Border watch: GOP Still Wins on Immigration<\/p>\n
\u201cThe general consensus in America is against illegal immigration \u2014 making it perhaps the most popular issue available to Republicans seeking to avoid midterm losses in November,\u201d notes Paul du Quenoy at Chronicles<\/a>. Per a new Harvard\/Harris poll, it \u201cremains Trump\u2019s leading issue, with 49 percent of respondents expressing approval of his immigration policies.\u201d And \u201cwhen Trump is removed from the polling data,\u201d the issue looks \u201ceven better for Republicans\u201d: Some 80% of Americans back deporting illegals who commit other crimes, while 56% back deporting all illegals. \u201cThis remarkable consistency in public attitudes had persisted despite nearly a year and half of media sob stories\u201d; for Republicans hoping to retain control of Congress, \u201cillegal immigration is, in at least some respects, the 80-20 issue they need.\u201d<\/p>\n Schools beat: The Meaning of NY Diploma<\/p>\n Starting in 2027, \u201cNew York will no longer require passing Regents exams to graduate\u201d high school, lament City Journal\u2019s Jennifer Weber and Ray Domanico<\/a>. The big question: \u201cWhat does a New York State high school diploma tell us about a student\u2019s knowledge and capabilities?\u201d Alas, no real answer has come from the state. It might look to the \u201cNew York Performance Standards Consortium,\u201d a group of high schools that\u2019s used a different curriculum than the Regents for years, one that demands real work across literature, mathematics and more, with standards meaning \u201cthe same thing in every building.\u201d But even a \u201cgraduation standard by itself does nothing\u201d: \u201cQualities such as \u2018critical thinker\u2019 or \u2018effective communicator\u2019 mean little until the state identifies the academic tasks through which a student must demonstrate it.\u201d<\/p>\n From the right: DSA Backers Blind to US Liberty<\/p>\n \u201cYoung urban progressives in the U.S.\u201d who\u2019ve grown \u201cdisenchanted with the flaccid Democratic\u201d mainstream \u201cseek to stage a socialist revolution with the goal of taking over the Democratic Party,\u201d scoffs The Wall Street Journal\u2019s Allysia Finley<\/a>. Recent victories in Dem primaries in NYC show young voters on the left are \u201ctired of mealy-mouthed politicians and want\u201d more vigorous opposition to \u201ccorrupt and dishonest\u201d politics-as-usual. Tellingly, \u201csocial media charlatan\u201d Hasan Piker and many of the DSA candidates are \u201cchildren of immigrants\u201d and actually \u201cexemplify the economic mobility that they claim isn\u2019t possible in the U.S.\u201d These \u201cyoung progressives\u201d take for granted American liberty and their \u201cconstitutional right to criticize and protest their government.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPost Editorial Board<\/p>\n Media desk: Eyes Wide Shut on Major Stories<\/p>\n Major media outlets are conducting a \u201cSoviet\u201d style \u201cnews blackout\u201d on \u201ccrucial news stories,\u201d frets the Washinton Times\u2019 Robert Knight<\/a>. Like a report from outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard, for example, that \u201cdocuments how Dr. Anthony Fauci lied to Congress\u201d about the origins of COVID-19. \u201cFauci steered media away from the obvious lab leak explanation,\u201d and thus \u201cundermined a duly elected President.\u201d In Britain, the release of a major expos\u00e9 of the rape gang case has been \u201cignored by major American cable and broadcast media,\u201d though \u201cthe scale of the crimes is staggering.\u201d Meanwhile, \u201cmedia are still going crazy over maintenance problems at the Reflecting Pool in Washington.\u201d With the country facing serious crises, the \u201cAmerican voter\u201d cannot \u201ccount on media.\u201d<\/p>\n Conservative: Nuns Caught in Woke Dragnet<\/p>\n