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On UNCās new school for conservatives:
When the not-so-democracy-friendly Federalists saw their party fading & the nation becoming ever more Fed-unfriendly, they focused on capturing 3 things:
Courts
Culture
Classrooms
A recipe for bolstering & breeding members of a demographically dying party.
āUNC leaders blindsided by trustees' decision on School of Civic Life & Leadershipā
The UNC Board of Trustees passed a resolution on Thursday to āaccelerateā the creation of a new program ā the School for Civic Life and Leadership. Proposals for new schools, degrees and curriculums have historically come from faculty leaders and their vote is required for approval. UNC law professor Eric Muller said no member of the faculty knew of this āmajor development.ā Provost Chris Clemens also said at a Monday Faculty Executive Committee meeting that he didn't know the resolution was coming from the Board ā "I was surprised," he said.
This is the saddest headline I've ever seen. And there have been a whole lot of sad headlines lately.
@anamariecox In countries other than America there certainly isn't.
In other English speaking countries we have these crazy rules about evidence..
a) you need to have it to stop people
b) if you do stop people, you can only question them or investigate about THE THING YOU ACTUALLY STOPPED THEM FOR.
If you stopped them for a taillight that's busted... then ONLY TAILLIGHT RELATED QUESTIONS.
It's an innovative system. Based on this thing called 'civil rights'.
America should give it a try.
A really good article that drives home the point.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/21/us-police-violence-traffic-stop-data
The memes were true
New: President Carter found classified materials at his Georgia home on at least one occasion and returned them to Archives, according to source. Carter signed the Presidential Records in 1978 but it didnāt go into effect until Reagan was inaugurated. https://apnews.com/article/biden-trump-classified-documents-president-33df0355c72e9ae8fa4cb6ead13f6521
š¦š: https://twitter.com/FarnoushAmiri/status/1618057944632856576
WASHINGTON (AP) ā At least three presidents. A vice president, a secretary of state, an attorney general. The mishandling of classified documents is not a problem unique to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
The cat just went over to the HomePod mini on my desk, meowed at it, and Siri said "sure here is some music for you" and the cat perched on the window sill listening to Garbage and Elliott Smith.
I just want to know how long this has been going on.
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