Teachers who celebrated Charlie Kirk's assassination now cash in with taxpayer-funded settlements

'Spreading Conspiratorial Poison for Cash': Ben Shapiro Calls Down the THUNDER on Candace Owens and DAMN

'Spreading Conspiratorial Poison for Cash': Ben Shapiro Calls Down the THUNDER on Candace Owens and DAMN

Bipartisan show of support for Bill Maher at Kennedy Center, as Trump looms large

It's an award fully focused on comedy, yet some serious drama surrounded the Kennedy Center as Bill Maher received this year's Mark Twain Prize. But the controversy about the name and future of the Kennedy Center didn't stop several stars and a bipartisan group of lawmakers from heading to the performing arts hub in a...

John Thompson: Public Schools Are a Public Good, Not a Commodity!

John Thompson, historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma, reports on a discussion between historian Jack Schneider and journalist Jennifer Berkshire about the future of public schools. There is no denying the well-funded effort, supported by the Trump administration, to send public money to nonpublic schools. And yet more than 85 of American children still enroll []

“He Never Saw It Coming!”: Elementary Student Outsmarts a Serial Older Bully with the Perfect, Untraceable Payback Scheme

That's easy to laugh about years later. The post “He Never Saw It Coming!”: Elementary Student Outsmarts a Serial Older Bully with the Perfect, Untraceable Payback Scheme appeared first on TwistedSifter.

Bryan Kohberger case cost taxpayers more than $8 million

Taxpayers have spent more than 8 million on the legal proceedings against Bryan Kohberger, who was convicted in the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students. According to the Idaho Statesman, the estimate includes Kohberger’s publicly funded defense, law enforcement and prosecution expenses, University of Idaho security costs, and the cost of holding him []...Click to read more

Editorial: Illinois spends 65 cents on pensions for every dollar it spends on classrooms – Chicago Tribune*

Teachers did their jobs and retirees earned their pensions, and we’d never argue otherwise. The scandal here is that politicians have completely mismanaged these promised benefits, allowing annual costs to balloon out of control alongside unfunded liabilities that continue to grow. ... In the recently signed 55.9 billion state budget, Illinois’ education costs aren’t just the 10.8 billion spent on K-12 operations, they also include roughly 7 billion in teacher pension obligations.

Suspect ate Chick-fil-A and interacted with Charlie Kirk staff before shooting, court hears

The man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk at a college last year strolled around its campus, ate a meal at Chick-fil-A and interacted with the conservative activist's staff before he allegedly killed him, a court has heard. Tyler Robinson, 23, also returned close to the Utah Valley University crime scene afterward

There Was a String of Security Failures at Utah Valley University That Led to the Death of Charlie Kirk

There Was a String of Security Failures at Utah Valley University That Led to the Death of Charlie Kirk

Raising them right: What gifts, if any, do teachers actually want this June?

How much should you spend, who should you buy for, and do teachers really need or want a gift as the school term ends?

How I Busted the Ruby Ridge Coverup

On this day in 1995, I helped shatter the coverup of federal killings at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. For millions of Americans, those brazen killings epitomized how the U.S. government had become a deadly peril to their rights and liberties. In 1991, an ATF informant entrapped Randy Weaver into selling him two sawed-off shotguns. After ATF []

Erika Kirk Flees Courtroom as Cop Details Charlie’s Death

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesErika Kirk, the widow of slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, fled the courtroom on Monday as a police officer described the moment her husband was killed.Charlie, 31, was killed at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, leaving Erika, 37, to raise their two children alone. She also took over the reins of Turning Point USA.A hearing took place in Utah on Monday to determine whether or not there is enough evidence in order to proceed with the trial of the 23-year-old man suspected of killing Charlie.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Tennessee Prof Who Called Charlie Kirk a ‘Disgusting Psychopath’ May Get $1.9M Settlement

Your words celebrated a gruesome murder, which horrifically took place on a college campus similar to our own The post Tennessee Prof Who Called Charlie Kirk a ‘Disgusting Psychopath’ May Get 1.9M Settlement first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

How Schools Can Stay Safe

Conversations with Kevin Hogan: Clever’s Head of Education Strategy Jeff Carlson on the state of school district security

GOP Lawmakers Move to Scrap Federal Rule Critics Say Unfairly Targets Career Schools

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., is set to introduce a bill to repeal a federal rule skewing higher education funding. Currently, career and technical schools are being singled out while traditional public and nonprofit colleges and universities are exempt. “Washington should not pick winners and losers in higher education,” Harris told the...

Rosie O'Donnell reveals astonishing fortune led to her quitting hit TV talk show

The comedian says turning down another huge payday allowed her to prioritise raising her children over extending one of America's biggest daytime television successes.

Police officer describes chaotic scene after Charlie Kirk killing in key preliminary hearing

A former Utah Valley University police officer described the chaotic scene after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on the school’s campus last year during a key preliminary hearing ahead of the murder trial over Kirk’s death. Chris Bagley, a former UVU police officer who worked during the event where Kirk was killed, was the []

Charlie Kirk Shooting Death Investigation: Updates on the Case

The investigation into conservative pundit Charlie Kirk’s murder on September 10 is ongoing as the Utah Valley University community, and the entire country, continues to process the day’s tragic events. Kirk, who was 31, was shot and killed while speaking at an event at the university. Video shared on social media showed a bullet appear []

Brad Stevens did the best he could in 45-minute Q&A. Was it enough?

Stevens did his best answering a litany of questions about the blockbuster trade that sent Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers. Here’s what stood out from the press conference.

Newsom’s final budget sends more than a billion dollars to University of California, Cal State

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s public colleges and universities emerged as winners in the latest state budget after lawmakers sent them hundreds of millions of dollars in new public spending. However, that largesse was tempered by decisions by Democrats in Sacramento to reject bond measures that could []

She got eight years for plotting to kill Justice Kavanaugh. Prosecutors want more.

The plot to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was as bizarre as it was terrifying. From her home in California, 26-year-old Sophie Roske figured out Kavanaugh’s address in suburban Maryland. She bought a gun, practiced shooting and acquired lock-picking tools, black face paint and a laser sight. After packing her gear into a []

From the profound to the absurd

The assassination of U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk last September weighed heavy on my heart for several reasons. The obvious one was that Kirk was a young husband and father of two very young children, and that he was engaged

How The ‘.30-06 Always Exits’ Lie Is Fueling The Worst Charlie Kirk Conspiracies

Let’s cut the crap right now. Candace Owens, Ian Carroll, and their gaggle of online grifters from podcastistan are peddling the dumbest, most unscientific conspiracy garbage imaginable about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The woke reich conspiracists claim a .30-06 can’t possibly produce the wound we saw because it “always” goes through a human neck or would ...

If I Could Turn Back Time

I'd go back and advise all my academic friends to get fired for saying true things about Charlie Kirk.The University of Tennessee System Board of Trustees approved a settlement with former assistant professor Tamar Shirinian, agreeing to pay the fired faculty member 1.9 million.Shirinian will not be reinstated at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. State officials, including the attorney general and Gov. Bill Lee, need to approve the settlement.At 5 return, not a bad little lifelong income base.

‘Broken and unfair’: Morrison-era policy slogging students with hundreds of millions in extra debt

'We are talking about students carrying a significant debt into their late 40s, and many will never repay it.' The post ‘Broken and unfair’: Morrison-era policy slogging students with hundreds of millions in extra debt appeared first on Crikey.

The Onion’s stunning plan for Alex Jones’ Infowars will send money to Sandy Hook families

The families of those killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting will indirectly receive money from Alex Jones after a billion-dollar defamation verdict

Money lesson from millionaire who once had big debt

Money lesson from millionaire who once had big debt

Governor OKs ‘Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue’ at FIU, ‘Trump Boulevard’ in Broward

Kirk was shot and killed by a lone sniper on a Utah university campus on Sept. 10, 2025. The post Governor OKs ‘Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue’ at FIU, ‘Trump Boulevard’ in Broward appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns Elections. Lobbying Government..

Rob Reiner Gets the ‘Last Laugh’ Against Trump in Secret Final Role as George Washington in Larry David’s HBO Show

SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for Episode 2 of “Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America,” now streaming on HBO Max. A month before he died, Rob Reiner filmed his final role as George Washington in Larry David’s historical sketch comedy series “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness.” His appearance []

Mocking ex-president's death in class: How did it get this bad?

Mocking ex-president's death in class: How did it get this bad?

‘Nothing to scoff at’: Farage's quiet £5 million gift unpacked

Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue addressed the controversy over Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage’s undisclosed gifts, noting that the £5 million donation represents a substantial portion of the party’s overall budget. “Just to put it into perspective … that £5 million gift donation that has caused all this furore is a significant chunk of Reform's budget,” Ms Krakue told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “Just a couple of years ago their running budget was under £5 million. “In comparison to the likes of the Labour Party and the conservative party, which are usually running into the tens of millions … it's nothing to scoff at.”

All the Charlie Kirk assassination conspiracy theories that have been DEBUNKED at suspect Tyler Robinson's court hearing

All the Charlie Kirk assassination conspiracy theories that have been DEBUNKED at suspect Tyler Robinson's court hearing

Candace Owens accused of ‘working to acquit’ Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin

The Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro publicly escalated his feud with former colleague Candace Owens, accusing her of helping the defense of the man accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk by promoting conspiracy theories about the killing. Candace Owens vs. Ben Shapiro The latest exchange came after Owens shared screenshots of text messages she...