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The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to consider the Trump administration’s request to implement its restrictions on birthright citizenship while litigation continues. While the justices delayed deciding the Trump administration’s request to block lower court orders preventing the president’s executive order from taking effect, they scheduled oral arguments to consider the issue for May 15. The Trump administration […]

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A beloved Michigan bookstore recently received a helping hand from the community when a human chain formed to pass its entire inventory from the store’s old location to the new one. One wonders how many times a neighbor asked another whether they had “read this one?” or what drivers must have thought passing by the […] The post Hundreds of Volunteers Form a Human Chain to Get 9,000 Books to New Location for Indie Bookstore appeared first on Good News Network.

News Twisted Metal Twisted Metal Season 2 First Look Images, Teaser Give Us A Demolition Derby & Release Date The dramatic tension is building… very slowly By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on April 17, 2025 Credit: Pief Weyman/Peacock Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Pief Weyman/Peacock The first season of Peacock’s Twisted Metal featured Anthony Mackie as John Doe, a guy who goes on a road trip from hell in a post-apocalyptic world inspired by the video game of the same name. We’ve got a second season of the action comedy coming our way, and—thanks to a teaser and first look images that Peacock released today—a glimpse of the upcoming episodes and when we’ll be able to see them. Here’s the synopsis for the second season: Following the revelations in the season one finale, John (Mackie) and Quiet (Stephanie Beatriz) find themselves entering the deadly Twisted Metal tournament, a sinister demolition derby hosted by a mysterious man known as Calypso (Anthony Carrigan). As they try to survive an onslaught of dangerous new foes and familiar faces alike, including the murderous clown Sweet Tooth (Joe Seanoa, voiced by Will Arnett), things get complicated for John when he reunites with his long-lost sister, the vigilante Dollface (Tiana Okoye).  In addition to the names above, the second season features Mike Mitchell, Saylor Bell Curda, Patty Guggenheim, Richard De Klerk, Michael James Shaw, and Lisa Gilroy. The series is showrun by Michael Jonathan Smith. The second season of Twisted Metal premieres on Peacock on July 31, 2025. Check out the teaser and some first look images below. [end-mark] Credit: Pief Weyman/Peacock Credit: Pief Weyman/Peacock Credit: Pief Weyman/Peacock Credit: Pief Weyman/Peacock Credit: Pief Weyman/Peacock The post <i>Twisted Metal</i> Season 2 First Look Images, Teaser Give Us A Demolition Derby & Release Date appeared first on Reactor.

In a historic victory for educational freedom, the Texas House of Representatives finally passed a universal school choice bill—marking not just a win for families in the Lone Star State, but a watershed moment for the entire school choice movement. Once it clears the state senate and Gov. Greg Abbott signs Senate Bill 2 into law, half of America’s children will live in states where they are eligible for educational choice programs, including 15 states with “universal” choice policies for which every K-12 student is eligible. More than one in 10 U.S. students live in Texas. The Texas House debated the bill for more than 12 hours Wednesday before passing the bill early Thursday morning. Opponents of the legislation attempted to obstruct it by filing more than 170 amendments. The House voted on more than 40 amendments, voting them all down, except for the friendly amendment proposed by House Public Education Committee Chairman Brad Buckley. The Texas House passed the bill 85 to 63, mostly along party lines. The bill previously cleared the Texas Senate 20 to 11. Because the House amended Senate Bill 2, it will have to go back to the upper chamber before reaching the governor’s desk. The Senate will likely request a conference committee to hammer out a compromise. Demonstrating the national import of the vote, before the session yesterday, President Donald Trump spoke with the Texas House Republican caucus expressing his support for the measure and encouraging the state lawmakers to vote for it. President @realDonaldTrump supports school choice!He called this morning to share his support for the Texas House passing SB 2 today.The time is now. We must make school choice a reality in Texas. pic.twitter.com/k4TUWri4DR— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) April 16, 2025 Gov. Abbott has expended tremendous political capital to achieve this victory. During the last Texas legislative session in 2023, the Texas House failed to pass a school choice bill even after Gov. Abbott repeatedly called them back into special session. Twenty-one Texas House Republicans joined with all the House Democrats to defeat the school choice proposal. In response, Gov. Abbott endorsed 16 challengers to incumbents who had opposed his school choice proposal. Five others—likely seeing the writing on the wall—did not seek re-election. Abbott-endorsed candidates who supported school choice fared well in the primaries, demonstrating once again that school choice is a litmus-test issue for GOP voters. When the dust had settled, only seven Republicans who had opposed school choice in 2023 remained in office. Of those, six voted for the school choice bill today. 21 Texas House Republicans joined all Democrats in voting against school choice last year.Only 7 of them remained in office after the primary elections.6 of those Republicans just voted IN SUPPORT of universal school choice today.This is the way.— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) April 17, 2025 Only two Republicans voted against it: former Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, who was ousted as speaker in advance of the 2025 legislative session over his perceived opposition to school choice, and former public schoolteacher Rep. Gary VanDeaver. The school choice bill is not perfect. It would create education savings accounts that families can use to customize their children’s education. The accounts would be funded annually with around $10,000, compared with the average $17,000 spent at Texas public schools. Students with special needs can get significantly more—up to $30,000 depending on their disability—but homeschoolers will receive only $2,000. Moreover, although every child is technically eligible, only a small number will actually get access to the accounts. The program is funded with only $1 billion, which is only enough funding for less than 2% of Texas students. Of the 100,000 students who will get access to an account, 80% must be from low- or middle-income families. Children from higher-income families are only eligible if they are switching from a public school. As respected Texas-based economist Vance Ginn observed, “That’s a slap in the face to families already sacrificing for private or home education.” As Ginn noted, the taxpayers already “fund these families to go to government schools at a higher expense per student, so why wouldn’t everyone interested be able to receive an [education savings account]?” There are additional structural flaws in the bill, including unnecessary accreditation requirements that will limit the supply of new schools and other education providers. This limited progress also came at a great cost—including $7.7 billion in additional spending on the bloated and inefficient Texas public school system that passed in a separate bill just before Senate Bill 2. Still, if enacted, Texas lawmakers will have every right to brag that this represents the largest first-year education savings account program in the nation. The Lone Star State still has a long way to go to achieve truly universal education choice, but the policies in Senate Bill 2 represent a Texas-sized step in the right direction. The post Texas Tips the Scales: School Choice Now Covers Half of U.S. Kids appeared first on The Daily Signal.