With his Ukrainian ‘shock and awe’ blitz grinding on without any quick victory in sight, Vlad the Invader Putin is blaming his generals and top spies for the failure. According to Ukrainian government sources, Putin has fired at least eight of his generals since the start of the war. ‘They changed their leadership. They had […]
School Superintendents Push Back on Youngkin’s Education Report
School superintendents throughout the Commonwealth are pushing back against the Youngkin administration’s interim report on divisive concepts being taught in public schools. Indeed, the Virginia Association of School Superintendents lambasted the report, declaring in an open letter that it made “gross assumptions” about the state of education in Virginia without soliciting input from local school […]
Youngkin Shares Findings on Effort to Fight CRT and Other Controversial Policies
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has finished its first 30-day report for Gov. Youngkin. The review assesses what VDOE has done in that period to rescind discriminatory and controversial policies like those associated with critical race theory. The Daily Wire reports: VDOE’s report was compiled by Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow. The document […]
Republican Congressman Caught on Camera Calling Zelenskyy a ‘Thug’ and Ukraine ‘Evil’
Conservative Republican Madison Cawthorn was recorded on video calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug” and the government of Ukraine “evil” and “woke.” The 26-year-old congressman’s remarks were first obtained by a Raleigh, North Carolina television station and have quickly gone viral. (RELATED: Rep. Madison Cawthorn Charged With Driving With Revoked License, Faces Possible Jail […]
Elite Schools Pushing Far-Left Racial Grievance Politics
The Hockaday School, an elite, private all-girls school in Dallas, Texas, is defending leftist political violence and encouraging white people to “re-educate” themselves to engage in racial accountability. Their website lists a number of books, articles documents and other forms of mass media defending, justifying or condoning instances of political violence, and encourage, among other things, […]
Asian Moms Force Fairfax School Board to Retreat Like 1940 France
Okay, in fairness, this isn’t a wholly accurate description of what happened in Northern France in May-June 1940. France surrendered, but after losing 92,000 soldiers killed in six weeks. But, for all intents and purposes, both the French and British were defeated by Nazi Germany in the first five days of Hitler’s invasion. Even before […]
Senate Democrats Block Youngkin’s Picks for Parole Board
By a 21-19 vote, the Democratic-controlled Virginia Senate has blocked Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s nominees for the state’s parole board and one appointee for the Safety and Health Codes Board. Democrats partially admitted the vote was retribution for House Republicans’ blocking 11 appointees of former Gov. Ralph Northam last month. House Republicans said they obstructed Northam’s […]
Key Learning Outcomes in Virginia Schools Plummet
According to a study commissioned by the University of Virginia, key learning outcomes in public schools across the Commonwealth have plummeted over the past two years. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than one-third of kindergarteners through second graders in Virginia have fallen below their reading benchmarks. The Daily Wire reports: “As schools […]
Russia Bombs Ukrainian Maternity and Children’s Hospital Says Zelensky
The Russian army bombed and/or shelled a maternity hospital in the southern port city of Mariupol on Wednesday, according to Ukrainian government reports. Ukrainian authorities also provided video and photos as evidence. If confirmed, this will mark a brutal new low in Putin’s two-week old invasion. While the number of casualties at the hospital is currently unknown, […]
Reinforced Loudoun Residents Continue Push to Recall Commonwealth’s Attorney
Backed by two well-organized activist groups, residents of Loudoun County are moving ahead in their effort to recall Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj. Biberaj won election on an anti-incarceration platform. Despite that, she sought jail time for Scott Smith, a dad arrested at a Loudoun County School Board meeting out of frustration over the […]