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  1. Updated: https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/view/efficiencies
  2. I sure hope so, because no other help is coming.
  3. I think that kid is the top rated lineman in the 2027 class. That’s the stunner.
  4. Jalen Brewster just committed to Tech. That’s big,
  5. Was the semi automatic weapon legally possessed?
  6. This is interesting:
  7. What’s do bad about becoming Sul Ross? https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/02/university-texas-austin-trump-administration-compact/ The Trump administration has asked the University of Texas at Austin to agree to a ā€œset of operating principlesā€ — which reportedly include adopting a stricter definition of gender, a five-year tuition freeze and a cap on international student enrollment — in exchange for preferential access to federal funding, the University of Texas System confirmed on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported that the Trump administration sent a letter to UT-Austin and eight other universities asking them to join a ā€œcompactā€ that would qualify them for the benefit. The schools would have to ban the use of race and sex considerations in admissions and hiring, cap enrollment of international undergraduate students at 15%, and require applicants to take the SAT or a similar test. An ABC News affiliate in Boston first published the memo, which The Texas Tribune has reviewed. The Trump administration would also require universities to stay politically neutral, restructure academic programs it says sideline conservative viewpoints, crack down on disruptive protests, refund tuition to students who drop out within the first year, and commit to grading standards that "only rigorously reflect the demonstrated mastery of a subject that the grade purports to represent." In a statement to the Tribune, UT System Board of Regents Chair Kevin Eltife said the system was honored UT-Austin was selected to be part of the Trump administration’s proposal.
  8. Why is nobody talking about the program coached by the best college basketball coach on the planet - Ole Miss?
  9. Okla State did.
  10. They’re doing their best to soften Americans resolve against these apparently illegal murders.
  11. It’s happening: https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-supreme-court-breaks-with-american-bar-association-over-law-school-credentials/#:~:text=Texas will become the first,law schools nationwide for decades. Texas will become the first state to no longer use American Bar Association (ABA) for oversight of its law schools. The Texas Supreme Court will take over that responsibility, according to an order its justices issued on Friday, Sept. 26. The ABA has set standards for law schools nationwide for decades. Karen Sloan, who covers the legal business for Reuters, spoke to Texas Standard about the decision. Listen to the interview above or read the transcript below. This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity: Texas Standard: Well, first, briefly explain why this accreditation process is so critical for law schools and their graduates. Karen Sloan: So law school accreditation is important because it kind of paves the way for graduates to go on and practice as lawyers. Most states require graduation from an ABA-approved law school in order to sit and take their bar exam. And of course you have to pass the bar exam in order go on to become a practicing lawyer. So it’s really kind of a key credential that you need in order pursue your legal career. Well, what has the American Bar Association done in the view of the Texas Supreme Court to drive its justices to this decision? That is a little bit unclear at this point. When the Texas Supreme Court back in April said that it was gonna be reviewing the ABA requirement, it never said why. And then last week when it said the court is going to assume the responsibility of approving law schools instead of the ABA, it also didn’t really provide a rationale for making the change – much to the chagrin of, I think, some legal educators in the state who wanted sort of an explanation of why the change was needed. So we’re left to read a little bit in between the lines as to what motivated the court to do this. But we do know that the Supreme Court of Florida, which a few weeks before Texas launched its review, said it was creating a work group to look at the ABA rule. Those justices came out and said, we’re doing this because the ABA has a diversity requirement for law schools. And they’re uncomfortable with some of the ABA’s quote, ā€œpolitical engagement.ā€ So in that case, they were pretty clear that there are some sort of political reasons that led to their review. We didn’t get that from Texas. So we don’t have as clear of a picture as to their motivation. Well, you raise a good point. Texas is the first state to make this move, but could others follow? Absolutely. We already know that the Supreme Court of Florida is looking at a similar review. In recent months, Ohio has also said it’s looking at its ABA requirement. And just a couple of weeks ago, Tennessee said that it was as well. So it’s possible that Texas could be the first in a series of states that are backing away from their reliance on the ABA to accredit law schools. Well, could this isolate Texas law schools and alumni, making it harder for them to find jobs outside the state? It’s possible, but we don’t know very much about that yet. When the court said it intended to sort of take over responsibility for approving law schools, it said, when it asked for further public comment on that, that it intends to retain the portability of Texas law school degrees into other states and the ability of lawyers who graduated from law schools elsewhere to come into Texas. Now, the Texas Supreme Court gets to control how licensing happens in Texas, but they don’t control how lawyer licensing happens outside of the state lines. A lot of states require graduation from an ABA law school. So it’s unclear how this change could potentially impact law graduates in Texas who want to go into other states, but have not graduated from an ABA-accredited law school.
  12. Watch Stephen Miller and be horrified. And why is Hegseth there?
  13. He’s an Army veteran now retired after three decades working for the U.S. Postal Service. Federal agents pounded on the door of his South Shore apartment about 2 a.m. Tuesday. ā€œI told them they must have the wrong apartment,ā€ the man said. But armed agents busted open many doors after arriving in U-Haul trucks to raid the 130-unit apartment building at 7500 S. South Shore Drive. They woke up residents to handcuff them with zip ties and led them into unmarked vans The report didn’t mention women and children appear to be among the detained, said Brandon Lee, a spokesman with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Organizers worry many people were taken without warrants. ā€œThese were families with their children escorted out in the middle of the night,ā€ Lee said. ā€œThis administration is using PR efforts to try to turn communities against their neighbors.ā€
  14. Ice agents rappel from helicopters onto the roof of a Chicago apartment building, zip tying everybody in sight - including children: https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/south-shore-residents-return-to-ransacked-apartments-try-to-move-out-after-ice-raid-it-looks-like-hell/
  15. Tech has 4 or 5 billionaires funding their ascendancy. Campbell just hogs all the publicity.
  16. Why is woke a pejorative? Before right wingers ever heard woke used in a sentence, black people who coined its modern usage, wore tee shirts with a quote from Luke 21:36 encouraging people to stay woke.
  17. As have woke, diversity, inclusion, equity and any other ideas that reflect egalitarianism.
  18. Did all of the criminals who marched through a ransacked Capitol yelling ā€œhang Mike Pence,ā€ lose their jobs?
  19. Well…
  20. I’m really worried about American corporate media. It appears it wasn’t until the due diligence of foreign media discovered the murderer’s connection to Trump and maga, that they published proof of same. We learned first from the British press that his mom’s social media posts supported Charlie Kirk. It’s one thing to be careful and responsible when reporting on incendiary stories. It’s quite another to know the guy was maga and sit on that fact out of fear.
  21. The ā€œRaptureā€ is a nonessential Christian doctrine which pulls together a set of pericopae in support of a belief that a series of events must occur before the imminent return of Christ. Simply stated, the Rapture is about what a minority of Christians believe will happen. The General Resurrection is about who we will meet.
  22. The power of the brand is to compelling. They could finish last for the next 20 years and would never leave. It’s the football version of the Stockholm Syndrome.
  23. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that this shooting was payback for an LDS member murdering Charlie Kirk. Truck was equipped with big American flags…typical maga stuff.
  24. Yes.
  25. Fortunately for Israel and the US, Brazil has provided the blueprint for how to punish criminal presidents once they’re turned out of office.
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