(Harbinger's Daily) School board officials work hard, and the work is not easy. But let’s be honest: their responsibilities are clear. They are elected to 1) meet children’s educational needs; 2) partner with parents to that end; and 3) help teachers navigate the challenges of today’s classrooms.

Sadly, Jefferson County Public Schools is 0 for 3.

We learned the score firsthand when my wife, Serena, went along on a multi-day school-sponsored trip to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., with our 11-year-old daughter. On the first night, as students settled into their hotel rooms, Serena received a call from our little girl.

With a quiver in her voice, she told Serena that she had discovered that her bedmate was a boy and she didn’t know what to do.

(California Globe) Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty wants to nearly quadruple a real estate transfer tax to fund homeless housing. McCarty says this tax could generate at least $9 million each year to help first-time homebuyers, renters and the homeless, and he claims he can do this “without affecting most homeowners.”

Why should homeowners pay for first-time homebuyers, renters and the homeless? What an unaccountable pot of money for the Mayor to have access to.

“The tentative proposal would increase the city’s real estate transfer tax from 0.275% to about 1% — roughly from $2.75 to $10 per $1,000 in property value — but only on high-value transactions, likely targeting properties selling for more than $1 million or $2 million. The mayor said he expects it to help residents locally who are struggling with housing,” ABC10 reported.

If the Mayor is serious about helping first-time homebuyers and renters, he should work with the county to cut permitting, fees and regulations on home building. That’s a start. And taxpayers and homeowners should not be footing that bill.

(Washington Stand) Unsubstantiated claims abound after Border Patrol agents shot and killed a man during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Saturday. Within hours of the incident — and before any investigation was conducted — officials on both sides had already concluded that the shooting was either justified self-defense or an execution, depending on their partisan affiliation. But rendering a verdict before all the facts are known is prejudice, not justice. True justice, as God himself shows in Scripture, establishes the facts first.

(RedState) The massive Somali fraud in Minnesota has rightfully dominated headlines, as billions of dollars of taxpayer dollars were allegedly scammed by hustlers who used federal and state nutrition, healthcare, and even transportation dollars for their own benefit.

The elephant in the room has been California, however, as many observers believe fraud in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s state exists on a much larger scale. The Trump administration has vowed that they’re coming for a crackdown.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr posted to social media on Tuesday about some Golden State games that an Inspector General advisory has already uncovered. California wasn’t the only state caught up in the scam, but it was the worst offender.

(Life News) Over the weekend, David Daleiden’s pro-life group, The Center for Medical Progress, became a victim of what their web hosting company calls a “custom-made malware attack,” which shut down the site.

The attack wasn’t an attempt at fraud or theft but was apparently the work of someone opposed to the organization—almost certainly a pro-abortion activist or group of activists.

In an email sent on Monday, Daleiden said, “[O]ur web host told us we were intentionally hacked by an entity that wants to harm us.”

As of eight AM this morning, the site is still down.

(The Post Millennial) A King County jury has found the City of Seattle negligent and liable for the 2020 death of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr., who was fatally shot in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), also known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). The verdict, delivered three-plus weeks after a month-long trial at the King County Courthouse presided over by Judge O'Donnell, stems from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Mays Estate accusing the city of negligence in its handling of the zone, which protesters occupied for three weeks amid nationwide unrest following George Floyd's death.

The jury's ruling holds the city accountable for creating a "state-created danger" by abandoning the Seattle Police East Precinct, installing barricades that fortified the zone, and prohibiting police and emergency responders from entering the area, which plaintiffs argued enabled unchecked violence and delayed life-saving aid to Mays Jr.

(The Federalist) Some of the most vocal antagonists of the Trump administration’s attempts to rein in illegal immigration have come from men and women of the cloth. Last Friday, about 100 clergy members protesting deportation flights were arrested during a peaceful sit-in at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. Episcopal bishops in New Hampshire and Minnesota recently exhorted their flocks to be prepared even for death in order to protect vulnerable illegal immigrants.

In one sense, you can appreciate why priests, pastors, rabbis, and other clerics might feel called to intervene on behalf of illegal immigrants targeted by ICE raids in various communities across our country. The Democrats and corporate media have conducted a relentless campaign (falsely) portraying immigration authorities as heartless fascists brutalizing helpless immigrants and separating children from their families. But in truth, it’s not federal law enforcement but deluded activist clerics in need of a “come to Jesus” moment.