Plus, JD Vance’s weird endorsement of a book by a Philly conspiracy theorist
Earlier this month, we lived through the hottest day in the history of Planet Earth since we started keeping records.after some confusing instructions over a pot of boiling water. Both stories should have been top-of-the-hour news, but got buried under the blizzard of 2024 election stories. Maybe on Jan. 21, 2025, we’ll finally wake up to the big mess that the 47th president will need to address.
“Shapiro has repeatedly pursued education policies that would permit discrimination against queer and trans students, disabled students, working class students, and immigrant students,” said Kennedy, in a criticism of his support for a school voucher plan.
But other bipartisan gambits — especially his repeated endorsements of school voucher programs — look like a massive unforced error for a man with higher ambitions in the Democratic Party.
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