Marburg is back.
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The response by the government and the press to the train derailment in East Palestine has been peculiar, distant and casual. I'll bet it would be a lot different if the snail darter had been there.
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In 2021, 26% of Black adults ages 25 and older – 7.5 million people – had earned a bachelor’s degree or more, up from 15% in 2000. Black women have seen a larger gain than Black men, leading to a widening gender gap in educational attainment. In 2021, 29% of Black women ages 25 and older had earned at least a bachelor’s degree, up from 16% in 2000. Among Black men of the same age, 22% had earned at least a bachelor’s degree in 2021, up from 13% in 2000.
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There are some things in politics that are so stupid that they cry out for diagnosis. Maybe the Left is actually a post-Covid syndrome.
The House of Representatives rejected a pair of laws passed by the District of Columbia City Council.
In votes Thursday, the House overturned a rewrite of the criminal code passed by the City Council last year and a new law that granted noncitizens the right to vote in local elections. Congress has oversight over the district under the U.S. Constitution, and the votes were significantly bipartisan.
The D.C. council overrode a veto by Democratic mayor Muriel Bowser to ease sentences on carjackings, burglary and other felonies even as carjackings and theft have become an epidemic in the city. The House vote was 250-173, with 31 Democrats joining the GOP. Minnesota Democrat Angie Craig, who voted with the majority, was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building the same day as the vote.
The vote to overturn the noncitizen voting bill was even larger, 260-162, with 42 Democrats joining the GOP. The D.C. law grants noncitizen residents of the district the right to vote in local elections. That includes illegal immigrants as well as diplomats from foreign countries such as China that don’t allow free elections. An estimated 50,000 noncitizens might be eligible in a resident population of some 700,000.
This means the Chinese and the Russian delegations would be eligible to vote in American elections.
Amazingly, the House measures face an uncertain fate in the Senate.
The House of Representatives rejected a pair of laws passed by the District of Columbia City Council.
In votes Thursday, the House overturned a rewrite of the criminal code passed by the City Council last year and a new law that granted noncitizens the right to vote in local elections. Congress has oversight over the district under the U.S. Constitution, and the votes were significantly bipartisan.
The D.C. council overrode a veto by Democratic mayor Muriel Bowser to ease sentences on carjackings, burglary and other felonies even as carjackings and theft have become an epidemic in the city. The House vote was 250-173, with 31 Democrats joining the GOP. Minnesota Democrat Angie Craig, who voted with the majority, was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building the same day as the vote.
The vote to overturn the noncitizen voting bill was even larger, 260-162, with 42 Democrats joining the GOP. The D.C. law grants noncitizen residents of the district the right to vote in local elections. That includes illegal immigrants as well as diplomats from foreign countries such as China that don’t allow free elections. An estimated 50,000 noncitizens might be eligible in a resident population of some 700,000.
This means the Chinese and the Russian delegations would be eligible to vote in American elections.
Amazingly, the House measures face an uncertain fate in the Senate.
(from the WSJ via Don)
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