Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I’m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus’ lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024. It’s time you know the truth.
Interesting results in education reform from Arkansas. Their numbers are still not good but have shown a 7% increase in one year. Percentage increases are exponential not linear. If they showed 7% increase over the next few years that would be impressive. May be hard to sustain, but worth watching what happens.
See also the link within the above article to John Derbyshire’s unflinching analysis, which got him into a lot of trouble.
I was enjoying some live music last night. Alone. And I read the article that Snow on Pine linked. Ouch! FWIW, Selwyn Duke is black.
Amjad Taha:
To Trump: In the Middle East, loyalty is currency. If you abandon your closest friend halfway through a fight and cut deals behind their back while leaving them exposed, don’t expect anyone to trust your guarantees again. You told the world, “The U.S. and Israel carried out an operation against Iran,” then walked away and left your ally standing alone.
In the Middle East, we don’t judge friends by speeches; we judge them by who stays when the missiles fly. A person who abandons an ally halfway and cuts deals behind their back is not someone you call in a crisis.
You will say it’s about American interests. Fine. But others also have interests, and they have memories. You can call it “America’s interests.” We call it something else: leaving your friends in the storm.
Before asking, “Why don’t they defend themselves?” remember that countries like Israel did and are still doing so alone.
And also remember that the UAE defended itself, struck back forcefully, and banned the Muslim Brotherhood. Many of your countries in the West did neither.
The lesson is simple. If you can leave your closest friend exposed today, why should anyone trust your promises tomorrow? Maybe it’s time for the Middle East to start thinking about alternatives.
And yes, when Iran strikes again, don’t assume the Middle East will dial Washington. People don’t call someone who might leak information to Turkey or cut a deal with Tehran while their friends are still under fire.
Nations don’t have friends , common interest sometimes .
VP Vance: ” I don’t want to get into hypotheticals that could torpedo the deal because I think that the President’s expectation is that all of our friends the Israelis and the Arabs in the region we’re going to work together and actually see this deal to completion.”
So, yeah, cutsie mincing about cuts in whatever direction we choose, but doesn’t actually foster understanding.
Physicsguy, thanks for the article. I think education is the key battleground in the cultural war between the Marxists and America. Mississippi is another Republican state that has gotten significant improvements in their schools. Here’s an article about the so-called Mississippi miracle.
Imagine a state that ranked dead last in nearly every education ranking. More than half of third-grade students were unable to read proficiently. Colleges were pouring millions into remedial education because too many high school graduates arrived unprepared for college reading and writing. Poverty and historical inequities plagued classrooms and socially promoting children who could not read was the norm. That was Mississippi in 2012. Fast-forward to today, and this same state has engineered a stunning reversal. Fourth-grade reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) skyrocketed from 50th in the nation a decade ago to as high as ninth, with gains holding steady in 2024, while the national average declined.
This remarkable turnaround, known as the Mississippi Miracle, isn’t magic, it’s the result of deliberate, state-led innovation that transformed early literacy from the ground up. A recent Fox News segment highlighted phonics as one of the key components of the turnaround in student outcomes. Phonics matters. But, if you think phonics alone explains the Mississippi Miracle, you are missing the playbook. What Mississippi did was build a coordinated and sustained system. It started with strong leadership from the top.
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DNI Tulsi Gabbard:
https://x.com/i/status/2067792184753938484
Short video at link above.
Press release link below.
https://www.odni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4166-pr-11-26
Interesting results in education reform from Arkansas. Their numbers are still not good but have shown a 7% increase in one year. Percentage increases are exponential not linear. If they showed 7% increase over the next few years that would be impressive. May be hard to sustain, but worth watching what happens.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gov-sanders-reveals-major-breakthrough-education-red-state-positions-blueprint-nation
Worth a look–see
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/06/two_americas_black_rednecks_and_karmelo_anthony_and_civilization.html
See also the link within the above article to John Derbyshire’s unflinching analysis, which got him into a lot of trouble.
I was enjoying some live music last night. Alone. And I read the article that Snow on Pine linked. Ouch! FWIW, Selwyn Duke is black.
Amjad Taha:
https://x.com/i/status/2067738953852371044
yikes
Nations don’t have friends , common interest sometimes .
VP Vance: ” I don’t want to get into hypotheticals that could torpedo the deal because I think that the President’s expectation is that all of our friends the Israelis and the Arabs in the region we’re going to work together and actually see this deal to completion.”
So, yeah, cutsie mincing about cuts in whatever direction we choose, but doesn’t actually foster understanding.
Physicsguy, thanks for the article. I think education is the key battleground in the cultural war between the Marxists and America. Mississippi is another Republican state that has gotten significant improvements in their schools. Here’s an article about the so-called Mississippi miracle.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/heres-secret-behind-mississippis-education-miracle-why-its-no-accident
Imagine a state that ranked dead last in nearly every education ranking. More than half of third-grade students were unable to read proficiently. Colleges were pouring millions into remedial education because too many high school graduates arrived unprepared for college reading and writing. Poverty and historical inequities plagued classrooms and socially promoting children who could not read was the norm. That was Mississippi in 2012. Fast-forward to today, and this same state has engineered a stunning reversal. Fourth-grade reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) skyrocketed from 50th in the nation a decade ago to as high as ninth, with gains holding steady in 2024, while the national average declined.
This remarkable turnaround, known as the Mississippi Miracle, isn’t magic, it’s the result of deliberate, state-led innovation that transformed early literacy from the ground up. A recent Fox News segment highlighted phonics as one of the key components of the turnaround in student outcomes. Phonics matters. But, if you think phonics alone explains the Mississippi Miracle, you are missing the playbook. What Mississippi did was build a coordinated and sustained system. It started with strong leadership from the top.