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$150K Settlement as to Community College “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility” Requirements for Teaching

Political Spin

[ad_1] The Institute for Free Speech, which represented Bakersfield College Prof. Daymon Johnson, reports: Johnson has secured a settlement that makes his First Amendment protections permanent—and includes a $150,000 payment for attorneys’ fees. Kern Community College District has agreed to settle Johnson v. Fliger, a federal lawsuit brought by the Institute for Free Speech on behalf of Professor Johnson. Under the settlement, the preliminary injunction that a federal court entered in February 2026 will be converted into a permanent injunction for a period of five years, barring officials from investigating, disciplining, or terminating Johnson based on his speech in the…

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Traffic Through The Strait Of Hormuz Is Not Going To Return To Normal, And That Has Enormous Implications For The Whole World

Conspiracy Theories

[ad_1] The Iranians have never wavered from their position that they intend to control traffic through the Strait of Hormuz permanently. They just underscored this point by launching an attack on a cargo vessel near the coast of Oman. During the 60 day negotiation window with the United States, Iran is not charging commercial vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, but they are insisting that coordination with the Iranian military is mandatory. Any travel that does not go through “designated corridors” is strictly prohibited… The IRGC Navy said that only the shipping routes designated by Iran are permitted for passage, and…

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Eleventh Circuit Panel Strikes Down (by 2-1 Vote) Stop Florida University Professor Speech Restrictions

Politics & Policy

[ad_1] Some excerpts from today’s very long opinion in Pernell v. Fla. Bd. of Governors of State Univ. by Judge Britt Grant, joined by Judge Charles Wilson; note that the leading Eleventh Circuit precedent on this is Bishop v. Aronov, which both opinions discuss in considerable detail:[A.] The provision at issue here disallows any “training or instruction that espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels” students at Florida’s public colleges and universities to believe any of eight concepts relating to topics like race and sex: Members of one race, color, national origin, or sex are morally superior to members of another…

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Trump Says US Will Lift Sanctions on Turkey

Economy & Power

[ad_1] President Donald Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that he would lift sanctions. In 2020, Trump imposed sanctions on Turkey because Ankara agreed to buy an advanced Russian missile defense system.  “We’re going to be taking the sanctions off,” Trump said in a meeting with Erdoğan on Tuesday. “It’s time to do that. We don’t want to sanction friends. It’s simple.” Trump slapped the sanctions on Turkey during his first administration to prevent Ankara from purchasing the F-35. Washington claimed there were security concerns with Ankara acquiring F-35s and the S-400 missile defense system from Moscow.  The Turkish…

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Marine Le Pen Announces Bid for French Presidency

Media Bias

[ad_1] Marine Le Pen, the head of France’s right-wing National Rally party, said Tuesday she would run for president of France in 2027. The announcement followed a closely-watched court ruling that, although it upheld Le Pen’s earlier conviction for embezzlement, did not bar her from running in next year’s election.   “I am a candidate for president tonight,” Le Pen told French news channel TF1.  Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox Le Pen had been found guilty of using EU money, meant to support parliamentary assistants in Brussels, to instead pay party staffers working on domestic French…

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