Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose life's work is to take funds out of public education and give it to private religious charter schools, struggled to explain her philosophy on 60 Minutes last night. It was a funny journey into the exciting new mode of conservative thinking that everyone's talking about. When the desire to do something isn't backed by a coherent ideology (or one you dare to explain), describing it becomes a deer-in-headlights nightmare of fixed smiles and random thoughts springing into life and evaporating almost before an interviewer can pop them with simple, unchallenging questions.
Betsy DeVos tries to explain why money should be taken away from schools
On Fox, Peter Navarro still freely spews same disinformation that led to deadly Capitol attack
We regret to inform you that Peter Navarro and Maria Bartiromo are both at it again. Peter Navarro: "The Democratic Party did violence to this country by attacking a president who I believe was legally elected on November 3," "74 million Americans out there" are "pissed off" like him. Maria Bartiromo: "We know that there… READ THE REST
TRUMP IMPEACHED for historic 2nd time, majority of House votes to impeach on 'incitement of insurrection'
PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPEACHED FOR INCITING 1/6 CAPITOL RIOT A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump a historic second time, on charges of 'incitement of insurrection.' The final vote was 232 for and 197 against impeachment with five not voting. 222 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted for… READ THE REST
Remove Trump's YouTube channel, civil rights groups say — or Google faces advertiser boycott
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Industrious lets you use a fully-furnished modern office — and only pay on the days you need it
It's an option virtually every small business and freelancing professional will eventually consider — do I need to rent office space? Whether it's the result of a growing staff, growing responsibilities, or simply maturing as a company, there's usually a moment for any professional organization when getting a centralized office starts to make a lot… READ THE REST
This Starchive 1TB cloud storage account doesn't just hold your content – it curates it
The cloud is definitely growing up. A decade ago, you'd have been hard-pressed to find many comfortable with saving all of their documents, media, and other important files with a cloud service provider. Today, everyone is on board the cloud storage train. But, with growth comes maturity too. For many users, it's not enough to… READ THE REST
Get one of these space heaters to combat the cold of winter
With January here, it's easy to think that the worst of winter is over. Unfortunately, as recent years (like last year) have shown us, it can remain pretty steadily chilly all the way into April and May. If you've got central heating, you're going to be getting pretty sick of those bills by then. The… READ THE REST