It's Just the Coffee Talking... again

Good Morning! Coffee sucks this morning... (I grabbed a random 'flavored' cup and blech - I'm off to make regular) - but here are some news blips to ponder

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Hollywood rewrote our childhood villains — and adults are cheering it on.

From Loki to Maleficent to Frozen, why does modern storytelling keep turning evil into “misunderstood trauma”?

On the latest episode of The Deep, Erika unpacks nostalgia, decadence, moral relativism, and how we can recover true heroes in our movies.

Gavin Newsom spent just under 2 million to give California inmates a tablet and internet. Yep.

Just reading a few things....

Baby rescued, suspect killed during human trafficking operation with ties to Tampa: FDLE

Minnesota Tax Committee Chair Rep. Aisha Gomez Screams at GOP Rep. to “Go F*cking Shoot Yourself” During Gun Control Meltdown

Ugandan Evangelist Killed by Suspected Muslims After Sharing the Gospel

This story went a couple different weird ways once I read it. So, the parents don't want to 'parent' their teens and are crying their babies are angels... and that the 'community' should be coming up with things to keep their little angels from shooting up people and doing violence by holding more free teen community things (instead of you know, parenting their teens like millions of other, good parents do) AND wait... the Pastor they reference in one of the teen takeovers from the previous weekend? ALSO is in the middle of court hearings because HE pulled out a gun and threatened Council Members... oh my.

Tampa advocates, parents push for solutions ahead of possible ‘teen takeover’ events

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."