9 thoughts on “News/Politics 8-25-26”

  1. “A newly released peer-reviewed study presents the results of the first nationwide homeschool achievement study in 15 years:

    “A Nationwide Study on the Academic Achievement of Homeschool Students and Parents’ Reasons for Homeschooling”

    Among the findings:

    Homeschool students scored 29 percentile points higher in reading than the norm group

    25 percentile points higher in language

    25 percentile points higher in math

    26 percentile points higher in social studies

    27 percentile points higher in science

    The study also found that student achievement was generally not associated with family income, parent education levels, or whether the teaching parent held state teacher certification.

    Dr. Brian Ray of @NHERI_Research National Home Education Research Institute joined me on my podcast this week to discuss this study and the findings:”

    https://x.com/nickitruesdell/status/2091919520059318761

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  2. “Supreme Court hands Trump a win in bid to prevent ineligible voters voting in midterm elections”

    https://x.com/jsolomonReports/status/2092218045154394400

    https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/supreme-court-hands-trump-win-bid-prevent-ineligible-voters-voting-midterm?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=social-media-autopost

    “The Supreme Court on Monday opened the door for President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at securing the upcoming midterm elections from ineligible voters and implementing verification standards for mail-in ballots.

    The high court halted a lower court ruling that was blocking the president’s March 31 executive order establishing a whole-of-government approach to prevent noncitizens from registering to vote or voting in federal elections. A coalition of 23 Democratic states and Washington, D.C., sued the administration in Massachusetts to block the order.

    The lower court’s ruling by District Court Judge Indira Talwani in June specifically blocked parts of the executive order directing federal prosecutors to focus on prosecuting any state and local officials who facilitate ineligible voting and instructing the U.S. Postal Service to establish verification standards for mail-in ballots, including a unique barcode. “

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  4. The stupid….

    It hurts…

    https://x.com/LegInsurrection/status/2092215916968763839

    “As typhus hits Los Angeles, wildfires incinerate our cities, and our water infrastructure deteriorates, our state legislators are making sure unicorns can’t be sold in the state.”

    https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/08/california-lawmakers-chase-unicorns-while-real-crises-mount/

    “In perhaps one of the most bone-headed legislative moves in the history of this country, California lawmakers wasted time debating whether gene-edited “designer pets,” including glowing rabbits and unicorns, should be sold in the state.

    This effort is especially troubling, as the state faces far more immediate crises (e.g., homelessness, wildfire risks, deteriorating water quality and infrastructure) that are far more serious than the prospect of fluorescent pets.

    At least the state Senate had the sense to halt the inanity.

    Proposed legislation to protect animals from “Frankenstein”-like medical experimentation died in the state Senate on Thursday, and supporters blame election year politics for its demise.”

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  6. Of course…

    https://x.com/FDRLST/status/2092235548484100325

    “Declassified Docs Show Deep State Letting Chinese Espionage Slide If It Helps Democrats”

    https://thefederalist.com/2026/08/25/declassified-docs-show-deep-state-letting-chinese-espionage-slide-if-it-helps-democrats/

    “This week the FBI released newly declassified files on former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Chinese national Christine Fang (Fang Fang). There are two heavily redacted packets: one from the San Francisco Division’s 2014 “Freshman Fifteen” public-corruption probe and the other covering counterintelligence and recruitment efforts. These documents fill in details that earlier reporting left incomplete and underscore how institutional choices allowed a suspected Chinese intelligence operative to operate with relative impunity.”

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