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Bernie Sanders Calls for ‘New America’ at Brooklyn College Commencement

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) returned to his home stomping grounds on Tuesday to deliver the keynote speech at Brooklyn College, where he reiterated his commitment to dismantling the “corrupt political system undermining American democracy” and called for the creation of a “new America based on progressive” values and the achievement of other tenets for which he rallied during his 2016 presidential campaign.

Bernie Sanders gives commencement address at Brooklyn College on May 30, 2017.

California Hate Crimes to Start Including Hard-Left Assaults

The latest report by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University San Bernardino found that Los Angeles crimes against “protected classes” are up 15 percent — and the report’s author warned that it is rising hard-left violence on college campuses that is the fastest-growing hate.

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Texas House Kills School Choice Funding Bill

The standstill on Texas school choice funding and public school financing came to a head in Austin late Wednesday when House Education Committee Chair Dan Huberty (R-Kingwood) made good on his promise to kill school choice, also knocking off public school financing since both were packed into the same piece of legislation, House Bill 21.

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