We celebrate the alliance of the Internet with the awareness that for too many years people elected to publicly-funded positions have promoted policies that do not serve the public interest. We challenge those who believe they can continue to violate the public trust to stop and listen to the buzz of millions of people visiting websites, emailing each other, blogging and chatting online about what is going on behind closed doors. We promise to hold you responsible for your actions.
We call this process "e-accountability".
Success Stories: Positive Outcomes | Posted 9/2/2024 at 2:32 PM
The film "After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home" centers on a handful of children, including Veronika Vlasova and Sasha Mezhevoy, repatriated after suffering the nightmare of separation from their families. To help them cope with their traumatic experiences, the kids are offered the chance to spend time at a nature reserve in Estonia. Therapists – human, canine and equine – are there to bring comfort. 15-year-old Veronika, who was seized by Russian forces after they captured her village in Eastern Ukraine in the early days of the invasion, was first sent to a camp in Russia, then to an orphanage where she was held for over a year. Her grandma, Vera, working with the Ukrainian Child Rights Network, won Veronika’s release.
Government Lies, Corruption and Mismanagement | Posted 8/2/2024 at 1:49 PM
A school district cannot be sued for administering a COVID-19 vaccine to a young child despite the parents’ explicit instructions against it. The Vermont Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Windham Southeast School District and the Vermont Department of Health on Friday, saying the organizations are not legitimate targets of the family’s lawsuit and bringing an apparent end to a legal saga that has been in play since 2021.
Current Events | Posted 6/29/2024 at 12:50 PM
Bloomberg Law: A divided US Supreme Court threw out a decades-old legal doctrine that empowered federal regulators to interpret unclear laws, issuing a blockbuster ruling that will constrain environmental, consumer and financial-watchdog agencies. The 6-3 decision raises new questions about longstanding rules and puts more of the onus on Congress to directly tackle policy issues with new laws. It gives judges a broader mandate to rein in regulators when they exceed their authority.
Current Events | Posted 5/3/2024 at 1:19 PM
Marian Kim Phelps was fired as Poway Unified School District Superintendent after she allegedly harassed and bullied members of her daughter's high school softball team. According to a lawsuit filed against Phelps, she reportedly threatened the team's graduation privileges after she felt they didn't clap loudly enough for her daughter at an awards ceremony. Phelps has denied any wrongdoing, claiming in a statement that she "never threatened any student".
Current Events | Posted 2/28/2024 at 5:22 PM
The justices on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal challenging the admissions policy at a competitive Virginia public high school that uses socio-economic factors to diversify its student body. That announcement came just weeks after the court refused to stop West Point from using race as a factor in deciding who to admit to the military academy
Current Events | Posted 2/19/2024 at 4:55 PM
Public school parents in a school district must be partners with education politicians who fund and/or design policy. When designing public policy for public schools in New York City, education leaders and legislators should examine the circumstances of each school district and its population first, then design strategies to fit the needs of the students in that particular school or district. We believe in bottom-up policy implementation rather than top-down strategies. Diversity cannot be considered or supported when public policy takes on a "for all" designation. Not in New York City. Just sayin... Betsy Combier
Current Events | Posted 1/29/2024 at 4:05 PM
The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project obtained an email which showed that The Anti-Defamation League flags "online amplifiers of LGBTO+hate" as extremists to be examined by law enforcement. The Daily Signal, Heritage's news outlet, posted that "The revelation indicates that the Anti-Defamation League, “the leading anti-hate organization in the world,” is specifically pushing law enforcement to scrutinize viral dissenters against transgender ideology, such as The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh and The Manhattan Institute’s Chris Rufo. From Betsy Combier: "Where do free speech and the Constitution's First Amendment stand on this issue? We believe that all voices need to be heard as long as the statement does not go beyond just the opinion and cites ways to shut down or physically harm the speaker. However, parents have the right to filter information that goes to their children.
Current Events | Posted 12/4/2023 at 2:56 PM
On November 21, 2023, Administrative Law Judge Lauren Esposito issued a decision finding that Amazon.com Services LLC (Amazon) violated the National Labor Relations Act by dismissing employees early, altering employees’ work assignments, and subjecting employees to closer supervision in retaliation for the employees’ support for the Amazon Labor Union (the Union), or for engaging in protected concerted activities.
Current Events | Posted 11/21/2023 at 12:04 AM
While the struggling U.S. Army continues to fail to retain and recruit service members, it has a new tactic: Extend an olive branch to the same uniformed personnel who were punished for refusing the COVID-19 shot. That supposed olive branch, however, is being mocked and scorned.
Current Events | Posted 8/28/2023 at 2:24 PM
Parents in Maryland are fighting back against the Montgomery County Board of Education for forcing pre-K and elementary-aged children to read controversial books that promote a one-sided transgender ideology, encourage gender transitioning, and focus excessively on romance—with no parental notification or opportunity to opt out. Parents from a variety of faiths— including Islam, Catholicism, and Orthodox Christianity—are united in seeking to guarantee their children an age-appropriate education that is consistent with their faith and sound science. These parents are simply asking to be notified when the books will be read to their children and to be given an opportunity to opt out. The Court found no basis for their Motion under a rational basis review which “requires only that the [challenged state action] be shown to bear some rational relationship to legitimate state purposes.”