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Friday, September 19, 2025

The Fix is a Twenty Year Challenge!

By Rich Kozlovich

American leftists are now and have always been violent at their core,  but as long as their rhetoric and lies worked, there was no needs to be violent.......only that's not what's really happened for all these decades.  

They tried to convince people all these riots going back to the 60's were organic, and leftists had nothing to do with promoting or organizing them.  But the rhetoric is no longer working, so, they've now openly fallen back on who and what they are, terrorists!  They're using threats to force society to give them everything they want.... or else.  Well, this is America and while Americans have a live and let live mentality in general, we don’t like bullies, and being forced to negotiate with terrorists, who want to "make them pay", isn't going to float any longer.

Progressives camouflage their bloodlust with a synthetic morality that classifies what exists as unjust, and with narcissistic fantasies about “building back better” once the bad people have gone and our civilization is in ruins. (Have you ever met a leftist who said, “Come the Revolution, I won’t be anywhere near in charge, I’ll just be doing what I’m told”? If you haven’t met that leftist, you’re not alone. They don’t exist.)

Naturally, in the warped minds of leftists Charlie Kirk deserved to die because he said things things they didn't like, and worse yet, what he was saying was having an impact on the youth, using reason and tolerance while promoting Christian faith.   That's how he called his murder down on his own head.   See, it was his fault.  Now, how could any rational person find fault with that kind a logic?   Right?

It’s the same thing Senator Schumer did when he called for the murder of two Supreme Court justices........Calls to “moderate the rhetoric,” “stop using hateful speech,” and “take responsibility for your words” just say the quiet part out loud. Don’t say things that Charlie Kirk said, don’t be like Charlie Kirk...or else. 

Where does this outrageous mentality start? Public education, and now the public is getting alerted.  In Texas children are coming home and telling their parents how teachers are now engaging in political activism expressing negative views of Charlie Kirk, and I'm betting most of what's being said are lies.  Well, the parents and the governor isn't going to stand for it, and it's long overdue for the teacher's unions to be sued and disbanded.  
 
Kevin Finn says the left has been using "Saul Alinsky's playbook to beat us into submission, and it's time we returned the favor."
 
We've had enough. The Left has accused us of being intolerant because we object to their lawlessness and depravity. D. James Kennedy said, "Tolerance is the last virtue of a depraved society. When you have an immoral society that has blatantly, proudly, violated all of the commandments of God, there is one last virtue they insist upon: tolerance for their immorality.".......
 
Since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, leftists around the country have been posting vile comments and videos on social media. Not only are they celebrating his death, not only are they calling for the murder of his wife and children, they've created a list of other people who they say need to be assassinated as well; people like J.K. Rowling, Ben Shapiro, and J.D. Vance, for starters..................
 
 A group has organized a website called the "Charlie Kirk Data Foundation" (formerly "Expose Charlie’s Murderers") which is compiling legally-available information on individuals and organizations that are openly celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk. 
 
It's having an effect. 100 teachers in Texas will have their teaching credentials suspended and face permanent banishment from public schools in that state (recent reports have raised that number to 180) after posting their glee over the Kirk's murder and their hopes that other conservatives will soon be targeted. People like that shouldn't be allowed within a country mile of civilized people, let alone children, and it looks like Governor Greg Abbott and the state of Texas are about to ensure that that is the case.  
 
In this article discussing all this youthful male violence the author quoted former FBI agent James Fitzgerald answering " how does a 22 year old straight-A student with an impressive college scholarship, from an intact and, by all appearances, a “normal” religious, conservative family, wind up one of the most notorious American assassins of this century?   
 
While trying to minimize his views, in reality, he in effect blamed the parents.  Well, James, it isn't that simple, nor in this case is that correct as there's not one iota of evidence of parental neglect, in fact, just the opposite.  Pay attention, as I will come back to this.  "Culture is King".  I was 2500 years ago when Herodotus said it, and it's just as true today.  
 
The author states, and I agree with him, after years of corrupt educators "microdosing hate for conservatives", it's bound to take a tole on the psyche.  Compounded by spending "lot of time on the computer and suddenly—drastically—his politics and possibly his sexuality changed." ....."More than the parents, it’s friends, teachers, and, especially, the internet that can breed these killers."  
 
The computer is here to stay, but teachers are public employees and what they do can be fixed.  It's a challenging 20 year program, but it's necessary.  


Tuesday, September 16, 2025

An End Product of Our K-12 Education

Can we finally connect the dots — and then do something about this???  

This is a follow-up to my last week’s commentary

One would think that when a young father of two (Charlie Kirk) is murdered while speaking in public (where he was an invited guest), that no one would say “good,” or “he had it coming,” or “we are better off without him,” etc. But for those who believe that decorum or common sense would stop people from publicly saying such hatefulness, they would be wrong.

CNN turned the Charlotte butcher into a victim, and the assassin of an insurance executive is praised — so don’t be surprised when Kirk’s murderer is put on a pedestal. People doing that are advertising that they have no moral compass. A tiny sample of such hate is: here, here here, here, here, here, here, here… [This is a good response to that inanity.]  The Left's 

"Assassination Culture" -

Charlie had actually spoken about how the Left justifies an assassination:

"Assassination culture is spreading on the Left. Forty-eight percent of liberals say it would be at least somewhat justified to murder Elon Musk. Fifty-five percent said the same about Donald Trump. The Left is being whipped into a violent frenzy. Any setback, whether losing an election or losing a court case, justifies a maximally violent response."

Several good quotes from Eric Hoffer come to mind, like: “A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business." 

The Left's Most Damning Indictment of Charlie - 

A key assertion that has been repeatedly made is that Charlie Kirk was “divisive.” That’s a purposefully loaded word, but is it true?

The reality is that Charlie focused his efforts on young people, who he knew were being intensively propagandized. Is that where he was “divisive”?

The reality is that Charlie proclaimed Christian/New Testament values! Is that where he was “divisive”?

The reality is that Charlie welcomed discussions with people of differing views!* Is that where he was “divisive”?

The reality is that Charlie knew his stuff, so he rarely lost debates with people of differing views! Is that where he was “divisive”?

The reality is that many non-critically thinking people are heavily invested in illusions that they have wrongly accepted. As a result, they are uncomfortable (and sometimes angry) when an intelligent (aka “divisive”) person comes along and exposes the fact that they have foolishly bought into snake oil. 

*Here are some representative examples of Charlie engaging with others on contentious topics. Note that the basis of his positions is the Bible:

Charlie has a dialogue with several women about whether a wife should submit to her husband. (Note that most of the women agree with him.)

Here is a collection of Charlie's public statements on abortion.

Charlie has a debate with an intelligent person about homosexuality.

What Are the Key Societal Changes Taking Place?

Two are front and center: 1) we are drifting away from our religious roots, and 2) we are allowing our children to be brainwashed into lemmings.

BOTH of these are aggressively taking place in US public schools (and in some private schools). As I have written multiple times before:

1) SEL, etc., are undermining Judeo-Christian values, replacing them with relativism and atheism, and

2) NGSS is indoctrinating children to be robotic conformists, easy prey for radical ideology. In effect, our children’s brains are put in a vice, and every ounce of innate critical thinking is meticulously squeezed out.

Almost everyone (who has objectively investigated these matters) agrees with these assessments. The problem is that it’s often hard to make direct connections with day-to-day consequences of these two major scourges.

I am amazed and disconcerted by how many people privately tell me that their adult children have bought into Marxist ideology. None of these good people had made the connection that their kids’ K-12 schooling played a major part in the decay of their once normal and promising children.

Maybe we can finally connect the dots with Charlie Kirk’s murder, as it is another of the numerous negative consequences of both of these corruptions. The good news is that a practical solution is available now! 

What is OUR Role in This Culture?

We often overlook our own complicity in producing this culture. For example:

1 - Are we leading by example in our homes?

2 - Are we instilling the essential importance of religion in our children?

3 - Are we vehemently objecting to public schools promoting atheism and relativism?

4 - Are we making absolutely sure that when our children graduate from high school, they are Critical Thinkers?


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Friday, August 29, 2025

The Top Five US K-12 Problems, With Solutions For Each!

John Droz, Aug 28, 2025 Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues

Despite almost universal agreement that it is a disaster (and thousands of well-intentioned people trying to fix things), our K-12 education system seems immune to meaningful reform. Why is that?

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Evidence from Arizona’s School Choice System: Competition Works in Education

August 6, 2025 by Dan Mitchell @ International Liberty 

As explained in this video from 15 years ago, the case for school choice is based on the fact that government monopolies don’t do a good job.

There are several reasons for the inadequate performance of government schools,  most notably the way that they are operated for the benefit of teacher unions and education bureaucrats rather than students.

The net result is that taxpayers pay a lot for kids to only learn a little.

In a system of school choice, however, families can choose the best option for educating their kids.

When that happens, educational outcomes improve and taxpayers save money.

We’re seeing real-world evidence in Arizona.

Here are some excerpts from a report in the Washington Post by Laura Meckler. We’ll start with the supposedly bad news of a government school closing.

 

…the school’s librarian was in tears. …On a wall of the library, visitors posted sticky notes to describe their feelings: “Angry,” read a purple square. “Anxious,” said a pink one. “Annoyed.” “Heart broken.” “Bummed.” And more than any other word: “Sad.” Ten days later, John R. Davis Elementary School would close — not just for the summer, but for good. Now, as the new school year begins, the Roosevelt Elementary School District opens with just 13 schools. 

That’s almost a third fewer than it had last spring, a response to enrollment declines as the state offers unprecedented taxpayer funding for alternatives to public school. …Districts of all income levels and test scores have seen enrollment declines, Brammer said. In the Phoenix area, at least 20 schools across several districts have closed in the past year or so amid enrollment drops.

Why did John R. Davis Elementary School shut down, along with the others?

Because, as discussed here, parents had better options.

The Post story also notes that parents have voted with their feet.

Perhaps more than any other state, Arizona has embraced market competition as a central tenet of its K-12 education system, offering parents an extraordinary opportunity to choose and shape their children’s education using tax dollars, and developing a national reputation as the Wild West of schooling. …just 75 percent of Arizona children attended public schools in 2021, the most recent year for which data is available. 

That’s one of the lowest rates in the country. …Critics complain that vouchers eat up state funding…and send tax dollars to schools that face little accountability. …School officials in Roosevelt (and elsewhere) partly blame demographic change for the enrollment declines. …The problem…stems from families choosing alternatives. …south Phoenix has been ripe for competition in a state eager to offer it. …The district’s failings help explain the rise of microschools operated by Black Mothers Forum.

But the Post report didn’t tell the full story.

Jason Bedrick of the Heritage Foundation has a tweet with some very valuable context.

And Bedrick, along with Matthew Ladner, preemptively addressed this controversy in a column more than two months ago for the Daily Signal.

It deals with the closure of other government schools. Here are some excerpts.

 

…some school choice critics are citing the Roosevelt Elementary School District in South Phoenix, which recently began the process of closing five schools. …Let’s be clear: Something is draining students out of Roosevelt School District. But it’s not scholarship accounts. It’s families making rational, often difficult decisions to leave underperforming and sometimes unsafe schools for better opportunities elsewhere—mostly in other public schools.  

Funding isn’t the problem. Arizona school districts are at record levels of funding, and Roosevelt is no different. According to the Arizona Auditor General, in fiscal year 2024, statewide “school district spending increased by over $500 million to $13.1 billion, with per student increases in all operational spending areas.” Since fiscal year 2019, Roosevelt’s total spending has increased from $111 million to over $143 million—a 29% increase in spending even as student enrollment dropped by 16%. …Roosevelt spends 50% more on administrative costs per pupil than the state average. … 

Roosevelt has been hemorrhaging students since long before the scholarship account program went universal in 2022. The district has lost more than 5,000 students since 2006, including more than 1,300 students in the past five years. Instead of complaining about the competition, district officials should ask parents why they are fleeing in droves. …No one should blame parents for walking away from this dysfunction or for choosing better options.

The bottom line is that school choice is working exactly as it should – giving families options so that they are not trapped in failing government schools.

School closings in Arizona should be celebrated, not mourned.

P.S. No wonder school choice is spreading across the country. Hopefully, this means the United States will improve its #19 ranking.

P.P.S. While Arizona’s school choice system is great, Florida’s might be even better.

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Florida: A Role Model for Education

June 17, 2025 by Dan Mitchell @ International Liberty

Earlier this year, I lauded Florida for earning the top score in the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Index of State Education Freedom.

 

As you might expect, competition in education means better educational outcomes, so the system is great for students.

And Florida’s education system is frugal compared to most other states, so the system is great for taxpayers as well.

None of this is a surprise for people who follow the data.

For today’s column, let’s celebrate progress in the Sunshine State. Here are some excerpts from an editorial in the Wall Street Journal.

 

For the first time in Sunshine State history, more than half of its 3.5 million K-12 students “attended schools outside their zoned neighborhood assignment,” says a spokesman for the state’s biggest nonprofit scholarship administrator. …nearly 1.8 million students, or 51% of K-12 students in the state, attended a school of their family’s choice in 2023-24.

That’s one happy result of GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis’s work to expand education savings accounts (ESAs)… Some 285,000 students use ESAs to attend private schools—more than the 125,000 who attend private school without them. …Another 116,000 are homeschooling, and nearly 400,000 students attend charter schools. Hundreds of thousands of students are also taking advantage of choice within the traditional public school system. … 

Step Up For Students reported last month that Catholic school enrollment increased in Florida for the fourth year in a row—by 2.3% in 2024-25 from the year before—with about 90% of Catholic school students using state ESAs.

Given all this data, it is no surprise that Florida is ranked #1 (again) according to the Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card.

Though kudos to Arizona for being ranked #1 in the education choice category.

What’s happening in education makes me very thankful for federalism. States have the freedom to reform and innovate.

If there is continued progress, perhaps America can climb into the top 10 for global education freedom.

Thursday, May 29, 2025

The Chickens Coming Home to Roost

Are we going to do something meaningful about this?

John Droz jr. May 28, 2025 @ Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues

I recently read an interesting article in the Carolina Journal: 

The work habits of Gen Z: A wake-up call for employers and educators. 

The author, a current college professor, makes some good observations about what he describes as a deplorable situation.

In essence, he has concluded that many Gen Z students/citizens are averse to traditional employment. He goes on to name a few reasons why many of them would rather be self-employed as “influencers” rather than have a 9-5 job producing helpful products, supplying meaningful services, etc.

I’m writing this as I believe that he missed some of the most significant reasons for this far-reaching attitude change. But first, we must understand who benefits from this degradation: the Left. In other words: Anti-Americans.

One of the historical trademarks of Americans has been their strong work ethic. Those whose goal is to bring America down know very well that if they can undermine that work ethic, we will soon descend into third-world status. Great empires in the past have collapsed for lesser reasons!

To bring about this end, the Left has purposefully infiltrated much of our society, but their top priority is our K-12 education system. Their objective was to take control of the curriculum, which they have done. Our current situation is that we are unwittingly (or is it knowingly?) helping them produce graduates who will be the very agents of our undoing! The professor’s article simply points out a few of the expected (and intended) red-flag results.

Some of the Left's Education Strategies - 

Here are some of the tactics (many of them subtle) that the Left has used to undermine the K-12 education of our children…

Grade inflation is rampant: students are awarded for just showing up. (See here and here.) What type of work ethic is that communicating?

Using a calculator: why bother learning (i.e., understanding) any boring math when you can just click some keys and quickly get the answers?

Artificial Intelligence: why sweat over such mundane things as research or laborious thinking, when AI can do it for you in a minute? (See here.)

Social media: why pay attention in class, when a lot more interesting things are going on every day on social media, just a click away?

Woke: The clear message to students is: a minority or “disadvantaged” status takes precedence over merit. Got it. Sign me up as a victim.

Discard traditional Religion, which instills old-fashioned fundamental values. Instead, grab onto the deceptively attractive — and atheistic — SEL.

Age-inappropriate books and videos are spreading like wildfire in K-12. Their purpose is to undermine traditional values, distract students from learning, and encourage them to join a privileged minority.

Cheating is pervasive. If students have few morals, and the objective is to get high grades (not to actually learn), then the end justifies the means.

Worst of all, the opposite of Critical Thinking (conformity) is aggressively being taught, so students have been purposefully prevented from being able to understand the foolishness of their choices.

 Take Away -

I could go on, but you get the points: 

 a) there are several powerful forces undermining the work ethic [and value system] of our children,  

b) the most problematic of these is the corrupt K-12 curriculum,  

c) stunningly, no major conservative organization is doing anything meaningful about this tsunami threat, and  

d) amazingly, this well-intentioned article didn’t mention a single one of these major problems!

How can we possibly fix what we don’t acknowledge?

I will repeat what I have argued before: 

 1) this issue is not only monumental, but arguably the most significant threat to the American experiment, and 

 2) we currently have the power (and a window of opportunity) to fix MOST of this if we play our cards right with the US Department of Education (see here).

Will we wake up in time, or be enticed by the Pied Piper over the precipice?


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Sunday, April 20, 2025

Elections, and the Democrats Have Baggage.

A nation in which one administration can allow millions of unvetted illegal migrants into the country, but requires that a court vet each deportation decision in an individually adjudicated case will soon lose the values our democratic system was intended to preserve. -  Bill Ackman

By Rich Kozlovich

 

Reports are the Democrats are going to double and triple down on critical race theory, gender ideology, no immigrant should be detained, the Jews are bad, and Trump supporters should be hanged as their platform for the 2028 election.  They actually believe that will swing them right back into power.  And they're not alone in that fantasy as even Never-Trump Republicans are predicting a huge comeback.   

Interesting mind set since just like their myrmidons in the Pravda media, their numbers are cratering, but they have nothing else to offer, and if they change, taking a more moderate or conservative tact, Democrats might as well become Republicans.   

 

All those who've been around Biden for all these years had to know that, he was a nitwit.  The evidence has been abundant for years, and yet those people chose him as their go to relief pitcher to be their candidate for President of the United States in 2020.  Just think now bad the rest of their bench is.   

AOC clearly wants to be President, after all, she graduated cum laude from Boston University with a bachelor's degree in international relations and economics, which so impressed potential employers she became a bartender.   Since Joe wasn't even smart enough to be a bartender, and the Democrats thought he was smart enough to be President, why not AOC?  And.....I want everyone to remember that I said this first...... RFK, Jr. will be running to be the Democrat nominee in 2028.     

Another favorite of mine is that great intellectual and moral giant, Michael Moore, with his latest rant filled with logical fallacies claiming one of these deported illegal migrant children might have cured cancer, or stopped an asteroid from hitting the planet.  But then again, maybe they wouldn't.   But if he can show us which ones would be able to do that, we'll keep them.  

In the meanwhile they're criminals because they're here illegally, eating up American's tax money, overwhelming our public services, committing a lot of crimes, forming criminal organizations, and even creating groups to overthrow the United States, much of which Joe Biden can take "credit".  Other than Michael Moore and his ilk, all of whom are suffering from mental delusions, the rest of us call this blame, not credit.  

It turns out AOC is their new leader now, and little Chuckie Schumer is in trouble ....serious trouble...  with his base.  Senator Kennedy said his strategy for defeating her is to just let her talk, and noted she's the reason why they put instructions on shampoo bottles.  But she appeals to a base that's just as nuts and radical as AOC and Chuckie is scared.  Why?  Well, he's always been great at puffing out his chest and talking big and bad, but there's a new sheriff in town, and he backed down and voted for the continuing resolution.  He's actually afraid now for his job, and his safety.  Well schadenfreude, that's how the SCOTUS justices felt when he sicced the mob on to them.   

But I think Chuckie may not have to worry about losing his job, at least to AOC, since it's clear she want's to be President.  It also seems clear she thinks she can get nominated, and get elected.   Nominated, really?  Well, given the Democrat bench who are giving the impression they're running: 

Cory Booker, Gavin Newsom, AOC, Buttigieg, Walz, Rahm Emanuel, Kamala, Jasmine Crockett, and Josh Shapiro.

With a clown car like that, she just might get the nomination.   But elected?  With the baggage they have, and the staff that's in place, I wouldn't bet the house on it. 

But there's a big worm in the Democrat apple.  The leadership and those who've been in the Congress for many years are going to be attacked by that same AOC radical base that supports her.   David Hogg says America's problems are the direct result of Democracy, and he's the Vice Chair of the DNC declaring war on the old guard Democrats

Janet Yellen proves what an idiot she is telling America having manufacturing return to America is  an undesirable pipe dream, and that gigantic intellect Whoopi Goldberg calls for higher taxes to keep the government big and well fed.

Democrats have made fighting deportation and keeping illegal aliens like M-13 gang member Abrego Garcia in America their hill to die on, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.  And guess what?  America isn't happy about that.  Plus they seem to have missed the fact the President of El Salvador is not sending him back, and he doesn't care what the Democrats or their corrupt catspaws in the media or the federal judiciary says, so why are they still playing this game.  

Democrats are so stupid in their desire to appease some fraction of society, often an irrational faction, they run with the latest philosophical flavor of the day.  California lifted the statute of limitations on sex abuse lawsuits, and no one thought to ask what were going to be the consequences over this.  Well, it's going to cost them billions and billions of dollars with cases going back 40 years, and most of them are unprovable.  Will they repeal that law?  This is California, just raise taxes. 

Josh Shapiro's aide scandal is bound to come up, and his catering to Muslims will most certainly not help him with Jewish voters, except for those who are far left "useful idiots".  

In California Newsom has a lot of baggage.  Gas prices are set to surge because they're shutting down another refinery.   It appears Newsom is going to either force out all the energy producers in California, or put them under state control.  California hates white people, and decided to show their contempt by punishing white drivers two to five times more than minorities.  And that's fair, after all, Newsom needs that money to fight Trump.   

Young girls are upset they have to dress in front of boys in their schools, and the school boards seem irritated seemingly unwilling to understand what's their problem.  We can see why Texas has approved school choice, and I think we can potentially see this on the horizon for the nation, since it appears public education is failing to educate.   Just 30% of Illinois 4th graders read at proficiency standardsBefore the Department of Education was created 1979 "the level of reading proficiency in the United States was generally quite high, with illiteracy rates being low and declining. By 1950, illiteracy was below 3% in two-thirds of states, and below 10% in all states. Even the earlier measurements of illiteracy, which focused on basic reading and writing, showed the rate was less than 1% of the population 14 and over in 1979."

In Michigan Senator Mike Rogers is attempting  to “MAGA-Wash” his record in hopes of winning back his Senate seat saying, “As your next senator, I won’t just represent Michigan. I’ll fight for it. I’ll stand with President Trump and we will deliver on the mandate given to him by the American people."  Wow! Imagine that.  That's abject heresy to the left, who will not vote for him, and conservatives won't believe him.  He's toast.  

There's nothing these leftists can't contaminate.  Colorado, a once solid red state until all those leftist migrants, who Michael Smith calls the hollow people, "untethered from the principles that make a civilization function", fled California and filled the state's major cities, turning, Colorado blue, we now find homelessness is up 90% since 2020. 

Here's what's happening.  Red states are on the rise, and Blue states are moving in that direction, and Texas has approved school choice, the teacher's unions are losing their grip on society, and it's long overdue, and we can thank their insane attachment to gender issues for a lot of that, not to mention their failure to teach the nation's children how to read, a massive increase in illiteracy has developed since 1979 when the Department of Education was created and started destroying education in America.  

That's a lot of baggage, and the hits just keep right on coming, but it's all coming to a head.

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Critically Thinking about K-12 Books

My response to a local example of K-12 book misinformation.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Critically Thinking about Stealing US Elections

How the Left is doing this LEGALLY 

John Droz jr. Apr 07, 2025

It goes without saying that the Left would like to derail the American Experiment. As Lincoln so eloquently stated in his Lyceum speech, there is not likely going to be a military attack from a foreign power, but rather an invasion from within.

As outlined here, there is strong evidence that the Left has no compunction against committing election malfeasance. Fortunately, over the last four years, the Right has made strong gains in securing election integrity, thanks to competent and committed warriors like Cleta Mitchell. Due to her and other allies, numerous State organizations have taken hold (e.g., here), State election laws have been tightened, the RNC has finally been aggressive regarding lawsuits, poll watchers have come out in droves, etc., etc. The 2024 election results were due in no small part to these efforts at improving election integrity.

That said, the Left has an even more powerful and devious plan to win US elections — and almost no one is paying attention!

To appreciate this, we need to fully comprehend the reality that while those on the Right are almost entirely focused on short-term solutions, the Left is very comfortable also playing the Long Game. In other words, they are perfectly willing to adopt a strategy that might not come to fruition for 10 to 20 years… Since conservatives would almost never do that, they don’t ordinarily think in those terms — so even though the evidence is in black and white before them, they have difficulty grasping such a strategy. Big Mistake! 

The Left’s Long Game

The number one fear of the Left is to have Critically Thinking citizens. I can not overstate the importance of fully grasping that pivotal understanding.

Since the Left is petrified of that happening they have expended enormous time, effort, and resources trying to ensure that the US has the absolute minimum of Critically Thinking citizens. After considerable research, they decided that their absolute best way of restricting the number of Critically Thinking citizens was to take control of the US K-12 education system. What does this mean?

“Taking Control” means that the Left is calling the shots in almost every important aspect of the US K-12 education system. For example:  

  1. ) they have captured the teacher certification process, 
  2. ) they write the subject standards [e.g., Common Core Math],  
  3. ) they determine the classroom subject textbooks,  
  4. ) they purposefully introduce anti-Judeo-Christian topics like SEL
  5. ) they see that anti-American values are attacked by infusing text and library books approved by the ALA (e.g., see here and here). Etc.

For good measure, they have also indoctrinated professors at colleges to reinforce the K-12 brainwashing for those students who go on to that level, etc.

The Left’s Focus on K-12 Science

Of their K-12 program, their most insidious influence is that they make sure that both Knowledge and Skills are skewed to promote Progressive ideology — particularly in the subject area of Science. They have focused on Science standards as they are acutely aware that Science is the most appropriate subject for teaching children how to be Critical Thinkers — which they adamantly oppose.

With the Next General Science Standards (NGSS) they not only do not teach the skill of Critical Thinking to K-12 students, they purposefully teach the OPPOSITE! The antithesis of critically thinking students are those who are easily led to comply, as they don’t ask sufficient questions, or don’t intelligently critique the answers they are given. These students are intentionally trained to be conformists, submissives, sheeple, etc.

How are students taught to be compliant? In the NGSS there are multiple subliminal messages supporting conformity, like:

a) go along with whatever is politically correct,
b) defer to authority,
c) accept at face value the statements of experts,
d) concur with consensus views,
e) buy into one-sided presentations of information,
f) don’t question computer projections, etc., etc.

All of these have the same subconscious message: People a lot smarter than you have made a determination here, so we do not need — or want — any input from you. In other words, they are communicating: We do not want you to do any critical thinking!

The definition of Science is: Science is a process. What that process is is a continuous and well-organized (e.g., the Scientific Method) refinement of what are the truths of our existence. As such, one of the hallmarks of a true scientist is that they are a skeptic. In other words, they are a person who instinctively ask questions, like: who? what? why? when? etc. Interestingly Critical Thinkers are also people who do not just robotically accept what they are told: after they ask questions they are not swayed by light-weight answers.

Where the Rubber Hits the Road

So let’s be perfectly clear: over the last few decades (remember: the long game) the American K-12 school system has been set up: 1) to indoctrinate students with progressive ideology, and 2) to produce non-critically thinking graduates.

Every year there are about 4 MILLION graduates from the American K-12 school system.

Shortly thereafter most of those graduates become American voting citizens!

How long can the American Experiment survive when there are 3± Million voters added: 1) who have been thoroughly propagandized with Left-leaning ideology, and 2) who have been trained to be compliant conformists?

Briefly, this is the Left’s plan to legally steal elections, and no one is doing anything meaningful to stop it…

Transforming the Department of Education is the absolute best option we have to stop this tsunami from undermining our electorate.