EPSTEIN: On January 4, 2024, second batch of filings showing the unredacted names of people connected to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released. More documents are scheduled to be released.
- https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1742739004314005882
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/2nd-batch-of-documents-related-to-jeffrey-epstein-unsealed-5558675
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/entertainment/michael-jackson-named-in-new-jeffrey-epstein-court-documents-5558539
FLORIDA: Last year, Gov. DeSantis signed a new law requiring unions to apply for re-certification if their membership falls below 60% of those they allege to represent. United Teachers of (Miami-) Dade (UTD) has failed to meet this threshold which means it will no longer be allowed to directly withdraw dues from public employee paychecks.
UTD’s most recent financial statement lists its annual revenues at $11,435,087, all of which comes from dues paid by teachers out of their salaries. The stated mandate for this organization is to use its only income stream – teachers’ dues – for “Maintaining Labor Relations, Promoting the Welfare of Children. Strengthening the Educational Institutions.”
Starting salaries for beginning teachers in Miami-Dade County are $52,470 with a bachelor’s degree, $56,058 with a master’s degree, and $60,868 with a doctorate. Meanwhile, the current annual combined salaries of UTD only five full-time staff – a president, a vice president, two directors (finance and advocacy), and a secretary – is about $704,000. These five overpaid slugs siphoned 46% of Miami-Dade’s teachers’ dues to finance the political shenanigans of Far Left Democrat enablers like the AFL-CIO, the National Education Association, and Randi Weingarten.
Since UTD handles a budget of $11 million and has only one secretary, I think it’s fair to say she qualifies as someone who should be a “highest-paid type of secretary.” According to Zippia, which claims to be a “career expert”, the average salary for someone like is is $107,366. UTD’s secretary’s salary is $140,622.
- https://flvoicenews.com/failure-to-meet-membership-requirements-leaves-large-miami-teachers-union-in-limbo/
- https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/256/BillText/er/PDF
- https://www.teachercatalina.com/miami-dade-county-florida-teacher-salaries/
- https://nonprofitlight.com/fl/miami/united-teachers-of-dade
- https://www.zippia.com/advice/highest-paying-secretary-jobs/
IOWA: At about 7:37 a.m. local time on January 4, 2024, a 17-year-old senior opened fire at Perry High School. Before turning the gun on himself, he killed a six-grader and wounded five others (four students, one administrator). Because of the early hour, there were few students in the building; school was canceled and law enforcement officers searched the building, finding an IED (improvised explosive device) which they rendered safe.
Hours before the shooting, the shooter posted a photo of himself, in the school bathroom, with the caption, “Now we wait.” The photo showed a blue duffel bag on the floor of the stall. The duffel likely held the shooter’s weapons – a pump-action shotgun and a handgun – both of which are illegal for a 17-year-old to obtain in Iowa.
N.b., I have long had a policy of not naming the perpetrators of violence unless their names become so famous (e.g., George Floyd) that it would be tedious in the extreme to avoid using them.
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/shooting-reported-at-high-school-in-iowa-police-5558267
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12927213/Suspected-Iowa-school-shooter-Butler.html
- https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1742970126440210543?s=20
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- https://notthebee.com/article/this-girl-is-going-viral-for-her-epic-response-to-the-rainbow-bullies-
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