One unexpected perk of switching your phone carrier several times over the past decade:

When data from your previous one is invariably hacked as part of a major breach, you end up with what feels like a lifetime cycle of free credit monitoring.

'A government study found that four out of ten government workers are private contractors, and that every year that number has been increasing'

This is a HUGE issue not talked about enough by transparency advocates. Kudos to Victoria Baranetsky for highlighting:thehill.com/opinion/civil-…

'Sandwiched between an Anchorage-Juneau flight and meetings with lawmakers and seafood processors, was a four-hour block of mammoth! Was something woolly afoot?'

'I had to know.' 👀

Nat Herz dives into a nascent effort to reintroduce mammoths to Alaska.
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“I think swagger survives, though it is harder to execute with layers of editing and lawyering and endless rewriting. I worked with the Clarence Thomas team last year, and those young guys have the right stuff.”

Jack Shafer on calling it like it is:

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Sometimes you report for years, as Matt Drange did on rampant sexual misconduct at his former high school, and then one day, IMPACT.

Three former students have sued, saying the district 'ignored and concealed' sexual abuse at Rosemead High businessinsider.com/los-angeles-la…

There are 1 million more gun owners in California now than in 2018. Many of them L.A. liberals.
So where do you learn to shoot if you spent your life loathing and fearing guns?
Meet L.A.'s left-leaning firearms whisperer.
My latest Column One:
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Attorney who has litigated against other CA schools:

'I've never seen another situation where, from top to bottom, the staff is trained in a way that violates the law. It's about protecting the interests of the school district over protecting children.'

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'The teacher himself told me no one would ever believe me and that I would be ruined if I did tell.'

Fox News on the new lawsuit filed by alumni of Rosemead High school, alleging that the school district failed to protect them from predators for years.

foxla.com/news/former-st…

Former students say a California school district 'ignored and concealed' sexual abuse

Latest from Matt Drange's investigation businessinsider.com/los-angeles-la…

'I had a big crush on him, and I think other girls did, too. I'd just say he was handsome, and everyone thought it was funny.'

Grooming children in schools often happens in the open. Bystanders say nothing or give the benefit of the doubt. Or worse.

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RHS principal Janine Salanitro emails campus: 'The incidents that prompted the lawsuit do not represent the culture of Rosemead High School or the District.'

She also reminds staff of their obligations under the law to report suspected educator misconduct.businessinsider.com/los-angeles-la…

Rosemead High admin have 'sent out a bad signal to all perpetrators and predators and perverts that they will be saved, that they will be protected at El Monte Union High School District—all to protect the school and not to protect children.'

More fallout:cbsnews.com/losangeles/new…

More impact from Matt Drange's reporting on decades of horrifying misconduct at his alma mater, Rosemead High: three former students filed a lawsuit today saying the school district failed to protect them from 'rampant' sexual abuse. businessinsider.com/los-angeles-la…

'It's something I've been saying for 10 years. But if this had been addressed 10 years ago, maybe others wouldn't have been hurt.'

Teacher arrests. Resignations. Law enforcement investigations. District HR inquiries.

The latest fallout from our reporting:businessinsider.com/los-angeles-la…

An attorney representing the women called the situation “a systemic failure.”

“From the top down, they do not know or they choose to ignore their duties as mandated reporters under the law of the state of California.'

KTLA's Kimberly Cheng reports:
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