Saturday, August 17, 2024

News and Views: August 17, 2024

UK's Slide into Totalitarianism: A Grim Echo of Communist Regimes   As the UK tightens its grip on free speech, many are left questioning how far this will go. The parallels to communist regimes, where dissent is met with imprisonment, are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. With each passing day, the UK’s slide into totalitarianism becomes more pronounced, leaving citizens to wonder—who will be next?

The Week in Pictures: Return of the King (of Twitter) 

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A story everyone should know: Harris, Biden, and Gianfranco Torres-Navarro  Torres-Navarro was presumably not on the terrorist watch list. He is just a cold-blooded mass killer involved in standard gang crimes. One might think that would be plenty of reason to keep him out of the U.S., but he was ushered right in.
And that is why the public should know about Torres-Navarro. He is in the U.S. because of the way Biden and Harris chose to run the U.S.-Mexico border. And he is in custody through the work of an agency, ICE, that Harris wanted to “reexamine” and profoundly change, “starting from scratch,” in light of her goal of decriminalizing illegal crossings into the U.S. The border should be a major issue in this presidential campaign, and the story of Torres-Navarro is part of it.

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College students lack ‘rudimentary’ knowledge of history, civics: survey  Although the K-12 education system has contributed significantly to the problem, it has not acted alone, the scholars told The Fix. Both Jackson and McClay blamed the traditional media and entertainment culture for prioritizing reality television and fandom over informed citizenship.
   “The problem really begins in primary and secondary education, including the textbooks used in those schools, and is dramatically reinforced by a popular culture that accepts and echoes the worst mischaracterizations of the American experience,” McClay said.


Computer tablet use linked to angry outbursts among toddlers, research shows  Children logging 75 minutes or more of daily screen time at 3 1/2 years old were more apt to outbursts of anger and frustration a year later, a study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics found. 
   Further, the findings suggest a vicious cycle is in play, with little kids who were more apt toward expressions of anger and frustration at 4 1/2 years old likely to spend even more time on an iPad a year later.

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"KamalaCosts" and "Kamalanomics" are trending on X on Friday afternoon as Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled her strategy to address the crushing economic environment faced by the working poor and middle class during her tenure as vice president in the Biden administration.

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