... The "Safe Students Act" ...

... and similar to the Big Beautiful Bill, will the GOP want to change the name are some future point?

@#5 ... The Epstein files ARE the distraction. The whole "Trump is implicated in the Epstein files" is a wild goose chase intended to distract the public from far worse things that are going on RIGHT NOW. ...

I have a differing view.

The Epstein Files are not the distraction.

They are a significant part of the major problem we, the US, now face.

And what might that problem be?

Perhaps, a convicted criminal in the Oval Office trying to (and maybe even succeeding?) to become a dictator?

@#3 ... In other news, Lewzer is going to fire most Voice of America staff. ...

Yup.

And replace the VOA's great news with a Trump-favored "news" organization.

Here's what I've found ...

@#4 ... This Peter Thiel puppet ...

At first, I had thought your comment might be referring to VP Vance.

More from the Perspective ...

... When we talk about readiness and resilience, we can't leave public broadcasting out of the equation. It's not a "nice-to-have."

It's mission critical.

Established in 2022, the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS), funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has been vital to maintaining the reliable and resilient public broadcasting infrastructure that carries lifesaving public safety services.

Just this week, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced that it can no longer administer the NGWS grant program.

This is yet another devastating result of the rescission of public media funding. ...

More from the Perspective...

... When I led FEMA, one of the biggest challenges we faced during disasters was getting accurate, timely information to the public -- especially when everything else was failing.

Cell networks go down. Power grids fail.

But local public broadcasting stations stay on the air. And they're often the only lifeline communities have.

Public media isn't just about educational programs and documentaries. It's about infrastructure. It's about having a trusted voice and a signal that reaches nearly every household in America -- especially in rural areas where there may be no local news station and where cell coverage is spotty at best.

These stations serve as critical components of our national emergency communications backbone.

Many are the primary hubs for the Emergency Alert System in their states. They carry AMBER Alerts.

They support severe weather warnings. And they're part of the technology FEMA and others use to push Wireless Emergency Alerts to your phone.

That system doesn't work without public broadcasting. ...

More from the article ...

... She denied a request by the Department of Justice to put it on hold for 14 days to allow lawyers to appeal, writing there is no need for "time to deliberate."

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was the defendant in the lawsuit, which was filed by Make the Road New York, an immigrant rights group, and others. Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union argued the case on their behalf. ...

@#25 ... Because he's an -------. ...

Well, yeah.

But if you continue to state the obvious, how can I ever gainsay your comment?

/s

... and, fwiw, I am still waiting for the links I asked for in #3 to substantiate the claims made in the #2 comment.

@#23

More from the BBC article ...

... So far, neither Biden nor Harris have commented on the reasons for extending her security past the mandated six months. CNN reported that Biden extended it for one year with a previously undisclosed directive before leaving office.

From a legal perspective, Biden was within his rights to do so.

According to a law enacted in 2008, the Secret Service can provide protection to former vice-presidents, their spouses and any children under the age of 16 after leaving office.

While the law states that the protection should not extend any more than six months, the secretary of homeland security has the authority to order "temporary protection" in situations where "information or conditions warrant such protection."

Ronald Kessler, an author with expertise on the Secret Service, told the BBC that "if you set aside political implications, it's just standard practice." ...

So, the question seems to linger out there, like an unclaimed air biscuit ...

Why did Pres Trump cut short fmr VP Harris' security?

@#3 ... VP's only get six months protection ...

But that is not a hard limit.

@#140 ... Read project 2025 ------- ...

Yeah, that BillJohnson current alias seems to have taken a turn these past couple of weeks.

From a person I enjoyed engaging in a discussion with (and I learned stuff), to a current alias that seems to be more focused upon trolling than anything else.

Stated differently, and imo, now it seems to be just another voice of what appears to be the JeffJ alias.

Why?

@#140 ... Fascists always need to demonize minority groups. ...

I do not disagree.

@#14 ... but yeah, let's trust our healthcare decisions to the technology. ...

Yeah.

It seems to depend upon how, and that is specific, how the AI has been trained via the data it has been given.

The question then seems to become, how will our current environment of ~healthcare for a profit~ affect the training of those AI bots?

@#15 ... How about the Mayor San Jose who wrote the article. ...

Did he actually write it?

@#13 ... Our ideas held no water
But we used them like a dam ...

Yeah, that seems to be the MAGA folk of late.

Has Pres Trump and MAGA missed the boat?

Why does Pres Trump seem to be so coy regarding this military assault?

@137 ... I find this also interesting we only hear about it being "necessary" now ...

Quite curious that now your current alias has introduced the word "necessary" into the conversion.

Retreat much?

Why the retreat?

@#135

OK, listening to this tune, here are the lyrics I hear. Please note that I do not say these are correct, but I tried ...

...
Let go.
Let go.
Let go, let go, let go.

Let go.
Let go.
Let go, let go, let go.

Let go of the fact you're drove by fear.
[...] many years
A fear of life
And a fear of death
A fear of what's right and what is best

Politicians religion and bombs
Got us running back to our momma's arms

Never gonna get just what [...]
Til we let go of these miseries.

Let go.
Let go.
Let go, let go, let go.
...

Yeah, I'd prefer a better excerpt of the lyrics, but there they are.

And, fwiw, from what I have heard, the New Johnny 5 band was formed in the CT town of Groton, where the US makes submarines.

@#132 ... Again...not taking the bait. ...

What "bait" was that?

Or is it more just that your current alias does not want to answer a simple question?