broadcaster. Alabama considered similar action last month, but opted to continue paying its contract with PBS after public backlash from viewers and donors.
Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/arkansas-becoming-1st-state-to-sever-ties-with-pbs-effective-july-1/LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — The commission that oversees public television in Arkansas voted Thursday to sever ties with PBS, making it the first state to end its contract with the broadcast giant that provides popular television programs such as “Sesame Street,” “Nova” and “Antiques Roadshow.”
The eight-member Arkansas Educational Television Commission, made up entirely of appointees of the governor, announced in a news release Thursday that it planned to disaffiliate from PBS effective July 1, citing annual membership dues of about US$2.5 million it described as “not feasible.” The release also cited the unexpected loss of about that same amount of federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which was targeted for closure earlier this year and defunded by Congress.
PBS Arkansas is rebranding itself as Arkansas TV and will provide more local content, the agency’s Executive Director and CEO Carlton Wing said in a statement. Wing, a former Republican state representative, took the helm of the agency in September.
“Public television in Arkansas is not going away,” Wing said. “In fact, we invite you to join our vision for an increased focus on local programming, continuing to safeguard Arkansans in times of emergency and supporting our K-12 educators and students.”
PBS confirmed in an email Thursday that Arkansas is the first state to definitively sever ties with the broadcaster. Alabama considered similar action last month, but opted to continue paying its contract with PBS after public backlash from viewers and donors.
December 13, 2025
We wanted to find out how students and teachers feel about the shift, and what role schools can play. So The Times asked educators, parents and students to tell us about their experiences with high school reading.
More than 2,000 people responded.
Many were longtime teachers who reported assigning fewer whole books now than they did earlier in their careers. Some complained about the effect of technology on students’ stamina for reading and interest in books. But more pointed toward the curriculum products their schools had purchased from major publishers.
Those programs often revolve around students reading short stories, articles, and excerpts from novels, then answering short-form questions and writing brief essays.
Students typically access the content online, often using school-issued laptops.
These practices begin in elementary school, and by high school, book-reading can seem like a daunting hurdle.
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There are other reasons some schools prefer excerpts. It can be more expensive to purchase books than to assign a variety of shorter works, which are not subject to copyright restrictions and can be easily read on a laptop or tablet.
In addition, with more than 20 states passing laws over the past five years that limit teaching about race, gender and sexuality, using excerpts allows schools to avoid passages dealing with banned themes.
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/high-school-english-teachers-assigning-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U8.CB6L.EYZ2O_PrvF10&smid=url-shareWe wanted to find out how students and teachers feel about the shift, and what role schools can play. So The Times asked educators, parents and students to tell us about their experiences with high school reading.
More than 2,000 people responded.
Many were longtime teachers who reported assigning fewer whole books now than they did earlier in their careers. Some complained about the effect of technology on students’ stamina for reading and interest in books. But more pointed toward the curriculum products their schools had purchased from major publishers.
Those programs often revolve around students reading short stories, articles, and excerpts from novels, then answering short-form questions and writing brief essays.
Students typically access the content online, often using school-issued laptops.
These practices begin in elementary school, and by high school, book-reading can seem like a daunting hurdle.
________
There are other reasons some schools prefer excerpts. It can be more expensive to purchase books than to assign a variety of shorter works, which are not subject to copyright restrictions and can be easily read on a laptop or tablet.
In addition, with more than 20 states passing laws over the past five years that limit teaching about race, gender and sexuality, using excerpts allows schools to avoid passages dealing with banned themes.
December 11, 2025
The Trump administration has considered revoking visas of two prominent critics of billionaire Elon Musk — a once close ally of President Donald Trump — and his X social platform, according to a new Zeteo report on Thursday.
New documentation viewed by Zeteo indicated that high-level talks were underway among top government officials to decide whether to make the decision
Per a draft for an action memo outlining options for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the administration is weighing a move to revoke the visas of former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and Imran Ahmed, CEO and founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate," according to the outlet.
It could be the first attempt for the Trump administration to revoke visas of people it deems are censoring Americans.
"Just last week, the State Department reportedly directed officials to screen out applicants for skilled worker visas who have previously worked to combat online misinformation and disinformation," Zeteo reported.
Trump admin eyes yanking visas of Musk critics: report
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-administration-elon-musk-visas/The Trump administration has considered revoking visas of two prominent critics of billionaire Elon Musk — a once close ally of President Donald Trump — and his X social platform, according to a new Zeteo report on Thursday.
New documentation viewed by Zeteo indicated that high-level talks were underway among top government officials to decide whether to make the decision
Per a draft for an action memo outlining options for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the administration is weighing a move to revoke the visas of former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and Imran Ahmed, CEO and founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate," according to the outlet.
It could be the first attempt for the Trump administration to revoke visas of people it deems are censoring Americans.
"Just last week, the State Department reportedly directed officials to screen out applicants for skilled worker visas who have previously worked to combat online misinformation and disinformation," Zeteo reported.
December 11, 2025
“This drips with irony,” Ted Mitchell, the president of the American Council on Education, or ACE, said.
Following President Trump’s sweeping executive orders in January, which called for the removal of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices, there may be an unintended backlash to the policy, especially on college campuses.
While much of the president’s feelings regarding DEI pointed toward race when it came to college admissions, higher education and admissions experts suggest the ban on DEI is likely to affect another underrepresented group of college applicants: men, and in particular, White men.
At Brown University, according to numbers cited by The Washington Post, the incoming first-year class consisted of 7 percent men, compared to 4.4 percent women. Schools have attempted to keep incoming classes evenly balanced between genders, despite a growing number of men opting out of attending college. According to data, 40 percent more women than men enroll in higher education, which means men have a much easier chance of being admitted.
That may no longer be the case.
Trump's attack on DEI on might affect White male college students the most..loss of affirmative action for males
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-attack-dei-might-affect-205504312.html“This drips with irony,” Ted Mitchell, the president of the American Council on Education, or ACE, said.
Following President Trump’s sweeping executive orders in January, which called for the removal of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices, there may be an unintended backlash to the policy, especially on college campuses.
While much of the president’s feelings regarding DEI pointed toward race when it came to college admissions, higher education and admissions experts suggest the ban on DEI is likely to affect another underrepresented group of college applicants: men, and in particular, White men.
At Brown University, according to numbers cited by The Washington Post, the incoming first-year class consisted of 7 percent men, compared to 4.4 percent women. Schools have attempted to keep incoming classes evenly balanced between genders, despite a growing number of men opting out of attending college. According to data, 40 percent more women than men enroll in higher education, which means men have a much easier chance of being admitted.
That may no longer be the case.
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