NY Gov. Hochul desperate and running scared ahead of 2026 election
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NY Gov. Hochul desperate and running scared ahead of 2026 election

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Well over a year out from her next election, Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking desperate — and hapless. The latest sign: She’s sent in another 250 National Guard to “help keep the subway safe” for Christmas shopping season and maybe beyond. Yet the…

Teachers union looks to tip scale for Democrats to take back NY House seat — with the goal of making Hakeem Jeffries speaker
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Teachers union looks to tip scale for Democrats to take back NY House seat — with the goal of making Hakeem Jeffries speaker

ByNews Polite

A powerful New York teachers union is throwing its weight behind an upstate Democrat in a battleground congressional district race — with the goal of making Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries the next speaker of the House. The New York State United Teachers union is going all in on state Sen….

‘Teacher’ Randi Weingarten’s ignorant, anti-democratic rant
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‘Teacher’ Randi Weingarten’s ignorant, anti-democratic rant

ByNews Polite

Randi Weingarten — the nation’s top teacher, in a sense — seems ignorant of what any child could learn about government from “Schoolhouse Rock.” The American Federation of Teachers boss made that painfully clear (and we mean painfully) Tuesday by launching into an unhinged tirade in front of the Supreme…

Parents want charters because schools are for kids, not unions — politicians, wake up!
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Parents want charters because schools are for kids, not unions — politicians, wake up!

ByNews Polite

As if state legislators and union leaders fearmongering about charter-school costs weren’t enough, Mayor Eric Adams, when he should be championing the city’s kids, is instead caving and joining that crowd. There’s no reality to charter schools costing $1 billion extra in any foreseeable future, but that doesn’t stop the ridiculous narrative against the increasingly…

Team Biden’s shameless bid to dodge blame for school closure damage
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Team Biden’s shameless bid to dodge blame for school closure damage

ByNews Polite

Team Biden’s comment on news that school lockdowns cost America’s kids years of progress boils down to “Don’t blame us!” Seriously: President Joe Biden’s Education Department late last week issued this absurdity: “When President Biden took office, most schools in America remained closed. President Biden got to work. He put…

Biden screws the frugal, America’s real polarization and other commentary
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Biden screws the frugal, America’s real polarization and other commentary

ByNews Polite

Libertarian: Biden Screws the Frugal The problem with President Biden’s student-loan forgiveness “runs far beyond finances,” fumes Fiona Harrigan at Reason: Consider the “many college graduates who made strategic choices to avoid taking on debt in the first place.” Her parents “convinced me that starting my adult life that far…