CURRENT EVENTS July 31-Sept 27

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A Pride flag was displayed in 2021 and 2022 before some members of the all-Muslim council argued that it challenged the beliefs of some members' faith. The council voted in favor of the policy in June
Heaven forbid someone’s beliefs be challenged by the presence of a fucking symbol.
 


“… The programs are considered vital in those states but represent only a little over $1 million a year in federal money. Nonetheless, they got caught in the Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion, with an Education Department spokesperson citing concerns about “divisive concepts” and “fairness” in acknowledging the decision to withhold the funding.

The funding, which was expected to continue through September 2028, will stop at the end of the month, according to letters from the Education Department to local officials that were obtained by ProPublica. The government gave the programs seven days to ask officials to reconsider the decision.

… The programs targeted by the Education Department are in Wisconsin, Oregon and Washington, as well as in New England, which is served by a consortium for Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont.


In Oregon, the 2023 grant application for the deafblind program there included a statement about its commitment to address “inequities, racism, bias” and the marginalization of disability groups. It also attached the strategic plan for Portland Public Schools, where the Oregon DeafBlind Project is headquartered, that mentioned the establishment of a Center for Black Student Excellence — which is unrelated to the deafblind project. The Education Department’s letter said that those initiatives were “in conflict with agency policy and priorities.”

The director of the Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project received a similar letter from the Education Department that said its work was at odds with the federal government’s new focus on “merit.” The letter noted that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, which oversees the project, had a policy of ensuring that women, minorities and disabled veterans would be included in the hiring process.

The Education Department also was concerned about other words in the application, said Adrian Klenz, who works with deafblind adults in the state. He said he has talked with state officials about the discontinuation of the grant.

“I was told that apparently the administration is going through past grants and two words were flagged: One was transition and one was privilege,” Klenz said.

Transition — transitioning from childhood to adulthood. Privilege came up because a parent wrote a glowing review of staff that said what a privilege it was to work with them.” ProPublica obtained a copy of the grant application and confirmed that those words were included.…”
 
$1 million, what a waste of tax payer money. We need that money to pay for a $200 million dollar ballroom for the White House.
 


He was trying to position himself to run for Congress in Florida. This seems like a self-inflicted wound.
 

“… "We're in a second space race right now," Nasa's acting administrator Sean Duffy told reporters in a press conference on Wednesday where he spoke about US discoveries on Mars.

"The Chinese want to get back to the moon before us. That's not going to happen."

The director of the general technology bureau of China's Manned Space Agency last year said US concerns were "unnecessary", calling China's space exploration a "collective mission for humanity".

At a US Senate hearing last week, lawmakers stressed the need for the US to put its boots on the moon before China.

""China has made no secret of its goals," said Republican senator Ted Cruz. "[If] our adversaries achieve dominant space capabilities, it would pose a profound risk to America... [the] stakes could not be higher."

The race is not just about getting to the Moon. It's also about who can control its resources once they are there.…”
 

I've read that if Russia ever wins its war with Ukraine that the three Baltic States would be next on Putin's radar for a "re-assimilation" back into Mother Russia, as Putin seeks to rebuild the old Soviet Empire. Which in itself is a good reason to help keep arming the Ukrainians and doing what we can (short of sending troops, of course) to help them win the war. Stop Putin's expansion plans in Ukraine and it's unlikely they'll attack anywhere else.
 
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