Gretchen Whitmer gave $8 million to Waymo for Michigan plant — then vehicle company left for Arizona
When state officials announced in 2019 they were giving away $8 million in taxpayer funded subsidies to the autonomous vehicle company Waymo, Michael LaFaive issued a warning.
“The evidence on corporate handout programs is very clear,” the senior director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy told Michigan Capitol Confidential. “They are almost always ineffective. We found that for every $500,000 in handouts to corporations, there was a corresponding decline of about 600 jobs in the county hosting Michigan Business Development Program projects.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer nonetheless predicted Waymo, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, would “fuel new economic activity across Michigan, strengthen communities, and create good-paying jobs for our residents.” Click here to read more.
Rubio, Hegseth Slam Media Over Iran Strike Leak: ‘Professional Stabbers’ Undermining U.S. Victory
WASHINGTON D.C. - After CNN, The New York Times, and other legacy media outlets tried to torpedo the success of President Donald Trump’s strike on the Iranian nuclear facilities, quoting a leak claiming the strike only set Iran’s nuclear program back by months, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed the leakers, calling them “professional stabbers” and revealing an investigation is already underway.
“The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven people briefed on it,” CNN declared. “Intel Report on Iran Upends Victory Lap Trump Was Hoping for at NATO,” the Times trumpeted. Click here to read more.
US finds California in violation of Title IX over transgender athlete policies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (FOX26) — The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has concluded that the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) are in violation of Title IX for policies allowing male athletes to compete in girls' sports.
This decision marks a significant victory for female athletes in California, who have faced challenges competing on an equal playing field.
Sophia Lorey, Outreach Director for the California Family Council (CFC), expressed gratitude for the decision.
"As a former CIF athlete and collegiate athlete in California, I am deeply grateful to see the U.S. Department of Education taking action," said Lorey.
“Although Governor Gavin Newsom admitted months ago it was ‘deeply unfair’ to allow men to compete in women’s sports, both the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation continued as recently as a few weeks ago to allow men to steal female athletes’ well-deserved accolades and to subject them to the indignity of unfair and unsafe competitions,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. “The Trump Administration will relentlessly enforce Title IX protections for women and girls, and our findings today make clear that California has failed to adhere to its obligations under federal law." Click here to read more.
Chicago Teachers Union sets more traps to kill charter schools
The Chicago Board of Education recently voted to renew all 21 charter schools for just two to four years, creating instability that the Chicago Teachers Union will use to damage parents’ abilities to choose better schools for their children.
Of Chicago Public Schools’ 21 charter school campuses up for renewal, 11 in late May received just two-year renewals despite state law allowing charter schools to be renewed for up to 10-year terms. The longest renewals approved by the board were four-year terms at eight charter schools.
CTU has a history of denying access to charter schools for Chicago families and trying to limit them statewide. The union’s newest collective bargaining agreement with CPS advances that assault.
The most recent contract mandates a moratorium restricting the number of charter schools in the city and their enrollment. The agreement also includes a union neutrality clause for contract renewals, requiring charter operators to in effect support a union’s attempt to organize its staff and making it easier for CTU to unionize all charter schools in the district. Click here to read more.
Twisting the Truth: Extreme Weather and the Climate Narrative
WASHINGTON D.C. - As America braces for another storm season, only the media storms are more predictable than upcoming hurricanes and tornadoes. Even before the dust settles after natural disasters, headlines often warn that gusts of wind and funnel clouds are proof the Earth is boiling.
Politicians rush to blame carbon emissions while their supporters flood social media warning of the inevitable doomsday caused by climate change. It all becomes one message: If we do not pass sweeping climate legislation now, more devastation is on the horizon.
But there is one inconvenient truth for these protests: the data do not support the narrative.
As the Heritage Foundation chief statistician, Kevin Dayaratna, points out in his new book, “Cooling the Climate Hysteria,” the claim that climate change is causing more and stronger tornadoes and hurricanes in the U.S. “is unsupported by the relevant trend data.” Click here to read more.
