#De Blasio’s push for new ThriveNYC waste is latest low

#De Blasio’s push for new ThriveNYC waste is latest low

“#De Blasio’s push for new ThriveNYC waste is latest low” New York City’s co-mayors, doubling down on derangement, say their Christmas gift to Gotham will be 150 new social workers. Oh goody, because a city teetering on COVID-driven bankruptcy can never have too many social workers. Even when most Gothamites would doubtless rather their dough…

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#Team Biden’s backward hostility to charter schools

#Team Biden’s backward hostility to charter schools

“#Team Biden’s backward hostility to charter schools” Joe Biden is expected to name Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona as his education secretary Wednesday. Given rumors about the president-elect tapping union officials for the job, this is a relief. Still, reformers and school-choice advocates shouldn’t let their guards down. In a recent interview with the Education…

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#Richard Dormer makes ‘zany’ shift to ‘The Watch’

#Richard Dormer makes ‘zany’ shift to ‘The Watch’

“#Richard Dormer makes ‘zany’ shift to ‘The Watch’” Richard Dormer has gone from wielding a flaming sword on “Game of Thrones” to a more lighthearted fantasy world in “The Watch.” Premiering Sunday, Jan. 3, on BBC America (8 p.m.), “The Watch” has an irreverent tone similar to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” Set in…

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#Biden finally praises Operation Warp Speed

#Biden finally praises Operation Warp Speed

“#Biden finally praises Operation Warp Speed” President-elect Joe Biden finally offered some words of praise for President Trump’s record-breaking Operation Warp Speed. Better late than never, we guess. After getting his own jab Monday, Biden acknowledged the Trump administration’s hard work on vaccine development, specifically crediting Operation Warp Speed with “getting this off the ground.”…

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#Bill de Blasio triples down on worthless ThriveNYC

#Bill de Blasio triples down on worthless ThriveNYC

“#Bill de Blasio triples down on worthless ThriveNYC” What New York’s schoolchildren really need now, Mayor Bill de Blasio told the city on Monday, is . . . a mental-health quiz and more social workers. Yes, the mayor is tripling down on his wife’s ThriveNYC initiative, with an all-new, ill-defined focus on counseling for students…

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#This COVID relief bill is why Congress is hated

#This COVID relief bill is why Congress is hated

“#This COVID relief bill is why Congress is hated” Public approval of Congress sank to just 15 percent in the latest Gallup poll, but lawmakers are determined to find out how low they can go. That’s one explanation, at least, for all the unrelated junk they tossed into the massive pandemic-relief/government-funding bill. The public fury…

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#Knicks fired up ahead of season opener vs. Pacers

#Knicks fired up ahead of season opener vs. Pacers

“#Knicks fired up ahead of season opener vs. Pacers” The harsh glare of the regular season hits Tom Thibodeau’s Knicks on Wednesday night in their season opener at empty Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.  A 3-1 preseason was all well and good, but even hyped rookie Obi Toppin knows it means little.  “Everybody is talking…

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#Ted Cruz’s lame asylum-ban logic and other commentary

#Ted Cruz’s lame asylum-ban logic and other commentary

“#Ted Cruz’s lame asylum-ban logic and other commentary” Libertarian: Cruz’s Lame Asylum-Ban Logic Sen. Ted Cruz offered a “weak” rationale for his surprise move to block a bill to grant “political asylum to residents of Hong Kong fleeing China’s increasingly oppressive rule,” notes Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy: a claim that it would make…

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#Gunman in Brooklyn FedEx shooting arrested: NYPD

#Gunman in Brooklyn FedEx shooting arrested: NYPD

“#Gunman in Brooklyn FedEx shooting arrested: NYPD” A man has been arrested for caught-on-video shooting of a FedEx driver as he walked out of a Brownsville apartment building after making a delivery there earlier this month, the NYPD said Tuesday. Jvon Johnson, 24, was arrested on Monday and charged with attempted murder and criminal possession…

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