I need more coffee. I'm 'done' with today. 'Done' with the news. 'Done' with social media. I'm going to bed early tonight...

 

Seattle teachers union elects new president under investigation for allegedly abusing autistic student

 

 

BY JASON RANTZ

The Seattle Education Association (SEA) just elected a new president who has been on paid administrative leave since December, under investigation for allegedly physically abusing a special-needs student. The union certified her win anyway.

Ibijoke Idowu, is a special education teacher at Rising Star Elementary School in South Beacon Hill.

The allegations against Idowu come from parents of a third-grade student at Rising Star who has autism, a speech delay, and is partially nonverbal. According to the complaint obtained by the Seattle Times, the family noticed bruises the size of adult fingertips on their son’s arm in October, then again in December. Using visual aids, the boy identified Idowu. A Seattle Police detective’s report described four small bruises on the student’s left upper arm, possibly consistent with fingerprint markings.

A behavioral therapist working inside the classroom also witnessed a second incident, the family’s complaint alleged. She told investigators Idowu threw a marker at the child’s head while he was at a classroom whiteboard in December, and that multiple students in the class were afraid of her. The father of the child told the newspaper his son has struggled emotionally since the alleged incidents and has not wanted to return to school. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chloe Cole postpones UW event after Antifa death threats: ‘There’s a difference between being brave and being stupid’

 

Patty Murray ripped for again lying about SAVE America Act, defending illegal immigrants voting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

coffee break....

A recent landmark investigation by Reuters revealed the scope of the problem. Internal documents from Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, estimated that in 2024 the company earned $16 billion—roughly 10% of its annual revenue—from ads for scams and banned goods. Documents further revealed that users of Meta’s platforms are exposed to 15 billion scam ads each day, including messages for “fraudulent e-commerce and investment schemes, illegal online casinos, and the sale of banned medical products.”

Perhaps the biggest concern: While Meta has been taking steps to reduce the amount of revenue it earns from scam ads, it has apparently been hesitant to crack down too hard for fear of hurting profits, according to the Reuters report. One internal document shows that Meta expects to be fined $1 billion by various regulatory agencies for failing to protect users—a price the company seems willing to pay instead of cutting too deeply into its lucrative scam-ad revenue stream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NOW: Senator Rand Paul slams the Biden administration for its "clean-up operation," finally admitting COVID most likely came from a lab right before the Trump team took over.

"Scientific analysts concluded multiple times between 2021 and 2023 that a lab leak was the most likely origin of COVID-19. Yet those conclusions never shaped the official narrative, never made the intelligence report."

"It was not until after the 2024 election that the outgoing Biden administration directed the CIA to issue an assessment not because of new intelligence, but so officials could walk out of the door claiming there was nothing left to find."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morning Coffee! Some things that made me wonder how some people's brains work... or don't work, I should say

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Porn on taxpayer-funded tablets — that’s what some California death row inmates are reportedly watching.

Over 90,000 devices were handed out as part of a multimillion-dollar program meant to connect prisoners with family and provide educational resources. Instead, reports say they’re also being used for explicit content and sexual conversations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 It's just the coffee talking.