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Lawmakers push for probe into Pentagon’s telecom security failures after historic cyberattack

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In the wake of what some lawmakers are calling the worst telecom attack in the nation’s history, two senators are calling for an investigation into whether the Defense Department could use its purchasing power to better secure telephone communications from foreign spies. In a Wednesday letter to DoD Inspector General Robert Storch, Sens. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), said the Pentagon, despite being one of the largest buyers of wireless telephone services in the country, has failed to leverage its significant purchasing power to require better cybersecurity practices…

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Cornel West Working With Republicans in Last-Minute Ballot Push to Undermine Will of Pennsylvanians

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1.1 million ballots have already been sent to PA voters, setting the stage for more MAGA election interference and court challenges WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, MoveOn Political Action sounded the alarm on Cornel West willingly working with Republicans on a desperate last-minute ballot push that undermines the will of Pennsylvania voters and sets the stage for MAGA election interference. This is part of Republicans’ coordinated effort to sow chaos and hand the election to Donald Trump.  With 1.1 million ballots already printed and delivered to Keystone State voters, Pennsylvania Deputy…

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House lawmakers push for EEOC to defend furlough threat

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Two House lawmakers are pushing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to explain why it almost had to furlough almost all of its employees and are accusing agency leadership of “severe mismanagement.” Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.), the chairman of the committee’s workforce protections subcommittee, wrote to EEOC Chairwoman Charlotte Burroughs seeking documents and answers to questions about the decision to first issue the possible furlough notice and then to rescind it. They called the threat of the…

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Math Teachers Group’s Push for Identity Politics Damages Math’s Inherent Equity

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The world’s largest math education organization is injecting identity politics where it doesn’t belong—and undermining math education in the process. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics told teachers to “regularly and intentionally integrate more equity, justice, and culturally centered mathematics education” in every math lesson in a May 20 position statement, The council argues that math education must respond to the “culture” of students, represented in “multidimensional identities,” including “race, ethnicity, religion, generation, gender, sexual orientation, education, class, occupation and socio-economic status, and disability.” While proper math education, to…

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OPM defends rule to hamper Schedule F’s return, backs telework amid return to office push

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The Office of Personnel Management is defending a recently finalized rule meant to prevent the return of Schedule F — a Trump-era policy that made it easier to fire career federal employees in policymaking positions. OPM’s acting director told the House Oversight and Accountability Committee that the re-emergence of such a policy would undermine civil service protections, and return the federal workforce to a 19th-century “spoils system” with major turnover. Acting OPM Director Rob Shriver told lawmakers on Wednesday that the return of Schedule F would have a “chilling effect”…

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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a Look at How Reporters Push Transgender Ideology

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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Some media outlets have come under fire in recent years for buying into activists’ framing and talking points on so-called gender-affirming care, attempted transgender sex-change operations, hormonal interventions, and social affirmations, even for minors. Emails obtained by the organization Do No Harm, which combats gender ideology in the medical profession, provide a look at how that type of story is crafted. The organization obtained a June 15 exchange between Capital Times reporter Erin McGroarty, who specializes in “investigating disinformation” for the newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin,…

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