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Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Saturday, September 27, 2025

This month, the Department of Education released its latest edition of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the standardized tests better known as the Nation's Report Card. The results have left me blazing with rage. In my home state of California, for instance, only 30% of public school fourth graders can read proficiently. Fully 41% cannot even read at a basic level " which is to say, they cannot really understand and interpret written text at all. Eighth graders, as you might expect, look almost as bad.

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For all the taxes CA pays and then spends on education, illiteracy is a choice.

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In my home state of [Vladivostok], for instance, only 30% of public school fourth graders [are able to drink more than a liter of vodka for lunch every day] which is to say, [70% are unsuited for great Russian army lead by very tall man and dear leader, PoohtyPants]

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#1 | Posted by censored at 2025-09-27 11:49 AM | Reply

California is in Russia comrades?
You clearly failed at geography.

#2 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-09-27 12:58 PM | Reply

Jeff is a ------- imbecile

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-09-28 03:33 AM | Reply

The South is gonna rise again!!!!

YYYYYYEEEEEHHHHHAAAAWWWWW!!!!!!!

#4 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-09-28 09:18 AM | Reply

#2 | Posted by a_monson

Mexico stole California from Russia.

(And Texas from France, and Southern Mexico from Guatemala).

It's time to return all conquered lands.

#5 | Posted by HeliumRat at 2025-09-28 04:56 PM | Reply

POSTED BY HELIUMRAT

You really should get back on your meds.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-28 05:02 PM | Reply

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