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Brooks was always a never Trumper, but unlike Ross Douthat and a lot of the "sane" conservatives - he's turned a corner as Trump continues down the road to Autocracy.

I'm not clicking that and his op-eds in the NYT always annoyed me (only saw the headlines). Is he turning on the entire party or just the felon?
 

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I'm not clicking that and his op-eds in the NYT always annoyed me (only saw the headlines). Is he turning on the entire party or just the felon?

IMO, He's kinda mealy mouthed about it - but everyone should be united for "democracy" not autocracy is where he's going

But he said
  • Voting
  • Court Cases
  • Protests (Non-violent of course, and ideally the regime would get violent and that would make them fracture...)
But the big one - STRIKE.

Even Capeheart (who I don't really like either tbh) was silent.
 

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Trump’s Education Chief Linda McMahon Repeatedly Calls AI ‘A1’ in School Speech​


Linda McMahon might need new reading glasses.

By Matt Novak Published April 10, 2025 | Comments (230)

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attends the executive order signing ceremony to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attends the executive order signing ceremony to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. © Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is currently working to shut down the Department of Education at the behest of President Donald Trump, leaving her plenty of time to talk on panels about the future of schools—or lack of a future, as it were. McMahon’s appearance at the ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego this week included a rather amusing mix-up. McMahon repeatedly referred to AI by the name “A1.” Yes, just like the steak sauce.

The video of the conference was livestreamed on YouTube, where you can hear it for yourself.

“I heard, I think it was a letter or a report that I heard this morning, I wish I could remember the source, but that there is a school system that’s going to start making sure that first graders or even pre-k’s have A1 teaching every year, starting that far down in the grades,” McMahon said.

And just in case it seemed like McMahon had misspoken once, she said A1 again, all while calling kids “sponges.”

“And that’s just a wonderful thing. Kids are sponges. They just absorb everything,” McMahon continued. “So it wasn’t all that long ago that we’re going to have internet in our schools. Now, okay, let’s see A1 and how can that be helpful? How can it be helpful in one-on-one instruction? How can it be helpful in absorbing more information for those fast learners? It can be more one-on-one directed. And those are the kinds of things and innovations that I want to see continue to develop.”



The most confusing part about her mistake is that McMahon, who’s 76 years old, refers to AI other times, including just before you can hear her repeatedly say A1. Does Secretary McMahon know about some kind of special AI technology that goes by the name A1? It’s entirely possible, but Gizmodo was unable to get an answer from the Department of Education via email.

McMahon has a net worth of roughly $3.2 billion and took the job of Education Secretary with the explicit goal of destroying the department. McMahon was asked about why she was dismantling the agency, and her response was that the country didn’t always have a Department of Education and that Americans need to get more “innovative” and “creative” when it comes to educating kids.

The power to properly eliminate the department actually rests with Congress, so Trump and McMahon have obliterated it only as far as they can. Republicans in the Senate have introduced a bill to formally close the agency, but it’s still not clear how that legislation will fare. Hopefully, they figure out the difference between AI and A1 while they work to erase public education in the United States.
 

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Trump Posted a Photo of Abrego Garcia's Hand With an MS-13 Knuckle Tattoo. Internet Sleuths Say It's Photoshopped​




The President published a statement addressing Garcia's deportation from the White House on Friday​


Maryam Khanum /Published Apr 19 2025, 10:37 AM EDT

Abrego Garcia knuckles


Trump holding a printed-out photo of what appears to be Garcia's hand, demonstrating that "MS-13" is tattooed across his knuckles.Donald J. Trump/Truth Social

President Donald Trump reportedly held up a digitally altered image of the hand of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was deported by the Trump administration, in an attempt to prove Garcia is a gang member.

The President published a statement addressing Garcia's deportation from the White House on Friday. Trump can be seen holding a printed-out photo of what appears to be Garcia's hand, demonstrating that "MS-13" is tattooed across his knuckles.

"This is the hand of the man that the Democrats feel should be brought back to the United States, because he is such 'a fine and innocent person.' They said he is not a member of MS-13, even though he's got MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles and two Highly Respected Courts found that he was a member of MS-13, beat up his wife, etc.," Trump posted to Truth Social.

"I was elected to take bad people out of the United States, among other things. I must be allowed to do my job. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" Trump continued.

However, many have pointed out that the image appears photoshopped.

"Hey Old Man,@realDonaldTrump, have someone teach you about Photoshop. This is an excellent example of altering a photo, in this case to make your illegal actions look good. But instead you look foolish," said former Minnesota State Senator Linda Higgins on X.

Hey Old Man, @realDonaldTrump , have someone teach you about Photoshop. This is an excellent example of altering a photo, in this case to make your illegal actions look good. But instead you look foolish https://t.co/IXl2mZnG5u

— Linda Higgins (@LindaIHiggins) April 18, 2025

"MS-13 looks like it was typed on the photo," wrote another.

MS-13 looks like it was typed on the photo

— Michael Silverberg (@Patchality) April 19, 2025

"Here's a fun game: spot the difference between a real tattoo and Trump's latest art project. That "MS-13" knuckle ink looks like it was slapped on by a graphic designer who's never seen a gang tattoo in their life—too clean, too literal, and conveniently unverified by any court or agency," wrote another frustrated user.

Here’s a fun game: spot the difference between a real tattoo and Trump’s latest art project. That “MS-13” knuckle ink looks like it was slapped on by a graphic designer who’s never seen a gang tattoo in their life—too clean, too literal, and conveniently unverified by any court…

— Mike Young 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱🟧 (@micyoung75) April 18, 2025

"Needing to have a photo doctored and then lie to an entire country simply to fit your twisted narrative is definitely something a psychopath would do," said a fourth.

Needing to have a photo doctored and then lie to an entire country simply to fit your twisted narrative is definitely something a psychopath would do. pic.twitter.com/4cw8JA6yTL

— Donamaria (@FraidNotz) April 19, 2025

Abrego Garcia was deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador last month despite having been granted a court order preventing his deportation by an immigration judge in 2019. Though Trump administration officials have admitted that his deportation was a mistake, Trump has repeatedly expressed an unwillingness to facilitate Garcia's return despite also being ordered to do so unanimously by the Supreme Court.
 
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