"The cupboard is bare, there's not a penny to be cut" N. Pelosi.

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“Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on that farm he/she/they had a pig, E-I-E-I-O,”

EXCLUSIVE: Federal Education Program Head Start Warned Teachers About Racist Babies, Made Old MacDonald Trans

A new report from the Functional Government Initiative (FGI) reveals just how deeply woke ideology has permeated Head Start, a government program that provides education and other services to children three to five. Head Start held webinars for teachers on “anti-bias and anti-racism strategies Head Start programs can use in their practices, services, and systems.”

One webinar warned that even infants “discriminate between faces by race” and that “babies can categorize people by gender and race.”

Head Start also embraced transgender ideology, referring to pregnant women as “birthing parents” and “pregnant people” in social media posts. The program also proposed ways to make activities for children “more inclusive,” including by changing the lyrics to “Old MacDonald Had A Farm.”

“Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on that farm he/she/they had a pig, E-I-E-I-O,” the updated lyrics read.

Related: Head Start’s long been known to be nothing but an employment program for otherwise-unemployable inner city mothers and, above them, education majors/baristas/fry flippers. And for just as long, it has been known that the program achieves nothing except provide paychecks to those people.

AI Prompt: Do Head Start benefits disappear in later grades?

While Head Start participation benefited children’s learning and development during their time in the federally funded preschool program, those advantages had mostly vanished by the end of 3rd grade 1. Research has demonstrated that federal Head Start centers, which provide preschool care to children from low-income families, have little or no long-term academic value for children 2. Recently released results from the Head Start Impact Study indicate that the benefits of participating in Head Start almost completely disappear by first grade3. If Head Start children are more advanced when they enter kindergarten, schools may divert resources to their less-prepared peers. As those peers catch up, the visible benefits of Head Start would diminish 4. Convincing evidence regarding Head Start’s long-term effects has remained even more elusive, thanks to the lack of program randomization in its early years, small sample sizes of longitudinal surveys, and the difficulty of measuring adults’ access to Head Start decades ago 5.

Education Week

https://www.edweek.org › teaching-learning

Head Start Advantages Mostly Gone by 3rd Grade, Study Finds

Dec 21, 2012 · While Head Start participation benefited children’s learning and development during their time in the federally funded preschool program, those advantages had mostly vanished by the end of 3rd...

Education Next

  1. https://www.educationnext.org

    Is Head Start Worth Saving? - Education Next

    Apr 8, 2025 · Research has demonstrated that federal Head Start centers, which provide preschool care to children from low-income families, have little or no long-term academic value …

  2. The Heritage Foundation

    https://www.heritage.org › education › report › head...

    Head Start Earns an F: No Lasting Impact for Children by First …

    Jan 21, 2010 · Abstract: Recently released results from the Head Start Impact Study indicate that the benefits of participating in Head Start almost completely disappear by first grade. While …

  3. Center for Poverty and Inequality Research

    https://poverty.ucdavis.edu › policy-brief › short-run...

    Short-run Fade-out in Head Start and Implications for Long-run ...

    If Head Start children are more advanced when they enter kindergarten, schools may divert resources to their less-prepared peers. As those peers catch up, the visible benefits of Head …

  4. nih.gov

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles

    Prep School for Poor Kids: The Long-Run Impacts of Head Start …

    Convincing evidence regarding Head Start’s long-term effects has remained even more elusive, thanks to the lack of program randomization in its early years, small sample sizes of …

  5. Chalkbeat

    https://www.chalkbeat.org › a-new-study-questions-whether-head-start...

    A new study questions the long-run benefits of Head Start

    Aug 8, 2019 · For those born between 1976 and 1986, they, like Deming, found Head Start provided clear benefits. For children born later, though — largely between 1986 and 1996 — …

What happens in the children’s library should stay in the library — not read aloud to tender, sensitive adults

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give her a medal

Reader “Pierre DeLecto” (I don’t think that’s his real name, btw) sends along this clip of an unidentified* CT Republican representative, along with this comment:

This is somewhat off-topic--the common theme is the complete collapse of what were once assumed to be mutually-accepted societal norms. One has to watch the entire video to see what the CT Rep says, the admonishment she receives (from a Democrat) and her response that more than justifies her initial action. Don’t miss her comments at the end!

Pierre’s right, and so is she.

Because they aren't allowed to by their masters

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China permits two new coal power plants per week in 2022

Coal power plant permitting, construction starts and new project announcements accelerated dramatically in China in 2022, with new permits reaching the highest level since 2015. The coal power capacity starting construction in China was six times as large as that in all of the rest of the world combined.

Morning laugh: "History will judge you as idiots and liars" — he actually admitted that

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In the rare instances I’m drawn into discussing politics with liberals, I find the same blind, frothing-at-the-mouth ignorance and contempt displayed here. That contempt is returned, silently, 100X.

Go ahead, you can say it: JOOOOZE!

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maybe he was targeting gays?

Related:

Auditioning for NBC anchor position:

Oh, the HORROR!

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BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

The dust-up about his pocket stuffer comes three days after he made headlines for a tattoo scripted in Arabic on his arm.

The tattoo spells out the word 'kafir', which in the Quran means 'disbeliever' or 'infidel'.

The article’s by Not the Bee’s Joel Abbott, so well worth reading and enjouing

Abbott: “Wait, wait, wait ... you're telling me that a guy who served in Iraq and Afghanistan has a super popular tattoo among U.S. Armed Forces who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“You're saying thousands upon thousands of our boys are controversial for proudly wearing the insults leveled at them by Islamic terrorists??”

Muslims immediately decried the tattoo as a sign of disrespect and bigotry.

That's right, the people who snidely call us infidels are the real victims here! 😂

But the worst of all?

Hegseth is a Christian (GASP!) who has tattoos to remind him that he is a Christian warrior who is bound by the faith, tradition, and history of Christian warriors.

Hegseth's 'kafir' seems to be the latest addition among at least a dozen tattoos he has said symbolize his American patriotism and Christian faith.

The words 'Deus Vult' right above it on his right inner arm is widely seen as a symbol of Christian nationalism.

Abbott:

"Deus Vult" is an ancient Christian saying in Latin that means "God wills it," in the same way that hundreds of millions of Muslims say "if God wills it" in Arabic (inshallah) every single day. The Latin motto refers to the Lord's Prayer ("Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven").

But you're supposed to think it's bad because Christians first used the motto in 1096 when they were trying to stop the mostly peaceful Muslim armies from raping and pillaging further into the Byzantine Empire.

FWIW: This caught my eye: apparently, the cleansing of the Pentagon is incomplete, and there are still Obamaites to be flushed out:

'The guy can't show up to a simple ceremony without p*****g off half the people in the building,' one Pentagon insider told the Daily Mail. 'This isn't tone deafness. This is outright aggression in terms of optics.'

Who's gonna tell her?

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“Who, me? You want me?” (Well, no)

“A third option remains, that she will forego a political career entirely and remain a paid speaker and inspirational figure for activists”

Hahahahaha!

Kamala Harris triggered further speculation over the weekend that she is not running for governor of California and has higher political ambitions.

Rumors started circulating after she delivered a lackluster three-minute virtual address to the Democratic state political convention that was politely received by the audience.

In a steady, monotone voice, she spoke about the Trump administration's recent actions against universities and praised activists efforts to fight the president's agenda.

'While this administration in Washington tries to divide us, we hear know that we are stronger when we stand together,' she said, a flashback to her 2024 campaign slogan.

Harris' failure to appear at the convention and her video address suggested she was not interested in running for governor of California, and instead pursuing a return to presidential politics. 

The Democratic primary for the race is scheduled for June 2, 2026, with the general election scheduled for November.

Harris has always been popular in California, easily beating Democratic challengers in her race for Attorney General and her race for Senator of California.

Her 2020 race for president, however, failed spectacularly as she ended her campaign before the Iowa caucuses and the California primary.

Since her loss, Harris has vowed to 'stay in the fight' and organized some of her trusted aides into the organization Pioneer49, while she explores her political future.

California Democratic activists are frustrated by the lack of signals from Harris, as they are impatient to move forward with a clear candidate. 

If Harris runs for governor, she will likely forego another run for president in 2028, which Democratic strategists in Washington, DC fully expect her to explore.

She continues to delay any decisions about running for governor or diving into presidential politics again, telling advisors she will made a decision in late-summer. 

A third option remains, that she will forego a political career entirely and remain a paid speaker and inspirational figure for activists with the option of publishing a book of her memoirs.  

In the meantime, Harris continues to take the stage to protest the Trump administration and rally activists. 

Last week, she appeared at an event in Australia where she shared a bizarre story about her mother and spiraled into word salads when asked to speak about the importance of humility.