Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy, 10/24

[SVPete]

200 teacher sexual misconduct, grooming cases shielded from public

https://captimes.com/news/education/200-teacher-sexual-misconduct-grooming-cases-shielded-from-public/article_c2e4834b-ede3-42a1-b610-24d0826a197f.html

After Shawn Umland took a group of his students on a field trip to Florida, licensing regulators at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction started investigating him. The inquiry followed a media report alleging Umland touched the tops of a student’s breasts during the trip while applying sunburn treatment in a hotel room, the agency’s records show.

That was in 2019. Umland had previously been disciplined in 2005 for his behavior in a hotel room with a female student on a school trip, according to the department’s records.

Umland, who worked at Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua, resigned in lieu of being fired. But he kept his Wisconsin teaching license. ...

Michael Igl similarly resigned from the White Lake School District in northern Wisconsin but kept his license in exchange for taking a course on maintaining appropriate boundaries. The Department of Public Instruction opened an inquiry into allegations that he made sexual comments to students, communicated with students inappropriately on social media and gave them rides home unsupervised, department records show.

Michael Hanson kept his license after he resigned from teaching in the Baraboo School District. School administrators concluded Hanson “did not recognize appropriate student-teacher boundaries and his behavior with two students constituted grooming,” licensing regulators wrote in their case notes.
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A yearlong investigation by the Cap Times found the state Department of Public Instruction investigated more than 200 Wisconsin teachers, aides, substitutes and administrators from 2018 to 2023 who were accused of sexual misconduct or grooming behaviors toward students — information previously unknown to the public. 

The department’s internal records show these allegations included educators sexually assaulting students, soliciting nude photos from children or initiating sexual relationships immediately after students graduated.

1. These are the same sort of educrats who claim homeschooling hides parental abuse from mandatory reporters in public schools!

2. As Glenn Reynolds said, https://instapundit.com/752650/ , If this were churches it would be on “60 Minutes.”

[enslaved1]

200 teacher sexual misconduct, grooming cases shielded from public

And if I'm reading right, that's just Wisconsin.  Local news down here around DFW keeps popping up such stories of abuse and grooming, but they disappear as quickly as they appear, with little to no follow up.  Almost like it happens so much, it's not news anymore.....

[SVPete]

And if I'm reading right, that's just Wisconsin.  Local news down here around DFW keeps popping up such stories of abuse and grooming, but they disappear as quickly as they appear, with little to no follow up.  Almost like it happens so much, it's not news anymore.....

The article is about Wisconsin, but with educrats attending the same or similar universities, "In how many more states is this happening?" is a natural question, and as you posted, parents of PS students might find the answer dismaying or horrifying.

[SVPete]

https://x.com/AGHamilton29/status/1981562827581108224

Impressive that Jesus managed to be born in a Muslim-majority county more than 6 centuries before Islam was even founded.

The Columbia School of Journalism in the bio really brings the whole thing full circle.

How did she get into Columbia University without knowing that Jesus was born 5 or 6 centuries before Mohammed? Without knowing that Jesus was born in a Jewish kingdom that was part of the Roman Empire?

[SVPete]

Fox News accuses Los Angeles official of withholding records in legal case

https://thedesk.net/2025/10/fox-news-dean-logan-deposition-smartmatic/

Fox News Media, the editorial arm of Fox Corporation, has asked a judge in California to subpoena a Los Angeles County official as part of its ongoing legal battle with voting machine equipment maker Smartmatic.

In a motion filed last week, attorneys for the cable news outlet requested a subpoena against Los Angeles County Clerk Dean Logan, accusing the official of withholding key public records related to the county’s contracts with Smartmatic during the 2020 presidential election.

Fox News is one of several news outlets that was sued by Smartmatic several years ago over alleged defamatory remarks made by some of its political commentators and guests. Smartmatic claims remarks that suggested its voting machines improperly altered digital ballots to cast votes for former Vice President Joe Biden when citizens intended to vote for President Donald Trump, who was running as the incumbent candidate.
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Earlier this year, Fox News won a key judgment in New York that required Smartmatic to turn over documents connected to allegations of bribery against some of its executives. Last week, Smartmatic as a company was indicted on bribery charges, which are largely based on its overseas business dealings.

Now, Fox News wants to know if Smartmatic engaged in improper business dealings closer to home. The subpoena against Logan explores whether Smartmatic won business from Los Angeles County through improper means, according to a copy of the filing obtained by The Desk.

 

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

https://x.com/AGHamilton29/status/1981562827581108224

How did she get into Columbia University without knowing that Jesus was born 5 or 6 centuries before Mohammed? Without knowing that Jesus was born in a Jewish kingdom that was part of the Roman Empire?

I'll wager dollars to donuts she knows but is intentionally rewriting history in service to the jihad.

[SVPete]

Secret Service Kept Agent Protecting Kamala’s Family Despite Failed Fitness Tests, Holding Crazy Side Job

https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/10/23/secret-service-kept-agent-protecting-kamalas-family-despite-failing-fitness-tests-holding-big-side-job-n2195405

DEI policies at the Secret Service under the Biden administration were so absurd that the agency reportedly retained a female agent who repeatedly failed physical fitness tests while she was moonlighting as a plus-size model.

It's hard to believe that anybody at the Service could look at those words in that order and not wonder who could have thought any of it was acceptable. Then, or now.

Tucked away in a RealClearPolitics article about current Secret Service Director Sean Curran is a mention of his predecessor, Kimberly Cheatle, who resigned after the near-assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, and her aggressive commitment toward DEI programs.

The outlet spotlights one particular agent who struggled with physical fitness tests and, rather than releasing her, was granted a special assignment. All the while, she found her own special job on the side.
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Well, at least it's not like this agent, incapable of passing a physical test, was on an important assignment at the time or anything. Oh, wait, she was protecting the Vice President of the United States' family.

Specifically, her step-daughter. Ella Emhoff, a renowned runway model, had this particular agent on her detail.

I voted against Kammie, and am not enthralled by her step-daughter Ella, but WTH?! W! T! H! If Ella merited protection, she merited an actual QUALIFIED USSS agent!