News and Views: May 17, 2025

Does the Release of the Hur Recordings Raise More Questions About the Autopen Signings? The release of Hur's recorded interview with Joe Biden changes everything. It raises serious questions that Democrats can't avoid: How impaired was Joe Biden? Did he fully understand the act of pardoning so many criminals? 

   Who was pulling the strings? Who was the puppetmaster? 

   “This is one of the greatest scandals of our generation and Americans are demanding answers. Last Congress, we launched an investigation into the cover-up of President Biden’s cognitive decline, but we were met with obstruction by the Biden White House and mockery from Democrats in Congress. Now that Biden’s top enablers can no longer hide behind the power of the presidency, we’re continuing our investigation to expose the truth," the statement continued.

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New York Students Desperately Need Trump's Help Instead of focusing on reading, writing, math, science, and teacher support, the state has committed millions of dollars to programs that do not directly help students learn. Many of these are tied to political or social ideas, not academics. In recent years, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs have expanded across New York—including in education—without any evidence that they are improving student outcomes.

What Were We Thinking? A new book reveals the bad science and corrupt leadership behind America’s disastrous pandemic school closures 

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Harrison Butker, Harbinger?  Life during and after the coming Demographic Winter And now we’re facing a global baby bust, or as some are calling it, a “demographic winter” due to plunging birth rates worldwide.  “Fertility rates have fallen way below replacement level throughout the entire industrialized world, and this is starting to cause major problems all over the globe.  Aging populations are counting on younger generations to take care of them as they get older, but younger generations are not nearly large enough to accomplish that task.  Meanwhile, there aren’t enough qualified young workers in many fields to replace the expertise of older workers that are now retiring.  Sadly, this is just the beginning.” Screenshot

Baby bonuses won’t solve the birthrate problem...Only culture, not cash, can spark a new boom in having kids  That isn’t the kind of deep-rooted cultural norm that can be bought with a “baby bonus.” It can only be established through the steady revitalization of civil society, and through the inculcation of a worldview that celebrates family life as a blessing beyond measure. There is no easy fix for making that happen. But if a culture that treasures children can take root in one modern, democratic, and pluralistic society, it can take root in others. Perhaps, in time, even in ours.

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How Gov. Gavin Newsom Killed 30 People...Newsom locked up Californians and freed criminals to terrorize, rape and kill them  During COVID, Gov. Newsom locked down ordinary citizens and unlocked prison doors to set loose murders, rapists, robbers and the worst monsters to prey on a helpless citizenry which had been discouraged from leaving their houses or making contact with their fellow human beings. Isolated and afraid they fell victim to thousands of criminals who did not care about wearing masks, practicing social distancing or any of the other regulations imposed by Newsom.

   While children were prevented from going to school and small businesses were forced to shut their doors, parks were gated off and people were warned against strolling through the beach, California’s criminals, set loose by Gov. Newsom, enjoyed an unprecedented crime spree.

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Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College...ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project   It’ll be years before we can fully account for what all of this is doing to students’ brains. Some early research shows that when students off-load cognitive duties onto chatbots, their capacity for memory, problem-solving, and creativity could suffer. Multiple studies published within the past year have linked AI usage with a deterioration in critical-thinking skills; one found the effect to be more pronounced in younger participants.

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The Week In Pictures: Seashells by the Seashore Edition 

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