✩ Jim Holt ✩

Bill Maher and Coleman Hughes finish each other's sentences for 3 minutes straight as they lay out how teachers' unions wrecked public education. The MS NOW host thought she could sit this one out quietly. Then Maher turned and lobbed a grenade right at her. MAHER: "The reason why they don't know that socialism didn't work... is because NOBODY taught them in school." HUGHES: "A lot of kids go to underperforming public schools, which is our euphemism for government-funded daycare centers with occasional school-like activities." MAHER: "I knew they weren't learning anything, but like you said, it's like a daycare center and not a good one." HUGHES: "And I think people on the left want to blame funding because that's the easy issue. But the truth is, this school was well funded. You know, it's 50,000 per pupil at this school. The problem isn't the funding. It's that you can't fire anyone bad." MAHER: "Yes.... The problem is the union, the teachers union, is too powerful. We've seen it in results in states where the union is less powerful, the schools do better." HUGHES: "I call it the chalkboard mafia." MAHER: "The problem, the unions protect bad schools and bad teachers, and the party protects the union. It's almost impossible in a lot of these cities to fire a teacher. I mean literally like you could sell drugs to a kid and it's got to be two offenses before we get—" HUGHES: "It wasn't that long ago that the unions lobbied for a law in New York State to ban even collecting data that you would use to assess which teachers are better than others. You can't even get the data. So obviously the teachers union serves the teachers, they don't serve the students, and if you're a Democrat or any American that's serious about public school reform, you have to challenge the teachers union, period." MAHER: "And I think in this school, where they were learning nothing with no supervision and absentee principals and teachers, I think spending 50,000 dollars per year per student, it's not money. That's what you always hear from the left. 'Oh, it's underfunded.' It's not the funding. The funding isn't the issue." HUGHES: "No, it hasn't been for a very long time." MAHER: "I think this is the kind of thing I will NEVER hear on MS NOW." ALI VITALI: "I think you hear a lot of perspectives on MS NOW." MAHER: "I don't ever hear that one." CONTEXT: Maher and Hughes aren't making this up. On the latest Nation's Report Card, high school seniors posted the lowest reading and math scores ever recorded on the test. And getting rid of bad teachers is nearly impossible. Federal survey data shows the average school district dismissed just 0.2 tenured teachers for poor performance in a year. That's roughly 1 in 500. Meanwhile, students do better long-term in states where unions have less power. A 2019 study in the American Economic Journal found that boys who went to school in states that forced districts to bargain with teachers' unions went on to earn about $2,100 LESS per year as adults compared to boys in states without those laws. If a business failed this badly, someone would get fired. As Hughes put it: "The teachers union serves the teachers; they don't serve the students."

Hi. Want to see a murder on live TV? I give you New White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller vs. Jake Tapper on CNN. Tapper said we need illegals here to pick our crops. Then, Fatality.

This man was handed a once-in-a-generation GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY to change the country for the better... ...instead he blocked Trump at every turn, sent the Senate on WEEKS OF VACATION and refused to pass the SAVE Act. What a vile human being.

BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE: Rep. Keith Self urges Republicans to act while they still hold the majority, calling for codifying Trump's executive orders, passing the SAVE America Act, funding the government and tackling the debt ceiling.

🚨 BREAKING — IT'S OFFICIAL: The SAVE America Act has ADVANCED in the US Senate, 51-48 GREAT WORK, @BasedMikeLee! KEEP PUSHING, PATRIOTS! We can get this done! 🇺🇸

- Replace John Thune with Mike Lee - Change the rules to (51) votes - Pass the Save America Act - Confirm all Trump Judges w-o debate - Abolish the Visa program - Pass law making Scotus only (9) Justices - Change the rules back to (60) votes Democrats don't have 2/3rds majority, they cannot override a Presidential Veto Thank you for your attention to this matter

Not passing the SAVE America Act will go down as the greatest political mistake in decades. 🚨Give me a Thumbs-Up👍, If you agree

🚨 BREAKING: Chuck Schumer says the SAVE America Act will "allow ICE to kick TENS OF MILLIONS of people off the voter rolls" WOW! Schumer just OPENLY ADMITTED voter rolls are PLAGUED WITH ILLEGALS. The quiet part has just been said out loud! And he’s crediting @elonmusk for making it happen 🤣 We ALL KNEW illegals were voting, but now it's confirmed by none other than Chuck Schumer

There were 20 Million new voter registrations between 2022 and 2024 in 37 states without proof of citizenship requirements Republicans’ inability to get the SAVE America Act passed was an unforgivable betrayal that could cost us the country Insane.

🚨 BREAKING: The US stock market is TANKING well over $2 TRILLION just this morning, one of the worst days in RECENT MEMORY So far, the worst day ALL YEAR if this continues for NASDAQ and S&P 500 The post-Democrat win bump in the markets no longer exists.

With the loss of governors races in Texas, Ohio and Georgia, there will be only one state of the top ten most populous states with a Republican governor: Florida.