A group of high school senior baseball players in California found themselves in hot water after posing for a photo without masks. The John Burroughs High School varsity team had been scheduled to begin conditioning work on March 1, but the team had to delay those plans after Burbank Unified School District Superintendent Matt Hill handed down a two-week suspension in response to the maskless photo. Hill explained his decision in an email to the Los Angeles Daily News : We had a group of players and families dress up in uniform and take pictures on campus in violation of health orders (no masks, no social distancing, and mixing of families). They then posted the picture on a JBHS baseball social media site. No player or family from the team notified the coach, school, or district of this health order violation. I have decided to delay the return of athletic conditioning for the JBHS baseball team by one week so that the team can review health guidelines and safety … [Read more...] about High School Baseball Players Suspended for Taking Senior Photo Without Masks
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Here’s the Real Reason Everybody Thought Trump Would Lose
Donald Trump may go broke, but it won’t be by underestimating the intelligence of the public. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Why did almost everybody fail to predict Donald Trump’s victory in the Republican primaries? Nate Silver blames the news media, disorganized Republican elites, and the surprising appeal of cultural grievance. Nate Cohn lists a number of factors, from the unusually large candidate field to the friendly calendar. Jim Rutenberg thinks journalism strayed too far from good old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting. Justin Wolfers zeroes in on Condorcet’s paradox. Here’s the factor I think everybody missed: The Republican Party turns out to be filled with idiots. Far more of them than anybody expected. The 2006 movie Idiocracy depicts a future in which Americans have grown progressively dumber, and eventually elect as president of the United States a professional wrestler, who caters demagogically to their nationalistic impulses … [Read more...] about Here’s the Real Reason Everybody Thought Trump Would Lose
House GOP campaign chief: Not helpful for Trump to meddle in primaries
Rep. Tom Emmer Thomas (Tom) Earl Emmer House GOP campaign chief: Not helpful for Trump to meddle in primaries House panel spars over GameStop frenzy, trading apps The Hill's Morning Report - Biden on COVID-19: Next year Americans will be 'better off' MORE (R-Minn.), the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), said Wednesday that is not helpful to the GOP's goal of winning back a majority in the House to have former President Trump Donald Trump House passes voting rights and elections reform bill DEA places agent seen outside Capitol during riot on leave Georgia Gov. Kemp says he'd 'absolutely' back Trump as 2024 nominee MORE targeting incumbents in primary races. Speaking at an event hosted by Politico, Emmer said he has not spoken to Trump directly about staying out of primary races involving the 10 House Republicans that voted to impeach Trump. But he said that he believes Trump will listen to Republican … [Read more...] about House GOP campaign chief: Not helpful for Trump to meddle in primaries
High alert as new QAnon date approaches Thursday
Authorities will be on high alert Thursday over a QAnon conspiracy theory prediction, but according to experts, chances of violence appear minimal compared to the deadly insurrection on Jan. 6. Some segments of the convoluted theory’s community have been claiming for months that former President Trump Donald Trump House passes voting rights and elections reform bill DEA places agent seen outside Capitol during riot on leave Georgia Gov. Kemp says he'd 'absolutely' back Trump as 2024 nominee MORE will return to the White House on March 4, which was the date of presidential inaugurations up until 1933. While belief that Thursday would mark the triumphant return of QAnon’s figurehead had been building, some influential figures in the community have recently turned back on that prediction. ADVERTISEMENT Influencers backing down from the “real inauguration” theory is especially important, since they have gained more sway in the community after the shadowy … [Read more...] about High alert as new QAnon date approaches Thursday
Lafayette May Seek Help From Caltrans, CHP After Complaints About Trump Supporters On Highway 24 Overpass
LAFAYETTE (BCN) – The city of Lafayette will likely officially ask the state for help in getting supporters of former President Donald Trump off the El Curtola Boulevard overpass. On the council’s agenda for its meeting Monday is a resolution asking Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol to enforce its own law when it comes to a group of regular demonstrators hanging signs and flags and waving at vehicles below on state Highway 24 . READ MORE: SF Corruption Probe: Recology Agrees To $100 Million Settlement, Refunds For Trash, Recycling Overcharges The city has spoken publicly, and contacted the state, multiple times since the protesters started appearing in August. City officials say the issue isn’t protesters’ political beliefs — it’s the fact that drivers are distracted and neighbors complain to Lafayette police. Supporters of President Donald Trump gathering above Highway 24 in Lafayette ahead of the 2020 election. (CBS) In a letter set to be sent next week — … [Read more...] about Lafayette May Seek Help From Caltrans, CHP After Complaints About Trump Supporters On Highway 24 Overpass